Concept art for Reina Jun and Asuka by Mari Shimazaki for Tekken 8
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Sliiiiight nitpick, but I feel like Namco always has Mari Shimazaki make her most basic designs when it comes to Tekken 😅
She's made Bayonetta, of course, and she's even made some killer designs for Leixia's 1P and also Ivy's and Tira's SoulCalibur V 2P designs but her work for Tekken?
Josie is literally just the Filipino flag and an ugly haircut.
Kazumi is just a woman in a kimono, worn in the way dead people wear it in funerals and an old-time-y haircut, but don't forget the bows! Because no woman in Tekken should look older than 16!
And now Reina, she is admittedly her best Tekken design so far, I like the hoody, but the hair is kind of a mess and it's otherwise just too... Plain.
Like, I don't know, I guess she doesn't have to go all out all the time but I was genuinely, unpleasantly surprised when I heard she was responsible for Josie's look and while it's nowhere near as basic with Reina, it's too pre-Tekken 4 plain for me.
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Maboroshi
Movies watched in 2024
Maboroshi (2023, Japan)
Director & Writer: Mari Okada
Mini-review:
I was really curious about this movie, since Mari Okada has written and/or directed some pretty amazing stories, and the promotional materials and trailers looked very interesting. However, I can't say I liked it as much as I expected. I did love how ambitious the film is in terms of concept and themes, and the animation definitely lives up to the Mappa standard. In particular, the final act includes some truly stunning visuals. Unfortunately, I just couldn't connect with these characters, and I didn't find any of them likeable or interesting. Therefore, this movie doesn't even come close to the emotional wallop delivered by the ending of Okada's previous directorial work, the beautiful Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms. So yeah, Maboroshi is well-made, but rather disappointing.
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Masterlist (will update every time a new story is posted)
Link to my Discord server: https://discord.gg/2p4Gd8RcXH
(-) Threesome stories
+) Double A (Ayaka x Asakura)
+) We wanna love you, together! (Yui Asakura x Yume Shinjo)
Chapter 1
+) After a long time (Ayuri Konno x Marie Iitoyo)
+) Final Boss (Matsuda Ruka x Reina Kurosaki)
(-) A day off
Chapter 1 (Suzuka Morita)
Chapter 2 (Hinami Mori)
(-) Quickie (No Storyline, just straight into actions!)
Chapter 1 (Hinami Mori)
(-) Asuka Kawazu
+) Heroine Holiday
Chapter 1
(-) Ayaka Imoto
+) Aoharu
Chapter 1
(-) Hikari Kuroki
+) Private Life of a Secretary
Chapter 1
(-) Mio Kudo
+) One night stand...or not?
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
(-) Nao Nagasawa
+) A forbidden love, with a new heart's desire!
(-) Riho Takada
+) From my next door sister to my lover
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
(-) Sakurako Okubo
+) A successful business trip (Chapter 1)
(-) Yume Shinjo
+) Personal photographer, and personal lover
Chapter 1
+) My holiday
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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Pan 56 - 1948
1948; I, said the Fly by Elizabeth Ferrars. Cover by Reina Mary Sington. Published by Pan Books 56
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Queen of the Night and Queen of the Sky
4.21.2023
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Back in the day when Tanpopo on TV Ayappe said Yaguchi and Kaori would get into screaming matches backstage if the former felt like latter was using her senpai card too much. Before The Peace Yossy was told by managers not to go blond so she didn't stand out but she did anyway. Mikitty would argue with the senpai when she thought they were being unfair. Reina did her own thing when 6ki were scolded. There isn't any girl who stands up to staff or senpai now which is why the group feels SO strict.
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Princess Grace and Queen Maria Jose of Italy at the Monte Carlo's opera in 1967.
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