And now it's time for the big surprise!

Kinship, Kindness and Kabooms!

This story is designed to answer the question, "How can Jinji's ghosts allow his non-ghost friends to be involved in a #Birthday party hosted at his mansion if living creatures can't visit his realm?

The Ghosts get the idea to visit all of Jinji's friends and collect a gift to present to Jinji at the party. But rather than just give him the presents, they add an explosive twist to proceedings by hiding the gifts in a series of special bombs, ready to reveal the gifts when lit. But they also mix some slime bombs into the pile to keep Jinji guessing – and ensure a truly messy and explosive celebration!

A #collab between myself, @kumapanda and many of my online and IRL friends, who each suggested a character and gift to be drawn in.

https://jinji.gamescodex.net/kinship-kindness-and-kabooms-a-tale-of-friendship-across-the-realms/

#Jinjiverse #Jinji #OC #story #artwork #Gengar #birthdayparty #collaborative

Now here's a surprise I truly didn't expect! #DeviantArtist SilverbettaCCT, aka my good friend Cat, decided to draw her own #Birthday comic for me, entitled A friendly break-in, as a pseudo-prequel to a big birthday collab I'll be publishing later ;)

A few hours before Jinji's party, Jinji observes an unfamiliar ghost enter his mansion and add some extra pizazz to the cake Phantisserie is preparing to give him at the end of the day. Jinji decides to confront this stranger, only to find out that it's actually a very familiar friend! But for whatever reason, he doesn't seem able to stick around, and Jinji is left rather confused by what's just transpired…

Check out the comic on DeviantArt or on my website, or just click the image below!

#Jinji #Jinjiverse #Aadvay #birthday #birthdayparty #comic #mansion #story #DeviantArt #OC

Next, a shout-out to #DeviantArt artist Tambero, who earlier this month hosted an Art Raffle to win free requests! I was lucky enough to win a second-place prize, and was permitted to choose two characters to be drawn as a single artwork. I chose myself and Phantisserie, and she kindly drew Phantisserie presenting me with a Pokémon Tower-themed #Birthday cake, as an early present for me :)

https://www.deviantart.com/tambero/art/Art-prize-Jinji-and-Phantisserie-1289210581

#Jinjiverse #HappyBirthday #OC #Art #Artwork #Gengar #Haunter #BirthdayCake

Even though my #Birthday is still three days away, the gifts are already rolling in!

To begin with, #DeviantArt user CaptianNerfGunz2019 has drawn a series of pictures of Jinji visiting his various cults and receiving various birthday surprises! I've combined all the images into a little story, which I'm calling The Gifts of GenCL, and you can now read it and view all the gifts on the official #Jinji website:
https://jinji.gamescodex.net/the-gifts-of-gencl/
#birthday #birthdayparty #Bombs #funny #prank #story #Jinjiverse #HappyBirthday #OC #Art #Artwork #Gengar

The Jinji the Gengar website has been updated to add two missing stories and comics from #DeviantArt! Now you can see the full #Halloween2025 comic, “Halloween Too?”, in full size and with added annotations by myself and Cat at
https://jinji.gamescodex.net/halloween-too/

Then, stop by to read my first-ever #Christmas story, Spirits of Winter, first published in 2016, at https://jinji.gamescodex.net/spirits-of-winter/ !

#Jinjiverse #Jinji #Gengar #story #comic #OC

Even though #Enigma the #Spiritomb is a trusted member of the Jinji family, he seems to have a bit of a darker side to him on occasion. While he usually talks in an intellectual olde-worlde kind of voice, he is also capable of putting on a much more sinister tone at times, particularly when it comes to setting some of his puzzles... did you notice how his dialogue takes a different font in certain frames for some of his appearances?

I've added a tiny bit of lore to Enigma's profile earlier today, find out more about him here: https://jinji.gamescodex.net/character-profile-enigma/

#Jinjiverse #OC #GhostPokemon #Ghost #Pokemon #characterdesign #characterart #didyouknow

The latest addition to the Jinji family, #Celeste the #Misdreavus, now has an official character art, courtesy of my good friend @kumapanda :) Check out the picture below, and read her full profile on my #website: https://jinji.gamescodex.net/character-profile-celeste/

#Jinjiverse #OC #GhostPokemon #Ghost #Pokemon #characterdesign #characterart

Happy #Halloween, everyone! To celebrate, I've got a brand-new #story for you to enjoy on my website, #DeviantArt and #KoFi! It's called, Jinji’s Ghoulish Games!

The Ghoulish Games is a spooky, kooky, and completely unpredictable game show where contestants never know what to expect next! Contestants compete in all sorts of random challenges that could range from facing fears, to testing skills, or just be plain silly! In this nearly 6,000-word story, five Pokémon contestants take on the Ghoulish Games, attempting to get the prize of their dreams. Expect new characters, silly shenanigans, and Jinji at his absolute Jinjiest!

https://jinji.gamescodex.net/jinjis-ghoulish-games/

#Halloween2025 #Jinjiverse #challenge #chaos #funny #GameShow #gameshow #genie #ghost #Grimer #intro #introducing #introduction #prank #Riolu #slime #Swirlix #story #Tauros #wish #Zorua