#Kirby fanart guide

[yirggzmb]

Common Kirby Eyes

Common eyes you see on characters in the Kirby franchise. Obviously other types exist, but odds are high new characters will have one of these three.

KIRBY STYLE - Mostly black oval, large white circle near the top, colored crescent near the bottom. Used by Kirby, Waddle Dees, and a lot of classic enemies like Scarfy or Poppy Bros Jr

SCLERA STYLE - Has a visible white to the eye, generally has an iris designed similarly to the Kirby style eyes above with color as a small crescent and a shine spot. Iris size may vary. Used by King Dedede, classic enemies like Bronto Burt and Burning Leo, as well as both Leon and Carol from Forgotten Land

GLOWING EYES - An oval or circle in one color, often glowing out of a dark space. Used by Meta Knight (older games had it only when masked, modern games do it always), Magolor, Vividria, all of the other Knight characters, and plenty of characters who have their face obstructed such as Hooded Hyness or Jammerjab

[kawa-kir]

Happy new year everybody!

To celebrate it, i made this little drawing of little things that inspire me greatly.

Artists, cartoon characters, musicians, animators, all of them.

Try to get all the little references!

Or just click more to see them all.

Clockwise from top left:

Cheap Trick from JoJo's Bizarre Adventures

Queen (The band) from Bohemian Rhapsody's intro

The Joker from The Batman Beyond series, and he's got a pokemon! I wonder which one it is.

Majora's Mask from Zelda's series (my absolute favorite game of the franchise)

Vaporeon from Pokemon.

Banana Man from Tally Hall.

Deep Thought, from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Jack Skellington from Nightmare before Christmas.

Aimkid's Modify creatures (absolutelly lovely little playdough characters)

Firebrand from Demon's Crest (best SNES game i played, only losing to Chrono Trigger.)

Waldo, From... where is he?

Bill Cypher from Gravity Falls.

Bendy from Bendy and the Ink Machine.

Felix Colgrave, weird and cool artist and animator.

Brightgoat, a strange artist and animator that i really like.

My two friends OCs, Ira👦 and Pinscher🐶, alongside my own, Kawa.

The triangle trio (Gooseworx, Elain and Zooble)

Excalibur from Soul Eater.

Black Hat from Villainous.

Opal, from Jack Stauber's short.

Jupiter's Snake from Beetlejuice.

And Kirby from, well, Kirby.

[faaarawayyy]

hai!!

i’m bea/benrey! either name is good!

my pronouns include but r not limited to hey/hem/heir, she/her, and he/him. you can find all my pronouns and how to use them here!

i label myself nonbinary and dolphinygender but im rly just a creature ^_^ also aroace and platonically objectum! i’m taken in a queerplatonic relationship <33 also im otherkin/nonhuman!! (oceankin + robotkin)

i am a minor, and i have autism and adhd, so please keep these in mind when interacting with me! nsfw/18+ blogs please dni for both our comforts

i have tons of interests but i am especially fixated currently on dungeons and dragons, spore, kirby, rain world, and all my own ocs!! my biggest spinterest will always be in marine life/the ocean, i have my #marautism tag for all that stuff

i also post my own art here! most of it is of my ocs but maybe sometimes ill post misc fandom stuff if i ever feel like making fanart!

i don’t have a strict dni rly cuz i just block n move on casually but just, i feel it should be fairly obvious that youre not welcome here if youre a bigot or a proshipper or a zionist or just super nasty!! stay far away from me tyyy

anyway. beside that. tags and other blogs beneath cut and have fun here!! feel free to interact in any way i dont bite!! peace n love

@bluelightovermurder | my dnd/dunmeshi/ttrpg posting blog. lots of character related rbs

@starryseastims | my stimboard blog! feel free to send requests!

