ive been noticing the rgg fandom is EXCEPTIONALLY talented in fanart, like y'all are making rly good shit over here... and this is just my own observations in my own art since getting into the series, but i believe it comes from a mix of a fanbase that primarily consumed animated media in the past (which taught them to understand exaggeration, stylization, and whimsy) being brought this realistic media (which teaches realism along with differentiating facial features in a way anime doesn't do, especially wrt showing age). ive ofc been in a LOT of anime fanbases before and while there's a lot of creativity and skill there, many anime characters are similar in facial structure just by virtue of the styles of the medium, so it's easy not to push yourself and grow into sfs. on the other hand, ive also been in a few live action fanbases, and ive seen artists there get too caught up in realism and capturing every facet of an actor's appearance that it ends up lacking in stylization and creativity. but the rgg community blends those two outcomes and we end up generating a lot of broadly unique styles that incorporate the semi-realism and variance in features that the source provides, with the skills of creativity in design, color, and style that come from animated media. so we end up portraying these characters in our styles, but with their defining facial features, which ends up just leveling up your art overall and lends itself to better anime fanart and character design as well. not to mention it teaches us how to draw muscles right lmao

hi, here's a batch of questions for the rgg game! A5, A11, B4, C11, D10, E4, F3

A5 favorite final boss

So far I think I'd have to say Lao Gui, being that it's a cool boss fight in general and all of Majima's feral fighting is really cathartic (& sexy). Second place goes to Mine for being my one of favorite villains and not being frustrating and a honorary mention to Nishiki for it being really funny that he demands you fight him as an equal to prove he's worth anything and you can cheese the whole fight by throwing furniture at him.

A11 favorite healing items

I have a preference for using food as a healing item, I know it really doesn't do much compared to the medicine drinks or whatever but I love the charm of getting shot and eating an egg sandwich to heal yourself

B4 who would you like to post more about but dont/ why?

If I posted more ab Nishiki I think everyone would block me for being annoying. Not really but I don't really feel like I refrain from posting anything unless you count being too lazy to post which I am guilty of.

C11 best taste in clothing/worst

I have about the fashion sense as most of these men and that is in fact derogatory. Best is probably y0 Nishiki as it's definitely my favorite of those suits it looks very nice, very much enjoy Awano's purple ass suit and I also like Mine's even if its a little more basic. Worst is probably Rikiya or Akiyama but Rikiya gets a pass for his Kamurocho outfit being aggressively transgender. Akiyama's is bad mostly bc it's sloppy and I don't know why his pants are so. Yeah. Bonus points for the fact that I hate Kiryu's ugly grey suit but every other outfit on him is very <3

D10 something everyone loves that you hate

Idk about "loves" but besides it being really funny in y3 when you chase Mame around or when Shinada chases that chicken for the chicken racing thing I really don't get the appeal of the chase sequences? They just kind of happen. Tho I think many of my grievances come from y4 because I find them more intrusive there and also bc i do not care for y4 in general. Also once again idk about people loving him but I wish Date would explode leave me alone

E4 ramen or takoyaki

I do love ramen but I'd have to take the chance to try takoyaki it sounds very good

F3 who are you inviting to karaoke

Akiyama if only bc I LOVE his voice it's fucked up that he only has like 2 songs