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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My insatiable need to caveat/correct/amend previous posts strikes again. I want to emphasize that despite making this comparison deliberately (as I said in the subsequent post of the thread), I do not think there is any equivalence in terms of experience & harm.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Every time I see a comment claiming #Busquets has gone from underrated to overrated, it is always from ppl who never rated him in the 1st place, & you can tell b/c they always bring up the same wrong point, which is that Busquets was only good w/ the ball at his feet. This is manifestly UNTRUE.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Came across the lyrics to this song while flipping through one of my old journals. Always thought it suited #Busquets (& friends). Used to imagine MVs set to it back when he was still playing😆, so thought I'd just accompany some excerpts w/ a few pics: 世界之大總想要去飛就算滿身傷痕也不曾後悔無人喝彩依然在期待雨後的彩虹它是那樣的精彩

FC Barcelona player Sergio Busquets kneeling on the pitch during the 20-21 season's Copa del Rey final.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Periodically reread my old posts & freak out over errors or misleading statements.😅 Here I implied Gerard Martin was La Masia; he is not. He was a B team signing & rose to the 1st team that way, the same as Ronald Araujo. His development occurred at Cornella (a Tererca, or Spanish 5th tier, club).

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Finished Ave Barrera's Restoration (English translation). Really loved it, even though it contains a big personal ick (dismemberment, which is literally on the 1st page so I don't feel this is much of a spoiler). I appreciated how angry it was b/c I am an angry person.😆 #BookSky

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wrote this thread responding to Valencia vs. Barça back on 9/6 (match day 4) & forgot to post.😅 Mostly I wanted to see how the team would play in Rodri's 1st start. Figured I'd post anyway even though they'd already played a whole UCL game since then.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There are so many fake footballer quotes proliferating online (esp X & FB) that I've stopped trusting any player comments I see from those platforms, but Busquets' words on Fabregas appear to be real.😆They ambushed him while he was playing padel hahaha www.sport.es/es/noticias/...

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Sergio Busquets se ilusiona con la Champions y avala a Cesc Fàbregas en clave Barça

El actual asistente de Juliano Belletti en el Barça Atlètic concedió unas declaraciones desde Italia, donde ha participado en un 'Legends' de pádel

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Read Pedri's Player Tribune piece this morning & was amused by how Pedri (+ his friends) seemed more awed by Busquets than by Messi! 🤣 (Of course Pedri was very awed by Messi too, don't @ me.) www.theplayerstribune.com/pedri-soccer...

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For My Family | By Pedri

It’s Barça. It’s in our family’s blood.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My two interests of international relations & football collided unexpectedly with this piece from Foreign Policy that I sort of hated 😶‍🌫️: foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/04/m...

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Soccer’s Favorite Strongman

José Mourinho’s lessons on how to influence people (and not win friends).

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Watched Barça vs Rayo yesterday, my 1st Barça game since 2023, b/c I got finally got curious enough after reading all kinds of comments. Amazing how much fun games are when I don't have to read shit takes from rancid people lol Some random thoughts:

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Busquets at work as an assistant for Barça B (Barça Atlètic)! He looks deeply concerned.😆 Hope he's doing well & enjoying his new role. I'm pretty nervous about how he'd be as a manager b/c so many things can go wrong.😭 What if he sucks! I'd be heartbroken. x.com/sport/status...

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Diario SPORT (@sport) on X

🔍📍Sergio Busquets, en el Johan siguiendo el Barça Atlètic - Reus

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Started reading the A.J. Raffles stories and am amused by how much this is just Watson & Holmes but crime. I mean I knew this going in, but I wasn't expecting it to be SO similar. Bunny is such a Raffles fanboy that it's almost cringe (cute! but cringe lol). #Raffles #EWHornung #BookSky

