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【KagePro】 KuroEne Ticket Commission by Mire 🖤💙🐍🐇

Kuroha (Saeru) and Ene Ticket Commission by Mire (@/miremiremire)

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Intro

Dance of Love in the Midst of Chaos (*)

"The world can never tear us apart, we will always meet again." (*)

"I'll let you taste the biting fangs of love, and the intoxicating poison of pleasure…"

"I'll take you even further… I'll push you to the brink, and let you fall with me into the abyss. Ene..."

"Now... Shall we dance again?"

I commissioned KuroEne wearing formal wear in a Gothic ballroom with a Snake and Bunny theme, while they're surrounded by their flowers: Black Higanbana (Cluster Amaryllis) and Blue Star Milkweeds (Tweedia) 🖤💙🐍🐇💐

I asked for Kuroha to be drawn in his Design Poll outfit, and for Ene to be drawn in her Seek at Mekakucity outfit 🥰

I asked for a Snake wrapping around a bunny with hearts, sparkles, and roses, and provided the ticket info, including the seat numbers and quotes.

Thank you to Feila for helping me discuss and come up with ideas 💗 Feila came up with the title (live concert name) and quote used in the commission, which I marked with an asterisk (*)

"Dance of Love in the Midst of Chaos" = Live Concert Name

"The world will never end, we will always meet again" = Quote

I'm glad you were able to share your thoughts with me!

I also thought of using quotes from my KuroEne AU for the commission, but they wouldn't fit, given the space, so I just decided to include them here.

Ene's Mekakushi Dan number code is 6, and Kuroha is known as XX/XXX since he's not apart of the Mekakushi Dan.

So I thought it'd be a neat reference to include in the Ticket info~ The seat/row/gate numbers are a genius combination.

I chose Black Higanbana and Blue Star Milkweeds as KuroEne's flowers based on their Hanakotoba meanings. The colours and flower symbolisms suit them very well. So I asked for them to be included in the comm.

Kuroha: Higanbana - The Flower of Death, Death and the Cycle of Rebirth

Ene: Blue Star Milkweeds - Happy love, hearts that believe in each other

Mire drew both a long and short hair version of Ene's hair! I love both versions, but I love how flowy her hair looks in the 1st one. I feel like it fits very well with the composition.

Mire included Kuroha's yellow circles on the Oshi mark of the snake wrapping around the bunny. Oh my god... I love the inclusion of the thorned roses as well... 🌹

The snakes wrapped around Saeru and the bunnies around Ene... Cute... 🥺

There's SO much detail and effort put into this...

Thoughts

I'm SUPER happy with how my commission turned out! 💗✨ Everything is so breathtakingly beautiful! Mire's art style, colours, rendering, and attention to detail are so amazing! I was awed by how detailed the background is~

My commission is SO stunning! I'm still in awe by the commission! KuroEne look SO pretty in Mire's style! 🥺😭💗💘💞

Mire perfectly captured the couple's themes and expressions 🥺💖 I love how the small chibis on the ticket came out too~

Mire first sent me a message a few days ago to check in with me asking if any revisions need to be made.

Mire was very accomodating with minor colour and detail fixes, such as with Kuroha and Ene's headphones, Kuroha's yellow circles, Ene's digital facial structures, and the snake on Kuroha (which I asked to change from a white snake to a black snake with red eyes)

The changes fit them a lot more so I'm very grateful!

Great communication and very quick with updates. I'll definitely be back to commission Mire again in the future! ✨

Mire seriously outdid my expectations tenfold...

How detailed the gothic ballroom is, the flowers (black higanbana and blue star milkweeds), the snake and rabbit around them, the ticket design with the little chibis, and icon of a snake curling around a bunny…

The ticket design is CRAZY good, along with the colours and rendering OMFG

I wasn't expecting the little chibis… They're such a nice touch

I was so surprised too because the turn around time was way faster than I expected... I sent the comm form around Oct 19

Feila pointed out that event tickets are usually printed on thermal paper, so I'd love to print out my commissions for personal use.

Misc Rambles

OH MY GOD MY HEART JUMPED WHEN I FIRST SAW THE ART

THE DETAIL IS CRAZYYYYY... THE CHIBIS ARE SO CUTE~ THE COLOURS AND RENDERING ARE SO GOOD AND THE FLOWERS AND BGS ARE SO WELL DRAWN!!! I'M OVER THE MOON!!!

I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL 🥹😭💗💘💞🫶✨

THEY LOOK SO GORGEOUS I'M ON THE FLOOR

HELLO I NEED TICKETS PLEASE

KUROENE INVITE ME TO YOUR WEDDING!!! 💥💥💥

ENE MY WIFE!!! MY PRINCESS!!! MY ANGEL!!! 💙💗💘💞✨

I LOVE HOW FLOWY HER HAIR LOOKS

MIRE MADE THEM LOOK SO GOOD THEY'RE SO PRETTY

THEIR EXPRESSIONS AND THE COLOURS AND RENDERING TOO!!!

THE ART IS SUCH VISUAL EYE CANDY...

ENE LOOKS LIKE SUCH A PRINCESS HERE... MY BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS

MY WIFE AND HER CRAZY ASS SNAKE BF

I'M OVER THE MOON ABOUT THIS 😭💗💞💘🫶

I LOVE YOU KUROENE 🖤💙

My Message

This was the message I left for Mire!

KuroEne look SO pretty in your style! 🖤💙🐍🐇 You perfectly captured their themes! I'm so happy with how my commission turned out! 💗💞💘 Everything is so breathtakingly beautiful 💓

The chibis and Snake/Bunny Oshi marks on the ticket are SO cute! The hearts, sparkles, and thorned roses fit them so well! 🌹💖✨

Your art style, colours, rendering, and attention to detail are amazing! I'm in awe by how gorgeous the commission is 🥹💘💞

The colour scheme (black, gold, blue and white colours) harmonize so well in the artwork! I love how you drew their expressions~ The way you draw eyes in your art style is so pretty! 🥰

The background elements, such as the flowers (black higanbana and blue star milkweeds), and golden frames and black gothic ballroom, are so well drawn! 💐

The ticket design is amazing and has such good graphic design. The arts and chosen fonts go so well together! It's honestly one of the most creative commission formats I've seen.

I love both versions of Ene's hair you drew 💙 Thank you for the wonderful commission, and for being understanding with minor detail and colour changes as well! 🙏

I will definitely be back to commission you again in the future! 💗✨

Commission Rambles

Kuroha and Ene's Design Poll outfits by Sayuki

Ene's Seek at Mekakucity outfit by Satou Mahiro

I love Kuroha/Saeru's changshan inspired outfit by Sayuki 🖤💛

Ene's Seek at Mekakucity outfit is so pretty, I just knew I had to commission her in it 💙

You can read more under the cut if you're curious on the ideas that Feila and I came up with! We were coming up with ideas of what should be included in the commission.

We spent 3 days coming up with ideas and discussing the specifics (Themes, Background Elements, Ticket Info, etc.) before I sent the commission form.

Commission Rambles

This was the commission form I sent

Definitely the most detailed form I've ever written

I usually just describe the design details and poses and expressions, and then hand a Google Drive link of visual references. I included a folder of KuroEne's refs, and some photos of the flowers and gothic ballroom as inspiration

I just like to be detailed with my commission forms cuz I find it helps the artist

For the last SS, we drafted ideas for potential flowers, then narrowed it down to the two we chose. So we didn't include it in the final form

Feila mentioned that higanbana are also poisonous flowers... Fitting for a snake 🐍

Higanbana is PERFECT in symbolism for Kuroha/Saeru, especially since Awakening Eyes manifests as black snakes and aura spirals.

The Kagerou Daze VII -from the darkness- illust by Sidu draws him with black aura spirals that coincidentally look just like the spindles of higanbana.

Blue Star Milkweeds and Red Higanbana

Black higanbana doesn't exist IRL, so it's just wilted red higanbana.

I haven't posted it yet, but I'm in the middle of writing a post on KuroEne and Flower Symbolisms (based on my own picks). I mentioned this more in depth there

I considered putting Snake of Clearing Eyes or Saeru, but I feel like KuroEne looks the best as a ship name so I went with that.

The comm form basically describes our ideas. I could talk about our ideas a lot more in detail eventually (but in a different post)

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【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: KuroEne's Amusement Park Date + Kuroha pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan 🖤💙

KuroEne AU: Scenarios

Dialogue Scripts (Suggestive dialogue)

Kuroha goes to the Amusement Park with Ene

Kuroha/Saeru pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan, while getting intimate with Ene. Shintaro accidentally stumbles in on KuroEne's intimacy and learns about their relationship.

I originally wrote these rambles on 8/29/2024 and 9/1/2024 but forgot to post them here

I put these rambles under the cut as usual!

KuroEne AU: Dialogue Scripts

(CW: Suggestive)

Based on an idea I had where Ene asks Kuroha about his motives. He then tells her he's been with the Enes of previous routes. Ene dares him to make her feel good, and Kuroha accepts the challenge.

Ene recognizes that she might not be able to ever truly beat him, but that doesn't mean she'll ever stop trying.

Ene reflects on her experiences with Kuroha/Saeru.

KuroEne AU: Unsorted dialogue scripts.

I'll post my Outer Science arts and Outer Science MV analysis rambles soon in the coming days (since I always try to find new things to say when it comes to analyzing my fave MVs).

Whenever I get the time.

For now I'll just post this since I forget which dialogue scripts I have and haven't posted

Both in terms of art and writing, KuroEne really gets my creative juices flowing, so I'm so grateful to this pair (and my other faves too) for getting me out of the rut of never posting anything. I'm slowly getting more comfortable with posting my art WIPs too.

KuroEne AU: A monologue snippet from Ene. I want to write more scenes like this ^^

I think it's super fun to delve into and explore her feelings and the kinds of insecurities and loneliness she tries to keep beneath the surface.

How in Manga Route 2, she admits to Shintaro that having so much fun spending time with a friend made her start to feel like she didn't deserve it... Weh weh weh ;__;

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Kuroha/Saeru uses the pronouns 僕 (Boku, "I") and 君 (Kimi, "You") in Outer Science, and the rougher masc pronouns 俺 (Ore, "I") and お前 (Omae, "You") in the Kagerou Daze manga.

I made him default to using Ore (俺) and Omae (お前) in my own dialogue scripts since the rougher masc pronouns fit an arrogant chara like him, but I imagine that he probably does use 僕 (Boku) and 君 (Kimi) if he wants to appear softer to Ene.

It'd be familiar to her since Haruka and Konoha both use 僕 (Boku) and 君 (Kimi)

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I don't have a favourite character to write dialogue scripts for, since I enjoy writing for all of my meow meow mf and wifey faves. But writing villain charas is seriously cathartic for me :)

The dialogue is sooo fun to write for villain/antagonist charas.

I excel at writing my faves most, so other charas' roles tend to be rather minimized/minimal (or mainly just cameos, if they're there), since I usually just focus on the ship itself in my ship AUs.

Kuroha takes Ene to the Amusement Park

Kagerou Daze Manga: Ch. 9 - Shintaro and Ene

I decided to put the pages for context just in case my non-KagePro mutuals wanna tune into these rambles ^^

I didn't get to write all of what I wanted today but I got most of it down so I'll just post what I got for now

One of the ideas I had that I forgot to talk about was Ene getting Kuroha to take her to the amusement park. Ene gets excited talking about how, while she was surfing the web earlier when the android body was recharging, that she found out about an Amusement park attraction and wants to go with him.

I imagine that Kuroha decides to play nice prior to the fateful day of August 15th (in which he plans to enact the "plan" or "Tragedy." Like he acts more tame/normal on purpose, and holds back, and decides to go along with his partner's whims.

Ene goes like, "Take me to the amusement park!!!" And she gets excited when he agrees. I assume they're in a Route where he's made enough improvements that the battery can last anywhere from several hours ~ a full day instead of just an hour or few.

At some point during the Amusement park trip, Ene innerly thinks to herself with flustered, panicky thoughts, like, "W-w-wait why is my face getting all red??? Maybe it's because I'm just embarrassed by this guy's teasing??? Yeah!!! That must be it!!!"

She thought of it as going with like, a friend, before, but she thinks about the fact that it's just the two of them here and that this IS the person she has an intimate relationship with and thinks to herself, "HOLD ON!!! IS THIS A DATE!?!?" And cuz Ene is so easy to read, Kuroha can guess her inner turmoil and just gets amused.

Ene pulls him by the arm and makes Kuroha to come along with her to all the amusement park attractions, and he lets her. They probably go on stuff like the mini boat rides and other attractions.

Kuroha just reacts like (...) the whole time while on the roller coaster ride, like the completely calm type that doesn't react at all, he just watches Ene's excited reactions of "Yippee!!!" (>v<)

Kuroha comments that it's good that Ene seems to be enjoying herself, and Ene tells him that she's never had the chance to go to an amusement park before and that she's having LOTS of fun!!! And that she's glad that he is here with her.

