Japanese Illustrator Suzushiro Puts Maids on Skateboards And We Can’t Complain

If you're a fan of Japanese manga and anime, you may have seen skateboarding characters before (Misaka Yata in K comes to mind), and there's a very strong probability that you've seen maid characters before (Roberta from Black Lagoon, Ram and Rem from Re:Zero Beginning Life In Another World, etc.), but unless you're a fan of Japanese illustrator Suzushiro, you've probably never ever seen the two of them combined!

Suzushiro is an illustrator who is most famous for fusing his two passions, skateboarding and maids, into a completely new genre (which, if you ask us, is begging to be made into an anime series): the maid skater.

With permission from @suzushiro333

These maids in their classic maid outfits with long skirts look like they'd be just as comfortable grinding coffee beans for the master's morning coffee as they would be grinding railings and street curbs without breaking a sweat.

Let's check out some of their gnarly moves:

With permission from @suzushiro333

With permission from @suzushiro333

With permission from @suzushiro333

With permission from @suzushiro333

With permission from @suzushiro333

Mistakes happen...

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Airtime

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With permission from @suzushiro333

Watching and tuning up

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With permission from @suzushiro333

Shopping for a new deck

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Fist bump

If you can read Japanese, you'll notice the graffiti says "maid skater"

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Information

If you'd like to see more of Suzushiro's illustrations or read his manga, follow him on Twitter and Pixiv. If you're using the social media app LINE, you can buy stamps he designed, too.

By - Ben K.