Verdi’s Aida Starring Byung Gil Kim Review
April 13, 2023 in Blogs
Going from strength to strength in his ever-flourishing career and possessing a brilliant future in more leading man roles is Byung Gil Kim who tackled the role of the imperious high priest Ramfis. Please enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
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Giuseppe Verdi’s La Forza del Destino at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Review
April 12, 2023 in Blogs
To say that this production of Verdi’s La Forza del Destino at the Deutsche Oper Berlin left so much to be desired is a mere understatement, but how did all the singers persevere in this extremely messy production? Please find out in my review and let me know your opinions as well.
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The Pristinely Hunky Fighter Twin Sons Return
April 11, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fanart, which is my seventh submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya Month, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel once again in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s third-born twin sons Kazuhiko and Kaito who are loved by everybody not only for their chiseled muscles of steel as well as unparalleled combat prowess but also their big-heartedness and passion for living their best lives possible.
26-year-olds Kazuhiko and Kaito have made a comeback being as bigger and more muscular than ever as well as being the astounding pair of bodybuilders, wrestlers, Pankratiasts, and mixed martial artists that they are. While they may also be the spitting images of their father, complete with his trademark purple stripes as well as his snow-white long hair and Akita dog ears, they have also taken on their mother’s green eyes and the way she wears her hair down, only with Kazuhiko’s and Kaito’s hair being much longer. Their magnificent muscles from their bulging biceps to their alabaster abs to their crushing calf muscles to their demolishing deltoids may make both Kazuhiko and Kaito handsome bodybuilders, but they are just as adept as weightlifters as well practitioners of Pankration, Combat Sambo, Ancient Greek Boxing, Kapu Kuialua, Luta Livre, Shoot Boxing, and Shoot Wrestling. In fact, Kazuhiko’s sleeper holds, armbars, and wrist locks as well as Kaito’s camel clutches, joint locks, and Full Nelsons coupled with their hammer fists and liver punches can knock their opponents out with ruthless ease.
Relationship-wise, these two handsomely muscular twin brothers have been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s third-born and youngest daughters Kokoro and Katsuho respectively for seven years since Kazuhiko and Kaito were 19, and Kokoro and Katsuho were 14. Their offspring is just as steadfast, athletic, formidable, and confident as both of their parents, with their sons taking on their fathers’ muscular athleticism and their daughters taking on their mothers’ unrivaled valiance. Kazuhiko and Kaito have the muscles and the hearts to show that they are always there for each other and for their families every single day.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Kazuhiko and Kaito belong to me.
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The Superbly Strong Muscle Twin Sons Return
April 10, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fanart, which is my sixth submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya Month, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel once again in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s second-born twin sons Kenta and Keita who are popular among men and women for their magnificently muscular bodies, abundant virility, and their penchant for flaunting their marvelous muscles for everybody to see.
27-year-olds Kenta and Keita have struck again and are bigger than ever as well as continuing to be the big, sexy, virile, manly, muscular muscle-hunk bodybuilders, wrestlers, and Pankratiasts that they are. They truly are the spitting images of their father while also possessing their mother’s auburn hair, but they have inherited their father’s super strength, magnificent muscles, macho manliness, and undying love for bulking up. There is no doubt that Kenta and Keita have the ability to attract everybody’s attention, be they male or female, to their bulging biceps, alabaster abs, granite pecs, marble triceps, and beautifully sculpted muscles that make them swoon. Aside from their handsome aesthetics as bodybuilders, both Kenta and Keita are also powerful and super strong weightlifters. Those attributes are also in full evidence through their combat skills in Pankration, Ancient Greek Wrestling, Combat Sambo, Kapu Kuialua, Luta Livre, Shoot Wrestling, and Shoot Boxing. Kenta’s torture racks and bearhugs as well as Keita’s piledrivers and camel clutches can leave their opponents in a world of sheer annihilation and pain.
Relationship-wise, these two musclebound bodybuilder/wrestler/Pankratiast twin brothers have been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s second-born daughters Sayaka and Sora respectively for eight years since Kenta and Keita were 19 and Sayaka and Sora were 14. Their children are just as powerful, formidable, confident, and strong as both of their parents, with their sons taking after their fathers’ super strength and their daughters taking after their mothers’ crafty fighting spirit. Kenta and Keita have both succeeded in not only finding harmony together as super strong muscle twins but also in growing their families.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Kenta and Keita belong to me.