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Btw I know this is petty AF, but I don't claim to be unemotional, & I despise these types of fans. Ignorant about football, hostile to the symbolism of the club they support, yet always ready to give an over-confident opinion about who's underperforming, & it's usually a Catalan academy player.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Back to hating on (some) Barça fans.🙄 This is doesn't seem that bad at first glance, but the red flag is that part about keeping "Piqué, Busquets, Alba, & Sergi Roberto" on for "too long." If there's one thing I can't stand, it's biased BS masquerading as fake objectivity.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It makes me sad how my desire to do fanwork for this wonderful series died with 37. I loved Akechi soooooo much but 37 was sooooo bad, I can't forgive it. #kindaichi

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This account has over 500k followers & back in 2022, they tweeted this "list of most problematic players at Barça," w/ Busquets topping the list. LOL unless Busquets one day turns out to be a serial killer, I will never forgive (large sectors of) this fanbase.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Epistemology" ffs I meant "epidemiology"😭 Admittedly this is b/c epistemology is also very relevant when thinking about how Busquets was/is talked about, given how much "the debate" has to do w/ football knowledge & beliefs.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

LMFAO ok what?? This came out of nowhere, does that mean I have to support the Dutch NT now?😭 (Kidding, I really liked the Netherlands in 2014...just not so much before or after that.) Good luck, Xavi.🙏 www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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Netherlands hire Xavi as coach through 2030 World Cup

The Netherlands have appointed Barcelona great Xavi Hernández as the national team's new coach following the resignation of Ronald Koeman after a disappointing FIFA World Cup.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Octopus of Badia in his early 20s. (You see, my icon of choice for this account has always been a hint about my appreciation for #SergioBusquets😆)

Image of Sergio Busquets, former FC Barcelona player and one of the greatest defensive midfielders of all time, with his chin in one hand. He is wearing a training kit of the Spain National Team, navy blue with red and gold highlights.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Check out this IMMENSE (in more than one way) piece on different football styles. Explains the history and concepts behind positional football (e.g. Guardiola, Luis Enrique) vs. relational football (e.g. Ancelotti, Klopp). medium.com/@clarissabar...

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Not to say I didn’t speak of the flowers: space, time, positionism and relationism

The order of things changes when you cross the Danube River.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

lol I have no idea who my target audience is with this rant. I explained "dark arts" as if to total newbies, but then dropped all these names that would be incomprehensible unless you're a longtime football fan (& Barça fan specifically, who I'm antagonizing).😅

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

B/c Barça fans are shit, that's why. Half this fanbase have hated Busquets since he debuted in 2008. They'll take any opportunity to downplay him. I'm sorry, this is out of nowhere & I don't think there are many football fans on Bluesky, but I need to rant after a long break from the sport.

Screenshot of a post from X of one FC Barcelona fan quote-tweeting another fan. The original post claims, "If Rodri comes to Barcelona Sergio Busquets will come out and explain what he has over Rodri," with photos of Rodri holding his Ballon d'Or and his Golden Ball. The quote-tweet response states," I don't understand this tweet. How are you shading your own legend Busquet [sic] because of Rodri."

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Quick #sketches for ep.28 of #成化十四年. #汪植 & 崔媽媽's relationship is...🤔 but their sighing contest was funny. Her counterpart on team 唐泛 is 東姑, the noodle-shop lady. Once you recognize the foil set-up you can't unsee. Such a shame that the show was too undisciplined to pull off coherence.

Pencil sketches of 3 scenes. Top: Ｗang Zhi sitting at a round dining table being poured a drink by Madame Cui, w/ a comment stating, "Seriously though what is their relationship lol."
Middle: Sui Zhou looking chagrined, w/ comments stating, "隋州 like, FFS did you have to pick this place?? (This actor's best performance in the whole show XP)."
Bottom: Back shot of Wang Zhi standing on the second story landing, looking down on two people below, w/ a comment stating, "Love this shot <3"

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

I was rewatching #成化十四年 ep.26 when I got inspired to draw quick sketches of fav scenes rather than more involved sketches. I REALLY enjoyed eps.26-29, the mini-arc about imposter!錦衣衛, culminating in the hostage situation at 歡意樓. The way this show later crushed my burgeoning expectations.😭

Pencil sketches of scenes from episodes 26 & 27. Top: labeled Ep. 26, note says, "One-man bomb squad 丁容" showing the character handling a grenade-like object. Lower left: note says, "汪植 like, 'Oh shit I'm holding a bomb,'" showing the character clutching a box by the handle and looking distressed. Lower right: labeled "Ep. 27" with an accompanying quote in Chinese, 不聽朕話的人, 一個不留. This translates to, "None who disobeys me can live."

