#yes the colors are the same as mirai park's

[everythingwasnormalhere]

Kyle Week Day 3: Yandere

Never not using my chance to draw insane Kyle :3

This was my 1st drawing with the digital pen I struggled so much 😭 I'm used to drawing with my finger you guys,,, this was so weird to me

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Inktober 2019

I don’t know how many people got to know about it, but the arson attack at Kyoto Animation claimed its 36th victim this October, thus I decided to use KyoAni’s main titles for my very first time taking part in Inktober. Here’s to hoping that this will serve as a small homage to whoever it was, whose passing won’t be as widely regarded as the previous ones.

All 31 illustrations in full size and their descriptions under the cut.

Basically a collection of very simple ink sketches made in a hurry. Some were drawn with KyoAni’s style, some with my own style and some were a blending of both. I don’t particularly like how grainy the scans turned out after being diminished because it makes them look like digital art instead of ink art, but it’s a fact that they were too big to fit in one post otherwise. Anyway, here goes nothing...

Day 1: Ring Kuriyama Mirai (Kyoukai no Kanata) Pretty self-explanatory, and also the picshot that started this mini-project (yes, I took it with my phone). The others are all proper scans, though.

Day 2: Mindless Akiyama Mio (K-On!) From the movie’s ending clip.

Day 3: Bait Shinonome Nano and Hakase (Nichijou) Rock, paper, shark.

Day 4: Freeze Asakura Ryouko (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu/Shoushitsu) “I will nullify your data link.”

Day 5: Build Hidaka Yumemi (Munto) Connecting two worlds to create another.

Day 6: Husky Matsuoka Rin (Free!) When your throat is screwed and you’re straight-up not having a good time.

Day 7: Enchanted Kamio Misuzu and “Sora” (Air) Just your average dying girl and her bird not-boyfriend.

Day 8: Frail Okazaki Nagisa and Okazaki Ushio (Clannad) “When winter arrives, she won’t be able to move anymore.”

Day 9: Swing Tsukimiya Ayu and Misaka Shiori (Kanon) Based on official art.

Day 10: Pattern Izumi Konata (Lucky Star) Cheer uniform, revisited. I was motivated to draw proper stars at first, but kinda got lazy halfway, lol.

Day 11: Snow Nagato Yuki (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu/Shoushitsu) and Minase Nayuki (Kanon) From the movie and episode 23.

Day 12: Dragon Tooru (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon) I mean, come on.

Day 13: Ash Sagara Sousuke (Full Metal Panic) Always ready to blow shit up and watch the world burn. Me, a fool: What if I try to draw him in FMP’s old-school style? My utterly cursed hands: what are eyes

Day 14: Overgrown Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu/Shoushitsu) Long hair version but without all the brooding.

Day 15: Legend Okazaki Tomoya (Clannad) “Have you ever heard about the legend of this city? Whenever something fortunate happens, a glow of light appears.”

Day 16: Wild Shindou Ayaka, Shindou Ai, Yakiimo (Kyoukai no Kanata) and “Sawatari Makoto” (Kanon) Two foxes, one cat and one ball of floof.

Day 17: Ornament Chintanda Eru (Hyouka) “I’m here to show off.”

Day 18: Misfit Ishida Shouya and Nishimiya Shouko (Koe no Katachi) “Ishida-kun is a bully, so you’re better off not getting involved with him.”

Day 19: Sling Togashi Yuuta (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!) “I don’t know anything about that.”

Day 20: Tread Gilbert Bougainvillea (Violet Evergarden) “He had a charm that drew people to him, but he himself didn’t have much interest in others. He was a man who only ever thought about how he’d tread the pure-white path towards his own future that had been laid out to him.”

Day 21: Treasure Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden) “It is the same color as Major’s eyes. I have always thought that they were ‘beautiful’. I did not know the word, which is why I had never said it. But Major’s eyes, from the moment we first met, were ‘beautiful’ to me.”

Day 22: Ghost Nakahara Komugi (Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magikarte) “So when you die, it’s like, ‘Okay, that’s all folks’, huh?”

Day 23: Ancient Narumiya Minato and Takigawa Masaki (Tsurune) Yawatashi no Gi.

Day 24: Dizzy Oumae Kumiko (Hibike! Euphonium) “You hadn’t been drinking anything at all, had you?”

Day 25: Tasty Hazuki Nagisa (Free!) “It’s delicious. It’s filled with strawberry jam and marmalade, coated with chocolate and only costs 480 yen! So cheap!”

Day 26: Dark Edward Jones (Violet Evergarden) “It’s not like I killed without thinking. I have lots of reasons. You got time to listen to all of them?”

Day 27: Coat Enigma (Musaigen no Phantom World) Quite literal.

Day 28: Ride Kunisaki Yukito (Air) “Where I’m going, you ask? Who knows? I wonder where. That’s right, you should try to ask Misuzu. She’ll be tagging along with me for a while.”

Day 29: Injured Kanie Seiya (Amagi Brilliant Park) Having a rifle thrust at your face must hurt like a bitch and leave marks, and I just love that this isn’t addressed, like, ever.