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The Handsomely Mighty Triplet Sons Return
April 9, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fanart, which is my fifth submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya Month, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel once again in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s eldest sons Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru who are acclaimed for their virile, masculine, muscular, and handsome glory.
28-year-olds Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru have struck again being the handsome musclemen that they are. It should never be forgotten that their eye color is a mixture of their father’s gold and their mother’s green, thus being the best of both worlds, although they are the spitting images of their father, with the only unique trait being the mixture of the eye colors. Muscular handsomeness and virile muscles found in their bulging biceps, alabaster abs, diamond calf muscles, and Etruscan features aside, for they are also bodybuilders, Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru are renowned for their combat skills in Pankration, Combat Sambo, Luta Livre, Shoot Wrestling, Kapu Kuialua, Ancient Greek Wrestling, Ancient Greek Boxing, and Shoot Boxing. Masataka’s sleeper holds and double axe handles, Masaya’s rear naked chokeholds and hammer fists, and Masaru’s tracheal grip chokes and ground and pounds can easily intimidate their opponents, thus putting their magnificent muscles to use. Therefore, Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru define being virile and masculine champions with a whole lot to give to the world.
Relationship-wise, these three musclemen warriors have been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s eldest daughters Sakura, Sunako, and Setsuko respectively for nine years, since Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru were 19 and Sakura, Sunako, and Setsuko were 14. They even have children of their own who are just as mighty and resilient as their parents, with their sons being physically strong and bearing their fathers’ great physiques and their daughters being enthusiastic in everything they do and bearing their mothers’ unparalleled combat skills. Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru are unbreakable as brothers and as men of the house.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru belong to me.
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The Stupendously Devastating Striker Daughter
April 8, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fanart, which is my fourth submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya Month, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s youngest daughter and youngest overall child in their family who never hesitates in throwing the first punch, kick, and strike to any and every opponent that she fights against while being an absolutely gorgeous darling in doing so.
21 going on 22-year-old Meika was born on April 26, three weeks and four days after their father’s birthday and two weeks and four days after their mother’s birthday. 19-year-old Inuyasha and 16-year-old Ayame were euphoric to welcome their youngest daughter into the world, thus making 6-year-olds Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru, 5-year-olds Kenta and Keita, 4-year-olds Kazuhiko and Kaito, 3-year-old Kiriko, 2-year-olds Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto, and 1-year-olds Maya and Minako overjoyed to have their baby sister be in their lives too. Little Meika cooed happily when she was in the loving company of her parents and her siblings, as they circled around her full of love and joy, like the most ebullient bird flying in the sky. Her toddler years were full of laughter and positivity, for Meika grew in formidability and fortitude. Her activities with her older siblings mainly consisted of sparring with them from learning submission holds from Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru, bearhugs from Kenta and Keita, and sleeper holds from Kazuhiko and Kaito to learning about all types of striking attacks from her older sisters.
Meika has been well-trained in Kyuk Too Ki, Dutch Kickboxing, Japanese Kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Pankration, Taekwondo, and Hapkido, given how her punishingly pulsating punches, kinetically crashing kicks, and brutal strikes from her elbows, shins, knees, and head are her main weapons of mass destruction against her opponents. Combining all of the strikes she learned from Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Hapkido, and Tang Soo Do has given her sufficient room to vary the range of her punches, kicks, and strikes should her opponents overpower her. Her signature attacks are uppercuts, jabs, liver punches, straight punches, hooks, spinning back kicks, and axe kicks that can cause insurmountable damage to her opponents and enemies alike, thus rendering them crippled. Therefore, Meika has been hailed as one of the greatest practitioners of Korean, Dutch, Japanese, and American Kickboxing, as she has adapted the styles to fit her own. Outside the kickboxing ring, she has been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s fourth-born son Sentaro for six years since she was 15 and he was 17.
