#ai no kusabi kirie

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X this is also on my Ao3

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I rewatched Ai no Kusabi this afternoon and now I want to Wangxianify the shit out of it!

I mean:

Wei Wuxian, is that you?

Bonus:

Look at his little smile. Literally, Lan Wangji's facial range whenever he Wei Ying enters a room.

Anyways... I've proven my point Wangxian be serving Riki/Iason vibes. Now for the rest of the cast.

Lan Xichen is giving Raoul

Kirie works for Jiang Cheng (apparently he's mdzs version of Jun Wu for me. Happy to defame him should the opportunity arise).

I feel like Wen Ning could serve Guy, but I don't know if I can defame my undead goodest boy that way.

Katze is a tricky one too... Maybe Nie Huaisang.

I'm open to suggestions for Katze and Guy.

And if you're on board with seeing the Frankensteins monsters I can make out of 90s yaoi and danmei, please consider reading my reimagining of Boku no SH with tgcf characters

Update:

The Wangxianification of Ai no Kusabi is here.

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Paper Talk Special: YOSHIHARA Rieko's interview (1989)

“Riki is an almost full-grown black panther”

YOSHIHARA Rieko has written in a wide variety of genres, from high-school stories to fantasy and science fiction. If there is one thing her characters, like Aki and Kacchan or Iason and Riki, have in common, it’s their impressive charisma. We had the opportunity to ask her more about Ai no kusabi in this interview.

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Pen name’s origin: My birth name. My family name changed when I got married, so I thought “nobody would know it’s me!”.

Date of birth: October 4th, 1954

Blood type: B

Place of birth and residence: born in Fukuoka Prefecture, living in Kumamoto Prefecture

What made you send your manuscript to the magazine: It had been a long night…

1. What made you start writing Ai no kusabi?

I didn’t really… want to write about “pure love” in a science fiction setting (ah ah ah), because I wanted to write about an “encounter” than would not just be casual, the bonds it would create and the various feelings they would draw along.

2. Which character can you empathize with the most?

Probably Riki, as one could expect. Because, even though he has a sharp tongue and is quite mature, his way of thinking is fundamentally straight. Him running around struggling yet unable to act, because he’s caught between two feelings of different natures, makes him seductive, I like it.

3. What is your favourite scene? And what is a line you like?

My favourite, hmm… It would have to be the scene where Katze cries while stifling his voice. But I also cannot put aside the scene where Riki is kept waiting in vain in the rain by Guy… As for the lines, those would be “there’s no way I’m letting him die alone” or “you may be able to look the other way despite everything, but I… wouldn’t be worth more than trash if I did. I couldn’t go on living.”

4. Could you tell us about the creation process of the characters, like Riki and Iason? (size, weight, blood type, date of birth, etc.)

I had their personality roughly figured out, so I didn’t think about their finer characteristics, but…

Riki: Because he’s a slum mongrel, I pictured him as an almost full-grown black panther. Not frail, but slender and lithe. As for his appearance, his intelligence shines through the strength of his obstinate spirit, that’s all.

Iason: Since he’s an absolutely perfect member of the elite and the Black Market’s king, he should definitely be like the God of the Sun Apollo, but raised in the depths of the sea (or something). He’s shrewd and good-looking, incredibly proud, and wouldn’t collapse under any circumstances. Regarding his height, all things considered, he’s a head taller that Riki.

Guy: In my first draft, he was a tolerant and broad-minded herbivorous felid… that was my intention, but I wonder where and how things went wrong.

Raoul: His looks, intellect and handsomeness are on par with Iason’s. He has a sense of humour and, even more than Iason, nerves of steel.

Katze: Went from being raised in the slums to being a Furniture in Eos to being a broker on the black market. Putting aside the protagonists, he’s the one with the most dramatic life, so that’s probably why I gave him a tragic handicap, like being a scarface or being a man without manhood…

Kirie: Representing slum dwellers in their late teens, he’s overconfident and reckless. He has a very limited worldview, so he’s the most fragile yet also the most dangerous character.

5. Concerning the way you chose the characters’ names, you previously said you were “drawn to the “dragon” kanji”, were you fixated on something like that for Ai no kusabi?

This time I wanted to give them names that would fit their character, so… I gave Riki a name conveying “power” (riki is one of the few ways to read the kanji meaning “power”), I named Iason after a hero from Greek mythology, and Guy after the goddess of the Earth, Gaia, for his ability to embrace everything. But when you list them, they’re not consistent. All things considered, you could say they’re just far-fetched choices, ah ah ah…

6. Writing Ai no kusabi, what did you enjoy? What did you find difficult?

For the most of it, the story was ever changing with the characters’ feelings, so until I had reached the ending, I had fun worrying (somehow) while writing. Difficult things that would bring wrinkles to my forehead, I tend not to think too much about them.

7. A number of different types of Pet Rings appear in readers’ four-case mangas, but how do you picture them yourself?

No, well, when it comes to Riki’s, its basic image was something like Sun Wukong’s circlet. Looking at it like this makes Journey to the West quite salacious too… don’t you think?

