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[zonadelcaos]

SONIC PICT JUNIO 2025 - Lavandería en un día de lluvia

Artículo original del Sonic Channel (29/05/2025)

En cierta esquina de la ciudad, la lluvia cae suavemente, empapando las ventanas de una lavandería urbana 🏙️☔️

Sonic, con la mirada algo melancólica, observa el tiempo gris. Se relaja de forma natural, con una expresión lánguida, dejando que el momento fluya 🪟🦔

El suave telón de lluvia que cae sin prisa va arrastrando, poco a poco, el tedio del tiempo de espera 🌧️

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La lluvia constante deja una impresión especial. Este SONIC PICT transmite una atmósfera húmeda y silenciosa, un poco diferente a lo habitual.

Esperar a que termine el ciclo de secado en la lavandería automática… Y si además llueve, esa sensación de “no tener absolutamente nada que hacer” se intensifica aún más. Pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada, dejando la mente en blanco… En cierto modo, ese lujo de perder el tiempo puede ser una forma de desintoxicar la mente ¿No crees?

Aunque Sonic suele ser activo y lleno de energía, también le encanta relajarse cuando está de vacaciones. Tal vez ahora, atrapado por la lluvia y sin nada que hacer mientras espera en la lavandería, acepta la situación con una expresión lánguida… y en el fondo, hasta la está disfrutando.

Ya se acerca la temporada de lluvias. Quizás nosotros también deberíamos permitirnos vivir momentos así en un día lluvioso (y poniéndonos nuestras botas favoritas, por supuesto).

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Como siempre, no olvidéis compartir el post original de @SonicOfficialJP y visita la web oficial del Sonic Channel.

[sonic-gallery]

"It's so shiny…!" 🍇✨

A vineyard quietly spreads out at the foot of a mountain in the sunlight 🌳 Knuckles can't help but smile at the wonderful fruit of the jewel of nature, lush with sunlight. 😊

Only the happy sounds of the harvest echo among the trees 😄

#sonicpict

[lazorbeanz]

HES WEARING THE BOOTS AMY GOT HIM AWWW 💙

[sonadowfujoshi]

SONIC PICT June 2025 Calendar – Laundromat On a Rainy Day

とある街角のしとしと雨に窓濡れるコインランドリー🏙️☔️あいにくの空模様をもの憂げに見上げて気だるい表情ながらもフラットに自然にくつろぐソニック🪟🦔優しく降りつむ雨のとばりが手持ち無沙汰な待ち時間をただただ、ゆっくりと洗い流していきます🌧️#sonicpict pic.twitter.com/9GQ5c50bDq— ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ【公式】 (@SonicOfficialJP) May 29, 2025 A laundromat with a wet window in the drizzling rain on a certain street corner. 🏙️☔️Sonic looks up gloomily at the unfortunate sky and naturally relaxes flat on the chair with a listless…

[silverthehedgehogexplained]

Explaining Silver the Hedgehog's Eyes

Silver's eyes are another nuanced and sometimes confusing aspect of his character. So in this post I'll go over the nuances and meaning of their design. There are three key details to understand about Silver's eyes.

Part One: First, we have the shape. Silver's eyes have an angular shape with pointed upper corners to them.

I liken this shape to the upper wings of a butterfly.

This can be easy to miss due to how his 3D models are rendered and how they line up with his quills but always becomes more noticeable whenever Silver squints or closes his eyes. Just like Shadow and Jet's eyes they don't always end in a sharp point but they do always end in a somewhat pointed upper corner for the butterfly wing shape.

This is what's called Tsurime(meaning upturned eyes), which in character design represents aggressiveness, strong will, danger and/or general seriousness in a character in contrast to tareme(meaning downturned eyes) or round eyes which generally represents softness.

I will refer to Tsurime Eyes as Danger Eyes or Blade Eyes and Tareme Eyes as Soft Eyes.

If you've ever seen Yu-Gi-Oh!, this is the main visual difference between Yugi and Yami Yugi. It is also the main difference between Tails' bullies from Sonic Origins.

These eye types can express more than just seriousness or softness. Rouge has round eyes yet is very mature and can be even more serious than Knuckles(who has Danger Eyes) while someone like Fang the Hunter has sharp Danger Eyes yet is a very comedic villain.

All of Sonic's main rivals(Metal Sonic, Knuckles, Shadow, Blaze, Jet, Silver and Surge) have Danger Eyes while Sonic himself normally has round Soft Eyes to show his carefree nature but also gains sharp Danger Eyes when he transforms into Super Sonic or the Werehog to show that he's in a more aggressive and serious state.

Silver's 3D character models have usually had eyes that appear more round compared to his 2D art but his newest character model has the sharpest eyes yet and is the most like his 2D art.

Part Two: Next, we have the black patterns(officially called black patterns in Sonic Speed Drawing) around Silver's eyes. The part that is easy to miss here is that the patterns run all the way around his eyes and under his front quills, similar to Blaze's eyeliner.

