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I wanna put kujaku myo-o on the karuma bestiary but had no idea on its design because going for standard peacock color -> kaneko plagiarism
had to do a different approach :/
I made this lotbw doujin adaptation that nobody asked for, completely unpaid and free. But if I'm kept forced to pay my entire family electric and internet bills, I think I'll never finish karuma and this forever
Karuma and the Falling Moon was an old project, but I had to postpone it for other profitable project
happy mid autumn festival, tho
One Karuma project demon I regretted inserting in the game was Jubokko
it was said to be an invention of Shigeru Mizuki, not an actual creature from the old bestiaries☠️
I'd add it in Karuma if it wasn't set in edo era
biggest kamo L in designs / super missed opportunity is to give the yaksha/ogre archetypes in karuma project a edo-era criminal tattoo :((((((
it fits their status as a "criminal demons who works under king yama"
will kujaku myo-o make it to the Karuma roster!?
....not till I find an idea to make him different than Kaneko's mahamayuri RIP
I don't want Karuma Project's plot to be a westernvideogames-soapbox like "STRONG WAMEN REPRESENTASHUN",
like I want everyone to be "weak" in the suffering cycle even if they're reincarnated as gods in the heavenly realms.
overcoming their weakness is what makes them strong
Karuma Project related. I was reading stories chapters about Tamamo no Mae's original series, Fengshen Yanyi.
Basically Daji (The real Tammy) does evil things with her king in said chapter and of course gets executed, with Tammy being the "what-if she survived-JP adaptation"
I wonder what's the proper translation of "Karuma and the Falling Moon (as in, the moon falls like a colony drop)" in JP :"(
I actually wanted Karuma Project to have more typical 1970s anime art style, but too bad at that time I wasn't that deep into the 1970s rabbit hole yet.
Now I regretted it. Wish I did research on the 1970s anime scene instead of relying on "stereotypes" of the art style
I think in future project (not current one), Karuma could choose what skillset she'll have (more like devil summoner sidekicks instead of SMT protag's "can't learn magic")
but, I wonder what deity suits each skill set routes? :
- Dakiniten➡️Physical
- ???➡️Magic
-Inari➡️Support
back then, Karuma are supposed to have a fox-demon only protag but maybe I could do more beyond that.
karuma is always about strange cults, bad reincarnation and karmic retribution anyways.
Fox demons are just one part of the main lore
for Karuma project, I want it to be a homage to late 80s OVA anime so I made it look rougher but still round "cute" looking.
For Tower of Guardian, I wanna make it soft watercolor-y shoujo manga style with dusty pink etc
For lotbw I want it to look manly, gekiga-style🤔
New #Karumapasta design has dropped : Puti Shushen
A Chinese Goddess who guards the Bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment. She's regarded as one of the twenty four devas and depicted as a young girl holding a branch in her hands
New #Karumapasta deity : Yakushi Nyorai
The Lord of Eastern Lapis Lazuli Paradise, medicine Buddha. His name literally means "Medicine Teacher" and is venerated by ruling classes to heal their illness
Yakushi is always depicted with medicine jars in heian era and beyond
New youkai for #Karumapasta 's September special! : Tsurara Onna
Translates to "Icicle woman", Tsurara Onna is a beautiful woman created from the feeling of loneliness. They're a loving spirit but any encounter with them never ends well.
They're also similar to Yuki Onna