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my ass forgot to post a version with Kidou's glasses off
kisaku for christmas
Very cute observation I've gotten is how physically affectionate Sakuma is with Kidou and Kidou not minding it because, Sakuma isn't as overly affectionate with the others.
Sakuma cares for the other members and is on friendly terms with them, but he's more lowkey displaying his affection than he does with Kidou.
Episode 94, after Endou gives a speech to the team after he and penguin trio were away and Inazuma Japan lost their match against Argentina's team.
Episode 96, everyone is raising their hand as they're sending Kurimatsu away. You can look closely that Sakuma isn't raising his hand and is doing the same crossed arms pose Fudou does.
As for Kidou, Everyday hints that he doesn't really like to be touched with him frowning whenever he is tapped by the player (Clip 1) (Clip 2) (It's so funny because everyone else smiles when tapped). While it is possible that he grows to become more accustomed to it, he's still awkward especially with sudden contact, lol
Going back to the first pictures I've shown, this is really one of my favorite Kisaku official arts... it's very sweet when one thinks about Sakuma's body language, he's hunching to Kidou's level as he's considerably taller than him, aww
Redrawing some Sakuma official arts to brute force anatomy (individual arts and references under read more)
Adding to this post with my analysis of the emotional implications of this scene because it gets even crazier when one tries to visualize from Kidou's POV
You can see that Kidou was standing behind Sakuma in the initial composition of the scene's frame. It then switches to Sakuma's close up, which is more or less should be similar to what Kidou's point of view. So what possibly could be going on in Kidou's mind when it happened?
The close up of Sakuma's face ends when he fully turns his head, revealing the eye that's normally covered by his eyepatch and the disheveled hair his Shin Teikoku arc design has.
As one can see on the first post, looking closely Sakuma was drawn in a way that makes him look like his original design with the pulled forward hair and the eyepatch covered right eye, it was what Kidou saw!
What Kidou (and the viewers) initially saw was the Sakuma he knew, the one who played soccer together with him, the Sakuma who is his best friend. But something about it is uncanny, until Sakuma's entire face was shown and it was Shin Teikoku Sakuma that Kidou was seeing. It wasn't the Sakuma Kidou knew.
Even if their scope of love in their writings are different (Sakuma loves Kidou, while Kidou loves EVERYONE including Sakuma) Sakuma and Kidou care deeply towards each other. And it was Kageyama's actual purpose in the arc, to not win the match but rather to inflict as much trauma he could on Kidou by manipulating and hurting (mentally and physically) his best friends against him.
Shin Teikoku arc has really good animation and storyboarding in general; this particular scene has cleverly drawn frames where Sakuma's hair was positioned to look like how he normally looks until he fully turns at Kidou and you can see the the black eye
I don't have frames that are of 1:1 comparison but I hope you get the gist
Shin Teikoku arc has really good animation and storyboarding in general; this particular scene has cleverly drawn frames where Sakuma's hair was positioned to look like how he normally looks until he fully turns at Kidou and you can see the the black eye
I don't have frames that are of 1:1 comparison but I hope you get the gist
Edit: added alt text!
Shin Teikoku Sakuma piece from 2024 when I was trying to analyze Sakuma's feelings in the arc (I keep forgetting to repost it outside twitter, oops)
Explanation under read more
The idea for the piece is to convey what Sakuma actually felt in the arc. What the aliea meteorite did was amplifying his negative emotions and converting them to hunger for power. Like how Kazemaru originally only started seeking power in a bout of deteorirating mental health; Sakuma (and Genda) only seeked the meteorite because he felt that Kidou abandoned him / them because they weren't good enough. So the idea here is to convey sorrow.
Unfortunately I'm very bad at writing analysis post in Tumblr's blogpost format as I'm very used to Twitter and Bluesky's thread style of writing; so I perhaps will revisit and rewrite this explanation.
Sakuma with covered eyepatch
Based on this frame from the end of episode 38, after he came to his senses:
The windows
Sakuma is wearing the same patient outfit as he did in episode 37's flashback
The sequence of closing the curtains is to express "closing one's heart off" (accepting the meteorite, going back to Kageyama, cutting ties with Kidou; etc etc anything works LOL). Also a reference to how Fudou entered their hospital room from the window lmao.
