ASH ([info]galerian_ash) wrote,
@ 2005-11-19 06:26:00
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Final Fantasy doujinshi by Shirow Miwa (Gee AKA m.m.m.)
In my last doujinshi post I promised [info]emlan that I'd post some pics from Shirow Miwa's doujinshi (the mangaka of Dogs) for her and her friend. So finally here they are, sorry for the delay!

Agharta (FF7)

This doujinshi is absolutely amazing! The art is gorgeous and highly emotive, and the story seems to be superb too (wish I could read it >_<). One thing that really amuses me with this doujinshi is how prophetical it is (considering Advent Children, I mean)... For example it shows Rufus making it out alive but with his left eye hurt (remember it's bandaged in the movie), and in the very end it shows Cloud on a big motorcycle wearing a pair of goggles (just like in the movie).

The drool-worthy cover.


Poor Cloud ;_;


Elena, Reno and Rufus.


I might not like Tifa very much, but I must admit that she looks really cute here.


This scene was very well handled, I think.


The gang (everyone looks great, and I love their new outfits).


So. Very. Sad.


Fragile (FF8)

This is a really great doujinshi, especially if you're like me and love the relationship between Seifer and Squall. They're both handled so well character-wise, and the way they are drawn is nothing but perfect.

The gorgeous cover.


This one's mainly included for the small details; check out the cards they are playing with.


Seifer and Squall run into eachother at the orphanage (although I get the impression Seifer was waiting for Squall to show up).


Gah, I wish I knew what they were saying!


Time for a duel!


Fragile II (FF8)

The sequel (duh), showing off the amazingly dynamic fight between Seifer and Squall. I love this particular doujinshi to bits, especially for the characterization of Seifer; perfectly spot-on (atleast IMHO).

The cover (this is one of my absolute favorite doujinshi covers, I love his smirk and his pose and just guh *flails*).


See what I meant about a dynamic fight?!


When the fight is seemingly at a draw, Seifer starts breaking down...


...But Squall knows exactly how to handle it. What I think (and I do mean think) is happening is that Seifer was angsting about not knowing who he was anymore, and so Squall knocks him flat on his ass and tells him "you are Seifer and I am Squall" and a whole bunch of other things (that I can't read at all dammit *throws a fit*). But yeah, just speculation on my part because I recognized their names in what Squall was saying ^_^;


And all ends well! ...I must say though; with all this touching, smiling, teasing, blushing, fighting, and so on between them, it really makes me wonder if Shirow Miwa is a Seifer X Squall fan. Or maybe I'm just reading too much into it since I myself love that pairing *sheepish grin*


A Story (FF9)

This doujinshi is beautiful, but oh so very sad and depressing... It's centered around Kuja and Vivi, about their last days alive. Oh, and while the cover technically says "A Story I" which hints at there being a sequel, I don't think there is one. The story is definately concluded, and I have never seen anything about a sequel.

The cover, as softly melancholy as the inside story.


Kuja goes to Black Mage Village and meets up with a dying Vivi.


Vivi seems to ask Kuja to make some small dome-shaped things for him (I have no clue what they are, it's been a while since I last played FF9 but I honestly can't remember anything of the sort in the actual game).


Making those things for Vivi seems to have completely drained Kuja, and they both die. ...I told you this was horribly sad, didn't I?


In closing: Shirow Miwa is both an amazing mangaka and doujinshika, and might very well be a Seifer X Squall fan ;P

...Uhm, since we're on the topic anyways, does anyone know what sex Shirow Miwa is? I just assumed s/he was a male at first, but the more I think about it it seems more likely s/he's in fact a female.

Oh, and one more thing; please don't use these pics for anything (icons or whatever). I feel really bad as it is posting stuff from doujinshi without the artist's permission, and this time it's extra bad since I know Shirow Miwa doesn't condone of her/his art being posted like this. So please see these as samples only, and buy your own copies if you ever have the chance (trust me, it's worth it!). I just wanted to say that (in a vain attempt to make myself feel better), although I don't see why anyone would want to use these bad quality pics for anything ^_^;




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[info]nazarale
2005-11-19 05:51 am UTC (link)
asldkfjsadlfj SO PRETTY OMG WTF SEIFER AND SQUALL.

Translation: I have been deprived of nice Seifer and Squall art for a while! You are awesome for the pretty art!

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-19 11:40 pm UTC (link)
I know! They are both drawn and characterized so perfectly, it really makes me wish s/he had done more FF8 doujinshi.

I'm really glad you enjoyed the post so much :D

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[info]emlan
2005-11-19 01:40 pm UTC (link)
I first assumed Miwa was female, but everyone said male...I still have a hard time believing that though, I mean the style has female written on all over it.

These are all so beautiful holy crap such eyecandy (CIDDDDD~) ♥ I love the panel with Squall blushing haha cutie~ Miwa's linearts are too fine dammit.
Thank you so much for taking time showing these :D

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-19 11:52 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm really leaning more towards s/he being a female too. It makes more sense, even though the amazing fight scenes and the violence had me first thinking s/he was a male. But I guess I'll keep calling Shirow Miwa a s/he for now, atleast until I can find out for sure ^_^;

I gotta agree, it's eyecandy to the fullest extent of the word! But the stories seem really great too (atleast from what I can gather), so it's like a double-win XD And yeah, Seifer teasing Squall enough to make him blush is such a cute scene!

