#joseimuke games are serious business

[egophiliac]

I've been following since the pony days, and even though I know nothing about TWST, I still like reading the funny comics you do about the anime Disney boys c:

I do miss Tim tho :(

thank you! :D :D :D I have NO idea how my posts must come off if you have zero knowledge of Twst (aside from giving an extremely biased view of what it actually is about) (guiltily stops drawing Lilia for thirty seconds). but I appreciate that people still find joy in them anyway!

and Tim still shows up every once in a while! perhaps even...somewhat recently? :)

#joseimuke games are serious business #tim is like vanilla extract #good in pretty much everything but best when used sparingly #for the uninitiated: tim is a little guy i draw sometimes! he has a rich and storied history behind him #which is to say he was a weird doodle i did once on a livestream and he has taken on a life and mythos of his own #as well as a tendency to appear when you least expect him #he shows up less these days but he's been seen hanging out in twstland a couple times :) #anyway it's been thirty seconds now back to drawing lilia forever

[egophiliac]

I seriously wanna know what Agata is doing at the academy as a grown man

Like can kamui and araki not fucntion for five minutes and so the team dad has to be there

Agata is legally required to be within 100 feet of Kamui and Araki at all times as a preventative safety measure against fires/structural damage/biting/excessive paint fumes. it's in the OSHA manual.

(Kamui is also an adult) (even if he doesn't act like it) (so like...I think the Academy is supposed to be not so much a standard education school, more like specialized training for Riders? like a boot camp kinda thing? hard to tell at this point. :U the other characters are all in their 20s/30s, so if they also are Academy students with cute little uniforms and dorm assignments I guess that'll answer it?) (...wait this is just turning into X-Men now, hold on --)

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #takato being an academy student would actually be the funniest one #like yeah jou is a 30 year old with a job and a credit card bill and it is EXTREMELY good to think about him being forced back to math clas #but takato 1) has a wholeass company he has to run and yet he still has to ask for a hall pass to use the bathroom #and 2) they STILL made uryuu room with the mad guys #i actually do want this very much now

[egophiliac]

who is the pink lady with the hair

she's Truth from Ride Kamens! (...I'm not sure what the actual romanization of her name is. Torusu? 🙃) she's one of the villains, so she's still pretty ~mysterious~ at the moment, but so far we've been told that she's a Strong Female Cult Leader Executive who's super smart and super into herself (and who can blame her really) (her design is also more detailed than what I drew, I was just feelin' lazy)

just...look at her and listen to her voice lines and uhhhhhh basically I'm into in this Handsome Anime Man game for exactly the opposite reasons as intended

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #i mean yeah she's also probably turning people into monsters so she can take over the world or whatever #god forbid a girl do anything #(she does seem a bit Stock Anime Female Villain atm but i'll wait til the game actually starts to make assumptions) #(and even if she is. i mean. ...i don't hate that.)

[egophiliac]

Hello!! I followed you for your absolutely amazing Twisted Wonderland comics (thank you for making them, by the way-) but I saw you posting about something called Ride Kamens? I haven’t heard of it before, what’s it about? Or if that’s a bit much to ask, where could I find more info about it? It seems right up my alley 👀

Thank you!

thank you! :> :> :> (this is also for the other anon who asked about where to find it, I am honored to be infecting the world spreading interest in this silly game)

Ride Kamens is still doing prerelease marketing and isn't out yet; it's set for "early summer 2024", so a bit yet to go! similar to Twst, it's a mobile game about anime boys loosely based on an existing franchise (Kamen Rider), although it seems like it's going to be more standalone/won't require familiarity with Rider going in.

the (very) basic premise is that your player character has just taken over their late father's role as a secret agent, supporting the city's superheroes by running a secret base disguised as a cafe (plus you have a personal butler for some reason) (the reason is because it's amazing). you also have to help the heroes regain their lost memories, and it looks like it'll have a bit of a route/choice aspect there (not romance, just different endings to the character episodes depending on what you do). the details are kinda hard to tell at this point but the characters seem like a really fun bunch; there's definitely big "idiots with emotional problems" energy which I am extremely into.