Personality-wise, Meika combines gutsy determination with energetic elegance as a young woman with a whole lot to give to the world. She never allows any condescending comment to get her down and would always give anybody inflicting snideness on her a piece of her mind. She is also willing to better herself as a fighter and as a person with every fiber of her being and does not throw the towel before the bell rings. Furthermore, Meika also finds time to enjoy the simpler and lovelier things in life such as looking nice and gorgeous helped out by maintaining an optimistically gutsy attitude to pair well with her lovely countenance. Meika is also the type of person to not hold grudges against anybody, but once somebody dares to inflict harm against her, her family, and her friends, she will never hesitate to unleash her rage against the perpetrator. Thus, Meika also possesses a protective and encouraging side to her that should never be taken for granted because she does care about the people that she considers as important and well-meaning in her life, which is what Sentaro admires so much about Meika as an overall person.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Meika belongs to me.
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The Crushingly Tough Prizefighter Twin Daughters
April 7, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fanart, which is my third submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya Month, is dedicated to my dear younger brother, Andreas Marino Garcia, and the amazing Marcos Pinto who are celebrating their birthdays today. This is also dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s third-born twin daughters and sixth-born children who are well-known for their sass, spunk, strength, and stamina as a kickboxing duo specializing in Dutch, American, Japanese, and Korean Kickboxing, with the latter also being known as Kyuk Too Ki, just like their dear mother Ayame while looking absolutely gorgeous and cute battling stronger and fierce opponents.
22 going 23-year-olds Maya and Minako were born on April 24, which was three weeks and two days after their father’s birthday as well as two weeks and two days after their mother’s birthday. 18-year-old Inuyasha and 15-year-old Ayame were joyous to have two more lovely daughters while 5-year-olds Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru, 4-year-olds Kenta and Keita, 3-year-olds Kazuhiko and Kaito, 2-year-old Kiriko, and 1-year-olds Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto were just as happy to have two more younger sisters they can love and take great care of. Maya and Minako were the split images of their mother while also possessing their father’s tough spirit and super strength. After they emerged screaming and wailing from their mother’s womb, they joyfully cooed when they were caressed by their mother and were in the loving company of their father and their older siblings. By the time they were toddlers, Maya and Minako proved themselves to be formidable strikers just like their mother as well as fine grapplers like their father, given the matches they employed with their older siblings and the strikes they threw at them.
Maya and Minako have been well-trained in Kyuk Too Ki, Dutch Kickboxing, American Kickboxing, Japanese Kickboxing, Pankration, Combat Sambo, and Vale Tudo, for they can employ a series of uppercuts, jabs, overhand punches, roundhouse kicks, axe kicks, joint locks, and armbars against stronger and more skilled opponents, thanks to their rapid limbs and nimble reflexes as martial artists. It would be simple, although reductionist, to assume that Maya and Minako are solely striking fighters, given how Maya’s kicks resemble Muay Thai’s uncompromising shin and leg kicks and how Minako’s kicks resemble Taekwondo’s agile question mark kicks, but their takedowns, submission holds, and chokeholds are just as bone-breaking and virulent as their striking, punching, and kicking skills. Therefore, they have become phenomenal competitors in Kyuk Too Ki, Dutch Kickboxing, American Kickboxing, and Japanese Kickboxing to this day as adults. They have also been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s third-born twin sons Manabu and Takeru for seven years since the ladies were 16 and the gentlemen were 18.
Personality-wise, Maya and Minako may be a duo of fearless firebrands who can prove themselves to be extremely formidable prizefighters, but they are also optimistic, bright, idealistic, and determined as fighters and as individuals. Maya is the more outspoken, sassy, tough, and relentless twin, while Minako is the more ladylike, elegant, vivacious, and feminine twin. Regardless, both Maya and Minako are a combination of sassy toughness and elegant femininity rolled into one fiercely fabulous package. Maya is a nature-loving and compassionate soul who sees the best in people and encourages them to never give up even when the chips are down. Minako is a caring and nurturing protector who never wants to see anybody down whether they be her family, her friends, or anybody she considers to be great people. The attribute that brings both Maya and Minako together is that they do not accept hypocrisy and lies from anybody and will call out the liars and hypocrites. Everything that defines Maya and Minako as fighters and people is what also makes them beautiful in Manabu’s and Takeru’s eyes too.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Maya and Minako belong to me.
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The Ferociously Rowdy Challenger Triplet Daughters
April 6, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-generation fan art, which is my second submission for this year’s 30 Days of InuAya month, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s second-born triplet daughters and fifth-born children who are renowned for their ferocity, rowdiness, super strength, and resilience while still maintaining their gorgeous femininity as a trio of mighty warriors.
