'Drealms' (from about 2 decades ago)

The 2nd attempt at starting my manga 'Drealms' around 2 decades ago - didn't know how to do digital work then (wait... more like didn't own a computer then X'D ). I clearly remember that hair taking 3 days to complete. Then in '02 I scanned it and edited the text. Haven't touched it since. 'Drealms' had a lot more mystical elements when it was originally created (in my head) - more a romantic drama (heavy influence from Asagiri Yuu's manga works), but over time the story developed to a Sci-Fi / action manga, but with all the romance still included. Reading other manga while growing up influenced this change, of course, including everything that happened in my life. This story has been in my head for so so so long.

The character drawn above 'Syuri' (a Prophetess) has long since been replaced by 'Alexandrite' (an Oracle) in my new version of 'Drealms'. But in the One-Shot I'd put up on DA, Alexandrite is just a savant and not a psychic, just because it would've necessitated a lengthy back story that would have made it a talking manga (a bit of a no-no for Shonen genre). Had to distill everything to the simple basics in a one shot, makes storytelling much easier, but a little disappointing to an Author who is fully aware how much of the excitement in the story has been excluded - unlike a DVD movie where the audience still gets to see the 'deleted scenes'.