@tmd-clangen | my (as of now inactive) clangen story blog! post-apoc horror and challenge-based, be aware it contains lots of dark themes

@delfinxxia | currently inactive artblog lol. i may repurpose it someday? idk but it’s there

@recoveryranger | also inactive pokeblr blog. idk when ill get back into it haha

misc. notes

my content warnings are formatted like the following example: #cws #blood #death (etc). common ones likely will be: blood, gore, death/animal death, eyestrain. if you need anything more specifically tagged, feel free to send in an ask stating what you’d like tagged, anon or not!

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tag guide

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#reblog - self-explanatory

#ask - asks i’ve received and answered! i’ll tag your username too but you can also request me not to

#ask game and #tag game - if i rb ask games or get tagged in something

#others’ art - self-explanatory, art that other people have made

#friend art - also self-explantatory, art from my friends/mutuals :>

#important - things that are. well. important. serious posts only

#4me - stuff that was made for me, gifts/commissions/etc.!

#4later - resources and compilation posts usually, might tag them specifically with #art resources or #life stuff as well

#fav - stuff i REALLY like

#mecore - things that r just. mecore. yknow

#me-tagged - stuff my friends/mutuals tagged for me YAAAY

#inspiration - awesome stuff that makes me feel inspired

#silly - stuff i think is funny

#wholesome - stuff i think is cute or nice or uplifting

art-specific tags

#my art - self-explanatory!

#srb - occasional reblogs of my own work

#my ocs - also self-explanatory! contains all original characters of mine, fandom or not. #oc: [oc name] tags will also be added for specific characters, and fandom tags if they apply

#others’ ocs - for other peoples’ characters that i’ve drawn

#fanart - art i make of characters from any media! fandoms and individual characters will be tagged

[levymcgarden55]

[header id: a gif of clouds drifting over a starry sky.

icon: a sprite of angel Kirby from Kirby Squeak Squad over the top of a pastel rainbow pride flag.]

Welcome to my blog! I’m making the internet a little more accessible one post at a time. If you want to know more about me, here’s my pronouny and you can check out #getting to know levy. If you appreciate what I do, please consider tipping me on ko-fi. $8 gets you a doodle or ID request!

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If you want to learn more about IDs:

What are they for, anyway?

A step by step guide to IDs

The ins and outs of alt text (this also explains the uses of each type of ID)

I make sure to tag the common stuff along with eyestrain, eye trauma, guns, drugs, and food. They will usually be just plain #[thing] but when appropriate I may tag it with #cw [thing] or #[thing] ment or mention. I will never tag as #th1ng/// etc unless I’m purposefully trying to keep out of the searches. Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need me to tag something.

My tagging system: #hilarious (makes me laugh every time), #tell me a story (fun stories), #romanticize life (pretty and good posts), #happy tag & #animal tag (posts to cheer me up), #accessible (anything w a description), #my ids (stuff I ID), #inaccessible (no ID)

#fanart & #art (beautiful art), #not fanart (stuff I wanna look at later), #campaign tag & #nature tag (pretty stuff to fit my eventual campaign that revolves around flowers), #social norms (posts that fight against social norms), #mental health, #aesthetic, #reference, #important, and #inspo

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you have a great day! (:

[northeasternwind]

I posted 2,574 times in 2022

That's 1,426 more posts than 2021!

259 posts created (10%)

2,315 posts reblogged (90%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@kedreeva

@tinsnip

@bendingsignpost

@solrika

@kirby-the-gorb

I tagged 1,780 of my posts in 2022

Only 31% of my posts had no tags

#kirby - 915 posts

#fanart - 892 posts

#elden ring - 325 posts

#gif - 104 posts

#tolkien - 91 posts

#passing wind - 50 posts

#srs bsns - 44 posts

#cuties - 41 posts

#lotr - 31 posts

#video - 27 posts

Longest Tag: 132 characters

#and poor neilman had to remind everyone that reality works the way aziraphale expects it to so if he thinks it's okay to wear gloves

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

lesbians

111 notes - Posted March 10, 2022

#4

WAIT WAITWAITWAITWAITWAIT AHAHAHA

okay so it's stated by people who don't know that Radagon is Marika that godhood lineage can be passed down through adoption, ie Rennala's children became demigods after their father's remarriage not because he was also secretly a god but because that's just how godhood works. Which tracks for a fromsoft game in general tbh let's be real.