all the official info is in Japanese only at the moment, but here's the website and the ride_kamens twitter! (though the twitter is sort of overtaken by posts about the AnimeJapan exhibit right now, whoops.) and I believe some people are already planning on doing translations for it too? lots to look forward to! :D

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #this is why like 99% of my posts about it so far have been just 'hey it's that guy' :') #the characters look like fun i'm just waiting to properly meet them! #i suspect they're doing a bit of a reverse-twst where instead of familiarity with the source drawing you into the game #they're aiming to get people into rider via handsome animes #we have officially reached the zany gambit phase of the franchise #honestly i have no idea what the actual quality of the game is going to be but by god am i gonna play it anyway because C'MON #i do think it looks like fun though! based on the op it looks like the villains might be turning people into monsters? #and the chaostones are from space or something WHY NOT #(also i was SO happy to see that there's a background that looks like our old friend the Wireworks and Explosion Factory) #(you made it in! can't wait for a character to dramatically explode in you ❤️) #(man i hope nijigao city is just full of toku landmarks) #(round up all the boys for a field trip to the local quarry surely nothing will go wrong there)

[egophiliac]

i just want to say i recently discovered you & love your art so much!! i only know kamen rider and twst on very surface level. but seeing that a game like ride kamens is gonna exist has me brainrotting like crazy. I wanna get in joseimuke games now haha. Any suggestions?

Cant believe we have only one more rider reveal for ride kamens... i'm personally hoping for specter but i have zero evidence besides the two horns. idk i just really like the suit designs from kamen rider ghost a lot so it would be super cool to see a ghost rep. though i heard ghost is a unpopular series in japan most likely not. Dang guessing these silhouettes are like "whos that pokemon" on major crack...

thank you! ❤️❤️❤️ I love that off-the-wall adaptations (if that's even the right word) like Twst and Ride Kamens can exist in this world. more media franchises need to make absolutely buckwild decisions like this.

(also DANG a Specter would be fantastic! especially Deep Specter, he would look amazing. 😭 I had mixed feelings on Ghost as a series but its designs went pretty dang hard Beethoven was criminally underused for how good a design it was. think of the hoodies! THINK OF THE HOODIES.)

I don't play a lot of games in general, so I'm pretty new to joseimuke games myself; if anyone else has any suggestions then please drop 'em in! :> if Twst is sorta your starting point, then the ones I tend to see brought up as ones that fans also play are Ensemble Stars, Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live, and Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku/Promise of Wizard. though disclaimer this is just based on what I've seen people talking about, so it might be outdated and/or not actually similarly-toned games!

#joseimuke games are serious business #i know obey me is also a big one that a lot of my fellow twsties play #but if i remember right that one has you romancing/being romanced by the guys so ymmv on whether you want that or not #(no shade just wanna be clear since i'm pretty sure all the others are romance-free) #(do correct me if i'm wrong!) #(this is literally just me googling like 'does (game) have romance' so i am not an expert on video game smooches)

[egophiliac]

hi!! first of all, i just wanted to say i love your art <3 i was in the twst fandom for a while and i'm currently into toku, so it's a nice surprise to see you like both! this is kinda dumb but, out of curiosity, how have you been making your ride kamens predictions? i.e. what hints are you referring to to make your guesses? i saw some jp artists making their guesses as well so i feel like i'm missing something

p.s. i also want a meteor/fourze-inspired character but that's probably not happening lol

thank you! :> glad to see there are more of us with excellent taste out there (characters being idiots = the best).

