While on a Japanese trip of trying out all of the hot springs there, Bi of PinLuck Butter shares the idea of V2 of Onsen Neko Playing Cards to Michiko. Michiko agrees to do it, and it gives the creation to the MINI version of the deck - Onsen Neko Pocket Waterproof.

As the deck's name suggests, the deck shares the cute illustrations of cats and hot springs from the main poker-sized playing cards, turned small into a deck which you can carry everywhere around. Plus, the cards and the tuck box are made of plastic, hence it is WATERPROOF! - you can simply play with the cards while you are having a relaxing bath~

The plastic tuck box features new ukiyo-e illustration: water waves with surfing white cats that creates the beautiful background for the deck's title card, which some of them are holographic foiled. The cards feature featuriful light blue holographic foil: can be found on the water ripples pattern on the back along with all the pips and small signs and letter As on the faces.

Majority of the artworks featured on this Mini deck shares the same illustrations as the main deck, with some modifications to adapt the small size of the deck:

• The back design features one-way back design, showing the cute cat with the shiba dog bathing together.
• The background of the faces feature water ripples. Since all of the suits are in the same blue holographic foil, the difference between the suits are the colors of the water: like how there are different types of onsens in Japan.
• The Number Cards feature bold numbers (bold letters for Aces) instead of the number of cats that replaces pips. Each number has a different cat, with the signifying number of their back. For Aces, the letter A is in blue holographic foil!

In honor of September being National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, I created a deck of cards promoting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Proceeds are donated to Vibrant Emotional Health, the administrator of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Donations to Vibrant Emotional Health help to ensure everyone can achieve mental well-being with dignity and respect. Together, we can transform lives and strengthen communities across the country.

For this special deck edition playing cards I chose to feature Forget Me Not flowers because those who have lost their lives to suicide will never be forgotten.

• The repeated phone number 988 acts as the border and will be printed in silver foil
• Courts are recolored to match the back design
• Tuck box will be elegant while featuring beautiful foil on the front
• Pips are outlined in a delicate blue foil
• The flowers that the courts are holding will be in striking blue foil, as well
• Two-way back design
• Custom Ace of Spades
• Duplicate Semi-colon jokers (the semi-colon is a well recognized symbol within the mental health community because it means your story isn't over yet)
• Two extra cards: Statistics and Double Backer
• Cards gilded in Blue Foil - Tuck Box numbering is in Holo Foil stamping

Most of the photos here are artistic renderings. Last photos are the final look of the deck.