THEREFORE

PLEASE CONSIDER

DEMIGOD RYA

130 notes - Posted April 16, 2022

#3

I realized last night that in addition to Meta Knight being down to fight Morpho Knight with his bare ass hands, the novel also explicitly states that he wanted to fight so badly that his body simply teleported itself to his wayward soul's location instead of the usual plot of his soul having to return to his body.

152 notes - Posted May 19, 2022

#2

Okay so you know the fic genre where a modern person gets isekai’d into Tolkien

can we please

PLEASE

start naming our fics pROPERLY and letting the lead fuck anyone they want come on it’s 2022 give the readers what they want:

I Was Reincarnated As The Disposable Party Member, But If I Live The Story Will Be Derailed! Happy Ending In Jeopardy!

I’m A Lesbian In A Fantasy Novel, But All Three Women Are Taken!

The Nasty Goblin Guide Will Destroy The Ring This Time!

I’m A Slut (affectionate) But I Was Reincarnated As An Elf! How To Get Around The Laws And Customs of the Eldar!

I Want To Fuck The Entire Fellowship, But I Have No Combat Skills!

Queer In A Catholic Fantasy Novel?!

The Way To Protect The Male Lead’s Pointer Finger

Surviving The Novel Without Ruining The Happy Ending!

Saving The Side Character’s Cousin - I’m A Horse Girl And Love Eomer, But I Don’t Want To Be The Queen of Rohan!

Diary Of A Hobbit: I Was Left Behind To Survive The Scouring

The Villain’s Only Grandson Will Stop The Oath!

Reincarnated As The Disposable Woman?! I Won’t Let The Orcs Send Me To Valinor Early!

I Have To Share A Body And Brain With Pippin, But No One Notices Because We’re Both Doofus Babies!

literally just a stepmother’s marchen but it’s indis. LMAOFHSDJKFHDSKJFHKJH

203 notes - Posted July 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I want everyone here to know that my sister trained her cat to accept being picked up by picking her up at mealtimes.

And of course because she adores her cat she always gives her cat a lil smoochie.

Recently the cat has been getting Large because my sister is a sucker, so she bought an automatic feeder instead.

Problem?

Cat now refuses to eat until she’s been smooched.

249 notes - Posted May 4, 2022

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[minniethefoxie]

Heyo! Minnie's here!

I'm a self-taught anime and furry artist located in Poland :3 I also like to make animations, 3D models and other crafty stuff sometimes

Other socials:

DeviantArt | Toyhouse | TikTok | Twitter | Art Fight | Bluesky | Commission info | Ko-Fi | Discord server

Fandoms I'm in: Kirby, Undertale, Deltarune, Sonic, UTAU, BATIM, FNAF and some other smaller fandoms :3

Tags guide!

#MinnieArts - personal and OC art

#MinnieFanarts - various fanarts, both fandom and for individual people

#MinnieRambles - random rambles and headcanons

#MinnieAsks - answers for your questions!

Have fun looking around! ❤️

[foxrosefield]

i forgot i even made this. idk who could use this but eh

fun fact: kirby 64 was the first game to inspire to draw fanart. i had all of these powers pretty much memorized because i love the game so much to this day <3

[desultory-novice]

"It started with a Nightmare"  Pt1

~The Comprehensive "Marx is a Noddy" Essay~

...with bonus illustrations/comic!

Due to the amount of images in this essay, I had to split it up into 3 parts Luckily, it fits -perfectly- into 3 parts!

-Part One <You are Here> -Part Two -Part Three

Note: All images taken from the Kirby fandom wikia and official Japanese Kirby Twitter, unless otherwise noted. Various "Marx as a Noddy" fanart by me.

Extra Note: There is secondary source art (guide books and manga) that sometimes depict Marx with glasses. While this essay uses Marx's character design as evidence in places, I've ignored those where he has glasses, because the primary source high-quality 3D renders show him without them. But I feel it's possible to still work them into the theory, if one prefers glasses Marx!