Day 30: Catch Kitashirakawa Tamako (Tamako Market) “Ah! My mistake! Throw one back!”

Day 31: Ripe Momokawa Inako (Nijuu Seiki Denki Mokuroku) The next work in line, ready to receive the baton. I can’t wait to see you.

[digimonadventuretimelines]

[17 - Lullaby for Zebra • Elise’s Sweet Song •]

“You, you will go there and destroy the factory which manufactures devices for the Chosen Children. If you fail… You won’t want to know.”

Those words echoed in the black furred digimon. He had nothing to lose, nothing to gain either. He was a machine, or he believed to. However, he was organic digimon. A wolf. And his master’s orders were clear.

Destroy the digivice factory. Probably giving Izumi Koushiro the biggest headache if said mission is accomplished.

But it was raining in the human world. It was also dark, and he couldn’t see anything than a flash of light till it hit him. Luckly, his body was strong enough and he survived. The car and its passengers also were fine, just shocked and scared of that lupine digimon. The couple’s Labramon and Plotmon barked furiously at the irresponsible digimon.

Those ones… Why were they yelling at him? It doesn’t matter… He got hurt with the accident, his paw was sprained and he wished he didn’t break it.

He walked till a park and hide himself inside one of those giant turtle-shaped “shelters” with slides and remained there for the rest of the night.

At the morning…

“Where you watching the stream, Elise?” Mitsuki voice was heard by the mysterious digimon, “Some things happened during it…”

“Oh, don’t worry Mitsuki” a girl at the same age as Mirai -- blond hair with bangs and hair looking like the 14yo Yamato, and green eyes wearing a cute sky blue dress -- responded to Mitsuki. Her voice was so sweet and gentle… “I was watching it, but the same moment you got interrupted I got lost. Actually, something came from the screen of my laptop.” 

“Something?” he blinked, then took his digivice from his pocket “Like this?”

“Yes! But mine is… Blue.”

“Oh…”

“Oh… a furred paw!” a child in the park, closer to where the cousins Mitsuki and Elise where, had found something cute and tried to poke it with a stick. They were all playfully with no malicious intent, but the lupine digimon roared and scared the children.

All those cries interrupted Mitsuki and Elise’s talk, catching their attention. Mitsuki approached from the group of children younger than him and his cousin.

“What’s wrong?”

They didn’t say anything, and just pointed at the pelt. Elise stood on an average distance and looked at the black fur.

“Oh a digimon...” she knelt to see it better “It’s a… Gabumon with a black pelt.”

“It’s okay” Mitsuki talked to the kids “I think it just got scared, we can handle it from here. Go play in another place please?”

The kids nodded and left; Mitsuki approached from Elise “Do you think something happened to be hidden there?”

“Hmm… It was raining last night. Maybe got lost or hurt…?” she kept going, approaching from the digimon “Hey little one? Are you hurt?”

“Be careful…”

The digimon growled, but she didn’t give up. Elise then started to hum a song, and that made the digimon reveal himself. As said previously by the girl, it was a Gabumon, but not a regular one -- it was a subspecies, BlackGabumon.

“Seems hurt” Mitsuki observed the digimon, “Little bud, did you get hurt?”

“...” BlackGabumon didn’t reply.

“Maybe we should call Mr. Kido?” Elise mused, but the mysterious Gabumon lied his head on Elise’s lap “Huh?”

“I think he liked you” Mitsuki chuckled, “Try to ask where it hurts, I will call Mr. Kido to take a look--”

“No,” Elise interrupted him, “He wouldn’t let anyone else approach from him. I can take care of this.”

“I’m not sure if it is a good idea…”

“Let’s get something for him to eat. I heard a belly noise.”

“Fine fine…”

 “More children got digivices!?” Daichi exclaimed, Hoshi nodded in response “But but how??”

“They were watching Mitsuki’s stream.”

“This seems a problem” Natsu frowned “I mean, in the past it was a big deal because non-Chosen had fear about the digimon… But now…”

“That seems the opposite of a problem” Sting intervened “This means a Chosen in our actual days won’t need to hide their digimon like before.”

“I understand that! The problem now is that you all are mercenary Chosen Children.”

“What?” Hoshi eyes widened “What do you mean, Natsu?”

“Um, means you’re not on Koushiro’s list. Means you’re like, unregistered Chosen Children. Since with the growth of the number of Chosen Children in the past… The Twelve created a contact list and then, an organization which works undercover to prevent more cases of DigiChosen being taunted by evil forces, such as the Digimon Kaiser’s case.”

“You didn’t tell me about that” Daichi squinted his eyes at her.

“I was about to tell you later” and Natsu responded by a shrug “Anyway, That registered list is important to keep in touch and to make sure no one is being used by evil guys.”

“That didn’t work at all…” Ulforce shrugged. Daichi stared at him and he quailed.

“Ok, but how many people were watching Mitsuki’s stream?” the boy asked.

“Let me see,” Hoshi began to count “Mirai, Mike, Reika, Jin… I think Elise too?”

