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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights February 2022
This month was pretty light when it came to Kio Shimoku tweeting. Kio stumbles on a new technique while doing art for the final volume of Hashikko Ensemble.…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights February 2023
This month’s Kio Shimoku tweets are a real treat, as he’s been posting a bunch of old Genshiken art without any text, including at least one piece that’s…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2024
Tweets for a new year, including the announcement of a planned set of Genshiken LINE stickers! An Ohno from Genshiken drawing for 2024, the Year of the Dragon.…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights March 2024
Not a particularly momentous month for Kio Shimoku tweets, but still a decent variety. Spotted Flower Chapter 45 is out in the physical edition of Rakuen (digital…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights April 2023
Kio Shimoku announces the release of his first original 18+ doujinshi in his tweets this month. Kio made these cool photo/drawing composites featuring his characters sitting on the…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights July 2022
The summer brings new anime, and new thoughts from Kio. New chapter of Spotted Flower came out at the end of June! The digital version just came out,…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2023
In amazing news for people who run blogs called Ogiue Maniax, Kio actually retweeted one of my blog posts this month! He also drew a bunch of Year…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights July 2023
Kio watched a bunch of movies this month. Kio attended a live screening of the newest How Do You Like Wednesday?, which included people from the cast. It…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2021
Every month, I collect highlights from Genshiken author, Kio Shimoku’s, tweets. This month’s provide some interesting insight into Kio’s work history beyond the manga he’s known for! Professional…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights June 2023
This month, Kio talks a lot about Elden Ring and drawing smut. Gundam manga artist Tokita Kouichi shares a photo of a first-era Gundam model kit. Kio reacts…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights August 2021
Not a ton of tweets this month, but if you’re interested in Kio’s thoughts about Rebuild of Evangelion (as well as his bout with work exhaustion and illness),…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2022
In contrast to last month, Kio Shimoku tweeted up a storm in November. The big topics: Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise, drawing characters playing baseball, and…sketching…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2023
A round of tweets by Kio Shimoku to end the year, including a special illustration of Ogiue! Kio wishes the manga author Hayamira Senjin a happy 52nd birthday.…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2021
Kio Shimoku claims at the beginning of October that there won’t be as much tweeting, but that turns out not to be so much the case. This month…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights March 2023
March has been a big month for Kio, as Spotted Flower Volume 6 just came out today, the 31st! Not only that, but he’s been posting lots of…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights July 2021
Once again, here are more interesting Kio Shimoku tweets for the past month. Not many drawings in July! Works-Related This is a small honor for me: Kio Shimoku…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights April 2022
Kio’s tweets this month feature lots of his preliminary sketches for Hashikko Ensemble! It’s worth a look if you want to see how the characters began. All the…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights April 2021
Another month of Kio Shimoku tweets is here! The guy has finally learned how to thread tweets, which makes things easier for me. A lot of the month…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights September 2022
Not many Kio tweets in September, so this is a pretty sparse entry this month. That said, there are some drawings that notably use Kozue from Hashikko Ensemble…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2022
More tortoise talk (and a COVID booster) for our beloved Genshiken creator this month! Kio loves ICO, and is making jokes with others about treating September like the…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2023
Kio Shimoku goes back to fulfill one of his old unfinished projects in this month’s tweets. Replying to manga creator Kusada (who just got done selling at the…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights June 2021
Kio Shimoku June 2021 These are tweets from manga author Kio Shimoku from June 2021 that I found notable and informative. They include a number of early sketches…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights August 2023
This month, Kio mostly talks about Elden Ring. But we also get to see a high-quality version of one of the best covers he ever drew (no bias…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2022
This month’s tweet highlights for Kio Shimoku are a little different: I’m doing them in chronological order rather than grouping them by subject. Tell me what you think!…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights August 2022
There was a hodgepodge of topics this month from Kio Shimoku’s tweets. Kio has always had a problem with the air conditioner in his work area, where 28°C…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights March 2022
This month was the release of the 8th and final volume o f Hashikko Ensemble! Kio saw the anime film Goodbye, Don Glees! and enjoyed it. He’s particularly…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights September 2023
This month, Kio Shimoku posted more Genshiken art, and we saw the opening of Genshiken pop-up shops across Japan! Yes, there’s even Ogiue merch! Kio had a good…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights June 2022
In June, Kio Shimoku saw a bunch of movies and it was rad. He also responded to a question I asked him! Following up on some tweets from…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2022
Kio reveals his love of soccer/football and pays tribute to Mizuki Ichiro in this month’s tweets. “This is what makes soccer interesting!” (Japan beat Spain in the 2022…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2021
Tweets of interest from Kio Shioku’s official Twitter for May 2021: This past month saw the unfortunate passing of Miura Kentaro, author of Berserk. “Whaaaaaa?!” “I can’t believe…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2023
A fairly light month of tweets by Kio, but a doozy right at the end. Spotted Flower Chapter 44 came out at the beginning of the month. Kio…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2021
Another month of Kio Shimoku tweets. The real highlight this month is his opinion on ero manga artists. Hashikko Ensemble Kio promoting Hashikko Ensemble Chapter 46. He doesn’t…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights September 2021
Much of Kio’s tweeting this month has had to do with the fact that Hashikko Ensemble Volume 7 went on sale on the 22nd, and Spotted Flower Volume…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2023
Not much to speak of this month, but I did post this right before Halloween, so there might be something interesting in the next few days (that I’ll…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2022
Kio Shimoku provides a few more insights into the Hashikko Ensemble creative process this month. Kio realizes that Menturm and Mentholatum are different products. Kio posts a Hashikko…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights August 2021
Much of Kio’s tweeting this month has had to do with the fact that Hashikko Ensemble Volume 7 went on sale on the 22nd, and Spotted Flower Volume…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2023
In amazing news for people who run blogs called Ogiue Maniax, Kio actually retweeted one of my blog posts this month! He also drew a bunch of Year…
Genshiken’s Kio Shimoku Is Now on Twitter!
In one of the biggest pieces of Genshiken-related news to come out in a long time, author Kio Shimoku finally has a Twitter account, @kioshimoku1! He’s genuinely new…
I Asked Kio Shimoku About Star Wars
(Cover by Yasuhiko Yoshikazu) I purchased the artbook Star Wars: Tribute to Star Wars for one reason: Among the many manga artists who contributed their talents to this…
Site Updates: February 2024
Check out the February updates for My Unico Fans! Unico: Awakening additions, Unico-related food page, and more!
February 2024 Monthly Favorites
Welcome back to your favorite feature section. This month has a lot of important stuff regarding Wordpress, some technical news on my end, and a lot of good…
Reading Log: February 2024
We’re at the end of February, already! A quiet month for me all told, but some exciting stuff coming up in March. With that said let’s jump into…
Untranslated Releases: February 2024
Welcome to the monthly untranslated releases post, where we post the newest and hottest VNs coming out in Japan!
Monthly Rewatches: February 2024
This was a light workload for this month’s rewatch session, so I went extra hard with each entry. I hope that explains why it took me a week…
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February 2024 monthly report
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Author Journey (February 12, 2024)
I’d be lying if I said last week went completely to plan. Lying a lot! But that just gave me a chance to see how versatile the new…
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Author Journey (February 19, 2024)
If the week before was a challenge, last week was on another level altogether. And, when you factor in the pressure from consecutive crazy weeks, it would be…
Author Journey (February 26, 2024)
After a slow start to the week, it finally happened! I’ve started writing again and even managed to write on three separate days. There’s a long way to…