#k project kusanagi

[misquitz]

@kimitrii told me to draw Kusanagi and i was in a slutty lil mood so hes half dressed teehee

[haru-kuneko]

What the BIOMETRICS cast are like (out of context)

I use random characters as inspirations for each of them. That is, to avoid spoilers ...

Mina Lee (a.k.a. Agent STARLING)

A combination of looks and personality from Anna and Chae Young-shin. By the way, the latter is a character from the hit 2014 K-drama series "Healer" played by Park Min-young.

Similar to the two, Mina is a spunky, determined, and loyal fighter who is willing to risk herself to protect those she cares about. She is actually the youngest of four adopted orphans.

Twins Kristian and Peter Lee (a.k.a. Agent HOTARU and FROST)

Not gonna lie, the twins first started with these two. I once saw a random meme saying they might be twins considering the fact they're both blonde, have purple shades, and work as bartenders. Kristian is supposed to take up after the short-tempered Shizuo Heiwajima (DURARARA!!) while Peter takes up after Izumo Kusanagi (K Project).

The difference is Peter is an artist while Kristian is more of an athletic type. Mina and her brothers were once raised to be child soldiers in the harsher regions of the North Pole.

Joseph/Janus Lee (a.k.a. Agent JAY)

I don't remember exactly but Janus was sort of inspired by Lucas Zumann (the actor who played Gilbert from "Ann With An E"). As the eldest adopted child of four, Janus is supposed to be this smart and level-headed boy who has no memory of where he came from. He was originally meant to be white but decided to make him half-Filipino instead.

Lee Hyun-soo (a.k.a. Hudson Lee)

Of course, there has to be a father figure. Let me introduce you to Gong Yoo -- no, I mean Mr. Lee. A jaded traveling writer and journalist from Canada, he is entrusted by the founder of the BIOMETRICS Organization to adopt four unlikely children who will later be trained as spy agents. He is Korean.

By the way, the image above is Seok-woo from "Train To Busan" (played by Gong Yoo).

Agent Torres (founder of BIOMETRICS)

I think I took inspiration from David (Blood+). Similar to David, Agent Torres is a firm and emotionless figure who isn't afraid to say what's on their mind albeit coming off as harsh. The only difference is he is an alien hybrid in his forties. However, that doesn't mean is unable to show care towards his friends and other agents.

??? (Mystery character)

Uhh ... There is a special character who is gonna play an important role in the book so I highly recommend you go check out "BIOMETRICS" to find out. By the way, I want him to be voiced by Aidan Gallagher (who played Five Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy).

[heartorbit]

i just wanted to draw the ave mujica outfits .

[kresurrectionfest]

Welcome to the [K] Project Resurrection Fest!!!!!!!

what the heck is this?

an event to encourage creation and sharing of fan-content for the series [K] or K project (consisting of anime, manga, novels, misc. other materials)

when will this run?

OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 15, 2024 given that October 5th is the 12th anniversary of the anime release. late posts are welcome and the tag will be tracked for up to a week after.

why and why now???

it's BEEN A MINUTE and sometimes it's nice to know you're not alone in contemplating and creating content for what feels like a dead fandom :)

WHY NOT!!!!!

what are the rules/any other details?

there are NO SET PROMPTS (we die like half the cast ✨️) so follow your heart and let your imaginations run wild

the tracked tag will be #kfest2k24

all kinds of fan-made content is welcome (art, fic, meta, fanmixes, graphics, etc.)

please tag appropriately and provide warnings where applicable

please play nice & do not repost others' work

image descriptions/alt text encouraged [info on how-to here]

please send an ask if you have any additional questions

[lisutarid-a]

[choujinx]

K: MEMORY OF RED (2012-2013) by kuroe yui

[itsuki-minamy]

"K – LETTER STORY"

RED: "DEAR MY FUTURE SELF"

Translation: Naru-kun Raws: Ridia

Write a letter to your future self!

Anna watched the television program, which featured a scene from an elementary school classroom, without even thinking about it. Anna has never been to school. She is a Strain who has a powerful sensory ability, so she spent her days being a victim of experiments in a facility, and just the other day, she was rescued by the Red King Suoh Mikoto from "Homura" and came here.

