Oekaki

PaintBBS NEO, featuring art by satopian

Oekaki (お絵描き; drawing/painting) is a form of computer art that originated from the Japanese-speaking web during the late '90s and early '00s. The term oekaki typically refers to art drawn using oekaki bulletin boards and oekaki chats, and these sites were very popular with amateur artists around the world during the first half of the '00s. Their popularity waned as the decade wore on however, before fading into near-complete obscurity during the 2010s. As of 2022, there are only a few semi-active oekaki bulletin boards remaining As of 2025, various bulletin board/imageboard sites and random individuals have installed their own oekaki boards, usually utilizing POTI-board EVO.

There are likely to be many reasons for the oekaki board format's waning popularity, but it was at least in part due to web users developing vastly different browsing and computing habits than were commonplace during the first half of the 2000s. The final nail in the coffin was likely the obsolescence—and eventual discontinuation—of Java and Flash support in web browsers, which prevented the average user from being able to use oekaki applets. Since then, several oekaki applets that do not require Java or Flash have been created, but the format's popularity has yet to show any major signs of revival.

Some people confuse oekaki art with pixel art due to the visible aliasing that oekaki art often exhibits, but they are not the same thing. Pixel art is typically drawn meticulously pixel-by-pixel with strict color palette limitations; oekaki art, on the other hand, is usually hand drawn with a graphics tablet in a web browser, and only appears pixelated or palette-limited if that is the artist's intent, or if there are limitations within the oekaki applet being used.

Oekaki applets

• Shi-Painter (Java applet; does not work on modern browsers)
• Shi-chan's PaintBBS (Java applet; does not work on modern browsers)
• Shi-chan's PaintChat (Java applet; does not work on modern browsers)
• PaintBBS NEO (JavaScript; a remake of Shi-chan's PaintBBS)
• Chicken Paint (JavaScript; HTML5 port of ChibiPaint)
• Klecks (TypeScript)
• tegaki.js (JavaScript; live demo)
• wPaint (jQuery)
• AXNOS Paint (JavaScript; live demo)

Oekaki bulletin board scripts

List of Oekaki BBS scripts

Name	Language	Applets	Notes	Demo
POTI-board	PHP	Shi-chan's PaintBBS (Java) Shi-Painter (Java)	Based on futaba.php. Last update was 2008/12/08 and hasn't been actively worked on since 2005, so the applets won't work in modern browsers.
POTI-board EVO EN	PHP	PaintBBS NEO (HTML5) Tegaki (HTML5) AXNOS Paint (HTML5) Shi-Painter (Java; runs on modern browsers using CheerpJ) ChickenPaint (HTML5) Klecks (HTML5)	Updated version of POTI-board, with English translation. The Japanese version is called POTI-board EVO. Still maintained as of 2025/09/16.	Live demo
Petit Note	PHP	PaintBBS NEO (HTML5) Tegaki (HTML5) AXNOS Paint (HTML5) ChickenPaint (HTML5) Klecks (HTML5)	Both Japanese and English are available based on the user's browser settings, but there is Peti Note EN which has an English config.php file (and is otherwise identical). Still maintained as of 2025/09/16.	Live demo
Wacintaki Poteto	PHP	ChickenPaint (HTML5) Shi-chan's PaintBBS (Java) Shi-Painter (Java) ChibiPaint (Java)	Started out as a CSS conversion of OekakiPoteto (2001–2002). Still maintained as of 2025/09/01.	Live demo

Oekaki bulletin boards

English

• Oekaki@Heyuri (POTI-board EVO EN)
• Gurochan's /kaki/ - Oekaki (POTI-board EVO EN)
• PaintBBS (POTI-board EVO EN)
• 4chan's /i/ - Oekaki (custom; utilizes tegaki.js)
• TEv2 (custom; requires Twitter account)
• Oekaki na smoczym (custom; requires registration; utilizes ChibiPaint, OekakiBBS, Shi-chan's PaintBBS, Shi-chan's PaintChat, Shi-Painter, and Shi-Painter Pro (note that none of these oekaki applets work in modern browsers))

Japanese

• Oekaki Keijiban Art.net (custom; various oekaki boards; utilizes PaintBBS NEO, ChickenPaint, and Shi-Painter)
• Kigaru ni Oekaki (POTI-board EVO)
• Petit Note (Petit Note)
• Ecchi na Oekaki Keijiban (POTI-board EVO)
• Oekaki sql@Futaba (futaba.php; utilizes PaintBBS NEO and Shi-chan's PaintBBS)
• Rakugaki ura@Futaba (same as above)
• Rakugaki@Futaba (same as above)
• Oekaki sqlip@Futaba (same as above)
• Oekaki@Futaba (same as above)

Gallery of epic Heyuri oekaki

*Note that this is not a complete collection of Heyuri oekaki, just some of the best/notable ones. They are sorted from most recent to least recent.

