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Manga artist Kentaro Yabuki, creator of To Love-Ru and Black Cat, posted a fan illustration of Sayori Ayaha from the Netflix animated film Super Kaguya Hime! on his personal X account on June 4, 2026. Along with the drawing, Yabuki wrote that he watched the film some time ago and was impressed by how it incorporates modern culture like VTubers and handles its characters carefully. The post has drawn over 65,000 likes and comments from fans calling the artwork a treasure and praising its detail. Super Kaguya Hime! debuted on Netflix on January 22, 2026, and later had a limited theatrical run starting February 20 in 19 theaters nationwide for one week, where it achieved a seat occupancy rate above 96%. Yabuki opened his personal X account on May 28, 2026, and as of June 2026 it has 200,000 followers. His first post on that account was a new illustration of Lala from To Love-Ru.
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Manga artist Kentaro Yabuki, known for To Love-Ru, drew an illustration of Evangelion Unit-08 for his preschool-age son. The boy requested the pink mecha after seeing it on Yabuki's collection shelf. Yabuki shared the anecdote and drawing on his sub-X account, where it drew comments about the father-son moment and the rare robot art.
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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.