23 going on 24-year-olds Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto were born on April 22, which was three weeks after their father’s birthday as well as two weeks after their mother’s birthday. 17-year-old Inuyasha and 14-year-old Ayame were blessed to have three beautiful daughters, while 4-year-olds Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru; 3-year-olds Kenta and Keita, 2-year-olds Kazuhiko and Kaito, and 1-year-old Kiriko were excited to see their newborn baby sisters. Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto had their father’s hair color and eye color as well as their mother’s features. When Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto were born, it was said that they emerged from their mother’s womb pounding the ground and wailing loudly, thus emphasizing their strength as a trio of mighty sisters. Moreover, Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto always joyfully cooed when they were in the protective company of Masataka, Masaya, Masaru, Kenta, Keita, Kazuhiko, and Kaito and the loving embrace of Kiriko. When Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s triplet daughters were toddlers, they demonstrated their powerful formidability by delivering powerful punches to Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru, strong submission holds to Kenta and Keita, and their kinetic kicks to Kazuhiko and Kaito, with Kiriko joining along her younger triplet sisters.
Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto have been training in Pankration, Kyuk Too Ki, Kyokushin Karate, Judo, Dutch Kickboxing, Combat Sambo, and Vale Tudo since they were children and are still using these styles in their current adult years, as evident in their voracious punches, devastating kicks to all over the body, vicious strikes from their elbows, knees, shins, and head; and a bevy of submission holds and takedowns from camel clutches to armbars to piledrivers. Combining Momoko’s camel clutches and Superman punches, Makoto’s piledrivers and double uppercuts, and Mikoto’s armbars and jabs make them the most formidable competitors in Combat Sambo and Vale Tudo in terms of doing eviscerating damage to their opponents’ noses, flanks, livers, and almost every part of their bodies. These three striking and grappling triplet sisters also possess abundant courage when facing stronger opponents. When it comes to relationships, they have been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s second-born sons Joichiro, Junichiro, and Jiraiya for eight years, since the ladies were 17 and the men were 19 respectively.
Personality-wise, Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto may be a trio of rambunctious and tough tomboys, but they vary in terms of their personalities and quirks. Momoko is the wilfully ambitious firebrand who always speaks her mind, tackles new challenges headfirst, and takes rubbish from nobody. Makoto is the ferociously fierce fighter who never backs down from skirmishes, and her super strength is powered by her sheer determination when she employs her signature Superman punches, roundhouse kicks, elbow strikes, and camel clutches to her opponents. Mikoto is the potently relentless spark of energy who never has surrendering in her vocabulary because she makes it clear that nothing and nobody can stop her from achieving her goals and everything that she believes in despite the many times she stumbles. Together, Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto always do their best to encourage each other, their family, their friends, and even their opponents to always step up their game no matter what they do. That same perseverance they have together is what they impart to their families in terms of growing in fortitude.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Momoko, Makoto, and Mikoto belong to me.
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The Potently Mighty Mixed Martial Artist Daughter
April 5, 2023 in The Splendid Seven
This piece of Inuyasha x Ayame next-gen fan art, which is my first submission of this year’s 30 Days of InuAya, is dedicated to all of the wonderful Inuyasha x Ayame shippers of the world as well as those who fancy the idea of what their ideas of InuAya fan-made children would look like. Sit back, relax, and revel in Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s eldest daughter and fourth-born child who is known for being one of the strongest and toughest mixed martial artists many combatants have ever battled against.
24 going on 25-year-old Kiriko was born on April 20, which was nineteen days after her father’s birthday as well as twelve days after her mother’s birthday. 16-year-old Inuyasha and 13-year-old Ayame were overjoyed to have their first daughter after having a total of seven sons. What was noticeable about Kiriko was that she had her father’s ears and her mother’s hair color. As she emerged from her mother’s womb, it was said that the cave walls shook when she screamed and cried. Even when she played with rock figures, they ended up breaking courtesy of her tiny hands. Masataka, Masaya, Masaru, Kenta, Keita, Kazuhiko, and Kaito were just as happy to have a little sister, and Kiriko was truly happy to be in the company of her big brothers. She additionally demonstrated her super strength and ferocious fighting spirit as a toddler when she single-handedly put Masataka, Masaya, and Masaru in a submission hold, gave Kenta and Keita a camel clutch, and showered Kazuhiko and Kaito ground and pounds galore. Therefore, Little Kiriko proved herself to have potential as a strong fighter, especially against stronger men.
