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Finallyyyy I was able to draw my Kemono Jihen oc !  Nota bene : Today, on 02/25/2021, there hasn’t been any information in the manga (I’ve read 49 chapters) about mermaids ! So my oc is only based on the few things I know about the lore and my own imagination. This might explain mistakes about mermaids and Alma !  Now, let’s have fun with her !  -------------------

IEVANOV Alma - Mermaid  28 yo (born on March 11th) - born near Russia   Favorite food : Tonkatsu Not-so-favorite food : cheese (which clashes with Shiki who wonders how you can dislike pizza’s main ingredient)  Udon or Soba ? Doesn’t care as long as it’s tasty  Okay with being on display ? Totally disagrees (has been exploited by a human for 8 years) First thing she did when she arrived at Tokyo : Buy clothes Favorite part of the human culture ? Books (especially whodunits) Least favorite part of the human culture ? Social networks (but mainly due to a fear of being found again by Tachibana. She avoids them as much as possible)

----------------------------------------- Alma is the only female employee from Inugami Detective Office. She’s also Inugami’s first employee, as she’s been there for 6 years (from 22 to 28). She considers that she has a debt towards Inugami as he freed her from the man that was exploiting her powers back in Hokkaido. Alma spent 8 years locked in the pool of a japanese’s millionaire’s mansion, Tachibana Haruto. He used her powers to stay young and healthy, mermaid tears being able to heal wounds, cure disease and stop and even reverse lightly the body’s aging. 

Mermaids powers aren’t very strong compared to other kemonos. They seem to be mainly focused on surviving and escaping. It allows them :  - A sharp vision : Mermaid have perfect eyes. Their sight is precise, they can see without difficulties on wide areas and can even see in the dark.

- A strong stamina and a slower aging : Compared to human, mermaids only needs 3 to 4 hours of sleep per night. Their bodies being used to swimming all day, they can endure longer days of work without feeling tired. Thanks to their healing and regenerating powers, it also appears that mermaid age slower.

- The Sing : Mermaid’s voice were mainly focused on tricking their prey so they can hunt and eat them easier. The song of a mermaid mainly affects persons that feel attraction toward women, but it doesn’t always work (uneffective on asexual person as an exemple) but mermaid can also decides to focus on one person (which Alma tried to do with Tachibana, but it didn’t work). With time, this ability mutated, leaving mermaid able to do many things while using their voice, such as, for exemple, erasing or replacing some memories.

- The wave : Basically, it’s a form of defense that allows mermaid to escape. It’s a big scream that’ll provoc a sound wave, leaving the enemy unable to move, when they simple don’t faint because of the sound. Isn’t deadly but buys time.

 - Healing tears : Mermaid tears contains something (unlike Aya’s thread, nobody can perfectly explain what it is) that is able to heal wounds and prevent bodies from disease. Yet it doesn’t seems all efficient, because what the tears give you seems to be balanced by a shorten lifespan. Alma doesn’t really know how long she’ll be able to live, but she thinks she’ll live for 400 yo without having trouble.

