#mekakucity actors au

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FINALLY DROPPING THIS AU IVE BEEN WORKING ON !!

Mekakucity Actors x Sanders Sides !! I adore both from the bottom of my heart and I needed to do something with it !! Will probably draw more of them because i'm actually very invested 😭😭

PLEASE don't hesitate to ask questions !!

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kagerou impact... 🌼💥

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Very self indulgent kagepro Trigun au just for me. ur welcome me.

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【KagePro】 KuroEne 🖤💛💙

Happy 6/9! Happy HaruTaka/KonoEne/KuroEne day!!! 💛💙 I want to draw HaruTaka and KonoEne too eventually, but I haven't gotten the chance to draw them yet. So for now I'll post my recent Kuroha and KuroEne doodle log 🖤💙

My fave KagePro meow meow mf unhinged evil snek x my cheeky cute energetic wife!!!

KuroEne doodles

These WIPs are really messy so I'll refine them sometime in the future!

I'll post the rest of my KuroEne doodles, and rambles about my KuroEne AUs, and thoughts, under the cut!

Inspired by the Outer Science MV and Kagerou Daze LN 7 cover -from the darkness- illustrated by Sidu

Kuroha x Envy Baby (Song by Kanaria and illustrated by LAM)

KuroEne doodles

I was imagining Ene sitting on a desk or elevated ledge for the last one

My character trait is just scribbling whatever until I get to refine and clean up the sketches. So these are very scribbly for now

Kuroha is my fave KagePro chara. Murderous mad man! I'm a villain enjoyer~ And Ene is my wife~

I have folks following me for all sorts of fandoms so I'll try to explain a bit of context first so those curious can follow along with my rambles if they'd like!

Technically Kuroha is just referred to with ?? or XX in merch, but 6/9 and 9/6 (KonoEne Day) are convenient days to draw Ene and her Haruka lookalike harem~~

KuroEne AUs 🖤💙

I have 3 main types of KuroEne AUs, and my sub AUs tend to fall into one of these:

1) Canon-verse AU where Kuroha pretends to be Konoha, so Ene thinks he's Konoha with Haruka's memories. Takes place in an AU setting that's closest to canon and very angst heavy.

2) Canon-verse AU where Ene can manifest in the real world and even becomes intimate with Kuroha. Kuroha/Saeru remembers previous routes, so he's done this before and remembers their moments of intimacy in all the past timelines. Also very angst heavy.

After all the time loop resets, Kuroha/Saeru figured out a way to transfer to a humanoid android body for certain durations of time so she can interact with the real world (inspired by the CopyBots and Iris from BN6)

3) Fluffy lighthearted AU with fanon Kuroha with a much more fluffy, lighthearted, and tamer setting. Just me coming up with cute little scenario ideas. I love fluff!

Other KuroEne AU ideas:

Royals AU KuroEne (Prince and Princess/Cinderella)

KuroEne dancing in a ballroom together in formal clothes (though this could also work in KuroEne AU No. 2)

KuroEne making snow sculptures together. Kuroha makes a giant snake snow sculpture and Kuroha helps Ene make a giant chibi version of herself. Snakes tend to feel lethargic during the winter. Ene throws snowballs at him.

Snake and Bunny theme (Ene's twintails could look like bunny ears)

I think I need to name my KuroEne AUs eventually to differentiate them lmao

KuroEne AU: No. 1

I also like thinking of KuroEne in canon-verse angst AUs where Kuroha messes around in the routes (timelines). In AU no. 1, he pretends to be Konoha, decides to actually bond and get to know and befriend the Mekakushi Dan members before k*lling them this time, and Ene projects her feelings for Haruka and Konoha, onto Kuroha (who she thinks is Konoha…)

Kuroha decides to mess around in the Routes and befriend the Mekakushi Dan members. I feel like Kuroha should experiment that way cuz he doesn't want the "fun" to be over so soon yet. And also because he's curious how things will play out, and see what will be the same and different compared to previous routes.

In the present day, 2 years later, when she meets Kuroha, she recognizes his appearance, and thinks he's Konoha. After seeing Kuroha, who she thinks is Konoha, she's surprised to see "Konoha" in the flesh...

In my KuroEne AU, Ene thinks that Kuroha is Konoha with Haruka's memories, because Kuroha/Saeru remembers previous routes (timelines) and thus knows her true name (Takane) and context.

I'm insane LMAO. I love angst! KuroEne's angst potential is so high.

I love how KagePro ships are all super heavy and tinged with angst and tragedy.

I love that aspect of them, but ofc, I will delve into light-hearted AUs with them too that take place outside of canon~ I want to write/draw KuroEne in a much more fluffy and lighthearted setting too.

KuroEne AU: No. 2

Canon-verse AU where Ene can manifest in the real world (since I'm taking creative liberties here for the sake of my ship) and even becomes intimate with Kuroha. Very angst heavy.

Takes place in an AU setting close to canon, except the only difference is that Ene can manifest in the real world (unlike in canon where she can only interact with the digital world in devices)

Especially with all the time loop resets, you could see this as an AU where Kuroha/Saeru finally manages to figure out how to make Ene able to manifest in the real world as well.

It was inspired by the Copybots from MMBN/EXE (Battle Network: 6) where Iris, a NetNavi (Network Navigator, companion digital AI, a digital cyber girl), interacts with the protagonist, Netto, by transferring into a Copybot (Android body) to be able to move around in the real world.

The CopyBots take the form of the NetNavi currently in it. They are battery charged, so NetNavis (MMBN/EXE's digital AIs) can only stay in them for certain periods of time.

I imagine this is the case for my KuroEne AU too

Due to Kuroha's knowledge of previous routes, I imagined that since Kuroha keeps memories of previous routes, at some point, he starts to play around in the routes and experiment with different possibilities. He eventually gets to know and bond and spend time with Ene.

Though eventually, Kuroha proceeds with the "Plan" on August 15th to kill everyone in the Mekakushi Dan and force Marry to rewind the world. Thus, repeating the "never ending tragedy."

I imagine Kuroha eventually found a way for Ene to be able to transfer into an android body so she'd no longer have to be stuck in electronic devices like in canon…

Ene tops and hate fucks Kuroha/Saeru (when she finds out about his real identity). Kuroha obliges in letting her top him when she wants to "play" with him. I think the smug personality he has would really rile up Ene and make her competitive side come out. They're playing a "game" with each other.

Kuroha has been intimate with Ene before and keeps memories of previous routes. He knows about the context of the Mekakushi Dan, therefore, knows about Ene's past as Takane (and her relationships with Haruka and Konoha)

And, due to the time loops, he makes improvements to the Android bodies (CopyBot-like models that I need a name for eventually), for his encounters with Ene, throughout the routes, like improving the battery life and durability and such

It'd honestly be pretty funny if tsun tsun Ene tries to justify her trysts or intimate encounters with Kuroha like this

Ene: They're not trysts!!! I'm just doing this with you so that I can finally defeat you!!! Hmph!!! (//>3<//) Kuroha: And yet, you seem to enjoy our little... encounters.

Trying to convince yourself you're fucking a guy (your most hated enemy) only to defeat him, sounds hilarious ngl 😭

Cuz technically, they are playing a "game" of some kind, so the competitive side of her comes out here~~

I think KuroEne has a very unique context that makes their relationship dynamic sooo interesting to think about because of HaruTaka and KonoEne's context.

I love conflict and tension in ships, and KuroEne has sm of it cuz it's with the series' big bad villain/antagonist who's the main source of conflict and tension in KagePro.

How I got into KagePro

Kuroha/Saeru and Konoha, and Ene hanafuda arts by Sidu

I first got into KagePro when I was 12, so Kuroha was my 12 year old self's big fave~ KagePro was my kid self's first fandom interest.

12 ~ 16 y/o me was OBSESSED with this mf and the KuroEne ship 😭 Ene my wife… ���💙 I think the KuroEne ship has such great angst fuel. I love fluff and angst~

The Kuroha liker in me coming out with the unhinged anime man / meow meow mf core taste, HAHA.

Sen's unhinged anime man (insane meow meow mf) pipeline

Kuroha (2013) -> Saeran (2016) -> Judar (2022)

Kuroha (KagePro), Saeran (MysMes), Judar (Magi) pipeline

Black/white haired meow meow mfs with monochrome/black/white design aesthetics are my ultimate fixation

Obviously I have so many faves like this, like Douman (FGO) and Idate (WATGBS AU), but those 3 kinda have similarities in terms of their basics and design vibes/aesthetics tbh

I love smug evil bitches with black/white design aesthetics 🐈‍⬛ I love his expressions ✌️ And Kuroha has a great song and MV too~

Also I’m gonna admit that seeing this thumbnail got me into KagePro

I first got into KagePro after watching the Outer Science MV and kid me immediately went like "I NEED TO KNOW WHO THIS MF IS" and then became obsessed with Kuroha and KagePro

The first song I ever listened to was Headphone Actor, and Outer Science showed up in my recommended soon after, and when I saw the thumbnail (this exact thumbnail), kid me was just like “I NEED TO KNOW WHO THIS MF IS”

And then I fell into the KagePro/Kuroha/KuroEne obsession.

