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The main comic is split into two posts because the images were too big to fit into one! I have some extra stuff I am wanting to make, but they’re not finished enough for human viewing. I’ve got many theories on how the siblings went from “If I go, will Tsumiki be happy? My answer depends on that.” TO“Don’t act like you’re my guardian. You gross me out.” (for reasons aside from the usual middle school phase of sibling conflict) AND I TRIED INJECTING THEM INTO THIS COMIC (which originally had a count of 9 pages but now is 13 pages + bonus content) BUT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOLLY ONE ABOUT MEGUMI AND TSUMIKI’S ATTEMPTS TO ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. SO NO PAIN
More ranting about the comic below the cut. Spoilers for the manga!!!
This comic was stuck in my head for a while because when I got to c138 I was like OH MY GOD TSUMIKI, Gege why, and I love sibling shenanigans. There’s not much about Tsumiki and her personality just yet (she’s kind, but kind isn’t a personality), but there’s this panel here from chapter 59 that for this comic, I based her entirely on:
She just seems very fun.
Some context info for the comic:
This comic takes place a year an a half after the Hidden Inventory arc and 4 months after Gojo meets Megumi.
(random note: Megumi’s age is a bit of a misnomer for me, because canon says Gojo met Megumi in his first year of elementary school in 2007. The events of the manga take place in 2018, 11 years later, when Fushiguro is 15. I’m a bit confused here because children in Japan start elementary school at age 6 (turning 7 by the time they move on to second grade in April), so Megumi should’ve been 6 years old when he met Gojo. In 2007 though, he should’ve been 4 turning 5 if he’s only 15 (turning 16) in 2018. Did I misread something? For the purposes of this comic, Megumi is 7 and Tsumiki is turning 8).
In this comic, it takes a while for Gojo to gain custody of Megumi and Tsumiki due to the fact that he’s still a minor (and has a few more hoops his influence has to jump through) and that he has to very carefully wheedle Megumi out of the Zen'in family’s clutches. If he does it too persistently, the Zen'ins would figure out something’s up and be more resistant, if not reluctant, to let him go without upping his price. Megumi’s Cursed Technique is manifesting, but I think Gojo figured it out only because of his Six-Eyes. Gojo told Megumi to do his best to hide his wakening abilities (which Megumi took as being even less emotive than usual, much to Tsumiki’s dismay). If the Zen'ins ever found out he had the Ten Shadows technique, Megumi’s fate would’ve been sealed, and Gojo would have had no way of getting him out. Luckily, the clan’s disdain for Toji clouds their judgement of Megumi. Megumi’s also born in late December, so for the clan members who don’t think he’d amount to much, this detail is easily forgotten, and when Megumi’s six years old and nearing his 7th birthday, the clan members would assume he’s already seven and passed the ‘age limit’ to manifest an inherited cursed technique. Gojo coming back to the apartment in 2008 after Megumi’s 7th birthday suggests that he was successful in gaining custody of Megumi.
In the last panel of the main comic, you see there’s a divine doggo on the roof top. Megumi accidentally summoned a divine dog during the spirited saga of Usa-Chan-Man, but luckily Gojo sensed it and subdued it, nullifying the exorcism ritual.
Speaking of Usa-Chan-Man, she is 1000% based on Lovely Usa-Chan ManfromOresama Teacher (same author as Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun). She’s amazing. If you’re interested, the manga’s hilarious (even if Student-Teacher ain’t your cup of tea, be rest assured—-this manga is 90% humour, 8% drama, and 2% romance).
Some inaccuracies in this comic I am now aware of; please be gentle with judgement:
- The Fushiguro apartment is not a corner apartment, I know!! I just- I just didn’t know okay, and I was committed to having a shot of Gojo chilling on the ledge of the roof
- SAILOR MOON STOPPED AIRING IN JAPAN IN 1997. I DIDN’T KNOW THIS. I personally watched Sailor Moon on VHS tapes. I just thought Sailor Moon would be a show that could be rerun 1203 times and people would be ok with it. I am 100% guessing that anime airs on Sundays at 9PM. I didn’t research this at all. I tried to envision leaving out the Sailor Moon part, but there went my Usagi joke and that joke was originally supposed to end the comic at 9 pages. I eventually ended the comic a different way, but Usagi had to be there to create the scene transition to the ending. Just.. Sshh..
- What bills and account books look like in Japan. Yeah, I have no idea. Especially what they looked like back in 2008!! Also, how much utilities costed in Tokyo 2008.. I just went with conservative prices typical of modern day Hokkaido in the winter.
- What the weather was like in January 2008. Was it cold enough that kids were wearing winter jackets? I tried googling historical weather data, but I got nothing (it was just like 10 minutes of googling though, so I wasn’t trying that hard). In Tokyo though, January is generally considered the coldest month of the year, so I hoped for the best!
- Candles are not strong enough to cast sharp enough shadows for shadow puppetry. Y…yes… But you see, this candle is really, really big and has a very large wick.
I am done. This is all for now. Thank you for reading, if you’ve read up till this point!!! Happy Jujutsu Friday and See y'all crying on Jujutsu Sunday.
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Part 1 (you are here) || Part 2 || Bonus (not… not ready yet) ||
I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE JJK FANDOM FOR TWO WEEKS NOW, AND I NO LONGER KNOW WHAT SORT OF LIFE I HAD BEEN LIVING BEFORE IT.
The main comic is split into two posts because the images were too big to fit onto one. I have some extra bonus stuff I am wanting to make, but they’re not finished enough for human viewing.
I have a long spiel that I’ll write in the part 2 post.