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Since I'm on ch.137, it feels weird to continue my #ImmediateReactions thread for the #成化十四年 #webnovel that stopped at ch.30. I figured I'd do reactions by arc from now on. The last couple have been "Chinese mystery classics" haha, famine cover-up followed by cheating on national exams. 1st, famine.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Skipping 10 whole episodes to ep25, #汪植 filing his nails while listening to someone. I wanted to practice more poses that weren't standing. Completely gave up when it came to the background. He looks different in every pic b/c I'm a rank amateur. #成化十四年 #cdrama #fanart #watercolor

Watercolor & penciil sketch of the character 汪植 (WangZhi) from cdrama 成化十四年 (Chenghua Year 14), seated on a couch & leaning against a low table. Background is grey-blue. 汪植 is wearing a red robe with gold decoration, & a black hat. The outfit is based on clothes worn by Ming officials.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I've been lowkey following the artists of the LJ pantspress sketchblog since...well, those days. Their early webcomics...❤️ Incredible to see everyone carry on creating such wonderful stories. I also have Anita's Ghost & read her summer camp one, hope I'll be able to get this from the library.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

More #成化十四年 fanart, this time a scene from ep.14, when 余將軍 trashed 歡意樓 in a drunken rage to pick a fight w/ #汪植 & the latter appeared at the top of the staircase to calm things down. I liked how his expression & hair turned out. Also, watercolor is fun but I am AWFUL at it, as you see.😭

Pencil, ink, & watercolor sketch of WangZhi, a character from the Cdrama Fourteenth Year of Chenghua. The character, smiling faintly, has his hand raised in a gesture for calm. He wears white robes with green accents & stands against a grey-black background with faint decorative elements. Red lanterns hang in the foreground.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Example of how annoying I can get when finding myself interested in something: I stopped for a week when I hit ch.41 of #成化十四年 b/c the narration mentioned that 梁芳 was 御馬監掌印太監 & 汪直 was only 秉筆太監, & went on a frantic hunt to verify b/c it didn't sound right.😅

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Following up briefly. The issue w/ the novel is...well, I just don't think it's THAT much better. After all the hullabaloo from fans hating on the show, I was expecting A LOT more, & I'm one of those "purist" types who almost always likes the original better. 成化 must now be one of the exceptions.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Welp, my love for #汪植 hasn't waned but my desire to be on social media went straight down the bin for a while. Am I back? I don't know, but for now here's some terrible art that I had stored up. #成化十四年 #fanart #cdrama ⬇️

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Don't have time to go into detail (maybe later), but this part in «成化十四年» ch4 was interesting. The novel was praised for its attention to history; the show also clearly did its research for #汪植. So a major reason I wanted to read the novels was to compare treatments of the character.

事情的起因倒退到兩個月前，三月時，右副都御史陳鉞上書請重開遼東馬市，關於這件事，涉及朵顏三衛和明朝的老恩怨，說起來還得追溯到成祖永樂皇帝那時候去，如同老太婆的裹腳布，又臭又長，不提也罷。

只是朝中對這件事頗有爭議，有些人認為朵顏三衛給臉不要臉，就該扼住他們的喉嚨不鬆手，重開馬市等於主動退讓，以後朝廷顏面無存不說，還會讓這些人得寸進尺，不過因為有汪直從旁支援，所以最後皇帝還是同意了陳鉞的上疏，而且讓陳鉞前往巡撫遼東。