Ene goes like, "Come onnnnn, carry me!!!" And he carries his fussy needy gf, while making a teasing quip that she acts awfully spoiled. And she just pouts like "It's fine, it's fine!!!" (>3<)

When he thinks about it, Kuroha picks up on the fact that back when she was Takane, she'd spend most of her time cooped up in her room at home playing video games, and probably didn't get the chance to go to an amusement park (also due to her chronic illness too). So the bright and peppy exterior Ene displays is over compensation for her regrets and an opportunity to do the things she didn't get to before

At one point, Ene wants Kuroha to win prizes for her at a booth/stand selling plushies by throwing darts into a target marker, and Ene tells him she wants him to win prizes for her. When Kuroha throws the darts, it hits the center (red bull's eye) perfectly.

There's probably also a game with hitting moving targets as well, and he hits them all perfectly and wins the prizes that Ene wants. And Ene's like, "Wow~ You're good at this! Throwing darts, I mean!"

And Kuroha tells her, "Naturally. This much is child's play. I am quite skilled at hunting down moving targets..."

He has plenty of practice at it. Ene takes it as a video game thing cuz Ene makes him play video games together and her faves are shooter types, but ahahaha, there's a much darker secret to that. After that, Ene is carrying a fluffy bunny plushie.

It'd also be fun to think about the Amusement Park Scenario with KonoEne too? KonoEne where Konoha just noms on cotton candy while staying close to her, and she just gets all blushy and huffy at him.

Also with the darts scenario, Konoha wouldn't hold back (cuz of how dense and airheaded he is), so him throwing the dart just creates a mini crater in the wall.

Like it plays out much differently with KuroEne ofc.

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I was just thinking about it but I really want to write dialogue scripts for an Amusement Park scenario in my KuroEne AU.

Basically Ene tells Kuroha she's always wanted to go to the amusement park (since she didn't get the chance to before) and that she wanted to go with a friend (Shintaro), but said friend was a total shut-in and not the type to want to go outside.

So this is the perfect opportunity for her to go with someone!

Ene has a faint blush on her cheeks and pushes her sleeves together as she goes like, "I've been meaning to ask! I was wondering if you would… take me to the Amusement Park?" And Kuroha agrees to take her.

While there, Ene tells him she's having lots of fun! Kuroha muses to himself about the irony. In Manga Route 1, he ended the MekaDan at this very same park. The irony isn't lost on him.

But it's cute to see Ene enjoying herself and having fun and he finds her behaviour naive and foolish for readily accepting him and trusting him so easily, but also innocent and endearing.

Kuroha/Saeru pretends to join the Mekakushi Dan

I just had an idea like y'know what would be a fun idea for a KuroEne AU Route.

I just thought about it since, my KuroEne AU routes usually have KuroEne hang out alone together in a secluded/abandoned building or real estate just to themselves.

But I also thought that it WOULD be interesting

If the Mekakushi Dan doesn't get the chance to meet Konoha, but Kuroha pretends to be an Eye Ability user and "joins" them just out of curiosity.

The MekaDan think they've invited a new member, in reality they have the enemy in their hideout. The irony isn't lost on him.

He's good at playing pretend.

Something that he can pull off because he's an Eye Ability snake, he can make his eyes glow red. And he just pretends his Eye Ability is Awakening Eyes

The other Mekakushi Dan members accept him like, "Welcome to the Mekakushi Dan!" (:D)

And upon getting this warm greeting from everyone, he goes from (���) and slowly smirks like, "Thank you for having me."

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Like, Kuroha/Saeru pretends to be apart of the Mekakushi Dan and be "one of them" to find new ways to spice up the game and make things fun. It's something different cuz he's usually used to playing the game alone with Ene, now they have "spectators" around them

Though obviously they'll be alone for their intimacy.

Shintaro almost feels relieved to see someone like Kuroha/Saeru that can manage to tease Ene so easily and make her flustered, it's like getting payback or sweet revenge for Ene always teasing him.

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I thought of one scenario that'd be fun where it's like… KuroEne are alone in the MekaDan's hideout together, the rest of the members are still out and have yet to come back.

Shintaro comes back earlier than the others (earlier than expected) cuz it's been a long time since he's been in the summer heat (as a shut-in NEET), so he's not used to it.

Shintaro wonders where the others (KuroEne) are while thinking to himself. While checking one of the rooms, he sees that the door is slightly open and catches a glimpse of the view of Kuroha leaning in to kiss Ene through the space in the door that's open.

He just immediately backs away from the door and freaks out innerly to himself. Then Shintaro thinks back on all the instances of Ene actually getting embarrassed/flustered by Kuroha/Saeru's teasing, which is so unlike her usual self, and things start to make sense.

Irt Kuroha/Saeru, he's a Snake so he can sniff things out way better than a human can, he probably smelled the scent of another person in the air when Shintaro came in through the door. But it doesn't matter to him if anyone finds out about their r/s.

Shintaro: (WHAT…. NO WAY!!! THERE'S JUST NO WAY!!! AHHHH! IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS! I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!)

Shintaro: (Come to think of it… I just thought it was fun to see Ene being the one getting teased.. I never thought there'd be something like THAT between them!!!)

Shintaro: (BUT I DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING GOING ON BETWEEN THEM… I MEAN!!! THAT ENE!?!? WHO USUALLY ACTS SO SPOILED AND SELFISH!!! SUDDENLY ACTING ALL SHY!?!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???)

Inspiration

Made these rambles after being inspired by Feila's KuroEne chatroom style posts

Feila's KuroEne posts 😭 CRYINGGG /POS

Ene managing to pester and tease Saeru is a huge feat she should feel accomplished. I think it's so funny to imagine Shintaro being the (unfortunate) spectator of KuroEne's shenanigans together.

Ene being bratty on purpose to rile up Saeru is a fun concept :3

Especially when he's usually a more calm/level-headed character so it would take a lot but I think my wife has it in her 👍

C: Omg

M: THIS IS EXACTLY THE DYNAMIC I HAVE IN MY HEAD FOR KUROENE HELPP

Me: We should have Ene acting bratty enough to Saeru for him to want to tease her back in exchange :3

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ok so hopefully quick saeru thread on why trying to empathize with him actually undermines his role as a character (im making this because im very passionate abt kagepro's overall narrative and it's themes, and saeru is a core part of that as the villain) this was originally on twitter and is very long so im putting it under the read more lol

to start off, all of azami's snakes were created from some sort of trauma or surivial instinct. despite his sentience saeru is STILL one of those snakes. his feelings are technically fabricated from azami's desire to find herself and later on her fear of change. the reason i believe he is sentient is the fact he was born from such a complicated wish, so he was created with the necessary complicity in order to carry out said wish for azami. and factors like other people, weren't taken into account for his creation. so the sentience wasn't an issue for the hundreds of years azami would be alone. it only became an issue when she met tsukihiko and started a family. this was an unexpected turnout on saeru's part, because the world azami created was one created from isolation and despair. saeru doesn't have the capacity to understand love or kindness because he wasn't born from it. (this is why the idea of him caring for kenjirou doesnt make sense either but thts a whole other can of worms). what he has for azami isnt love, it's devotion. such severe devotion that he is willing to do things that only hurt her just because it's what he believes is right for her. he has to keep living bc she needs him to survive. so now that we've kind of established saeru's character we can move on to his role in the narrative... kagepro obviously revolves around the idea of repeating time, or timeloops. from a simple story perspective it's because of saeru, he pushes marry to the brink of despair, causing her to rewind time in order to be with her friends again. going a bit deeper in manga route 2, we find out his real motivation is to keep living in order to grant azami's wish to find her true self. so lets go back to the idea saeru is only created from azami's loneliness, or her crushing isolation of simply existing, and combine it with the idea that SAERU is the one causing the world to repeat. that saeru hates the idea that azami could find happiness in others. that saeru believes azami cannot be happy in a world created in her image. that saeru causes so much suffering he recreates a medusa in marry, and he feasts off of that despair. what does this mean? thematically saeru is supposed to represent the idea of resisting change, resisting it through constantly forcing oneself to relive traumatizing and hurtful moments in life out of a belief that this is what it always should be. from the comfort in despair. so lets take that and apply it to a different character, the protagonist, shintaro. specially route x shintaro. in route x shintaro refuses to forget ayano, replaying moments in his head over and over and over where he shouldve reached out, shouldve done better. he ignores ene, someone who cares for him and wants to help him, because he believes that by completely indulging himself in his despair and regret over ayano, she will continue to live on in his mind. so, what is that similar to? it almost directly parallels to saeru's idea of causing despair in order to feed off of it to survive. but, there is something that separates saeru from route x shintaro. the fact that shintaro can understand love. when he deletes ene, he almost immediately regrets it. and is horrified by what he's done. he's so horrified that he literally ends his own life, essentially ending ayano's memory. this is the exact opposite of what saeru wants. saeru is desperate to keep living. to keep the despair, bc it's all he is. without it he's nothing. without it, azami is nothing. if saeru was meant to be empathized with, then it would encourage literally every bad thing to happen in kagepro's story. bc he is a representation of that, and can almost parallel to every character with it. kano's painful emotional stagnation, the unhealthy devotion seto has to marry resulting in neglect of his loved ones, kido's belief that she was born

essentially broken, etc. all of these r themes that show in saeru's character. the character that brutally kills the mekakushi dan over and over, seeing their lives as little more then warped reflections of his master. he views it as a game, he finds joy in tragedy. he mocks marry for finding love just like azami had, he mocks her for trying to change the repeating story he had written. he's a hypocrite, because just as marry tries to gain autonomy so is he. so basically, he is portrayed as pure evil because he is the resistance to finding happiness through others despite pain and trauma, and the entire point of kagepro is learning to love the world despite all of the horrible things in it because at least one person can still love another. that the time spent with others can be some of the most precious things in a lifetime, that even when those times pass, those feelings never leave. saeru is a subversion of this, basically screaming in the readers face that "good feelings are temporary and bad ones last forever". he is a direct antithesis to the narrative marry attempts to create as the new medusa, not a a story created from the despair of loneliness, but one from love and care. if saeru was ever meant to be empathized with, then it undermines the themes of summer time record completely. saeru is supposed to be a complete monster, and interpreting otherwise warps the themes jin is trying to portray in the first place.

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ok so hopefully quick saeru thread on why trying to empathize with him actually undermines his role as a character (im making this because im very passionate abt kagepro's overall narrative and it's themes, and saeru is a core part of that as the villain) this was originally on twitter and is very long so im putting it under the read more lol

to start off, all of azami's snakes were created from some sort of trauma or surivial instinct. despite his sentience saeru is STILL one of those snakes. his feelings are technically fabricated from azami's desire to find herself and later on her fear of change. the reason i believe he is sentient is the fact he was born from such a complicated wish, so he was created with the necessary complicity in order to carry out said wish for azami. and factors like other people, weren't taken into account for his creation. so the sentience wasn't an issue for the hundreds of years azami would be alone. it only became an issue when she met tsukihiko and started a family. this was an unexpected turnout on saeru's part, because the world azami created was one created from isolation and despair. saeru doesn't have the capacity to understand love or kindness because he wasn't born from it. (this is why the idea of him caring for kenjirou doesnt make sense either but thts a whole other can of worms). what he has for azami isnt love, it's devotion. such severe devotion that he is willing to do things that only hurt her just because it's what he believes is right for her. he has to keep living bc she needs him to survive. so now that we've kind of established saeru's character we can move on to his role in the narrative… kagepro obviously revolves around the idea of repeating time, or timeloops. from a simple story perspective it's because of saeru, he pushes marry to the brink of despair, causing her to rewind time in order to be with her friends again. going a bit deeper in manga route 2, we find out his real motivation is to keep living in order to grant azami's wish to find her true self. so lets go back to the idea saeru is only created from azami's loneliness, or her crushing isolation of simply existing, and combine it with the idea that SAERU is the one causing the world to repeat. that saeru hates the idea that azami could find happiness in others. that saeru believes azami cannot be happy in a world created in her image. that saeru causes so much suffering he recreates a medusa in marry, and he feasts off of that despair. what does this mean? thematically saeru is supposed to represent the idea of resisting change, resisting it through constantly forcing oneself to relive traumatizing and hurtful moments in life out of a belief that this is what it always should be. from the comfort in despair. so lets take that and apply it to a different character, the protagonist, shintaro. specially route x shintaro. in route x shintaro refuses to forget ayano, replaying moments in his head over and over and over where he shouldve reached out, shouldve done better. he ignores ene, someone who cares for him and wants to help him, because he believes that by completely indulging himself in his despair and regret over ayano, she will continue to live on in his mind. so, what is that similar to? it almost directly parallels to saeru's idea of causing despair in order to feed off of it to survive. but, there is something that separates saeru from route x shintaro. the fact that shintaro can understand love. when he deletes ene, he almost immediately regrets it. and is horrified by what he's done. he's so horrified that he literally ends his own life, essentially ending ayano's memory. this is the exact opposite of what saeru wants. saeru is desperate to keep living. to keep the despair, bc it's all he is. without it he's nothing. without it, azami is nothing. if saeru was meant to be empathized with, then it would encourage literally every bad thing to happen in kagepro's story. bc he is a representation of that, and can almost parallel to every character with it. kano's painful emotional stagnation, the unhealthy devotion seto has to marry resulting in neglect of his loved ones, kido's belief that she was born

essentially broken, etc. all of these r themes that show in saeru's character. the character that brutally kills the mekakushi dan over and over, seeing their lives as little more then warped reflections of his master. he views it as a game, he finds joy in tragedy. he mocks marry for finding love just like azami had, he mocks her for trying to change the repeating story he had written. he's a hypocrite, because just as marry tries to gain autonomy so is he. so basically, he is portrayed as pure evil because he is the resistance to finding happiness through others despite pain and trauma, and the entire point of kagepro is learning to love the world despite all of the horrible things in it because at least one person can still love another. that the time spent with others can be some of the most precious things in a lifetime, that even when those times pass, those feelings never leave. saeru is a subversion of this, basically screaming in the readers face that "good feelings are temporary and bad ones last forever". he is a direct antithesis to the narrative marry attempts to create as the new medusa, not a a story created from the despair of loneliness, but one from love and care. if saeru was ever meant to be empathized with, then it undermines the themes of summer time record completely. saeru is supposed to be a complete monster, and interpreting otherwise warps the themes jin is trying to portray in the first place.

