i was never growing up a manga fan, but the incredible works of japanese artist ryoichi ikegami 池上遼一, who drew crying freeman, has fascinated me so & never ceased to take my breath away. his way of portraying the asian male is always heroic, impossibly sexy, & comes with a certain melancholy. here on the character named gen tsukinosuke in another epic ikegami story entitled ryugetsusho 流月抄, is wearing ivory & black stone necklace from
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