結果沒過兩個月，陳鉞假稱建州女真謀反，掩殺人頭充作功勞呈報上去，引發遼東騷亂，被人舉報揭發之後，皇帝自然要派人前往查明真相，順便安撫那些被陳鉞騷擾的邊部，這時西廠廠公汪直主動請纓，說願意為皇帝效勞。

想當然耳，汪直是為了立功搶功，不過這種事情很多人都幹過，在大明政壇上屢見不鮮，比比皆是。

但兵部尚書餘子俊偏偏站出來反對，認為現在當務之急，應該是派一個熟諳兵事的人前往，才能快刀斬亂麻解決問題，言下之意，汪直這種外行，就別去湊熱鬧添麻煩了。

汪直當然大怒，他發現自己雖然得到皇帝的寵信，又建立了西廠，卻還並沒有一手遮天，朝中反對他的人還比比皆是。

正好這個時候，廣西太平府，四川鹽井衛接連發生地震，死傷慘重，汪直藉口上天示警，帝君左右有奸人作祟，在皇帝面前搶先告狀，先將餘子俊的死黨，兵部右侍郎馬文升踢到遼東去，斷了餘子俊一條臂膀，又打著讓御史監察地方賑災，以免有人中飽私囊的名義，將替餘子俊說話的幾個言官都踢到地方去，徹底孤立餘子俊。

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

實在對汪植感到太好奇了，所以終於還是開始讀《成化十四年》。一口氣看到第13章。果然不出所料，最大的反應: 這些人都是誰??😆 文筆比我想像的還簡單、畢竟是網路小說。還好難度不高、不然以我現在的程度不知道要看到什麼時候😭 汪直雖然還沒上場，可是第3~4章就提到西廠 (比隋州還早??)、然後汪直的事淅瀝嘩啦講了一堆。有點意外不過還是高興的傻笑。快快現身吧, 汪督公! #webnovels #成化十四年 #ImmediateReactions

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

More #成化十四年 #fanart! Drew this weeks ago but wasn't in the mood for social media. I also originally intended to ink & color it, but then I just moved on to other scenes, probably b/c I liked this #sketch & got scared of ruining it. (It's not even a very good sketch!🫠)

Pencil sketch of 汪植 (Wang Zhi), a powerful eunuch character from cdrama 成化十四年, "helping" his political opponent 萬通 (Wan Tong) recover from a bout of nausea. 萬通 has collapsed to his knees & 汪植 is kneeling before him, arms reaching for the other's shoulders, a blank (mildly contemptuous?) expression on his face. This was a moment of triumph for 汪植, disguised as subservience.

This is the screenshot reference of the pencil sketch, taken from episode 13.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Looking back at my previous #成化十四年 posts & realizing that I mentioned "汪植 is based on a real historical figure" Every. Single. Time. Clearly this is very important to me.🫠 (B/c the historical eunuch was ALSO cool! Very much maligned; he wasn't nearly as awful as his enemies made him out to be.)

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It's so lonely being hyperfixated on something that no one else cares about (成化 fandom deader than our ancestors).😭 Normally I have a friend I can ramble at, but this time she's aggressively uninterested so... I guess that's what this is for (shouting into the void) but I've been weirdly reluctant.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I hate to be the person who posts w/ no context but I'm rewatching #成化十四年 & this part in episode 9... wut? Why didn't #唐泛 et al. stand up during the toast to #汪植? 😅 That's so rude 😭 唐泛 is an official, he should know better than to sit there like a bumpkin. I can't w/ how he's written in this show.

A scene from cdrama 成化十四年 (Chenghua Year 14), showing a big party outdoors at night. Everyone is standing to toast 汪植 (Wang Zhi), the official in charge...except for our MC 唐泛 (Tang Fan) & his party, circled in red. They for some reason sit on their butts & look confused. Even if they don't know proper decorum, everyone ELSE is standing?? Common sense suggests they should get up. Also it's a toast. What's going on here.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

UBER distracted by 成化十四年, a mystery drama set in the Ming Dynasty. Objectively it is not very good. Beyond the mid mysteries, the two male leads are awful (acting + character). The entire thing is propped up by male lead #3, the eunuch 汪植 (based on an actual historical figure, pictured).

