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Come to think of it, where could my hat be...?
Well, I'll have to ask Anne and the others about it later...
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Band: Four Knights of the Apocalypse designs XIV
Box: I did it! Camelot's specialty (?), the Gladiator Festival, not at all like Britannia's specialty, the Brawl Festival!!
It's always a bother to draw mon characters but I wanted to do a tournament story no matter what. (My bad habit)
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Band: Four Knights of the Apocalypse designs XV
Box: And now the Gladiator Festoval story.
You can't have a tournament without having new character appear in it!!
These sketched characters were drawn to that effect but they ended up not showing up, which happens often in my case.
Will the characters who are here eventually be able to appear?
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Band: Four Knights of the Apocalypse designs XVI
Box:
Mentioned in passing in the Details X of Volume 14, the are the knight under the direct supervision of the king Arthur and Ironside.
Top right: Rothes
18-20 years old
Right: Bracelet
Left: His eyes are more oblong and bigger compared to Lancelot's
Lance - Rothes
Box: The explication regarding Turret and Rothes is that they capture Purgatory beasts for the king Arthur. You might wonder what kinds of magic powers they possess.
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Band: Four Knights of the Apocalypse designs XVII
Box: As for why Turret and Roghes have such clear color schemes (this page is monochrome but still...)...
Top right: Turret
Late 20's
Top left: Roman nose?
(His hair and beard positions are uniform)
Right: An eye mark on the back of the glove
Top bottom left: A flute-like musical instrument (about 50cm long)
Bottom bottm left: A three-pronged whip
Box: It was a request from the anime staff, they wanted to make them detailed when they look smaller during Mortlach and Diodra's exchange of blows in Volume 12, so I did these drawings.
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Title: Hi! Anime Expo 2024!!
Where we will be heading to the signing event in July 2024
Outside: See you later.
is Los Angeles, United States!!
The editors who will be coming with me this time are...
the usual slim glutton M-da-kun,
the considerate and quiet H-gata-kun,
Y-no-san with the face of a saing yet with the heart of Enma
and the closeted otaku(?) and beautiful K-tou-san..
So, the United States are ridiculously large. (I also mentioned it on the Volume 18 flap.)
The faraway scenery is really far away.
Anyway, let's have a meal first.
Outside: Eep.
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Here it is, ther Americal steak!!!
Moreover, its mega size sure packs a real punch.
We can eat it as much as we can!!
Its cooking and chewiness are the best.
As expeted of the home of steak.
30 minutes later...
After this... let's drink... alcohol...
Vegetables... I wanna eat them.
Old men in their 50's like us are nearing their limits.
Just as expected, the younger people aren't having any issues at all.
I can come here any day.
Arrow: Especially him. In terms of kilos of meat eatedn from the start, it's like eating up a cake. Such a strong guy.
Without a care in the world, the heavy-drinker K-tou-san is drinking nothing but wine.
Delicious.
Y-no-san was told by his dentist to abstain from eating sweets yet also gumped down wine.
He is sure to give me an earful...
I gave in so quickly and kept on drinking whiskey. I ended up having a hangover for two days.
Outside: Something... something sour...
Ah, I've got dried plums.
Gimme one.
Well now, let's go have a fun tour next!
Outside: Yeah.
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Hollywood!!!
Just walking in the town makes me all excited!♬
The Chinese Theater!!
So cool!!
The hand and footprints and signatores of Hollywood stars.
Schwarzie's hands and feet are huge!!!
The Hollywood sign...
So small.
was hella far away...
Madam Tussauds wax museum was awesome.
Outside: Getting kicked by Bruce Lee,
Outside: stopping his kick with my fingers,
Hah.
Outside: getting grabbed by King Kong,
Outside: H-gata-kun recreating edward Scissorhands' famous scene.
We took plenty of silly photographies.
And then, we went to the Santa Monica beach pier on a separate day.
This kinda feels like an amusement park.
Guys, it's hot so how about having ice cream?
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We ate granulated and super-rich ice-creams on a lively pier... (What a name for the ice-cream...)
Outside: Yummy!
Japan is over there several thousands of kilometers away...
After that, an incident happened.
H-gata-kun was merrily playing ona swing set up along the beach.
What kind of miracle happened when he got off it?
The swing's chain ripped off every button on his shirt except the topmost one!!
What the heck are you doing!!?
Y-no-san, who joined us later, teased him about it.
You were eager to show that blonde beauty how cool you were, right?
Outside: H-gata-kun, you're such a pervert.
N... no, no. I didn't go on the swing to act cool. I'm a pervert though...
Outside: Yep, yep.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised from him.
Outside: Yep, yep.
As an aftertaste episode,
A parent and a child came to talk to us in the middle of strolling,
it turns out that they came to bring us the accessory K-tou-san dropped.
It was a very heartwarming scene.
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We went on and visited Paramount Studios
Center: Bumblebee
Right: The bench from Forrest Gump
This is the best.
and saw the area where the cast actually lived.
We also watched a Dodgers match in Dodgers Stadium.
M-da-kun quite enjoyed it despite not being a sports enthusiast.
...I digress here but my biggest blunder all trip long was that I forgot my watch. (Seriously yes.)
There are no clocks in the hotel, not even in rooms. The time on the TV wasn't displaying correctly...
I should get a smartphone soon...
Well, whatever! Let's put it aside and get going to the event!
You know, it's retty important for me!!
Yes, yes, let's go, let's go.
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Then it's about time to go to the Anime Expo!!
AX for short!!!!
I took part in the signing event
to give interviews and talk events online.
I drew the eye on the daruma at the opening ceremony.
I hesitated to draw the Dragon's Sin of Wrath emblem but I chose the pig instead...
Lee Kapi-san, who's my translator for the talk event,
Outside: I love Punisuke.
has been my fan since my debut work. I feel grateful.
And then came the signing event that spanned over three days...
Outside: Topless apron Ban!!
Really passionate fans came to me. Oh God, I'm so happy!!
Among them, there were strong people who got the ticks for all three days.
Day 1: Meliodas.
Day 2: Elizabeth.
Day 3: Hawk.
They had me complete signings on one carboard sheet...
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A guy cosplaying as Pellegarde
came with his girlfriend who cosplayed as Arthur.
The quality is amazing.
Moreover, on the following day, there were Escanor and Meliodas cosplays...!!
That couple was very intimate.
Also, I'm still preciously wearing
the Dodgers cap that a fan gave me.
Outside: The local old man seems like a supporter.
I'm really
glad I came.
There were a bunch of parts I had to omit due to the page restrictions but in any case, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Thank you so much, Americans!!
I'mm come back next time with medicine for the stomach...
THE END
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I'm sorry, Tantris...
