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313V3N — Zanza

Published: 2012-06-08 15:52:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 135; Favourites: 2; Downloads: 3
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Description At first, this was just an attempt to make sense out of one Sagara Sanosuke's hair. It's fascinated and intrigued me for years, and I never feel quite satisfied with most interpretations--how can it occur in nature, without careful time spent styling it?
Well, for one, my friend's little sister had the same exact hairdo when she was a baby, which made me that much closer on my quest to understand that hair, but, yeah...
Honestly, I liked Sano a lot more when he was Zanza. Sure, he still had his funny moments, and he had a lot of growing up to do, but it was nice to see him looking after himself, and, well, being a deeper character.
Thus, I had no problem finishing the sketch and making the picture a bit...darker.
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Comments: 4

BlackMage339 [2012-09-22 00:19:15 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome I really like the sort of half profile, half 3/4 view, it'd done really well. And you've tackled that...strange...hair excellently.

I'm glad someone else liked Zanza better than Sano...Sano became a sort of layabout, I preferred it when he stood on his own two feet and was a sort of lone wolf

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313V3N In reply to BlackMage339 [2012-09-22 16:24:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
It's funny, now when I look at it, I see all the flaws, but hey...

I like Sano just fine, too, but I don't think he ever reached his full potential as a character, seeing as the plot tended to focus on Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko. He changed too fast and remained a little too "stable" for my liking, as a result.
If it were a perfect world, Watsuki would write a new series entirely centered around Saitoh and Sano.

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313V3N [2012-06-12 03:59:28 +0000 UTC]

aww, thanks for the kind words! zanza's hair is as dark, misguided, and mysterious as his personality, i'm afraid. but it was quite a fun challenge.

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lukeaveryfinnegan [2012-06-09 18:30:13 +0000 UTC]

I love this. I, too, love Zanza and his dark, if slightly misguided mystery.

Also, I struggle with his hair too. :3

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