No need to thank me, I'm just glad I could give atleast a little back in return for all the stuff you've done *loves your art request memes soooo much*

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[info]daniel_olsen
2006-06-02 03:24 pm UTC (link)
I wouldn't say violence is an imperative for a creator to be male. I mean, Hiromu Arakawa is female and she does a little number called Fullmetal Almchemist.

Also; really beautifull stuff. Sometimes you just find doujins that are so good you wonder why the official stuff couldn't get it so right. 0_0

Atleast the small percentage of doujin stuff I have seen. I'm so out of everything right now.

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[info]jen0va99
2005-11-19 03:49 pm UTC (link)
I want all the books you just posted. ;_; Those are awesome.

Have you seen the picture of AC!Cloud on Fenrir that Squeenix had Miwa do for a magazine spot? It's very cool.

(If this posted twice, I'm sorry. >_< )

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-19 11:57 pm UTC (link)
Speaking as one doujinshi collector to another; these are definately worth getting!

ARGH no, I haven't seen that picture! Damn, I can't believe I've missed something like that >_< *heads over to Google to try and find it*

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[info]jen0va99
2005-11-20 12:22 am UTC (link)
I'll be on the lookout for them!

Here it is! XD Sorry it's not flipped, but that's how I found it and if I resaved it it would've come out 50kb larger than this image, so... >_>

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-20 12:27 am UTC (link)
Best of luck to you then!

Ooooo, thank you so much! That's such a gorgeous picture *_*

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[info]ariss_tenoh
2005-12-04 04:14 am UTC (link)
You mean that's an official commission from Square-Enix?

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[info]jen0va99
2005-12-04 04:46 am UTC (link)
As far as I'm aware. I forgot which magazine they were run in and the details surrounding it ('cause I'm smart like that and can't seem to find the *English* info for this thing again), but there were a few more in it as well.

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[info]ariss_tenoh
2005-12-04 05:53 am UTC (link)
Oh, it's in Thai! I can read Thai^_^ Thanks for the link. Do you want me to tell you what the page says or do you read Thai as well?

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[info]jen0va99
2005-12-04 05:59 am UTC (link)
Only if you'd like to. ^____^ All I can make out are the English words (which I apparently missed the first time around). XD;;

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[info]ariss_tenoh
2005-12-04 06:17 am UTC (link)
It says that Square-Enix's magazine Shonen Gangan had printed an FF:AC Ilustration Gallery in its October issue by well-known manga/anime artists. Among them is a spread by Shirou Miwa, his/her previous works are "Dogs" and "Devil May Cry". It also says he/she illustrates novels, but I'm not sure if they mean Miwa does that as his/her main job or just in Devil May Cry's case.

This is one of those instances where professional artists get to act like fans and show fanarts of their favourite series. It gives them added exposure too of course. If you've bought Clamp's magazines, you can often see other mangaka and artists featured too.

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[info]jen0va99
2005-12-04 07:07 am UTC (link)
Aah, okay, cool. Thanks for the info!

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[info]seshat2511
2005-11-19 04:59 pm UTC (link)
Wah, Seifer/Squall prettiness! I love the way the expressions are drawn, and the covers are just....wah! *wibbles* Thank you for sharing.

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-19 11:59 pm UTC (link)
I couldn't agree with you more! Those two are definately among my favorite FF8 doujinshi :D

You're more than welcome, I'm just thrilled I could bring some nice Seifer/Squall stuff to a fellow fan *grins*

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[info]zecks
2005-11-20 09:41 am UTC (link)
aren't you going to scan the book? to make other fans happy, you know...

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-24 04:05 am UTC (link)
...Actually, this here post was to make other fans happy. I sure as hell didn't do it for my own amusement, but I'm sorry it apparently wasn't enough for you.

Maybe you missed the part in my original post where I said that I felt bad about posting stuff from doujinshi, but that's how it is. I don't like posting someone's art without their permission (especially when I know the artist expressively has requested for it not to be put online; like is the case with Shirow Miwa), so it's fairly obvious I'm not going to scan them. It's one thing to post sampes like this, because it might motivate people to buy their own copies. But just straight out scanning them will seemingly do the opposite, not to mention it's plain out disrespectful.

And also, even if I had no qualms about all that, did you stop to think that maybe I don't have a way to actually scan them? And even if I did; scanning equals damage, and I paid way too much for these to be willing to do that.