Kiriko’s submission holds and powerful strikes from her toddler years to her current years means that she has acquired experience in Kyuk Too Ki, Kyokushin Karate, Judo, Pankration, Combat Sambo, Hapkido, and Dutch Kickboxing to amalgamate her mixed martial arts that made her throws devastating, her punches visceral, her kicks speedy, and her submission holds excruciating. This is full evidence in her uppercuts, jabs, liver punches, bearhugs, low kicks, hip throws, and armbars that have made her opponents either scream in pain or retreat in sheer trepidation. Combined with Kiriko’s amazing moves, she also possesses peerless determination, formidable fierceness, and relentless support to uplift combatants who aspire to be strong physically and mentally in battle as well as protect the Northern Yoro Tribe. Relationship-wise, Kiriko has been married to Hakkaku’s, Ginta’s, and Shunran’s eldest son Minoru since she was 17 and he was 19. She always appreciated how considerate, kind, passionate, and unconditionally loving he is, and he always admired her for her courage, determination, and dedication.
Personality-wise, Kiriko is a rambunctious tomboy who also bears an extremely dominant side just because she is Inuyasha’s and Ayame’s eldest daughter. There is no doubt that she is a determined, resilient, relentless, and courageous combatant, but she does tend to be impulsive, hot-blooded, and prone to fits of frustration whenever things do not go her way or when her plans go awry. Despite her hot-blooded impulsiveness, Kiriko does her best to see the best in people, be they her family, her friends, or even her opponents. Kiriko’s blazing fierceness is a notable attribute that she inherited from her father, Inuyasha, and her mother, Ayame, because of how much her parents see themselves when they were children in their eldest daughter. Thus, Kiriko does not want to be a carbon copy of her parents, for she wants to cut her path in life as a fighter and as a woman. Even as she has been married to Minoru for over eight years and has children of their own, Kiriko still bears that determination and fierceness that have always defined her in everything she has accomplished thus far.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next 30 Days of InuAya submission. Take care, stay safe, and please spread that awesome InuAya love as well as InuAya next-gen love, everybody.
Kiriko belongs to me and her design belongs to MythicalPotat.
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Victoria Randem’s Lied Recital Review
April 4, 2023 in Blogs
Charisma, charm, elegance, and vivacity are the lexemes that thoroughly define Victoria Randem as a light lyric soprano who gave her first-ever Lied recital at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
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Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden Review
April 3, 2023 in Blogs
David McVicar’s production of Mozart’s Idomeneo may eclectically combine Feudal-Era Japanese, Middle Eastern, European, and Greek aesthetics, but how do the singers fare in their roles in this production? At least it was nice that I have achieved my dream of seeing Olga Peretyatko and Anna Prohaska together on stage as the two rivaling princesses Elettra and Ilia respectively. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
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The Seven Scintillating Sirens
April 2, 2023 in Uncategorized
This piece of Rosé Thomas, Rose Anderson, Winry Rockbell, Megumi Minami, Maya Orihara, Solty Revant, and Kaoru Ichinose fan art, which is my submission for DeviantArt’s 2023 International Women’s Month is dedicated to all of the fans of Rosé Thomas and Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist, Rose Anderson and Solty Revant from Solty Rei, Maya Orihara from Ultra Maniac, and Megumi Minami and Kaoru Ichinose from Detective School Q. Sit back, relax, and soak in that Rosé, Rose, Winry, Megumi, Maya, Solty, and Kaoru goodness, especially when they are donning their martial arts attires.
Here we have 36 going on 37-year-old Rosé Thomas, 35 going on 36-year-old Rose Anderson, 34 going on 35-year-old Winry Rockbell, 34-year-olds Megumi Minami and Maya Orihara, and 33 going on 34-year-olds Solty Revant and Kaoru Ichinose being the fantastic fighter ladies that they are. The Seven Scintillating Sirens, as they are called, all specialize in Korean martial arts, given the number of punches, kicks, strikes, and takedowns they can unleash on any hellion who dares to have their way with them. These seven ladies may seem charitable, kind, appreciative, and unconditionally loving to everybody they meet. However, once they enter the arena, they are combatants capable of inflicting pain and panic to their opponents. Given the number of times I have been watching Karate Combat on YouTube as well as played Street Fighter and Tekken when I was a little boy, I thought it would be great if I designed their martial arts uniforms, gloves, and footguards based on the aesthetics of Karate Combat, Street Fighter, and Tekken. With that said, let us get to know The Seven Striking Sirens better.
