Ajin Secret Santa 2025 🔔🎅🌲

#Ajin Secret Santa 2025: Sign-ups open!

tinyurl.com/ajinss25

We're back for another year!
The event is called secret santa, but it's just a digital gift exchange. No relation to Christmas required.

Sign-ups will close at 11:59 p.m. Nov. 30, 2025, GMT -5.
Giftee info sent by Dec 5 at 11:59 p.m.

Yes, please do! 😃

Ajin Secret Santa 2025 Hello everyone! It's time once again for Ajin Secret Santa! Thanks for your interest in participating this year! For this event, you will sign up with what you prefer to make and to receive. You will ...

For any questions, please see the FAQ on our blog, or send a message to this account.

Happy Gifting! 🎁

Sign up here: tinyurl.com/ajinss25

Posting period is Dec. 24~27, your local time wherever you are. Be sure to tag your gift #ajinss25

Looking forward to seeing fresh faces and long time participants!

If you've missed this deadline, we can often still accommodate you up through Dec. 20 or so by doubling up, so someone will make an extra gift for you, & you'll make an extra gift for someone else! (Posting to the #ajinss25 is also fine even if you haven't been assigned to anyone! We're not strict!)

We also look for pinch hitters who can make an extra gift on short notice if someone needs to drop out. Just make sure you give us a way to contact you!

This event is held on blue sky, tumblr, twitter/X, instagram, and AO3/discord as necessary, so look for the #ajinss25 tag on all platforms.

Give as much or as little information as you want about what you can/want to make, and what you want to receive, and we'll match you up to the best of our ability. NSFW/gore permitted but can also be excluded from your gifts if you so choose.

Ajin Secret Santa 2025 Hello everyone! It's time once again for Ajin Secret Santa! Thanks for your interest in participating this year! For this event, you will sign up with what you prefer to make and to receive. You will ...

Sign up using the google form at the link, and you'll be matched with two other people: one you'll make a gift for, and one (who will be a secret) that you'll get a gift from at the end of December!

#Ajin Secret Santa 2025: Sign-ups open!

tinyurl.com/ajinss25

We're back for another year!
The event is called secret santa, but it's just a digital gift exchange. No relation to Christmas required.

Sign-ups will close at 11:59 p.m. Nov. 30, 2025, GMT -5.
Giftee info sent by Dec 5 at 11:59 p.m.

The scene is set in the 1950s on Halloween night and takes place in a neighborhood street. Sam, dressed as a cowboy, is crouched over in the street and poking at a dead bird with a stick while his pillowcase of candy is discarded beside him. Behind him, another child, dressed as a yellow clown, is on the sidewalk holding the hand of a much younger child that's dressed like a black cat. The older child yells at Sam: Ewww Sam, leave that dead bird alone!

A picture of baby Satou in the same cowboy costume in the previous image in greater detail. His dress shirt is a vivid red with a tan plaid pattern on the upper half and white trim on the edges of the pattern. His cowboy pants are black and flared at the ends with white trim and a silhouetted image of a cowboy on a rearing horse swinging a rope printed on both legs near the bottom. He has a little holster for a gun and a cowboy hat tied around his chin to stay in place. Satou is holding a pillowcase full of candy in one hand while pointing a toy gun at the camera with other hand yelling: Bang!

Ajin Week 25 - Day 7: Night
Baby Satou dressed as a cowboy trick or treating on Halloween night in the 1950s with some kids from the neighborhood.
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws

