Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights April 2024

​​Momentous events in Spotted Flower’s side chapters gather some fanfare this month in Kio’s tweets. And the end of Elden Ring at last!

Spotted Flower online side chapter featuring Not-Ogiue and Not-Sasahara getting it on (and Not-Ogiue proposing!).

Kio wishing a happy birthday to Tamaoki Benkyo, author of Deathscythe Cutie.

Readers talking about wanting to see Not-Ogi and Not-Sasa get married at least, and Kio responding coyly.

Cherry blossoms!

Kio went to the Narita Buddhist Temple for the first time in a long while. When asked about food recommendations in the area, he mentions eel. 

The Our Treasure brand Z.A.P. from The Five Star Stories, now in Kio’s hands.

Kio rode the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route. His photos don’t have any people in them, but in actuality, it was crowded.

Kio says whether one wants to interpret Spotted Flower as a sequel to Genshiken or something else is up to the reader.

A second side chapter for Spotted Flower! This one focuses on Not-Yajima and Not-Hato.

A comic by Kio about assembling the Mechatro WeGo VOTOMS collab model kit. He actually got a positive response from the model kit designer!

Kio defeated Malenia in Elden Ring, and then goes into detail about the experience.

Kio bought and enjoyed the newest blu-ray from How Do You Like Wednesday?, titled Building a House in Hokkaido.

Elden Ring completed! Kio is a little sad that there was no last dungeon after the boss rush, though (Note: Let me know if there is one, and I’m totally off in understanding this.)

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights March 2024

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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 is end of March). Kio also shows off all the issues of Rakuen he’s collected.

Kio retweeted a previous tweet of his showing an old model kit of the L-Gaim MK-II that he tried to rework and improve. It’s not quite to his liking yet.

Joking that his heart is always in the Joker Star Cluster, the setting of The Five Star Stories.

Kio drew a short comic about building a model kit for the Ba Ga Hari BS Cobra from The Five Star Stories.

The adult video version of Kio’s 18+ doujinshi was on sale (ended 3/11). The tweet includes one old drawing, and I believe one that’s entirely new (on the right).

Kio reacts to the death of Toriyama Akira. “Ever since I discovered Dr. Slump in my boyhood days, I was happy to have the art of Toriyama Akira with me through life. May your soul find happiness.”

Kio finally finished reading through the 7th The Five Star Stories Designs book. He especially likes the character 剣聖ヴェイデリ・コーダンテ (Sword Saint Veidery Codante? I can’t find an official English spelling).

Responding to the death of Tarako, the voice of the main character of Chibi Maruko-chan (also the second voice of Monokuma in Danganronpa). “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on…”

Kio tries out a Five Star Stories Shindanmaker, and the site decides that he would be part of the Magic Kingdom Buchtgma, his Motorhead would be Batsch the Black Knight, and he would be compatible with the Fatima Harper.

Kio has apparently been shadowbanned on Twitter for the past year. When someone replies that he should consider bluesky, he’s hesitant because of how long it took him to get on Twitter.  

In response to the latest chapter of the mecha manga Kayuuma, Kio calls it “awful” but in a complimentary way.

The actual members of How Do You Like Wednesday? actually appeared in the anime Snack Basue

Kio comments that between Snack Basue, Frieren, and Delicious in Dungeon, is personally loving the heck out of all this food-centric anime.

Kio reacts to the death of Inomata Mutsumi, character designer on the Tales RPG series. “Inomata Mutsumu-sensei…I feel so sad…May your soul find peace in the afterlife.”

Exhausted from backing up an old hard drive.

Kio is going to take time poring over the illustrations book he got from the Nagano Mamoru exhibit.

Reacting to the manga artist Kusada drawing the Jamru-Fin from Gundam ZZ, Kio joins in on talking about how awesome the design is. Kio remembers seeing it in a plastic modeling magazine back then.

Kio is surprised to discover there are Gundam model kits that are Real Grade Ver.2. He remembers having trouble with the fine details of the Version 1 Real Grades due to his aging eyes, but now he has Hazuki Loupe magnifying glasses, so it should be okay

https://twitter.com/kioshimoku1/status/1773178086017626143.

The guy is having fun in Miquella’s Haligtree in Elden Ring, even though it’s so difficult (I think).