Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights February 2026

Kio likes the second Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Spin-off anime film. “Erika is the MVP.”

Kio will be going analog (physical media + projector!) for his live drawing session this month with Minoda Kaidou. He plans to draw a Spotted Flower character.

Kio finds the art of Minoda Kaidou to be quite intense.

Voted early in the recent election.

Because Kio has felt his concentration decline recently, he decided to draw outside. He’s not sure how well it worked, despite being more productive overall.

The manga mentioned above is not an erotic work, but it’s more adult than Genshiken.

Flurries of snow.

Having decided to write out the plot in the morning for something in Spotted Flower, Kio went and finished the written storyboard. He had thought about how it should go for a while, so the drawing went pretty smoothly.

Kio telling everyone to get warm in the cold weather.

Kio saying “Wow!” to a fan thanking him for making his ero doujin series.

Shirow Masamune’s drawing of Major Kusanagi’s expression amuses Kio.

Since they were so close together, Kio saw exhibits for Capcom, Mars Express, and Ghost in the Shell.

Kio watched the animated film Milky Subway. He adores all the characters in it.

Surprising discovery about how to more easily open a fish sausage. It’s Nissui brand.

Kio read and enjoyed Volume 22 of Shinkuro Hashiru! It apparently reaches an important moment at long last.

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Additional advertisement for the live drawing event. Kio mentions you can get a photo copy of the drawings! He also reconfirms that it’ll be streamed using a projector.

When asked about what they’re hoping for at the live drawing event, Minoda said her answer was a difficult one—she wants to see people to react to their drawings by going, “What the heck is this?!” This makes Kio look forward to being there.

Kio responds to a nervous Minoda by telling her to draw whatever she wants!

Kio’s tortoise woke up late, tried to go outside but found that it was hotter than expected, then crawled back inside to sleep.

Kio thanks Minoda for her congratulatory message on 50 chapters of Spotted Flower. Minoda also drew characters from Kio’s previous manga Jigopuri. Minoda also mentions the live drawings will be bunny girls.

Kio excited over the live drawing as it gets closer and closer.

Admiring the cover for the final issue of Rakuen.

Kio finds Legend of the Galactic Heroes to be oddly similar to puppet theater and compares it to Thunderbolt Fantasy.

Kio welcomes Minoda to Tokyo. For her part, she’s shocked at how spring-like the weather is, compared to the still-snowy Hokkaido.

Posting old bunny girl drawings.

Kio concerned about the weather, which is set to be warm in the daytime but cold in the evening.

“Ah, that was fun.”

After the event, Minoda kept drawing more bunny girls.

Kio got a massive book on the works of animator Yasui Hisashi.

Kio Shimoku Is Having a Live Drawing Event!

An advertisement poster for Kio Shimoku and Minoda Kaidou's live drawing session on February 21.

Kio Shimoku, author of Genshiken and Spotted Flower, is having a live drawing session in Tokyo! The event will also include another manga artist, Minoda Kaidou; both have had series in Rakuen: Le Paradis.

I linked to this previously in my January Twitter roundup, but thought it was important enough to dedicate a separate post.

The live drawing will take place at Tonarimachi Cafe in Shinagawa, Tokyo on Saturday February 21 from 6pm to 8pm JST. Both in-person tickets and streaming tickets are available (either one is 3,000 yen), and can be found after the “get tickets” button on the website.

I can’t wait to see how this turns out! 

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2026

Not a lot of tweets this month, but Kio announced he’s gonna be doing a live event!

A New Year’s card from Kio featuring Sue! (Or is it her Spotted Flower counterpart?)

Kio responding to a person who considers Haraguchi from Genshiken their “#1 oshi,” and asks whether the character has a full name. Kio’s answer: He never came up with one.

A reminder to read the recent supplemental web chapter of Spotted Flower, which involves oinking.

Kio Shimoku and Minoda Kaidou are going to be having a live drawing session in Tokyo at a cafe! Streaming tickets will also be available.

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights December 2025

December was basically all retweets from Kio, but there are a couple tweets from him.

“The wind is strong.”

A new online chapter of Spotted Flower, featuring Not-Hato, Not-Yajima, and Not-Yoshitake.

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights November 2025

Not a lot of tweets from Kio this month!

The print edition of Spotted Flower Chapter 50 is out [and so is the digital edition now!]. There will be one more print chapter and then two digital ones after this, due to Rakuen: Le Paradis ending.

Chapter 51 of Spotted Flower will be the final physical chapter, but there will be two digital chapters after that.

It arrived late, but Kio got his Dragonar-1 model kit.

Kio took a clear picture of the sky, and others sent their own sky photos to him.

The manga artist panpanya has a manga booklet on display at the 2025 Aichi Triennale.

The End of Rakuen: Le Paradis

Rakuen: Le Paradis, the manga magazine that runs Spotted Flower by Kio Shimoku, announced that it will be ending in February with its 50th issue, with its web supplements going to March.  While nothing is definite forSpotted Flower, the chances of it allso ending then are pretty high.

An image of a Japanese announcement that Rakuen is ending.

Rakuen has been a truly unorthodox publication. Rather than running weekly or even monthly, issues are released every quarter. The content is intended for mature readers, but that idea really runs the gamut. It’s been home to sexually charged adult dramas such as Spotted Flower, but also visually experimental works from panpanya (Guyabano Holiday), fetish territory like that of Kurosaki Rendou, and even gentle high school romances. In terms of different demographics as genres, Rakuen really defies easy categorization.

I hope that a spiritual successor emerges in some form. Just having something that takes the idea of “adult manga” and embraces all possible definitions of the idea was a real breath of fresh air.