An Alternate universe illustration of Satou and Tanaka in which Satou is the same age as Tanaka and they go to a US high school together in the early 2000s. Satou is more preppy and popular. Tanaka dresses more alternatively and listens to metal - he has a beloved pair of baggy tripp pants but that's not pictured here. Pictured is Tanaka and Satou in Tanaka's messy room. Satou is staying over Tanaka's house so Tanaka is trying to keep him entertained. He has clothes on the floor and a bunch of CDs & cassettes cluttering the top of his dresser sandwiched with a small media player and a purple lava lamp. Some of his homework has been precariously tossed on top. On a small shelf above his bed he has a wireless phone and an empty can of soda next to it. Tanaka is sitting on this bed with his fists balled up in his lap expressing embarrassment. Tanaka: I know it's no PS2 but this is what I have. Meanwhile Satou is sitting cross-legged on the floor and digging through a cardboard box labeled, 'Kouji's old crap'. He is astonished to find a bunch of retro gaming paraphernalia. He has a NES Zapper gun in his left hand and in his right, a NES Zelda cartridge. Satou: Holy shit, a golden Zelda cartridge.

Ajin Week 25 - Day 6: Fav AU
A 2000s US High School AU. IDK if this my fav but I like it.
In this AU, Satou and Tanaka go to high school together. Satou is more preppy and popular. Tanaka dresses more alternatively & listens to metal.
Despite this, they have become friends.
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws

#ajinweek25 day1-4
Day 1: beach(?) /sunrise/fave character
Day2: fave relationship
Day3: ice cream/fave minor character
Day 4: free day

#ajinweek25 fav scene の chapter 27.5
いちばん素敵な下村泉さん

Tanaka isn't really being a hero. He just can't help but warn these girls. It's impulsive. He knows what's coming and he doesn't want them to die.

Before this, he seems like just a henchman for Satou. It's true he does whatever Satou says but there's more to him than that. I also like how this isn't really a pleasant encounter. The girls find him creepy and I don't think Tanaka likes being perceived that way either.

A redraw of a scene from Volume 4, Chapter 19 of Ajin in which Tanaka, with his hands in his pockets, turns to 3 teenage girls and says: That's not something you should do for fun. He is telling these girls not to check out a building downtown for fun since he knows Satou plans to blow it up. Not knowing Tanaka, the girls are visibly creeped out by him. The context is that Tanaka was walking past these girls and overheard them. Aware of Satou's plan, he can't help but turn around and impulsively tell the girls not to go. Creeped out by their encounter with this weird guy they decide to go home.

Ajin Week 25 - Day 5: Favorite Scene
This is a scene I've always loved involving Tanaka in the manga. It marks a turning point in his character.
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws

A small silent comic with Tanaka from Ajin that takes place during the canon events of the manga. From behind and at distance, we see Tanaka in a cap and mask in a grocery store staring down at a stall of watermelon on sale for 1500 yen. One hand is stuffed in his jacket while the other is holding a shopping cart. In a closeup, we see that each watermelon is carefully cradled in foam wrapping to protect them from damage. Their stems are still attached and they have a beautiful and attractive green color. It's nostalgic. Pictured is a memory of Tanaka as a child happily eating a slice of watermelon with a stack of comics waiting to be read as a fan keeps him cool in the summer heat. Back to the present, we see Tanaka reacting to the memory. It's a happy memory but would he ever be able to feel like that again? Maybe having some watermelon might bring back a taste of the feeling.

Ajin Week 25 - Day 4: Watermelon
Another Tanaka comic warm from the oven
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws #comics

Sketch of Kaito and Nagai Kei from Ajin: Demi-human with lyrics of Johnny Cash's "You are my sunshine".

Day 2: Fav relationship
Doomed yaoi of dark-haired and light-haired.

