Kentaro Yabuki Opens Personal X Account, Posts Lala and L Fan Art
Yabuki's decision to maintain a separate personal account signals a deliberate boundary between his professional obligations to Shueisha and his desire to share casual, non-commercial artwork directly with fans.
Reporting from 2 sources: Inside, Anime Anime.
Manga artist Kentaro Yabuki, known for "To LOVE-Ru" and "Ayakashi Triangle," opened a personal X account on May 28, 2026. The account, named "Kentaro Yabuki side," is intended for casual personal updates and hobby illustrations, separate from his official Shueisha-affiliated account "Kentaro Yabuki Info." In his first post, he shared an illustration of Lala Satalin Deviluke from "To LOVE-Ru." The post received over 50,000 likes as of May 29. A second illustration followed after Yabuki noticed a typo in his initial post: he had mistakenly written the official account's handle as "@yabukiLinfo" instead of "@yabuki_info." To acknowledge the error, he posted a fan art of L from "Death Note," the series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. His follower count reached 110,000 shortly after the account went live. Fans responded with enthusiasm, with comments praising the unexpected Death Note artwork and encouraging him to draw more characters from that series.
Yabuki's major works include "BLACK CAT," "To LOVE-Ru," "Darling in the Franxx," and "Ayakashi Triangle," all of which have received anime adaptations. His official account, run in coordination with Shueisha, handles announcements about serializations and related projects. The personal account, by contrast, is described by Yabuki as a space for "more personal announcements and hobby-like illustrations, taking it easy." The typo that prompted the Death Note drawing occurred when he linked to his official account in his debut post. Fans on X reacted with amusement, with one comment reading, "Thanks to your mistake, we got to see Yabuki-sensei's L, so it's all good lol." Another user wrote, "How about drawing more Death Note characters while you're at it? lol." As of May 29, the account had accumulated over 50,000 likes on the first post and 110,000 followers overall.
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