I think we're all just working off of the silhouettes? there's the ones that are in the PV, and then the full-body ones from this tweet (plus a couple of as-yet-unreleased character logos on the bottom); if there's been any other info released, I haven't seen it. so...mostly it's just speculation and wild guesses!

based on the ones we've gotten so far, it's going to be literally impossible to tell who anyone is before they're revealed, but it's still pretty fun to guess! I'm still holding out a tender hope that maybe Fourze or Meteor is hidden in there...somewhere...😔

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #they're in my heart even if they aren't in the game #the spam will stop soon i promise! there's only a few more daily reveals left :') #down to just four more let's gooooo #i'm still absolutely set on that one guy being gaim but everyone else? no idea #i could say anything and it would all be equally likely #let's say...the one with the smoke coming out of his head is g but also he turns into a mermaid when splashed with water #none of this is a complaint btw i am SO delighted to have a game i can say this about #(also i would LOVE if g were in this. what a way to bring him back)

[egophiliac]

YEA RIDE KAMENS ART IM CRYING.. is there a rider you want to appear in the game? i'm personally praying for kiva 😭

YEAH! :D I'm having a lot of fun anticipating the reveals (and being extremely wrong about most of them) but I am also unironically extremely excited for this game! it is the kind of buckwild adaptation that we both need and deserve (and also I kind of adore all the characters already).

we're never getting a Fourze but. I desperately want a Fourze. 😭 Kiva would also be EXCELLENT, the vampire motif would work SO well with these designs! (not to mention the whole stained-glass theming in general...Kiva had some really beautiful designs going on, just LOOK at Saga --)

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #i would love to see some of the riders/shows that didn't make it brought in in some other way #like minor characters or something #(sits up straight in bed) wait what if one of the academy teachers is fourze #GEN-SENSEI WE NEED YOUR WISDOM NOW MORE THAN EVER #it won't happen it would be TOO good #and yet... #(i also think it would be INCREDIBLY funny if one of them was decade) #(not based on decade just actual literal tsukasa who has dimension-hopped into this game and decided to run with it) #(let him finally live a peaceful life as a simple bus driver. please. he is so tired.)

[egophiliac]

Do you know when in the timeline the Phantom Bride story takes place? ( I love your comics btw)

thank you! :D :D :D

the events tend to be deliberately ambiguous about when they're set, probably so it's easier to schedule them, and to accommodate players who might be at different points in the main story. though I think you have to have finished episode 2 in order to play events, so most of them are kind of...in this nebulous chronological space of somewhere post-episode 2?

that said, the more recent events (I think starting with Fairy Gala IF) have been set after episode 6, since they have Ortho as a student and in his college gear. so there is a bit of a split there that Ghost Marriage/Phantom Bride falls into!

so basically...somewhere between episodes 2 and 6, and that's about as far as I think it can be nailed down! beyond that, whenever your heart tells you is right. 💙

#twisted wonderland #joseimuke games are serious business #twisted wonderland spoilers #(in the tags) #events assume you know everyone and are friends with them already and work from there #(which does lead to some fun scenarios of yuu being like 'WHOS THAT' at a character you have 15 cards of) #though i did notice in tamashina-mina that leona was exclusively referring to malleus as tsunoyarou #which is 1) AMAZING #and 2) was he just feeling clever that day or does he find out about tsunotarou at some point #quick i have to know before the timecops get here

[egophiliac]

kamen rider shion was just revealed for ride kamens, and he looks like he's themed after the... horse orphnoch? this is an even bigger surprise than the jin and woz homages

trying to speculate on Ride Kamens characters pre-reveal really is like

#ride kamens #not art sorry #(still gotta draw something for SUPER POSITIVE MAN too whoops) #joseimuke games are serious business #i am NOT complaining i think it's great that they're not restricting themselves to main riders or even like...main characters #but horse orphnoch feels like...an extremely weird pull #i have not seen faiz so i don't know anything about him as a character beyond a quick google #still feels weird to do a non-rider though? #i mean shion seems very lovable and i do enjoy having a character i can just shout HORSEBOOOOOY about #he was the one i was convinced was brave though! DANGIT #the specter of a possible ikemen poppy looms closer... #though any ex-aid rep won't be poppy let's be real here #at this rate it's going to be like. burgermon. #do i dare hope for such a miracle #(is that one guy with the wolf/dog tail going to be garulu then) #(or maybe he's thouser's dog robot WHO KNOWS) #truly ride kamens is a kingdom of infinite possibilities

[egophiliac]

so if all the characters in ride kamens are ikemen, i guess we can say that they're.... ikamen riders

I'm so sorry, this just made me think of Ika Devil, and if they throw a sexy anime boy Ika Devil at us I will quit this game before it starts (this is a lie I would love nothing more)

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business

[egophiliac]

Hi!

