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don’t apologize for your appearance don’t apologize for your hobbies don’t apologize for the food you eat and enjoy don’t apologize for taking time for yourself stop apologizing unless you are actually in debt and owe it!!!! existence isn’t a reason to be sorry

I forgot to post that doodle!!! Also a preview of a thing i was doing on monday but i’ll probably never finish it unless i have a lot of free time.

when people call me their friend

Sakuma, Sakuma, Sakuma, Sakuma, and Fudou

About Post

(03/26/2025)

Name's Kari. 20+ 25-. She/they

I identify as nonbinary woman and butch lesbian

This blog is dedicated for the character Sakuma Jirou and Kidou/Sakuma ship from the Inazuma Eleven series. I mostly post arts and analysis here. I have many other faves, but I'm too Sakuma hyperfixated to spare time for them. Just a note if you're following me for them :')

BYF and tag directory under read more

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My ask box is locked and my DMs are closed for non mutuals but you can mention me anytime, I will take some time to reply

I don't fuck with whitewashing and dead dove contents (incest + adult/minor ships and sexualization of minor characters). I don't want to follow people who like them and/or actively defend them for my own comfort # peace

I also don't like reposting of arts and fanarts especially uncredited

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#my art - art posts

#my analysis - character analysis

#shitpost - joke posts and anything that's not really related to the blog's main contents

#reblog - fandom related reblogs

#reply - reblogs with reply and discussions with other users

#unsorted reblog - non fandom related reblogs

I always tag series names and characters!

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big bro Izuno bullying everyone who's shorter than him

Kisaku for my bi-monthly ship art quota. I wanted to draw another piece to be posted together but I've been physically burnt out lately so I made a no Kidou goggles file instead. Heh

This doubles as a character analysis art so I will write down my thought process under a read more. It's very christian so if you're not comfortable it's okay to not read it

I had been having the idea of making a Kisaku art with christian imaginery since early January, but I only managed to sketch a good composition for it last week.

This art is based on a post-Shin Teikoku arc scene that's also one that's very memorable for me. Like, it's just a very tender and profound one, especially when one can see Kidou's hand holding Sakuma's tighter after Sakuma told him he can't shake his hand. I also referenced the scene when Sakuma faints right before the match end whistle.

Another thought that inspired this was the christian concept of being saved from sin and its consenquences by Jesus' death and resurrection (salvation); which is pretty much what happened to Sakuma in this arc. Sakuma fell to the temptation of the aliea meteorite (sin), but it's Kidou's love that saved him from destroying himself physically and mentally (salvation).

An interesting part from Shin Teikoku arc was that while it ends with Sakuma and Genda being saved, Kidou came out becoming even more traumatized especially after seeing what happened to his friends and hearing Kageyama's words. And that's without mentioning that he also witnesses Someoka's sacrifice.

Kidou and Sakuma are two people who feel deeply yet tenderly for each other so I wanted it to show in the colors and rendering. I used colors that could remind someone of the dawn. I wanted to color in low contrast but the initial palette hurt my eyes (physically) so I ended up opting with shading with only highlight, with the soft light peeking through behind the pair. Subtlety was all I was aiming, so I tried to draw Kidou's expression that could express it too.

The text on the background is,

What is Salvation? Salvation is... to be saved from sin, and its consenquences from death, and eternal separation by your cross.

The text was thought and written by stream of consciousness, unlike the drawing where I worked on it precisely unlike my usual drawing style. Initially I wrote it by hand to see where should I type the text but I found that handwriting conveys the emotions in a rawer form so I went with it.

I also free style-ed the text's content because NGL, scrolling through christian articles and wikipedia pages gave me religious trauma based anxiety so I let my instinct and write whatever came to mind.

I was torn between "crucifix" and "cross" as I wanted a word to replace "love and suffering". I went with "cross" because crucifix is used to specifically refer to the cross Jesus was crucified on and the portrayal of it. For people, the word used is "cross" (referring to the christian concept of carrying one's cross). Kidou is very much associated with pedestalism, even Kageyama saw him in an idealized manner of a perfect creation to bring him back to his childhood. But despite everything Kidou is only human, and he's as sinful everyone else.

I had so much fun working with this piece, and I think I'm more satisified than I was with my previous character analysis art. I hope I could do more of this type of works in future.