[OOC][Fun] Image thread? Image thread.

[robkelk]

BA isn't the only one looking ahead and planning out characters... but this is the first time I've found an image that suits anyone on my list. One-third-size copy here; full-size image at Pixiv or Safeboru.




Natsuko Kazakiri (風斬 夏子, Kazakiri Natsuko) gets her interest in computers from her father (and her big sister's girlfriend), and her wings from her mother.[1] Nobody knows where she gets her eyes or hair from, but with so much of Hyoga's post-transformation genetic sequence still undocumented even after all these years,[2] little things like Natsuko's personal appearance not matching that of either of her parents didn't surprise anybody. She's Hyoga's first child, and Rob's fifth.

When she was younger, Natsuko filled the role of "everybody's favourite little sister",[3] which sometimes annoyed her actual little sister... but Natsuko and Akiko have long since outgrown any sibling rivalry on that accord. Natsuko is growing into a fine young woman, but at this point in her teenage years she still considers herself to be a work in progress. Sure, she's going to follow in the footsteps of her dad and her almost-sister-in-law Kazari and work with computers, but how? Security? Programming? Data analysis? Documentation sounds boring to Natsuko, so she won't directly follow in her father's footsteps. For now, she's beta-testing the games that "aunt" Konata works on.

Of course, she hasn't neglected her other studies. Math is easy for Natsuko, and so is first-aid (which dad and Ami-mom both insist everyone in the family needs to know). Sociology is hard; being the daughter of the consort of a Sailor Senshi means some people want to be in her circle in order to reap the benefits thereof instead of wanting to be her friend, and Natsuko hasn't learned how to reliably tell the difference yet. And, much like her "aunt" Usagi at that age, she's having trouble with Canadian history.

Sometimes her parents worry that she's becoming a hikikomori - a "summer child" should be playing outdoors, after all - but this is unfounded parental worry at work. Natsuko actually gets out and interacts with other people almost as much as her sisters do.

Natsuko's favourite colour is red (and she likes the red jacket that Mii-mom gave her so much that she wore it for this picture), her favourite flower is the peony, her favourite food is strawberries, and her favourite marine animal is the dolphin. She does not like to tan her skin; her swimming is confined to the family's pools.


[1] She doesn't have an alternate form; her wings are always present.

[2] Washuu-chan wants to take Hyoga's DNA sequence apart, trace what does what, and just maybe figure out how to make angels of her own, but something more important always gets in the way.

[3] In fact, this portrait of her is titled "Imouto".