Here's Marx!

This helpful, ball-bouncing jester appears briefly to introduce you to the plot of Milky Way Wishes, the final and most important sub-game in Kirby Super Star (and its remake, Kirby Super Star Ultra.) 

Marx is also the last boss of said sub-game, betraying you and stealing the power cosmic out from under your non-existent nose before transforming into this delightfully horrifying hell bat-looking creature. (And doing things like splitting his face in two to create a black hole to suck you inside. How nice!)

All that said, we never learn much about Marx himself. Where he comes from (he appears out of nowhere in the opening cutscene, though no one is -too- surprised to see him) or why he does what he does. He speaks maybe 2-3 times in total. Who is he really?

This adorable Dreamlander is called a Noddy. Noddies are one of the most harmless (insidious) enemies in the Kirby series, because while they can't hurt you outside of contact damage, if you inhale them (on purpose or accident) you're stuck with the "Sleep" ability, which puts Kirby to sleep for several seconds, preventing you from controlling him till he wakes up. (Or until you mash enough buttons.) The Noddies themselves are active and awake for far less time than Kirby himself sleeps for, often times falling asleep off-screen, as soon as they appear on screen, or after taking a step or two.

It’s been theorized that Marx may be (or had been) a Noddy himself before becoming the backstabbing jester we all know and love. (?)

In this essay, I'd like to examine why that theory is very likely true and morever... why it's almost frighteningly likely that Marx's true origins as a villain (and his unspoken backstory) lay not in Super Star's Milky Way Wishes, but way back in Kirby's second outing, the NES game Kirby's Adventure (aka, Nightmare in Dream Land.)

-Is Marx a Noddy?-

Let's look at them side by side....

They certainly appear to be the same shape, generally. Their eyes are made of the same basic iris block + 4 pixels of highlight. And if I may be so bold, Marx, when he's wounded/near death after the fight with Kirby in Super Star Ultra, bears a vague resemblance to the Noddies’ damage sprite as well.

(Screenshot from DyllonStej Gaming's "All Kirby Super Star Ultra Cutscenes in 60FPS”; image flipped for comparison's sake; Marx sprite sheet also by Jermungandr)

One of Marx's more notable traits is his lack of arms (until he gets wings after making a wish on a Galactic Nova - a wish granting comet.) Noddies also have no arms, which is fine considering they don't have to do anything except waddle a bit, fall asleep, and look harmless. Marx and the Noddies both have round bodies, similar to Kirby, but less circular and a bit more squat.

Then there's the hat. Noddies (and Kirby when he's got the Sleep ability) all wear sleeping caps. Marx's "jester cap" is notable for not...actually being that much like the traditional 3-4 pointed entertainer's cap. Of course, it resembles one just enough to trigger that "Ahh, so he's a jester!" sensation in your mind, but really, it looks just as much like two sleeping caps sewn together. Especially since the left side of the hat has a similar dot pattern to the Kirby series sleeping caps...

Stańczyk by Jan Matejko - the titular figure sporting a more classic "jester" look (it's also that guy in the "I'm Boo Boo the Fool" image macro) from Wikipedia. (But check out the article on this painting also because it's kinda neat, though completely irrelevant to Kirby!)

I might as well point out that the "modern" design of the "Mirror" copy ability DOES resemble a jester's cap with its tight peaks.

This is interesting as the -classic- design for the "Mirror" copy ability in Super Star and Super Star ultra bears a remarkable resemblance to what Marx is wearing! Especially since the use of this ability happens to turn Kirby purple and let him split himself in two! Now, that version was just a palette swap of the Beam hat (probably why it was changed in later games) with Marx's colors only reversed.

(...It's really a shame the enemy you get this copy ability from, Simirror, isn't itself wearing a jester hat/sleeping cap combo, else we could say Marx nicked his hat from one of those enemies, thereby having an easy origin story for it...!)

