Kiseki Himura

**Kiseki Himura** (比村奇石, *Himura Kiseki*) is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator. He is the creator of the *Monday Morning Offerings* Twitter web series, which would later be serialized under the title *Getsuyoubi no Tawawa*.

## Career

Himura was born in Hokkaido, and is currently living in Kanagawa prefecture.

In 2003, Himura began his career as an artist under the doujin circle **Himura Dairy Industry** (比村乳業, *Himura Nyuugyou*). He later quit his previous job and started a full-fledged commercial business in 2013.

Himura started posting weekly illustrations of what would become the *Getsuyoubi no Tawawa* series in February 23, 2015. This series would receive an anime series adaptation in 2016.

## Art Style and Other Details

Himura cited manga artist Kitsune Tennouji's *Orfina* (serialized 1993-2010) as his biggest influence as an illustrator. He also uses the work of Shingo Adachi (character designer of the *Sword Art Online* anime series) as well as Himura's favorite series *Vinland Saga*, *Drifters* and *HISTORIE* as reference.

*Getsuyoubi no Tawawa* predominantly uses the color blue in its illustrations, which eventually became Himura's trademark. This blue is originally used for rough drafts.

Himura's circle Himura Dairy Industry has a tendency to generate long lines in *Comic Market*, turning it into a "wall circle" (aka a super popular circle assigned near the wall of a large venue to accommodate long lines of participants). The circle's ability to quickly give out merchandise for purchase creates the "attraction" called Himura Circuit in events.

## List of Works

### Serializations

* *Sword Art Online Progressive* (Original Work: Reki Kawahara, Original Illustrator: abec, published in Dengeki G's Comic, 2013-2018, 7 volumes)
* *Getsuyoubi no Tawawa* (weekly posts on Twitter, 2015-ongoing; Weekly Young Gangan, 2020-ongoing)

### Anthologies

* *Fate/hollow ataraxia Anthology Comic* - February 28, 2006
* *K-ON! Anthology Comic: Minna de Un☆Tan* - September 2009
* *Suisei no Gargantia Comic Fanbook* - August 2013, Comic Market 84, distributed in Production I.G. booth
* *IS <Infinite Stratos> Anthology Comic* - December 2013, Comic Market 84, distributed in IS <Infinite Stratos> booth

### Illustration Work

* *Sword Art Online Endworld* (social game) - 2013-2017
* *Fantasia of Panzer Jagd* (illustrator, Original Work: Hiroki Uchida, published in Fujimi Fantasia Bunko) - 2016-2017

### TV Anime Series

* *Rinne no Lagrange* (2012) - Episode 6 end card
* *Suisei no Gargantia* (2013) - Episode 7 end card
* *Nekomonogatari White* (2013) - Episode 2 end card
* *Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya* (2013) - Episode 8 end card
* *IS <Infinite Stratos>* (2013) - Episode 3 Assist Illustration
* *Grisaia no Rakuen* (2015) - Episode 4 end card
* *Is Your Order a Rabbit?* (2015) - 2015 BS11 rebroadcast Episode 10 end card
* *ULTRA SUPER ANIME TIME* (2015) - Season 2 Episode 9 end card
* *BBK/BRNK* (2016) - Episode 9 end card
* *Just Because!* (2017) - Original Character Design
* *Ganbare! Douki-chan* (2021) - Episode 10 end card
* *Getsuyoubi no Tawawa 2* (2021) - Episode 12 end card

## Trivia

* Himura uses an interpretation of his first name as his Twitter handle.

## External Links

* **Official Twitter:** @Strangestone (in Japanese)
* **Tumblr Page:** https://himura-kiseki.tumblr.com/ (in Japanese)
* **pixiv Page:** https://www.pixiv.net/users/1119201 (in Japanese)

## References

* Kiseki Himura in Wikipedia JP (in Japanese)