[guess-ill-die-again]

Kagepro characters as BDG Unraveled GIFs:

Part 1: Kido, Seto, Kano, Marry

Part 2: Ayano, Shintaro, Takane, Haruka

Part 3: Kuroha, Saeru, Azami, Kenjirou, Yaki

Part 4: Hibiya, Momo, Ene, Konoha

Bonus Part 5:  s o o n

videos used:  x | x | x | x | x

[fuckyeahkagepro]

Kagerou Project Analysis

Kagerou Project Comparisons -> “Common” places, featuring Hibiya (& Hiyori) (& certain others) [ Routes: Music (+etc.) -> Manga -> Novels ->? MCA -> ? / any etc., MX4D?] “play” (Kano) [2013] vs “park” (Momo) [2018] (featuring: Hibiya & Hiyori; notably Hibiya’s POVs / involvement)

Momo: About the phone strap you bought... you're gonna give it to Hiyori-chan, right? Hibiya: !!!!?? Hibiya: W-why would you think that ?? Momo: Ohoho so I was right... Hiyori: (blank staring from nearby, seemingly not hearing) (“?”) Momo: Well, for your information, there's a nice park around the corner there... Momo: Wouldn't the atmosphere be quite romantic if you went there during this time? Hibiya: /choking noise + furious blushing [the scene continues on....] [ to KageDaze ..... ] ^ Manga Route 2 ( source: x ) - Hibiya & Hiyori meet Shintaro & Momo very early on. [Manga Route: officially / timelines-wise, takes place before Novels Route & maybe [unknown/likely] MCA] [*note: Hibiya & Hiyori: encounters the store. it’s not closed because the Mall Occupation incident was previously solved*. (*by a certain: K o n o h a [hmm] [hmmmm]) Hibiya: despite this, does not get a phone (yet). instead, he buys a phone strap ... initially meant for “Hiyori”. ] [ Hiyori: also gets Momo’s autograph. ] (previously; before Manga Route 2) Manga Route 1: - Reset. Mall is closed. - Hibiya & Hiyori do not encounter ? a specific mention of the park. [unknown] - Hibiya: does not get a phone. ... ? - Hibiya & Hiyori: do not encounter / get to know the Mekakushi Dan*. [*because ... Saeru. i.e. there’s literally timelines they may not even meet] [or they may not meet the same. this includes how they meet the entire Dan.] (no specific mentions of phone, but they were trying to go to the store.) * “Today is such a nice day, so it’d be nice to play outside for a while~. What a waste!”

The guy crossed his arms behind his head and pouted.

“Ahaha… that’s right too. It’d be kinda nice to play outside for a while”

Hiyori smiled softly.

“Well, take care then! I’m going now. Bye-bye~”

The guy smiled at us again, turned around and quickly walked away.

^ “The Children Reason”, Kagerou Days ch III / Novel 3 ( source: x ) - Hibiya & Hiyori meet Kano in the graveyard. [the novel continues on...] [ to KageDaze ..... ] [*note: Mall Occupation incident leads to Mall closure.] [ Hibiya: does not get the phone / go to store. .... Yet. ] [ also see: Novel 5, “The Deceiving” + a certain someone’s involvement. ] [ Hibiya: attempts to confess to Hiyori. Stumbles over words / etc. ] [ Hiyori: sees Konoha. Konoha: overheard. (hmmmm) ] [ Hiyori: misunderstands / gets angry, runs off, encounters the “accident”. ] [ Hibiya: eventually, appears to still wake up in the Daze] * MCA Route: Hibiya: encounters Momo early on, as early as Episode 02, Kisaragi Attention. Hibiya: with Momo, after getting to know her a bit, runs away from Momo’s fans. Hibiya & Momo: then separated. Momo recruited to Dan by Kido. Hibiya: later sees Momo on the tv, recognizes her. Hiyori: chides Hibiya about Hibiya not getting her autograph. “I’ll [tell Hiyori] [my feelings] tomorrow.” - Hibiya

no one: tells him about “the park”. instead:

- MCA Route [ aka: the Route “closest to the latter” ] [ Hibiya: does not get the phone. ] [ MCA ending: still happens. ] [ MCA: Reset ? ?? ] [likely] * - MX4D mini-Timeline: - Hibiya: winds up in temporary possession of Shintaro’s phone [ Shintaro’s phone: has Ene. ] - Hibiya: is involved with Hiyori during the Mall Occupation incident. - Dan: the original 9 w/Hibiya, Hiyori, Konoha, Ene. seemingly no Ayano. - Tateyamas: unknown if they even exist here (no Kenjirou seen, no Ayaka...) - Shintaro: has Eyes power (at start). - Mall: is saved from said incident (by everyone available). [still no Ayano.] - Mall: has bomb. - bomb: [ BOOM ] * [ Mekakucity Reload album (Music Route ? ??) part 2: yet to happen. ] [ Mekakucity Reload anime: yet to happen. ] Conclusions?: - if Hibiya gets a phone: ????? - if Hibiya gets a phone (that has Ene): ?????? - if Ene 1) tells him about “playing” at “the park” 2) invites one of the original Hibiyas to join the Mekakushi Dan: ??????? 3) or, both Hibiya & Hiyori: ???????????????????????? * if Saeru gets a hold of [Shintaro or Momo’s phones]: [ /insert Ene screaming in the distance ] (see: Outer Science*, Manga Route 1) [*note: in the original Outer Science pv / Music Route, Ene is deleted by Shintaro during Route XX. in Manga Route 1, Saeru instead destroys Shintaro’s phone.] (Summertime Reload spoilers under the ‘read more’!):

- Novel 8 (Summertime Reload): - Hibiya: gets a phone. - it’s a particular person’s phone. (*not Shintaro’s) - end of Summertime Reload: happens. [ another very notable part: also happens. ] [ that: maybe occurs before MCA Route (?) if MCA happens later ] [ that: depends on if MCA even happens that much later ] * also previously in From the Darkness, Novel 7: [ Hibiya: was about to get Momo’s autograph. ] Hibiya asked Momo to sign for Hiyori after all these commotions ended. Momo had mixed feelings because she didn’t think Hiyori’d be satisfied with her sign *since she’d not be able to return to being an idol then* and she felt a trickle of jealousy [in her heart]. Not hearing Momo’s answer, Hibiya then said: “So you*…… We will definitely have to meet again! Promise me!” with a face like he was about to cry. “…… OK I see. I promise you.” - replied Momo. (* emphasis mine.) (* linked: image from said scene.) (ALSO previously [same scene]): hibiya: ‘if you’re worried about something, then just say it out loud. am I really that unreliable to you?’ momo: ‘……eh?’ * and, also in Summertime Reload: “However, no matter what kind of karma she had to bear later, she would simply think “It’s OK as well.” In order to cut open a path to our future, at this moment, she just decided without hesitation like that. Now come to think of it, she had always been like that since our first meeting. She was worried about a complete stranger like me as if it was her own problem, and without showing any sight of doubt, told me such thing as “I’ll definitely help you!” She is so soft-hearted, stupid, reckless, unreliable… but more than anyone else, she’s such a kind person. Since Momo’s like that, I was able to fight for myself like this too. The one who taught me about “friends**” - it was (no other than*) her.” * - added in by the translator for possible emphasis, still relevant. (*emphasis [italics] mine]) [**linked: Lost Day Hour mini-manga] ^ Hibiya’s POV additional theory: here

[stepswordsen]

【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...

[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.

[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.

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.

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 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…

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

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.

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.

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 by Guilty Kiss

Source: (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 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.

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【KagePro】 KuroEne Chibi Commission by Hika 🖤💙🐍🐇

Kuroha (Saeru) and Ene Chibi Icon Commission by Hika (@/onigiwi2namayo)

Hika's Twitter: (X)

Hika's VGen: (X)

In accordance with Hika's Terms of Service (TOS), editing, using, or reposting these arts, in any way, is prohibited without explicit permission from Hika, and me, the commissioner.

Intro

Thank you to Hika for the lovely commission of my beloved KuroEne 🖤💙🐍🐇

I also commissioned Hika before to draw my KHR Yume (Canon/OC) ship of Xanxus and Selena ❤️💜 That will be posted soon, too 🥰

I don't mind giving permission if my mutuals want to use them. I'll most likely grant it, but you also need to receive Hika's permission if you do.

I commissioned Hika to draw Kuroha and Ene for my chibi icon commission! Hika initially drew the unhinged expression for Kuroha >:D And then changed to the version with the smug smile :]

I asked Hika to keep both expressions for the finalized versions since I loooove both 💞💘

Hika sent me the high-res files for the KuroEne commission 🖤💛💙 THEY'RE SO CUTE AHHH I'M SO HAPPY!!! MY CHILDHOOD OTP OF 10+ YEARS!!!

I LOVE THE COLOURS AND THEIR EXPRESSIONS... MY KAGEPRO OTP FOREVER!!! THE BELOVEDS

KUROENE WORLD DOMINATION 💥💥💥

Hika's chibi style is SO cute. I love how Hika draws eyes and expressions sm… Kuroha's new expression is SO cute OMGGG. I also LOVE the insane one very much <3 I love both! And Ene my wife is just the CUTEST AAAAA 😭💙💘💞

The thick round lines and simple blush and highlights works so well. God they look SO precious!!! And Hika's colour choices are fantastic.

I love the blue~ish tones Hika used for Kuroha's hair and how Hika used yellow and blue for the backgrounds to make the colours pop.

The dark blue BG works well against Ene's more muted blue hair. And I love the ice blue colour Hika chose for Ene's eyes ahhh…

Also ty to Hika for including both expressions~ The cute Kuroha and the insane expression are so nice ahhh. AND MY WIFE ENE'S ADORABLE EXPRESSION AHDSHDSHDSHDS

I put the Saeru twice for the sake of formatting

My Message

This was the message I left for Hika!

I love how the commission turned out... You drew their eyes and expressions so well~ 😭🥺

Your chibi style is very adorable! You draw such expressive chibis! They look so precious~ I also love the colours you chose and how well they pair with the BG colours. The thick round lines, simple blush and highlights are so nice in your style!

The colour choices are amazing ✨ I love the blue~ish tones used for Kuroha's hair, and how the yellow and blue background colours makes their colours stand out!

The dark blue BG works well against Ene's blue hair~ And I love the ice blue colour chosen for Ene's eyes! 💙

I'm so glad you were so accomodating with minor changes and revisions like colour changes and small details! I really appreciate it 🥰💘💞

Misc Rambles

WHEN HIKA SENT ME THE KUROENE CHIBI COMM OH MY GODDDD THEY'RE SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 😭🖤💙

MY HEART RATE SPIKED WHEN I SAW THESE...

THEIR EXPRESSIONS PLEASEEEEEEEEE

ENE MY WIFE IS SO CUTE I COULD CRY

12 YEAR OLD ME WOULD BE SO PROUD OF ME RIGHT NOW… BE THE CHANGE YOU WANNA SEE IN THE WORLD 🤸

I KNEW HIKA WOULD DO THEM JUSTICE CRYING SCREAMING SHAKING ADKLSKLSDKLDSKLKLSDKLSDKL

Commission Rambles

KuroEne have some official art refs (official art, merch arts) that can be inconsistent in colours (ex. their headphones) so I also gave some notes and quick edits of official arts.

I sent these arts of Kuroha and Ene as my main refs 🖤💙

I sent more too, but I felt that since I'm commissioning chibis of them, that these arts simplify their designs nicely.

