>>1502294>anyway I found a trove of Ukyo Pictures so here!Moar.
>>1502337>Oh, stop making shit up.Takahashi has always admitted that Shinobu from Urusei Yatsura and Akane from Ranma 1/2 are her author surrogates. It's not exactly a secret.
The same holds true to a lesser extent with Kyoko and Godai from Maison Ikkoku which she mentons in a foreword to some of the collected manga volumes are based on different aspects of her own real life experiences.