Entering her 37th year this coming August 17 is Rosé Thomas who specializes in Yongmudo. Her forest green attire symbolizes her oneness with nature and love for all living creatures as well as being based on the color worn in Yongmudo uniforms. She demonstrates leverage and accuracy through her front punches, front kicks, joint locks, elbow strikes, leg wheels, ridge hand strikes, and hammer fists, for her strikes are constantly on target and her grapples are relentlessly pulverizing. There is no opponent too strong or too skilled for Rosé to overcome because she is always mentally and physically prepared for every challenge. Rose runs a youth center for disadvantaged children and teenagers, thus using her love for nature and meditation to show youths that life is precious and should never be taken for granted. She also uses her profession as a youth worker and proprietor of her youth center to teach youths Yongmudo to defend themselves and help each other to not inflict violence against other people. When not engaging in Yongmudo and her youth center duties, Rose also loves quiet nature walks and spiritual meditation.
Approaching her 36th year this coming July 13 is Rose Anderson who specializes in Gongkwon Yusul. Her cobalt blue attire symbolizes her clear focus in everything she does and her unrelenting code of honor that has seen her keep her word as a warrior and as a person. She possesses grand power and force through her overhand punches, knife hand strikes, knee strikes, roundhouse kicks, armbars, hip throws, and ankle locks to beat her opponents into submission. Any and every opponent Rose fights against is a welcome challenge for her not only in terms of strength but also in terms of using her skills in Gongkwon Yusul to protect people and communities. Rose used to be a bandit seeking for trouble but has since abandoned that lifestyle to train as a police officer and find herself having a high-ranking position as a commander of a police force, thus ensuring justice and security for everybody. Aside from her great skills as a fighter and her duties as a police commander, Rose also loves riding on motorcycles, engaging in motocross, and partaking in extreme sports, thus showing the wild side that she was born with.
Coming into her 35th year this coming June 9 is Winry Rockbell who specializes in Kuk Sool Won. Her indigo attire symbolizes her nobility and honor as a person as well as her insurmountable dedication as a valorous combatant full of guts, stamina, stealth, and fortitude. She incorporates total body strength and abundant formidability through her uppercuts, submission holds, pressure point strikes, thrust kicks, spinal locks, ox jaw strikes, and liver punches which can make her opponents either run away in fear or give her their all-encompassing respect and allegiance. Whenever opponents throw the first strike to Winry, she would quickly evade those attacks and overcome them with any and every strike and/or grapple she has in her arsenal. Winry’s power and toughness as a Kuk Sool Won warrior aside, she is also a professional mechanic with a keen eye for detail, motion, leverage, and precision, thus using her martial arts experience and fascination for robotics to create inventions that are beneficial for fighters in the battlefield. Furthermore, Winry also loves visiting museums focusing on physics, robotics, and machinery.
Currently 34 years old since February 4 is Megumi Minami who specializes in Hwa Rang Do. Her violet attire symbolizes her unparalleled balance of heightened mental cognizance, upright moral standards as a person, and unwavering concentration in all walks of life. She applies elevated physical awareness and uplifted mental conscientiousness through her spear hand strikes, double leg takedowns, leg kicks, back fists, clock chokes, palm heel strikes, and sprawls as main weapons in her arsenal to take her opponents down as well as prevent fiends from having their way with her. Once opponents have a go at Megumi, they will immediately regret attempting to have their way with her because she has a sharp mind and total awareness of her surroundings, thanks to her clear photographic memory, to make them cease and desist. Megumi is also a forensic detective who uses her keen senses to uphold justice and ensure that criminals do a hard time behind bars. Hwa Rang Do work and detective duties aside, Megumi also loves mathematics and physics as well as watching traditional Japanese music concerts.