What's your favourite Disney movie? And does your preference for the dorms have any influence on their movies and vice versa? Like I know you love Diasomnia so is Sleeping Beauty high up there for you?

I'm just asking because Snow White is actually my favourite Disney Princess and her movie is my favourite yet Pomefiore is my least favourite dorm (but Lion King and Savanaclaw are both in my top two) and I was wondering if it's similar for you?

yessss someone else whose favorite princess is Snow! ❄️

that said, it's hard to say what my favorite movie is, because I'm one of those annoying people who's like "well it depends" (on different aspects, on my mood, on the phase of the moon, etc). though out of the ones represented in Twst, I think it probably is Sleeping Beauty! I think it's really pretty and just a delightful movie! it hits a nice sweet spot for me of being kind of...gently grounded while still having that floaty-fairytale feeling, if that makes sense also I might have had a huge villaincrush on Maleficent that is being massively projected onto Meleanor, shh

although I actually sort of hated Diasomnia at first (l-look, they didn't have cards at first and all we had to go on were the website descriptions that make everyone sound horrible). so I dunno, maybe the influence helped win me over to them! or maybe just because, like everything else in Twst, they were unexpectedly enjoyable in practice?

(I don't think there are any that had a negative influence either, because I am also one of those annoying people who's like "well I don't have a least favorite, I like everybody!") (sob. it's true though.) (I just, I just love characters so much --)

#twisted wonderland #joseimuke games are serious business #i was also OBSESSED with 101 dalmations as a child and it's possible some of my crewel affection may be because of that #or maybe just because he's a silly man who loves his dogs and his fashion and his shouting random english at dumb teenagers #look when i say this game is aimed at me specifically... #admittedly this is a blog for largely shitposty fanart and not nuanced media opinions #but it is generally true that i like all the movies they chose and pretty much like all the characters...i am boring :') #boring and maybe a little too entertained by fictional idiots having emotional problems

[egophiliac]

so have you heard about the ride kamens app game? seems like it's gonna be a twisted wonderland like game with all the riders being hot anime guys now, and it's also gonna be written by yuya takahashi and produced by naomi takebe (apparently it was in development before geats), with designs by the person who did sk8 the infinity, so take that for what you will

have you ever gotten the feeling that a piece of media came into existence just to appeal to you specifically, or

(brb preregistering immediately)

(as far as I can tell you play as an agent who maintains a secret superhero base for riders in the basement of the rider-themed cafe that you run with your butler, and there's some other plot stuff going on but honestly I'm way past sold at this point, this sounds amazing)

#ride kamens #joseimuke games are serious business #show us the henshin forms!!!! #time to overanalyze those silhouettes in the teaser and embarrass myself by not being able to figure out who anyone is #there is 100% a gaim at least #there's one i've convinced myself is w based on almost nothing #and this is assuming they're all main riders too which is probably not true #god i SHOULD recognize more but my mind is blanking super hard and i keep second-guessing myself #(i-is that kiva maybe? den-o? I CAN'T TELL) #i don't think there's a fourze though. the cowardice. #man this is officially a Thing™ now huh #like how in the 2010s monster high kicked off a trend of 'characters' high-school age kids wearing fabulous shoes' #now we have 'ensemble cast of glossy-haired anime boys loosely based on your favorite characters' #this is absolutely not a complaint. i want more and i want them to get even SILLIER. #(i enjoy the sanrio one as well although it seems to be more of a music video thing? i am. a little unclear on it) #god i'm just so pleased that this exists

[egophiliac]

