The "Childhood friend" series of Twitter illustrations posted on Hirosaki is currently a hot topic on SNS.

The same series that the Twitter account "BAKAYARO@araidokagiri" has posted since July 31st. With the setting that he reunited with his childhood friend at an elementary school, he started from a scene where he was surprised at how he grew up, "Who are you?

"Bakayaro" is in his 20s living in the Tsugaru area. Starting in the upper grades of elementary school, he started drawing pictures in the corners of his notebooks, and two years ago, he began to publish his own illustrations on Twitter and the illustration posting site "Nico Nico Shizu." “Illustrations are self-study. I sometimes continue to write until the morning through trial and error,” says Bakayaro.

Regarding the reason for starting the "Childhood friend" series, "Bakayaro" said, "My friend said that there are many manga and anime with high school students as the theme, but there are surprisingly few college students, and preparations for summer comic exhibition are over, I was able to afford it. I also started to practice digital painting.” Regarding the setting, it is not my own experience, but I say "delusion."

As of September 8, Twitter has been posted 10 times. About 40,000 retweets and more than 80,000 likes were sent to the first illustration depicting the reunion. The total number of retweets in the series is over 110,000, and it has received over 260,000 likes.

According to the comment written on Twitter's reply, there are words such as "Thank you", "I saw a good thing", "It's the best" (above, original text mom), and there is a response from overseas. "It's all about the writer," says "Bakayaro." "I'm glad if there are voices pointing out the location of Hirosaki as the stage," he said.

"Bakayaro" is currently training to become a manga artist. “I want you to know that you can do activities in rural areas. We plan to continue the series throughout the year. We want to improve by referring to the impressions and reactions of many people who are watching online.”