#also i finished up the kimonos last and it was like 4 am so theyre a little less lovingly drawn than the rest kjsdf sorry sorry

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okay so you know when you meet your ex after shedding the previous bounding roles you knew each other in and now there are no barriers to getting back together except the remaining social taboo and youre surrounded by people acutely aware of the social taboo waiting to see what you'll do but also you decide you want to have the most chemistry theres ever been. yeah?

(matoba quits his job timeline but still comes to occasional meetings to keep everyone on their toes. and to make them watch him flirt with a natori who suddenly lacks a reason to ignore him)

[the referenced DS9 clip: 1:30-2:30 timestamp]

okay so imagine i saw this scene again and thought haha yeah exorcist redraw. but thats a beautiful dress how can i make that work on matoba. and then fully drew out three alternate outfit sets bc i was unable to settle on timeline lore for this until the last second.

i only didnt make this the settled version bc i couldnt think of how to get openly kuromisa matoba at an exorcist meeting it just seemed excessively indulgent lol. but pretty

and i didnt go with this one bc i didnt want to draw suits a third and fourth time lol. but more elevated formal exorcist gathering/maybe a celebrity shindig matoba's also connected to and they ran into each other? but plus they wouldnt care about these two flirting

just didnt want natori to be dressed boring next to this but couldnt think of what to put him in or what the occasion would be lol