Promo image for 成化十四年 (Chenghua Year 14, or The Fourteenth Year of the Chenghua Emperor), picturing one of the three main characters, 汪植 (WangZhi).

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

So I'll be able to read the chapter in Chinese soon, but before that I wanted to check back on this prediction I made that Akechi (& Kenmochi) will show up to do fuck all. Let's see how I do.😆

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

LMFAO at the chapter title (金田一課長の事件簿). Six years of this series & no questions have been answered, but at least he's got a promotion at work.😭 The irony is that I had previously joked I wanted to see 明智課長の事件簿, like when he was the "legendary head of Investigative Division 1." *SIGH*

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Have 2 h until the new #金田一37歳 chapter is released in Japan. What I should do is think about something else until the evening when I can read the translation on Bilibili. What I will probably do is speculate wildly after seeing the Japanese title while continuing to curse the hypnosis gimmick.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Forgot to mention I read these in simplified Chinese, so I can't say if the original Japanese would give me the same vibes (Ranpo in Japanese is probably beyond my ability). Was proud of myself for getting through them at a steady clip (normally I read traditional & the switch is hard). #langsky

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Read『赤い部屋』 ("The Red Room") & 『疑惑』("Doubt") by #江戸川乱歩 yesterday. Every time I finish a Ranpo story, my first response is always, "Well that was weird." Other than being #mystery or crime fiction, his stuff defies categorization; they're entirely in his own strange world. #BookSky

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Completely forgot about this doodle from months ago. This is actually one of my first attempts at Akechi, in his high school form.😆 Originally I meant to draw the whole group but I ran out of space & then gave up. 明智少年と愉快な友達。和島くんが浮いている…🫠 . . . #fanart #doodle #落書き #金田一少年の事件簿

Pencil doodle of 17-year-old Akechi & his high-school buddies. Wajima is peaking out from behind Akechi, while Akazawa & Yakushiji are represented as chibified heads. Akechi & Wajima are labeled as "Dr. Watson & Mr. Holmes of Shuuou High," just to state the obvious. The characters are from the short story, "Farewell, My Dear Friend (明智少年　最初の事件)," collected in 明智少年の華麗なる事件簿, the special volume of Kindaichi stories starring Akechi as a teenager.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Akechi looking up. I was thinking of the final scene in "Unlucky Men in the Rain/殺人ポーカー" when I drew it. I love this pose but it's really hard to get right, & I'm not thrilled w/ his expression (aimed for pensive, got blah instead). . . . #art #fanart #manga #イラスト #金田一少年の事件簿

Bust sketch of Akechi Kengo from Japanese mystery series, Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo. He's looking up at at a point beyond the viewer, set against a pale yellow background & he wears a grey suit with a pinstripe shirt & striped tie underneath.

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Apparently I liked Akechi's smile in that previous piece so much, I mentioned it twice in the same thread. Oh for an edit function....!

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Drew this when I got too excited while rereading 「殺戮のディープブルー」(Deep Blue Massacre) & wanted one of those badass split-screens w/ our 4 major characters (小龍ごめん). Anyone who's read the novel can probably recognize what these scenes are. . . . #mystery #lightnovel #fanart #イラスト #金田一少年の事件簿

Four split-screens showing Kenmochi, Akechi, Kindaichi, and Miyuki, clockwise starting from top left. Kenmochi is holding binoculars while talking on a cell phone, Akechi is working in front of his computer with a cup of coffee, Kindaichi is shouting into a landline phone while bound with tape, Miyuki is rushing down a hallway. Each of these scenes are important (but not really spoiler) moments from the Kindaichi novel, "Deep Blue Massacre."

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Three Garridebs @3garridebs.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I think part of what makes #金田一37歳 so disappointing is that I'm also reading the novels at the same time, which are FAR superior. Kindaichi himself is more likeable & the character interactions (mostly w/ Miyuki) feel lively. The mysteries are better too. 🧵👇

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