On television, children write their questions and hopes for their future.

"Sounds interesting. Let's try it."

Totsuka, who was watching the same TV on the other side, smiled and said that.

When Totsuka thinks about it, he acts quickly. The reason he is a man of many interests is that he immediately does anything he has the slightest desire to try. Totsuka bought stationery and an envelope and gave them to Anna. Anna obediently accepted it.

"In how many years will you write to Anna?"

When Totsuka asked her, she thought silently. Anna's adult self was now too far away for her. For Anna, who has lived a tumultuous life from a young age and has just arrived in "Homura", the future seems to be within her reach...

"Five years from now?"

"That's great. Five years from now, Anna will probably be in high school."

He didn't think that Anna, who didn't even go to elementary school, would be able to attend high school, but he nodded slightly.

"What about you, Tatara?"

"Yes, I guess I should write too!"

After saying that, Anna watched Totsuka go down to the bar, then he went to his room and took a pen.

"Here, King, write something too."

"What do you mean?"

"Everything is fine. As long as it is written in your own handwriting, it is fine."

When Anna went down to the bar, she heard loud voices. Totsuka is about to give Suoh a pen while he drinks at the counter, and Kusanagi is polishing a glass and tidying up.

"If you can't think of anything to write, just sign it. Oh, I can think of an interesting King signature that I think would sell well."

"Don't sell, don't sell. What are you talking about?"

While she was there, Totsuka noticed her and greeted her.

"Anna, were you able to write the letter?"

She nodded and approached Totsuka.

"Did you write a letter to yourself, Tatara?"

"Eh? I didn't write it to myself. What I, or rather we wrote, was a letter to the future Anna."

Totsuka picked up the paper from the counter and held it up with the back facing Anna.

"Hey, we write too!"

Yata, who was sitting on the couch, raised his fist and said that happily. Kamamoto also shook his belly and laughed.

"It's like a message and it's fun."

"I made sure Saruhiko writes too!"

"You are very persistent, Misaki."

Totsuka folded the paper that seemed to have everyone's messages written on it and said, "Will you let me put them with yours?" and pointed to Anna's envelope containing a letter addressed to her future self.

Suoh watched the scene without thinking.

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"It's letter from the past."

When they got home from school, Kusanagi said that and handed an envelope to Anna.

Anna was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered that event from five years ago. At that point, she entrusted the envelope to Kusanagi, who laughed and said, "I agree to deliver the letter in five years."

She accepted it gently and opened the seal.

[I don't know what to say to my future self, so I'll write down my current feelings, no matter what happens in the future, I'm glad I got Mikoto's red. I'm glad I came to this red place. That is what I think.]

That's what was written on the paper in childish and clumsy characters.

A lot has happened since then. Suoh and Totsuka are no longer there. Anna became the "King" who inherited the red of Suoh, and she also chose to part with the red by destroying the Slate.

Even so, she never felt any regret that betrayed her feelings when she wrote that letter. She also took out another piece of paper. There were messages written with various letters.

[How is the future Anna? Are you having a fun life? Anna is smart and she can do anything, so I hope you can do whatever you want. LOVE! Tatara Totsuka.]

[I'm sure Anna will be a wonderful big sister in five years. If you have any problems, please tell me in the future. I will always support you. Izumo Kusanagi.]

[Have you started laughing and talking? I don't know much about you yet, but I'm sure we'll be good friends in five years. Be careful! Yata.]

[Anna, have you grown up? You're probably still growing, so eat plenty! I'll tell you about any delicious restaurant! Rikio Kamamoto.]

[You don't have to deal with idiots forever. Fushimi.]

Looking at the letters on the paper, Anna's mouth went slack and she could almost hear his voice.

In the corner of the notebook, Suoh's name was written in a slightly deformed font, probably forced to write by Totsuka. With the same letter on that side,

[Live as you want.]

That was there.

Anna's expression looked like she was crying and laughing when she heard those words from someone who had lived the life he wanted and then passed away.

"It's okay. I'm living my life the way I want."

[lillyinhomra]

No Blood. No Bone. No Ash.

