Orient: Volume 19, color page.

First off, rude as hell. 😭😭😭 Secondly, I CAN'T BELIEVE I WAS RIGHT WHEN I THOUGHT AIJIRO'S GOAL IS JUST POWER

Hi, I’m sorry I’ve been so inactive but there’s been several reasons for that, number one being that my drawing tablet broke and I’m not really keen on drawing comic doodles on paper. But while I’m saving those ideas untill I get some means to effectively draw them again I decided to make myself this little Hakuouki character challenge:

I made a list of all Hakuouki characters I could name and remember (and who had some kind of picture existing) and put that into random generator to pick out a name, then I used another generator to pick out a random adjective and finally I would try to draw that. Here you can see my first 4 tries, I had fun with it so I’m planning to draw more of these in the future. I’m putting my name list under cut so if you don’t mind, please check it and feel free to comment me any name that I might have missed. I’m also taking this as a chance to practice lesser known characters.

Amagiri Kyuju Enomoto Takeaki Harada Sanosuke Hijikata Toshizo Hirama Juusuke Iba Hachiro Ibuki Ryunosuke Inue Genzaburo Itou Kashitaro Kazama Chikage Kimigiku/Kikuzuki Kondou Isami Kosuzu/Shizu Matsumoto Ryojun Miki Saburo Motoyama Kotaro Nagakura Shinpachi Nagumo Kaoru Nakaoka Shintaro Niimi Nishiki Nomura Risaburo Okita Mitsu Okita Souji Otori Keisuke Oume Saito Hajime Sakai Hyogo Sakamoto Ryouma Sannan Keisuke Sasaki Aijiro Sen Serizawa Kamo Shimada Kai Shiranui Kyo Souma Kazue Takeda Kanryusai Tonouchi Yoshio Toudou Heisuke Yamazaki Susumu Yukimura Chizuru Yukimura Kodo

Also if you have any other suggestions feel free to let me know :)

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? Why are you two bums watching TV instead of fighting helpmeee

How is everyone in the Takeda family beautiful...

Can't wait for the day Ohtaka tells us what Aijiro's deepest desire is because she SWERVED this opportunity like her life depended on it

He's only going to talk to Shiro again when the white soul learns his place.

Instead of making a lengthy post for each of them explaining how they feel about everyone we've met so far, I made a tierlist to make things easier and placed every character in rows in order of most to least from Soma's / Naotora's / Mikito's / Aijiro's points of view (i.e: the first character at "most cherished" is THE most cherished; the first at "disliked" is THE most disliked; the last at "tense" is kind of tense kind of indifferent etc)

Once you're stripped clean, what's at your core?

SOMA: animal intuition.

loyalty is the saint you pray to. if you ever were stabbed in the back by your beloved, you'd probably apologize. to your enemies, you're fierce. to your allies, even fiercer. you cultivate a thick inner circle built on promises and devotion, fit only for the best of the best. it's impossible for most to even begin to dissect the type of person you are, owing to your unbreakable emotional walls and confusing philosophies. dream careers? body guard, movie star, unwitting pawn. don't let people get the best of that loyalty.

NAOTORA: cauterizing rage.

the house has burned around you, and you’re the only one left standing. is it gratifying to be the survivor? fear and anger are weapons in your capable hands, used only to serve your agenda of fighting back when deemed necessary. you're a powerful person, built from the ashes of your despair and your family's mistakes. with time, you'll bloom into someone softer, like the full blossoms that grow each spring and wither away with the leaves in fall. they won't disappear if you take your eyes off of them. you're enough.

MIKITO: acerbic wit.

you're a mentor — an old scarred wolf, an injured soldier, a disgraced paladin. your teachings read as shamelessly pretentious, speaking in rhymes and biting down hard into anyone stupid enough to make the wrong move. this isn't your first life, nor your second, nor your sixth — you'll make the most of your time shackled to this world, no matter how many loops it takes to get it right. with every defeat, you reincarnate; a little smarter, a little quicker, crueler and nastier. will you choose to be brutal, equalizing, that final strike in the face of your enemies? will you go soft, become tender and domesticated? the choice is yours. it's not like i can stop you.