Inugami freed her after hearing the story of a man in Hokkaido that doesn’t age and the other story of a woman who sings her sadness, making whoever hears her voice cry for hours.  Alma being afraid that she’ll have nowhere to go, and most importantly, fearing she’ll be kidnapped again, choosed to stay by Inugami’s side, trying to assist him and help other kemonos. Being at first very naive and curious, about everything, Alma quickly learned how humans’ world works and got used to it. Her curiosity also helped her to adapt very fast, Alma being the kind of person who doesn’t have any trouble to focus and work for a long time (probably thanks to the fact that mermaids have to keep swimming no matter what they do, which helped her to develop a strong stamina and a small need to sleep). She was able to understand quickly the new world she was stepping in and had no problem to blend in. Alma grew up to be less naive and childish, turning into a person who tends to think a lot before acting, making her a good advisor for Inugami. She also tends to be tougher than him, especially on food. She doesn’t want him to eat junkfood all day because he’s too lazy to cook. She’s strongwilled and doesn’t hesitate to scold him on the points she judges important. Even if Inugami thinks she can be annoying, he knows that’s her way to care about them.  When it comes to fighting, Alma’s abilities aren’t the best so what she can’t do with powers, she completes it with training and strenght. Inugami taught her how to shoot and realised her sharp vision would make her a nice sniper. He taught her how to use a longshot gun. When Mihai came, he was able to create her bullets that are effectives against Kemono.  Alma’s relationships are pretty good in the Inugami Detective office. She just doesn’t like the way Shiki tends to ask for pizza almost everyday, despite the fact that she’s cooking for them when she’s in Tokyo. But he is a nice boy and he is smart.  Despite her differences with Akira, she tends to be nice with him, as long as he doesn’t post her face on his social media (which truly makes him sad because he thinks Alma’s pretty face could boost his account). She likes the bubbly side o his personnality, she thinks he lightens the mood. Kabane made her unconfortable at first : this kid just didn’t said anything to her. He was just sitting quietly and watching, and doing the chores. But when Inugami explained her his past, she tried to help him to feel fine at the office, by learning him how to cook since he wanted her to do it. She took a liking in him, seeing a little bit of her younger self in that curious, yet naive young boy.  Mihai... Oh Mihai... Perhaps it’s her worst relationship here. She knows he deserves his place at the office and doesn’t say he’s useless but... He’s just so annoying ! Annoying her, pulling the curls in her hair just to mess with her (”but they’re bouncy” he says)... So she just messes back with him, intentionally turning down the wifi, making some sarcasms... Yet they tend to help each other when they need to (Mihai helping her to create her weapon’s bullets, Alma translating for him documents but also the dialogues for his game and editing some videos for his channel). Guess it’s a “I like you/I hate you” relationship. Then Inugami, or “Kohachi” for her.  She’s the only person who calls him by his first name, both of them being adults and Alma being here for many years now.  Kohachi is Alma’s savior. She’s loyal to him for freeing her from Tachibana. He also the one who offered her a home and a work, leading her to be able to start a new life. He’s also the one who helped her to learn more about mermaids and how to use her powers.  She did everything she could to make sure he understood how thankful she was. She took care of him, she helped him with work, paperwork, she helped him to gain more informations...  With both of them actively helping each other, their relationship sure went fine... Too fine. Were they helping each other because they needed to or because they deeply cared about the other one ? Were they living under the same roof because Alma had nowhere else to go or because both of them wanted her to stay ?  When they were together, they were flustered, yet happy. Flustered by the way people were calling her his wife. The way he thanked her for the food, the way she scolded him for his cigarettes, saying she didn’t want him to have troubles because of a shitty stick. The way they looked at each other, the sweet smell of her hair, the way she had to get on her tiptoes when she wanted to fix his tie... He remembered their few moments of weakness, ending in each other’s arms while the children were heavily sleeping, how they desperately moaned, swallowing their voice in order to remain silent, keeping the night they shared as a secret. And the next day, living as if nothing happened, pretending he stole her shampoo when Kabane noticed how Kohachi smelled like Alma. “ Hey, Kohachi ? - Hm ? - Let’s put an end to that. - ... To what ? - To our secret. - What ? Oh... I thought you were enjoying this... Guess I’m really that bad huh ? “ 

His sarcasm and his dumb playing only earned him a light slap on the arm, as Alma laughed.  “I don’t want it to be a secret anymore, I... I think I like you... - You know you’ll have to deal with Akira putting us on Instagram to “celebrate it” ? - Oh, shit, I haven’t though about... Wait, is that a “yes” ? - What else could it be ?”  As he was trying to light up his cigarette, she smiled while snatching it from him. He knew she was messing with him... Yet he just pulled her closer, his arms around her waist as she was putting hers behind his neck.  It was their first kiss that wasn’t in a hurry, that wasn’t almost stolen while they were sharing their nights together. It felt different. Better.  “ I love you... - Me too. “  They stayed in each other’s arms for a few seconds, now realising what happened.  “ So... We’re a couple ? - Yup. Sounds like you’re stuck with me, young lady. - “Oh no, my crush is liking me back, I wonder how I’ll manage to survive that”. - I just wondered how you didn’t notice before... - I’m gonna break that cigarette, Kohachi. - Wait don’t, it’s expens- “  *snap*  Oh. Oh shit. “ Guyyyys ! They confessed ! They confessed ! - Well... Shit. - Akira ! Don’t post that picture, I swear to god I’ll break that stupid phone !”

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Still drawing Alma.

I love her, I love mermaids !

This is Alma's true form, the one Inugami saw when They met each other.

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At first I only wanted to draw a small sketch of Alma's tribal marks... Turns out my love for lingerie and women had me weak.