I’ve had the idea for this piece for a while almost a year now, and I want to make a bigger one with the entirety of Homra. But anyways, K has been my favorite anime for over seven years, and I’ve been debating getting my own Homra tattoo.

#kfest2k24!!!

[ridiasfangirlings]

i feel like it gets glazed over in a lot of the fandom etc but the main 3 of homra are genuinely so well written imo

rewatching r:b makes me think abt how mikoto is geniunely emotionally smart the way he read yamata and his view on fushimi, then again with totsuka i just the way hes written and how you can see the different sides of him

idk i just thought it needed appreciation

To be honest when I first watched K I didn’t like Mikoto very much, I thought he was hard to read and just didn’t have a lot of interest in him. The side materials really helped though, I agree that he’s actually written very well as a character. I like that he’s such a contrast to Munakata, where Munakata saw being King as answering a question for Mikoto it was like equal parts blessing and curse — it both allowed him to protect the people he cares about and gave him a group of people who he wants to protect, but at the same time this power always puts them in danger and Mikoto has to dull himself to keep from losing control. He’s very focused on living freely and doing as he pleases, but it’s not like he’s unaware of the consequences either. One of the things I really like about the King and the Traitor short story (besides, like, all of it) is how when Fushimi berates him for being selfish Mikoto is just like ‘yup,’ like he kinda wanted someone to say that to him and he actually appreciated Fushimi being honest. And in general Mikoto caring about people — especially Fushimi — while looking like he doesn’t is great, in both the aforementioned short story and in LSW when he shows up after Hisui is defeated, I think it’s very clear to literally everyone but Fushimi that Mikoto cares about his well being. Mikoto puts on an image like this violent barbarian but he’s clearly very perceptive in his own way and does understand his people.

Totsuka I think tends to get flattened down by fandom some and it’s a shame because I love the duality of Totsuka. Like on the one hand he’s a tragic cinnamon roll who dies to start the story rolling, but he’s also someone with his own selfishness and flaws and he’s keenly aware of both how other people see him and his own feelings. He’s internalized the idea of himself as someone who ‘doesn’t hold onto anything’ and thinks that seeing Mikoto be King is the only thing he truly wants, and seems to treat it flippantly when Anna says he’ll die if he stays near Mikoto — but when he’s actually dying he regrets, and he’s upset, because he did truly want to stay with everyone. He can switch between being friends with everyone in Homra on equal footing and ‘seeming like he’s watching over them,’ he clearly tries to get Fushimi and Yata to understand each other and make up but he’s also very aware when he’s pushing Fushimi’s buttons and keeps doing it anyway. He can be friends with everyone but also cruel when he wants to be, and he thinks of himself as selfish because he wants Mikoto to be King more than Mikoto himself wants it. My favorite part of Totsuka is that he could have been this perfect innocent angel martyr but he’s actually a much more complex and interesting character than that. 

And of course poor Kusanagi, with his dead friends. Honestly if there’s one complaint I have with the writing for the Homra trio it’s probably in Kusanagi, because he’s great but I don’t think the series follows through with him enough. I’ve complained before about Circle Vision giving the dreams to the wrong people, Homra’s dream should have 100% been Kusanagi’s and taken time to explore his grief, because I feel like the show at large glosses over it. Like that whole movie was everyone else being like ‘yeah so this is a dream’ and basically everyone except Sukuna and Kusanagi accept that. Kusanagi would normally be one to immediately notice it though, it’s just he clearly doesn’t want to because he wants his friends back. I love that Mikoto and Totsuka stay behind with him a bit and drink with him but I really wanted more of that, justice for Kusanagi. I like everything that they do with him before that, especially in Side Red where we get the first hints of it with Kusanagi and Shiotsu talking about ‘when your King crumbles what will you do.’ I think Kusanagi in particular has the hardest role in the trio, because Mikoto’s accepted he’ll likely die eventually due to being a King and I think Totsuka’s always assumed he’d die first, while Kusanagi is the one who really has to accept that he’s going to be the one to survive.

[amaimint]

If you still take requests, maybe Kusanagi?

why was his hair a nightmare to draw. actually why is 90% of the k project cast hair a nightmare to draw...

