(PFP by me, Marle design by @magicantare!) || Hiii hello I'm very full of creativity (ADHD) and I am constantly exploding with brainrot || Top interests: PUYO PUYO, Splatoon, Kirby, Mario, Taiko no Tatsujin, Balan Wonderworld || I don't swear (but you can around me, lol), and please no NFSW related to my content!! || °˖✧〚 I look forward to dreaming with you~♪! ^^ 〛✧˖°
- Favorite fandom(s): Puyo Puyo, PreCure, Fragaria Memories, Mario
- Favorite character in the ever: Marle (Puyo Puyo Tetris 2)
I'll primarily be posting art here, but expect to see some silly memes and plugs to my AO3 account, where I'll be writing a few fics! Heck, I may even write some shorts here on Tumblr!
From your posts it’s my understanding Kiriya is your fav precure character at least from futari wa may I ask why
I also just wanna hear u yap abt a character you love
actually thinking about it more, it's probably nagisa, but kiriya is my second favorite character.
I think I just really like characters like kiriya, whose fate could've been different if they were born elsewhere. (there's a bit in usagi yojimbo, where usagi and a different samurai talk a bit about it)
And I like redemption arcs (he did help in the battle against the evil king), and betrayer character are usually written well, and despite kiriya not being as good as others, with just a few episodes, he was still great
While I think Kiriya's arc was done better with the Kiryuus in Splash Star, Kiriya is still a really important character and his death scene is outright tragic (even though he comes back and kind of deflates the weight of his sacrifice but oh well HDBDNBD)
Imagine being born into a life that is destined to be destroyed, whether at the hands of the forces of light, or from the power you wield eating you up from the inside out.
Your mission is to collect the Prism Stones, not for your own sake, but to make the life of your ruler and creator eternal.
But when it's your turn to track down those pesky PreCure, you see... Life. People just doing their own thing in a city they built for themselves. You see what freedom looks like, in this world between light and darkness.
You finally encounter the PreCure in question, but they aren't hostile killers. They're just girls. Girls who aren't suspicious of your arrival, and treat you the same as they would any other student in their school. They scold you, invite you to places, tend to your wounds...
You grow frustrated. You came here with a mission, so why is it so hard?! In desperation, you reveal yourself, expecting to be met with anger and betrayal, but instead see only shock and horror. You attempt to attack, but they don't fight back.
You're trapped in a war between light and darkness, and maybe, just maybe, in another life, things could've been different... But not here.
You doesn't have the strength to go on anymore. Youy tired. You can't stay torn between two worlds like this when you know your fate is inevitable. So, for the kindness the girls have shown you, you gives up your Prism Stone, and willingly takes your own life.
Does Kiriya get a second chance? Who's to say, really.
He was born into a life that is destined to be destroyed, after all.
So you loved Kira Kira Precure a la Mode, and/or some of the other seasons of the past 10 or so years. So you go to watch the season that started it all, and its probably not what your expecting. And there's a good chance you don't like it. That's fair. The two could not be more different.
Now, Kira Kira Precure A la Mode is not a bad magical girl anime. Not by any stretch of the imagination. It has charming characters and creative battles.
But is it a good Precure show?
It is Futari wa Precure's antithesis. At least as much of an antithesis as it can possibly be while still being a show targeted towards young girls.
Kira Kira Precure A La Mode is a colorful show, with 6-8 larger than life characters as they battle against hatred. They fight in confection themed outfits while wearing heels and being unabashedly cutesy. It's main protagonist always saving the day with an energetic "Whip Step Jump" or a "Bright Idea".
To be fair, many modern Precure series are more similar to Kira Kira. Girls who are role models. Girls who chase after their dreams with everything they have. Who even without being Precure live extraordinary lives.
There is only one Whip, there are many like her.
There is no Cure like Black.
Now excuse me while I get really emotional and overdramatic about Futari wa Precure.
Futari wa Precure is not modern Precure, Modern Precure wouldn't really start until Fresh. Splash Star took the first steps, and Precure continues to evolve, but the first seasons of Precure, particularly the first 3 are not the Modern Cure.