So here's my Alma probably trying to charm Inugami.

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I actually loooove Kemono Jihen (I'm an anime only) and I wanted to show my love to this adorable squad 🥺

And also How Inugami Could wreck me and I'd thank him.

I'd like to create myself an oc and I couldn't decide which Kemono I should base her on until I realised... That it didn't had to be a japanese Kemono ! (Or I don't think so ?? Correct me if I'm wrong !) So I choose to make a mermaid !

I'll draw her as soon as I Can but here's a few things that happened when Inugami met my dear mermaid : Alma Ievanov !

Alma is now 28 and was born on March 11th in the Waters that are between Japan and Russia, deep in the North. Even if we can't really explain mermaids' origins, Alma looks a lot like the people from nothern east Asia.

Her skin is dark, her hair is thick, black and curly and her eyes are long, slim. The only thing that doesn't match with the typical nothern asian tribes is her eyes, that are deep and blue. She has a few tribal marks on her neck, collarbones and shoulders.

Alma is percieved as very beautiful, but also very singular. She isn't the typical japanese Beauty, with fair skin and shiny straight hair... But people are according on the fact that Alma is captivating.

Under her original form, Alma is 230cm, as a Human, she's 162cm !

As a mermaid, her powers results in creating illusion and spirit manipulation through her voice, shapeshifting and healing, mermaids' tears being famous for healing even the worst injuries and keeping the person who drinks them young and healthy.

Mermaids' powers aren't as effectives and useful in a fight as Shiki's or Kabane's, but they're making great supports and their powers Can Help the group to get informations, manipulate memories to prevent Kemonos from being on display, so unlike our trio, Alma stays behind and make sure to Help them by gaining informations and healing.

Despites her former fear for the Human race, Alma learned from them and realised that not all of them were Bad, leading to her joining the Inugami Office... But it took him long enough to achieve this :

When Alma was 14, she was captured and separated from her family by a wealthy japanese man named Tachibana. The first thing she saw from the Human World was a selfish man, who took her away from her family despite her cries from freedom and begging for mercy, which he neither listened nor understood, as she begged in russian.

After that, only a few minutes After that, she saw Tachibana killing his two accomplices and leaving their bodies drowning in the water as he was taking her away from everything she knew.

After that, Alma was kept captive in Tachibana's mansion, deep in Hokkaido, for Years. She lived in his mansion, swimming in a pool. What seems weird about it is that Tachibana was treating her with love : he was letting her eat, read, educating herself, which allowed her to get a lot of knowledges about the Human World, especially in History, art, languages...

But she knew that the day she said "no" to him, it was over for her. She tried. And it only brought her to get her hair pulled as she was Getting hit by Tachibana.

She tried to sing to enchant him... But it Never worked. Because she had the misfortune to fall on someone that neither felt love nor attraction to anybody but himself. It worked on everyone. On everyone but the person she needed.

And even if it did... What was the point ? She couldn't run. Or she didn't want to try, she was afraid that the second Tachibana realised that she could turn Into a Human, he would use her in the most disgusting ways. He already threaten to force himself on her mouth if she wasn't obedient enough.

She realised at 14 y.o. that she was trapped. She could only sing her sorrow and pain. And any person that was near the mansion could hear a voice so beautiful, yet so sad, so desperate, that They couldn't Help but cry. It was as if, in a small instant, the second they Heard that voice, They were feeling all the pain and sadness that Alma was experiencing for Years. It left them crying for hours, sometimes days...

A urban legend was born from Alma's voice : "The Melody of the sorrowed lovers", saying it was a woman that was waiting for her lover, Dead at War, to Come back to her. She would sing her pain, she would sing her sorrow, letting whoever Heard her voice share her feelings.

Tachibana did his best to hide Alma from everyone. After all, he Wouldn't give up on something that was allowing him to stay young and healthy. But that was What betrayed him.

A man being almost 50 can't keep on looking as if he was 30 without Getting suspicious. Especially when his wrinkles miraculously disappeared.

That sudden youth and the Sorrowed Lovers' legend were enough for a certain blond man to get curious and fly to Hokkaido to see for himself.

When it happened, Alma was 22. Already 8 Years had passed. 8 Years of fear, loniless and pain.

She got very curious when she Heard the window Getting break. When she looked, she saw a small animal that she Never saw before, near the pool. It was watching her quietly, sat down.