Kuroha BITCH

You are my favourite KagePro character <3

OUTER SCIENCE MY FAVE KAGEPRO SONG <333 It's so catchy~~

I'm laughing so hard at how obvious my character taste has been since FOREVER. Glad to know that my character/ship tastes are as ancient as time!

Kuroha is mad entertaining it's not surprising why kid me would be obsessed with him

KuroEne rambles

KuroEne relapse… KuroEne reload. After 10+ years I'm still not over them ADKSKLDKLSLK

I was so obsessed with them, I think it's because it was the first ship I was really obsessed with and made AUs for

Also I'm REALLY not surprised why kid me was so obsessed with them... It's literally a ship between my wife x meow meow mf (of the series)

My fave ships are usually between my fave (usually the meow meow mf chara) and my other fave charas, which is exactly the case here

I swear they made up at least 80% of the KagePro art I drew omfg

Takane was 157 cm (5'1") and Konoha is 182 cm (6'0"), and Ene is 640 px tall and weighs 2 MB. Portable wifey…

KuroEne Art Ideas

Things I wanna draw eventually...

KuroEne doodle with Maid outfit Kuroha wearing spiked high heels while he has a bloody mop (maybe it's just red paint instead???), and slips a finger into Ene's thigh highs while he kisses her cheek. Ene's entire face gets all red and she just goes like "WORST MAID EVER!!!"

KuroEne wearing hanfu

KuroEne wearing Việt Phục

Pokemon AU KuroEne where Kuroha is a Dark/Poison type trainer with snake/serpent-like/serpentine body Pokemon (ie. Arbok, Seviper, Rayquaza), and Ene is an Electric type trainer (ie. Rotom), and Konoha is a Normal/Grass/Fighting type trainer (ie. Serperior, Bewear)

Imagining Ene's blushy pouty face (//>~<//) is cute~

KonoEne/KuroEne Shitpost

Kinda wanna make a joke/shitpost meme like

Ene: (<- Would fuck a snake)

(<- Having an existential Crisis)

(Applies to both Kuroha and Konoha)

Humanoid snek…

Inspiration

Outer Science (MV) (Illustrated by Sidu) (Fan-translation by vgperson) Kagerou Daze LN 7 -from the darkness- (Illustrated by Sidu)

Inspired by the Outer Science MV, and my fave Kagerou Daze (LN) cover: Vol. 7 -from the darkness-

It's based on the classic "Welcome to my womb" line in the Outer Science MV and my fave Kagerou Daze LN cover 🤭✨

Sidu's gorgeous Kagerou Daze VII (7) cover with Kuroha on the cover 🖤💛 This will always be my favourite cover. Sidu's art style is IMPECCABLE I love their aesthetics sm… The pose and blood splatters and expressions... AHHH IT SLAPS SO HARD

I thought of a sketch concept where all the "Keep out" tapes bind around him just like in the LN cover.

I'm still amazed by Sidu's MVs. Outer Science is still my fave KagePro song and MV. Sidu's art style is so nice and their MVs are gorgeous. Sidu really appealed to my aesthetic tastes when I first saw this MV in 2013 as a 12 year old, I was immediately enamoured with it. They have such great aesthetic sense.

The colours and chosen visuals… The insane attention to detail...

Outer Science my beloved~~

Sidu you will always be famous!!!

Sidu's MVs just hold up SO WELL

The art, visuals, text and animation effects are so good...

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Lego Monkie Kid, Mekakucity Actors AU, Who Would Be Who

Bc I've had this AU plaguing my mind for AGES, and I need to get it out and for it to plague other peoples' minds. Not a Huge Deep Dive, but just a list of who in LMK would be in the role of what Mekaku character. All of these choices are based off vibes, what makes most sense, and what hurts me the most emotionally.

MK, as Kano Shuuya:

Mei, as Tsubomi Kido:

Red Son, as Kousuke Seto(bc making trafficlight trio the og 3 Mekakushi Dan members aligned too perfectly):

Six-Eared Macaque, as Shintaro Kisaragi(bc making Mac a self-loathing, loser hikki-NEET shut-in is funny /affectionate):

Sun Wukong, as Ayano Tateyama(If you know Mekakucity Actors/KagePro in general, you're gonna wanna hit me with bricks for this one lol):

Host Girl/Baihe, as Marry Kozakura(Once again, you're gonna want to hit me with bricks for this one lmao):

Lady Bone Demon, as Azami-sama:

Tang, as Kenjirou Tateyama:

Pigsy, as Ayaka Tateyama(Third time you're gonna want to hit me with bricks):

Golden Peng, as Takane Enomoto/Ene:

Azure Lion, as Haruka Kokonose/Konoha(Just go with it, trust me on this):

Aaaaand, I have no clue who to have be in the role of Hibiya and Hiyori in this AU. I could possibly have Nezha be Hibiya, but GOD do i fucking hate the Western side of the fandom's insistence on saying Nezha is eternally 11/12, when that's absolutely wrong. If anyone who's into both LMK and KagePro has any ideas of who could be Hibiya and Hiyori, by all means give me suggestions.

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Apperently people like the haruka memes i make so heres one w takane

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【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: Art Ideas 🖤💙

Made this list of KuroEne art ideas so I wouldn't forget. I find it easier to remember my art ideas if I write them down, so here you go ^^

I wrote a summary compilation of most of my art ideas for them since April. I haven't gotten the chance to draw a lot of these yet, but I want to eventually...

I marked KuroEne AU scenarios that I wrote as apart of my KuroEne AU. The others are art ideas

HaruTaka and KonoEne are mentioned in this, but it's mainly about my KuroEne AU

(CW: Sexually suggestive mentions for a few of these)

KuroEne AU (Canon-verse)

KuroEne AU: Mary and Ene team up against Kuroha

One of my biggest KuroEne AU Routes is a Route where Kuroha/Saeru possesses Konoha's body before the others can meet him, pretends to be an Eye Ability User (because he's in possession of Awakening Eyes), and joins the Mekakushi Dan.

He pretends to be everyone's friend while working towards his goals to kill everyone at the end, and have Mary rewind the world for the sake of his own immortality.

After killing off the rest of the MekaDan members on August 15th, Mary and Ene are the only ones left at the end, and decide to team up against him and sneak into his base (underground laboratory) to have their final confrontation with him.

Ene asks Kuroha for answers on everything she's wanted to know (his true motives to make Mary rewind the world, why he's doing all of this, why he played the game with her and made her body, etc.)

Since it's the end (grand finale), Kuroha sates her curiosity and answers her questions, and tells her his motives.

I think my KuroEne AU name, "Last Dance at World's End" is fitting. They'll give into their longing/yearning and passion for each other, one last time, before the world resets, to provide some form of closure for them.

There’s SO many scenes from my KuroEne AU that I wanna draw… I wrote them down as dialogue scripts so they’re still WIPs for now. I haven't gotten the chance to post the dialogue scripts for this Route yet. Just wait until I get the chance to draw some of them 🖤💙

KuroEne AU: Kuroha spites Shintaro and Seto for trying to use Stealing Eyes on him

KuroEne AU Route where Kuroha pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan.

Shintaro gets suspicious of Kuroha and asks Seto to use Stealing Eyes to read his thoughts to find out what he's really up to.

Kuroha senses them approach him (by sniffing their scents in the air) and spites them by thinking about his intimacy with Ene instead

(Or if he's feeling nice, he can just think about making improvements to Ene's android body's battery)

KuroEne x Higanbana: Sweet Dreams 💐🖤❤️

Kuroha: Have a sweet dream.

Kuroha: I'll see you in the next Route.

クロハ：良い夢を

クロハ：次の「ルート」でまた会いしましょう

Kuroha lies next to Ene on a bed of black and red higanbana.

I imagined the art concept of Kuroha lying next to Ene in a bed of Higanbana.

This flower is also known as Cluster Amaryllis, Red Magic Lily, and also referred to as the Corpse Flower, Hell Flower, and Flower of Death.

Ene has her eyes closed and her arms folded (similar to how Ayano is posed like a corpse in the Additional Memory MV), while Kuroha has a smiling expression (^-^) on his face.

Also maybe he's covered in the blood (of the Mekakushi Dan members) and has it on his hands and face

I wanted to reference the usage of “The next” (次の, Tsugi no) in Outer Science's lyrics, and the scene where Saeru (metaphorically) stands on top of the dead bodies of all the Mekakushi Dan members from previous Routes (as a visual representation), with a snake-eye pupil above him.