“Five people... Counting with Kiyoko, Eiji, you and me… 10 kids with a digivice. This means it’s a reasonable number. Excluding the unknown child, we have ten kids with ten digimon partners. But, with Brave Tamer we have 11 D-TimeRune holders...”

 “We’re back!” Elise smiled, then stood by BlackGabumon’s side “I brought you some snacks. There was a DigiNoir store around. Here, eat it.”

The digimon gently took the DigiNoir box and opened it. He quietly replied “... Thank you.”

“Huh, what’s going on Mitsukiii?” Pit asked.

“Elise found a digimon” he took the digivice to let his partner see the scene.

“Oh! A Gabumon! But… Is it OK?”

“Of course it is” Elise giggled “He looks like a Zebra. Black and white. Can I call you by Zebra, Gabumon?”

“... Ok.”

“H-hey we don’t know if he’s partnered with someone, Elise…”

“... No” Zebra answered.

“Oh he talked with you…” Pit blinked.

“That’s an improvement…”

“Where did you get hurt? Should I call a doctor for you?” Elise asked, looking at one of Zebra’s paws.

“... No” then he showed the injured paw to Elise “this one.”

“Oh…” he took the digimon’s paw with caution “It’s okay I will talk with a friend, his dad is a digimon doctor. He will tell me what to do so you can heal your paw.”

“... Ok.”

Elise then took her phone and took a photo of her new friend’s paw. Also scanned it with an app created for the purpose of collecting data and information about the digimon’s health. On the next day, she went to see doctor Kido and request for his help. Joe admired the girl’s kind act and examined the data.

“Your friend will be fine, it was just a sprained paw. No broken or dislocated issues.”

“Oh thank you, dr. Kido” she sighed and her muscles relaxed. That a relief.

“I will write the procedures to help you heal his paw.”

“Oh okay.”

She took the paper with the instructions and went back to Zebra’s whereabouts with the medicine. Mitsuki thought it would’ve been a hard task… But apparently that BlackGabumon was feeling safe with Elise around. Mitsuki wondered why, and what had happened to Zebra’s paw in the first place. With no answers from the digimon, he went on a investigative mission by requesting Mirai’s eyes on the cameras around the town.

“I don’t know what you’re looking for” Mirai swirled her office chair to look at Mitsuki in the eye “but On that rainy night something came from the portal on the Sector W. And as you can see...”

She zoomed in the lupine shadow popping out of the Digital Gate. It was a Garurumon? The image was not very good due to the ambient light and the rain also messed with the colors. But Mirai is a computer genius: She ripped the video off the database, and edited it to show the details they couldn’t not see by the light and rain. It wasn’t a flawless edit, but they could see it better: A Garurumon with black fur came out of the portal.

“Do you think… This is the same digimon from the park?” Mitsuki frowned, he didn’t know what to do or what to think of “Is it dangerous?”

“Hmm… That Garurumon appears on this other camera here, and he got hit by a car. Don’t worry, no one got critically hurt. If this is one of the refugees digimon… Lupinmon’s troops will come after him.”

“... Could you tell Daichi about it please? I will warn Elise, she needs to know.”

“Hold on, you keep Elise protected and I will keep you in touch in case of something coming after the Gabumon.”

Mitsuki nodded, and he left in a hurry. Mirai frowned, then looked at the screen and saw Brave Tamer’s chat icon blinking.

 “So, what should we do about it” Eiji asked Kiyoko, his eyes paying attention at her and her walking from here to there “You said that mr. Motomiya is a digimon now?”

“I can’t think straight now! Why is it happening to my family!? And to my friends!?”

“Please stay calm”

“I can’t Eiji! My dad is being called a THREAT! My dad, the most beloved person who always cares about the others and encourages them to break their limits… Is against us! I’m not sure if Mr. Yagami won’t… Won’t condemn him.”

Deep down, Eiji had concerns as well. His uncle was one of the closest friends of Daisuke, so he believed Taichi wouldn’t do something terrible like treating Daisuke as a traitor. But Kiyoko had all rights to be concerned and skeptical about it.

All he could do was gently accept her feelings towards the situation.

“Taichi won’t do that” Miyako was present in the room alongside the digimon, Daichi, Hoshi and Natsu “He knows your dad is not doing it on purpose.”

Kiyoko ran to Miyako’s arms, hugging her mother tightly. Miyako smiled and patted the girl’s hair. The grip around her waist has loosen at the first instance Kiyoko felt her mother’s hand on her head.

“Don’t worry.”

“May I ask what should we do?” Eiji calmly repeated his question, now expecting a different response.

Daichi rested his chin on his hand, “We need to… Keep preventing my brainwashed dad to commit a terrible mistake. Meanwhile I… Uh, I will go researching how to save him.”

  Days has passed. Zebra, the mysterious BlackGabumon decided to stay with that girl in that world. However…

“Why is he taking too much time to return!?”

The shadow punched the wall, fist clenched. The tension of that action made some of the scouts step back, glancing at him with fear in their faces.

“What? Why are you looking at me, you pack of imbeciles!?” he gritted his teeth “Go back to work!”