Kuroha and Ene Rubber Strap Charms by 1st PLACE

Kuroha and Ene from Cospa's Tsumamare Series (Pinched Series)

Concept Arts by Sidu from .dsd –Sidu illustration Works 2011-2015–

Scans by @/ayara-resara

Edit by me

Ene, Konoha, and Kuroha from Mekakucity V's

I did a little edit of their concept arts for fun. I mainly did it to get a clearer full body ref of Saeru to make it easier for the artists I'm commissioning

Takane/Ene and her bfs. All 3 of them /lh 🖤💛💙

My main focus is on 9/6 and XX/6, basically all related ships (KuroEne, HaruTaka, KonoEne)

Depending on the arts (including merch arts), Kuroha's clothes either get coloured with the same black colour, or with the inner clothes as a darker black.

I prefer when his inner clothes and boots, etc., are a darker black cuz it has more visual contrast against his design. It also differentiates the clothes more to have the outer shirt be a lighter gray black vs. the darker blacks in his hair and inner clothes.

His entire design is in dark colours (black, gray), and the gold in his eyes and facial markings cuts away from that. Yellow is a bright vivid colour.

Though it makes sense in MVs like Outer Science and some official arts/merch why his outer and inner shirts are the same colour to not distract from the mood/atmosphere, and also in pieces/merch that use a limited colour palette

For the FIRST time, I finally get to see that Kuroha art in full and not in crusty quality for once. It's a happy day for me

She is TINY compared to them... Haruka/Konoha/Kuroha is 182 cm (6'0") and Ene is 157 cm (5'2") or 640 px tall... Portable gf. They could put her in their pocket

Interesting that Ene's thigh highs were originally asymmetrical in the concept arts. The finalized design definitely fits her more.

Simplifying Ene's headphones is completely fine with me cuz of the rectangular part on it...

The rest of my rambles are under the cut as usual! ✨

Commissions

Whenever I commission artists, I send a detailed description of the characters' relevant design details, poses and expressions, etc., in the form itself.

Then I attach all necessary art refs in a Google Drive Folder and then send the link to the artist.

Because I know that sending a lot of art refs and a detailed description, just makes things easier for the artists you're commissioning.

My commission request forms tend to look like this

Commission Request

Characters

Series/OC (if applicable)

Design Details (for each character)

Poses and Expressions (Artists can ask for these to help guide their art process, but otherwise I just leave it up to the artist)

Other Notes (Simplifying details, especially for chibis, is perfectly fine with me)

VGen Rambles

VGen's site layout and format are honestly better than Ko-fi's imo

VGen has a REALLY nice UI for commissioning artists... I prefer it over Ko-fi when it comes to commissioning artists.

It shows all your commission requests in an organized format, and it has a really good commission request form, where the artist can send invoices.

VGen lets you upload more files and links as art refs. It's better than Ko-fi's in that it allows you to upload more files and add links. Iirc, I think Ko-fi's has a limit of 5

The artists can DM with their clients on VGen directly, and also leave files in high quality directly on the commission form after completion

There's also a review section, typically the artist leaves a review for the client and the client can give one. I always leave a message for the artist after the commission is done to show my gratitude 🥰

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Kuroha/Saeru Joker Playing Card: Golden Apple Symbolism 🖤💛🐍🃏🍎

The Golden Apple and Immortality

Kuroha Joker Playing Card by Sidu My Edit (Upscaled Version)

Ene and Konoha: 6 and 9

Haruka and Kuroha: Jack and Joker

Glitter Can Badge Merch (Upscaled Versions)

My Icon PFP Edits (OG Colours)

My Icon PFP Edits (Colour Edits)

Kuroha (クロハ), officially known as The Snake of Clearing Eyes (目が冴える蛇, Me ga Saeru Hebi) or Black Konoha (黒コノハ, Kuro Konoha) when possessing Konoha’s body, is the main antagonist of KagePro who causes the “Tragedy” of the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang) members.

Now that we've started off with that little character summary... I've been thinking about Kurohoe again /pos /endearing

Because of course. He's KagePro's main villain and antagonist with a banger design and incredibly interesting to me.

I put the upscaled versions of the KagePro: Playing Cards set above! You can also find it in the Drive folder of my Notion page: (X)

I felt like I should post this today since I have this post already written. I'll post the rest of my JuAli dialogue script ideas tomorrow

The Kuroha Joker Playing Card by Sidu made me wonder about the use of yellow in this illust.

Sidu very well could've used red here for Kuroha's eyes and the apples, cuz Kuroha's eyes can also glow red, as seen in the Outer Science MV. Kuroha's eyes glow red in the last chorus of Outer Science. Eye Ability users' eyes glow red when using their Eye Abilities.

Main Eye Colour (Yellow)

KagePro Wiki Screenshots of the Outer Science MV

Eye Colour (Red)

But yellow has more visual contrast against the dark blacks and grays used in the composition of the Kuroha Joker card art.

Like, I was wondering if she coloured the apples yellow just because it's the same colour as Kuroha's eyes, and if there was any symbolism attached to the Golden Apple.

So I looked it up, and there is. The Golden Apple symbolizes immortality (in Greek and Norse mythology), and it was believed that eating a golden apple will grant you immortality.

Source: (X)

Considering Kuroha's motivations/goals in KagePro, this is interesting.

Kuroha/Saeru, as KagePro's main villain, kills the Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang) and wants to make Marry into his new master so that she can use her powers as a Medusa to rewind the world (due to her strong desire to be with her friends again), thus causing a "never ending tragedy" in which he can keep living forever.

KuroEne Rambles 🖤💙

His main goal is to fulfill Azami's first, original, strongest desire, the one that created him - she wanted to know and understand exactly who she was. And by doing this, he can continue to prolong his life by causing the tragedy. He seeks immortality, basically.

Before Ene lost her human body and became Takane, she wanted a body that wouldn't need to eat or sleep in response to her chronic illness that would cause her to fall asleep and faint and feel groggy even if she slept for long hours.

KuroEne technically have a character parallel going on.

Kuroha's Eye Ability is Clearing Eyes (目が冴える, Me ga Saeru)

(Quotes from the KagePro Wiki)

"The Snake of Clearing Eyes seems to hold power over 'knowledge' itself due to the nature of the wish that created it."

"In the Novel Route, Shintaro refers to it as 'a living encyclopedia with a full grasp of everything from the start of civilization up to modern science'"

"The Snake of Clearing Eyes seems to be able to retain memories of past Routes through its power."

Ene has a pseudo immortal body due to her Eye Ability, Opening Eyes (目が覚め, Me ga Sameru). It allows her to split her consciousness from her body. Through this power, she became a cyber being that resides in and possesses electronic devices.

Kuroha/Saeru kills the Mekakushi Dan, Marry's friends, to spur on despair in Marry (due to the Tragedy), and the strong desire to meet with her friends again.

Kuroha/Saeru wants to preserve his own life, by killing Marry's friends and forcing her to rewind (reset) the world back to the very beginning, and live forever through countless routes (infinite, repeating time loop resets), and continue living on, at least until his purpose (of fulfilling Azami's original desire) is fulfilled.

Kuroha and Ene have an interesting character parallel. One seeks immortality, and one has a pseudo immortal body.

The Mekakushi Dan wants a future. And they want the "Tragedy" caused by Kuroha/Saeru to finally end, and for the Snake of Clearing Eyes to finally be put to a stop. And Kuroha robs them of a future.

KuroEne Rambles (Continued)

(Copy pasting these from last time)

As said before, Kuroha/Saeru inevitably has a power imbalance with every character he's paired with (ie. power in terms of physical strength, and power over knowledge), so that's why you NEED to tread carefully with his ships. Imo, it can definitely still be done, though.

That's why making Ene more assertive and dominant in the ship just fits so well with Kuroha/Saeru cuz it helps alleviate the power imbalance slightly and balances it out more

Kuroha's ships have the potential to be really interesting though, when depicted/portrayed with care.

Cuz his character context with being the main antagonist/villain and main source of tension/conflict of the series, his knowledge of the time loops, combined with his S/O's context, and their current and previous loves, makes for such delicious angst fuel

The one who's the main instigator of the "Tragedy" who insists on the inevitability of fate, as someone who was created even before the creation of the world, and has known the world since the very beginning, and possesses knowledge of the many paths that the world has taken throughout all the timelines… The one who's observed the world since the very beginning

And the ones trying to fight back against it and escape the cycle because they want to have a future, past all the tragedy… Ooooogh

ShinAya and Paper Crane Symbolism

It seemed pretty likely to me that the usage of the Golden Apple is intentional in Kuroha's Joker Playing Card art, since KagePro's hanafuda card sets are filled with hidden meanings and symbolisms, like how Ayano's character and the ShinAya ship are associated with paper crane symbolism due to the symbolism attached to the crane, a mystical and holy figure in Japanese culture.

The crane symbolizes healing, loyalty, recovery, and a long life. In modern times, it's given to those who are seriously ill to wish for their recovery.

Senbazuru (千羽鶴, lit. "One thousand cranes") refers to the tradition of folding 1000 origami paper cranes.

It was traditionally believed that folding 1000 paper cranes would make the person's wish come true, so that's why Ayano always folded paper cranes for Shintaro (even taping back his ripped up test papers)

KagePro Lore Context (Summary)

(Summarized from the KagePro Wiki)

Azami is a Medusa, the original creator and Master of all the Eye Ability Snakes. She originally unintentionally created the world with the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes, as a place for her to be able to learn about and understand himself.

Saeru was created by her first, original, strongest desire - she wanted to know and understand exactly what she was. She was also tricked by Saeru into creating the Kagerou Daze, a never ending world.

Azami despaired at the prospect of outliving her human husband (Tsukihiko) and her daughter, Shion, who were human and half-Medusa/half-human respectively.

Saeru told her to create the never ending world, Kagerou Daze, in order to allow her to be with her family forever, but she eventually ends up going into the Kagerou Daze alone because she believed she was bringing misfortune to her family.

Her existence/nature as a Medusa caused humans to fear her as a "Monster" (which led to humans targeting Tsukihiko and Shion as ways to try and hurt Azami)

Saeru detests the world for changing Azami's wish (the one that created him in the first place) of wanting to know and understand exactly what she was, to wishing to be with her family forever.

Because to him, it felt like the wish/desire that had given him life and meaning in the first place had been replaced.

So, everything HE had wanted, ended up coming to fruition. Saeru successfully tricked Azami into entering the Kagerou Daze and trapping her there, since he believes the world is unfit for her.

Centuries later, Azami witnessed Shion and Marry's deaths at the hands of humans in the real world. She ordered the Kagerou Daze (Heat Haze Daze), the never ending world, to take them in and save their lives, because time doesn't flow properly in the Kagerou Daze.

Azami gave Marry the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes, in order to allow her to be sent back to the real world. Azami lost control of the Kagerou Daze after losing the Queen Snake, so the Kagerou Daze now swallows up all people who die on the same day that Shion and Marry did, August 15th.

The Outer Science MV confirms that everytime Marry rewinds the world, it goes all the way back to the beginning. This means that the beginning of each new Route starts with Azami creating the world with the Queen Snake, Combining Eyes.

Misc Rambles

I think I mentioned this before, but that's insane to me... So, does that mean every single Route has to go through thousands or millions of years of history just to get to the modern age???

Dude (Kuroha) must've been having the time of his fucking life... Cuz he knows that as long as he keeps doing this, he can keep on living forever

Especially when there are an unspecified (XX) amount of Routes, aside from the main known ones (ie. Music Route, Manga Route, Novel Route, Anime Route, etc.)

KagePro's present day plot across all Routes starts on the faithful date of August 15th, Kagerou (Heat Haze) Day.

Kuroha/Saeru is so interesting. Kuroha's selfish, twisted, nature and dark urges... A character who's so inherently dark and selfish and twisted like that, manipulative, dangerous, cruel, sadistic, and bloodthirsty, like that...

A completely unapologetic villain who's fun to watch and cathartic. He's definitely one of KagePro's most interesting charas imo.

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【KagePro】 Kuroha and KuroEne Rambles 🖤❤️💙🐍🐇

Kuroha's Manga Route 2 Design

Adjusted the screentones slightly on this doodle!

I did a little experiment yesterday cuz I wanted to test how the screentones would look...

I think this is generally how I'd draw his Manga Route 2 design in comic form (in the future). I'd just refine the sketch and make it neater.

I think that this conveys his black snake scales the best (out of all the ones I've tested) cuz my art style has really thick prominent eyelashes and they need to be visible for it to look good

Me when my friends/mutuals tell me I opened their eyes to the KuroEne agenda and that I was the main reason they considered and thought of the ship in the first place. My propaganda is working /lh /j 👍 😎

The KuroEne vision~~ I'm glad to spread the word about them 💞

Like I've literally had mutuals/friends tell me, "Oh I've never thought of them as a ship! It would be amazing content for a very angsty ship! It's a good way to see it and it would make sense for such an interesting ship like that."