“The next, next time this comes around… I’ll still sneer!”

Fade to Black

Kuroha: Do you still love me?

クロハ：まだ…俺のことを愛しているのか？

Kuroha holds Ene with a smirk while the composition is half split with Konoha's body half turning to Kuroha (Black Konoha) on one side, and the half is still Konoha's sleeves (Hasn't turned yet)

KuroEne hold higanbana 🖤❤️💐

KuroEne hold the same sets of higanbana together, while black/red auras drips over their hands.

(Similar to the Kuroha art drawn by Sidu in Kagerou Daze VII where he’s depicted with a black aura that looks similar to the shape of higanbana)

KuroEne: Flower Symbolisms 🖤💙💐

I'm in the process of writing a post on flowers I assigned to KuroEne based on their Flower Symbolisms, specifically their Hanakotoba meanings.

Black Magic Petunia and Himalayan Blue Poppy are Feila's picks for KuroEne 💙🖤

Black Veil

Kuroha drapes a translucent black bridal veil over him and Ene with a smirk. One hand is draping it over them, and the other is caressing her face gently…

Maid Kuroha and Ene 🧹

Kuroha wears a black and white maid outfit, black thigh highs, and spiked black high heels, while he has a bloody mop (maybe it's just red paint instead???) and slips a finger into Ene's thigh highs while he kisses her cheek. Ene's entire face gets all red and she just goes like "WORST MAID EVER!!!" (˶˃~˂˶)

Kuroha teases Ene using Awakening Eyes 🐍

(CW: Sexually suggestive mentions)

Kuroha teases Ene by using Awakening Eyes to have a forked snake's tongue. He presses the tip of his finger to her lips teasingly, then trails a hand up her legs while asking her where she wants it.

Kuroha: Now... Where do you want it? Here?

Kuroha: Or here?

Ene: Anywhere is fine...

クロハ：さぁ～て、どこがいいだろうなぁ～？

クロハ：ここ？それとも…ここ？

エネ：どこでもいいよ…

Kuroha/Saeru Manga Route 2 (MR2) Redesign

Something something, I feel like doing a Kuroha/Saeru MR2 (Manga Route 2) redesign with more influence from Azami's clothes as well as traditional clothes (including Vietnamese and Chinese traditional clothes)

Cuz I fuck with everything on this design EXCEPT for the crop top.

I love the black snake scales on his face, the cute little tufts of hair and black horns, the braid in the back that looks like a scorpion's tail like Judar's, red sclera and red gradient limbs, and the white sash with bloodstains on it.

Also the bottom part of the design is SO confusing to me.

I love how Sayuki draws his MR2 design...

But it looks so boring in the Kagerou Daze manga by Mahiro cuz I'm not a fan of the art style and how undynamic the art is

I really wanna see Sidu draw it since she designed that form

KuroEne as Cats 🐈‍⬛🐈🖤💙

Kuroha

Black Smoke Norwegian Forest Cat or Black Smoke Maine Coon

I imagine him to be a black cat with a gray undercoat and gold eyes.

Black smoke is the name of the coat colour. These cats have a silver undercoat

Black smoke kitties have such a pretty silver undercoat~ Looks so pretty!

Ene

Lilac Tabby Birman or a White Ragdoll

1st Pic: Lilac Tabby Birman 2nd Pic: White Ragdoll

Ene is bunny themed, but if I had to pick a cat for her with a realistic coat colour, it'd be either a Birman or a Ragdoll

I also considered cats with a blue gray fur coat, but I went with these because of the distinctive blue eyes.

But, if I wasn't going for a realistic coat colour, I'd just make her coat light blue, since you can take creative liberties in fanarts.

I made Kuroha a black smoke cat cuz I wanna differentiate my BW themed meow meow mf faves from each other. They're all black cat themed 🐈‍⬛

Basically, I wanted to differentiate him from cat Judar (Magi) lol. Kuronyan would be a black smoke kitty and Junyan would be a black cat 🐈‍⬛

I want him to have pointy ears like this to imitate his MR2 form's small black horns...

They'd look great in aesthetics~ Black and white (or blue) cat~ Kuronyan and Ene-nyan~ 🐈‍⬛🐈🖤💙

9/6 x Daze - HaruTaka, KonoEne, KuroEne

I imagined Daze themed arts of HaruTaka, KonoEne, and KuroEne with them wearing their Daze outfits and reaching out for each other, mimicking each other like a mirror

HaruTaka reaches for each other

It'd be super angsty if, even when Ene reaches for him, Konoha looks confused and doesn't understand why

And if Kuroha's the only one trying to reach for Ene (or vice versa)

Though I think what I mentioned works well for visual contrast reasons

HaruTaka: Haruka and Takane reach for each other (I want to see you 💛💙)

KonoEne: Ene reaches for Konoha (Only one of us truly yearns 💙)

KuroEne: Kuroha reaches for Ene (A selfish, twisted, obsessive love 🖤)

I would draw HaruTaka in KonoEne's silhouettes, just like in the daze MV

I don't see KonoEne as inherently unrequited, but I prefer KuroEne and HaruTaka over KonoEne, personally. They match better and work better together as ship dynamics (and are just more interesting to me)

Though for sure HaruTaka and KonoEne better fit KagePro's canon context and theme-ing. But I always go for what's more interesting to me.

Haruka can match Takane's intensity, and Kuroha can match Ene's intensity. Haruka is the perfect counter to Takane, and Kuroha is the perfect counter to Ene.

I feel like Haruka and Kuroha can actually react better and respond to Takane and Ene (respectively) well and can actually meet her level of intensity imo.

Konoha can't really match Takane and Ene's intensity (imo), at least, not as well as the other two.

I feel like Ene would be disappointed at being seen as only just a friend, and non-exclusive affection, even if he (Konoha) feels something more.

So when Saeru comes into the picture to tempt her into playing the "game" with him, he asks her, "Don't you want someone that can satisfy you better?"

Saeru can meet Ene's competitiveness and be able to make her confront her more honest feelings (since she has an avoidance tendency).

Saeru can give her anything she wants, including the affection she craves. It just comes at the ultimate cost.

KuroEne play with a Chibi version of their S/O

Kuroha plays with a chibi Ene, and Ene plays with a chibi Kuroha.

Skrunkly...

This reminds me I had an art concept in my head for my ships like "Chara plays with a Chibi-fied/baby-fied/baby-turned/skrunkly version of their S/O"

So like normal Konoha/Kuroha plays with a chibi Ene

And then the reverse would be Ene plays with a chibi Konoha/Kuroha

Chibi Saeru would still be a menace to deal with

Chaotic gremlin

"I cause problems on purpose" guy

Kuroha picks chibi Ene up by her jacket and plays with her twintails by twirling them.

This guy is an ass so he'd make teasing comments like "The big bad snake who eats the little bunny~" while jokingly putting her near his mouth as if trying to eat her. Or flicking her face with his snake tongue

Snakes like to flick their owners with their tongues!

Apparently, they do it to inspect information about their surroundings through smell. They can wrap around their owners and massage them gently and poke their tongues to taste the owner affectionately.

Konoha tries to nom Ene out of curiosity, but Kuroha does it teasingly

There's a phenomena called "Cat Aggression" where basically some peoples' reactions to seeing cute things is to try and cuddle or bite on it playfully

Which would be present in my Meow meows~

KuroEne Dancing in a Ballroom

I imagined KuroEne dancing in a ballroom in formal outfits, like KuroEne's Design Poll outfits

I also imagined KuroEne with Kuroha’s Design Poll outfit and Ene’s Seek at Mekakucity outfit

KuroEne wearing Wedding Kimono

Kuroha can wear the traditional formal men's kimono, Daiichi reiso (第一礼装)

Ene can wear iro-uchikake (色打掛, "Colourful wedding kimono"), a type of wedding kimono.

They can carry Wagasa (和傘, "Oil paper umbrellas") with them!

Link: (X)

Copy pasting from my old rambles.

Used to use it as my reblog/ramble blog, but moved over here.

Meowmeowjestie is a good name tho... I should make use of it in some way

KuroEne wearing Việt Phục

KuroEne in Vietnam wearing Việt Phục (Vietnamese traditional clothes)

Ene would wear this kind of blue Áo Tấc (Ceremonial dress)

Not the exact colours, but something like this

Link: (X)

My skrunklies going on a vacation in my home country is peak comfort~ I'd love to see them wear Việt Phục while in Vietnam's historical sights and gorgeous landscapes

Link: (X)

KuroEne wearing Hanfu

I haven't picked hanfu for them yet, but I'd imagine Kuroha would wear black hanfu (with accent colours like silver, white, gold, red)

Ene would wear blue hanfu (with accent colours like white and black)

It'd be cool if he wore pibo (披帛), translucent white hanfu scarves. It'd be reminiscient to his MR2 design.