They panicked and returned to their usual activities. A greenish Kunemon subspecies -- Dokunemon -- approached from him.

“What now?”

“The eyes of the forest said Lupinmon was breaking your control again.”

“I am aware of it, I can read my victim’s mind. He’s stubborn and strong, and that one name going through his head… That kid is a problem.”

“Kid…?”

  That kid… The new Chosen Child.

“What are you thinking of?”

Magnamon caught him staring at his own reflex on the lake, next to the facilities of the army. Something went off in his opinion that he couldn’t tell the loyal knight… Because he had no idea how to.

“It’s nothin’, don’t worry.”

“Are you sure?”

“... The man and the kid… They seemed familiar to me.”

Magnamon did not respond, only kept his eyes lying on Lupinmon and quietly heard him.

“What is this feeling? Why I… I want to help them find this ‘important person’ he meant?”

“I don’t know… But we need to do something.”

“Let’s do it then, find that human-- Argh!”

“Master, what’s going on-- Ugh!”

Flying in the air and gesturing hands to show who was inducing pain to Daisuke and Vee, a humanoid digimon with human face, but his mask had resembles of Stingmon. It wore a suit, flashing moth wings moved to keep him hovering over the duo’s heads.

“Ah, I see you’ve been questioning stuff again. There’s no reason to ask yourself about said feelings. You’re a soldier. You and Magnamon serve this cause.”

That headache kept them unable to respond, all they were doing was growling and hearing that humanoid moth-like digimon speaking inside their minds.

“You poor beings are alive to serve me. So keep loyal to me and I will keep you two alive, or else...”

Daisuke and Magnamon’s eyes glowed in red, just like the time the Digimon Kaiser had control over the digimon once. Once the pain vanished, they looked up and in a very mechanical way.

“Yes, master Papillonmon.”

Papillonmon smirked, with the Dokunemon chuckling at the scene.

[commedias]

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mun question meme (currently accepting)

*aoa voice* oh boy.... that’s a lot of questions. here we go !

( 🎂 ) when's your birthday ?

           my birthday was earlier this month ! october 10, to be exact.

( 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ) what’s your family like ?

           i'll try to keep this answer as discreet as possible, but it's definitely not what i'm used to, to say the least. i grew up as an only child with my father raising me and my grandfather living with us. mind you, this on my dad's side. when i was younger, i had my grandmother and aunt who took the place of my mother who i haven't seen since i was two. unfortunately, my grandmother had a stroke when driving my grandfather and me one day and passed soon after. as for my aunt, she moved out when she met a boyfriend whom she is still living with (at least to my knowledge) and had a child with. later on, it was mainly my father and me but a change of circumstances lead to me being placed in the foster care system. in regards to that family, my foster father made delicious food and watched jon stewart which was really dope. i also had four foster sisters as well, so that was a new experience in itself. now i'm currently living with relatives from my mom's side of the family which include three aunts, two uncles, my grandparents, and two cousins. going from an only child to a foster family to a large filipino family has been a transition to say the least. i don't receive as much privacy as i used to and it's much noisier. as for this family (trying to juxtapose between foster and biological here lmao), they're very family-oriented which sounds redundant but. it's really a cornerstone of the filipino culture from what i'm observed. i have a lot of cousins, most of which are younger than me by a few years. my family likes mainstream television shows (i.e. the walking dead, the voice), drinking wine, and cooking lots of food.

( 🐶 ) what's your favorite animal ?

           it used to be an otter, but realistically, probably a cat tbh.

( 🔶 ) what's your favorite color ?

           black.

( 🎥 ) what's your favorite movie ?

            i'm not really a film enthusiast, but i would have to say "lolita" (not the stanley kubrick version, the 1997 one with jeremy irons) since it’s based off the novel of the same name by vladimir nabokov (which is my favorite book).

( 📺 ) what's your tv show ?

            i don't really like watching television either, mostly just functions as background noise while i'm making gif icons or something of that nature. however, i am an avid south park enthusiast. i just think it's really interesting how they can blend crude humor, a few innocent quips relating to childhood (i.e. the episode where the boys think they're having their periods), and political satire all together. i don't laugh aloud very often but a lot of the earlier seasons made me burst out. however, if you've seen the later seasons it definitely takes on more social issues which i really admire especially how they address them in such inventive and light-hearted ways (but ultimately still communicate the overlying message with conviction).

( 🎞 ) what's your favorite cartoon/tv show ?

            okay, anime i can jam with. i suppose since it says cartoon, i should have said south park here but *shrug emoji*. my favorite would have to be mirai nikki though death note is a close second. gasai yuno is one of my favorite female protagonists.

( 🍔 ) what's your favorite food ?

            macaroni and cheese.

( 🍦 ) what's your favorite ice cream flavor ?

            oh goodness, i can't just list one. it used to be orange sherbet growing up, but now i'm definitely into strawberry cheesecake, cookies and cream, and chocolate chip cookie dough !

( 🍭 ) what's your favorite candy ?

            kit kat

( 🍸 ) do you drink ?

            lol yes.... probably with more vigor than i should.