Moving on, as for their body, in recent games, Noddies have consistently appeared a shade of pink similar to Kirby. In earlier games, like Adventure and Super Star, they came in more shades, including blue and violet. Marx himself is a pale shade of violet, but he's sometimes portrayed as being closer to Kirby's color himself, as seen in the above artwork from the official twitter.

Marx's eyes differ from a Noddy's somewhat, having a similar tall, oval shape but with MUCH larger whites and smaller irises - we'll touch on that later! Although it's definitely worth mentioning that official artwork of the Noddies from Super Star (Marx's game) portray them with irises the same shade of purple Marx has! He also has a similar cheek blush to the Noddies (and Kirby.)

Another point of note is that while Kirby's red appendages have been confirmed by Sakurai to be his feet (not shoes) Marx is one of the few Kirby characters who clearly wears shoes. We can assume, with their general physical similarity to Kirby, that the Noddies are also shoeless and those orange lumps are their feet. But the shape of said feet is a good match for Marx's shoe size. Because he wears shoes, we cannot say for sure one way or another whether Marx has the pale orange feet distinctive of a Noddy under those laces or not.

Now Noddies are, again, notorious for only being able to take a few steps before falling asleep. While Marx, made playable in Star Allies, starts out by rolling on his classic jester ball, should you kick it at someone, he can then walk and run just like the rest of the allies and Dream Friends with no noticeable movement problems; meanwhile, using the Ghost ability to possess (control) Noddies in Squeak Squad results in something more like sleep walking/sleep jumping. So, walking doesn't seem to tire him out. Not at present, at least.

Okay, ready to move on? It's time for <Part Two!>

[artist-heart83]

I write this while I waiting for the final episode of Amphibia, so let me ramble about my headcanon about the four heroes of yore

For the moment we had Galacta that is canon, and thank you that person who say that maybe Elfilis can be one of them, I had two of the four heroes, but you’re maybe thinking, where is the other two? Well mate we don’t yet and do gonna wait for an answer so I decided to make them by myself

Let me present youuuuu~ Oswald, the painter, and Queen Crystal, the first queen of the fairies (the designs are gonna suffer some changes, but this is something that you can guide)

"Why a fairy? Why whatever Oswald is?" Listen I was watching a lore kirby video and in one part put some fanart where Queen Fairy is there and boom idea, Oswald I think is because of the influence of Drawcia being one of my favorite characters that the only explanation that I have

But yeah, we have a borb warrior, a paint creature, a fairy, and a furry with an amazing design, and together are the four heroes of yore

[mossby]

so I was tagged by @eldritch-elrics​ for a tag meme! I haven’t done one of these before, so here goes...

name: Kirby Province Tardos, to be really specific. I also identify with my kins’ names but the only one I really use (besides Kirby) is Void.

gender: Again, I could be really specific with this and say I’m gendervoid, but usually I just say I’m nonbinary.

star sign: Taurus

height: 5′2″ (slightly shorter than my brother who is also closest to 5′2″, which he likes to remind me of for some reason)

time: is an illusion. but also 7:37 PM

birthday: April 23rd. I’ll be turning 20 this year so you BETTER SEND ME GIFTS /jk

favorite bands: The Oh Hellos, The Altogether, The Longest Johns... that’s a lot of “the”s.

favorite solo artists: Cosmo Sheldrake and uh... lots of video game soundtrack artists. the Kirby soundtrack composers and Austin Wintory are really good

last movie: I legitimately don’t remember; I don’t watch a lot of movies. I’d really like to see Wolfwalkers though! The closest thing I can think of to a movie that I watched recently was a compilation of all the cutscenes in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which did feel like a movie.

last show: uhh I watched a bit of the anime Given with my brother and their friend yesterday

when did I create this blog: I don’t remember, but I started actually using it in early 2019.

