#and since the boar is a water element it is good luck for fire safety

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Some KnY inspired outfits

I like going for the general nuance of a character or using a tasteful amount of accessories when going to KnY events, but I like doing that when going to other manga events and art galleries too. This was a Shinobu day, though the hair accessory is a Wisteria Mansion crest.

This day wasn't quite Nezuko in nuance, but you'd have had to be pretty invested in KnY merch to have recognized this as an official Nezuko item (and it was something I found at a discount ages after it was released, ufufufu~).

And sometimes I toss out the idea of "tasteful amount" and just stay at home.

This kimono really was a find, not just for Zenko Closet Play, but since it's an actual Taisho period kimono! I had always been curious about meisen kimono, but whenever I find them they tend to be too small for me (Taisho Secret: the Japanese populace was shorter back then, most of the KnY cast would be considered very, very tall). Meisen dyed the threads before weaving and thereby led to this blurry pattern effect, which, along with new and experimental (and rather flamboyant) styles, was all the Taisho rage. However, it didn't come into style until at least a few years after KnY would had taken place.

Also, that objiime (the string around the middle) isn't really up to standard, but it was being sold at the antique shop where I found the kimono, and the owner of this shop/gallery has a certain appreciation for KnY aesthetic, as well as Taisho-esque gothic, I might describe it? Anyway, we didn't make small talk or anything, but when he saw both items I was getting I suspect he saw the same Zenitsu connection I did, and he gave me a discount on what was already pretty cheap for a kimono. Yay~

Oh? Not enough Inosuke in this ensemble?

Well, turns out my sensei had just been to a big tea ceremony in Kyushu (and he remarked that tons of extra people were there because it was at one of the shrines with "Kamado" in the name, ufufu), and guess what he brought back as a gift?

INOKO-MOCHI.

My November was complete.