Artist's commentary
[25-10-23 -- ] Taki x Tomori💜|💙
立希と燈を隔てる壁があるのはわかる。二人の気持ちはまだちゃんとつながっていない。 でも、だからこそ、私は二人を応援している。その壁を壊して、距離を縮めてほしい。立希の想いが燈に届いてほしい。
最初から相性が悪ければ、結ばれないなんてことはないと思う。二人のすれ違いを解消し、人として成長できれば、それは素晴らしいことだと思う。
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In English and more elaborate:
I understand that there's a barrier separating Taki and Tomori. Their feelings aren't properly connected together yet. But that's exactly why I support them so much. I want to see them take down that barrier and close that distance between them.
I want Taki's feelings to finally reach Tomori and they see eye-to-eye instead of the unbalanced relationship they seemingly have now. And I want to Tomori to make an effort to understand Taki as well. They have a lot of potential for growth both ways and I want to see it realized.
I don't believe that if two characters don't have great compatibility from the get go, it means that they can't be together. If they can solve their differences and grow together as people, it would be a wonderful thing to witness.
I want to witness it.
I don't think I can convey all my thoughts that well here. But in short, I need to see these girls who are bad at communicating (in two different ways) work it out, even if they struggle on the way. Many precious things in life are not easy to obtain.
It would be a rare and miraculous development that I don't often see in (usually at least one is good at communicating). So I want to see that miracle come to life.
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I drew the second version after the game event "Breathing Next to You" was released. Tomori showed her resolve to not let Taki be lost alone:
"If Taki-chan is feeling lost, I want to be lost with her... and move forward together..."
She was really concerned for Taki and determined to help her. She then wrote a song for her in her card episode. So that counts as really good progress in their relationship. I highly recommend you check out the event here:
https://bestdori.com/community/stories/130897/matchaparfait-Unofficial-Translation-Breathing-Next-to-You-MyGO-Event
I'm confident we'll see more progress between them in the future. And I'll continue updating this illustration accordingly, and hopefully one day you'll get to see the final version with both sides fully connected.
Let's watch over their progress together💜🩵