#akane inuyasha

[nightlynightwing]

my inuyasha self insert oc, akane! this is a very messy ref but y’know. designing her kimono was fun, though. also, i know kirin are supposed to have more ox-like tails, but the long tail looks so much nicer.............

some info under the cut i guess.

akane’s father was the head of a town who fell in love with a kirin who protected the land around them. when demon activity started to become a problem, the townspeople began to mistrust the kirin, and her mother was forced to flee. the townspeople believe akane’s mother is a shy woman from another village who died during childbirth.

akane isn’t permitted to leave the house unaccompanied, and if she does have to leave, she has to completely cover herself to hide her kirin features. the town is told she is frail.

when inuyasha and the crew come through town, akane is fascinated with inuyasha; they’re kind of similar, aren’t they? not fully human, not fully demon... even though kirin are normally considered good creatures, apparently, a man had told the town that the kirin roaming their land was a horrible demon in disguise. this was apparently naraku somehow, idk, i just need a reason for her to travel with the gang. after she helps save the village from a demon attack, her father gives permission for her to travel with the gang to try and find and bring her mother home.

its all super lame and cheesy but inuyasha is kind of a lame and cheesy anime (that i love with all my heart) so all’s fair.

[nightlynightwing]

i’ve been more focused on drawing my own self inserts than actually drawing any self insert stuff. but man, i just wanted to draw Akane using her crazy kirin fire.

bonus boyf:

[nightlynightwing]

fun fact: i watched inuyasha for the first time in middle school. at that time, the final act hadn’t come out yet. today, i finished watching the inuyasha anime for the first time.

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[nightlynightwing]

Hey hey, tell me about your Inuyasha self inserts. I want to hear more about them! :3c

waaaAAAAAAAAH OKAY!! sorry it took me forever to respond to this, you send this right as i was falling asleep last night and then i kept getting distracted by downloading stardew valley mods and working on d&d stuff. ; v ; im actually really bad at describing my characters once someone asks but i will try. i’ll list a couple things but if you want to know anything specific, please feel free to ask.

also side note: my self inserts are me, but… an idealized version of myself. rather than just literally insert myself, i create a version of myself i’d like to see/be in that world. so while they are me, i tend to refer to them in third person because they tend to vary and it’s easier to distinguish them.

-because Akane was kept cooped up her entire life, she really has no clue how the outside world works. she sort of just runs into situations head first, because what is impulse control? this tends to backfire a lot of the time, it might be a bit wild for average villagers to watch a girl with bright red hair, glowing eyes, horns, and sharp teeth run towards them.

-she also has no volume control. after having no one to really interact with but her father and servants for all her life, her excitement at finding out new things can get the best of her.

-her fire has two different properties depending on the color; her main one, which is a normal fire color with a bit more of a golden hue, is just like a normal dragon-ish flame. then there’s one that’s sort of a lavender color, and it can actually heal. there might even be more types of fire she has, however, she has very little control over her fire at the moment, so she’s lucky if she can even keep her normal fire under control.

-she has a lot of other kirin traits that present themselves now and then, but all of them are still pretty uncontrollable. a lot of them are just subconscious quirks, like she pays a lot of attention to where she walks without even thinking so she doesn’t walk on any bugs or other small creatures, and she doesn’t eat meat (this is a kirin trait, but she doesnt know it; meat just always upsets her stomach every times she’s tried to eat it. the only time she’s been able to eat meat without it making her sick is when she eats it on the night she turns human once a month).

-when it comes to her relationship with inuyasha, it’s always been her thinking “i have this weird feeling around him… it must be really strong platonic friendship!!! :D” she’s never had friends her age, let alone a crush. she thinks that because she relates to inuyasha on a different level, due to them both being of mixed blood, that she just feels a stronger kind of friendship. its only when kagome talks some sense into her that she realizes just what she’s feeling.

those are the only things i could really think of. like i said, i’m awful at describing my characters without specific prompting, so feel free to ask about anything you specifically want to know about her!

[nightlynightwing]

Okay okay (I'm sorry if I'm being a bit annoying w/ this but) does Akane gain new powers the same time Inuyasha does with his Tessaiga?

omg dont worry, its never annoying!!!

hmm i’d say not exactly at the same time, but seeing him get a new ability probably inspires her to learn more about her own abilities, so it wouldn’t be long after Tessaiga gets a new ability that Akane would discover one of her own.