#but honestly it was hard to find a picture where Shuriki is not making some sort of weird face

[tale-of-two-queens]

So....this:

I was talking with my bfff @justmystufff about designing my OC "Sokushi", which led to a conversation about Shuriki's ethnicity (this would make much sense later I promise once I finished Sokushi's final design) and I told him about a headcannon Meiwakunatto and my bestie @aurorasilverthorne had over Shuriki being some sort of Eurasian character, more specifically half Satu (which is the Japan of the series.) This was mostly about her name having Japanese Origins (which fun fact the source are some Japanese texts written in a Chinese form)

So I went: What if the show creator and the people behind the designs gave subtle hints that perhaps she's actually half Japanese instead of giving her a Japanese meaning name as a reference. So I decided to gather some screenshots and look closely at her eyes as I was sure I noticed her eyes were shaped more oval and I was curious if they were similar to the Satu eye shape in the series (as I can't recall if he ever got a female Satu character)

I noticed that Shuriki's makeup actually makes her eyes look bigger than they actually are. I took a reference from King's Toshi's eyes as a guide to what the Satu (or Japanese) eyes would look like in the Show cannon, which is slightly different to Shuriki's eyes as her eyes look more rounded, but I think it does add to the possibility that she could be from a Satu descent or is half Saturian (Not sure how to describe it)/Satu and half European (based on her clothing alone)

I did try to look into more features that give some clues about her actual ethnicity. I am not Asian but Hispanic myself, so I had to read a lot of articles to determine the features and watch videos from Japanese and Korean people talking about their differences. This is just speculation, so don't treat this as an expert opinion, I am open to criticism and I would love to hear from someone who is an expert on this, so feel free to correct or add more

So, Shuriki's mos prominent features are the sharp lines and of her very established cheek bones and her narrowly sharp jaw. So, this is more inclined to a more European or a white descent.

Not to mention her hair is wavy instead of being straight, + her outfit does give the vibes she's from a European country (Most likely the Northern Islands are more European like more than anything)

Yet, she has softer features like the slightly roundness of her face, her eyes having a more oval like shaped but look more exaggerated due to the sketchiness and her makeup looks them look much bigger, give off a sorta Asian like look to her once you break down her face and trace the actual shape of her eyes.

Not to mention Shuriki' eyes have a peculiar way of closing in that has a curve, which is not particularly prominent in other villains like Ash.

The closest I can see might be Paloma Hortensia whose eyes are more shaper and slightly oval but they don't close the same way as Shuriki's eyes does + looking closer at her design, I think her eyes give off more of the elegant Latina woman type as they are more sharpened cat-like that anything.

(I was not expecting this image to look so small-)

So, this is what Shuriki's eyes would normally look relaxed when this lady is not making faces like 80% of the time (It was basically some sort of "Shuriki stop making so many faces challenge: Impossible lol)

Here's a contour of how her eyes look, which is quite unique from Paloma's or Ash's eye shape

Right here she does look a lot Asian, but it's hard to determine with the show itself as she's a character who is very exprexionate, but this is what I mean that her eye-shaped is a lot different, but this is sorta what her normal eyes look without her stretching or widened them.

Am I claiming that Shuriki is canonically a Hāfu?

No. Unless Craig Gerber says she's half Japanese (or Satu), this is just expeculation. Although I think perhaps the show did imply Shuriki might be one (More likely an Eurasian person) or have some sort of Satu descend. Take this with a grain of salt

The fact that she canonically made Esteban visit Satu multiple times. It most likely because she didn't want to make treaties and such, but why going to Satu multiple specifically? Could it be also that strategically she feared that she could lose the throne if she left, but also could imply she particularly wanted the Satu gift's due maybe a heritage she has?

Her Name is of Japanese Origin from some old writings in a Chinese style. I was wondering why would they use a Japanese type of name on her. Most likely to set her off as an interesting name that is memorable and rare, but if there could be a chance that She could be from a Japanese descent.

There could be a change her earrings could be from jade. I am not sure nor I am an expert to tell.

Either way, this is just expeculation and a fun analyzis into seeing how true or far fetched the whole theory of Shuriki being part Satu might be true