I want it to flow around him and have an exaggerated shape language/silhouette :)

I'm planning to draw that in my Saeru MR2 redesign (cuz I don't feel like drawing the top and bottom part of the canon outfit, so I'm just gonna draw what I want)

KuroEne AU: Kuroha sings a lullaby to Ene

Kuroha sings a lullaby to Ene whispers into her headphones (ears) while lying in bed next to her and spoons her. Ene feels her heart beat skyrocket with him being so close to her.

Haruka, Konoha, and Kuroha are all voiced by Mamoru Miyano :) He has a soft soothing voice.

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Kuroha and Ene sleep in the same bed next to each other, tucked underneath the blankets, and Ene feels her heart beat skyrocket with him being so close to her. I imagined that Kuroha spoons Ene and sings into her headphones (ears)

Kuroha, aware of her growing inner turmoil and embarrassment and conflicted feelings for him, offers to sing her a lullaby to help calm her down, with a smug, knowing grin on his face. He comments that singing a lullaby could help her relax and soothe her heart.

Kuroha tells her that since he is the embodiment of "Knowledge," and his accumulation of knowledge, he knows most of the lullabies that humans use to sing their loved ones to sleep. He knows that Ene doesn't require sleep due to the nature of her Eye Ability, Opening Eyes, but he can help calm her down.

Kuroha starts humming a lullaby into her headphones (ears), with his lips hovering right over her headphones, and Ene gets flustered at him being so close.

She thinks to herself how his voice sounds so much like Haruka/Konoha's, and how soft and gentle it sounds. His face looks so much like theirs too, because of the body he's using.

While he sings to her, Ene just feels her heart pounding in her chest and the heat rising to her cheeks even more. And then she thinks to herself, "Stupid, stupid Saeru!!! This isn't helping!!! This is just making things worse!!!"

Haruka, Konoha, and Kuroha, are all different characters but voiced by the same voice actor, Mamoru Miyano, so they have the same voice.

Kuroha/Saeru's voice is really pretty sounding~ Thank you Miyano~ Wished I could hear more of it… Miyano did a great job voicing all 3 of them. Perfect VA for them!

Shintaro reacts to KuroEne's relationship

Shintaro reacting to KuroEne's relationship would be so funny to imagine. I have more to say about this, but dude would feel like a brick dropped on him

KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes Ene to the Amusement Park

Kuroha lets Ene take him with her to all the attractions, and notices she’s having a lot of fun. He carries her on his back as they walk around. Kuroha wins prizes (plushies) for her at a dart throwing booth and hits all targets flawlessly.

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Ene wants to go to the Amusement Park with Kuroha, so he agrees to take her and she gets excited when he says yes. While there, he lets Ene take him to all the attractions she wants to visit (mini boat ride, roller coasters), and he carries her on his back too while walking around

Ene gets flustered when she thinks about how it's just the two of them here, wondering if it's a date. Saeru can judge what she's thinking by reading her reactions.

He wins prizes for her at a throwing darts booth stand, and Ene wants him to win prizes for her. Ene gets excited when he wins them all for her, and carries home plushies for her.

He makes a teasing quip on how needy and spoiled she's acting and Ene pouts at him.

Written about in more detail here

Link: (X)

Kuroha wants a present from Santa Ene

Kuroha wants a present, and Ene tells him that naughty guys like him get COAL for Christmas. Kuroha leans in to kiss her on the cheek as thanks for her hard work as a Santa.

Ene: It's Christmas!!! Which means it's time for presents!!!

Kuroha: Where's my present, hm?

Ene: Put the gun away, tough guy, it's CHRISTMAS!!!

Kuroha: Oh? This one is just a toy gun, though. (<- Is he lying or telling the truth? Who knows!!!)

Ene: Bad naughty guys like you just get COAL!!! BLEH!!! NO PRESENTS FOR YOU!!! (//>~<//) (:P)

Kuroha knows how to appeal to Ene's need for praise and attention so he just "butters her up" - showers her with praise and compliments and flattery, and Ene responds like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah!!! Call me cute!!! Say I'm the cutest Santa in the whole world~ And MAYBE I'll think about giving you your present~" And pouts and crosses her arms at him in Ene's classic embarrassed tsundere fashion.

It would be cute if he kisses her (like on the cheek or the lips), and then says, "Thank you for your hard work this year, Santa~" And Ene just explodes (//O//O//) /lh

KuroEne make snow sculptures together

Kuroha makes a giant snake snow sculpture, and Kuroha helps Ene make a giant chibi version of herself

KuroEne x Vocaloid Songs

Magnet by minato 🦋

Strawberry by Kashii Moimi 🍓

Bougainvillea by Kashii Moimi 💐

Sweet Devil by Hachioji-P 💗

Cinderella by DECO*27 👠

Made a list of possible art ideas for the future. This isn't the whole list, but these are some of the main ones I was thinking of

I would love to create Tegaki (Fan-animatic) MVs for my faves in the future, but atm I'm gonna focus more on art and short comic ideas since they're much more do-able.

Kashii Moimi songs are so Love/Hate core so they work great for KuroEne. And Magnet comps would be fun too since they already wear headphones

KuroEne AUs (Fanon-verse)

Halloween AU: Vampire Kuroha and Witch Ene 🦇🪄

Ene as a witch that can turn into a cat. Heehee

He wants his fave treat...

Halloween KuroEne in a Route where Kuroha pretends to be apart of the MekaDan would be so funny

I wrote a scenario on this, but this post is getting too long so I'll leave it for now

He'd get kicks scaring the other members at the Haunted House

So just imagine MekaDan at the Amusement Park's Haunted House in MR1 but Kuroha is there

Fate AU: Master/Servant AU KuroEne 🃏👑

Ene is a Master (Magus) and Kuroha/Saeru is an Alter Ego-class Servant.

TWEWY AU: KuroEne 💀

TWEWY AU with Kuroha/Saeru as a Reaper and Ene as a Player in the Reaper's Game

I was unsure of whether to make Saeru an Officer-rank Reaper, or the Conductor (head of the Reapers)

I'll decide eventually 🤔

Pokemon AU: KuroEne & KonoEne 💧⚡🍃

Kuroha: Dark and Poison

Ene: Water and Electric

Konoha: Normal, Fighting, and Grass

I think their main types would mainly be these, but they can also have others too. I mainly picked based on aesthetics and what would fit them. Picked these off the top of my head

I was trying to choose serpent-like Pokemon 🐍

Umbreon and Shiny Rayquaza have perfect Kuroha colours tbh. Black yellow and red

Rotom is perfect for Ene. It's cheeky and mischievous, and can enter and control appliances (just like her)

Glaceon has blue twintails and blue eyes.

Konoha's name means "Leaves" so I thought Grass types would be fitting.

Bewear would be funny with Konoha's superhuman strength

KuroEne AUs (Fanon-verse)

I mainly think about my canon-verse AUs the most cuz I'm just way more interested in canon-verse KuroEne.

I favour ships that are intense and dangerous, with compelling conflict and tension

These kinds of lighthearted fanon AUs don't provide me that kind of intensity... They're still cute for me to think about on the side, though

These are more self-explanatory

Royalty AU

Royal Kuroha x Royal Ene

Imagine them ballroom dancing...

Vampire Prince Kuroha x Princess Ene

All of my meow meow mf faves are Vampires so I'm biased

Big Bad Wolf Kuroha x Little Red Riding Hood Ene

Ene in a cute hoodie... WAHOO

[straybaddog06]

I may have made a sekai kagepro au, I’m still figuring things out but you can probably guess the eye powers based on order

[lapinarystar]

Grabs your hand.

Hatsune Miku is not an established character with solid lore.

Hatsune Miku is only sixteen if the song calls for it. She does not have set lore, she does not have set features, she is not always a girl, she is not always alive. Sometimes she's god, sometimes she dies- she has been in love with Luka, Rin, Len and Kaito- all within diffrent PROJECT DIVA MUSIC VIDEOS.

IT DEPENDS ON THE

PRODUCER!!!!!!

Project Sekai literally shows this- there's like 6 Miku's and each one is different depending on the group MAKING MUSIC WITH HER.

SOMETIMES SHES AI- SOMETIMES SHES THE DEMON KNOWN AS SLOTH- SOMETIMES SHE HAUNTS THE NARRATIVE- SOMETIMES SHES JUST EMO!!!!

