Obscure Adventures in Geek and Nerd Culture

The Shindo Lineage (Shindo Rogue)  Shindo School  Toyoo Ashida > Atsushi Yano Mitsuo Shindo > Nishiki Itaoka *Given that Yano is heavily influenced by Toyoo Ashida, as well as by Akihiro Kanayama and more so Shinsaku Kozuma, he’s perhaps the most radical first gen Kanada type schooler out there, at least in a typical sense. While Shindo and Ashida remain more known for having been colleagues of Kanada, they’re instead lined up with Nishiki Itaoka rather than with the rest.  Otsuka School  Daikichiro Kusube > Masami Otsuka  Yuu Yoshiyama *Masami Otsuka instead is known for having long achieved the level of knotty, curly angularity that Yoshinori Kanada or the still living effects master Masahito Yamashita would not even do. Thus he and Yuu Yoshiyama have a pretty fairly unique bond that will last for the rest of their lives. He’s also an honorary Kanada schooler, having been going for insanely knotty effects before there was even Crayon Shin Chan. K...