AIJIRO: spun gossamer.

the easiest thing to do is stay quiet when something’s up. you’re not bothered, and you know what? you shouldn’t be! it’s none of your business, even when it’s entirely your business. it’s difficult (read: impossible) to tell if your cheery demeanor is a cover-up for something sadder, or if it’s simply your natural state of mind. you see a lot of things: people coming through town, people leaving the house and never coming back, lies and deceit of the highest degree. what happened to you? will you ever be that kid again? your presence smells like cotton candy, and your fingertips sparkle like stars. whatever white rabbit you’re chasing isn’t going to lead you to wonderland if you don’t start reaching out when you’re not feeling okay.

Shiro with the people actively trying to bond with him:

Versus Shiro with the one guy who doesn't care if he's around or not:

I'm so unwell

Now this cover makes so much sense

WAIT WAIT. I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING. Did Aijiro kill his father to become clan leader.

GUYS HOLY SHIT

Someone is hitting on my muse, how does yours react?

@dragonflyhouse asked: Lets be real, if someone was actually actively trying to hit on Aijiro infront of Shiro - Shiro would just stab them.

Being flirted with is by no means a new occurrence for the blue soul, nor has it ever been deemed troublesome in spite of the waste of time it tends to represent when approached on the streets for it during a mission. Nobutaka has always been debaucherous to a fault, finding enjoyment in the chase and in the following act alike, and although the him of back then has since died and "reincarnated" as a supposedly blank sheet, his shadow continues to live on in Aijiro and he, too, finds the same pleasure in the libertinism his former self used to enjoy so much.

There is something else too these days, though. Something he finds himself equally entertained by, and perhaps it's because of that that the black dog stops to listen to the stranger's attempts at courting him instead of merely silencing or ignoring them as he strolls forth to get to the location of their future mission. He doesn't care about them right now - neither is he in the right mood to sleep around, nor is the one flirting with him remotely close to his type - but there is someone else currently present that he is rather curious about. Shiro tended to be rather... protective of him. Would he react to something like this, then? I suppose it's time to find out.

Shiro's patience is commendable for a while, but Aijiro isn't sure what the tipping point has been once he notices the white soul reach for his kitetsuto from the corner of his eyes. Was it the person mistaking his silence for approval to touch him? Or was it simply Shiro's patience running thin after having had to listen to the spiel and not hear it be outright refuted? Either way, Aijiro feels mildly amused at the display, and while there is plenty of time for him to step in and stop the other from the bloodshed he's certain will follow, Aijiro doesn't bother to even alert the stranger of the imminent danger, let alone save them from it.

The stab is swift, fast enough for the suitor's mind to not even register it before they blurt out blood and fall unceremoniously to the ground with Shiro forcibly taking his kitetsuto out of their body as if to speed up (or rather ensure) the process of death through the addition of severe blood loss on top of the already gaping wound and potential rupture of organs from the strike. A low hum escapes Aijiro at that knowledge, sparing the stranger no more than a fleeting instant of his attention before turning his head towards his partner to survey his state. ❛ Shiro. ❜ The archer's voice is calm when he speaks up, and he takes one step closer to the other - effectively entering Shiro's personal space of his own volition.

For murder on their behalf, most would be displeased if not terrified by the thought, as most would scold or flee the murderer for such an action. Aijiro doesn't count himself as one of the masses though, nor does he find himself bothered by the odd show of possessiveness Shiro has put on display for him (though he's certain it would qualify as something more alike to whimsy in the other's mind). Thus, he plans to neither scold nor punish the white soul for the murder - quite the opposite, in fact. ❛ Some of the blood got on you. ❜ There is no accusation in his voice, nor is there any emotion spared for the person lying dead at their feet as Aijiro reaches upwards to wipe the droplets of blood that have found their way on Shiro's face.

The action should be quick as the other's stab had been, but Aijiro doesn't retract his hand before first slowly caressing Shiro's cheek in a subtle show of approval. This, he hasn't had as Nobutaka. This, the willingness to kill on his behalf. This, the possessiveness that bleeds in the most literal of senses. This... this sense of sick importance. And Aijiro would be a liar if he said he doesn't thoroughly enjoy it, moreso than the debauchery he's become used to over the years.

❛ It seems we've caused a commotion. ❜ He notes, ultimately glancing at the people fleeting in panic, though his tone doesn't seem to quite match his words (uncaring, even as it might mildly interfere with their mission if the people were to call upon the bushi). ❛ Do you want to keep going, or find a ryokan to take a break? ❜ Because for now, it's about what Shiro wants. A delicate balance between edging him on and completely giving in to him.