Futari wa Precure is not a story about Extraordinary girls, doing extraordinary things. It's not loud, nor bright spectacle.
A show is not wrong for being these things. But these things are not Futari wa.
It is a story about ordinary girls, who live ordinary lives, who fight against eternal forces that seek to destroy the normal things they hold dear, with only each other to count on.
There are two sides to Nagisa and Honoka's lives. Their day to day lives, filled with people they love. Takoyaki and Chocolate and Dogs and Lacrosse and a million other simple things. Slice of life filled with unapologetically ordinary vibes. The world they seek to protect.
And the things they do to protect it. The lonely brutal battles. The interruptions to their day to day. The threats on those they love. The villains dismissal of their important feelings and things in a battle that feels bigger than them. There are only the two of them. And 2 fairies who, themselves, only have each other, desperate refugees stuck in a world that makes them so tired that they cannot navigate it on their own.
And when I say there's no Cure like Black, I'm not exaggerating. There aren't many sporty lead cures anymore. But even when there were. There was no one like black. Melody, Rouge and Bloom are closest. But even then.
Cure Black is not an optimist.
She is not confident.
Nagisa does not want to be a Cure. She does not want things to change. She bullies her little brother, she argues with her fairy. She is irresponsible and struggles to do things she dislikes. She hates fighting.
But she fights anyway.
She is not hope.
She is courage.
Because if she's going to die, she will die fighting. Bitterly.
When I say there hardly any Cures like Black, I mean there are also no Cures like White. We have cures into Science, though even now not many. And when we do, they are mostly into biology. (Doctors, Nurses, Marine Biologists, Botany). The closest we have is Himari, and her way of connecting sweets to science. We do have two cures who want to be astronauts (Tsubomi and Hikaru), but even then their primary interests are Botany and Cryptids respectively. Not that these are bad goals. But they are not White's more nebulous interest in science, that extends beyond the life sciences. Beyond domesticity. She loves learning, pure and simple.
Honoka is well off, but gets her hands dirty. She is a woman of science, but takes the supernatural in stride. She is kind, but does things her way. She is graceful and polite, but temperamental and bold.
In this way, Rhythm and Egret perhaps resemble her though not each other. Egret shares her independent nature, and mild obliviousness. Rhythm shares her temper and hands-onness.
Honoka is hope.
But she is not the loud Hope, like so many pinks, burning towards a dream. Burning with the possibilities.
She is the quiet hope. The stubborn hope. She is the hope born of sorrow and things that cannot be. The hope that hears "This is the way it is" and says "No".
Cure Black and Cure White are not merciful. They do not redeem their enemies.
A general hurts Black's brother and laughs. She kills him in rage. He was desperate. But she was vengeful.
The enemies they fight are not all encompassing evil. They are darkness, and a threat that needs to be eliminated. But for many they merely want to survive. But so do Black and White.
Cure Black and White fight, pitting the survival of their world against the survival of their enemies.
It's them or her, and she chooses her and she loses.
Her brother is vengeful and angry, and its him or them.
And he chooses them.
They lose a friend to this pointless struggle.
But they continue on. The battle continues on.
Honoka cries and cries for him. Did it have to be this way? It doesn't matter because it is.
And there is no one she can talk to aside from Nagisa, and Mipple.
There is no one shouting to cheer on the Precure, no miracle lights. Those wouldn't come until Yes 5!
They are merely rumors. A half seen fight. A figure seemingly out of a dream.
Are they even real?
Their imitators on the playground are more real than they are.
Bring more smiles than they do.
The universe is more vast than any of them could comprehend. There are entire other worlds with people who laugh and cry.
And there is no setting quite like Futari wa's setting. The setting in Futari wa, which I don't believe is named in show, is based on the Tokyo area. Not a made up city. A real one. Sure their school is fictional, as are the stores they visit. But the amusement park they visit is directly inspired by a real one. Nagisa lives in an Apartment building I believe to be modeled off a real one. They travel busy trains. Honoka's grandmother lived through war and tells stories of bombings. This is the Tokyo of a world not quite unlike our own. And perhaps most notably, this world is melancholic. Not bright.