KUROENE TAKEOVER!!! KUROENE WORLD DOMINATION!!! 🖤💙🐍🐇

It's honestly my dream to be able ship doujinshi one day... I feel like creating fan-works like art, writing, are some of the ultimate forms of love languages for your faves and ships.

That's why I wanna be able to improve to the point where I can draw comics comfortably. Like I want to be able to draw fast and have an aesthetically pleasing art style.

I love my art style but I certainly do not draw fast enough for comics and I'd like to improve my art more before I commit to huge art projects like these (ie. comics, doujinshi)

Also my redrawing tendency is just so bad I constantly redraw my own arts 😭 I want to be able to draw quickly and have more aesthetically pleasing art.

Basically, I want my artistic/technical skills to improve first before I do long comics.

I want to be able to create doujinshi (fan-comics) of my fave ships. Cuz I think creating doujins for your fave charas/ships are one of the ultimate forms of love languages.

Also, y'know for ship doujinshi, how they're usually formatted like this? They tend to have the series name, doujinshi number, pairing/ship, author, doujinshi circle name, etc., on the back of the book.

Example:

Kagerou Project: Unofficial Fanbook (No. 1) The Dance of Endless Shadows Kuroha x Ene Stepswordsen

Lowkey wondering how I should format it in the future...

Also I just gave an example for now, cuz the name of my KuroEne AU is still tentative. I came up with a list of ideas in my notes, but I'm still trying to decide...

Like I was thinking about the potential of making a KuroEne ship doujinshi in the future (and of course, I would love to make ship doujinshi of all of my top fave ships, once my art skills improve)

And I was wondering whether I should use Kuroha (クロハ, Kuroha), his popularized fandom nickname, or Black Konoha (黒コノハ, Kuro Konoha), which is the official name... Or Saeru Hebi (冴える蛇, "Clearing Snake")

Potential Ideas:

Kuroha x Ene

Black Konoha x Enomoto Takane

Saeru Hebi x Enomoto Takane

Kuroha x Enomoto Takane

Black Konoha x Ene

Saeru Hebi x Ene

This is a "For the future" scenario I thought of in my head.

I thought of the potential idea of making ship fan-comics and doujinshi for my top fave ships in the future. I would love to create full fledged doujins for them once my technical art skills improve more! 🙏

I imagined how I'd format the book in my head.

Also, I would definitely make all of my ship comics and doujinshi, publically available and free to read for accessibility reasons for fans to enjoy. They’d be web comics/doujins.

My top 5 fave ships are LimGuda, XanLena, IdaTatsu, JuAli, KuroEne. My top ships are all very important and personal to me (just in different ways), so they’re all tied No. 1 for me.

Also, whenever in the future I get to do this (way off in the future), I definitely want to make the X's in the ship name RED for visual purposes.

In merch, Kuroha tends to be referred to by the code "XX" because he's not apart of the Mekakushi Dan.

The Mekakushi Dan (Blindfold Gang) members have a code number based on the order in which they joined the Dan.

It fits Kuroha to be themed with red. I love all the white crosses around him in the Outer Science MV, and how the red Eyes that represents the Mekakushi Dan just shatter one by one around him...

He "gouges out the Eyes" -> Kills the Mekakushi Dan (who are represented by their Eyes)

Symbolically, I like the thematic symbolism of "Marking them out with X's" like crossing out a hit list

I think using any of the first three would be best, but Kuroha x Ene is short and sweet. The other two use the full, official names, though...

Ngl I'm gonna miss typing tags for my fave charas/ships. I always did it on desktop so I had fun doing it

Also I think I did come up with a solution for not being able to use tags? Like I can just reblog my own posts and they won't show up in the search results. Yippee!

I can definitely reblog some of my old posts in the future! I'd like to add onto them eventually <3

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【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: Kuroha teases Ene 🖤💙

(CW: Sexually suggestive mentions, NSFW shitpost text)

Summary of rambles I had with Feila after seeing the KagePro Anthologies with Ene teasing Shintaro, and Ene getting embarrassed by Konoha. I thought of how Ene would react to Kuroha/Saeru's teasing.

Also the 1st and 2nd ones are in a lighthearted shitpost sense

Ene bringing up the pegging card to Shintaro, but Kuroha turns it around on her to tease her

Ene pegging Kuroha

Kuroha teasing Ene by whispering naughty things to her just to rile her up and see her flustered reactions

Ene getting all flustered and embarrassed from Kuroha's teasing

Kuroha takes care of Ene after she gets sick (bugged) from a bug in her programming caused by her antics with Shintaro

I want Kuroha to react to Ene's antics from the KagePro anthologies.

Kuroha would tease her, and Ene would overheat from embarrassment :3

He seems like the type to whisper naughty things to her just to see her flustered reactions.

MY CUTE WIFEY

Ene's Antics in the KagePro Anthologies

Kagerou Daze Winter Anthology: Shintaro☆Fever!! by Komesuke

Translation: @/pyralisa

Link: (X)

Me: I just took a look at the Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comics (that are drawn by a collection of fan artists, so they’re fan works that are officially licensed and approved by the official creators)

(I'm hitting the image limit so just check the links if you want to see the rest for context)

Me: ENE ASKING SHINTARO IF IT’S MATING SEASON!?!?!?!? ENE WHY ARE YOU ASKING THAT

Me: THE HUH??????

[The Whuh Brothers meme]

Me: Tbf Ene likes pulling pranks and saying the most absurd outlandish shit just to rile him up and tease him but OH MY GOD???

The anthologies are fan material but I'm just surprised 😭

F: IT'S CANON. SHE'D SAY SHIT LIKE THIS IN CANON 😭😭

Me: Some of the KagePro anthology comics are fucking wild like that one where Shintaro is sick with a fever and Ene tells Shintaro to stick a leek up his ass to feel better. I'm not making this up. I guess??? Getting off when you're sick could make you feel better???

Me: Btw I also enjoy ShinEne. I generally see them as platonic besties, but their dynamic, regardless of whether it’s platonic or ship, is important to me.

I think they have super interesting character parallels when it comes to loneliness and grief/loss (losing a loved one → Takane/Ene with Haruka, and Shintaro with Ayano)

Me: So if ShinEne pegging is a thing, I can run with this for KuroEne, right /lh

Me: THIS ENTIRE FAN COMIC FROM THE KAGEPRO WINTER ANTHOLOGY IS WILD

F: ENE I LOVE YOU, BUT I CAN'T DEFEND YOU 😭😭

Ene pegging Kuroha implied tho

Me: Ok, get to work with the pegging, honey. WHDHASHDHSD WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING 😭

F: We love you Ene, we support you, pls impregnate Kuroha /j

Me: I agree! 😂

And this is exactly how Kuroha can convince Ene that she has some... fantasies. Though she'd start overheating from embarrassment if he’s the one bringing it up. Cuz he'd tease her about it.

He’d be into that. Getting pegged.

Ene getting all flustered and embarrassed

Kagerou Daze Bitter Anthology: The Mekakushi Dan's Dark Secrets by Naduka Kudan

Translation: @/pyralisa

Link: (X)

Me: This other fan comic… Basically, Kano brings up the "embarrassing secrets" of the other Mekakushi Dan members, Ene joins in teasing Shintaro, then Konoha brings up Takane.

Me: Ene blows up in embarrassment just from Konoha bringing up her gamer persona past as Takane → “Lightning Dancer Ene.”

THIS IS HOW SHE REACTS TO SFW STUFF, LIKE GOD FORBID IF IT’S KUROHA TEASING HER...

Like Saeru teasing her just in general, and also about sex and naughty things.

(I'm assuming this comic was made before Konoha was revealed to be the Awakening Snake in Haruka's body, cuz it assumes Konoha is Haruka's alter ego with amnesia)

F: OMFG

The little Ene on the side help-

Kuroha being involved in this game in your KuroEne AU would be dangerous

Me: THE EMBARRASSED ENE IS SO CUTE.......

Things I wanna do to Ene: [Bleep] [Bleep] [Bleep] [Redacted string of expletives]

Me and my meow meow mf faves: That's one good wifey! 🤝

I relate to Kuroha/Saeru /lh /j

F: Kuroha would turn the anthology into an R-18 doujin. HOLY HELL

Kano and Ene the teaser duo of the Dan www

F: Wait does this imply Shintaro being a bottom 💥

Me: Honestly I feel like he would be a bottom in the ShinEne ship. Shintaro is so pathetic /endearing

Ene would definitely rail that mf. She’d definitely be more assertive in their intimacy imo

Me: Wdym you won't consider being pegged, Shintaro

F: Yeah it fits. Who tf would actually stick up a leek up their ass

Me: Right at least use something pleasant

F: I did not mean "find an alternative" 😭

F: Sidu once drew Konoha with his hair down. I followed this ref to draw Kuroha with his hair down sometimes.

Me: OOOH Konoha with his hair down looks nice

F: He really is, wish this was featured atleast in 1 anthology 😓

KuroEne AU: Kuroha teases her by whispering naughty things

Me: Just thought of a little KuroEne AU scenario

Kuroha: (He urges Ene, motioning with his hand to come closer.)

Kuroha: Come here, come closer, Ene. I'll tell you some of the fantasies that I have (^-^)

Ene: Hm? What is it?

Kuroha: (He leans in and starts to whisper in her ear...)

(5 minutes later)

Ene: (Explodes)

F:

Momo: Eh?! Ene-chan, what did he tell you?

Me:

Ene: I-IT'S NOTHING! DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT!!!

Ene: (God, I’m so embarrassed right now!!!)

Me: The embarrassed Ene from the anthology is how I imagined Ene's expression

F:

DIY (Do It Yourself) Ticking Time Bomb

Step One: Overheat your android gf

Step Two: Wait

Me: 😭😂

Me: Oh yeah Kano and Ene would have fun teasing the MekaDan!

Kuroha outdoes Ene in being the teaser (tho he mostly teases Ene)

F: Random thought comes to mind MekaDan + Kuroha going to the beach for summer ☀️🌊

Me: WAHHH that would be so cute… It’d be fun to have that while Kuroha is pretending

How Ene would react to Kuroha's teasing

Kagerou Daze Sweet Anthology: Perfectly Round Konoha by Katou Michiru

Link: (X)

Translation: @/pyralisa

Me: Sidu’s art of Konoha with his hair down looks nice :3 I wanna draw both Konoha and Kuroha with their hair down… When I’m not busy ofc, school is getting in my way rn. It’s midterm season for me

Me: OH yeah I got reminded of one KagePro anthology where Ene goes like "It's not like I particularly like his face or anything!"

Irt Konoha. All blushy and tsun tsun embarrassed.

So I assume the same would happen with Ene and Kuroha/Saeru

Takane/Ene is my fave tsundere wife character because I love the way she plays into her cheerful selfish willful persona as Ene, and acts all cheery as over compensation for her regrets, and also for the sake of wanting to cheer up a friend and getting him to open up more (Shintaro)

F: Is it the “Perfectly Round Konoha” anthology chapter?

Me: Yeah it's that one

F: Cuz that's one of my favs. I recite it in my mind everyday

Me: I seriously hate the fatphobia notoriously present in EA/JP media (even early Magi and KHR have it ffs), but Ene getting embarrassed by Konoha and her sentiments of “I can’t let him do anything to Haruka’s body!” are sooo cute.

F: At least I'm not the only one who realized it. But c'mon bear suit Konoha was cute :<

Me: KONOHA WITH THE BEAR SUIT AND HONEY IS SO CUTE...

Me: Gives a pretty good idea of how she'd react to Kuroha/Saeru. Except she'd be even more embarrassed

F:

Ene: I… I hate him so much!! He’s the kind of lazy person who follows only his own desires and does nothing but eat and sleep!

Instead of eat and sleep, it's "eat and fuck" /j

That first image is literally her describing Saeru. If you put it out of context, that is

Me: LMFAOOO

F: Hehe silly bear :3 My 2nd spirit animal

Me: Konoha looks so cute like this. Basically this

KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes care of Ene after she gets “sick” from a bug in her programming

KuroEne AU: Ene gets bugged after her antics with Shintaro, and Kuroha takes care of her while she's sick.

Some dialogue snippets I came up with. A more lighthearted scenario

Was also thinking about this comic again… How Ene gets “sick” bugged staying up all night

I just thought of how cute it'd be if Ene gets bugged from her crazy ass shenanigans with Shintaro and comes home having to be tended to by Kuroha...

Snake bf looks after his sick gf and helps fix her programming 🥰

He'd be so confused at first, but then quickly get what's going on

And he'd help tend to her

Kuroha: What happened while you were out? You suddenly came home with a bug in your programming, Ene.

Ene: Well, that's a long story...

Ene: (I'm not sure if I'm mentally prepared to tell him what happened...!)

Kuroha: Well, in any case, I can take a look later.

