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reallllly stupid doodle

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Upper Moons × Seven Deadly Sins ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚ inspired by ☆𖤓

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i am SOOO normal about renkaza and i am not at all thinking about them always or rotating them on meat skewers in my mind or anything like that. don't look in my art folder.

rambling under cut:

i like to imagine akaza has big chunky teeth that are designed more for biting/ripping than slicing. sure they're sharp, but not in the sense that just touching them could pierce you. more like sharp in the way a dog's teeth are "sharp"---they can't cause damage unless he bites down. he has a much stronger bite force than a human though.

speaking of biting....i know i draw kyojuro with bite marks a lot, but it is absolutely NOT out of carelessness on akaza's part. he's very conscious of how breakable kyojuro is. even if he hurt him on accident (which DOES happen from time to time....) he beats himself up about it for weeks. kyojuro, however, is a masochist doesn't really mind getting bitten once in a while ;^]

drawing akaza's tats and kyojuro's hair genuinely takes years off of my life.

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wip wednesday tuesday monday!!

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i am SOOO normal about renkaza and i am not at all thinking about them always or rotating them on meat skewers in my mind or anything like that. don't look in my art folder.

rambling under cut:

i like to imagine akaza has big chunky teeth that are designed more for biting/ripping than slicing. sure they're sharp, but not in the sense that just touching them could pierce you. more like sharp in the way a dog's teeth are "sharp"---they can't cause damage unless he bites down. he has a much stronger bite force than a human though.

speaking of biting....i know i draw kyojuro with bite marks a lot, but it is absolutely NOT out of carelessness on akaza's part. he's very conscious of how breakable kyojuro is. even if he hurt him on accident (which DOES happen from time to time....) he beats himself up about it for weeks. kyojuro, however, is a masochist doesn't really mind getting bitten once in a while ;^]

drawing akaza's tats and kyojuro's hair genuinely takes years off of my life.

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❤️❤️❤️

conglomeration of warmups and bursts of frenzied aggression towards them

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Upper Moons × Seven Deadly Sins ⋆.˚ ☾⭒.˚ inspired by ☆𖤓

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She loves the fact she has a trampstamp actually.

Just really obsessed with this au right now I should draw full references for them and their like casual + schoolware. And the others as well

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love bite

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Smooches for your butch

Modern au. Trying something out with Akaza human tattoos, I am not cooking with it give me time

10 minute doodle Wednesday

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To get back

Sooo, Extended Notes on To get back, a chapter of Small Talk.

Ufff, where do I even start? This past month has been a whirlwind, and I’ve totally lost touch with everything fandom-related. Now, a weird version of FOMO has been stopping me from catching up on updates for some of my favorite fics and fanarts :(. I’ve been trying to reconnect by writing, but nothing was really clicking—so I came back to this lovely baby.

To get back was born from my love for that kind of art style where you have a giant skeletal creature contrasted with an everyday setting or human scale. I LOVE IT. Here are some references: kleinerHai, Jinho Bae, Boris Groh, and bawwny. That last one I found recently and thought, “Not really KNY, but I’m loving the vibes UwU.”

There’s something about that slow, ancient, decayed but powerful air that just draws me in, and I wanted to blend it with the boys. Kyo fits that “fallen warrior” vibe perfectly (too well, honestly :,) ) and it reminded me of Have you ever summoned a potentially vengeful spirit because ghost summoning was on the Bucket List you made at 14 and now you're stuck with a ghost guy or are you normal? by CoffeInAPan. But Akaza... Akaza had the power to literally be a skeleton—he’s powerful, tragic, and gave me the chance to explore a less tragic side of Kyo.

So, a modern AU where Akaza, for some reason, survived Muzan’s defeat and was found by Kyo nearly a century later. Free from his curse, but trapped in a limbo between life and death, he remained in a forest until one day Kyojuro—descendant of the Flame Hashira—stumbles across him and decides to help.

Akaza can’t regenerate on his own. His muscles rebuild from whatever sticks to his bones. In the forest, moss did the job (slowly), but once Kyo took him in, he tried other materials (cold porcelain, FIMO, paper pulp… stuff like that. Stuff I like XD).