Nagisa does not have pink hair. She does not have blond hair. She has orange hair. Not bright orange. Orangish brown. Though not one common in Japan, a real color.
Honoka has black hair. Some might say blue. Although with its darkness its otherwise indistinguishable. It might as well be black.
Shiho has red hair. And later Hikari will have blond. Kirya's will be green, but like Honoka so green it might as well be black.
These may not be real hair colors, exactly. But they're close. Their muted. In the same way this is Tokyo but not.
With all of this said, there is still one core tenant Kira Kira holds to. It is still a story about girls, different kinds of girls, protecting the things they love. In Kira Kira, it is sweets. In Futari wa... its sweets.
Oh but please consider: Failed/Fake identity reveals in the sense that people keep accusing Nagisa, Honoka, and Hikari of things and just being wrong.
"I Knew It! You're a Spy, aren't you!"
"No, I... what?"
"That Misumi... she's a werewolf, isn't she."
"Wait... Is Yukishiro a Psychic?"
"THATS WHY SHE'S SO SMART!"
"Kujou-san has all these weird connections... do you think she has some kind of fake identity?"
"Maybe she's in, like, a witness protection prorgam."
"Or maybe she's a spirit! Who came and stole the Real Kujou-san's Place! Or maybe... maybe Kujou never existed at all."
"Dude that makes no sense."
Nagisa, when she was young, would demand her parents read her a story before bed. Except, she always made them act it out. Funny voices, fake acting, the whole shebang.
Her parents, no matter how sleepy or tired, would always do it for her. It was worth it to hear their daughter’s giggles, to see her smile, to have her react to their repeated failures at getting a scene just right (she was always so demanding, and Takashi and Rie loved that in her).
The way her attention would slowly taper off, her eyes would droop, and she’d fall into sleep with a smile on her face.
Comission for @syrusinthedust of Nagisa Misumi! Thank you so much for comissioning me! I had so much fun working on my favorite character of this franchise :3
Don't know if I can fully explain it, but I like to think Hikari's favorite weather is when it's raining.
Like, imagine you're thirteen, but at the same time you're technically a newborn. You may know how to walk and talk, but you need to learn everything else through experience, your friends, or the voice of a goddess in your head. And while you're in the middle of figuring out your life and being a magical girl, one day water just starts falling from the sky.
How do you react when that happens? What do you do when light flashes across the sky and something booms in the distance each time? That's either completely terrifying or the most magical experience of your life, and I like to think it was the latter for Hikari.
idk, that seems like one of those things that sticks with you. Even after you figure out why this thing happens, it doesn't diminish your first experience with it. If anything, it just makes you more excited the next time it comes around.
I LOST MOTIVATION AND IT STARTED LOOKING REALLY BAD BUT DO YOU GUYS SEE THE VISION. I was gonna add the second part with Honoka it would’ve been so cute… if this does good on here I may post it on insta too
(ignore the audio cutting off weirdly I got it off insta)
The colors in the first pic are off because I just eyed them and I didn't color pick them BSNDBSHSHS But I hope everyone knows that I love them so so so much
i love your comic designs!!!!! what are the moja mojas like in your au?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I don't have much on Moja refs since they're fairly old but here's the old sketch for it!! I am planning on changing them up when I can to have a better base ref of mojas cause I really don't like how these look that much anymore lmao + I have a few moja oc's I didn't make refs for yet.
Based on the text said, their fur colors depend on what LocoRoco they eat the most, like flamingos with shrimp. But the case with Dolangomeri and turning LocoRoco's into half Mojas, some of them straight up turned into Moja, only keeping their color in tact. They cannot change that color by eating other LocoRoco's.
Oh the other hand there is Bon Mucho, who gives off a different vibe than most Mojas. Being a prince and all he's at a higher rank he gives off a more humanoid build like the locorocos.
This design is also kind of bound to change a little too. I think people are gonna be insane for the lore i'm building up for him but no spoilers lol.
I want to make the Mojas designs of just also fluffy fellows living their lives like the LocoRoco's.