MUCH LIKE REN AND LEN SHE HAS NO SET LORE. NO SET FACTS. SHE IS SIXTEEN SHE IS 1000 SHE IS A CAT GIRL SHE IS DEAD SHE IS A MURDERER. SHE IS IN A MENTAL ASLYUM SHE IS AN AI SHE IS THE CONCEPT OF MUSIC.

MIKU DOESNT EVEN ALWAYS HAVE BLUE HAIR!!!! (IN Mekakucity Actors 2014 ‧ Drama- SHE GETS BLUE HAIR EVENTUALLY YEAH, BUT HER CHARACTER STARTED WITH BLACK HAIR)

The only constant about Miku....is that she has pigtails- SIKE THERE'S LIKE 10 DIFFRENT MIKUS IN BASE GAME PROJECT DIVA THAT DONT EVEN HAVE PIGTAILS!

MIKU IS A VOICEBANK- HER DESIGN IS EVER CHANGING- SHE IS NOTHING MORE THEN A VECHICIAL FOR STORY TELLING.

CULTURAL MIKUS ARE FINE- ADULT MIKUS ARE FINE- NON-HUMAN MIKUS ARE FINE- MIKU AUS ARE FINE- MIKUO (BOY MIKU) IS FINE.

SHE IS A PAPERDOLL THAT IS YOURS TO CHANGE. HAVE FUN!

THE WORLD IS HERS AND SHE'S THE WORLDS!

[maririririr]

Now there’s a discord server I made for this! It has very cool stuff and you can ask questions in one of the channels. It will also have updates for when writing comes out! https://discord.gg/BH3P46H3

(Updated!! Kagepro csm au!!)

Denji - Shintaro (set on this.)

Kobeni - Marry

clearing eyes Ayano as makima.

Power - Ene/Takane

Pochita - Tono

Arai - Seto

Quanxi - kido

Cosmo - momo

Aki - kano

Angel devil - Konoha

Yutaro - Hibiya

Michiko - Hiyori

Shintaro chainsawman au basic desc: Shintaro, 18 years old, virgin, is trapped in his room ever sense his friends died. His dad is dead, his mom is sick, and his sister is busy with too much work to keep money coming in to keep their mom healthy. His only companion is his bunny, Tono. He has to learn how to survive on his own, fighting devils to keep money in for himself and his mom.

Clearing eyes Ayano chainsawman au desc: once Ayano tries to kill herself, she failed, and clearing eyes took over her body. Once Shintaro finds her again, he’s shocked and Ayano says that she didn’t actually die, it failed and she was in a coma. But she’s back now. Shintaro, as the piles of guilt surround him from the past of Ayano killing herself—or what he thought—decides to do whatever Ayano says as he feels he deserves it, and it’s to make up for always being ignorant in the past.

Marry chainsawman au: forced to work for Ayano and fight devils or she would stay alone in the forest. Becomes close friends with Seto. Basic Kobeni traits.

Ene/Takane chainsawman au: after dying from her illness, Takane—the blood fiend—manages to take over a dead body. She’s energetic, and loves pushing Shintaro around. Basic power traits. Power/denji dynamic with Ene and Shintaro.

Kano chainsawman au: Kano joined the public safety devil hunters mostly to get revenge for his mom being killed when he was little. He is aware of ayanos attempted suicide, as she is his adoptive big sister. He isn’t aware that clearing possessed Ayano, but he figures it’s just something going on after the attempted suicide. she pairs him up with Ene and Shintaro. And even though he is very chaotic, he’s also laid-back and chill. He isn’t sure he’ll be able to handle these hooligans. But, he’ll play it off like he always does.

Tono chainsawman au: Tono, Shintaros only companion—a rabbit. A bunny with a chainsaw? A chainsaw bunny. After a dangerous fight with devils, killing both Shintaro and Tono, Tono decides to save Shintaro by becoming his heart.

Seto chainsawman au: being apart of the public safety devil hunters, he gets partnered with Marry. They become close over the time the spend with eachother, Marry especially dependent on Seto. Basic Setomarry dynamic:)

Kido chainsawman au: part of the public safety devil hunters. She is strong and a leader, basic Kido and Quanxy traits.

Momo chainsawman au: momo, apart of the public safety devil hunters, is the cosmos fiend. She is also kidos girlfriend. Basic momo and cosmo traits. Also Shintaro’s sister (somehow. Plothole will never be explained.)

[jamsofdeath0]

my current random fucking AU brainrot is 2 weeks or so after mekakucity actors and like the time loop is done. Shintaro is minding his own business out pretty late at night. not because he wanted to be. but because it's sister needed emergency pads. he's on the way to the closest convenience store. when boom he's attacked. bitten. bitten by what? a vampire. a real ass can't go out in the daylight have to drink human blood vampire. unlucky bastard has gone from time loop protagonist to like Gothic horror monster protagonist.

not to say he's like the protagonist of kagepro. it's a mixed medium sometimes anthology. theyre all the protagonist. but you know what I mean.

anyway I had to get that out there because the chances of me actually writing it are pretty low.

[bitterandenraged]

Immediately posting more of my AU because i'm insane about it. I love everything i have planned for it.

Anyways here's a quick first glance at the Dan !!!

Previous part !! vvv

[akinosenoragami]

I made this like in the middle of this month. Team B Kagerou daze au

Why? I was gonna post this on august 15th but then I realized shoot. I forgot. It is unfortunate I couldn't experience the timeloop for myself...:( but I did binge watch the entirety of Mekakucity actors!

[loopingpyre]

Monogatari Mekakucity Actors AU.....

[stepswordsen]

【KagePro】 KuroEne/SaeEne 🖤💛💙

【KagePro】 KuroEne/SaeEne 🖤💛💙

【カゲプロ】 黒コノエネ/クロエネ/冴えエネ

My shadow wants to swallow up this dream of yours.

Intro Rambles

Happy 9/6! Happy HaruTaka/KonoEne/KuroEne Day!!! 🖤 💛 💙 🥳 🎉

I've loved 9/6 and all related ships for over 10 years now 🥰💞

KuroEne was baby Sen's 1st ship that I was OBSESSED with as a 12 year old, and after 10 years, the KuroEne obsession is here to stay.

Snake x Bunny 🐍🐇

Ene's twintails look like bunny ears 💙

I came back to KagePro in April and got obsessed with Kuroha and KuroEne again, exactly as I predicted. Turns out I'm not immune when my meow meow mf gets handsy with my wife.

B*tches when Snake of Clearing Eyes. I'm b*tches! /lh

I first got into KagePro when I was 12 when I watched the Outer Science MV. Sidu's MV aesthetics and Kuroha's design drew me in immediately. Great design and song~

I'm obsessed with Meow meow mf charas. Black and white colour scheme and design aesthetics. Causes problems on purpose. Sen-core bastard cat. Smug chaotic edgy evil asshole character. Violent, unhinged, bloodthirsty and murderous. Arrogant with a huge ego that distances them from humanity (or social interactions).

All of my top fave masc charas are like this. There's literally no one with more obvious and predictable tastes than me LMAO 😭

Kuroha/Saeru, the embodiment of "Knowledge/Wisdom" as a dark evil cunning and malicious entity in KagePro, and the main source of conflict and tension in the plot, is so interesting to me.

The truly evil monster who wears the face of a past love.

With Ene, I'm very enamoured with her chara and design. The way the way she acts so cheery and self-centered in the hopes of Shintaro to open up more, how she wants to be someone else's friend to subside their loneliness, the same kind of loneliness she'd always felt back then… It also feels like over-compensation for her past regrets, wahh, Ene… ;_;

Rough sketch WIPs. I love their expressions here sm~ I started playing around with Gradient Maps cuz I love picking colours. My works tend to lean more saturated with high contrast, so I ended up going with a more saturated palette.

This shows my process for picking colours. The final one I ended up picking is the 1st one. It has a blue hue shift on Ene, red hue shift on Kuroha, and generally more saturated colours and higher contrast. The last one shows the colours I started with.

The more red + purple toned Kuroha has really nice visual contrast against Ene's cool colours (blues) in her design tbh~

I started off with a more muted palette (different from what I'm used to), but ended up going with more saturated colours cuz I think it fit the mood of the piece more. Though I think it'd still be fun to do both a Muted Colours and Saturated Colours version!

These doodles aren't refined, and just me roughly filling in the base colours on my sketches to get an idea of colours. Since Idk when I'll get to refine these drawings and clean up the sketch and lines

Shadow gate to love by Guilty Kiss is sooo Sen ship-core. It basically works for every Light/Darkness, Angel/Devil, and Narrative Opposites ship of mine. Oh baby shadow gay~ 🌈

KuroEne has such a unique context as a ship cuz it uses HaruTaka and KonoEne (my no. 2 KagePro ships), as a basis. Ene has a "special" relationship with the person that Saeru uses as his vessel.