• Awesome oekaki of Heyuri!!
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  Silent loli artist #24
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  Silent loli artist #23
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  Anonymous' character: nau
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  Silent loli artist #22
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  Silent loli artist #21
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  Nevermind, it lives!(ﾟｰﾟ)
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  Iz it teh end 4 heyuri?...
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  Disaster struck...
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  On the first of December 2023...
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  Silent loli artist #20
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  Heyuri-tan firing a laser at something while teh city is asspl0ding!
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  "Gentlemen, please! There's room for both of your abstract cocks in my mouth!"
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  "My abstract art is cooler than ur abstract art!!!!!"
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  "Abstract art. Praise me and suck my cock"
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  Heyuri's first tegaki oekaki!
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  Silent loli artist #18
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  Loli put some clothes on for the Führer's birthday
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  Silent loli artist #15 - he's back!!! ヽ(´∇`)ノ
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  There's no response. It's just a corpse.
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  "heyurian portrait"
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  "shalom... they call me the kaijew"
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  "Herro I am chinese kaiju"
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  Anonymous takes your sadness very seriously
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  J/K, it is XD
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  Heyuri ojisan is kowai...
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  7-Zip-tan - a 7-Zip is you!
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  Teenage angst Heyuri-tan
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  Bunny and Heyuri-tan #2
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  "bunny says hi to heyuri!"
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  Chen!
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  What cute things she's probably saying!
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  This anonymous also loves risotto...
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  Fem-Risotto is apparently anonymous's waifu
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  Party bus TO THE FACE!!!
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  "HAHAHAHAHAHA YOU FOOLS"
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  Adorable sukumizu loli!!
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  Smokin' angel
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  Cute brown bunny girl!
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  Cute angel!
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  Cute nekomimi girl #4
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  Cute nekomimi girl #3
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  のワの
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  Cute nekomimi girl #2
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  Cute nekomimi girl
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  Cute~
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  This guy read the tutorial!
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  But you're the reason keeping me here!
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  Truth
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  "zzzzzz tiem"
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  Self portrait by anonymous
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  Self portrait by purple-sage
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  ｵﾜﾀ＼(＾o＾)／
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  Bonerific brown girl by usagi
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  YOU GONNA GET GRAPED... by faganon!?
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  Ai-ai-aiii I'm your little butterfly~ ヽ(´∇`)ノ
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  I moon'd
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  Usagi's unfinished Chun-Li drawing (FINISH IT!!!)
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  Gettin' jiggy with it
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  Anonymous was inspired
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  Presented without comment
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  Probably the best oekaki ever made, taking ＿ﾉ乙(､ﾝ､)_-san 8 days to create!!
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  Rena ^_^
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  Nothing a paper bag can't fix
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  WOMEN DRIVERS AMIRITE?
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  KABOOM
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  He's probably fine
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  I Mao'd
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  I maru'd
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  "Keeper of the Cuboid Prism Matrix"
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  Awoo~
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  dunno lol
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  Silent loli artist #14
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  Just Reimu... no bunny... no bewbs...
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  Ruukoto (EVEN BIGGER BUNNY BEWBS)
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  BIG BUNNY BEWBS
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  Happy 2023 2003, featuring delicious chocolate rabbit!
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  New Year Mechazawa
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  Happy 2023 2007!
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  "new years eve is an ideal time to play mahjong"
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  Hello Kitty girl
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  A sweet peppermint cat FURRY
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  Nappy-chan gonna nap
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  Silent loli artist #13 (MY FUCKING B0NER)
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  Moar 2hu
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  Silent loli artist #12
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  ...probably
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  Kaguya emote!
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  Kana
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  Chiyuri
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  Nappy-chan
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  Ellen
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  GET BETTER!!!
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  Kotohime
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  Rikako
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  Celebrating 25 years since teh 3rd 2hu game: Yumemi
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  Cute Yotsuba!
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  You gonna get help'd
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  This is how nude painting works, rite?
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  Heyuri-tan says "Merry Chrismas!" (she can't spell)
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  Loli got shot :(
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  How it feels to browse Heyuri
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  Hollywood Heyuri-tan
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  newds.
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  bewbs.
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  kuz x kaguya
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  *chira*
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  Your future
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  What REALLY happened during teh golden age
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  Cute blob
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  j00 r f33l1n v3ry sl33pz0rs...
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  If it's breasts, I'm including it!
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  Homura had enough :(
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  Heyuri racing!
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  Heyuri dog