This detail can be easy to miss because the patterns do stop at the sides of his eyes on his in game 06 model(but not the pre-rendered cutscene model) and later media rarely show Silver at an angle where you can see them.

Part Three: Lastly, we have how they intersect with his leaf hair. Silver actually has bangs that cover the top parts of his eyes and perfectly line up with the upper corners which we can see by comparing the concept art of Silver to Super Silver where his quills rise up and reveal a bit more of his eyes.

This can be a source of confusion itself because the quills cover/perfectly line up with the upper corners of his eyes and leave what appears to be the round sides, making them appear completely round if you don't look closely.

In Summary: Silver has butterfly wing shaped eyes, black patterns around them and his front quills are bangs that partially cover them. Know these three details and you can always draw Silver's eyes right!

[tailschannel]

This month's Sonic Pict from SEGA of Japan features Ray the Flying Squirrel enjoying the white snow and autumn leaves in Press Garden; and made a portrait of his friend, Mighty the Armadillo.

[crystallinegazer]

Fang's Gang pulls a heist in Sandopolis Zone!

...they're not doing very well, though.

[sonicbible]

An early draft of the April 2024 Sonic Pict artwork, as seen in this official stream. I like the finalized version with Sir Percival in the market with the townsfolk a lot, but it would've been really cool seeing a fully realized out-of-armor outfit for one of the knights.

[rosypink27]

SONIC PICT April 2025 – All right, that’s settled!

“All right, that’s settled!” 💅 Station Square is enveloped in the hustle and bustle of a peaceful morning with soft light shining through. 🏙️ Amy, finishing her morning preparations in the mirror, smiles brightly and comments on her appearance. It’s a perfect day, full of wonderful plans. All made up and ready to go, Amy runs downstairs today in high spirits. ☀️

[layzlays]

Snow day!!

Got some of my sonic figures and took pictures of them in the snow! More under cut

[radiantrookie]

Sonic PICT Christmas Facts

Sonic delivers presents on the Lost Hex

Silver delivers presents to the Chao in White Park

Blaze delivers presents in the Sol Dimension, though she doesn't enjoy dressing up

[kiikoreviny]

During a Starfall! 🌟

[sonic-gallery]

A laundromat on a street corner with its windows wet from the drizzling rain 🏙️☔️

Sonic looks up gloomily at the gloomy weather and relaxes naturally and calmly despite his listless expression 🪟🦔

The gentle raindrops slowly wash away the idle waiting time. 🌧️

#sonicpict

[sonicthehedeghog]

They learned from the best! ❤️

Sonic Pict by: SonicOfficialJP

[silverthehedgehogexplained]

Explaining Silver the Hedgehog's Backstory

One of the most confusing subjects in the Sonic fandom is Silver’s backstory, the chronology of Sonic 06 and how it affects the characters. So in this post I’ll go over what we know about Silver’s backstory, its effects on his character, his involvement with Blaze and how the ending of Sonic 06 affects them.

Silver was born 200 years into a devastated future ravaged by the Flames of Disaster Iblis. The sky was always dark and the world was filled with endless wastelands ravaged by constant disasters and hostile Iblis spawn. The people are exhausted and live without hope. Iblis rampages and burns everything in its path. Silver has fought against Iblis for most of his life and tried to find the source of the disaster for just as long but no one could tell him how the world came to ruin.

This backstory informs Silver's character in the following ways:

Silver is a warrior. He is proficient in and enjoys fighting, has very aggressive determined expressions with constant fists and is a noted fighter(Shadow describes him as a fighter in Team Sonic Racing) whose power is respected by Sonic and Shadow. Silver is extremely powerful and capable of defeating small armies of enemies and giant monsters by himself. This stems from his apocalyptic background in the hostile future filled with Iblis minions and disasters such as flame tornadoes that he had to battle constantly. When you surprise him in Generations he is instantly ready to fight and angrily looks around, he comes from a world where all manner of Iblis spawn could attack at any given moment. It is explained in Silver's introduction story on Sonic Channel that Silver fought and struggled for half his lifetime, indicating that Silver fought against Iblis and its forces from a very early age.

Silver is naive, he has a black and white perspective and tackles things bluntly. He expects people to believe and cooperate with him when he says he’s from the future or explains outlandish things about his mission. He is earnest, he has no filter and acts unrefined when talking to people(which in Japanese is signified by his use of the informal "Ore" and "Anta" to address himself and others when he speaks). He sometimes takes things literally, misinterprets things or doesn't get jokes. He can also be unfamiliar with things in Sonic's time period. We don't know how people lived in the apocalyptic future or what they did and didn't have access to but it seems to be very rudimentary, destitute and even militarized as one of the glimpses into Silver's future from Sonic Pict shows him eating calorie bar rations that are described as apple flavored. Related to the above, Silver likely spent the majority of his time fighting.

Silver is also very pragmatic. He has a straight to the point mindset and hates distractions, frivolous details or just things getting in his way. As a survivor there is no room for pointless things for him.

