While some illustrations are very clear in what they portray, sometimes such drawings can become a little bit too "on the nose." The works of authors like avogado6 are more poetic and enigmatic than that, and they make their viewer pause a little bit and reflect.
And even though they're united under a rigid pastel anime style, the topics are diverse and moods shift from blues to creepy and cruel. But no matter the topic, they have a certain melancholic and existential atmosphere that makes it hard to mistake his work for someone else's.
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This reminds me of my kitty Sweetie who passed in May this year at 14 years. She would always come to comfort me when I was sad. Miss her and this comic is cute and sad
Sometimes a hug from a sweet pet can help you feel better. I think that animals are very attuned to people's feelings.
Children growing up without parents around. Work until you die... a motto that's becoming more and more popular in America as well.
For your info, Medusa was a beautiful and pitiful woman who was raped by a male god in another female gods shrine and then cursed by the very female god for sinning in her temple simply because that god was jealous of her beauty
Finally Medusa found someone lovable (He's blind so he can't turn into a stone when he lokks at her)
This reminds me a bit about the day before the night my grandma died. She was in her wheelchair and more happy and excited than she’d been for over a year. I asked her how her day was, and she beamed saying, “Fred is taking to me to a dance tonight!” Now she had Alzheimer’s but was never upset or paranoid, but she did harken back to old memories rather than remembering new ones. My uncle Fred, named after her husband, had recently visited, so when she said “Fred’s coming to take me to a dance,” we assumed she was reliving that happy visit. That night she died from a heart attack. I really believe she knew my long-dead grandpa Fred had taken her for a dance in heaven 🥰
I feel like the angels are all the old woman’s childhood friends…one by one they’ve grown old and passed on and become young again in the afterlife. She is the last remaining and Death is close (the reflection in the TV), so they’ve come to meet her, excited to play with their friend again :)
The gays have infiltrated the church. It's only a matter of time mwahahahaha
Many people became monks or nuns because they didn't want to marry (the opposite sex).
Load More Replies...Doubly forbidden what with their vows of chastity. Still, some women became nuns because they didn't want to marry men.
Load More Replies..."Love one another, right? That's what I'm doing~" *other nun faints with shock*
My grandmother believed there are a certain number of souls and we are all... recycled.
We never go away... we just get returned back into the lifecycle and get moved out to become parts of new life.
Load More Replies...I understood it as when someone dies and this person's organs save other people's lives who needed them by transplant.
As annoying it sometimes is not to get things done because cat. The second they are not longer with us, these are the moments we miss them most. You will always be in my heart, Kuga ❤️
This is what my baby, Bouche does. I'm not allowed to read or be on the phone if he's awake.
It's sad that the loveliest people die too early and leave the other beautiful souls in a world of idiots and assholes.
spend more time with your close one because time will only tell .
Can't decide if it's "be yourself" or "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down".
I love this, IMO they are all staring at her because they are jealous that she doesn’t conform and doesn’t care what anyone thinks (look at her, she is the only one not looking at someone else, she at peace with herself)
EXACTLY. Similarly it also seems to surreptitiously indicate the “competition” women often engage in. All too often, rather than lifting our sisters up, we tear them down to feel better about ourselves. Horrible but all too common.
Load More Replies..."出る釘は打たれる" (Deru kugi wa utareru) or in English, "The nail that sticks out gets hammered".
Load More Replies...It's about misogynistic standards in corporate japan. How women need to dress, sit, aren't allowed to dye their hair...
I disagree. A qualified person who is memorable often has an edge over one who isn't unless your job can and probably should be done by a computer.
Load More Replies..."She" is sitting in a way girls are not supposed to in Japan. Only boys are "allowed" to sit that way. So, idk.
I thought it's normal for woman to do the legs... I just know this fact (your comment)
Load More Replies...The image is essentially "出る釘は打たれる" (Deru kugi wa utareru) which means "The nail that sticks out gets hammered".
Check out Lets Ask Shogo's video, "Why You MUST NEVER Stand Out in Japan" [link: https://youtu.be/893L3Vd86Pg ].
Load More Replies...I felt sad for the young man one. While everyone grew old and died peacefully , he took his own life, probably he had nothing. Some angels are wondering why he is so young and sad here, unlike the others. While the elders were smiling knowing they had fulfill their life, the man face shown emptiness
I was picturing a guy in a cult thinking he'd be a badass in some layer of hell, but he's getting annoyed by cutesy lil angel kids instead. Would make a semi-dark comedy.
