It doesn't bother me at all if I'm being honest, I draw my stuff the way I want it to look and some people will like that and others won't. I'm not particularly concerned with being compared to other artists or if people like what I draw, I make my work for myself first and foremost and simply choose to share it. If you don't like that my facial work is reminiscent of Horikoshi's then that's fine, but it's not an objective flaw, it's what I was aiming for. I want to understand the fundamental framework of his artwork and then bend the rules and push experimentation when I feel I have enough knowledge to make it work.

Besides, it will gradually change overtime as all things do. Early Horikoshi is very blatantly Ohkubo and Oda. Once he had a grasp on how those worked he started branching out and experimenting, likewise I have other avenues I wish to experiment with and mix in as I go. It's all part of the process.

Absolutely wonderful, I love the feeling it gives me. A similar air of sadness to it like Claymore. Clean and gripping action, intriguing premise, and a fun double twist at the end.

I said it before and I'll say it again, I love this oneshot! It was my favorite of the stories I shared the spotlight with in Issue #158.

Honestly? The story suffers mostly from the imposed page limit, as its original incarnation was much too ambitious for 20 pages.

The villagers were originally more involved and it was meant to make commentary about how people will make negative or wrong assumptions about things that are "weird" to them, like a yajo. Kisaru's character arc was to follow her getting caught up in the villagers hype, only to find out after engaging with Miyome that she was wrong to assume such bad faith assumptions over the yajo.

Sarge's arc was much simpler, he was to simply be wrong in thinking that leaving it all alone and not getting involved was the better idea. Both characters learn from eachother, basically.

Unfortunately the page limit meant I had to keep trimming and trimming until it fit in 20 pages, and sadly I think the story and characters suffer from it. Kinda sucks, but it is what it is.