F: A virus getting a virus—

The fact it's kind of realistic, like people with weak immune system gets sick after an all-nigther

Also speaking of Ene getting sick, how tf do you heal her 😭 By recoding her???

Me: OH yeah that's true. Ene doesn't get tired in her digital body in KagePro canon

But this has a cute concept

F: Implementing a healthy virus?? Slapping PNGs of vitamins onto her??? Or just modifying her???

F: The idea of Ene being sick and Kuroha taking care of her is cute enough, I'll let it slide

F: The fact it's kind of realistic, like people with weak immune system gets sick after an all-nighter

Me: OH yeah I would NOT be able to handle an all nigher cuz I'm used to sleeping 7 - 9 hours at least

F: That reminds me, Ene can change clothes, so how does that work??? Via coding???

Or do you just drag a transparent outfit PNG onto her

F: I get sick after an all-nighter, so never again 😭

Me: I guess she probably changes her clothes through coding

F: Okay that'd be cool. So she technically can change herself into anything via coding

Me:

Ene: I'm back...

Kuroha: Oh, looks like you're back, Ene. Well? How was your trip?

Ene: Umm... I think I got a virus... (Umm… I th1nk I g0t a v1rus...)

Kuroha: (He blinks for a bit in surprise.)

Kuroha: (......)

Kuroha: …You're bugged? What happened?

Kuroha: You suddenly came home with a bug in your programming, Ene.

Ene: Well, that's a long story...

Ene: (I'm not sure if I'm mentally prepared to tell him what happened...)

Ene: I can't just stay like this! Please help me!

Kuroha: A virus getting a virus, hmm... Heh, that's a new one.

Ene: Ughhh, please don’t laugh—!

Kuroha: (I have a feeling there’s something she’s not telling me, but I’ll leave it… for now, anyways.)

Kuroha: Well, in any case, I can take a look later.

F: I haven't graduated pls Idk how to code

input "medicine virus"

Me: Considering that Kuroha/Saeru had to make Ene's android body in the first place, he probably knows how to code as well. LN bit confirms he’s basically a living encyclopedia that carries knowledge of the beginning of civilization all the way up to modern science.

Saeru originally possesses Kenjirou, Ayano’s father, in most Routes, but possesses the body at night to not draw suspicion. Cuz Kenjirou programmed the game for HaruTaka's shooter game for their school booth. If he's seen it, then he can probably replicate it. Embodiment of knowledge, y'all.

In canon, Saeru usually dumps Kenjirou’s body to possess Konoha on August 15th, to make use of Konoha’s physical strength with Konoha’s Eye Ability, Awakening Eyes. But in my KuroEne AU, he dumps Kenjirou’s body and possesses Konoha MUCH earlier to be able to meet with Ene.

F: At least he ain't misusing his knowledge in this context

Kuroha: Don't worry. I'll have you back to normal in no time at all~ (^-^)

Ene: REALLY!?

Kuroha: Yes, I can do it for you. Besides, I can't let you stay bugged, can I?

Kuroha: Though, in return... You owe me one for this.

Ene: (!)

Ene: (She nudges her sleeves together.)

Ene: I understand... Just please help me!

Kuroha: Now... Let's see... What's the problem... It's making your speech come out distorted, and you seem to be fatigued...

Kuroha: Which is surprising, considering the nature of your body.

Kuroha: What happened while you were out playing with your friend?

Ene: Um... Well... That's...

Ene: (I'm not sure if I can tell him the truth!)

Kuroha: Be sure to tell me all the details~ (^-^)

Kuroha: And I mean it. Everything.

Kuroha: It'll take more time to fix the bug if I don't know what caused it.

Ene: Well… I think it’s because I pulled an all nighter trying to help my friend… And that may have caused… the bug.

F: Tbh, the only thing that'd be realistic is if Ene got a fever due to the high temperatures, since she was fuctioning the whole night, then the device would be overheating, unless Shin got some modern PC cooling stuff

Me: Oh yeah that's true. Like if she got tired from the device overheating.

F: Tho, letting a device run for that long might cause the RAM to bug so... there's that

Me: I imagine Kuroha added cooling functions in her android body for obvious reasons.

Though with her digital form... He could just take a look at her programming.

F: Ah, what a caring boyfriend, I sure hope he doesn't have any ulterior motives behind all of this

Me: LMAOOO

F: Lmao it'd be funny despite the cooling system Kuroha implemented, Ene still uses one of those small carryable eletric fans

F: Or the traditional old fan where you have to spread it open first to make her feel/look elegant /jjj

Me: Oh I love the "Character covers face with sleeves or fan" aesthetic trope. Ily~ Selena, Tatsumiya, Ene, Kougyoku~ 💗💘💞

F: Cuz I don't think Kuroha's cooling system is enough, especially when he teases her a lot. Need them extra COOLING WIND

Me:

Ene: YAYYY! I'M CURED!

Kuroha: I feel like I want to tease you a bit~ after that~ (^-^)

Kuroha: Can you blame me?

Me: And let's be honest this mf would think it's fun to see her overheating from his teasing

F: He would enjoy the sight of it

F: Ene covering her face and all curled up while overheating, nice

Me: Cute wife...

F: Kuroha trying to hug her during her overheating state 😭😭

Me: WHDHSHDHS AND SHE JUST HEATS UP MORE

F: Holy shit, she could become a stove or maybe a grill—

Me: Oh yeah, he could withstand the heat even if she gets really hot due to Awakening Eyes.

F:

Kuroha: Looks like you need someone to transfer all that heat to ♡

Ene: NOT HELPING AT ALL, MISTER!!!

Me: DAHSHDHS HE WOULD

Me: Reminds me of cats who bury their faces in blankets UWAHHH…

Me:

Kuroha: (Burrowing under the blankets just like a little bunny... ❤️)

Me: With that in mind, he could rebuild his body to withstand winter weather better too. He could rebuild his body to have all the human perks and snake ability perks (snake’s sense of smell)

F: Just give himself a warm blood function that's like a human's.

Me: Yeah and like it's just Haruka's body remade so it's probably closer to a human's anyways

Just that he seems to keep his ability to smell from far away in MR2

And he could make more snake like additions. Like being able to detect infrared heat detections, improving sense of smell to make it more like a snake's, etc.

F: He could just combine the 2. Like, snake features that will benefit him, and human features that will also benefit him

Me: Yeah that's exactly what I imagined. And he just tosses out the features from either that don't benefit him

F: Dude gives himself the anatomy of a human, while still having some snake-like behaviours/features

Me:

Ene when Kuroha teases her:

F: Kuroha trying to hug her during her overheating state 😭😭

F: Hugs and maybe sneak in some cheek kisses too?? 👁️👁️👁️

Me: UWAHH SO CUTE… Oh yeah, snakes like tongue flicking their owner's faces

F: Then he'll just be licking her JWHSUDCAUSHD. I wonder how does Ene tease him back

Me: Yeah like. He'd like getting "teased" by her, so it doesn't have the intended results she wanted

Cuz he'd always be so smug about it.

Me: She can catch him off guard with her predictable unpredictability but she can't really fluster the embodiment of knowledge who knows everything who's also shameless about indulging in carnal pleasures...

F: Can handle teasing just fine, likes being called evil, likes the idea of being harmed during sex, wtf is wrong with him

Me: Everything 👍 /pos

Me: Ene would just refuse to hurt him when he suggests that. Like he would try to taunt/goad her into hurting him during sex (cuz it'd still excite him), and she would outright refuse

Kuroha just goes like, "Hm? How come? I can take it~"

And Ene just says she doesn't want to hurt Konoha (or even him) out of principle, cuz it's just not her style. Unlike him, she is not the sadistic/violent type (if this takes place in a Route where she's aware that Saeru took over Konoha's body, but stays isolated from the MekaDan and doesn't meet them)

And Ene just says that if she's doing it, then she at least wants her partner to feel good. And Kuroha accepts her answer because he likes the fact that she still caters to his pleasures/wants him to feel good too (if this takes place in a Route where she doesn't know about his true identity)

F: At least she has morals 😭😭

Me: Unlike her crazy ass bf! 👍

Me: First one's Route setup is basically the first KuroEne AU Route I started writing (as a batch of random scenario ideas)

Cuz only Kano and Ayano know about the existence of the Clearing Eyes Snake prior to the present plot, so as long as KuroEne stay generally secluded/isolated from the others and just hang out in their own home (one of Kenjirou's spare homes), they'll be fine

That's why Kuroha could reveal his true name, either at the start when he first meets her, or in the middle of their relationship (depends on how much he wants to reveal and when), in that case

So it's basically dependent on whether he plans to meet the Mekakushi Dan or not

F: I made an AU about him mooching off Momo's income and staying with Shintaro in his room so he could see Ene everyday 🧍 That's still in my drafts tho. Still focusing on the fanon-verse KuroEne domestic AU

Me: Oooh I see! That'd be a cute excuse too hehe

Me: In my KuroEne AU, he just uses one of Kenjirou's spare homes due to having access to his resources, and basically lives with her

F: That's a safer and smarter option atleast

Don't gotta worry about gold-diggers cuz he’s already gold-digging from multiple people 😭😭😭

Me: LMAO

Give me your money /lh

Me: I'm kidding he could just turn into Kenjirou and one of his many fake identities to coerce people

Cuz he can just use Awakening Eyes to create as many fake identities as he wants to not seem suspicious

F: That's a safer and smarter option atleast

Me: Yeah cuz I feel like in the setup of my canon verse KuroEne AU, if he lived with Shintaro as a freeloader, Shintaro would get more suspicious sooner (cuz Kuroha would constantly go out with Ene for a few hour trysts)

And Shintaro would be like, "WHAT ARE YOU GUYS EVEN DOING??? I MEAN IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS, BUT— YOU’RE NOT DOING SOMETHING DANGEROUS, ARE YOU???"

So, using one of Kenjirou's spare homes and living with her is the best bet

Win win situation for him. The MekaDan are either not involved/not really concerned, and he gets to spend time all day with his CUTE bunny gf~

F: Listen Sen, I love making Shin the victim I see myself in him, I make him the third wheel so technically I'm thirdwheeling

Me: WDHSHDSHDSH understandable. I love putting him through the wringer as the thirdwheel of KuroEne's relationship

Shintaro is so pathetic /endearing

And because of his friendship with Ene, he'd have the funniest reactions to KuroEne's relationship

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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.

...

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.

...

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

[stepswowdsen]

【KagePro】 KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s sketchbook 🖤💙

Intro Rambles

Main Points:

KuroEne AU: Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s home and sketchbook

Kuroha weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O to use as advantages for him

Kuroha encourages his S/O to keep playing the game with him

KuroEne AU: Ene insists that she’s just playing the game with Kuroha to defeat him, which amuses him

KuroEne AU: Ene’s denial of her own feelings

HaruTaka and KonoEne rambles

The concept of digital tears

Fave Sen-core chara/ship tropes

I included my discussion rambles with Feila ^^

HaruTaka and KonoEne are mentioned in this, but this is mainly about my KuroEne AU

KuroEne Depictions

(Gonna copy paste my old rambles)

Not to be smug or anything, but I actually do think the best interpretations of canon-verse KuroEne (that I've seen, at least), are mine.

I’ve seen a lot of takes from KuroEne artists back then back when I was a kid, and there’s lots of interesting ones, but the reason why I’m mainly obsessed with KuroEne in the first place, is because the ship hinges on my writing (ship AU depictions). It feels more personal to me that way.

Aside from that… In general, I'm insanely picky with depictions of my fave charas/ships.

I think it's also cuz I make sure to alleviate/ease the power imbalance that Kuroha inevitably has over every character (all Mekakushi Dan members) due to his power over knowledge and brute strength in Konoha's body, as much as possible, by having Ene be more assertive and dominant, and because he (Kuroha) knows when to be "softer" in their interactions (including their intimacy)

Like he allows Ene to do what she wants and thus sates his curiosity for new experiences with her (or comparing them with old ones).

Cuz Ene still keeps her headstrong personality and assertiveness in my portrayals

Takane/Ene is easily agitated, spiteful, and difficult to deal with, and gets extremely flustered and shy and embarrassed easily

Ene is strong-willed, bold, stubborn, easy to rile up, emotional, and really confrontational... I think her softer personality, and also her capability to also be aggressive with him, really helps.

I'm a little wary when some KagePro fan-artists go too far with having Kuroha/Saeru taunt and weaponize his memories and knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships and memories with others

For example, Haruka with Takane/Ene

I feel like there's a fine line, and some people cross that line, and it just gets... too much.

I think y'all know what I'm getting at. Like if it's just one guy making the other party emotionally distressed by taunting them about their past relationships/memories, that's just unappealing as hell (in general, and especially for ship content).

