twice during my undergrad i was able to do study abroad in Japan. i have tons of amazing little trinkets and souvineers, but i also picked up a bunch of very gay manga …

i saved it for a while because i knew i wanted to do something with the more spicy pages someday …

i’ve had this box (which was originally designed to hold my dad’s record collection, we still have a bunch of them around the house) for a long time and it forms a part of my little altar setup. the last time i moved all my stuff around i realized that i could use the manga pages to decorate the inside of the box.

It turned out pretty good, and used up most of the pages! i do need to give it a gentle sand and some more coats of glue/epoxy of some sort to give it a nice finish … but it’s looking good for now.