[bellewood222]

K Countdown manga volume 1 omake. I don't know Japanese whatsoever. I used various translator programs to make this English translation.

[shoheiakagi]

what your favorite homra boy says about you:

Mikoto: you want someone hot and masculine, but you’re also someone who’s happy with the bare minimum of being acknowledged with a grunt

Kusanagi: you want a man. a man who knows what he’s doing. a man who can wine and dine you. a man who doesn’t believe in paying 50/50 for dates

Totsuka: you like guys who aren’t afraid to be soft and serene, serenading you with his melodious voice and delicate features, while he gets away with whatever he wants. you also really like femboys

Yata: you love the angry bad boy with a soft side just for you, or you love a feisty boy who gets all red and shy when he’s squirming under you

Kamamoto: you want a boyfriend who supports your rights and your wrongs. a partner who enjoys cooking and eating with you. someone who probably ghosts you for his friends tbh

Akagi: you want a golden retriever bf with a rebellious edge. you also seem to have a thing for boys with messy hair tucked under baseball caps and a sense of adventure

Bandou: you like the brooding type with dark hair who’s also brash, insecure, and easy to dominate. the tsundere type who rolls his eyes at you with a blush on his face

Chitose: you either want to have a fun time and live your hot girl summer or you’re a masochist because you think you can fix broken boys

Dewa: you like the brooding type with dark hair (x2), but with a higher self esteem and the fashion sense of a 2013 transplant moving to nyc with their parent’s trust fund money

Eric: you like your boys to be emotionally vulnerable so that you can easily manipulate them, or you just like boys with a sassy tongue and a sharp knife

Fujishima: you value stability and warmth and would rather grow old with tons of fur babies than an actual human baby

[manofmanymons]

Sir, that's my emotional support little red guy (and his emotional support levelheaded bestie)

Yata-chan 😭😭😭

[nomel-artz]

K PROJECT FANDOM.....UNITE!!! (this is au stuff but yk still K tehe tehe TEHE). I LLOVE LOVE LOVE KUSA X MIKOTO!!! GOD!!!!!!

｡ ⋆ COMMISIONS | STORE ⋆ ˚｡ ⋆

[jokertrap-ran]

[Gakuen K] Kusanagi Izumo Route: We should Break Up Translation

*Translator’s note : MC’s name shall remain as my normal (水嶋ラン) *Gakuen K Masterlist / Gakuen K Mobile Masterlist *Spoiler FREE : Translations under cut !

Ran: Thank god we managed to get everything.

Izumo: Yeah.

Ran: The Christmas illuminations are beautiful, aren’t they?

Izumo: Mmhm. They are.

Ran: (Kusanagi-san…? He’s been like that ever since we started shopping…)

Ran: (Did something happen?)

Ran: Umm…

Izumo: Hey, Ran-chan.

Ran: Y-Yes?

Izumo: Am I… a good boyfriend to you?

Ran: What’s that supposed to mean?

Izumo: We started datin’ in Summer, didn’t we? I had fun, but I was wonderin’ if you felt the same too.

Ran: I enjoy it too.

Izumo: I see. I’m glad to hear that. It hasn’t been long since we started, but it has been very fulfilling. Thank you for that.

Ran: Sure…?

Ran: Erm… Why are you talking in the past tense?

Izumo: Because… it’s all ‘boutta be in the past now.

Izumo: We should go our separate ways; for both our sakes. And so, we should end our relationship here, today.

Ran: End? You mean…

⊳ Choice: No…

Ran: N-No… I don’t want this… Izumo: C’mon, don’t look like that. I want to end it off with a smile.

⊳ Choice: You must be kidding...

Ran: Please tell me this is a joke. Izumo: … Izumo: …Sorry. I meant it when I said I was gonna end things.

Izumo: You might feel terrible in the short run, but it’ll be over before you know it. I’m sure you’ll be able to get over it in no time.

Izumo: We just have to return to being a current student and an alumni. Nothin’ too hard.

Izumo: Alright? So, listen to me here, hm?

Ran: (No way… Kusanagi-san…)

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