I’m usually not a fan of this personally, cuz some fan depictions take this in unsavoury directions imo

This is why I said before that Kuroha ships need to be carefully handled like some ship depictions I’ve seen, just go way too far with this, and have it bleed into unsavoury depictions by worsening the power imbalance between him and his S/O. Which is just eugh. Even aside from that, it’s just incredibly boring/bland and uninteresting to me

Even though Kuroha/Saeru could definitely transform into Haruka's exact appearance with Konoha's Eye Ability, Awakening Eyes, the ability to remake his body into one that the owner finds to be "ideal," I don't really want to depict scenes like that, unless it's... mild. Like if it's something like this, it's fine. Ene biting back at him and countering him like this would be great.

Ene: Kokonose Haruka...... died 2 years ago. You are NOT him.

Ene: I know the difference between him (Haruka and Konoha), and YOU, impostor of an impostor.

There's a scene in MCA (Mekakucity Actors), the terribad KagePro anime, where Kano uses his Eye Ability, Deceiving Eyes, to transform into Haruka to mess with Ene to scold her for what she's doing to Shintaro, and she understandably gets really distraught and does NOT take it well (though MCA's animation is so laughable I can't take it seriously)

Kano's Eye Ability, Deceiving Eyes, allows him to "change what people perceive him as, he can change how he appears, sounds, and even feels to others and can thus impersonate other people and animals." In simpler terms, it’s basically like a mild form of Illusion power

And Kano, as Ayano's younger foster brother, had been working together with Ayano before her suicide so he's the only MekaDan member who knows about Saeru (Snake of Clearing Eyes)'s existence prior to the present day plot (August 15th, the Kagerou/Heat Haze Day.)

Discussions with Feila

F: I JUST GOT UP FROM MY GRAVE HWUHSUSH,!??!?@?@?

Oh boy, more content that will last me for another 6 months

F: God damn Ene is pretty in every media

Me: Now I'm really curious about the context of that one Ayano and Ene art in the Anthologies.

MY AYATAKA/AYAENE YURI WILL RISE!!! ❤️💙

I haven’t read it yet, so it better not be Kano using Deceiving Eyes or something (but it’s probably likely 😩)

Me: I translated a couple KuroEne comics in my files (since I have at least 90% of their old fanarts saved in my files)

Debating whether to post them on Tumblr or not cuz I have most of their fanarts, which have been deleted from the internet. Perhaps I could link to my Notion page instead?

F: If I had a nickel for every ship fan comic I’ve seen that involves Kuroha taunting Ene about Haruka, I'd have 2 nickels, or probably more since I'm a very late witness of KagePro

F: Ene is opening up, then again, similar to MCA where he would take form of Haruka to remind Ene of her past, he could he doing the same thing here since, Ene's reactions are similar...

Me: MCA is animated laughably bad but just remembering the devastated reaction Ene has when Kano uses his Ability to turn into Haruka...

I don't want to portray something like that with Kuroha/Saeru tbh. She (understandably) wouldn’t take it very well

F: Ene looks like that one Shinji meme but standing up

Me: I've seen the “Kuroha weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships by taunting them” trope so many times in KuroEne ship fanarts (and Kuroha ship fanarts in general) that I personally choose not to depict stuff like that

F: I'm just biased towards yours 😭 😭

Also, within the context of your AU, if he wants to lure Ene into his trap, he must not remind her of the past then, so she'd move onto him

F: Uh, not sure if Ene is the type of person so easily move on, but I feel like she'd still have the feeling of a small crush on Haruka

Me: Yeah like I'm not saying that he wouldn't pull something like transforming into Haruka in those cases (in the fanart depictions that I’ve seen) but it can get too... much. Which is why I choose not to depict stuff like that.

Me: Imo Ene would still have lingering feelings for Haruka too. Which he doesn't mind. She still feels attracted to him (Saeru) and wants to play the game with him

F: Yep, that's how I portray it at least

Me: I'm biased towards my ship AU depictions too. The power imbalance in all Kuroha ships obviously still exists, but I made sure to alleviate the power imbalance as much as possible

Also that too. Kuroha/Saeru wouldn't want to remind her of the past/others because he wants to lure Ene into his trap and seduce her so that they can play the game together without any restraints/inhibitions holding them back.

In my KuroEne AU, he wants her to be drawn toawrds him and to get into her heart.

So I personally avoid depicting stuff like "Kuroha/Saeru weaponizes his knowledge of Ene's memories with Haruka." Again, I'd only depict this kind of thing in my own ship AU works if she calls him out on it/his bluff.

Me: Imo he DOES weaponize his knowledge of Haruka and Konoha’s relationships with her, but I don’t want to depict it in THIS specific way. In my ship AUs, it’s more like he uses his knowledge to his advantage to get into her heart, better understand her desires and how to fulfill them, etc.

Me: Also in general, Kuroha ships just don't work if the other party is too passive imo. Like his S/O needs to keep their agency and be able to confront him at times (when it matters), in order for the ship to work

F: Ene is pretty reactive and energetic she fits to be the opposing S/O

Me: I agree. Ene fits perfectly with Kuroha/Saeru. She’s one of the charas who’s a really good pick for him

Me: But like you said, in my ship AU he would avoid reminding her of the past so that she can “fall with him” (fall into the abyss with him). Metaphorically speaking.

Me: I took creative liberties in my ship AU so that he would consider being intimate with humans

I think KuroEne has fascinating potential so I wanted to explore their relationship dynamic more

Me: Like in this case, he understands that NOT pulling something like this would get Ene to open up to him easier.

F: Yess, he wants to lure her in, he will charm her with his actions

Kuroha takes Ene to see Haruka’s home and sketchbook

(Copy pasting my old rambles)

Could you just imagine Kuroha taking Ene (who transferred into in an android body to move in the real world) to Haruka's house. Kuroha decides to take Ene back to Haruka's house (the idea just came to him in this route and he wants to experience new things)

Cuz I imagine Haruka's things were just taken back to his house by his family after his death. When Ene finds all of Haruka's old things, she just gets emotional and clutches his sketchbook in her arms, hugging it.

Reminded of Hama's old fanart of Ene hugging Haruka's sketchbook... God.

At first she's conflicted whether to go through his things, and is constantly mulling it over in her head whether it's ok to go through someone's private things, but decides to eventually, giving into her curiosity. When she decides to open the sketchbook, she just sees that the pages of Haruka's sketchbook are filled with his 2 years old sketches of her...

Kuroha is strangely not very chatty/talkative, and quiet for the duration of this trip. He lets her bask in it and take it all in. Saeru should understand that staying silent and letting this encounter stay melancholic and somber benefits him here. He gets to see more of Ene’s vulnerable sides by letting her mourn on her own. He doesn’t say anything while she looks around and takes everything in.

This time, Kuroha/Saeru decides to act more tender in response, cuz this is a softer, more tender, more vulnerable side of Ene that he hasn't ever seen before in all of the past routes.

So, Saeru, with a neutral expression (similar to the Joker art), without saying anything, just... crouches down and rests a hand in her hair, and pats her head softly... While she's kneeled on the ground, hugging Haruka's sketchbook...

Even he should understand that it's MUCH better to "behave" here because he would get to see a more tender side of Ene that he hasn't seen before. Like come on he should understand that staying silent here benefits him cuz she would show a more tender side to him and appreciate that he chose to bring her here.

Ene’s willingness to show tenderness to him, despite everything… 🥹

I decided to go with this cuz it's 1000000x better for him to be more tender here. It fits better. Because this is new for him. He gets to see a new side of her. When Ene looks up at him, with an expression on the verge of tears, and mutters a small, “Thank you,” to him, he blinks a bit in mild surprise at first, and then etches the sight into his memories. This one stands out to him.

Like bruh, I REALLY don't want him to ruin the moment by saying some shit like, "The Haruka you know and love is dead!" Like (.) 🧍

He can do this to the MekaDan all he wants, but the moment he does this in my ship AU scenarios is when I’ll beat his ass ✌️

Even if he totally has it in him to do that, this is like the ONE time I don’t want him to ruin the moment. It’s just so unappealing in general too

Rambles with Feila

Me: I had an idea before of Kuroha bringing Ene to Haruka's old house to see Haruka's sketchbook and his sketches of her. I didn't fit this scenario into any particular Route yet, I just thought the scenario would be interesting to think about.

Me: Kuroha/Saeru letting their encounter be more melancholic and somber and choosing to stay quiet and NOT using the situation as a way to taunt her would actually allow him to see more of Ene's softer sides/vulnerabilities (and he never would've seen this particular side of Ene in a Route before). Cuz Ene would have a sense of gratefulness to him after this. It would be advantageous to him.

Me: Yeah like in my AU he wants to lure her in and charm her into playing the game with him, so he would want to earn her trust and avoid doing stuff like this that would setback his goals/their relationship, especially if it’s early on

F: Oh well, he's getting her to open up, but that is still in character without him having to taunt Ene

Me: Yeah like imo he should be able to understand that giving Ene the space to mourn (in this scenario) benefits him more.

Me: This is like the ONE time I don’t want him to ruin the moment 😭

It fits better. He should understand that giving her the space to mourn is in his best interests so that he can see more of Ene's vulnerable sides. So it fits this encounter to be more melancholic and somber. It's just more interesting thematically, and writing-wise too.

He gets more benefits out of it. It’s advantageous to him.

F: Yeah like, Ene mourning over Haruka and Kuroha being all like "Too bad, look at me, I'm your previous lover, aren't I?" is just so... eugh. He could be a lil possessive over Ene, but it's not like he'd get jealous of this too. He will let her mourn in peace

Me: Right like fuck no I won't depict shit like that ever 😭 Yeah it's just so... eugh :/ I'm not a fan of when people lean into or depict stuff like this. If it’s mild, it’s ok, but sometimes it goes way too far.

Me: He doesn't get jealous, because he has nothing to be jealous of. No one can best him when it comes to knowledge. He does have it in him to be (mildly) possessive though, but not in this situation. He would let her mourn in peace (about Haruka), because it's advantageous to him.

Kuroha letting Ene mourn is just way more interesting from a writing standpoint.

Them showing this kind of tenderness to each other in an AU where she’s actually aware of his true identity (and he’s not putting on an act) is just so interesting.

Saeru not using the situation to stroke his ego for once, and granting someone this sense of peace/tranquility and reassurance, is just so unlike the usual him, but he DOES recognize the benefits presented to him by choosing to act this way, and reaps the rewards for doing so.

He supposes that, since he DID want to learn more about human emotions/love, that it’s better to do this.

KuroEne AU: Dialogue Scripts

I have depicted Kuroha bringing up Ene’s relationships with Konoha and Haruka to her in a KuroEne AU Route where KuroEne play the game alone and have Love/Hate sex, so Ene is aware of his true name (Saeru) and his identity as the Clearing Snake.

So she sees him as an evil snake who is possessing the body of her previous friend/lover, and knows his true nature here.

Ene dares him and holds him to his word that he can provide the pleasure he promises, and Kuroha accepts her challenge.

Here are some of my dialogue script WIPs. I talked about this set of scripts here

Link:

I 10000000% prefer the way that the whole “Kuroha/Saeru weaponizes his knowledge of his S/O’s past relationships and memories” trope is executed here, tbh. It just feels better and more natural to me because Ene confronts him and bites back at him and meets his “challenge” head on.

F: Poetry 💥💥💥

F: Well at least he doesn't bring it up to taunt her and make her relapse about it, it seems like he just wanted to remind her, not to taunt her, just like, "Hey y'know, I hold your past lover's body" and that's it.

F: Which is very different from other artists’ depictions where Kuroha takes Haruka’s form and taunts her, etc.

Me: Yeahhh my depictions of KuroEne are typically much softer than other fan artists' depictions that I've seen, even when portraying angst.

I’m insanely picky with depictions of KuroEne since they're my fave ship. I usually don’t like portrayals of depicting Kuroha taking Haruka/Konoha’s form, personally, unless it's mild.

KuroEne AU: Ene insists that she’s just playing the game with Kuroha to defeat him, which amuses him

Me: Here, I rambled about this before

Most of my meow meow mf faves are possessive, which makes sense... It requires entitlement to be possessive, and thinking that you're worthy of affection/attention, something that my faves definitely have due to their arrogance and ego.

I could see a sense of possessiveness in him (Kuroha/Saeru) wanting to prove that they DO have a special, karmic, fated relationship, (especially with how tsun Ene is, who especially doesn't want to admit more honest feelings to someone like Kuroha/Saeru)

Most of my faves want an exclusivity of affection from their S/O that is reserved for them only, but Kuroha/Saeru doesn't mind his partner having previous or multiple loves at all. It's even interesting, entertaining to him.

(Quoting lines from my KuroEne AU)

Kuroha: All paths will lead back to me eventually.

Kuroha: Is there anyone who knows your passions and your heart better than I do?

He knows that no matter what, because he carries such intimate knowledge of the other party, (Ene in this case), due to his knowledge, he knows that can't be matched... They will still end up in the same place (doing this with him again). It creates an inexplicable pull between him and her.