KuroEne is like the equivalent of the evil sleep paralysis demon (in this case, evil sadistic parasitic snake) possessing your past love (Haruka), or the person that you're conflicted about, but still have a certain kind of tenderness for (Konoha)

Sadistic parasitic evil snake bf and computer virus gf~

Ene already gets flustered around Konoha who is airheaded. So with Saeru, the teasing would just be merciless, cuz Ene is easy to rile up. ENE BELOVED…

KuroEne is SUCH an interesting ship to think about and analyze due to their characters' context and the potential of the complicated, complex, and messy relationship that they would have.

They give me immense brainrot.

I'll talk about the setting of my KuroEne AU. I'll put the rest of my rambles and art WIPs under the cut! I copy pasted these rambles from my side blog and previous post, since it's pretty long.

It feels fitting to include it again, cuz it's basically the big summary of my KuroEne AU.

Art Rambles

Version 8: Lineart (Multiply + Colour Burn) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (50% Opacity)

Version 7: Lineart (Multiply + Colour Burn) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (20% Opacity)

Version 6: Lineart (Multiply) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (50% Opacity)

Version 5: Lineart (Multiply) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (20% Opacity)

Version 4: Lineart (Multiply + Colour Burn) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (20% Opacity)

Version 3: Lineart (Multiply) + Increased saturation on Ene's Eyes (20% Opacity)

Version 2: Coloured Lineart

(Sketch is coloured a dark blue)

Version 1: Lineart (Multiply + Colour Burn)

(Sketch is coloured black)

KuroEne Kiss 😚 🖤 💙

Progress WIP shots of the Lineart set on Multiply vs. Multiply + Colour Burn (Combined)

These are still super sketchy lines for me since it's the 1st sketch pass (that looked good right away ^^)

I drew Kuroha with black nails (since I have a tendency to add painted nails and/or eyeliner on my fave) but Kuroha having black nails just felt so natural I forgot it was even a HC

I'm planning to do more sketch passes to clean up the sketch later on

Also I'm gonna say. Their headphones are lowkey annoying to draw 😭

Kuroha's are at least easier to draw due to the shape, but Ene's has this rectangular part on it that I honestly dislike drawing. I'll fix the sketch up eventually.

Also I adjusted the white colour on Ene's sweater compared to last time, so it's a bright tinted blue~ish white instead of pure white

Usually I don't repost stuff unless I redraw stuff (or make new edits and significant changes), but I figured I could talk about my art process this time.

I initially had Ene's eyes as ice blue for visual contrast against her hair.

With the lines being set on Multiply, the lines are slightly translucent

With the lines being set on Multiply + Colour Burn (combined), the lines gain a subtle glow on the edges.

In response to the lines being lighter, I upped the saturation of Ene's eyes.

I think having it at 20% Opacity looks best cuz it still harmonizes with the colours well

And I think I lightened the value of Kuroha's inner clothes a bit compared to last time. I'll play around with the values later.

I have a tendency to shift hues in my arts for the colours used for lighting and shadows, to keep things looking visually interesting.

That's why I roughly splotched red on Kuroha's hair, and pinks on Ene's hair and sweater to get an idea of colours

I've been playing around with a Auto Action called Better Line Color that you can find on the CSP Assets Store that colours the lines according to the colours underneath, and makes a subtle glow on the lineart.

It does some steps like Gaussian Blur, other adjustments, then sets the Layer Mode to Colour Burn, Linear Burn, or Multiply.

The duplicated lineart, when set to Colour Burn, creates a nice subtle glowy effect that I've been using on my coloured doodles.

Having coloured lines makes such a huge difference with my art. I think it has a really nice effect on my art 🥰

When I first tried it with the KuroEne doodle though, I was so confused cuz all white colours would show OVER the lineart. I found it strange cuz it didn't happen on my other drawings.

So then, for the KuroEne doodle, I just set the lines to Multiply Layer Mode instead. I think both versions look nice ^^

Colour Burn darkens shadows, deepens colours but preserves whites, so the whites show over the coloured lineart. The solution is to change the pure white to a tinted colour white instead. I'll fix that and make edits and combine both versions later.

So far, the dark spirals around Kuroha are on the same layers as the sketch, so it has the glowy lineart effect on it. Though I'll eventually make the dark spirals apart of the colours instead, like in Version 2

The version with the saturated purple glow still looks nice. This time I combined both Multiply and Colour Burn lineart versions.

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I've been having fun playing around with colours, seeing which layers to turn off and such.

I've been playing around with Gradient Maps and Hue shifts and slightly different colours.

The purple/red toned Kuroha one is also really nice cuz it has nice visual contrast against all the cool colours (blues) in Ene's design

Red vs. blue contrast <3

Plus, it fits Kuroha to be tinted with red...

Considering the red tinted shots in the Outer Science MV where he smears the Mekakushi Dan members' blood over his face.

Love the chosen shots in this MV. Outer Science is my top fave KagePro MV due to its stunning visuals and visual storytelling. Additional Memory and Losstime Memory are also in my top faves.

The white, black and red shots here look so good. And the expressions as well~ I love Sidu's brilliant visual aesthetic sense.

KuroEne Rambles

Ok I also have something to add (once again I'm snatching these rambles from my side blog's rambles cuz I've yapped way too much about these two)

It's pretty unfortunate that my yapping and ramble posts outspeeds me creating art so I'm just waiting for the chance to draw so many of my KuroEne writing and art ideas so I can post them on main combined with drawings

Canon verse KuroEne is not “romance,” at least definitely not in the traditional sense. But there IS desire and passion, and a sense of yearning/longing, a need for warmth and fulfillment. It’s filled with desperation and tension and conflict, which makes it really interesting…

When I think about their relationship in this kind of canon-verse AU setting, it's infused with feelings of love, obsession, desire, passion, yearning, and attachment.

It's so fun to think about Kuroha's selfish twisted nature and dark urges, combined with Ene's bold tenacity and confidence. Since he's someone that's generally observant and good at reading people and their desires, it makes him pair well with Ene who has trouble facing more honest feelings and being open about the things she wants.

I think a lot of things are playing into their relationship dynamic. Like the circumstances of HaruTaka and KonoEne's context, Kuroha's omniscience and knowledge, desire, and a craving/yearning for warmth, touch, and affection and companionship on Ene's end, and the pull she feels for him because of the vessel he uses, and his intimate knowledge of her.

For 9/6 day, it's time to blast the anthem of my fave ship, Yuukei Yesterday~ The song dedicated to Takane's feelings and HaruTaka~ Tatatara!! 💗

Considering the theme of my art, though, I put a lyric from Shadow gate to love.

I also wanna say that I'm seriously obsessed with my genderfluid Kuroha HC 💞

Kuroha can change his body into whatever he wants by using Konoha's Eye Ability, Awakening Eyes. In Novel Route, he knows how to use Awakening Eyes to rebuild the body molecule by molecule and make him immune to other Eye Abilities.

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I think it's interesting that canon verse KuroEne is a ship that's so tinged with angst and tragedy. But I also love that aspect about them.

I think that in the context of a Kuroha ship AU, Kuroha believes that he and his S/O have a connection of karmic fate with each other, in the way that they'll continue to meet across all the different time loops, for all of eternity.

Kuroha’s love would inevitably be very dark and twisted, because he is that way at his core. At the end of a Route, he kills his S/O, and/or their friends, in order to meet with them forever. Ensuring the next coming of a new cycle is a priority to him.

The intimate knowledge that Kuroha/Saeru would have of his partner’s desires, wants, past, insecurities, relationships, etc., due to all the time loop resets, is so interesting to think about.

And, he gets to be with the other party forever by doing this. It’s a win win for him! He doesn’t want to give that up. Cuz in some fucked up way, in his fucked up form of love and obsession, he creates the concept of “eternity” with his S/O, by killing them, and/or, their friends, constantly, endlessly.

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Kuroha is someone that wants to draw out "truth" to add to his "knowledge" (massive knowledge bank) and explore endless possibilities.

And Ene is someone who has trouble being honest, especially with her wants/desires, and Saeru was created for the purpose of granting wishes. So he finds it fun to tease her and rile her up, and fulfill her desires for warmth and pleasure, etc.

Ene asks Kuroha if he's learning how to pretend to be human throughout all the time loop resets. Kuroha says there’s no “pretending” about it. And it's true. He's been here since even before the beginning of the world. He asks her if you can really call it pretending at that point.

The end of Outer Science's MV shows Saeru in Azami's hair even before the creation of the world. He's existed before humans were born. He knows the nature of humans better than anyone else after observing them for a long time. He has so much knowledge, that the sheer extent of it is just unfathomable to the average person.

Each time the Route resets, he gets to “perfect” his knowledge, and in the context of intimacy, he gets to know his partner and their intimate desires even better and better, each time.

