maniacs got too hard to write in its current state so its getting cancelled and then rewritten cuz the writing is so ass

soo its been a while. im sorry if its taking me longer to finish the first chapter of maniacs but im busy with other art projects and irl things. but its time i start talking about maniacs now.

im happy to say that chapter one is half way completed! its been almost a year since i started. and yes this chapter has very wonky writing, i plan on improving it in future chapters. the reason why the writing was so wonky was because i was very unsure on how i wanted the story to go so i just wrote whatever fit which is probably the worst thing to do when writing a comic lol. the artstyle also noticably changed as well as some of the designs of the characters. ive been very inconsistent with this chapter and it does kinda upset me but again this comic was created for me and a few friends to just enjoy.

im working on the next pages that will focus on ken and joseph getting along as well as josephs relationship with yuri. i havent really thought about their relationship at all until recently. i take inspiration from gyutaro and ume's relationship in demon slayer. its more fitting for the both of them since yuri is very protective of the people thats closest to them just like how gyutaro is with ume.

i dont know what else to write now. but this is all that i have to say!! i hope you all enjoy whatever happens next in the maniacs!

hii! starting today im gonna be doing commissions to help my bf and his mom pay for a few bills and get what they need.

follow the commission sheet before hand

https://kamscoms.carrd.co/

this gets updates :p

1. yuri

2. child yuri

3. ken

4. mick

5. saki

6. Joseph

7. mika

8.mitsuki

9. yonada

10. misha

11. jurou

12. lonnie

13. zeek

the maniacs website is in the works currently :33. its not rlly a website its a rentry

1. alex

i had this oc for a long time lol (almost 3 years). she never rlly had an established personality. she was just some basic flirty bastard lol. now hes a character that has flaws that theyre trying to fix and straighten out. they sorta(?) play a role in maniacs. i havent rlly thought about it yet. she might have trouble with interacting with people since she can be a bit brash and mean at times but at the end of the day, he cant control it and heavily relies on meds to keep her from lashing out.

2 . pink

shes honestly my favorite character i designed :3. fun fact she was literally a character i made using picrew cuz i was stuck on what to design. she also didnt have an established personality so again, she was just a basic and bland character left to be forgotten in the pits of my newgrounds. now that i actually gave a fuck about her, i decided to revive her for my comic (maniacs). she wont appear until the next chapter though. shes a bubbly girl who can be rlly dumb at times but its okay cuz shes a girl ^_^

3 . c!tyler

basically i had an idea to create something called the tylerverse (inspired by the spiderverse) where multiple tylers exist. theres a yuriverse, kenverse, mickverse ect. ect. but thats what we're not gonna get into cuz thats a whole other blog. basically c!tyler exists in the current maniacs universe. hes a genuine piece of shit that deserves to get his shit rocked. if i hate him so much, why did i create him? well, i was high off of painkillers one day and drew a fucked up version of 2023 tyler where hes a huge deuchbag towards yuri. i didnt remember it until i woke up with the sketch laying next to me, and i thought "this is so fucked up why did i draw this??" but then i thought about it more and then i thought "yknow i think he might play a huge part in the comic if he was an unlikable little shit". also hes based on a past abusive ex i had online so this is my way of coping. he was honestly so fucking hard to write and design, as im not used to writing abusive characters with so much depth as well as actually putting work into an abusive characters design (see jakes design in my older art). and plus i wanted him to look like hes a massive manipulator so i looked at my exs sona for reference. anyways, yeah he doesnt appear in maniacs until the next chapter which will be called "the tyler takedown" where yuri plans on killing c!tyler after learning that he hurt ken and mick. so he'll only appear in one chapter as an alive character then he'll just fucking die. thats how worthless he is.

small fact, the c! stands for current! as he is the tyler in the current universe in maniacs.

