#Danganronpa Plasmaverse

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Behind the OC: Nui Yoshikane

Nui Yoshikane.

Probably my most popular OC, all of you loved Nui. To my surprise too, considering that her character isn't that remarkable. But I am happy you liked her anyway. And because of this, since Nui is officially over a year old, I decided to make this post. To explain the character's creation process and the many changes that they went through.

I hope you'll enjoy it. ^^

Origin

Now, why did I create her? Well, you see a year ago I was planning a new fanfic. One where Tsumugi would wake up after the death and find herself in a non-despair universe with her classmates and herself attending Hope's Peak Academy. With none of them remembering anything from their time of the game.

Given that the story was supposed to be as mind-screwing and ambiguous than the actual V3 game, I knew I needed to add something to distort the truth even further.

And what better way to confuse Tsumugi, is by meeting herself? Or someone that looks oddly familiar to her, in a way.

And that's, how I decided to create the OC who would be in the future known as Nui Yoshikane.

Creation Process

When I created Nui, I was inspired by a certain character from a series that I just got into, around last year. Said series inspired me to write the above aforementioned fic to begin with.

I am talking about the series "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared." And the character I am referring to, is her.

Lesley. (Spoilers below)

The moment I saw her, I was obsessed with the character for a variety of reasons. One, her demeanor was so oddly comforting and I especially loved that accent of hers (Not sure if it's a British one, considering the actress of the character is welsh. Oh well.)

Either way, when I created Nui, I wanted to go for a similar character concept. Someone who takes Tsumugi's faux kindness up to the max, which would make her even creepier. The stitches on Nui's face are also a reference to Lesley in that regard.

Another inspiration for Nui's character, was the Beldam from Coraline.

In general, the sewing motif and her status as a seamstress, were inspired by the Beldam in that regard. Her pale skin and darker clothing colors were also inspired by the Beldam, especially her true form as seen above.

Another thing that was inspired by the Beldam regarding Nui's character, where the needle hands. I gave Nui some very thin and long fingers and sharp nails, to give her more of a terrifying look. And to tie in with the sewing motif.

The last character who inspired Nui Yoshikane, is a somewhat surprising choice. But that inspiration was none other than "The Most".

I am talking about Wally Darling.

When I first learned of Welcome Home, Wally Darling stuck to me. His friendly nature and yet his off-putting behavior on the Welcome Home Website instantly made me fall in love with him, as a character.

Due to this, Nui's slow and monotone speech pattern, her curious and almost child-like demeanor. And the general affable demeanor. Of course, since Welcome Home is still ongoing, Wally may develop differently and I am excited to see, how his character will develop.

But I digress. Those were the three main inspirations for Nui's character. Let's go over the design process.

Design

When I designed Nui, my major inspiration was her beta design. In particular this one right here, created by Nona Nightingale.

Her more subdued and darker colors really fit well and I decided to base Nui's design off that beta design. Of course, I couldn't copy it 1 to 1 for obvious reasons, so I went on and tried to work on some different designs for Nui.

And believe me, she went through a lot of changes.

This was one of the first sketches for Nui's character. As you can see, she had a lot more stitches and had a much more disturbing overall appearance. I scrapped the design in the end, because it was just too terrifying and because I wanted Nui to look a bit friendly, if not a tad uncanny. So, I made another sketch.

This beta designs, does look a bit more similar to the final product. But again, I was not satisfied with the hair because I wanted to give her a bit more of a sophisticated look. So, I moved on to her first "official" design.

Here's another earlier design of Nui. You can see that unlike the final product, she lacks her green bow tie and her skin is much shorter. Not only that, but the stitches are less noticeable and her overall appearance is a lot less creepy than in the final product. So, I revised yet again.

This design for Nui looks very similar to the final product. As you can see, the stitches are a lot more pronounced and the crossed eyes are vertical and not horizontal, unlike the final version. I was initially happy with Nui's designs, but eventually I gave her a different design yet again.

In this comic that I drew based on the fic where she first appeared in "Welcome To your Paradise", I changed Nui's design a bit more, to reflect her final appearance. However the crosses are still vertical and her blazer is much more lighter, than in the final version.

Now then. This next one was a commission I bought from the lovely @waveglox back in May, I believe. They drew Nui extremely well with a good price and I recommend you, to check their account out. Because they are an incredible artist and a huge inspiration of mine.

Incredible, isn't it? I jsut love this comission so much and although her hair is a lot longer than in the final version, I am still very happy about it and think her design is absolutely awesome.

But of course, I changed it yet again.

This design looks extremely familiar and simmilar to the final product and the only thing that's different is the overall anatomy and the fact that she looks a lot thinner. But I wasn't satisfied with that design either, so....

This, is her present design

As you can see here, I made the blazer much much darker and I also made the stitches in her eyes horizontal, while giving her a bit of a paler color. And I decided to make the stitches on her neck reflect her current mood. Because, why not?