He constantly refines and adds to his “knowledge” every new Route. He likes learning new things about the other party. Kuroha likes how Ene, with her confrontational, brazen personality, and predictable unpredictability, always manages to find a way to catch him off guard and surprise him.

Kuroha/Saeru possessing Konoha's body means he has his face. His body. His voice. Ene can't shake off the feeling of how uncanny his resemblance is to them, physically, and gets reminded of Haruka and Konoha around him.

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Now I'll copy paste my rambles from my old posts that summarizes my KuroEne AU. Here. I added some new stuff at the end

KuroEne AU: Set-up

Source: KagePro LN: 7 - from the darkness - Colour Illustration Source: Sidu's Mekakushi Dan Members Colour Illustrations

Ok, I'm just gonna ramble about the setting of my KuroEne AU.

I also included a summary for context just in case my non-KagePro mutuals want to tune in to read these rambles.

I just wrote this quickly before I go to sleep. I have more to say but I think this is a good starter.

In official KagePro media, the present day plot starts after 2 years, on the fateful day of August 15th (Kagerou/Heat Haze) Day.

The Kagerou Daze, the never ending world, swallows up people who die on August 15th, and gives those with especially strong desires, who are compatible with an Eye Ability, a substitute life so that they can return to the real world.

In most Routes, Saeru ends up orchestrating Haruka and Takane's deaths. One thing you'll learn about KagePro is that this guy (Kuroha) is responsible for almost everything bad that happens

Because killing them so that they'd come out with an Eye Ability, is a part of his plan to get the rest of Azami's snakes out of the Kagerou Daze and into the real world.

Haruka's death leads to the creation of Konoha, and Takane's death causes her to lose her human body and become a cyber girl named Ene

There are multiple different ways that a KuroEne AU could go, depending on the Route. KuroEne AU Routes are so fun to write, because any time I get a new idea, I can just put into a different Route (timeline) to explore all the "What if" scenarios that don't fit into a single Route.

Kuroha's Plan and KonoEne

Source: @/x0401x

Mekakushi Dan Clear Files: (X)

Normally, the rest of the Mekakushi Dan members meet each other in the present day plot after 2 years, the fateful day of August 15th, the day Kuroha/Saeru plans to kill everyone.

Kuroha/Saeru's plan is to gather all the snakes with a new Medusa in the real world (bringing the rest of Azami's snakes out of the Kagerou Daze to the real world), and killing all Eye Ability users.

Then, he forces Marry, "the next Master," to rewind the world using the power of the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes.

In official media, Kuroha/Saeru usually possesses Konoha's body at the end of a Route on August 15th, the day he plans to proceed with the "Tragedy" and kill everyone.

I imagine that in my KuroEne AU, Kuroha/Saeru possesses Konoha's body MUCH earlier. Like, anywhere within the timespan after Takane and Haruka's deaths (1 - 2 years)

Because of this, Konoha and Ene usually end up meeting and befriending each other earlier. Ene recognizes Konoha as Haruka's game avatar from back then, and mistakes him for Haruka. Konoha asks if she has the wrong person, and Ene gets heartbroken at Konoha's seeming amnesia and inability to remember her.

Ene imposes a sense of distance around Konoha due to her conflicting feelings (he resembles the person she loved but isn't him).

In my AU, KonoEne establish a relationship dynamic of some kind (which varies depending on the Route), which either progresses to an acquaintance-ship, friendship, or intimate relationship.

Kuroha introduces himself to Ene for their first meeting in a Route

Source: Sidu's 2016 Calendar Hanafuda Set

And then, at some point, Kuroha/Saeru possesses Konoha's body. At this point, when he introduces himself and makes himself known to Ene for the first time, he can choose what information he wants to reveal, and how much.

For example, Kuroha can choose if he wants to introduce himself as Black Konoha, and/or "Saeru," or whether to reveal it for later. (And he also chooses whether he wants to reveal his true identity as the Snake of Clearing Eyes.)

Ene later nicknames him "Kuroha" and "Saeru" to shorten the name.

He knows that the 1st one would be more familiar to Ene. To introduce himself with the 2nd one would make Ene more distrusting/suspicious of him.

He most likely doesn't reveal his true intentions (to kill the Mekakushi Dan) so soon, because he knows that if he does, Ene is (obviously) not gonna want to "play the game" (of being intimate with him) anymore, cuz it means that he is literally putting her and her friends' lives in danger.

Though, across multiple Routes, he probably does play around and experiment with the timing of when he reveals certain information, and how much.

I think in most Routes, Ene is suspicious of him at first, and asks about his intentions and what he's really after, and Kuroha/Saeru just tells her that it's too early to say yet, and that she will find out soon.

(Though, Kuroha could probably quell her suspicions with enough convincing, due to the massive amount of knowledge he carries)

KuroEne AU: Context

Source: Mega Man Battle Network 6 (Rockman.exe 6)

In my KuroEne AU, Kuroha/Saeru, who has messed around with human technology and innovation, has been able to develop a humanoid android/robot body with human flesh that Ene can transfer into.

This concept is inspired by Mega Man Battle Network (Rockman.exe), specifically, the NetNavis (humans' companion AIs in this universe) from MMBN/EXE.

NetNavis can transfer into CopyBots (android bodies) for limited amounts of time, to move around in the real world. These CopyBots take the appearance of the NetNavi that transfer into it.

In my KuroEne AU, I imagine it's battery powered, but with every Route, he gets better and faster at making it. Like he improves the battery life over time, so it goes from lasting an hour to lasting a whole day, etc.

According to the KagePro LNs, Kuroha/Saeru has knowledge from everything from the start of civilization...

Shintaro in the KagePro LNs compares Saeru to "a living encyclopedia with a full grasp of everything from the start of civilization up to modern science."

That LN bit confirms that Kuroha/Saeru carries knowledge of the history of mankind and its technologies over (probably) millions or thousands of years.

Especially when scientists have made developments regarding wrapping living human-like skin onto a robot that can heal when cut.

If he carries knowledge from the start of civilization, so much knowledge that it's unfathomable to the average person, then yeah I definitely think he could get it done (especially for the sake of my AU).

KuroEne's Intimacy

Source: (X)

Scan: @/ayara-resara

Kuroha proposes that he has a solution for Ene not being able to move around in the real world, and introduces the little invention that he made, for her to test out, which Ene eventually agrees to, out of curiosity.

Ene feels a sense of gratefulness to him for allowing her to move around in the real world since it gets lonely in the cyber world, not being able to feel or touch anyone on the outside…

Kuroha gets to know and bonds with Ene, anywhere within this 1 - 2 year timespan, and at some point, Kuroha and Ene get intimate with each other.

Ene gives into the sense of longing/yearning that she feels for Kuroha/Saeru, a yearning for warmth and touch after being stuck alone in the cyber world for so long (in spite of everything - if she knows about his true identity at this point), which is in part caused by his vessel (being Konoha, who's in Haruka's body).

Kuroha knows how to react to her and what to say to her and how to act around her due to his knowledge, and so, seduces his S/O and tempts her with carnal pleasures, and they indulge in "the game/dance" of being intimate with each other.

Because Kuroha/Saeru keeps memories of previous Routes, he remembers memories of being with the Enes of previous Routes, and thus, knows how to react to her when talking/chatting with her normally, knows how to appease Ene's behaviours and whims, goes along with what she wants, knows how to get the responses he wants when he wants something from his partner (so he knows how to seduce them), and knows how to satisfy his partner in the context of intimacy.

Because of the knowledge he carries, he knows the context, past, Eye Abilities, vulnerabilities, etc., of every Mekakushi Dan member, and that includes Ene. So he'd definitely know about Haruka and Takane, and Konoha and Ene's context and relationship together.

The person who's her greatest enemy (whether she knows it at this point or not), very literally knows everything about her.

And not only that, the greatest enemy of the Mekakushi Dan, knows her better than she knows herself.

Kuroha's Nature

Source: COSPA - Tsumamare Series (Keychains and Rubber Strap Charms)

Not only does he weaponize Konoha's body by using Konoha's body as a murder weapon to kill everyone at the end of a Route, he weaponizes words, too. Kuroha/Saeru uses "knowledge" as an advantage over his partner, and weaponizes knowledge. Actually staggering advantage. Because he knows almost everything.

Kuroha ships are like the only time I have ships where one party in the ship has THIS much of an advantage over their partner.

Therefore, as I said before, Kuroha/Saeru ultimately has a power imbalance with his partner (any Mekakushi Dan member that he could be paired with).

He has an overwhelming advantage over his partner due to his role (set-up as an antagonist constantly killing the cast) and capabilities. It is ultimately in his favour.