The eye
Should be self explanatory. It's also a reference to eye as a common symbolism used in Sakuma's character, which... he has... because Kidou himself has eye motif. gay ass.
my fave kisaku compilation (also sakuma gayboy compilation)
Reuploading a 2024 1 hour drawing but with better colors
my 2025 resolution is to draw sakuma as cutieful as possible
EDIT: added alt text!
I have no ideas of what to draw, so here are some wips I've had for quite a while already (I'll finish them someday... Maybe.)
The only thing that stopped me from finishing Samford's is simply because I cannot draw hands :)
Random drawings I made today
compilation kisaku family AU
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They are company party of Sharp other companies, and they like 17 years.
David: don't like people, huh?
Jude: I don't like to talking to people..
David: like i didn't know that
Jude: but I love talking to you, Dave
David: *internal screams* yea me too...
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Jude: i'm not mad i just want to know why you two need a fake ID?
Preston: *mumbles*
Jude: what you said?
Lucian: you need to be over 18 at PetCo to hold the puppies...
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X: it's not natural for girls play soccer
Chiara: no it's not natural for someone to be stupid as they is tall and yea..
Chiara: and there you stand
Caleb: THAT'S MY NEICE!
Caleb: I'm so proud of her 🥹 *wipes away a tear*
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*Caleb and Joe saw Quentin and Chiara kissing and Joe is is visiting the Royal Academy*
Chiara: I kiss like a princess!
Joe: you are grouned...
Joe: for till college
Chiara: for till college?
Caleb: FOR TILL COLLEGE!
Chiara: why?
Caleb: FOR KISSING THAT DELINQUENT
Chiara: you're the one who took him under your wing!
Caleb: Well, this wing shall flap no more!
Joe: Quentin is never allowed up here again, and you're never allowed to have any contact with him
Chiara: why! What did I do that was so bad!?!
Caleb: OH YOU KNOW, LIPSY!
Chiara: i'm almost 15 who old you were when you started kissing boys?
Cabel: elev-
Joe:THAT NOT THE ISSUES!
Chiara: the issues is the you two are totally overreacting
Caleb: say whatever you want, you're so grounder!
Chaira: AHHH! *walks away angry*
Caleb: we did it for her own good, we are such great uncles!
Joe: well yes, but who tells Jude and Dave that Chiara has a boyfriend?
Caleb: Holy shit I forgot that part...
Caleb: oh well in case they will find out by themselves...
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Chiara: dad PÃ , I'm not coming back for dinner, I'm staying with my boyfriend!
Jude:*in the kitchen with David* okay Chiara, call if you need something *realizes what she said* YOUR WHAT!?
Chiara: Yes?,I have a boyfriend, didn't I tell you?
David: who is it, I'll kill him.
Chiara: dad, don't be so exaggerated...
Preston: But most important is Quentin or Sangoku? Cause i like more Sangoku *at the table with Lucian*
Lucian: Preston come on, it was supposed to be a secret!
Jude and David: WHAT!?!
Chiara: oh come on, did you know that I'm polyamorous!
David: That's not the problem, darling, BUT THE FACT THAT TWO SHITS HAVE PUT THEIR FILTHY HANDS ON YOU! *takes a deep breath* anyway, give me their numbers and I'll have to have a little talk...
Chiara: *is about to speak*
Jude: No, you're not going out anymore, and give they numbers to your father.
Chiara: ...
Chiara: WELL PRESTON IS LOVE WITH DRACON!
Preston: I HATE YOU!
《Yes Chiara is in a polyamorous relationship with Sangoku and Quentin. (I also have a little something almost ready for them)》
Very cute observation I've gotten is how physically affectionate Sakuma is with Kidou and Kidou not minding it because, Sakuma isn't as overly affectionate with the others.
Sakuma cares for the other members and is on friendly terms with them, but he's more lowkey displaying his affection than he does with Kidou.
Episode 94, after Endou gives a speech to the team after he and penguin trio were away and Inazuma Japan lost their match against Argentina's team.
Episode 96, everyone is raising their hand as they're sending Kurimatsu away. You can look closely that Sakuma isn't raising his hand and is doing the same crossed arms pose Fudou does.
