Name: Juju Hakuda
Breed: Nekojin
Ethnicity: Filipino-Scottish

Been a while hasn't it? I feel like I'm really taking my instructors', mentor's and professors' advice too well when they said "Slow down." and whether it pays off or not, I still feel kind of weird knowing it takes this long for me to crank something out.

Yet oddly I think it pays off. Unless I can figure out a way to speed things up-- this is as good as I'll take it all but I REALLY like the outcome. I actually had this drawing sit around for the longest time-- having just done the middle panel up and let it sit for weeks on end.

I probably had this started up at around the third week I started up here in FA and I just not got around to it.

Basically it's Juju seen in three different types:

The first one is one I haven't envisioned Juju as in a looong time now. When he had shorter hair, kept to himself alot; romanticized the voyeuristic fascination of women from afar and wore really baggy clothes to hide his muscular physique.

Second is Juju in more recent years. Willing to say hi to everyone and anyone as well as the eagerness to help in any respect that he can. Inviting, super-friendly and just an all around nice guy.

Lastly is Juju's more exotic side. Soaking in the local hot springs. Enjoying hits of Nihonshu one after the other and indulging some serious 'me time' until someone interrupts him. Care to join? HAHAHA! Probably not. Not most people do anyway, so he partakes almost exclusively to himself, or whenever one of his friends come to join him.

(PSSST! IS HE NAKED IN THOSE WATERS?!) Yes, yes he is. It's the ONLY way to enjoy a soak in them mineral-rich waters of warmth!

Juju comes in multiple flavors. Name yours and he might just have it ;)

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And here we are today folks with another Social Sierrace moment with one of our finest citizens in our quaint city of Sierrace! Juju Hakuda!

"Thanks, thanks."

It is Juju, right?

"Right. I actually go by another name but at a social level like this, as well as with everyone else, it's Juju."

Care to elaborate on that?

"No... no thank you."

Very well... alright Juju, tell us about what you're doing these days-- what keeps a roof over your head and shirts on your shoulders?

"My job?"

Please...

"Right well uh... currently right now I'm dealing two situations right now. Officially I'm working for the SUN, ya know, the Sierrace Union Network. I take up the random oddball jobs the SUN specializes exclusively in and keep my skills interested and well placed in whatever I see fit."

So what are you working as right now in the SUN?

"Window cleaner... it pays well. Keeps me out of a cubicle-- plus it beats the last job position I serviced as with SUN."

And that would be?

"Plumber... the stories I could tell you, brother. Ever try to explain to a man why there are condoms clogging his septic when he claims he and his wife don't use protection?"

N... No, Juju, I can't say I have...

"Embarassing moment, for the both of us. Suffice to say, we were never summoned by those people again."

Right, moving on... so how's the love life? Seeing anyone of particular beauty and smarts? Still a bachelor? Coupled?

"Ehhh you could say that. There's this... girl... woman, actually, but I'm not really sure how it's going. I just got out of a pretty shaky relationship and since then, I'm not really sure where to put my bearings into the whole 'boyfriend-girlfriend' thing."

What about just having a girl as a friend?

"Heavens no! That'd probably worse. I can't bare to look at a girl in the eyes much considering how edgy I've been feeling about the opposite sex nowadays."

Sounds alot like you're a strong flirt...

"You could say that... or that my charm gets the best of me without me realizing it till something of bad opportunity happens. Like the girl's boyfriend coming up, giving me 'the glare' or finding out she already has a boyfriend... in prison... it gets worse from there actually."

Gosh, Juju, you're starting to get me depressed taking this interview with you...

"I'm sorry, I wish I had more uplifting things to say, but you know how Moore's Law goes..."

Yeah I hear you on that.

"On a side note. I have decided to take up responsibility once again with my family's legacy."

Ohhh the Hakuda heraldry! Sierrace took quite a stir up in the social powers that be once you left a few years back Juju... what made you decide to come back to Sierrace and pick up where you and your dad left off?

"Probably when my last girlfriend pretty much 'walked out' on me. It's not as bad as it seems, it's more complicated than that. But after that, I figured there was no reason to stay where I was and that moving back to Sierrace was the way to go... then I found out how much had changed-- I hadn't realized how much my dad needed me to continue what he'd helped develop here in town till I came back and now I feel like I've alot to make up for. I'm a hardworker though, and quick to adapt so in the past... I suppose, 5? 6 years since I've been gone? It'll be tough, but I'll make up for it."

Interesting! Well Juju I believe that raps up the majority of this interview ummm... care for any last words?

"Sure. Yeah, uh... I wanna send a shoutout to my main man Jackie? Holla back, son! I know you will! And big love to all the ears that tuned in to this interview or eyes which'll catch it on tabloid. Big Juju Hakuda's back in town and wanting to hear YOUR voice out there!"

Wow, do you mean that?

"No, not really." *frowns timidly* "I'm actually quite shy when it comes to people approaching me flat out of surprise. Unless I'm controlling the situation, I'm pretty much a deer in the headlights."

HAHAHAHAHA *Juju joining in also*

Alright well thank you for the interview Mr. Hakuda--

"Juju's just fine."

Alright, 'Juuujuuu', hope to see you around in town alot more, and keep up the good work!

"Thanks, take it easy."

You too, my man.

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