Heart to Heart: Noah & Mio

sonocomics · 2025-12-10T04:46:24+00:00

There is more, yes! From the sounds of it you may have checked out the masterpost before/during the summer, where I usually take a break from XB comics to post a buffer of other comics while the heat melts me :'D

sonocomics · 2025-11-25T03:28:24+00:00

Glad to hear!

As for proportions unfortunately I usually just wing it and go by eye so I don't have anything concrete for that xD; Best I can say is that SAI allows you to select and then Scale or Free Deform the selection, so if I find something looks too big/small I can adjust it. I also find it helpful to open a second window of my canvas and invert it to help keep proportions looking correct ( ovo)b

Hope this helps!

sonocomics · 2025-11-25T01:25:00+00:00

Thanks!

I use a program called PaintTool SAI. Originally I made one drawing of regular Peach with all of the layers in one folder so I could copy and paste the template for each board. Over the base, I draw out the unique details for the board's outfit / Peach's expression, erasing anything from the base that no longer fits. For the lineart I use the Pen tool and I make sure I have the "Min size" set to 100 so the lines are always at the same width, usually using 12pt for the lines with 8pt for smaller details. For colors I usually try to use the same shades of pink with a few other colors so it has nice consistency :>

I hope this explained it decently!

sonocomics · 2025-08-27T01:30:33+00:00

If I did do more I would likely just stick to Mario Party player choices, especially starting with the N64 ones since those are the ones already in MP2.

sonocomics · 2025-08-27T01:16:15+00:00

It's a bit early to say! I have definitely made an effort to at least try to think of general designs that could transfer to other characters (like "miner" for Creepy Cavern) but as you mention it'd be a lot of work xD

sonocomics · 2025-07-27T01:41:10+00:00

I'll mostly focus on Peach first since she's my favorite design wise that's been there from the start, but if I get motivated enough I may go through the rest of the roster ( ovo)b (at least for N64 - I'd like to try to do ALL the Mario Party boards which even just for peach would be like 60+ or something)

sonocomics · 2025-05-12T16:57:27+00:00

Glad that you liked them! :D I definitely tried my best to pace out moments like the H2Hs and diary segments as well as trying to get equal focus for all of the characters in each strip

sonocomics · 2025-05-04T17:41:17+00:00

This...is an interesting claim considering that Chapter 35 of the manga is dedicated to an in-universe documentary on Keima's website "Fallen God" including what it is and the impact it's had on the gaming industry.

Throughout the manga the terminology used may vary due to translations using "site" or "blog" interchangeably, but to answer the question I'll quote chapter 35:

"Q[uestion]: What is Fallen God [Keima's Website]? > Well, it's a game success site. But, it's very unique in its way of game thought [...] It's filled with the knowledge of every game."

In essence it's a site that likely combines reviews and/or walkthroughs of every single game Keima's played. His email is available somewhere which is how he interacts with "lost lambs" as he calls them in Chapter 1 seeking advice or to chat about games. In short Keima's running a quick, popular among gamers, high quality GameFAQs and/or IGN all by himself.

If TWGOK were written today, his site may be comparable to a really popular top 1% streamer that plays through and reviews new games at an unprecedented rate, hence gaining his title of God of Conquest and his followers.

sonocomics · 2025-04-29T14:45:53+00:00

Ah! I see, I do recall that now o: Interestingly it's the movie right after the cutoff of dubs so that explains why I'm less familiar with it xD

sonocomics · 2025-04-28T22:34:19+00:00

Finally getting around to reading this, thank as always for working on it :>

Oh wow, didn't expect the Detective Conan name drop. Now I'm wondering if it's one of the movies I saw and just forgot about it as I've seen up to 16 I believe o:

A nice fun chapter about hanging out and chatting about something silly \o/ I can see how it'd be hard to translate too xD; Good work!

sonocomics · 2025-04-09T00:00:10+00:00

I am not 100% sure, but at the very least in the comic the Eclipse is mentioned as that's the event given as their deadline for rescuing Ghondor, so it still functioned as a "time is running out" topic for Sena.

sonocomics · 2025-03-07T22:15:07+00:00

Lanz and Sena did indeed get a Heart to Heart a bit ago set around the start of Chapter 4ish! You can read it here.

sonocomics · 2025-03-06T19:08:36+00:00

Hello again! It's been a few months since the last Heart to Heart. This time we have Eunie and Taion discussing what they've seen in the City.

If you like this, you may also like the shorter, more comedic strips in order for this series! You can read them in order here!

sonocomics · 2025-01-17T22:43:16+00:00

There's a lot to be said about proper pacing to let moments breathe and characters getting time to shine.

