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[lesserknownwaifus]

Marie Itami the Mink (NOT A WEASEL!!! A MINK!!! M.I.N.K!!!), from BNA (Brand New Anima), a Studio Trigger anime and Netflix Original.

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Kinda miss BNA, so I redesign some characters for fun

Shirou is quite challenging to redesign into my interpretation because I already like his original design XD

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More Marie Itami by YolinaShiro on Twitter

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Marie Itami from BNA: did this for a Pixiv user.

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Day 18: Fandom AU

Wandering trader marie

[nazumichi]

marie could’ve created shadow in a test tube and gerald could’ve served cunt in a turtleneck and that’s just the truth

[bestfurrywife]

Propaganda:

Momminmamma:

"She's the best wife. Duh."

Marie:

"Hot as a human, hot as a weasel. Introduced to us as a greedy con artist, but revealed to be kindhearted. Cool outfit, too. Smash."

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Tried playing with colors!!

Marie Itami

Mous woman

[a-flaming-idiot]

Marie: "...what did you girls do?" Nazuna: *Cowering behind Michiru* Marie: "You're not in trouble." Marie: "I just want to know if I'll need to lie to Shirou again."

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The Bronze Tanuki - A BNA Fanfic - Chapter 1 - "Oh to be eternal,"

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The Bronze Tanuki. It was a name Shirou had heard before many times in the few weeks he had been in Anima-City. She was said to be a giant shapeshifting goddess, a protector of all Beastmen, a beacon of hope.

So when the raccoon who lived in the same house as him started to get huffy about the fake Bronze Tanuki that had appeared with the rest of her cult, he started to put two and two together.

Michiru was a powerful Beastman, she had to be to work for the mayor on such important missions. She had a proud heart, a kind soul, and a strong moral compass, but she was also extremely childish, talking about how 'adults' acted as if she wasn't a grown up herself. The way that people talked about her was even more confusing, she seemed to have history with some people that no 18 year old girl should have.

Despite her short stature and immature attitude about things in life, Shirou had seen her in action. She fought off elite warriors with ease, seeming to stretch and change to accomodate any injuries she sustained, making her nearly invulnerable. When the scientist had thrown him off of that building, her tail had grown to cover them both, sheilding the definitely-still-a-human from any damage.

Now that he thought about it, her tail didn't have stripes for a moment when the raccoon girl had transformed to catch him.

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Shirou didn't want to make any hasty assumptions, so he did what he always did, and got sleuthing. He was a detective back in Japan, and a damn good one at that. Where Michiru used her senses and power to get resuls, Shirou had always preferred a more private approach.

The first stop on his journey to determine if his kid roomate was secretely the Beastman goddess was her room. He knew it was an invasion of privacy, but when she had so impulsively locked him in that closet, Shirou could have sworn that there were some suspicious things in there that he recognized in hindsight.

So after picking the lock with his claws, Shirou let himself into Michiru's office. Kuro was out with Michiru, luckily. Otherwise, things would have been much harder for him. Another lock picking later, and he was in her closet. 

It didn't take long at all to find what he thought he had seen last time: fur dye, and a lot of it. The dye was the same color as the stripes on her tail, and along side it were all the resources needed to dye one's fur in stripes. Or at least, he assumed it was. Shirou didn't know the first thing about body modification like that. 

He dug around a bit more, but the only other thing of note he could find there was a diary. And he was searching for answers, but Shirou wouldn't stoop that low. Not yet anyways. After he thought he had covered his scent, Shirou was out and walking the streets once more.

The once-human was certan he could find someone who knew something. The mayor would definitely know, but even trying to get close to her without Michiru's help would be pointless. The police and his companion clashed too often for them to know anything. They fought on the same side, but she was a bit too bullheaded for their methodical, red tape filled style. It didn't help that her high morals and refusal to take a life didn't help.

The only person who knew a lot in this city, and wasn't too dangerous to seek out or in prison was...

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"Weasel, I have questions."

"MINK! I. Am. A. MINK!" Marie growled out, her mood immediately soured upon hearing the voice of the nosy wolf she had saved a few weeks ago. The doggy wasn't easy to trick, but always seemed to end up encountering her again, and it was getting on her nerves. Maybe if he was gullible enough to con more than once, she'd be happy to spot him, but she wouldn't be seeing his wallet again in a long time-

"I'm willing to pay for answers."

Marie's eyes shone as she turned around, her posture much friendlier and a glowing smile on her face. "Weeeeellll, why didn't you say so, fluffy?" She said serenely. "You should lead with 'I'm willing to pay' all the time! You might actually make some friends that way! Well, friends other than the Mayor's Trash-Panda."

