#Repliroid Inosuke

[mgnemesi]

Lap-pillow and ear...erhm... repairing? Because these babies DESERVE something soft and sweet considering what happens in this AU.

[mgnemesi]

I went back and drew part of the confrontation with Daki! (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑ (so, the battle that comes before both the one with Gyutaro AND the one with Douma). I charged in without having a clear idea of how Daki looks like, only that she looks hyper mechanical, unlike Ino, Gyu and Douma who have a lot of/some human characteristic. Her hair was an impulse addition -it's like thick, sturdy ropes she can move at will. All in all, her hair seems to shift her whole look from a geisha/oiran to a sort of mechanical Medusa, which I like (LOTS) but might not keep. Like in the manga/anime, she's obsessed with beauty, but for this version of her, true beauty means looking like a machine as much as possible. In this AU, she finds Ino (who is, technically, older than her) *extremely* beautiful (again, like the anime, but amped up to 11) not because of his face, but because he has a lot of exposed mechanical parts himself, like his arms and to an extent his legs as well. But then she discovers---something I'd like to draw, but it's an extremely complicated scene, very spoilery and not... exactly... pretty to see, I guess. ├┬┴┬┴| •́ ﹏ •̀) Anyway, DAKI AS A SHIPPER HAD TO BE DRAWN. Jealous Zenitsu and Blushing!Mess!! Inosuke were also a delight to draw XD Speaking of Zenitsu, I've redesigned his attire, because the bubble sleeves from the Resistance uniform HAD TO GO. Even though this arc deals with Daki and Gyu, this is basically the Infinity Castle arc of my AU, where everything comes to a head. This is basically Zenitsu's BAMF!arc, and the confession I posted on Valentine's Day happens just about here, either right before or right after Ino deals with Daki.

[mgnemesi]

TOTALLY forgot it was Valentine's Day, so I didn't have a chance to draw anything. Luckily, I remembered this quick sketch of the first time Repliroid! Inosuke and his handler! Zenitsu kiss... this happens during the last arc, when Inosuke is about to fight Daki/Gyutaro/Douma, and Zenitsu desperately confesses to him ♥

[mgnemesi]

I'm outta control. 🤷🏻‍♀️ It's just a rushed messy thing, but there were some elements I loved, so here it :3

[mgnemesi]

FIRST: Sorry for hijacking the Inozen tag with AU stuff. SECOND: I *HOPE* the Japanese text makes sense.

Please translating app, do NOT fail me now. 🍀🤞🏻🫣

I expanded the children scene a bit. (mind you, while in a online Meeting with all my collegues and was supposed to work)

Explanation/Spoilers below:

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Inosuke was, originally, a human child. He's always smiling and cheerful, even in the face of a terrible destiny.... he's ill and dying. He's slowly being turned into a 'roid to prolong his life, piece by painful piece, but there's no hope for a cure.

"Monitsu" only wants to keep that precious smile safe forever, but he's terrified. What if they don't make it in time, and Inosuke dies? What if they do make him a complete mechanical body, but once he's turned into a droid Inosuke loses himself and becomes someone completely different?!?!?!?! What if he can't feel things with his skin? What if he can't feel things with his heart and soul? What if he won't like Monitsu anymore, or smile at him ever again? So, Monitsu swears that once he grows up he'll find a way to build Inosuke a body that's so advanced, so incredibly human, that Inosuke will manage to remain the same, and still love Monitsu as he does now, so innocently and deeply.

[mgnemesi]

MORE Repliroid Inosuke because I'm obsessed. AND. Don't have time to do more than some random BIC sketches right now. I've recreated the scene from the Red District Arc where Gyutaro stabs Inosuke. Onto other news, I've got the whole story now!!!! It's a tragedy. But it ends well! But it's a tragedy first and foremost.

[mgnemesi]

Cutie-pies as little kids. Yes, it's the Repliroid AU... and yet, it's total canon that they're kids together, even if Ino is a machine built 800 years before Zenitsu was born. There's much, much more than meet the eye in this story, you have NO IDEA how psyched I am over it. I'm dying to make this an original and draw it and post it somewhere.

unrelated, but I was listening to this on a loop as I sketched:

[mgnemesi]

(VAGUE) SPOILERS AHEAD!!! In the dialogue version (3rd image), and I guess in the explanations below. I skipped illustrating a huge part with Daki (who thinks Inosuke is a beaut, just like the anime/manga, but is much more obsessed with him and his looks for plot reasons) but I was super-inspired and wanted to draw the final confrontation. I'm not even sure if Muzan is in this AU anywhere, but Tanjiro and the Hashira can have a go at him if he's there. Inosuke's main antagonist is, and always will be, Douma. You can guess who wins the final battle. *gestures at the cut head Inosuke's holding like a mechanical Hamlet*

You can also, probably, guess who was injured fatally right before the final battle, which sent Inosuke into berserker mode, right? இ௰இ (I *WARNED* YOU THIS WAS A TRAGEDY. But it ends well!!!!)

Onto another note: I finally got a lock on how I want to draw Inosuke's repliroid body!!!! \0/ AND YET. Something happened to his left arm (which Gyutaro blew off not long before this scene) and this isn't its usual look.

[mgnemesi]

I have no idea how or why it happened, but it happened. Quick and messy Repliroid Inosuke because I couldn't get the bug out of my head.

[mgnemesi]

The Repliroid Inosuke brainrot has completely conquered my mind! I've been thinking about it non-stop since yesterday, and sketched a bit more.

I hope the Japanese text makes sense! 🫣 I don't speak the language myself, and I had to use google translate for it. 🤞🏻🍀 For the sake of honesty, I also included the Rockman Zero picture that inspired this sketch.