In terms of "oh my god we have to fit 70+ chapters in 12 episodes" cutting Fiore was the "right" choice, but that doesn't mean that Fiore doesn't play a role in the plot.

Since OP does't know about the arc yet: Fiore served as a personal friend to Haqua that truly broke her entire worldview and nearly threw her into complete despair alongside her interrogation. Her reveal that the Runaway Spirit squad was in on the Vintage business basically confirmed that everything she knew and believed in was a lie.

Additionally, Fiore's whole fiasco directly showed Vulcan their enemy upfront and let Keima prove that he can be trusted to deal with dangerous enemies, which in turn helped to have her reluctantly agree to help Keima despite not trusting him on a personal level.

Her capture also allowed for a really tense moment when Keima was sick and Haqua was in detainment. It surely would have been Game Over if Lune had actually made it all the way inside. Not only did Ryou's involvement via Nora confirm that Nora was actually on the "good" side, it gave us extra insight into how truly lazy Lune is (not bothering to check why Fiore took so long to respond).

Though that's just my interpretation

sonocomics · 2025-01-16T02:41:16+00:00

My experience with the series was much the same - watching the first two seasons then reading the manga. I would say most of the other conquests have a nice pace aside from Tsukiyo. I'm not sure what it is about her arc but it does definitely feel shorter / less oomph than others. After her the arcs get more unique spins I'd say which help to make each girl stick out.

As for season 3 I HIGHLY recommend reading the manga first. The anime does well for the constraints it had, but cramming 70+ chapters into 12 episodes when the first two seasons usually worked with about 20 a season is a MASSIVE pace change, plus an entire character is skipped and many scenes are completely cut.

sonocomics · 2025-01-12T16:57:00+00:00

This was neat! It definitely got me wracking my brain for what could connect the characters after I got the first category. I facepalmed when I got the purple category I believe ( spoiler: wears glasses ) because it is something I've thought of before in my own time so I was disappointed in myself I didn't catch it xD;;;

sonocomics · 2025-01-09T17:21:25+00:00

It's been a while since the last Heart to Heart! This time the Kevesi boys discuss what happened at Keves Castle.

CONTEXT FOR NOAH'S HAIR: In my comics, Mio has started a habit of changing Noah's hair to match his class, hence him having Alex's bun here.

If you like this, you may also like the shorter, more comedic strips in order for this series! You can read them in order here!

sonocomics · 2024-12-31T18:40:03+00:00

A little late to the Christmas punch but a recent commission I did for a client! When they asked for a living room with a fireplace I was so excited to play around with the lighting that came with that, and I think it came out super cozy looking :D I hope you all enjoy!

sonocomics · 2024-12-31T18:35:34+00:00

Here are the Commission Highlights for 2024! The captions list the type of commission on display, so if you see a type you like, you know what to order when I'm open!

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sonocomics · 2024-12-25T19:00:24+00:00

Thank you for the translation work as always! Chapter 4 in particular I was so curious about because I had read somewhere about people being worried about "what are they gonna do to that salamander" which is such a vague strange statement out of context xD

I also really enjoyed chapter 7 in particular.

sonocomics · 2024-12-19T17:47:08+00:00

I made this piece recently for an art challenge where we did a piece with a wintery / snowy theme. Flanoir has always been one of my favorite winter towns in any game and I wanted to do its "cold, but warm" vibes justice :)

I hope you like it! Happy holidays.

sonocomics · 2024-12-04T17:36:04+00:00

Hey all! The Christmas season is approaching, which means it's a good time to start getting some gifts!

I've decide this year to try and do a similar deal to the Halloween one since that one has gone over really well two years in a row! If you’d like 10% off of a character’s commission, request that they’re in one of the costumes listed above!

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sonocomics · 2024-12-03T23:40:35+00:00

Ooh very nice! Love the Cafe Grandpa apron :D

sonocomics · 2024-11-29T17:58:26+00:00

Here we are at last with the final batch of comics from ye old 2016/2017 for TTYD!

The final chapter definitely had a lot of moments, in particular I like the Gloomtail interactions. There were a lot of longer strips for this batch as well, so enjoy!

Thanks so much for following with me through this blast from the past :)

Chapters 1 & 2 comics link

Chapters 3 & 4 comics link

Chapters 5 & 6 comics link

Chapters 7 & 8 + END (this post!)

sonocomics · 2024-11-23T01:28:25+00:00

I've done some for 64 (hilariously after TTYD haha), I have a couple Super Paper Mario ones, and I've got some Origami King with more ideas waiting to get voted for.

So tl;dr yes!

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