Load More Replies...Hang in there. Today you're one day older then yesterday. You've been able to fight off the demons for a full day. Give yourself a pat on the back for that.
Load More Replies......😭 dang this comment section straightly told me to never give up in life, as long as I have time. Grab the opportunity and do it! 😢 such an inspiration.
People dying young, feeling they have nothing to live for while the elderly die fulfilled and happy.
I think, even though he was sad and took his own life, the angels are escorting him to heaven and all will be fine. 💙
It is basically the world right now. The cost of living is always rising, and Buisness profits are always rising (for the big brands anyway). It's very clear that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.
Load More Replies...If you're not crawling through a sewer pipe, you're doing it wrong. Now get busy living.
Always wanting to get away. The grass always seeming greener on the other side.
Because of this Im gonna set this as my bg. Im interpreting it the same way, and sadly relate to much. I want so badly to just focus on positivity to the extent Im just hurting myself even further. Its a sad reality a lot of us live in, especially those of us stuck in abusive situations we feel we cannot escape but want to so desperately.
Load More Replies...In Japan it's a bit more complicated, being different is a no-no, those who don't follow conformity are outcasts
Load More Replies...This made me choke up 😭 let kids be who they are.!!!. Wouldnt you rather have a happy queer kid than a dead one? ..
This! So many want us to suppress ourselves and end up turning to suicide instead, then say we're depressed because were trans and queer. No, were depressed bc of people discriminating against and opressing us.
Load More Replies...I literally do this with my friend. They're trans and when people figure out that they're biologically a male, they cringe, so I gave all my skirts my family forced me to wear to them and they gave me their overalls and "boy" clothing. So while they look pretty and dolled up, I look like the walking definition of a tomboy. Turns out, there are guys who think tough tomboys are attractive, so, lucky me! Now I just have to find a guy like that. 😂😅
The two different lights: dark when they hide who they are, bright when they can be themself!
Also in the bottom panel, the way i see it, they appear to be smaller and more childlike i think, making them look happier in a way
Load More Replies...Tell me why when I came to this pic I wanna be a girl by mafumafu came on
Talk about parents who only care about how the family looks to people, bet he is abused, $20 on it
No bet; I think that's even supposed to be a bruise by his eye
Load More Replies...The reality... TvT parents force us to do better things especially in school not because we like it (what i mean is our ambition/courses that we like) or for our future... nope... it is because their pride and faces. Then what about the children? Including marriage... some people who are adult force to get marriage with random people. Experience from my friend. I'm honestly tired to give her advices. She kept on telling me about her parent's pride, pride, pride ugh. Bulsht. 😮💨😑 that's why I don't give a sht about others. The more I think, the more I am getting crazy. 😑 remember yall, people NEVER SATISFIED!
People care roo much about how our family is seen by others. To be the perfect family, unnecessary things happen :(
Perhaps we fill our lives with unnecessary clutter to the point of suffocating/isolating ourselves?
Notice how he's always holding the toy plane. He doesn't need the rest. It's squashing him D:
Load More Replies...I see it in a more abstract way than most other people. As you grow up you get more responsibilities, like school, work, bills, people/relationships, etc. Your daily life is filled with things you don't want to do and you might not have time for fun. And those bad memories and experiences you have will always be with you, even though they will end and you will get up again, you'll always remember what happened to you, and it's now a part of who you are today.
What I like of these is that we give the meaning that comes from us.
Considering the baby is put in their by a finger, like a little model ship to be looked at, and considering this artist has more than a few pieces focusing on bad parents, I think this could have something to do with overbearing parents that have kids as a thing to shape and show off without letting them be themselves, which stunts their growth and suffocates them.
Yeah. Made me think of people who display models of ships in bottles. I noticed the finger. And the finger is red. Red flag, maybe. So to what you said, the parents are suffocating & stunting child's growth.