I am personally happy with the design, since it reflects everything I envisioned about her character. Creepy, yet polite and friendly. However the other versions of Nui's designs, were based on some earlier character concepts of hers. Which leads me to:

Personality and Mannerisms

Originally, Nui was conceived as a pure villainous character. One that would be similar to Junko Enoshima in some aspects, like a faux-affably evil persona and a general manipulative nature. However, as time went on, I decided to flesh her out more. Because I wanted her to be much more complex. Which is why, I added the following.

As I mentioned previously, Nui was inspired by The Beldam from Coraline. In order to differentiate her more from her, I made Nui extremely protective and caring towards children. She would never hurt them and actively hurts those, who harm and endanger children in any malicious way.

Another thing I added, was to make her a bit more dorky. For that, I decided to give her a pianist hobby. But unlike Kaede, Nui's piano skills range from atrocious to just abysmal. Not only that, but I also gave her an affinity for tea. Because Nui's overall appearance was supposed to give off the vibes of a British Lady, sophisticated and polite. To contrast with Junko's hammy and vulgar personality.

Also, when I fleshed her out a bit more, I also gave her a habit of her humming and singing. Something she is a bit better at than playing the piano, but not by much.

The last quirk I added, was that she likes to sew all kinds of stuff. Originally, her specialty was only supposed to be in crafting clothing for dolls, but then I made her more of a general sewing specialist, ranging from fixing clothing and making sweaters among other things.

Other Inspirations

Nui's character is partially based on the concept, of Liminal Spaces. By that I mean, is that she is supposed to give of a familiar and harmless, yet overall strange feeling.

Like...something is off. But you cannot put your finger on it. For this, I even made a Spotify playlist for her, which you can view here.

Lastly, I wanna stress that Nui is not 100% human. What is she really?

You'd love to know that....wouldn't you?

Closing Thoughts

Overall, to say that Nui developed this much over the entire year surprised me. But it does show, how characters can go through a variety of changes, before settling in on their final form. Whether Nui will go through other changes is unknown as of now, but I hope you will stick around.

Lastly, here is some of Nui's voice. Enjoy ^^

Listen.

Thank you for reading and have a good day!

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My entry for @the-only-teruteru-fan 's contest! I drew their Soudabuki fankid meeting my Soudabuki fankid from another dimension! I think they'd be great siblings.

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So umm...remember my Plasmaverse Miu Sprite? Well....

Umm...

I made more.

Feel free to use, with credit. ^^

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Plasma Miu Sprite Edit

Here's a sprite edit I made for Miu Iruma based on her appearance for the Danganronpa Plasmaverse that I wrote on Ao3.

She be packed. ^^

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Here are sprites for my Danganronpa OC Nui Yoshikane, the Ultimate Seamstress and a character from my Plasmaverse. Feel free to use her but do credit me. Note she's also calm, composed, speaks slowly and elegantly and behaves a tad child like

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More Nui Sprites (TW Bl00D)

Made more sprites for my Danganronpa OC, Nui Yoshikane! Hope ya like her!

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Redoing an Old Artwork

Yeah I'm posting too much. Sorry....:(

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In case you didn't see. ^^

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Day 2: Monsters (Miu Iruma x Rui Kisigirai)

(Note: The following fic takes place in an au of the Danganronpa Plasmaverse)

Miu sat by the ship and glanced through the window, noticing the calm waves dance to the wind and the moonlight.

To think that the noise of those waves would calm her was...surprising.

After all, she had been stuck on a ship for weeks, to participate in that stupid game a second time.

To survive.....to live on....

To...see all of her friends dying...Adeku.....

............

Miu clenched her teeth and then noticed her nails turning pink and sharpening, gaining length as well. The inventor had begun to accept herself, as a clone of Miu Iruma.

A clone that happened to be her own being.

A clone that happened to survive.

A clone that had the ability to control its own pink blood....

.........

She cut her arm lightly and noticed the blood leaking out, forming a tendril. The sight was a lot less horrifying than she anticipated honestly.

When she first figured out the truth behind Himiko, Ryoma and herself it horrified her......

To learn that your entire existence was a complete lie....

....and yet, she forged her own path.

Miu glanced at the reflection in the open window. Unlike the original Miu, she was quite the beefcake to say the least. After escaping from Idabashi's factory, she began to train like crazy. To never be weak again.

And it gave her this bod...a built that would probably make Kairo jealous...if he was still alive that is.

... he'd... be happy for her. Right?

"Hmm....playing with your tentacles again, handsome?"

Miu perked up and turned around, facing a certain tall girl with bright short orange hair, a purple hoodie, black shorts and a massive katana attached to her back. The inventor smiled.

Rui Kisigirai. A fellow killing game survivor, Ultimate Lucky Student and Serial Killer/Knight Templar known as Sparkling Justice 2.0.

To think that she'd date a brutal vigilante like her....it was certainly strange. Then again life was fucking strange.

Miu rolled her eyes.

"Fuck off, bitch. I'm not that perverted."

"Suure...", Rui noted and grinned. "And you totally weren't loud on the toilet last night."