Presently 34 years old since March 6 is Maya Orihara who specializes in Tang Soo Do. Her red attire symbolizes her volatile passion for constantly improving herself as an overall person as well as using her passion to encourage people to constantly persevere even in the direst of situations. She utilizes quick reflexes and relentless ferocity through her flying knees, shin kicks, haymaker punches, front snap kicks, leglocks, knee wheels, and side circle throws that serve as her main propellers in overcoming her opponents. If opponents believe that Maya cannot do anything to defend herself, they would be in for a rude awakening once she inflicts untold damage on them. Maya’s Tang Soo Do capabilities also come in handy as a sorceress, thus showing that she is not afraid to go physical on anybody brazen enough to touch her inappropriately, as well as a middle school homeroom teacher focusing on English Literature and Linguistics to discipline her young students well. Moreover, Maya loves fine art, especially Renaissance and Classical paintings, and has a penchant for high-end fashion as well as fashion of past eras.
Rapidly arriving at 34 years old this coming April 8 is Solty Revant who specializes in Kong Soo Do. Her orange attire symbolizes her unwavering outgoingness as a person brimming with joie de vivre to make life better for everybody she meets amidst all contention and problems. She employs intrepid flexibility and pulsating speed through her spinning back kicks, reverse punches, hip throws, push sweeps, spinning hook kicks, neck throws, and wrist locks that can create a world of pain as well as deliver huge portions of bodily raucousness to her opponents. Should opponents be so brazen to underestimate Solty as a fighter, she would easily prove them wrong by demonstrating her unparalleled relentlessness, especially powered by her peerless combat prowess and unquestionable physical fortitude. Solty’s skills in Kong Soo Do are also in full evidence working in the police force as well as being a nurse for the military to use them to protect and heal people. Additionally, Solty loves international cuisine, and she can prepare palatable meals from the ingredients that she harvests in her garden and buys from the grocery.
Quickly transitioning to 34 years old this coming May 10 is Kaoru Ichinose who specializes in Soo Bahk Do. Her yellow attire symbolizes her charismatic positivity as a person who always does her best to make life better for everybody that she cares about but is not one to take kindly to anybody taking advantage of her kindness, compassion, and warmth. She bestows phenomenal valor and terrific vivacity through her axe kicks, calf kicks, leopard blows, hooks, stamp throws, major wheels, and small joint manipulations that can subdue her opponents exceedingly well and with much leverage as well as with much deadly accuracy in her combat skills. Kaoru’s discipline and dedication as a Soo Bahk Doo fighter translate nicely into her field as an investigator who solves cold cases and does her very best to uphold the law as well as protect people from the criminal life, thus showing commitment to her craft as a martial artist and as a law enforcer. In addition, Kaoru loves crocheting, knitting, and fashion design, baking desserts from cakes to pies to pastries, and creating culinary delicacies focusing on fruits, yogurt, and honey.
Rosé Thomas with her skill in Yongmudo, Rose Anderson with her ability in Gongkwon Yusul, Winry Rockbell with her capability in Kuk Sool Won, Megumi Minami with her prowess in Hwa Rang Do, Maya Orihara with drive in Tang Soo Do, Solty Revant with her credential in Kong Soo Do, and Kaoru Ichinose with her experience in Soo Bahk Do illustrate that these seven upstanding ladies mean business when it comes to overcoming their opponents and protecting those in dire need. Therefore, their martial arts skills and exceptional will to protect others can never be underestimated, and they also have each other to depend on soul sisters who can punch, kick, strike, and grapple loads of butt. It was really fun and interesting creating this because I grew up with these wonderful ladies from Fullmetal Alchemist, Solty Rei, Ultra Maniac, and Detective School Q during my formative middle school years of 12 to 14 years old even before I went to high school. Nothing could ever quench my euphoria for having these seven fine ladies playing great roles in my life growing up.
I hope you all enjoyed this, and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and don’t forget to punch, kick, strike, and grapple with honor like these fabulous ladies, everybody.
Rosé Thomas and Winry Rockbell from Fullmetal Alchemist belong to Hiromu Arakawa and Studio Bones.
Maya Orihara from Ultra Maniac belongs to Wataru Yoshizumi and Ashi Productions.
Rose Anderson and Solty Revant from Solty Rei belong to Gonzo and AIC.
Megumi Minami and Kaoru Ichinose from Detective School Q belong to Seimaru Amagi and Pierrot.
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