what I post: whatever’s in my head I guess. mostly reblogging funnies and fanart and serious posts I can relate to. my original posts are mostly art or rambles

last thing I googled: lamellar armor (my younger brother was making a Pathfinder character and we saw it in the Ultimate Equipment guide and we were curious about where it originated in the real world)

other blogs: None! I’ve thought of making an ask blog in the past, but I knew I couldn’t keep up with it.

do I get asks: I do not. They’re open if you’d like to send them! I’d love to get asks!

why I chose my url: it’s just my name. I can’t ever decide on a username to stick with for more than like, a year and a half at most, so I just use my name because I know I’m not going to change it.

following: 213

followers: 73, and I’m really sad that I missed it when I had 69 followers, but I’m not complaining (that much).

instruments: I play guitar and harmonica! I’ve been playing guitar since I was in sixth grade, but I’m not as good at it as you’d think I am for having played that long... and I started harmonica a couple months ago so I’m about as good at that as you’d expect from a beginner. I also can’t go a day without singing, for better or for worse.

what I am wearing: my outfit today is probably the best I’ve worn in a long while! It’s a forest green button-up shirt that I got from a thrift store, overalls, a necklace with a bottle of craft store moss, a necklace with steampunk bug charms, and various rainbow bracelets. I’m also wearing a reversible cloak with the purpley-brown side out and the dark red side in, but I wasn’t wearing it for most of the day.

dream job: uhhh D&D bard? I don’t really want to have a job. I’m still looking for a more realistic career goal to pursue.

dream trip: KIRBY CAFE KIRBY CAFE KIRBY CAFE (but also I dream of being a full-time traveler)

favorite foods: sushi, the duck curry at this Thai restaurant my family likes, pizza, and just about any dessert but especially Cherry Garcia ice cream (that’s my favorite thing to eat). I also really like burritos, nachos, and various noodles, but I don’t really consider them favorites.

nationality: American. My family history pretty much just comes from various places in Europe, so basically I’m just really white. I’m also Jewish though, so there’s that I guess.

favorite song: I wonder why this question wasn’t listed up with the other music-related questions? Anyway, it’s definitely “I Was Born For This” from the game Journey, but a close second would be Itoki Hana’s version of Gourmet Race from the Kirby series. I can feel both songs deep in my soul...

last book I read: does fanfiction count? I don’t remember the last fanfiction I read either, though I suppose I could look it up. *checks AO3* ok it was a oneshot about Pikmin where Louie suffers the consequences of eating the Waterwraith :)

top 3 fictional universes: oh my gosh I’ve never really thought about this... Probably the Kirby universe, but I’m not sure what I’d put after that. Hmm.

And that’s all of them... I don’t like to tag people but feel free to do this if you’d like!

[akari-thoughts-blog]

Guide to the Monado 漢字

So, I looked at some random fanart the other day, and I was a bit annoyed at some of them for having the Kanji looking completely wrong.

So, here I am, writing about how each kanji is pronounced, stroke order, all those things

(Xenoblade spoilers, obviously)

Vocabulary:

漢字 - Kanji

音読み - Onyomi (Sound Reading)

- You use this when the 漢字 is surrounded by other 漢字

訓読み - Kunyomi (Meaning Reading)

- You use this when the 漢字 is alone

モナド・アーツ - Monado Aatsu (Monado Arts)

機神兵 - Kishinhei (Mechon)

Ordering of the Kanji:

Xenoblade   Print   行書   草書

(If you’re wondering why I’m not writing entirely in Roumaji, it’s because Japanese words then to be shorter, so I get to be more lazy)

Anyways, the first Kanji!

Misc

読 - Read 「リード」

This 漢字 appears when you’re at the loading screen

(Reading the disc, haha)

音読み：　ドク (Doku)

訓読み：　よむ (Yomu)

Stages of the モナド

機 - Enchant 「エンチャント」

Meaning: Machine

The first symbol to appear to appear (In-game). This signifies the モナド I can only hurt Machines （機神兵）

Also, the same symbol used in the エンチャントアーツ which let other party members hurt 機神兵 without having special weapons to pierce their Armour.