8. Could you tell us your thoughts about the cassette adaptation?

I thought “Are you sure we can really do that?”… but when it became real, well, I mean, ah ah ah, what could I say? As you know, this work involves many human relationships, some violent lines, and it’s quite heavy on that. “How can we make all that fit in 60 minutes?” I wondered… When I heard the tape for the first time, it dawned on me that letters and voices are truly two completely different things, obviously. I wrote it, so it’s weird for me to say that, but I thought “can I really make Mr SEKI and Mr SHIOZAWA say those things?”… on the other hand, when I wondered what faces they made then, Tokyo felt so far away… So those were my thoughts. But everyone used their beautiful voice to give impassioned performances, so I’m very happy!

9. And lastly, what is June to you?

A breather between child rearing and house chores, a teatime friend… or something like that. (October 1989)

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I HOPE I'm not the only member of the fanclub of this ship (of course not, my friend is also there haha). I'm bringing you my art... just a very comfortable thriller au, where they have a lot of drama, but with a good ending

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Kirie

[theankusabi]

#6fanarts challenge, Ai no Kusabi version.

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I made these for the Valentine's Challenge over on the Ai no Kusabi Discord, and thought I'd share 'em here too.

Feel free to save them and send them to people or whatever, share the AnK love. :D

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Riki whenever Kirie opens his idiot mouth:

[amoiboyriki]

Revive the Ai no Kusabi Fandom 2018!

The last time I made this kind of post, I asked everyone who was interested in being included on the fandom directory list to reblog. I also received several likes from people who did not reblog, and therefore wasn't sure if they wanted to be on the list or not. So I'm making this post to find anyone I may have missed the last time. If you want to be included on the Ai no Kusabi fandom directory, and you're not on it yet, please like, reblog, or comment. All responses will be counted.

Also, I have recently updated the list as best as I can, deleting no longer existent blogs, and updating the blogs who's urls have changed. If you see anything that needs added, deleted, or corrected, pm me.

Thanks!

[idontthinkimokaymentally]

Hello there Kirie fans.

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No I stg lmao. Im playing this mobile game, so an add comes up and this cat is cosplaying as Kirie

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Me:

[junekusabi]

no but Kirie falling in love with Riki here, I cannot, my heart *clutches*

"The night Guy bought Riki back at Bison hangout"

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

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We're on week three already with Ai no Kusabi ‘22 Fest: I Know What You Did Last Summer. Over 20 mesmerizing fanworks a click away! See the Fest Collection here. For more info, check our FAQ and prompt list. Enjoy!

Ank meets cendrillion by candyrose (T, 9K)

"when the clock strikes 12 the magical will end and you will claim the life of the Queen"

Sick Day in Eos by OpalEyes2112 (M, 2K)

All the Furniture in Eos fall ill due to a mysterious virus and the Elites are thrown in disarray.

when the sun goes down and the moon rises, there in the dark, we are wild and free people by Helenajose66 (NR, 1K)

"All the residents of Midas knew of the mythical beast Varja, also known as ragon, demon god of the underworld, or Grendel, the destroyer of souls, what few knew was that the residents of Ceres were the only ones who celebrated them"

Kirie by Pilafchan (M, 2K)

What most called Cal's attention were his eyes. And not because of their fascinating yet unaccustomed heterochromia - brown on the left, blue on the right - but because they seemed deeply lost. Lord Iason Mink handed him one side of the leash. "Is this your new pet, sir?" The young furniture ventured to ask.

Feverish delusions by Pilafchan (T, 2K)

Left alone, his whole body submerged in water and only his head floating, Daryl’s vision blurred. He looked up at the ceiling, where neon lights seemed to move like dancing stars, and tried to remember another time in his life when he had felt so relaxed. He couldn’t find one. Guardian's days seemed so far away, almost as if they had belonged to someone else. Strange thoughts took shape in his mind in the throes of feverish delusions.

Morpheus Visitationes (by Ibenholt) by june_tonics (E, 4 min)

Iason begins to dream. But it makes reality unbearable. [Podfic]

Translation: Chapter 1 of Hardcover and June editions of Ai no Kusabi + Retranslation: Volume 1 of Paperback edition by Onyx_Darcy

Retranslation that fixes major translation errors of Ai no Kusabi Vol.1 Translation of Chapter 1 from early editions of Ai no Kusabi, which corresponds to the content in Vol.1 of the paperback edition. Analysis of differences between the 3 versions. Colourcoded versions that highlight all the differences.

Incomplete by Yaoiflame9 (E, 16K)

Katze is Guardian's success story - from a mongrel to Furniture, he has become Tanagura's Black Market representative. Iason's right hand. He goes through the daily grind with ease, even years after Iason's death. His chain smoking, insomniac days flow one after another seamlessly, until Riki's and Iason's two-year death anniversary brings with it two individuals who make their grief his business.