( 👣 ) what do you like to do in your spare time ?

            honestly when i first received this ask, i sent a message to my friend, leda, asking if she was the anon bc i didn't expect someone to legit send me this meme. anyways... she took the liberty of answering the questions with how she perceives me. her response that what i do in my spare time is talk to her which is very accurate. i'm usually talking to leda or replying to one of our thirteen threads. i enjoy singing, writing, reading, and watching k-pop videos.

( ⚽️ ) do you like any sports ?

            leda said she didn't think i liked any sports. that's accurate tbh but i did participate in gymnastics, dance, and tae kwon do growing up. i also dabbled in swimming and cheerleading but not for the same length i did in the others. i choreographed my own gymnastics routine in my final year on the team (to a dubstep version of "pink panther" because i was in a stupid phase) and have my brown belt in tae kwon do. i would have pursued my black belt but moved into foster care, so could no longer progress.

( 🎮 ) favorite video game ?

            don't really have one. i'm not much of a video games enthusiast although i enjoy a good game of mario kart wii.

( ⛪️ )  are you religious ?

            i am not however i grew up with a very strict (more for the sake of my father wanting to keep appearances, not true faith) religious upbringing. i attended youth group on wednesdays and performed on worship team as the lead vocalist for sunday services.

( ⌛️ )  last thing you did before logging in ?

            i mean my computer is perpetually logged in because i rely too much on pulling up my tumblr quickly to log out. however, i was eating a chicken burrito when i received the asks for this particular meme which is why it took me longer to get to than anticipated.

( 🎈 )  share a childhood memory !

            well since we were just on the note of religion, i went to belize twice for a mission trip. most of it was construction work, but seeing as i was around eleven or so at the time, i couldn't really contribute. i did assist a few elderly ladies with some tasks involving the locals such as cooking, bible study, etc. the second time i went though, regulations had changed in regards to entering the country. due to the drug trafficking, some stipulation had been put into place about needing both parents' permission to fly into belize. my mother wasn't available to be contacted, so my father and i flew into guatemala instead. my father was worried about traveling there during the night since he had heard some negative things. we ended up meeting some people who were going on the same flight. they lived there and had been in the states to visit family, i believe. anyways, they offered to shelter us until we could make it to belize. my father was hesitant to accept the charity of strangers especially with what he had heard. however, they were perfectly quaint and even took us out to eat in antigua. from there, my father and i crossed the border by a series of tiny volkswagons in which the locals ripped us off for fare. both my father and i are partially fluent in spanish, but we were still seen as gringos from the locals' perspective to take advantage of nonetheless. we confirmed this one we asked one of the people on the bus in spanish how much they paid to ride and it was significantly less than us. anyways, we ended up arriving at the border and went through the whole formalities before finally reaching belize.

( 🛍️ )  last purchase you made ?

            my phone subscription to textnow.

[d-dumais-blog]

Religious Symbolism in Kemono Friends

DISCLAIMER

I’m going to be discussing Kemono Friends and its comparisons to Christianity as I see them.  I feel it’s only fair to provide a short disclaimer here at the top.  For starters I mean no disrespect to those of faith.  I realize that I’m comparing your lord and savior to a cute anime girl named bag chan, but I hope you’ll understand and appreciate these comparisons all the same. Second, I do not think this show is in anyway trying to convert children, or anyone for that matter, to any religion.  I think that religion is used here as a guiding story structure.  The writers of the show simply pulled from the best selling story of all time, the bible.  Third, I’ll provide my personal context here at the top so you do not feel as a reader at any point that I’ve mislead you.  I’ll be writing using the capitalized letters for God and Father and the like because it helps delineate that I am specifically referring to the proper noun name used in Christian stories and not referring to any other gods in other faiths.  I am currently non religious and uncertain of my faith.  I have however previously spent years working for the church in various capacities, and I spent time studying theology both in early schooling and into my college courses.  I don’t write this article to try and change your mind about anything, or even to change how you think of this series.  I simply thought my perspective and insight was interesting so I wanted to share it with you all.  Lastly I’ll add that this was originally written at the end of March, but has been edited and posted here now since it never saw the light of day previously.  With all that out of the way let’s fall down this rabbit hole together.  

Kemono Friends is an exceptionally well developed children’s show that succeeds in creating an intelligently designed world where the story unfolds.   I don’t simply use the term intelligent design without reverence and understanding of its meaning in a broader context. Intelligent design is a term used by Christianity in describing God’s creations and plan, and I believe at its core Kemono Friends draws heavily from Christianity in developing its themes and characters.  At first glance when comparing the two my mind goes to the Old Testament stories of the Garden of Eden, where humans and animals cohabitate and communicate peacefully together.  There’s even an Apple representing knowledge in the Library, but the apple has already been eaten and the ceruleans represent a clear and present danger that suggests the story must take place later on.  I instead assert that the story of Kemono Friends is the story of the Gospels, the story of Jesus Christ himself, with Kaban acting as the savior or Messiah figure.  Furthermore I believe the entirety of the Holy Trinity is present in the show: Kaban as the Son, Lucky Beast as the Holy Ghost, and Mirai as the Father.   These connections vary in strength for these three, with Kaban’s comparisons to Jesus being the strongest and the focus of this blog post.  