He can continue to be so smug about it because he knows he cannot be bested in terms of "knowledge." The "special" relationship and connection they have, will remain a constant in all routes, as long as they play the game together. Also added with the fact that Kuroha/Saeru is possessing Konoha's body and has his face, body, and voice. Ene hates him, but a part of her feels inexplicably drawn to him. He is her and the Mekakushi Dan's worst enemy. And yet...

Me: Like, I could see him being mildly possessive if Ene keeps denying his claims that they have a special, karmic relationship (even while they have an intimate relationship)

For example, in the KuroEne AU Route where Saeru reveals his identity right away so they have Love/Hate sex. Like if Ene tells him that she’s only doing this with him because she wants to defeat him, he would be amused by that and tell her that she can keep making herself believe that. But if she keeps up this insistence, then he would want to prove a point to her to stroke his ego

Copy pasting my old rambles

Just came to mind but ngl for the KuroEne AU where Ene is intimate with Kuroha. 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!!!

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

He just... knows her too well. He knows that his offer to Ene (of providing a body and offering her to come live with him) is too tempting/irresistable to pass up. He can make a body for her, provide a place for her to stay, and satisfy her needs for warmth and touch and companionship, etc., after being trapped in the cyber world for so long…

He's older than human civilization so he’d know/learn more about human behaviours. I like the “genius inventor” and “evil mad scientist” vibes that’s infused in my ship AU :) I think it fits him cuz realistically he should be able to pull this off

KuroEne AU: Ene's denial of her own feelings

In the context of a KuroEne AU, Kuroha is aware of Ene's tendency to avoid confronting her emotional issues and "bad feelings" (she keeps them to herself to avoid worrying others, like Shintaro), so ofc she would deny having a connection with him, or even the fact that her choosing to do this with him DOES mean that they have a bond, at least of some kind. It DOES mean something.

Ene doesn't want to admit what Kuroha/Saeru is completely aware of and already knows - that they have a fated karmic bond/relationship with each other due to Kuroha's intimate knowledge of her (and all of his different memories of her throughout all the time loops)

Ene feels strangely drawn to him, despite her hatred for him. She feels some sort of pull, despite everything. And because he knows that, he obviously wouldn't believe her declarations of "We don't have anything between us...!" and "This doesn't mean anything...!"

And he would probably say something like, "Time and time again, no matter how much time passes, no matter how many times we repeat this dance of ours, no matter how much you hate me, there is a reason for why you keep doing this with me? Go on. I already know, but I want to hear you say it."

Cuz as I said before, the situation is so surreal to her, with him being in the body of the person she loves with his face and voice (Konoha is the Snake of Awakening Eyes in Haruka's remade body), and Saeru's knowledge of Haruka and Takane, and Konoha and Ene's context.

Ene acts cheerful and optimistic on purpose, the complete opposite of what she was like back when she was alive. KuroEne has less personality clash than KuroTaka tbh. They mesh better together.

Kuroha encourages his S/O to keep playing the game with him

Me: Also I was just thinking what's interesting about KuroEne is that KuroEne is a ship oriented in the ever looping present.

Kuroha/Saeru as a character encourages regression (as opposed to growth) and the eternal looping of their game.

As a secondary goal to his immortality, he wants the game to continue endlessly through the eternal cycle of destruction and rebirth (revival and renewal through destruction)

In the context of a ship AU, Saeru wants to “corrupt” his S/O and taint their soul by leaving his marks on them across timelines.

It reminds me a bit of KamaGuda (FGO), an evil antagonist wanting to corrupt Ritsuka, the FGO protag. Kama wanted to corrupt Ritsuka so that they’d fall for their seductions/temptations

Kama → Ritsuka: ”Fall into depravity (me)”

Though KamaGuda is fundamentally different. The "love" of the Beasts (Evils of Humanity) in FGO are still filled with a genuine pure love that Saeru lacks. Basically, the Beasts love humanity in a nurturing way that threatens its existence

It comes from Kama’s inner yearning to be loved (by them - Ritsuka), something that only OC2 Kama (Alter Ego Kama in Ordeal Call II: Paper Moon) eventually realized and acknowledged, but that (the usual) Kama themselves, won’t acknowledge or admit.

Me: My ships tend to be future oriented and hopeful: JuAli, LimGuda, XanLena, IdaTatsu

I think the only exception I have to this is canon-verse KuroEne, cuz one of the charas in the ship is someone who actively steals the hope and dreams/fantasies of having a happy life/future, from the cast. It's a ship that's rooted in the ever looping past/present rather than the future. At least in canon-verse, anyways.

It’s so interesting to think about cuz even the fall out of a KuroEne AU, with the kind of Final Route setting that I imagined, would require them to try and mend their relationship over all the broken cracks that Saeru created in the first place.

I think the ship does have a happy future if you write a Final Route rewrite AU where Kuroha/Saeru lives and has to make up for his piled up sins/karma by serving as a protector or guardian figure to Mary's family. Canon-verse KuroEne is messy and complicated as hell, but that makes their relationship interesting imo

I love ships with emotional baggage, so all of my main fave ships 100% appeal to my tastes and are right up my alley.

Canon-verse KuroEne will only get a happy end if you go with something similar to the alternate ending ideas I had for KagePro's Final Route. Otherwise, the ship is doomed to tragedy

Kuroha/Saeru fits perfectly with my character tastes, but due to his role and character set-up, he's much more selfish and dark and twisted. My other faves, even if they're evil and dark and twisted, are still MUCH softer to their S/Os, and still have some form of pure, genuine love.

Douman's Red Flag list would be longer than Saeru's but LimGuda, despite meeting as Enemies trying to kill each other, is MUCH softer as a ship, in comparison to KuroEne.

Canon-verse Kuroha/Saeru lacks humanity, and the softness and tenderness (at least, the genuine kind) that even characters like Douman and Kiara (FGO) have.

Especially cuz with canon-verse KuroEne, I'm personally more interested in exploring their endless possibilities in the [XX] amount of routes (time loop resets), rather than their "Future."

Though fanon-verse KuroEne is fun to think of too. I also think they deserve to just be cute together

Writing scenarios that exist outside of canon-verse like a domestic married life AU would be cute. I want them to go on a vacation to Vietnam. My wife and her unhinged snake should visit my home country for my comfort 🥺

Cuz from observation, fanon-verse Kuroha/Saeru tends to be much tamer. Reminds me of Judar (Magi) who just becomes a neutralized threat that runs around like a gremlin

Digital Tears

Source: Murder Drones

F: Which brings me to another question, Ene can produce tears??

Me: “Can Ene cry?”

Oh that's a good question actually…

F: Because in order to produce tears, you need water. But Ene could also be just sobbing without producing tears, but that's kind of impossible for human logic

Me: For aesthetics, I'll just imagine digital tears then

F: Make me think about how Uzi produce tears (pardon my nerdy MD-loving ass)

Since she has a screen for her eyes. And this is how they produce/show sweat

And blush apparently, I forgot about that part

Me: OOOH interesting. I like the glowy effects

F: That's MD for you ;D

Fave Sen-core chara/ship tropes 🐈‍⬛☀️

Sen-core ship tropes:

Black/white colour schemed meow meow mf with a bloodthirsty personality or violent tendencies, paired with a soft warm empathetic S/O with a brighter disposition

Meow meow mf x Ball of sunshine

Morally questionable (or Morally Bankrupt) x Morally agreeable,

Freak x Freak who freaks them out (or Human that tames them)

Red Flag x Green Flag

Antagonist x Protagonist (or Protagonist cast character)

"Freak x Freak who freaks them out" is the funniest ship trope description ever. ALL of my top fave ships are this LMAO

Freak x Normie where the Normie (more normal S/O) has the freak ™️ on a leash.

The freak is caught off guard by their S/O’s genuine candid sincerity and heartfelt emotions/feelings

Though in some of my ships, the cat is not on a leash, and the cat does whatever it wants. Then it’d moreso be “The freak having the capability to show more softened tendencies towards their S/O, of some kind”

KuroEne basically sets up my foundation Sen-core ship tropes. Kid me has good taste as expected. It runs in my ship tastes.

A lot of my current KuroEne AU writings are inspired by LimGuda (Limbo/Douman x Ritsuka/Guda) from FGO. My inspiration is a godly ship :)

They’re fundamentally different ships, but I have a lot of experience working with their main ship trope: “Evil meow meow mf who have an obsessive nature and their own brand of ‘ill’ love, wants their more energetic, soft empathetic S/O with a brighter disposition to fall with them” 🐈‍⬛

LimGuda is such an insane ship 😭 LimGuda gets everything I wished my other ships would get. And the fact that they get fed by both official and fanon content is CRAZY.

Gay evil NB clown demon hates humanity but is deadly obsessed with the human they're in love with, and wants to watch their downfall so they can follow them to hell... Aughhh LimGuda...

"I possess a secret love for you. But it's nothing like wanting to make Master my own possession, or anything like that..."

LimGuda getting a gorgeous Valentine's Day fanart drawn by Douman's official artist that has a skull illusion composition to allude to Douman's character, the nature of Douman's love, and their karmic bond...

Literally how is this ship real /lh

I don't need my ships to be canon to be king 👑

It's just fine if I do my own things with them outside of the source material. When it comes to the source material itself, I just need my faves to interact and I want to see good contents from them that fits their characterization. But if not, then I’ll just feed them myself 👍

Meow Meow mfs

I love black/white aesthetic in character design (cuz it's so closely linked to the concept of Black/White, Yin/Yang, Sun/Moon), goth and punk fashion, etc.

Similar to my faves, I often wear black/white/gray (+ accent colours like blue, red, purple, green). I mainly wear black and blue. Coincidentally KuroEne colours 🖤💙

I love how my faves remind me of tux cats and black kitties, my personal fave kinds of cats... I have golden kitty faves and others, too, but my faves are mainly known for their BW aesthetics 🐈‍⬛🖤🤍

It's not necessary to be a BW meow meow though. It's just the main one that my faves are mainly known for. I have many different kinds of Sen-core meow meow mfs who're very varied.

But they all fall into a very specific Sen-core character archetype. My “meow meow mf” faves are distanced from humanity, and/or, normal social interactions, due to royal/divine/non-human status or emotional repression/emotional issues, which gives their ego this very specific "Sen-core" quality. Putting it like this, every single one of my "Meow meow mf" faves falls into this, without exception.

“Being distanced from humanity due to being non-human, which gives their ego this ‘Sen-core’ quality”

I always go for this character type, so I personally named it “Meow meow mf” to easily definite my tastes. A cat-like character with the above traits. If this chara trope doesn’t exist in the series, then I go for secondary chara tropes I enjoy.

[stepswowdsen]

【KagePro】 KuroEne 🖤💙💗

I have too much power. I'm unstoppable 💥💥💥

Choose your favourite version of XX/6 🖤💙🐍🐇🫶

Ty to Feila for giving me the idea~ 💗

I think the first one looks the best in terms of positioning (how the images crop and fit in the frame)

I love the Playing Card chibi arts (so I originally did it with them), but it doesn't fill up the frames unfortunately. So I also did it with other arts too

Not right now ofc but I really wanna make plushie designs of them and my other top fave ships one day...

I have the video versions for all of these, but Tumblr doesn't let me upload more than one video per post

So I just uploaded the GIF versions.

Rambles

F: Imagine this GIF but XanLena

Me: Omg this would be so cute to do with XanLena…

F: You close the locket, they kith :3

F: LMAO DO IT

Me: THAT'S A GOOD IDEA OMG. I should do it with KuroEne's other official arts as well

F: LMAOAO YYEESS

...

Me: So tempted to do this with my ships

Put the meow meow mf on one side and their S/O on the other and then BOOM when the heart locket closes, they kiss!!!

(This was Feila's idea)

C: You should hahjtsh

Me: I'M A GENIUS

C: LOL

Me: KuroEne Kiss

Based on your ideas with XanLena earlier

F: THEY DID IT

THEY KISSED

THEY HITFHDHDH

Me: I felt :) the whole time while making these… I love them sm

Now all I gotta do is make these with other arts of KuroEne, XanLena, JuAli, IdaTatsu, and LimGuda. We need multiple versions of these for each of them

F: You definitely got an addiction but I support it 🔥

...

Feila suggested to make the GIF with XanLena, my KHR AU yume (Canon/OC) ship of XanLena (Xanxus/Selena) ❤️💜

So I took the opportunity to make them for my faves! I'll be posting the ones with XanLena, JuAli, IdaTatsu, and LimGuda separately!

Could you imagine plushies of them. Goddd I seriously need to make plushies of them in the future...

I want to have dolls of my fave ships one day where you can dress them up, so I can dress them in custom clothes and change their outfits from time to time :3

It'd be sooo cute for my OTPs to share a scarf together (if possible)

The best part about being able to draw for me is that I can fuel my fave chara/ship shenanigans 🤸 Yayyy!

Me making my KuroEne plushies kiss like barbie dolls 😚💘

And the same for my other ships!