Mikan Noka Discovers He’s Colorblind After Green Izumi Dougo Fanart Goes Viral

Imagine finding out you’re colorblind because of a fanart. That’s what happened to Mikan Noka. On November 19, he posted a cute illustration of the character Izumi Dougo from the series Onsen Musume.

As you can see below, the entire artwork is adorable… except for the small detail that her skin is green, even though the official character does not have green skin.

Fans began pointing out that Izumi’s skin color looked strange, since the official artwork shows a normal skin tone. Mikan Noka explained that, to him, the color looked completely normal.

It turns out that Mikan Noka has a certain level of colorblindness for some colors — something he discovered precisely because of this fanart. His story quickly went viral, and many people found the situation “cute.”

Since then, Mikan Noka has been interacting a lot with fans, including international ones, after discovering he was colorblind thanks to his own artwork. In the end, the “green Izumi” ended up becoming quite popular.