#ajinweek25 #ajin #kaikei #art

Title: Beloved Media Headcanons (For the Maryland Gang) A 4 by 5 grid graphic of beloved media for the characters from the US state of Maryland in Ajin. The first column consists of five characters. From the top: Suzuki Jun, Dr. Smith, Dr. Ikuya Ogura, Dr. Smith's Assistant and Jim. The second column consists of music albums they like The third column consists of films they like. The fourth and final column consists of comics they like. Going down the rows for each character. Suzuki. Music: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles. Film: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy circa 2001 to 2003. Comics: One Piece by Eiichiro Oda. Smith. Music: Secrets by Toni Braxton. Film: Clue circa 1985. Comics: The Chris Claremont era of Uncanny X-Men. Ogura. Music: Are you Experienced by Jimi Hendrix. Film: Hana-Bi circa 1997. Comics: Any manga by Mitsuru Adachi. Smith's assistant who has no real canon name I think. Music: Time by Electric Light Orchestra. Film: The Godfather Part II circa 1974. Comics: The Tick by Ben Edlund. Last Row. Jim. Music: Stankonia by Outkast. Film: Scarface circa 1983. Comics: Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto. End of graphic.

Ajin Week 25 - Day 3: Fav Minor Character(s)
I made a graphic of possible albums, films and comics the Maryland gang might like. This was fun. I loved drawing their little faces.
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws

Title: Breakfast Setup: This 4 page comic takes place during the series and before the Forge arc but after Satou forms the rest of his group. Okuyama is in a tracksuit while Tanaka has his black leather jacket and slicked back hair. Page 1 Okuyama yawns as he walks through an empty hallway. He nearly passes the doorway to the breakroom when Tanaka spots him. Tanaka: Okuyama! He beckons Okuyama to come over with a gesture. Tanaka: Come sit with me. Okuyama takes a seat at the fold-out table across from Tanaka. He notices that Tanaka's breakfast consists of leftover fried chicken and alcohol.

Page 2 Tanaka bites into a fried drumstick, tearing off a piece with his teeth and leaving crumbs everywhere. Drunk, he has to concentrate a little as he chews for a moment. While eating still, he asks Okuyama if he's hungry and pushes the box of leftover chicken in Okuyama's direction. Okuyama declines, slightly grossed out. Tanaka continues to eat offscreen.

Page 3 Tanaka: You know, I don't understand Gen and Takahashi! Okuyama watches as Tanaka leans forward with the drumstick in his hand. Tanaka: The legs are the best part!" Tanaka waves the half-eaten drumstick at Okuyama who stares at it silently. Okuyama tilts his head with an expression of curiosity. Okuyama: Hey Okuyama: Can I ask a question?" Tanaka talks into a glass of alcohol. Tanaka: Yeah, go ahead. Okuyama points at Tanaka. Okuyama: Aren't you hot in that thing?

Page 4 Tanaka looks down and places a hand on his jacket where Okuyama is pointing. Okuyama: It's the middle of summer and you usually have it zipped up. It was 35 celsius yesterday. Tanaka non-chalantly confirms this. Tanaka: Oh, yeah. Tanaka digs his fingers into the collar of his leather jacket and speaks with emphasis. Tanaka: I'm hot as balls. Tanaka: The lining of this thing reeks. Tanaka: Every morning I have to spray it with vinegar. In the background, a small doodle of a sleepy Tanaka is holding out his leather jacket away from him with one hand whilte spraying the lining with the other, his hair is still not yet made. Okuyama politely replies: Huh! However, Okuyama makes an internal assessment: He's like a lonely housewife. This poor guy. Does he have any idea he's being strung along by Mr. Satou? He tries so hard to look tough too. Meanwhile, Tanaka becomes aware of the awkward silence between them and gets concerned. Tanaka: Hellooo! Earth to Okuyama! Okuyama is lost in his own thought process as he realizes something: And yet...

Ajin Week 25 - Day 2: Heat, morning, fav relationship
I forced Okuyama and Tanaka to talk again. It's for their own good. Please get along ❤
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws #comics

A sketch of Nagai Kei from Ajin.

Day 1: Fav character
Forever Nagai Kei, our best apathetic MC.

#ajinweek25 #ajin

はい #ajinweek25
fav chara の永井君てす

A younger Tanaka is in a shirt and cargo shorts. He is wading in the ocean with great concentration as waves splash around him. Then, a large wave slams against his back and takes him by surprise. Tanaka's clothes are soaked and he looks incredibly displeased. The water is now at ankle-level.