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  Heyuri-tan = buffz0rs
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  Chubby loli in sukumizu!
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  "herui"
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  ｷﾀ━━━(・∀・)━━━!!
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  Nigra in search of the waters of boku...
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  "Strange World"
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  I computer'd
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  AAAAAAAAA
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  I have heard of it
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  Silent loli artist #11
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  I see shadow people bewbs...
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  O_O
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  Apparently, she lost control (????)
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  "he is dead, now I can steal all his games and boku"
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  "for a brief moment in space and time, heyuri was here. and i was fortunate enough to be there with you"
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  Girl with loli sex slave...
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  He died for our wins
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  ...due to trades
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  Loli says POOLS CLOSED!
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  Squirting olympics!
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  This respectable Heyuri user demands MOARRRRR
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  GET B&NNED!!!
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  Squirt on men #4
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  Look up R.Crumb's work if u liek teh weird pornz ( ´ω`)
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  Initial H
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  Long leg loli #7
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  Squirt on men #3
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  Long leg loli #6
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  Squirt on men #2
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  Long leg loli #5
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  Long leg loli #4
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  The legend of squirting on men begins!
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  Long leg loli #3
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  Long leg loli #2
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  The legend of the long leg loli begins!
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  Delicious usagi-chan bewbs (´￢`)
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  Protip: it's not furry if it's usagi-chan!
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  To Catch a Heyurian
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  GUNBUSTAAAAAAA!
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  It was an OC frenzy!
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  Is that so much to ask?
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  "It's the place for lolis!"
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  Ojisan becomes an hero ;_;
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  POWARRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
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  Heyuri go KA-BOOM
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  A wild toddlercon appears!
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  A very ecchi Kiko-chan
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  Silent loli artist #10
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  Silent loli artist #9
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  Osaka roasts you!
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  Silent loli artist #8
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  Silent loli artist #7
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  A very cute loli!
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  Silent loli artist #6
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  Silent loli artist #5
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  Silent loli artist #4
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  Loli demands MOAR LOLI!!!
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  Silent loli artist #3(?)
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  I highly recommend Aria ( ´ω`)
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  Silent loli artist #2
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  The legend of the mysterious silent loli artist begins!
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  WAHA gonna B& u
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  Makin' their wayyyy the only way they know how
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  Neko gonna catch a Chiyo
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  Just the good ol' boys, never meanin' no harm
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  The futanari age is upon us!
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  Commemorating our new Heyuri overlord, kaguya!
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  (ﾟДﾟ )
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  TOMO PUNCH!!
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  *dies of 2hu overdose*
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  Shinku HAET penis T.T
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  Shinku HAET 2hu hijack T.T
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  こんにちは
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  Not again (;´Д`)
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  Another...
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  A couple of Easter bunnies
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  ...DENIED!!!1
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  Hunting for Easter eggs in the most likely places...
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  Nurse Heyuri-tan will cure your AIDS!
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  Dr Heyuri-tan diagnoses a very serious condition
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  Loli states the truth
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  Onpu mongles ur cock
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  Nekkid school loli
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  Heyurian is healed by loli doctor
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  Heyurian enjoys some Loli Penis Abuse
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  TOOT TOOT SONIC WARRIOR
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  IN THE NAAAME OF LOOOVE
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  As OP requested, anonymous draws Luffy. Wait...
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  Now with 100% moar CRT!
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  And he was searching...
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  Heyuri anon at his computar
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  The power of ChickenPaint
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  Yaranaika?
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  Faganon has a bad day
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  Faganon has a good day
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  Epic OC
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  no body
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  WAHA
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  There is sometimes spam on /o/
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  TOUHOU HIJACK LOL
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  derk nerkum
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  :o
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  "It's the place to be!"
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  Tomo
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  Megpoid
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  Heyuri-tan having fun on XP hill
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  Cute Lum
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  Uh I wish I were a bird
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  OH MY GAH!!!
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  Fuck you everynyan!
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  Tomo approves!
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  KAWAII UGUU~
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  Glorious pen0rs are a specialty on /o/
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  Chiyo approves!
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  LOL
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  Heyuri anon concept