We’ll begin with our protagonist, Kaban and her similarities to Jesus.  Kaban travels from area to area solving problems for the many Friends she encounters through her journey.  Others describe her journey as heroic; they say she stops wars and builds bridges, and a certain amount of mythos begins to form around her.  Though she is similar to the Friends, she knows that she is somehow different and ultimately her goal is to discover who she is, where she came from, and where she belongs.   While these are all clearly analogous to the story of Christ, right down to performing “miracles” in the eyes of the Friends she encounters, they are also the traits and story of most great heroes. The writers behind Kemono Friends knew for Kban to be a true Christ like figure the similarities needed to go further, and further down the rabbit hole we shall go.  Kaban is born from nothing and quite literally has an immaculate conception.  It’s not until the final episodes that we finally see how Kaban entered this world. She’s a spherical ball of light that forms into a person as the safari hat falls on to it.  There are no parents, hell there aren’t even any other humans near her when she bursts into existence.  Her birth isn’t the result of science, of some experiment taking place on the island.  Her birth into the world is a miracle.  An unlikely savior is impossibly born into the world to travel across it helping those she passes, teaching where she can, and at the end, through self sacrifice saving them from the evil that is threatening their peaceful lives on the island. Her death and revival are also miraculous.  

If Sin is the evil that Jesus died to save his followers from, then clearly the ceruleans represent that sin and evil.  The ceruleans look to consume and destroy the light and the life of the world they inhabit.  They eat Friends and return them to their “original” forms; in the series we are led to believe the Friends turn back into normal animals before the sandstar turned them into Friends, though this is never shown.  Think about that for a second though, ceruleans, or in this context sin,  comes and washes away the blessings given to the Friends that allow them to live and communicate effectively, reverting them back to more primal and basic animals without reason and understanding.  In Kaban’s attempt to rid the world of this evil, she is forced to sacrifice herself in order to save Serval from the beast.  She is swallowed up into the darkness where she remains for far longer than anyone.  While inside the monstrous cerulean her body returns to a spherical ball of light, just as she was at her immaculate birth.  When she is finally pulled from the darkness she transforms back into the girl all the Friends know and love.  The giant cerulean is defeated and light begins to shine on the island once more. All the Friends assume that because her original form is human and she was never transformed into anything, being eaten by the cerulean didn’t affect her and that all humans must turn back into humans after being eaten.  This assumption made by the Friends is of course false.  Only the Messiah could be reborn after being eaten by darkness, and we know this because all other humans fled the park in fear of the ceruleans. If the ceruleans truly posed no danger to the humans there would be no purpose in evacuating, and more knowing figures, like Lucky Beast, would not have been frightened for Kaban. There are even contextual clues of a battle foguth between the humans and ceruleans in the form of abandoned weaponry and empty bomb shells.  I think it’s fair to make the assumption these were used by humans against ceruleans because the show never introduces another threat, and it’s clear that the friends don’t know anything about these weapons cause they are never mentioned.    In the final moments of the show Kaban leaves to go where she believes and hopes she belongs, off into the unknown across the ocean to a new island.  If the first island represents our earth, covered in sin, then the new place she heads that is free from such hardship must be Heaven, and like Christ guiding his apostles, Kaban ventures forth with Serval and Friends close behind.  

The next figure in the Kemono Friends Holy Trinity is Lucky Beast acting as the Holy Spirit. Beforew e get too deep I’ll admit these connections are far weaker than those of Kaban and Jesus, but this is fun so follow along and be willing to perform some mental gymnastics along the way please.   In scriptures, the Holy Ghost is the omnipresent part of God that acts as the guide. Lucky Beast is very clearly the guide in this series, doing everything from driving the bus to explaining attractions and directions.  Lucky Beast is also omnipresent because there are a countless number of Lucky Beasts spread across the various areas of the park that can all at once act together to accomplish a singular goal as shown by Lucky Beast gathering all of the Friends across the many areas in the final episode.  Lucky Beast’s white colors are also reminiscent of the white dove the Holy Spirit embodies in scripture, though I admit this would be more evident if its shape was that of a dove, though perhaps that would be too on the nose. Similar to the Holy Ghost in the Bible, communication with Lucky Beast is facilitated through Kaban.  Lucky Beast only ever communicates directly with Friends upon Kaban’s initial passing.  The Holy Ghost is also seen in scriptures as the communicative vessel for the Father which in this series would be Mirai.  Mirai speaks through and is eventually seen through the eyes of Lucky Beast, and it is through this connection we find out what little we do know about the only older figure in the entire series.  