Load More Replies...Being pushed into a restricted bottle since young n growing within it not knowing to get out n end up stuck with life clutters
Hey buddy! I've seen some negative sounding comments from you (my english isn't the best, sorry if that sentence sounded weird). Life is going to get better. I bet ya! I had some though years as well, but now I'm doing slightly better. The family is expanding for once, I have had some good job interviews lately and my mom is happy. You just need an ear to listen to you. I don't know if you can send pm messages here, but my Reddit name is the same if you want to chat (also goes for any reader who needs it!). Stay awesome! I know that you can be happy, you deserve to be happy! 😁🤗
Load More Replies...The one who loves to make us laugh or bring happiness is the saddest or tired one.
Yep. Never trust the happiest person in the room, or at least don't take them at face value. They have most often suffered the worst.
Load More Replies...Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'Treatment is simple. Great clown Pagliacci is in town tonight. Go and see him. That should pick you up.' Man bursts into tears. Says, 'But doctor…I am Pagliacci.' Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
Death is always feared. But it is your true friend remains with you even after you die
It felt like a light heart novel: A school councilor met delinquents who teach her a real meaning of fun.
She is the president of the students committee, which means she is the representative for her whole classroom.
Student council president is the girl and meets the school delinquents and they become friends and she learns how to have fun
My interpretation was that this depicts social anxiety, highlighting ever flaw you think you have, making you feel naked and exposed.
Load More Replies...I feel like this on a regular basis. I am currently seeking help after trying to just push trough.
All eyes on everything you do. Always judged, always not good enough, never having peace of mind to be you.
To me this means that some people (including me) feel like they're constantly being watched, never allowing themselves to make a mistake and if they do then everyone sees and knows. You can't do anything for yourself because you're worried about what the eyes around you will think.
I'm assuming the subject in the illustration is a girl. Probably with body image issues. I like it 👍
My 1st impression: Life as a famous people. They are always the center of attention. Paparazi is everywhere, rumours and haters stalker ruining their lives. 😮💨😔
Former living being teaching his friend Death about living. Common idea for artists these days, feeling sorry for Death because it's lonely and can only experience life from afar and only ending it, not creating it.
Death isn't evil. He's just terribly good at his job.
Load More Replies...Slurping noodles stains your white clothes so you need the laundromat?
If you look closely those are actually arms
Load More Replies...He's standing on SOS written in the sand. He's calling for help as he is slowly entering the 'void'
And the ocean of hands that could be helping, actually avoid him when they are close enough to actually do something.
Load More Replies...I didn't actually... Thought it looked strange but couldn't see anything lol
Load More Replies...I've been there... The trick is to realize that life only helps those who help themselves. Bad relationship? Dump the bastard. They're just going to hold you back and make you miserable. Best friend backstabbed you? It's their loss, but it just presents an opportunity to weed out the bad friends and replace them with good ones. About to be assaulted? Go ahead and give them Hell, act demonically possessed and scare them away or attack them back. Be strong enough to protect yourself, because in this cruel world, you're never guaranteed to be safe from every possible danger or for someone to protect you, so be smart and prepare yourself for every scenario. But whatever you do... Never dismiss that gut feeling. If you have a bad feeling about something or something is making you hesitant and wanting to re-evaluate the situation, THAT is your primitive intuition sensing and alerting you about danger.
My interpretation is maybe like pills that calm you down or lower adhd or basically makes you not have the quirks that make you who you are, making you just like everyone else
maybe the "children will fix a relationship" thing?
Load More Replies...Considering this artist has several pictures regarding questionable parenting, I'm seeing this as something where parents have a child thinking it can save a relationship.
Too much work and being away from the ones you should love and spend your time with, can make you violent.
That's an absolute fact!!!! I'm not sure how we'll make it, it may be difficult, but I'm waiting my job for this very reason. I notice myself being mean to my kids because my home is trash because I come home to tired to clean but not cleaning makes me miserable.
Load More Replies...An added view point... On the train he's holding the railing "for dear life", in the next frame it's like he's trying to hold onto his sanity and is losing (which is why he might be abusive)
Just shows what stress, hatred and anger can make us do, Even if we dont truly want to
Oh god. This reminds me of too many memories of when I was younger and, hell, even now in my teens.
Specifically, the frustration he's building up on the train is taken out on his kid.
Load More Replies...You never know what the person next to you on the train does at home.
Judge n ignore by coworkers &employers.. at home judge and ignored by family members.... Sad life nothing is ever enough to show your worth
It looks like it's showing how far apart we are even when we are right next to each other.