As for Kidou, Everyday hints that he doesn't really like to be touched with him frowning whenever he is tapped by the player (Clip 1) (Clip 2) (It's so funny because everyone else smiles when tapped). While it is possible that he grows to become more accustomed to it, he's still awkward especially with sudden contact, lol
Going back to the first pictures I've shown, this is really one of my favorite Kisaku official arts... it's very sweet when one thinks about Sakuma's body language, he's hunching to Kidou's level as he's considerably taller than him, aww
it's a compilation of some humor about my Kisaku family AU
Chiara Sharp (My OC): oh come on Preston, I know you have a crush on him!
Preston: How many times do I have to tell you, I don't have a crush on Dracon!
Chiara: but I didn't say who~
Preston: ...
Lucian: I knew it!!
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Joe: you have just tell to him, "you have beautiful eyes" okay?
David: yes, it's a great idea!! *he goes to Jude*
David: i have beautiful eyes! *in the midest of a gay panic attack*
Jude: okay?
Joe: oh good lord, Dave why...
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Chiara: *twist some bandages on Miyabino's hands* you need to be more careful when you train...you know I care about you
Preston: i know Chiara and I appreciate it, but can you put me down, please, it's embarrassing...
Chiara: what do you mean?
Preston: *is sitting on her lap like a little child* you know what I mean but then can you wait until the team and assistants leave before you take me and treat me like a child?!
Chiara: No *smiles lovingly at him*
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David: good morning! *looks at Jude* Your hair is a mess
Jude: YOUR LIFE IS A MESS! *after stopping a fight between Caleb and Chiara over who decided the Resistance Japan training sessions*
David: but you're my life...
Jude: i'm both insulted and very in love with you...
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David: Don't talk or text like that to my son ever again!
Dracon: you mean our son
Dracon: he call me daddy too~
Chiara: i gonna kill you....
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Chiara: Uncle Caleb Uncle Joe guess what!!
Caleb/Joe: what?
Chiara: I was making something that start with P and ends with orn!!
Joe:WHAT!?!
Caleb: okay kid, good job and good luck to tell to your parents
Chiara: no Uncle Caleb it's popcorn! :)
Caleb to Joe: please remind me why Jude and David chose her at the orphanage...
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I think a going to cryðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ it too cuteeee
my fave kisaku compilation (also sakuma gayboy compilation)
As a Christmas special I decided to publish my new OC of Inazuma eleven GO, Chiara Sharp and now on with the presentation:
-She is the adopted daughter of Jude Sharp, who adopted her when he was the coach of the young Italian women's team.
-As mentioned, she is Jude's adopted daughter but she is also (even if not entirely legally because there would be other problems regarding the adoption and the fact that she is Italian) David Samford/Sakuma jirou together with Preston Princeton/Miyabino Reiich and Lucian Dark/Kageyama Hikaru.
-in the Italian national team she played as a libero (I don't know how it's written in English and the translator gave it to me like this, however that's the role Mark plays here apart from being the goalkeeper) and she played the playmaker.
-she is Italian but also speaks English, Japanese, Spanish, a little German and Chinese fluently.
-she is 15 years old and born on the fourth of June, and she's in her last year of the rolay academy.
-Before she was adopted by Jude, she had been entrusted to several families but none of them were ever in a position to support her football dream and therefore she had to decide whether to follow her sporting path or a family but she always chose football .
-Chiara has a very reserved and submissive personality towards people she doesn't know but things change when she finds herself in the field or she iswithher friends, she becomes very authoritarian and serious and expects the whole team to give their all and be competitive but knows how to accept defeats with maturity, however, when she is with her friends or family she is very sweet and protective, especially towards her brothers, and sometimes enjoys teasing the boys she finds attractive.
-she invented a nickname or a name in particular to distinguish for all the members of the family: Jude is "Babbo or Papà " that is dad in Italian, while for David she simply calls him dad or "Pa"which is another way to say father in Italian, then for the brothers for Preston she calls him "fratellino" translated little brother, Lucian instead calls him "patato" which is an affectionate way to describe a person.
-she has a huge crush (which is reciprocated) on quentin cinquedea/senguuji yamato, and she often goes to watch his workouts and of course and vice versa so he goes to watch her workouts.
And the what she look like:
And that's her voice: