all of kiryus dead friends and family standing around in heaven wondering what theyre gonna do about nishiki screamcrying in the next room over because they all just saw kiryu make daigo dojima, the least qualified dude ever, chairman and it has fully undone him. be he rly killed all those mfs for NOTHING. theyll make anyone chairman these days
nishiki’s ghost remembering how he had to pretend daigo’s 12-year-old fashion choices were cool so daigo wouldn’t feel bad
so much to say about this whole scene—the fact that its raining just like it was when dojima attacked yumi, framing the scene as a ‘redo’ of that night; all the ‘rebirth’ symbolism; the DIALOGUE and the VOICE ACTING. but just. this is arguably nishikis lowest moment. two seconds ago he was about to kill himself, then this jerk comes in and starts randomly spouting off about how much better kiryu is. and even then. even here, the moment where nishiki decides to essentially become a new person, a second after he’s baptized himself in blood, he STILL doesn’t think ill of kiryu or of what kiryu did. he thinks ill of HIMSELF. even when the whole WORLD is pushing nishiki to hate kiryu, nishiki still thinks HE wronged KIRYU.
nishiki is very far from perfect and i love him to bits.
ok we dont talk about this enough. this moment? right here? probably the bravest thing nishikis ever done. he has a RAGING amour-propre, he’s SO sensitive to how people perceive him, so attuned to slights, so desperate to be confident and in control, and here he forces all of that pride and insecurity down and willingly embraces the humiliation he thinks is necessary to save his sister.
the strength this must have taken is incalculable. however he may have gone wrong, nishiki was a champ through and through.
ohhhhhh wait ok so the doctor who ran out on yuko owed money (indirectly) TO NISHIKI. which means that if they’d only known who one another were, nishiki could have FORGIVEN THE DOCTOR’S 30 MIL DEBT instead of PAYING him 30 mil. so nishiki had the means to acquire an illegal organ for yuko right from the beginning but he didn’t do it because he didnt know ! neat!
obviously nishiki shouldnt have hit her but honestly reina was wayyyyyyyy out of line with what she was saying to him. like youre allowed to upset that yumi is missing but for the love of the good lord moderate your reactions!! in what world is this nishikis fault ! Reina for realistically imperfect character 2k21
ok so what are we actually supposed to get out of this exchange?? i have so many questions. first off, DID kazama “clue [Nishiki] in”? Did nishiki know at all? His expression kinda looks to me like Kazama didnt tell him anything and he didn’t know, but thats hes deducing in the moment what Matsushige means.
But what DOES matsushige mean? what “kind of earner” is he?
best-case-scenario/weak interpretation: matsushige uses aggressive business tactics, such as impinging on other yakuza’s territory
worse-case-scenario/strong interpretation: kazama surrounded nishiki with hitmen ??????
anyway nishiki is SUCH a good guy and hes so full of love and enthusiasm and this scene proves it.. like we know he’s touchy and he could have reacted like “so I’m only getting my own Family so KIRYU has somewhere to go??” but instead hes. I’ll work hard, for Kiryu’s sake too. ow!
nishiki lives but ends up being chaperoned/buddied by ichiban AND akiyama .. very much inspired by @/lsandom ‘s doodles of nishikiyama living in ijincho after everything bc ough theyre good..
In the month between AWA and Youmacon I threw this together, I wouldn’t say its 100% complete, but its more than wearable.
I plan on making a pair of suitable sandals and redoing the tail to make a bit shorter and curvier before con season starts back up for me again next year.
In the month between AWA and Youmacon I threw this together, I wouldn’t say its 100% complete, but its more than wearable.
I plan on making a pair of suitable sandals and redoing the tail to make a bit shorter and curvier before con season starts back up for me again next year.
Sakura fell asleep so it’s up to Kaden to bring them to their napping spot!
I asked my little sister to take some pictures but she came to the shoot a little late so she managed to only get some photos! Soooo, yes, think of these as a preview to our photoshoot at Acen last weekend!
Remade the tail for my Nishiki / Kaden costume, previous tails for both this and the Ran costume were just a front and a back, basically a straight tube.
The pattern shown is for four panels which will let you make a tail have a curve or a bend to it. Should much more closely match the in-game model now :3
Been posting on Twitter & Tumblr for 2 years now of Ryu Ga Gotoku and other series’. Keeping up this personal tradition with Nishiki back in 19′. I actually had more time and went for a full unlike last year haha. Using the same color scheme, etc. Looking back I’ve made progress and am now looking forward to continuing. Got an announcement I’ll be making real soon for those who’s been asking… stay tuned! See you in October.
“ Don’t forget my telephone number, So that you can call me whenever you are in trouble. So every night that I drank dedicated to you, Being lonely .., I noticed .., Oh… that I’m loving you. “
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Anyone a city pop fan?? Had Junko Ohashi’s - Telephone Number stuck in my head. Initially I hadn’t drawn up Nishiki’s face, but I added him over the weekend.