Mirai is the Father in the Trinity that is Kemono Friends. The connections here become even scarcer, which makes perfect sense.  If Kemono Friends is the story of the Gospels, then it makes sense that the Father is rarely shown, because that is similar to the gospels in the Bible.  The story of the father is written primarily in the Old Testament, and we’d need to see the prequel to Kemono Friends (oh please please please yes) if we’d like the full story on Mirai.  Here I’ll try and break down what we do know.  Mirai was part of the park staff, meaning she was part of the ruling body of the park in charge of attractions and Friends alike. To be more specific, she is the only known staff member of the park until Kaban assumes the responsibility in the final episodes of the show in order to overcome the ceruleans.  We know that she was doing research on the sandstars and was responsible for the discovery, if not creation, of the Friends. She lived among the Friends until the ceruleans began consuming the island, just as the Father lived among humans in the Garden of Eden until sin took root.  We also know that her hat is worn by kaban for the entirety of the show, and is the initial catalyst for kaban turning from a ball of light into the savior the world so desperately needs.  She is more knowledgeable than any other character in the series and thus appears omniscient.  She also embodies and represents the place Kaban feels she belongs, just as the Son must sit at the side of the Father, Kaban must go to be with Mirai.  Mrai’s character helps embody both what is good about the show and faith.  Her character isn’t fully understood, and the viewer is left thirsting for more knowledge. Just as Christians are taught that they do not understand God, they should want with all they have to be close to Him and to know Him better.  

To recap, Kban is born from nothing and resembles the only known authority figure in the world.  She sacrifices herself to protect her friends, comes back to life shortly there after, then ultimately succeeds in protecting her friends from harm.  Lucky Beast is a guiding figure that only communicates through Kaban unless otherwise ordered by Kaban, and has information on Mirai.  Mirai is the only known authority figure who is shown to be at least partially responsible for the creation of Friends, and is a ruling party over the park.  I’m willing to put on my tin foil hat for this one! Hope you’ve been following along at home if not I’ve got a very easy to follow wall of notes that will help this all make sense.  

Kemono Friends isn’t a show with a dark twist; it’s not a deconstruction of any existing genre.  Kemono Friends is a kids’ show that tells the same story countless parents and preachers across the world have been telling children for centuries, the story of a savior that came to travel the world, a savior that made many friends, the story of a savior who loves her friends so dearly she will give herself to protect them from evil.  Kemono Friends succeeds where other shows fall short because it is both extremely deep in its symbolism and themes, while remaining approachable and friendly towards children.  It’s incredible that such a great show was born from such a troubled past.  The series is based on a failed license.  The phone game it draws inspiration from was shut down a month before the show began airing.  The studio, Yaoyorozu, has yet to achieve critical or commercial success prior to this series.  The entire staff is rather unknown, and they should be celebrated and heralded as the most unlikely of success stories.  It seems unlikely that we’ll ever get to see the prequel Old Testament story of the park before ceruleans, and that might be sad, but ultimately it’s okay because the story told here is so complete and well done.  I tip my hat to you Yaoyorozu, you’ve made a fan out of me.  

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The Sister I Never Knew

Chickpow here: I found an old disc/floppy disc in my attic containing a lot of very old fanfiction from authors and websites that are either gone or taken down. I am not the author but I would like to share what I’ve found. if you find the author please let me know so I can credit them properly. Thank you and enjoy

The Sister I Never Knew

He watched them from a distance, not wanting his presence known. How long had it been since he was last here? Too long it seemed. He had left this world, this time twice now and had returned a third time, just to be sure that his friends were safe. He watched them, wondering if this was a life he could have lived if the Jinzouningen had not come. It very well might have been.

He ducked further behind his hiding spot, a tree, as he saw himself, the self that might have been, coming out of the house. His counter part was a bit shorter than he, not by much, and his hair was the same as he, himself used to were it when he first came but now he had grown it out again. His younger self seemed to be in a hurry though, completely ignoring the small blue haired girl that followed him.

"Oniichan, Oniichan," she cried as he flew off. Mirai Trunks scrawled at his other self for leaving the five-year-old like that. He came out of his hiding place as he walked up to the girl. She had tripped while trying to catch up with her elder brother and was lying on her stomach on the ground, small tears forming in her eyes. He picked her up carefully and placed her on her feet, dusting her off. The child watched him, not knowing what to do.

"You look like my Oniichan," she finally said. Mirai Trunks could not help but smile at her.

"And why do you suppose that is?" he asked, kneeling beside her. She merely surged her shoulders. He studied her for a moment, she was an exact replica of his mother, only in miniature.

"I'm Bra," she introduced herself, extending a hand. "Who are you?"

"Does it matter?" he asked, dwarfing her hand in his own.

"I guess not. Do you wanna come to the park with me?" she asked as only a child could.

"Are you sure it's okay with your Okaasan and Otousan?"

"Of course, besides if anything happened to me Papa would hunt you down and kill you," she grinned. It took everything Trunks had not to laugh at the simple truth in her statement. He stood up and extended a hand to her.

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you, okay Bra-chan?" She smiled up at him before running to the side of the house to grab a small blue ball and then ran back to him, taking his hand. Bra was only able to wrap her hand around three of his fingers.

