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Muscular shirtless man with full chest dragon tattoos — AI art by @velvet_hour_x

@velvet_hour_x · 10/28/2026

Entry in the Something Fun (and / or random) #03 theme on BudgetPixel.

Crying Freeman, a popular manga written by Kazuo Koike in the 80s, part 1 Part 2 - https://budgetpixel.com/p/100425 Part 3 - https://budgetpixel.com/p/100720 Part 4 - https://budgetpixel.com/p/100748 Part 5 - https://budgetpixel.com/p/100825 1) Yō Hinomura (Crying Freeman) 2) Emu Hino 3) Hǔ Fēng-Líng (Mother Tiger) 4) Father Dragon 5) Bái-Yá Shàn 6) Huáng Dé-Yuan

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velvet_hour_x

Yes, there's also a Crying Freeman movie in the 80s but I have never seen it.

legion

Cool, I only knew about the movie.

legion

Yes, the one with Mark Dacascos—I liked it, but I don’t know anything about the manga.