I have forced myself to sit at times and just let the tears go all the way down and drip off my jawline. I have found it actually helps me to feel the emotions and, in the end, come to terms with it better. But then I can be weird at times too. 🙃
Load More Replies...A tear goes many ways... A tears could lead to many things .. where does your tears end ? ... Instead of emptiness may it lead to happiness
What's interesting is that oftentimes tears will actually flow like this lol
Load More Replies...I feel like the tear would cheat and go across the lines
Because... You should let your tears out! Without much thought, since it can be a form of stress (and the like) relief.
Load More Replies...For anyone wondering, the text says "I can't work", "I can't eat", ""I can't go out", and "I can't go out"
Work until you die. Work exhausting in every job, never feeling you belong somewhere, never happy... too many errors.
I did not hit her, it's not true. It's bulls**t. I did not hit her...
Load More Replies...Oh wow i only zoom in after reading ur comments.. ur right
Load More Replies...Filling your head with everything someone else wants saying you need it and doing the exact opposite of what they're saying their doing FOR you
Recently, I've moved back to my hometown and a classmate died. I didn't get the chance to know him well, but he made a bit of an impact on me. It felt so weird to feel so sad when even his girlfriend seemed to moved on quicker than me.
Timelapse (graduation-newborn child-father of the bride-then his grand daughter)
I think the graduation one is also taking a picture of his girlfriend.
Load More Replies...Always seeing life and family through a lens, never spending actual quality time with them or experiencing things in full
It took me awhile to put it together, so here it is by panel: 1. They are in school together, Those uniforms are often used for middle school I think? 2. They got married and they're in a nursery, and you can see the little hand of their son or daughter in the picture. 3. The father is taking a picture of the mother and son (from how the hand looks bigger I'm thinking it's a son) at a party, possibly son's wedding? 4. The grandaughter takes a picture of the couple. Look in the picture coming out of the camera in the last panel- it's the only spot the girls face is shown. Also you can see the resemblance to the grandaughter.
The third one is the dad taking a picture of his daughter's wedding. The daughter has a mole on her hand and a different ring.
Load More Replies...No matter a person's age, someone always puts the two fingers up like that in every picture! 🤣
Life continues, no matter what happens to an individual. The world continues on.
My husband and I stopped at a slot casino in atmore Alabama at 12:00am and the amount of strollers and babies in little car seats that lined the wall of the casino was insane.....and people were smoking in there! Heartbreaking
Replace the pachinko machine with a phone, and a lot of people will see themselves in this picture.
Whole city said no casino but the city jerk offs gave the Seneca's casinos without even doing a impact study like they're supposed to a couple of years ago guy walked into the main casino and blew his brains across it. He was deeply in debt due to a gambling addiction he began at the casino.
Or maybe desperation - he has no money, and is trying to hit the jackpot. But he just ends in a deeper hole.
Load More Replies...The whole reality process is a big no but I like the darkness of this
I see this differently. He is insecure and has a lot of love. He doesn't know how to manage it and is overwhelming the girl that feels suffocated throwing all his love at her.
The apology of an abuser. Check out the way he's holding the flowers. He chocked her, now he thinks a big romantic gesture will make up for it. Narcissist abuse, they treat you like s**t then they promise they will change and try to convince you with promises and temporary change of behaviour, until they go back to their old ways and the cycle repeats. Her shoulders are raised, too, that is fear.
Well said. My last ex was a narcissistic psychopath, but I never let him get away with anything. If he tried to run me down, I'd do it right back at him. If he tried to start a fight over something stupid, then I started one as equally stupid (like he'd fight about me leaving an unwashed but rinsed breakfast spoon and bowl in the sink, then I'd mockingly fight about how he'd leave the toilet seat up) and after a while, he realized I couldn't be manipulated or controlled, which he hated. After a while of repeating his actions back at him, he eventually became aware of how it felt when he did it to me. Then the idiot tried his luck with physical abuse... Not knowing that I had a really rough childhood and knew how to whoop someone's butt. I grew tired of how petty he was and that's when he became boring and I dumped him.
Load More Replies...But the world is depressing... What do u expect?
Load More Replies...Cute! Emphatic act of like or love Confession/wanting to date, maybe a long time coming. Huge deal in Japan, where showing public romantic gestures and PDA isn't really a thing. The confessor is so nervous and respectful that they're hiding their face, formally and "properly" offering with both hands, and the recipient is so surprised, both blushing. They're not trying to overdo it, but they can't find the words.