"That's actually who I want to know about," Shirou held up a neatly folded wad of bills, but kept it just out of reach for even Marie's sly arms. For a newbie, he knew how to keep his cool. 

"Are you sure you need my help for that? Michiru's an open book. A little too open if you ask me~ A lot of people love mysterious warriors like that, I could make a killing spreading gossip alone!"

Shirou's eyes narrow. "What kind of gossip?"

"I'm having trouble remembering..." Marie tapped her chin thougtfully, snatching the wad of cash out of mid-air once it was thrown her way. "Oh yes! Now I recall... Apparently, she's been in the city since the day it was built, but she's never gotten any taller, never acted any wiser, never even lost any hair to age! She seems perpetually eighteen. Isn't that strange? She's relatively well known, but unless you know her well, she always stays morphed, makes it almost impossible for anyone to notice that her civilian self even exists, let alone that she's just as unchanging..."

Shirou was silent, turning to leave as quickly as he had appeared.

"Wait!" Marie called, holding in snickers. Michiru would never let her hear the end of it, but the mink was having too much fun now to care about the scoldings from Ms. Goody Two Shoes. "You paid enough for two secrets, so I figure I'll prove that I'm a respectable entrepreneur and give you your change." The mink held up one of the Church of the Bronze Tanuki's necklaces. "From what I hear, the Church's founder used to know her..."

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Michiru slipped through her window easily, shifting out of her chameleon form to return to normal, heading to her closet to re-apply her stripes before she would try and go out on the town as a normal girl, maybe drag Shirou along with her. The dude was grumpy, and a little bigoted about Beastmen at times, but he was learning, and she couldn't deny she was way too judgemental about his human traits too. Maybe a nice meal he didn't have to pay for would lift his spirits?

And hers too, but that didn't matter as much.

That idea ended pretty quickly when she entered her closet, and smelled his scent all over her paint.

Oh no.

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Michiru flew through the city, literally. She was normally more secretive, but she didn't have time at the moment. Shirou couldn't know, that would ruin everything! Finally someone who treated her normally, and he was about to ruin it all!

The mayor was nice, but Michiru couldn't be friends with her. The woman was busy, and mature. She saw Michiru as a saviour, a hero, a legend. She was kind, and Michiru would always be loyal to the woman who made Anima-City, but it was a Boss-Employee loyalty, not someone who understood her.

There were only two other people who knew about her secret, and judging by the scents, he had already encountered one of them.

Diving down, Michiru formed talons on her feet, grabbing Marie off of the ground and depositing her onto a rooftop, where the dark skinned hustler didn't even bat an eye. "You could be more polite about that, you know?"

"What did you tell him?" Michiru growled out, fur puffed up and ears back as she growled. 

"Oh nothing much, only what he paid me for." Marie fished out some money from her pockets, sticking one tongue out as she already prepared to ditch. "Now if you excuse me, I best be off, but here's a word of advice, old friend~" Michiru groaned at the remark, she had made the mistake of trusting the Mink with private info once, and of course immediately regretted it. 

"What?"

"I might check on that foxy ex of yours, Shirou's on his way already!"

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When Michiru finally made it to the other side of the city, panting and exhausted, she found Shirou and Nazuna already talking. The once-Pop Star turned cult leader and Michiru had already spoken today, and if there was one thing Nazuna could be after they argued, it was petty.

So when Michiru dove headfirst through the window and looked up at Shirou, the look of recognition and veiled fear was one she had seen a hundred times now, every time she had told someone her secret.

"So, you know, huh?"

Shirou only nodded, and though Michiru scowled in Nazuna's direction, though the fox was pointedly ignoring her.

"You know my secret?" Michiru curled up into a ball, noticing she hadn't even repainted her tail before jumping out on this little hunt. Tears flew out of her eternally youthful eyes, which she didn't bother to hide. What was the point now that he knew?

She was always aware that he would find out eventually, that he'd leave in a year or two when he spotted some flaws in her story, but she wasn't ready to say goodbye so soon. Nobody stuck around when they found out...

"You know I'm the Bronze Tanuki?"

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It was supposed to be a oneshot, but I like the idea enough I'm gonna make it into a little fic. 16 chapters is my current guess, since the chapter titles are based on a poem I wrote that has 16 lines.

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michi and mari

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The furry prisoners doing some service for the community

Commission drawn by https://www.instagram.com/muricielaga/

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referencing that one princess celestia comic

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Marie Itami by YolinaShiro on Twitter

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drew marie again