-He's short now like really short, I thought it would be cute
-a little bit chubby heart emoji
-He's got brown in his colors now(stole that from ziv❤)
-Claws!!!!!!
-Fuckass ushanka(Chip revvington reference I gave him a ushanka because of that FUCKASS chainsaw beast)
-I have a theory/headcanon that the keroro platoon was created and put together by keron hq to kind of be a "mascot platoon" with keroro being the somewhat offical mascot for the keron army, so like I wanted to make keroro look kind of cutesy like a marketable mascot. Hes not fully marketable here, his designs a little too complicated, but I imagine that keron has an altered version of keroro that's much closer to his original purpose that they use in tv and in products
||Tamama||
-He/She/They, genderfluid, likes men that's all I know
-15(human years)
-SHES TALLLLLL for a keronian atleast
-to be honest he changed the most out of all the others
-anyways they have much bulkier limbs now
-I wanted to make him look a little "manmade" with the colors on their body n the way shes built I suppose?? theres a reason for that
-Tamama is a clone, like dark keroro. I hc that on keron clones have to be genetically distinct from from non clone keronians so they can be identified as clones, like for example, their underbellies being dark colors as compared to the light colors of most keronians, and the lack of feet.
-Hes a clone of one of the very high ranking soldiers of the keron army. They were created as an experiment to test genetic mutations and making stable lifeforms with said mutations. He was raised by one of the scientists who was having issues having children of their own and so decided to take her in. Keron is surprisingly very open about their genetic testing and the fact they create manmade keronians, so tamama was allowed to live a pretty normal life and went to school n such.
-She has an ED where he will often binge large quantities of food and then purge for extended periods of time
||Giroro||
-He/him, cis(?), the most he will say is bi-curious (Hes mega gay)
-45(human years)
-Buff as hell
-is that a little bit of chub? or is it muscle belly? he won't tell you that's for sure
-I made his scar cooler
-his belt has multiple pictures of it, some of the cat, some of natsumi(NOT BC HE HAS A FUCKING CRUSH ON HER ITS BC HE CARES ABT HER LIKE A DAUGHTER I WILL KILL MYSELF OVER GIRONASTU AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY) but on the top is a picture of he and is family(garuru and his dad)
||Dororo||
-He/him, FTM, bisexual
-38(human years)
-Hes supposed to be canonically lean? no, fuck you, hes fat as hell actually
-Before coming to pekopon, he had a terrible ED, he would hardly eat or drink and this was mostly due to being psychologically abused by his mentor about being natrually plus-sized when he was training to be an assassin.
-When he came to pekopon, and became a ninja, he was able to overcome his ED and accept his body as it is. Realizing he was trans and transitioning helped a lot as well as the "ninja lifestyle".
-Also I hc that the time it took for him to reunite with the keroro platoon was significantly longer than how it was canonically (like 1 year), and when he reunited with the keroro platoon he was still struggling with body image issues relating to gender and weight. He was still in the middle of his journey of self-acceptance as well.
-Stretch marks bc I imagine that he gained a fairly large amount of weight in a short amount of time
-His hat drape thingy is much longer now(also stolen from ziv(hi ziv)) he treats it like hair sometimes
-some big ol long sharp claws❤(he likes to scratch things up like a cat, theirs a cat stretch pole at he and koyuki's place)
-Droopy eyes bc I think it makes him look silly
-PAW PADS!!!!!
||Kururu||
-He/they/ku, gender? I hardly know her, pansexual
-24(human years)
-Ku is chubby ❤ as he should be
-Hypersexual(that's from donnie hi donnie)
-SH scars from SH
-I imagine that they have quite a lot of self hatred issues and an inferiority complex. Ku hates to take care of himself bc he views themself as "undeserving" of care.
-The weird jerky uncaring asshole thing he has going on is mostly a shield so people won't see his true emotions, but also it's so people will hate him. In ku's mind if people hate him then they won't care about him, since he believes hes unworthy of it. It ends up being an toxic cycle, though, as he continues to keep up the jerk act, he believes hes more and more unworthy of love and care, so keeps it up, and so on and so forth.
EXTRA BITS:
-Kururu is the average height for civilian keronians, while dororo and giroro are around the height of soldier keronians. I hc that the keron army typically recruits taller keronians especially for on field stuff.
-I HC that keronians do croak, and keronians all have unique croaks. They typically croak when they are content, kind of like a purr but more casual. However in keronian society its considered rude to purr so most do it at home alone or with family. Croaking is kind of like a stim for keronians, they can do it as they please but sometimes they'll do it subconsciously as well
-speaking of purring keronians also purr. They purr when they feel good or are very happy. Unlike croaking they can't control purrs. What makes a keronian purr depends on the individual, sometimes a keronian has to feel really really good to purr sometimes a keronian will start purring at the drop of a dime lol
-Sometimes they knead like a cat but it's quite rare and only some do it.
The dub is still hilarious as ever but I find myself mixed on how Koyuki was handled in adapting the Manga. Originally, she's a rural bumpkin Ninja with a mad crush on Natsumi. Her debut has her cuddle up to the red head while sharing a scarf much to her "gal pal's" fluster.
The Anime opted to make the series something of a family friendly sitcom ala Doraemon with little to none of Mine Yoshizaki's inclination for lewdness when it came to the female cast. This led to Koyuki's advancements on Natsumi to be downplayed or rewritten as her being new to city life, often as the Cloud Cuckoolander next to Angol Mois.
In the effort of fairness, Koyuki's love for Natsumi was played for laughs and often could come across as the Predatory Lesbian cliche but in a more kooky way. I mean, Momoka might've been stalking Fuyuki but it was more about a socially awkward rich girl woefully failing to woe her also socially awkward crush.
I guess "product of its time" comes to mind when it comes to this series. Seriously, dub or sub, there are some dated references here. More in the Manga.
