As it deserves 👏 😌

saw a thing on twitter and well... you know i had to do it to 'em

A friend pointed out that this audio clip was just Kazuki and Rei, so I spent 3 days making this animatic. Enjoy!

Clip from Game Changers, art by me!

I've only had Kazuki, Rei and Miri for a day and a half, but if anything happened to them I'd kill everyone in this room and then myself

Maybe it sounds silly, but Buddy Daddies was honestly one of the highlights of 2023 for me. Not only did I meet some truly wonderful people within the fandom, but for the first time in years I actually felt motivated to write and draw again.

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to bring this family to life. Hopefully we get to see more of them in the years to come, but whether or not we ever get more official content, this beautiful little family will always live rent free in my heart.

Happy New Year Everyone!! ❤️💙🩷

Version without text just for funsies

Apparently whenever my delayed sleep phase disorder acts up I just draw them sleeping now.

Redraw of one of my first Kazurei drawings!

You ever think about how Miri is unintentionally Kazurei's number one matchmaker. How, if it weren't for her, their hearts would still be closed off. Kazuki would still be running away from love, burying his heart in gambling and the like. Still wallowing in guilt and believing that he's undeserving of finding happiness. Rei wouldn't even consider himself capable of it, thinking that he is powerless beyond the cold-blooded murderer people (him) always believed him to be. They would be static, constantly hesitant and afraid to get past each other's walls beyond what they assumed is ideal, close but not enough to be able to completely understand each other. I mean, they do, but instead of having the guts to communicate and verbalize their inner feelings, they constantly tiptoe around each other's boundaries, hoping that the other will get the message. Miri, on the other hand, broke them free of their constraints and led them to the realization of what they genuinely want.

These two hitmen were emotionally constipated and the presence of Miri in their life allowed them to be capable, or rather, ready to love (again, in Kazuki's case). In the early days, I don't think that either of them were prepared to love at all. Even more, they'd deprive themselves of it -- it was an obligation as hitmen. To love was a hindrance in itself, and would inevitably lead to loss. From the bottom of my heart, fuck you Shigeki

I'm a firm believer that they only started falling in love in the events of episode 6-8 or even episode 11. In Rei's case, I personally headcanon him to have very light, warm feelings since the days Kazuki started taking care of him, but never having the name for it

I firmly believe that it’s a long time after they leave the organization and properly become Miri’s dads before Rei puts a suit on again.

Always having to wear one when he went to see his family must have given it a terrible association in his mind. And even if there’s a completely harmless reason to dress up after, I think he would blanch at it. And Kazuki would recognize this, always offering to dress down with him or making an excuse so they don’t have to go without making Rei feel bad about it.

But then some formal occasion comes up for Miri’s school and Rei steps out in a suit before Kazuki has a chance to even say anything about it. And damn, seeing Rei in a suit after going so long without it is a treat, but Kazuki is worried about him. Because Rei never said why he stopped wearing a suit, but Kazuki didn’t have to try hard to piece it together.

Still, when Kazuki steps a little closer so Miri can’t hear and asks “okay?”, Rei reaches out to give his hand a reassuring squeeze as he simply nods, mumbling a quiet “okay”. Because Kazuki has always been good at meeting Rei in the middle and figuring out what he really needs, and this is no exception. But he is okay now, and this is for Miri, not for his father— for his REAL family. So he can wear the suit.

He doesn’t say all of that, though Kazuki picks up on it anyways. He just tells Kazuki to hurry up and change or they’ll be late and Kazuki does nothing more than smile, pressing a kiss to the top of Rei’s head before rushing off to put on his own suit for the first time since they left the organization.

literally losing it at the parts where rei is SO GENTLE when he picks up miri and generally when hes holding her hand / sleeping next to her. bc we KNOW rei was shown the opposite as a child. hes trying to be extra careful to miri because of how horribly he was raised HELP

I have everything I need

Kazuki: We can't manipulate, mansplain, malewife our way out of this one, Bud!

Rei: Manslaughter it is then

Kazuki: NO

the parallels between the beginning where rei takes in a cat and doesn't fight kazuki in taking that cat away and this episode's rei, who defends his stance in wanting this, this family too, in loving this family too. kazuki who took the cat away because of the it was too dangerous to care for something with lives like theirs.

kazuki who learned that loving is worth the risk, and rei who learned to risk losing everything just to have a chance at love.

Same Energy

my ex roomie is convincing me to pick up one piece again after a long time of taking a break from it and she sent me this screenshot as a bait

FUCK THIS NOT THIS AGAIN NOT ZOSAN WITH ACCIDENTAL ACQUISITION OF A CHILD TROPE

My favorite snarky teenager 🩵

Kazurei Week Day 4: Hands/Hair

Rei decides to take matters into his own hands when Kazuki refuses to shave his goatee.