At first, Alma was very curious, but also excited : a New Friend ! She Never saw that animal before...

" Aren't you one cute boy... Did you get Lost ? I know How it feels : I got Lost too..."

At this Time, Alma was so desperate to have Anyone to talk to, besides Tachibana, that she could've talk to anything. Anyone. She just didn't want to be alone anymore :

" Well... I didn't got Lost... Tachibana brought me here but... I don't want to be here anymore. I wish I could go back to my family but... There's no point. They probably forgot me... "

When Inugami Heard that girl, that small woman, who was Getting detained here for Years... He couldn't Help but feel sad for her. No one deserves this.

" Where do you Come from, small furrball ? Me, I Come from Russia ! Well... I think I do ! I'm Alma Ievanov ! I'm a mermaid and- oh... Your paw... You're bleeding... Did you do it when you broke the window ?"

Ah. Shit. He didn't realised it. His paw was, Indeed, bleeding. It was the least of his concerns, knowing the fact that for the first Time of his life, he was seeing a mermaid. He couldn't Help but hide his eyes when he saw Alma sitting down on the edge of the pool, leading him to see the upper half of her naked body. And when he felt her take him and sit him on What he guessed was her knees, he apologised to every god he knew for unintentionally seeing the naked body of a woman who didn't want to show anything.

" Here... That's why Tachibana is keeping me. "

He saw her pick a tear that came from her eyes way too naturally. And the second her tear touched his wound... It was gone. Her powers could unfortunately lead to Kemonos' exposure if Tachibana every decided to make money from it. She couldn't stay here.

" Young girl... Don't Scream Please.

- Hm ? Animals aren't supposed to... Speak ?"

As she said those words, he jumped from her knees and... What's that light and... Oh... Oh gods !

Alma threw her hands on her mouth to prevent her screams of fear, as a man was now standing in front of her. She was terrified. She felt herself shaking as she looked him. Was he gonna hurt her...?

" I'm Inugami Kohachi. I'm not a human... "

She felt relieved. He wasn't going to hurt her.

" I'm a detective and I took interest in the story of the voice that made people cry everytime They Heard it. Turns out you have all the reason to cry.

- Are... Are you gonna hurt me too...?

- No. But I Can take you away. If you want me to-

- Please do ! Please do... I can't stay here anymore ! I'll do anything to escape that place... Please... Take me with you... Please... "

As she was begging him, for the first time, she felt herself crying... From Hope. From happiness.

" I'll need you to turn Into a Human. Can you do that ? "

Without asking questions, Alma did, too happy to finally escape to realise that her bare body was embarassing her savior. Well... She was pretty. But he'll cover her in his long coat.

" Can you walk ?

- Yes sir, I Can.

- Call me Inugami, that's fine.

- Yes Inugami.

- Let's escape by the window before that man Comes back. My car is parked near there. "

During the whole Time she was running to the car, Alma was so happy. She was outside. She was escaping. It seemed to good to be true. It must be a dream but... The leather of the car... The smell of his coat... The sounds of the road as he was driving :

" So... Alma... What do you want to do ?

- Me ?

- Yes. You. Do you want to go back to your family...? "

They probably forgot her.

" No... I don't know... I have nowhere to go now...

- Then... Do you wanna work with me ? It ain't much, but it's work.

- ... The way I helped Tachibana or...?

- No. You'll Help me to Help Other people like us.

- Other people like us... "

She looked by the window. Inugami was her savior... She wanted to Help him to do the same with Other people in need. She couldn't find back her family, but she could prevent this to happen to Other people.

" I'll work with you...

- Welcome to the Inugami detective office then, Alma. You're the first employee !"

It was the begining of a New life for Alma. And They Say that the cry that Tachibana left out when he saw Alma gone was Heard in the whole Hokkaido.

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Since that day, six Years had passed. The Inugami Office gained New recruits : Mihai, Akira, then Shiki and finally... Kabane.

Alma has Never been so happy : she's useful. She's surrounded by people who care about her and she cares about.

And sometimes when Inugami and her look at each Other, They can't Help but heavily blush and look away, making them gain few reactions from the kids.

Akira hoping they'll confess. Shiki teasing them. Kabane asking her questions about love.

"Alma, why Inugami ?

- Ah... Well... Sometimes... Meeting a person opens you to a whole New World. I think that's him to me."

She was happy. She was so happy.