That fact in itself, that the power imbalance exists, isn't inherently a bad thing, it just means that you NEED to tread carefully with portraying Kuroha's ships. I always make sure to depict my ships with as much care as possible, and as healthy as possible.

Ene is one of the characters who is a really good match with him. Because making Ene more assertive and dominant in the KuroEne ship, and making them take turns in leading intimacy, with having Kuroha letting Ene take control through their bedroom intimacy at times, helps alleviate this power imbalance slightly.

Kuroha is literally so fucked up dude cuz even his twisted form of affection that he holds for his S/O (the Mekakushi Dan member who he's paired with), is still in a twisted, selfish, self-serving way.

Due to his twisted nature, he embodies Koi (恋), "Selfish love," "loving someone for their own sake."

Even when he caters to his partner's pleasures, it still ultimately caters to his pleasures the most. That makes him interesting, though. Someone so inherently dark and twisted and sinister, with selfish desires like that… 🥰💖✨

Misc Rambles

So I imagine, in most KuroEne AU routes, he reveals his true intentions either approaching the fated day of August 15th, or right on the day of August 15th.

There's absolutely a sense of betrayal that Ene would feel following the reveal of his true intentions - he built up a relationship with her, on purpose, just to drop the worst possible scenario imaginable.

Like let's be real. The reveal of "I've been killing you and your friends throughout multiple Routes (timelines)" just sounds like a nightmarish scenario, especially if you've been fucking this guy, like come on. 😭

And something that would make Ene get especially pissed at him, is if he decides to reveal that he was responsible for orchestrating Haruka and Takane's deaths in the first place.

(In official media, Ene sees Konoha for the first time, on August 15th, 2 years after Haruka and Takane's deaths)

Though, there are probably KuroEne AU routes where Konoha and Ene don't get the chance to meet each other - Routes where Kuroha/Saeru possesses Konoha's body before the two can actually meet, so when Ene sees who she thinks is "Konoha" for the first time, it's actually Kuroha/Saeru. With this kind of setting, he could even pretend to be Konoha, if he wanted.

And then on August 15th, he proceeds with killing the Mekakushi Dan with sadistic glee (and even his S/O - though if he's feeling nice, then he can spare them, since he doesn't need to kill everyone), and forces Marry to rewind the world.

Thankfully, due to the nature of Ene's body and predicament, she won't feel physical pain when he kills her. And then, a new Route (timeline) begins.

Previous KuroEne Posts

In my new post (this one), I wrote more about the set-up of my KuroEne AU, and then copy pasted my old rambles. I copy pasted the summary of my KuroEne AU cuz it felt relevant since I'm posting the same art.

My old post has some more rambles regarding some general ideas of my KuroEne AU (since I didn't feel the need to copy paste the same stuff here too)

Shadow gate to love

Lyrics:

Song: (X)

These lyrics work so well for ships like LimGuda, XanLena, IdaTatsu, and KuroEne.

The song sung by the sub-unit, Guilty Kiss, in Love Live! Sunshine!! My favourite version of Shadow gate to love is this fan-edit that pitches down the song to match the original voice actors’ voices, compared to their characters’ voices (which are higher in pitch)

Shadow gate to love is sooo Sen ship-core. It basically works for every Light/Darkness, Angel/Devil, and Narrative Opposites ship of mine.

It’s my song to fall back on if I can’t think of any other songs for my ships. I think it fits these 4 the best, though.

Oh baby shadow gay~ 🌈

The lyrics are in the link above.

The lyrics of the song works for all of my meow meow mfs in general.

In KagePro, though, the mention of "Strong scented eyes" takes on another meaning cuz of the emphasis on EYES, particularly the Eye Abilities.

I also love the emphasis on the Light/Darkness aspect and seduction in the lyrics.

KuroEne: Kuroha seduces Ene by tempting her with carnal pleasures, and keeps the secrets of his plan to commit the Tragedy (killing the Mekakushi Dan on August 15th, Kagerou Day) hidden from her. He tells her "beautiful lies" in order to keep up his facade.

He decides to act tamer prior to the fated date of August 15th, catering to her desires and befriending and bonding her and spending time with her and actually getting to know her. They'd do soft and fluffy stuff like go to the amusement park together, play video games together, and eventually, get intimate with each other.

Due to his inherently dark and twisted nature, Kuroha/Saeru prioritizes his own desires and desire for immortality, and constantly keeps causing the Tragedy by killing the Mekakushi Dan, Marry's friends, forcing the time loop resets. He also believes that doing this allows him to be with his partner forever, because he can continue to come and meet them forever and ever.

Ai (愛) vs. Koi (恋)

Azami's genuine pure form of love for her family, willingly sacrificing herself for her family and mankind.

Vs.

(In the context of a Kuroha ship AU)

Kuroha/Saeru holding a twisted form of affection and obsession for his S/O and wanting to continue the time loop Tragedy in order to be with his S/O forever in a twisted, selfish, self-serving way.

He looks up to his Masters and serves them, but won't put anyone else above himself and his wants and needs.

In the end, he's doing this all for Azami, because he believes that this is what she truly wanted and needed, but ends up being the one causing her the most suffering.

"Selfless" vs. "Selfish" love.

Ai (愛) vs. Koi (恋)

Azami -> "Loving someone for the sake of someone else"

Kuroha -> "Loving someone for one's own sake"

Kuroha's twisted selfish love and how he ultimately loves someone for his own sake, to experience the "high" of being in love...

Reminded of that one chapter title from FGO: Tunguska Sanctuary event (Koyanskaya's main story chapter)

"Love is Karma, and Karma is..."

This fits so well with Kuroha/Saeru's character and KuroEne. Good god.

I can't put any more images due to Tumblr's image limit so you can read about the two loves (Ai vs. Koi) here

Source: (X)

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If you wanna put it crudely or in funny terms, then Kuroha ships are like the most elaborate ships with the time loop tragedy causing serial killer, in the history of anything ever. But actually really interesting and fascinating.

"I'm gonna kill you" boogaloo (and nothing else) is not very compelling for ships (and even in general) lol

In canon-verse, Kuroha/Saeru lacks humanity and forms of care for others (when compared to my other faves).

That's why I wanted to explore the ideas of Kuroha messing around in the Routes and actually getting to know the Mekakushi Dan members before he kills them all.

[theartisticintrovert]

currently percolating an au idea in my brainicles, though i doubt I'm gonna do anything with it any time soon bc im a busy bitch lmao

the basic idea is persona 5 swap au, but instead of akechi/joker swap it's akechi/futaba swap. more details under the cut (also big huge thanks to my bud @lunagalemaster for enabling me <3)

so this actually spawned bc i have milgram project brainrot rn, and while listening to mu's first audio drama some things about persona 5 clicked. luna mentioned that wakaba being so caring towards futaba despite her being born out of wedlock is actually not the norm, and it's some pretty important cultural context we missed.

naturally, i made a joke that the real akechi foil was the futabas we found along the way...but actually it could work!

in this version, everything up to medjed is the same wrt palaces and such, but shadow madarame doesn't mention the black mask bc black mask doesn't exist. more on that later.

instead, he mentions a hacker that's been exposing and/or threatening people, doxxing them, etc. you guessed it, it's futaba.

she doesn't have leblanc bugged bc she doesn't live with sojiro, she lives with either her (less shitty) relatives or a random foster family, so she doesn't actually know who the pts are.....yet. mishima better hope his website security is beefy as hell, im just saying.

her whole plan is to dig up as much dirt on shido and the conspiracy as she can, then go to him in person, slap the information down on his desk, inform him she's his daughter and that she knows he killed her mom, and then basically blast all that shit all over twitter. she also has a deadman switch set up so that even if he kills her, the info still goes out.

of course, shido knows about her already, because genius or not she's still 15. he just doesn't care bc he thinks he's untouchable.

akechi, on the other hand, is sojiro's ward. he's not a shut-in due to anxiety, but more in a sense of "what's the point?"

he takes online courses, either highschool or college depending on if i wanna accelerate him a bit, so he doesn't see the point in leaving really. it's not like there's anything interesting outside, so why bother?

if you've ever seen either the mekakucity actors anime or the mv for lost time memory from kagerou project, you probably know exactly who im basing him on.

anyway he does have a palace, it's a void of foggy swamp with ruins scattered around, like futabas endless desert in canon. a charon-like figure drifts around the swamp in a little raft, and surprise! that's shadow akechi.

he's only got the one persona since he has no detective prince mask, and that's loki, though ill probably fuck around a bit personality wise. who knows, maybe his persona actually is charon lmao

luna said it adds a new dimension to the black mask/crow persona and i fully agree: depressed, directionless, passively suicidal akechi's first real full force emotion in YEARS? anger. like how futabas was determination and righteous justice, his is anger and spite at how society managed to convince him to drift through the life he fought so hard to have.