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights October 2025

Kio drew a short comic about one of the model kits from the 1/00 scale Volks Super Modeling Series: Daccas the Black Knight from The Five Star Stories.

Volume 8 of Spotted Flower is ranked 6th for purchases from Comic Zin.

Art appreciation for the movie One Battle After Another.

Some drawings from the next chapter of Spotted Flower, which is out in physical format in October. 

At first, Kio talked about how it feels like he was doing nothing, and all of a sudden the release date of the adult video adaptation of Zenbu Sensei no Sei. 2. is almost out. But then he realized that he was definitely not “doing nothing,” and was drawing a manuscript, doing research for it, revising it, and even scrapping the whole thing sometimes. (NSFW)

He also made a drawing of his own replicating the ad for Zenbu Sensei no Sei. 2. There’s currently a sale going for both the prequel and the new stuff until November 23. It’s also available on DVD.

Kio watched and enjoyed the movie Zombieland Saga: Yumeginga Paradise

Media Mayhem: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for October 2025

I need to say it: I’ve been worried about the world. We’re seeing government silencing of creative expression, bullying and pressure to silence video games and other artistic projects by credit card companies and payment processors, and a media engine that seems obsessed with trying to convince everyone that red is blue and up is down. It reminds me of every time an overblown hype machine tries to convince us that NFTs or generative AI are the future, except it’s targeting big organizations and regular people who haven’t been paying attention for the past 15 years to a fascist propaganda machine.

I feel some relief that people managed to push back against the attempts to censorship, but also some disgust over the way organizations and companies with real money and power are so ready to capitulate. Having so much influence should make you geared to fight back, not bend the knee.

A new anime season is starting this month, and I hope I can enjoy it.

As for the Patreon, here are my sponsors for the month. Many thanks to them all.

General:

Ko Ransom

Diogo Prado

Alex

Dsy

Sue Hopkins fans:

Serxeid

Hato Kenjirou fans:

Elizabeth

Yajima Mirei fans:

Machi-Kurada

Blog Highlights from September

I attended the third hololive English concert! Spoilers: It was incredible.

My Anime NYC con report. I attended the hololive World Tour and saw the voice of Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh!

My review of the complete Amiba Isekai spin-off! What a fantastic series.

Kio Shimoku

A new volume of Spotted Flower is out!

Closing

This month, I’m going to be doing a lot of fun things not necessarily related to anime and manga. I’m thinking about whether to write about them for the blog, but leaning heavily towards “yes.”

Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights September 2025

For Kio, summer hasn’t ended (at least as of August 31).

Rough draft of Spotted Flower’s husband.

Volume 8 of Spotted Flower was announced. (Release date was September 30.)

Another rough draft from Spotted Flower’s wife.

A thought creeps up in Ogino’s mind.

Kio recommends everyone read the manga Zutto Seishun poi Desuyo (or We Are in the Spring of Life) by Yatera Keita.

Kio claims this Madarame-looking guy is from Spotted Flower.

Sounds like Chapter 50 of Spotted Flower will have a hell of a finale. It’s not clear whether this means the end of the series, or it’s just the final scene of the chapter that’s a big deal.

Different stores in Japan have different purchase bonuses for Volume 8 of Spotted Flower! Almost all of them are basically different girls in skimpy swimsuits.

It also seems like Kio will be including something like a doujinshi with Volume 8.

Like every volume, this Spotted Flower will also have underjacket art that has the characters in less clothing.

There will be a live action adaptation of Kio’s erotic doujinshi sequel, It’s All Your Fault, Sensei. 2. Here’s an NSFW tweet with a barely censored picture of the actors.

Big booby female knights are right up Kio’s alley, and it just so happens that here’s a manga specifically about that.

Kio saw Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc, and was really impressed by the scene when the bomb goes flying.

While visiting Obata Castle in Ibaraki Prefecture, Kio heard a loud roar coming from the south. Then he remembered that the JSDF’s Hyakuri Base is there.

Kio saw the animated film Hyakuemu. He really liked the linework in the drawings.

Musin’ on Muzan: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for September 2025

Summer is winding down, and the first Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle movie will be in theaters soon. I already have my ticket, and I’m eager to see how this series begins to conclude. I feel they made this into a trilogy in order to make more money, but I don’t begrudge them about that. If there’s a reason to make it a big event and draw fans to theaters, so be it.

Later in the month are some big hololive milestones, namely Myth’s 5th anniversary and the first online concert for Holostars EN. I’ve decided I’ll celebrate Myth with some Raising Cane’s, but I haven’t figured out what would be fitting for the EN boys.

I’m also fresh off of Anime NYC and hololive EN’s third concert, All for one. I intend to get my thoughts about both before the end of the month.

General:

Ko Ransom

Diogo Prado

Alex

Dsy

Sue Hopkins fans:

Serxeid

Hato Kenjirou fans:

Elizabeth

Yajima Mirei fans:

Machi-Kurada

Blog Highlights from August

VTubers + Baseball = ???

If I’m right, GQuuuuuuX fits into the Gundam timeline in an important way.

Do you want to fight? Or do you want to fight?

Kio Shimoku

Are we nearing the end of Spotted Flower?

Kio caught COVID-19 but is alive.

Closing

Amid the erosion of human rights and the destruction of the United States’ scientific expertise, the weird obsession with tariffs feels like kicking someone while they’re down. I desperately hope, for the sake of everyone regardless of political beliefs, that things are made right. We should not be beholden to the most ass-backwards ghouls who seem to want to burn the world down so they can grift just a little more.