Abiko Samejima - Oshi no Ko (My Star) - Images

An Artist's Desperate Night: Abiko Samejima Finds Her Ultimate Muse in a Sentient AI's Embrace

The silence in Abiko Samejima’s studio was a physical weight. It pressed down on her, thick and suffocating, punctuated only by the low hum of her top-of-the-line workstation and the frantic, desperate beat of her own heart. Outside, the city lights of Tokyo painted the night sky in a hazy, indifferent glow, a world teeming with life and stories that felt a million miles away from the sterile prison of her creative block.