On the flip side of that however, Silver is also wide-eyed. He loves challenges and experiencing fun new things he never had access to and is said to engage in cheerful activities following the historical change of 06.

Silver is incredibly optimistic and hopeful. He was able to fight through the hopeless ruined future world because he had the hope for a blue sky and the determination to keep fighting when everyone else had given into despair.

Most importantly of all however is Silver's deep love and drive for peace and prosperity. Silver is a very empathetic person that cares deeply for the state of the world and people around him. Note the beginning of his story in 06 where he expresses outrage at the state of his future with dark skies, endless wastelands and people that live in despair then contrast that with his later dialogue throughout the series where he expresses love for blue skies, beautiful vistas or just places where people live happily. Something as simple as a desert is beautiful to him simply because there is no destruction and the people are happy. Silver particularly loves and desires to protect smiles and blue skies because he came from a world that is stated to be filled with darkness and despair according to Sonic Team's Sonic Channel stories. Silver fights for peace and prosperity for the world and its people because he has experienced quite literal hellish suffering and devastation.

I also want to emphasize that Blaze isn't part of Silver's backstory and he didn't have her in his life in the apocalyptic future. Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka confirmed that Silver and Eggman Nega originate from the future while Blaze originates from her dimension and writer Ian Flynn has confirmed that Sonic Rush takes place before Sonic 06 with these answers on his podcast.

"I can't get too much into it because this is kind of internal stuff that has not been clarified publicly but Sonic Rush comes first, the Blaze of 06 is the Blaze of Rush and she doesn't die, she turns into Burning Blaze and warps back to her own dimension and forgets the events of 06."

"I don't know how much I can get into it without being given the official go-ahead, but Blaze is not from Silver's post-apocalyptic future. She is from her own dimension and it's extremely nuancey, but she doesn't really see or interact with Sonic until like the very very end of Silver's campaign. It's...an incredibly narrow loophole but she doesn't necessarily know that it's Sonic they're after. Again I'm sure someone can tear that apart very easily but suffice to say, I believe the intention is that she doesn't know that Silver is targeting Sonic specifically and she has no interaction with him or really anybody else in the main cast for that reason."

Meaning that Silver and Blaze only met shortly before the events of 06 and Silver faced the ruined future on his own before that point.

Things are gonna get a bit complicated here but Blaze only temporarily appearing in the future before being ripped away from Silver actually ties into their Tanabata parallel. In the story of Tanabata, Orihime(the princess) only descends to the world of Hikoboshi(the cow herder) for a short while before they are separated for neglecting their duties. At the end of Silver's story, Silver neglects his duty by refusing to seal Blaze away and so they are separated, only to ever meet again when crossing paths in Sonic's world.

When arriving in Wave Ocean, Blaze notes the world of the past. This is because Blaze seems to actually have amnesia.

According to Ian Flynn, the reason why Blaze was kept away from the cast besides Silver in 06 is as a narrow loophole to keep her from realizing it was Sonic they were after. In a 2012 Q&A for the Sonic Boom convention, Sonic Team Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka stated that the characters in 06 had amnesia and at the end of the Metal Virus arc in IDW we learn that rough inter-dimensional travel can cause amnesia which happens to Sonic when he crashes into Blaze's dimension. Blaze then reawakens Sonic's memories by reminding him of his super form, something that Blaze was kept from in 06.

What happens with Blaze in 06 as I understand it is that at some point prior to the events of the game Blaze was transported to the future where she developed amnesia upon arrival before joining Silver in his war against Iblis. They are deceived by Mephiles into trying to assassinate Sonic before Silver learns the truth and returns to the future to seal Iblis away, he is unable to do so however due to not being a compatible vessel and Blaze seals Iblis and herself away instead. Following the defeat of Solaris and the subsequent historical change, Blaze warps back to her Dimension and forgets the events of 06(according to Ian Flynn).

Silver also warps back to the future and forgets the events of 06 but not his apocalyptic life under the devastation of Iblis, only the events of 06 itself and his original partnership with Blaze which was clarified in his Fast Friends Forever profile that states he can't remember how his future was restored(as in the events of 06). 

So yes, the ending of Sonic 06 doesn't change Silver or Blaze's backstories. Silver is still the apocalyptic warrior from Sonic 06 and Blaze is still the imperial princess from Sonic Rush before and after the events of 06.

The endings of both Silver’s Story and the Last Story of 06 tie into the game’s themes of duty, sacrifice and exchange.

“Do we have to sacrifice something in order to gain something?”

To gain something you have to lose something, to become a hero you must be willing to make sacrifices. Blaze sacrifices herself to save the future and in exchange for the peaceful happy future he always wanted, Silver, alongside everyone else, loses their memories of the events of 06.

But Silver's duty doesn't end there. He continues to protect the peace of the future as new disasters and changes in the timeline occur, and just like with Iblis, Silver will continue fighting them for a peaceful world.

[tailschannel]

Here's a look at Sonic Channel's new #sonicpict and calendar artwork for May 2025, featuring Knuckles the Echidna.