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[info]solaris_eclipse
2005-11-27 09:11 am UTC (link)
    Um, hi there!  I know I'm a stranger to your journal, so I apologize if my comments are unwelcome ^^;;   I just had to post after stumbling across this entry.  Shirow Miwa is one of my favorite artists of all time, and has been ever since I found Fragile II on Aestheticism some years ago.  His/her clean, beautiful ink lines and amazing use of perspective just blew me away.  May I ask where you found your copies of these doujin?  I've never been able to find any more of the separate books, although I do have the Asche zu Asche anthology and a couple of the artist's original collection works.  I especially appreciate you posting some pictures of your books online since I wasn't even aware that Shirow Miwa had done a FFIX doujin.  Thanks for sharing! ^_^

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-11-27 11:35 pm UTC (link)
Why hello there *waves* Don't worry; you're more than welcome! After all, I did make this post for fellow Shirow Miwa fans so it thrills me to see one randomly stumbling in here :D

I bought all of these from Yahoo Japan Auctions. It can be a bit expensive (especially considering that you have to pay someone to act as your middle-man, since 99% of sellers won't ship outside Japan), but it's definately the best place to get ahold of rare doujinshi like these. Do a search for 三輪士郎 (his/her name in kanji) or m.m.m. (the circle name) and see what pops up. If you need help with anything, just lemme know! I can ask my Japanese dealer/middleman if he'd be willing to help you with auctions as well; he's really reliable.

Aside from what you already have in the Asche Zu Asche anthology and the FF9 doujinshi here, there's one more s/he's made: A FF7 doujinshi, Zack-centric (and he's my favorite too, dammit!) with Reno on the cover and that also had a super-cute pinup of a very young Red XII. I've only seen it for sale once, but I lost it to another bidder. It went for 9000+ Yen, and I just couldn't allow myself to pay that much (which I of course sorely regret today).

Oooo, you own some of his/her original collection works? What are they like? I've been meaning to buy one or two of those, but I've been hesitant since I was unsure if they contained a lot of text or what...

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[info]ariss_tenoh
2005-12-01 04:03 am UTC (link)
Wow. Very pretty^_^

I've never seen such a high quality doujin before.

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[info]galerian_ash
2005-12-01 11:43 pm UTC (link)
*nods* I know, it's totally gorgeous. It's no surprise that s/he's a professional mangaka now!

Out of curiousity, do you collect doujinshi too?

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[info]ariss_tenoh
2005-12-01 11:55 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately I don't have the means to collect them, else I would^_^ And my Japanese isn't that good for me to be looking at Japanese sites. But I think I'll ask a friend of mine about this artist. That FF8 doujin is too tempting.

Has this artist created other FF8 doujins?

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[info]mkage
2006-06-26 05:19 am UTC (link)
OMG, may I ask where you got your copies? @_@
I've wanted those since forever but couldn't find them!! T^T

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[info]firstofsummer
2006-09-25 09:04 am UTC (link)
Despite this post of yours being almost a year old, THANK YOU.

I'm a big big fan of Shirow Miwa, ever since I discovered Dogs sometime last year, and I'm extremely spazzing to find this post of yours because there has been an immense lack of EVERYTHING with regards to Miwa and his works. His works are just... something different from everything else out there and it's always making me want to rip my hair out everytime. Thank you so much.

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[info]decouvrir
2006-09-26 03:48 am UTC (link)
I'm going to Japan in a few months and I was wondering how to get these there. Like, do I just look for them in book stores or are these rare and only sold at specific conventions/events?

=D Thanks for any help!

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[info]meramerawolf242
2007-09-16 07:42 am UTC (link)
plz post scans of the ff7 one if u can. u just introduced me to dogs and I already love it and the art is amazing. I worship this artist now!

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[info]windowsocks
2008-01-16 06:08 am UTC (link)
those doujins are gorgeous! btw i can tell you that miwa shirow is definately male! when i downloaded the dogs drama cd scans, there was a picture of him! and when i downloaded the badou side story, he drew himself as a short haired guy.

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[info]amileoneth
2008-02-03 04:13 pm UTC (link)
OMG THOSE DOUJINSHI ARE GORGEOUS!! MIWA-SENSEI IT TOTTALY ROCKS!!

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[info]hinazuke
2008-02-03 09:43 pm UTC (link)
*ded in a pool of fangirl blood* Wow, that was some major sex right there. Miwa sensei seriously needs to do more doujinshi...

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[info]ayabai
2008-02-04 03:20 am UTC (link)
mm i'm pretty sure miwa is male. either that or a female using a male name drawing herself as a male when drawing herself into manga/doujin related stuff. but the handwriting from the first dogs tank looks really male to me, and i know japanese handwriting pretty well.
but now that you mention it i do think that when reading miwa's blog the writing style is a bit female-ish, if that makes sense XD;;;;;

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[info]resosphere
2008-03-25 09:17 pm UTC (link)
Really, thank you ! I'm a big fan of shirow Miha, and just can see theses pics make me so happy. I will attempt to buy theses dojinshi, but it will be very hard, ah ah XD...
Thanks for the links about it :3

(Hohoho http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f65865987 but it's hard to use a japanese website XD... )

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2008-06-22 05:04 pm UTC (link)
I`ll break my head somewhere!!! OOOOh god, Miwa Shirow and FF!!!

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[info]soi_plant
2008-08-02 10:21 am UTC (link)
just out of curiosity, how prominent is Aerith in the agharta doujin?

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