"He...hey! Taking a shit has health benefits!", Miu protected flustered, while the redhead giggled.

"Hehe...you big blonde hunk...", she replied cheekily, before her smile relaxed. "But seriously. You are still struggling with coming to terms with yourself, right?"

"What the hell do ya mean? I, Miu Iruma, have totally accepted myself for who and what i am.", the inventor answered annoyed, trying to put up a confident grin.

Keyword being "Tried"

But she couldn't put up the charade. Not in front of her.

"Miu.", Rui stated, as she crossed her arms and tilted her head. "Stop being such an open mess. You can't lie for the life of you, hottie."

"Fuck off...", Miu admitted defeated and turned away flustered, staring at the sea and watching the waves dancing. Rui let out a sigh and approached her slowly, before she was right behind her.

"Self doubts again?"

"Kinda.", Miu admitted and then shook her head. "I mean... it's hard to cope with the fact that ya are a fucking Monster, ya know?"

"A monster?"

"Hell yeah.", the blonde replied and watched her blood tendril moving, the texture reminding her of some sort of melted cream. "I mean... I'm a clone that can fucking control blood...that ain't really normal you know."

"Not really.", Rui answered with a shrug. "Unless ya count periods. Thats when my blood drops."

"Yeah, very funny.", Miu mumbled and rolled her eyes. Rui giggled and then embraced her from behind.

"Come on, Mew Mew. You aren't a monster. Just because you are different doesn't mean you're a monster. Right?"

"I mean... I guess but.... I don't fucking know..."

With a sigh she glanced down and Rui began to massage her shoulders.

"Listen, you aren't a monster. You never raped, killed or hurt innocent people. Unlike the bastards I killed, like that one Towa guy. And they can't control blood like you do, handsome."

"I know... I fucking know...", Miu admitted and glanced away, her cheeks reddening.

"See? So what if you're no longer human? You're still you. Miu Iruma. Strong, smart and...."

"Fucking dominant?", Miu asked her with a growing grin, as Rui shrugged.

"Well yes. But I actually meant dorky and a bottom."

She giggled and Miu crossed her arms annoyed.

"Fuck off, flat-chested slut...", the inventor muttered, as Rui chuckled and kissed her shoulder.

"But seriously, don't doubt yourself. You are you, okay? And that doesn't make ya a monster. Okay beefdumpster?"

Miu felt her cheeks reddening, as her blood tendril shook slightly. With a sigh, she closed her eyes and her blood returned to its wound, closing itself like nothing ever happened.

"Hmm...thanks, Rui. You really know, how to make this bitch happy.", she replied with reddened cheek, before delivering a kiss on Rui's cheek. The redhead blushes with a grin and then put her head on her chest.

"Hmm...new lipstick?", she asked with a mumble.

"Thought ya'd like it.", Miu replied with a smirk. "I know ya can't resist me."

"I agree. I can't, with such a hottie.", Rui said and pressed a lip on her strong stomach. Miu blushed and felt herself growing weaker yet again.

"Tch...abs kisser..."

"Tip enjoyer.", Rui replied with a grin and hummed into her stomach. "Love ya."

"Love ya roo....Red tip.", Miu mumbled shyly, before suddenly regaining confidence and pulling her lover to a kiss.

One that Rui would accept no matter what.

The End

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Welcome To Your Paradise

Small art of the fic of the same name. Where Nui first appeared. ^^

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Nui Yoshikane: Likes and dislikes

Heya, here are some items that my oc Nui Yoshikane would like and how she'd react to those gifts. Enjoy!

Loves: Maple Fudge, Ginger Tea, Fun Books of Animals, Teddy Bear, Japanese Doll Wig, Sewing Kit,

Likes: Boba Tea, Greek Yoghurt, Book of the Blackened, Gold Origami, Monkey's paw,

Love:

"Oh........my. Thank you......Kaede/Shuichi."

"I......can....have this? Aw.....thank you. Ha....ha."

Likes:

"Hmm......This...makes me happy. Hihihi......Many thanks."

"Good......I actually been meaning, to look....for one of those. You...have my gratitude."

Ok:

"Well.....thank you. I shall see, how I can use this item."

"Oh my....That is intriguing....I shall....study it. Haha...."

Dislikes:

"...........That is a rather.....perverted gift. Please do...take it back. This...instant."

"Oh.....did I offend you in any...way?

Hates:

"................................................................"

"..............Farewell."

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"Do.... You... Want some.. Tea?"

Had to draw Nui again because she's my favorite OC I made. Cheers!

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Some Danganronpa V3: Anomalous Harmony Fanart. First one is from the third bonus chapter and the second one is one for the overall fic.

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Here's Miu's group from my Danganronpa Plasmaverse, all sketched up and ready to kick asses.

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Nui Yoshikane Artwork from "Welcome To Your Paradise", a Danganronpa Plasmaverse installment.

For some reason, she looks like an earlier version of Tsumugi.

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Danganronpa Plasmaverse Christmas Fic. ^^