Ajin Week 25 - Day 1: Favorite character & beach
Of course, I had to draw Tanaka. I drew something like a moment from a summer vacation long ago.
#ajinweek25 #ajin #draws

Depending on your time zone, Ajin Week 2025 has started! Looking forward to seeing what everyone creates! (WIPs are fine too!!)

Alt text for the promotional image: Event graphic for Ajin Week 2025. Art by @lovemapotofu on twitter. Background: light blue gradient with water ripples. To the right, Kei is wearing swim trunks and water shoes, sitting in a yellow innertube while reading a book with a red cover. To the lower right, Blep (Satou's IBM) is floating in a pink innertube, chest down, head up, arms on the tube, feet sticking up in the air out of the water behind it. There are three prompt tracks: Summer, Time of Day, and Favorites. July 27-28: Pool/Beach, Sunrise, Favorite Character. July 29-30: Heat, Morning, Favorite Relationship. July 31-Aug 1: Ice cream/Popsicle, Midday, Favorite Minor Character. Aug 2-3: Watermelon, Free time, Favorite Reference* *Note: Any of the references Ajin makes to outside TV shows, movies, games, etc. Aug. 4-5: Vacation, Sunset, Favorite quote/scene Aug 6-7: Fireworks, Twilight, Favorite AU/headcanon Aug 8-9: Friends, Night, Favorite Setting.

🎈Happy to announce that AjinWeek is returning in 2025! 🎈
Since #ajin don't die 😉

As social media platforms diversify, we've gathered all the event information onto Carrd at ajinweek.carrd.co

We truly look forward to seeing all your posts under the tag #ajinweek25 on the platform(s) of your choice!

Oh yeah, totally!

-These themes are optional; use one, multiple, or none
-Your work can be in any medium
•When posting your work, Remember to tag your work under #ajinweek25 so that we can see it and share it!
•Remember, this is a fun event so do not stress to finish each day! Late submissions are also allowed!

Aug 2-3: Watermelon, Free time, Favorite Reference* *Note: Any of the references Ajin makes to outside TV shows, movies, games, etc.
Aug. 4-5: Vacation, Sunset, Favorite quote/scene
Aug 6-7: Fireworks, Twilight, Favorite AU/headcanon
Aug 8-9: Friends, Night, Favorite Setting.

This year's dates and prompts:
July 27-28: Pool/Beach, Sunrise, Favorite Character.
July 29-30: Heat, Morning, Favorite Relationship.
July 31-Aug 1: Ice cream/Popsicle, Midday, Favorite Minor Character.
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Alt text for the promotional image: Event graphic for Ajin Week 2025. Art by @lovemapotofu on twitter. Background: light blue gradient with water ripples. To the right, Kei is wearing swim trunks and water shoes, sitting in a yellow innertube while reading a book with a red cover. To the lower right, Blep (Satou's IBM) is floating in a pink innertube, chest down, head up, arms on the tube, feet sticking up in the air out of the water behind it. There are three prompt tracks: Summer, Time of Day, and Favorites. July 27-28: Pool/Beach, Sunrise, Favorite Character. July 29-30: Heat, Morning, Favorite Relationship. July 31-Aug 1: Ice cream/Popsicle, Midday, Favorite Minor Character. Aug 2-3: Watermelon, Free time, Favorite Reference* *Note: Any of the references Ajin makes to outside TV shows, movies, games, etc. Aug. 4-5: Vacation, Sunset, Favorite quote/scene Aug 6-7: Fireworks, Twilight, Favorite AU/headcanon Aug 8-9: Friends, Night, Favorite Setting.

🎈Happy to announce that AjinWeek is returning in 2025! 🎈
Since #ajin don't die 😉

As social media platforms diversify, we've gathered all the event information onto Carrd at ajinweek.carrd.co

We truly look forward to seeing all your posts under the tag #ajinweek25 on the platform(s) of your choice!