4 . n! tyler

n!tyler is a comfort version of tyler i made after having an emotional breakdown. hes basically a tyler i decided to include in the story so he can help out with the murder of c!tyler. hes the definition of "you wont even handle him" in turns of being a character whos mentally unwell. i honestly had to do tons of research in order to write him correctly as i want him to not come off as a walking stereotype towards people with npd. im still working on his character so he technically isnt an established character yet, but he is done in terms of design and the role he plays. hes a character that was fucked over multiple times by the people around him which caused his mental decline. on top of that, the loss of his home as well as friends and loved ones was his major breaking point. bringing up the tylerverse again, they honestly were stuck on what to do with him, so they ended up putting him in the current universe, leaving tyler in a universe where people would despise him due to the tyler there. he does have trouble fitting in, due to his social anxiety, awkwardness and his habit of self isolation, but he eventually warms up to everyone in the end of chapter two. his attachment to ken actually plays a HUGE and major role as well. he and the ken in his universe had a very close and emotional bond. when that ken died along with the universe, he was genuinely heartbroken. he quite literally couldnt live without him so he tried to join him by attempting to kill himself by inhaling toxic fumes. but as soon as the current ken stopped him, he immediately became attached to him. its not like a romantic way at all, hes attached to the point where he feels less suicidal and alone when hes near him, so basically ken plays a huge part in his life. for now, i dont know where to go with his character for now.

fun fact: the n! stands for new! since he does end up replacing c!tyler

5 . kurayami

now listen, im not good at designing antagonists. but i think i did pretty good. i was aiming for a cold and stoic character with her, however she does have pure intentions. i wont spoil much of the plot for chapter 1 but lets just say her kids were taken from her and she desperately wants to get them back. even if it means she has to kill her own nephew(yuri) who has absolutely no fucking idea whats going on at all. she appears later in maniacs. i havent developed her move set or powers yet.

6 . tyriek

i LOVE HER SM!!!?!?!? sorry anyways, i havent rlly worked on her much but shes the sarcastic yet straight foward sister that keeps everything real. she fucking hates her brother alot and it becomes extremely obvious in chapter 2 where she ends up helping yuri with planning out everything. although she fully appears in chapter 2 she actually will end up in chapter 1 as a background character ^_^. ik its not much but at least you get to see her :3

7 . illeus

the bratty and attitude ridden cousin of yuri. fun fact hes also a very old oc i had however he was used as a variant of yuri for a now problematic fnf au called fnf sleepover. but lets not get into that shit show i already written enough. basically hes a little brat thats a huge pain in the ass despite his cutesy aesthetic. he enjoys cute shit and stuff and..bombs. he doesnt rlly play a role in the maniacs but he appears from time to time just to be a little asshole

8 . vivian

i made them last year and didnt know what to do with him until 2 months ago. theyre an antagonist as well as the worst character ever. they appear in chapter 1 (i pray for all of you) as someone that'll overstep boundaries no matter what. they dont take no for an answer at all and it becomes super obvious. not so fun fact, he was the major cause for yuri to get bullied at his old highschool because he spread an extremely nasty rumor about him hooking up with a janitor and they did that just because yuri didnt like them in a romantic way. and theyre still proud of it till this day. theyre sort of based on a girl from my old middle school. idk what else to write about them theyre just a horrible person

update 10/12/2024: hey! so all of this isnt canon anymore

its 12 am and i drew a pot addicted trans dude randomly traumadumping to his crackhead trans boyfriend my life is absolutely meaningless atp

ngl i find it funny how some of the leaks were cassette girl related even though shes no longer gonna be in the game anymore

starting today im gonna be redrawins all of my old yuri and ken art i did qhen i was still in the . countryhuman fandom (im not fucking joking they're derived from countryhuman characters) and when i was in the fnf community (the place where they first became rlly popular). its not gonna be easy but i havent done an art challenge in a whole minute so this is gonna be fun (im gonna kms if i see ussr yuri for a split millisecond

micheal

timothyaxel

vivian

ken

yuri

tyler