音読み：　キ (Ki)

訓読み：　はた (Hata)

人 - Human 「ヒューマン」

When Zanza upgraded the モナド I to the モナド II during the event’s of Prison Island, he let the sword capable of harming live on the Bionis.

(Don’t ask me why the first モナド is perfectly capable of hurting wildlife on Bionis but not Homs.)

音読み：　ジン (Jin)

訓読み：　ひと (Hito)

神 - God 「ゴッド」

Finally, in the second phase of the Final fight with Zanza. With the power of friendship, Shulk creates the モナド within him. The モナド III, which is capable of harming gods.

(I realise the sentence sounds silly, since the replica モナド and other weapons can already damage Zanza)

音読み：　シン (Shin)

訓読み：　かみ (Kami)

モナド・アーツ

盾 - Shield 「シールド」

The second art that Shulk receives during the events at Tephra Cave with the fight with the Arachno Queen. It protects all party members from receiving fatal damage by a Talent Art.

音読み：　ジュン (Jyun)

訓読み：　たて (Tate)

疾 - Speed 「スピード」

Meaning: Rapidly

「『モナドにまた新しい文字が―！』

『―やれろのか？』

『出来るさ』」

Shulk receives this art when he receives a vision about Sharla’s death. With it, his movement speed (Only in cutscenes and not in-game for some reason) and dodging ability

音読み：　シツ (Shitsu)

訓読み：　はやい (Hayai)

破 - Purge 「(Breaker) ブレーカ」

Meaning: Rip, Break, Destroy

This art is actually created by Alvis, when the Telethias attacked him and Shulk at the coast near Great Makna Falls. With this power, the モナド can temporarily stop an enemies aura or spike.

音読み：　ハ (Ha)

訓読み：　やぶる (Yaburu)

轟 - Cyclone 「サイクロン」

Meaning: Roar, Thunder

Now, this 漢字 is actually an onomatopoeia (The actual 漢字 for cyclone would be 飃) which in context is quite fitting as it’s the roar of a cyclone. And, cyclone’s typically then to blow and topple things~. Anyways, you get this power after beating the Apocrypha Generator robot guard.

音読み：　ゴウ (Gou)

訓読み：　とどろかす (Todorokasu)

喰 - Eater 「イーター」

Meaning: Eat, Receive (A blow)

The first optional art. This lets you removes any buffs on your opponent while simultaneously inflicting bleed them. Shulk receives this after doing a series of side-quests at Makna Forest. More, specifically the ruins near the landing side. You get this art after obtaining a book from King Agni’s Tomb.

(Not sure, how reading a book let you acquire a new ability for a mythical sword, but sure)

訓読み：　くう (Kuu)

鎧 - Armour 「アーマー」

The second optional art. This art reduces physical and ether damage for every party member by at most, 75%. You acquire this art after doing the Stop the Mechon Rampage! sidequest given at Machina Village.

音読み：　カイ (Kai)

訓読み：　よろう (Yorou)

Smash Exclusive アーツ

Nope, still not done! In Smash 4, Sakurai (Or, Alvis/Machina, I guess) added two new arts to Shulk’s arsenal.

翔 - Jump 「ジャンプ」

Meaning: Soar, Fly

This art, judging by it’s self-explanatory name, let’s you jump higher with the added bonus of giving Shulk’s recovery move slightly increased height. Oh, and giving Kirby the most broken recovery game ever.

音読み：　ショウ (Shou)

訓読み：　かける (Kakeru)

撃 - Smash 「スマッシュ」

Meaning: Attack, Defeat, Conquer

The final art, Smash *roll credits* gives Shulk horrendously bad damage output but in return giving him quite a knockback boost. (The good kind, not the stupid kind like in old games where it somehow always gravitate you into the nearest instant death pit.)

音読み：　ゲキ (Geki)

訓読み：　うつ (Utsu)

With every 漢字 covered (Until Xenoblade 2), this wraps up this guide on the 12 漢字 that appears at the centre of the モナド

See you until the next time, I post something, I guess.

―　スカイ