This isn't really an ask but I thought you'd like to know that the "it was a joke" thing also happens in reverese, I saw a discord conversation once where someone asked for the name of the vignette where Azul makes a mushroom-based gacha game based on illustrations by Jade and people had to explain that that never actually happened in canon and it was one of your comics

oh no

oh nooooooooooooo

#twisted wonderland #joseimuke games are serious business #i'm so sorry #i mean that genuinely! i hope it wasn't too much of an annoyance for either side. oh god. i'm sorry. 💀 #i try my best but sometimes things still escape containment and it never really ends well huh

[egophiliac]

Do you know or think any of the past Halloween events will rerun? Like “Terror is Trending” or “Spectral Soirée”? Cause I wanna know the plots of those and maybe play through them since I joined the game late, but I’m not sure if they’ll rerun at this point

I HOPE so, the second Halloween event is still probably my favorite! (it's just. peak non-main Twst content. everyone is so ridiculous and it's so delightful.) the way they've been doing it though has been to rerun the previous year's Halloween event and then the new one, so Eng probably won't be getting those first two events again anytime soon. :( if you're okay with just watching them for the story, your best bet is probably to look up a playthrough of them on YouTube. just make sure it has the ending rhythmics, they both had super cute ones!

Eng sometimes does things differently than JP though, and I think there's been a bit of an influx of new players to both versions lately? so one or both might decide to do a big rerun at some other point in the year! or they might just start rotating Halloween events or something now that they have four of 'em. :U I admit, I do kinda hope that they rerun just so I can try to get that ONE Scary Monsters card I'm missing...please Twst...I just need one more...

#twisted wonderland #joseimuke games are serious business #if i remember right eng got like...all the beans day and ghost marriage cards during their first runs? #we had to wait until the rerun to see idia in his handsome little groom suit 😔 #(he was previously getting married in his hoodie and school pants which is admittedly the way funnier option) #(but he does look great in his suit so i'm glad they gussied him up for his special day) #there is new scary monsters merch out this year so it does give me hope that they aren't going to just forget about it completely #c'mon twst there's still more blood you can squeeze out of this stone

[egophiliac]

The diasomnia scene at the end of chapter 6 claimed Riddle’s hair turned back to red as mentioned by Silver during their club activities.

oh whoops, did it? I must have missed that (or forgot), too busy going "Malleus NO Malleus WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO" to notice little things like continuity I guess ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

thank you for the tipoff, otherwise I would definitely have ended up drawing him with the wrong color hair! I can pretend it was the cute way then and they can't contradict me >:)

#twisted wonderland episode 6 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 6 spoilers #joseimuke games are serious business

[egophiliac]

for the riddle battle anon: i tried setting up some team comps to demonstrate what you could do for an enemy that has blue+red centric attack!

our available card roster might be a little different, but i'd generally recommend an even balance of green+blue magic cards, and like ego said try racking up as many buddy bonuses as possible. (btw if your friends have a high level dorm leona or azul, MOOCH OFF OF THEM. those cards can totally carry you, i swear.)

if running out of hp is your biggest problem, try going for cards that have damage/attack decrease skills or hp recovery/heal to keep you hanging in there!

YOOOO thanks for this! even aside from the duo pairings (I'm assuming the original anon started recently so their choices are probably limited) these are really good examples of the kind of element matchups and card-type distributions you want -- 1-21 is survival based vs damage percentage so you want to load up on your beefiest boys with as much HP and support spells as you can get. (dorm Trey can also be a good option for the friend card, or if you got lucky and rolled him! he has super good HP and a heal spell and has carried my ass more than once.) another reply also suggested water/fire combis, which won't hit as hard but also won't get you hit as hard in return!

ALSO! if you're really struggling to build a team, you can have it auto-generate one for you based on element and card type, which can be hit-and-miss but works as a quick way to assemble your best defense cards in a pinch. 👍 TOPPLE THE MONARCHY, ANON, WE BELIEVE IN YOU

#twisted wonderland #joseimuke games are serious business #i hope it's okay i answered this publicly i assume you meant for them to see it :') #my jealousy for all your birthday boys