"Aha Instant" | Pearl
"Welcome. I am 'Pearl,' an artwork investment specialist working for the IPC's Strategic Investment Department, and Planarcadia's current CEO. My calculated outcome: we can start with my artwork to get to know each other better."
Color the stars, trace the myriad phenomena, and the lost pearls of civilization regain their luster.
Born from the art of analysis, she pursues the pinnacle of beauty, yet has never lost her underlying hue of the Preservation:
After her trial by fire, what kind of "Pearl" will she harvest?
Aha! A special shout-out to Pearl for winning:
✧ 1st Place in "I Repair Artifacts in the Cosmos" ✧
✧ 1st Place in "I'll Be Right Here to Catch You" ✧
"Don't Laugh, Shijima-san" color page in the Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #37-38 of 2026!
New one shot by Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia) described as: "Does Moku-san, who’s always smiling, have a secret!? A Boy-Meets-Girl Horror story"
'GOODNIGHT PUNPUN' creator Inio Asano says AI restrictions are one reason he paused 'Mujina Into the Deep'
"Mangaka are not allowed to use AI. But using AI actually drives up the quality by a mile... maybe it would be better to start drawing after they lift the ban."
Asmongold gives his BASED opinion, says: "You're not being oppressed by the top 2% of society. You're being oppressed by the bottom 2% of society instead 👀
"People ain't gunna like this one: the bottom 2% of society have caused all of the manifest problems in your lives”