In this version, Ruka is also dead and Shinjuro is still distant with his sons. Sen has a bit of social anxiety, and Kyo’s a high school teacher. He didn’t grow up in a world of demons or with a Demon Slayer duty, so when he sees this wretched, doomed being, he just… chooses to help.

Akaza, on the other hand… He’s way more somber than usual, because we’re seeing him after regaining his memories and spending nearly a century in isolation. Two things helped shape this version of him. First, the Flame Breathing panel in Interview with the Demons from Hell: Voices from Beyond the Sanzu River, the official fanbook. There we see an Akaza | Hakuji who’s cloudy, half-absent, reflecting on his actions and fate. The second is the fic through a fractured mirror, I see you by lokis helmet. While Akaza is much more animated in that one, it plays with the idea of “meeting after Akaza’s death,” in a time when the bitterness of their past sides can’t touch them anymore.

Both helped me shape this version of him: a being trapped in his own body, resigned to punishment after finally opening his eyes to what he’s done for centuries, unable to believe he deserves anything other than hell. He’s much more formal and respectful toward Kyo (that’s why he only calls him by name once), though still disbelieving of the kindness he receives.

Oh, he also got a sprinkle of canon Yushiro and early-modern-world Akaza from The Dark Between Stars by emilieee. That drama of “Now that I’m immune to sunlight and decapitation... what comes next? Why am I even here?”

Another thing I’ve been playing around with in my drafts is the idea of a special vertebra or something in demons’ necks that can cause them pain. Here, Akaza tries to be very “objective” about recounting his past with Muzan, but you can still see how that particular bone was basically a shortcut for torture.

And now that I mention Muzan—once again I ran into a language issue. When I first started writing, Akaza referred to Muzan as “master” (maestro), but after regaining his memories, I realized that term would most likely be associated with Keizo. He was his master (the one who taught him). So, in the spanish version, I decided to have him call Muzan “amo” instead (master, but as in owner). It fit better with that whole dog/tool/thing dynamic they had. Sadly, in English, both “amo” and “maestro” collapse into “master”, and I wasn't really sure about using other terms like "owner" or "lord", so that nuance got lost in translation :C

Mmm, I think that’s all for now. I hope the chapter was entertaining and made sense.

XOXO

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Recuperar

Sooo, Notas Extendidas de Recuperar, un capítulo de Small Talk.

Ufff, ¿por dónde empiezo? El último mes fue una carrera, y me desconecte un montón de toda forma de fandom. Ahora, una extraña versión de FOMO me ha frenado para ponerme al día con las actualizaciones de algunos de mis fics y fanarts favoritos :(. He estado tratando de reconectarme escribiendo, pero nada me movía ni convencía, así que volví a este hermoso bb.

Recuperar nació de mi gusto por este arte tipo “Criatura gigante esquelética contrapuesta con entorno cotidiano o escala humana”. ME ENCANTA. Aquí algunas referencias: kleinerHai, Jinho Bae, Boris Groh y bawwny. Esa última la ví hace poco y dije “No tiene mucho que ver con KNY, pero me gustan las vibras UwU”.

Algo en este aire lento, antiguo, vencido pero poderoso, todo eso me gusta y quería unirlo con los chicos. Kyo pega con las vibras de “guerrero caído” (demasiado :,) ) y me hizo pensar en Have you ever summoned a potentially vengeful spirit because ghost summoning was on the Bucket List you made at 14 and now you're stuck with a ghost guy or are you normal?, de CoffeInAPan. Pero Akaza… Akaza tenía el poder de ser un esqueleto literal, es poderoso, trágico y me daba la oportunidad de probar un lado menos sufrido de Kyo.

Entonces, un AU moderno en el que Akaza, por algún motivo, “sobrevivió” a la derrota de Muzan y fue encontrado por Kyo casi un siglo después. Libre de su maldición, pero en un limbo entre la vida y la muerte, quedó postrado en un bosque hasta que un día Kyojuro, descendiente de los Pilares de la Llama, se lo topa y decide ayudarlo.

Akaza es incapaz de regenerarse por su cuenta. Sus músculos se reconstruyen a partir de cosas que se le adhieran a los huesos. En el bosque, el musgo funcionaba (aunque lentamente), pero al ser llevado por Kyo, este prueba con distintas masas (porcelana fría, FIMO, pulpa de papel... Cosas por el estilo. Cosas que me gustan XD).