He chased his would-have-been sister around, purposely missing her as she zigzagged through the park. She laughed and giggled at him as he took pointless dives to the ground, 'missing' her yet again. The whole object of this game, which was a cross between keep-away and tag, was to get the blue ball away from each other. Bra ran backwards a few steps as she watched him stand and brush the grass off smiling at her. She turned back around and ran headfirst into a hard object knocking her onto the ground, dropping the ball. The blue haired girl looked up at the object that stopped her and saw a boy, a little older than she, standing in her way with an angry look on his face.

"H… hi," Bra said meekly. The boy looked down at her crossing his arms.

"Give me your ball," he demanded.

"NO!" she said back, quickly scooping her ball up and hugging it close.

"Oniichan!" the brown haired boy yelled over his shoulder. Another older boy came up behind the first taking the same stance. "She won’t give me her ball," the smaller complained to the new one. Bra hugged her ball tighter, more for comfort than anything else, wishing that she had her brother with her.

"Excuse me," came a deeply annoyed voice behind her. Bra looked of her shoulder and saw the purple haired man coming up to them. He did not look at her but kept a scowled at the boys, relief washed over her.

"I don’t believe that is you toy," he continued. Bra quickly ran behind her friend, peeking around his leg as he stood in her father's pose.

"Well, it's going to be, so hand it over," the elder one demanded, extending his hand.

"And what if I don't?" Trunks asked. Without further warning, the second boy lounged at Trunks. He evaded the boy's attacks by moving inches, narrowly evading punches with ease. Trunks caught the boys fist in his hand. The boy's eyes widened with fear and pain as he felt his knuckles being squeezed. The purple haired boy let go of the fist, throwing the other boy back. The older one began to run from them, followed by his equally terrified brother.

"You okay?" Trunks asked, crouching down to be at an equal high as Bra.

"Uh-huh. That was… pointless," Bra said raising an eyebrow. Trunks began to laugh, nodding his head. He then picked her up and began to walk home.

"Why would they fight over my ball, Murasaki-san?" she inquired holding it out. She had started calling him Murasaki on the account of his hair color. He did not mind it, after all, he did not give her his name.

"They're probably used to getting what they want. Besides, this could be a magic ball," Trunks said smiling at her.

"Not-uh," she giggled, "The only magic balls are the dragon balls!"

"Dragon balls?" Trunks, already knowing what the dragons balls were, faked his astonishment. "What are those?"

"Mama told me that they're seven magic balls that if you collect them all you can wish for anything you want!" she chirped.

"Oh yeah, and what would you wish for?"

She thought about this for a moment, "I'd want you to be my Oniichan instead of Trunks."

Mirai Trunks stopped walking, shocked at what he had just heard. "You… can't mean that…"

"But I do! Trunks is so mean to me! He never plays with me like you do and he never takes me anywhere unless Mama and Papa tell him to! He was supposta take me to the park today and he went to see Goten-san instead. He doesn't love me, Murasaki-san."

"Yes he does," Mirai Trunks insisted, appalled by such a notion.

"No he doesn't," Bra said sulkily. 'Murasaki' placed the blue haired girl on the ground in front of the Capsule Corp. building and knelt down.

"Listen to me, he does love you and he always will love you no matter how he acts or what mean things he does to you, understand?"

"If you say so, Murasaki-san," the girl sighed. He smiled sadly at her.

"Good. Bra-chan, I have to leave now…"

"Nani?! No!" Bra cried and hugged him attempting to make him stay. "Please stay," she whined, small tears forming in her eyes.

"Bra-chan, I can't stay here. I don't belong but I will be with you always, ne?" he encouraged wiping the tears from her round race. She nodded, somehow knowing that he was right. The purple haired man gave her a quick hug, got up and continued to walk. Bra turned to tell him good bye but when she did there was no one there.

Mirai Trunks watched her search for him from above, he always hated to leave this world but he had his own world to look after for he was the last warrior there. He sighed heavily and flew back to the time machine. It was time to return home.

The girl sat on the doorstep of her home hoping that her friend would return. She looked up hearing footsteps and saw him walking down the path to her home. Bra smiled widely but that soon faded when she noticed that it was her brother returning from the Son's.

"Hey squirt, what's wrong with you?" he asked. Bra shot him an angry look.

"You forgot!"

"I forgot what?"

"To take me to the park! But I found someone lots nicer than you to take me."

"You did what? With who? You know Mama and Papa don't like you to go anywhere alone, especially with people you don't know."

"His name's Murasaki-san and he's my friend. He took me to the park and you didn't," Bra stated.

"Murasaki? I've never heard of him… what does he look like?"

"Like you only his hair was longer." Trunks raised an eyebrow at her description of her new friend.

"And when will we meet him?"

"Dunno, he had to leave…" Bra said sadly.

"Listen, I'm sorry that I forgot to take you to the park, but.." a sly smile spread across his face, "what would you say if I took you to get the biggest ice cream cone you ever saw?"

"Ice cream?! Hontou??" Bra asked as she smiled twice as brightly. Trunks nodded his response also smiling.

"Arigatou, Oniichan!" she said hugging him. "But I'm still not happy that you forgot about me."

Trunks laughed at his younger sister as they flew away to get some ice cream.

The End