Ascended Heroes ETB Giveaway โจ
With the very anticipated official release of the ETBs, we want to give away one to the community!
To enter:
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Winner announced 2/25! Good luck! #PokemonTCG#Pokemon#Giveaway
Hey @tiktok_us this person is not me. They keep restreaming my streams and are reuploading all my clips. This is the 2nd account they have made pretending to be me. We have tried reporting yet this account is still up doing this.
#AdoHibana
The performance in Newark is over! It was a great day! I'm starting to be able to speak a little bit of English (is that even possible?) and I hope my feelings are conveyed to you all. See you again!
Thank you so much for all the incredible support and love you have given me over all these years. It was scary at first and i am still healing but it feels so good to be indie. Lets keep on moving forward and make more memories. I love you guys.๐
I just realized I was never under contract with Vshojo so I can say whatever I want
I think itโs fair that I share my own experience as well. While it wasnโt nearly as intense or harmful as what others have gone through, it still left a lasting impression on me.
A while back, I took a step outside my comfort zone and began exploring my first official collaboration with a company. Up until then, I had worked almost exclusively with indie creators, so this was a big shift for me. That company was VShojo and I genuinely wanted to work with the incredible talents they represented.
I spent several months and thousands of dollars of my own money developing ideas and even producing physical merch samples to pitch. One of the first major concepts I brought to them was a collaboration with K9 Kuro. I designed and produced a full render with our small team and even a real jacket based on his look. To my surprise and excitement, the team really liked it. Meetings were progressing, and things seemed promising.
Thatโs when the real disappointment hit.
Instead of pursuing a partnership, I was offered a buyout. They wanted to purchase my design and asked for my supplier info. It stung. I poured so much time, effort, and personal investment into this because I believed in the potential of a real collaboration not just a transaction. But I was desperate not to let all my work go to waste, so i reluctantly agreed.
And thenโฆ nothing came of it.
I attend a lot of conventions, so at one point, I ran into someone from Vshojo and was able to show them the jacket. They wore it all day at the con it felt like a huge win to have my work seen and appreciated. But when I followed up, I was told to go through the same channels again which I did, hoping for a breakthrough.
I continued trying. I pitched additional ideas. I even had full drop concepts prepared for Zentreya, Melody, Michi, Ironmouse, and AmaLee. But over time, it became painfully clear that there was no real path forward for me with VShojo.
To this day, I still have all the unreleased drafts. And to Kuro I still have the physical jacket that was originally made for you. If youโd ever like to have it or just see it Iโd be honored to send it your way.
I want to make it clear I donโt hold any resentment toward the staff. In fact Iโm very grateful for clarification I would later receive. looking back, it just feels like the core of VShojoโs structure was flawed especially for creators and staff trying to genuinely build something together.
Maybe someday Iโll still get the chance to work directly with some of you. Until then, Iโll keep creating! My DMs are open if any of you would like to see the renders I had :3