Aquí, Ruka también murió y Shinjuro sigue siendo distante con sus hijos. Sen tiene un poco de ansiedad social y Kyo es profesor de instituto. No vivió en un mundo de demonios ni siente este deber de cazador, por lo que, al ver a un ser desgraciado y condenado, decide ayudarlo.

Akaza, por otro lado… Es mucho más sobrio que de costumbre, pues lo estamos viendo tras recuperar sus recuerdos y vivir aislado por casi un siglo. En esto tengo dos puntos que pueden servir de referencia. El primero es el panel de la Respiración de las Llamas de Interview with the Demons from Hell: Voices from Beyond The Sanzu River, el fanbook oficial. Allá vemos a un Akaza | Hakuji nublado, medio ausente, en meditación de sus actos y su destino. El segundo es el fic through a fractured mirror, I see you , de lokis helmet. Si bien allá Akaza sigue siendo mucho más animado, hay está idea de “conocersen tras la muerte de Akaza”, en un tiempo donde el rencor de sus bandos ya no los puede tocar.

Ambas cosas me ayudaron a armar esta versión del chico: un ser atrapado en su cuerpo, resignado al castigo después de abrir los ojos a lo que estuvo haciendo por siglos, e incapaz de imaginarse merecedor de cualquier cosa que no sea el infierno. Es mucho más formal y respetuoso con Kyo (por eso solo una vez se refiere a él por su nombre), aunque sigue incrédulo de la amabilidad que recibe.

Oh, también tuvo unas pizcas de Yushiro (canon) y las primeras partes de Akaza en el entorno moderno de The Dark Between Stars, de emilieee. Este drama de “ahora que soy resistente al sol y a la decapitación ¿qué sigue? ¿qué hago aquí?”.

Otra cosa con la que he estado jugando últimamente en mis borradores es con lo de una vértebra especial o algo en el cuello de los demonios que les puede doler. Aquí Akaza trata de ser muy “objetivo” al relatar su pasado con Muzan, pero aun se deja ver cómo dicho hueso era básicamente un simplificador para la tortura.

Y, ahora que menciono a Muzan, volvía a chocarme con un problema de idiomas. Cuando inicie a escribir, Akaza se refería a Muzan como “maestro”, pero siendo que ya recupero sus recuerdos, me parece que dicho término lo asociaría principalmente con Keizo. ÉL fue su maestro (quien lo instruyó). Entonces, decidí que usara “amo” (poseedor) para Muzan. Algo más acorde con todo este concepto de perro/cosa/herramienta que había en esa relación. Sin embargo, en inglés las palabras para “amo” y “maestro” convergen en “master”, así que ese detalle se perdió en la traducción :C

Mmm, y creo que eso es todo por esta vez. Espero que el capítulo haya sido entretenido y entendible.

XOXO

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Self-imposed babysitting duty

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❄🍃 Hakusane edit

(hakuji's uniform is different than my last post bc this one was made last year and I've changed his design since then c: 💚)

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🔥🔥🔥

you seem to have the wrong idea about this, akaza.

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oh akaza.

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KOKUAKA IS FOREVER.

I think Kokushibo genuinely liked Akaza, who kept challenging him again and again. Not just because they fought—but because Akaza had that pure, desperate hunger to become stronger. Maybe that stirred something in Kokushibo. And honestly, it even felt like he wanted to be Akaza’s number one, in return.

When Akaza was defeated by the demon slayers, Kokushibo's expression… That line he said—it was just too precious, too good. It wasn’t just the strongest demon looking down at the third strongest. There was something deeper there—something more.

And I think Akaza, too, admired Kokushibo—someone stronger, more beautiful, more eternal than anyone else. While all the other demons feared Kokushibo, Akaza didn’t. He faced him head-on, always so aggressive, never backing down.

But the most shocking thing? Kokushibo didn’t eat Akaza when he lost. In a world where devouring the weak is the norm, Kokushibo chose not to. To him, Akaza must’ve been something different—an exception. An irregularity that couldn’t be consumed.

I freaking LOVE KOKUAKA. Forever obsessed. 💘