The way his head is down, is he depressed and desperate? The way he is holding the flowers almost like a shield, like he doesn't want her but feels obligated? So much going on here that I don't even understand.
Boys also wants pretty dresses, he's wearing a male middle school uniform like shinji(eva)
He is not a he, he is actually a she but probably afraid to come out.
Load More Replies...this is the character from before!! I'm now interested in her story
Always dreaming of what we truly want. Never attaining it due to social judgment.
Yeah I can relate to this one. Gender envy is a thing I experienced for many years before figuring out that I was trans. I feel a lot better these days since coming out. I love being a woman! <3
Gender expression is not gender identity. Men can be feminine, women can be masculine. While your identity is valid, saying that femininity is part of being a woman is offensive to at least some women. (I'm a transguy, myself).
Load More Replies...I am just putting I wanna be a girl on loop now p.s. for those wondering I am a cis girl it's just a song a man made for fun his name is mafumafu he is very good at singing
Société has no time for children. On display but unattainable to the people who must work work work.
Japan has one of the most incredibly brutal work cultures. I work in the linguistics field (specifically sociolinguistics) and one of our projects was to help create a guide for Japanese women entering the work force to help create a healthy balance between work and life. It was extremely distributing to read how much pressure was placed on young people to get into the best University. Japan even has the term "karoshi" which means "death by overworking."
Having to grow up too fast. Parents having to work all the time, leaving kids to take over as adults for themselves or siblings. Taking away our childhoods.
I know it's meant to be sad but they look so cute in that oversized suit
Judging by the nails it's more like deleting their own positive memories.
Load More Replies...I Think is about being insured of yourself soo you delete all the pictures because just than they feels bad, but in the end you would really need those pictures
Very much done this dance. Unfortunate, because by far the best crafting project I'd ever done was a gift for him.
Notice the 4s on the 2 frames? 4 sounds a lot like death in Japanese, it is the number of death in Japan and seen as a bad omen. Kinda like 13 in other countries.
Very probible. In the Anime Soul eater death can be contacted by drawing 42 42 564 on glass which sounds like "death death murder" in Japanese.
Load More Replies...I think it's more of a situation where people who don't get any love get it by overeating and eventually dying.
Load More Replies...Not just taking photos but also the male species in Japan specially the younger generation are scared of love,I mean they're scared to be hurt or be fooled by the person they love,so they chose to not be in a relationship and isolate themselves or you know 'rent' girls to be with them.
Load More Replies...Same here, but that's because real people suck. I'd prefer Kakashi, Bakugou, Kirishima, Hide (Tokyo Ghoul), or Xiao (Genshin Impact) than any guy I've even met in my life. You get to see their pasts, their secrets, their cute quirks that they only reveal when no-one is around, their complete personality, their soft sides, their ulterior motives... Real guys hide all that stuff and when you do meet a lovely guy, some other woman in his past traumatized the poor man and then he doesn't want to be with another woman in case she hurts him like the last one did... Like, dude, I just wanna love you, not hurt you... Also, there are more cute fictional Tsunderes and sweethearts than real-life people.
Load More Replies...What I think is funny is that I woke up a bit ago and my eyes were still blurry when I looked at this and I stared at it until it loaded for me
Load More Replies...May the Deity or Higher Power of your preference bestow blessings, good vibrations, or positive thoughts upon you, for the benefit of your health and well-being.
Load More Replies...these are beautiful, i wish i could draw that well :) so much said without any speech bubbles.
In his/her job are "dark" ones "brigther" and a great range of feelings/stories. As some say many deep thougths/emotions without text or bubbles
These are so so amazing. A lot of them also hit really close to home and honestly almost made me cry
If you like Avogado6's works, check out the official music video they worked on for the song Veil by Keina Suda! It has English subtitles on YouTube and it really is a gorgeous animation
these are beautiful, i wish i could draw that well :) so much said without any speech bubbles.
In his/her job are "dark" ones "brigther" and a great range of feelings/stories. As some say many deep thougths/emotions without text or bubbles
These are so so amazing. A lot of them also hit really close to home and honestly almost made me cry
If you like Avogado6's works, check out the official music video they worked on for the song Veil by Keina Suda! It has English subtitles on YouTube and it really is a gorgeous animation
