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Description And Now Rena is playing Okuni whos playing as Yuki-onna (Snow Woman). Here's the story:

Yuki- onna is a spirit or yōkai found in Japanese folklore. She is a popular figure in Japanese animation, manga and literature.

Yuki-onna appears as a tall, beautiful woman with long hair on snowy nights. Her skin is inhumanly pale or even transparent, causing her to blend into the snowy landscape (as she is most famously described in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things). She sometimes wears a white kimono, but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow. Despite her inhuman beauty, her eyes can strike terror into mortals. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints (in fact, some tales say she has no feet, a notable feature for many Japanese ghosts), and she can transform into a cloud of mist or snow if she is threatened.

The Yuki-onna, being associated with winter and snowstorms, is said in some legends to be the spirit of an individual who has perished in the snow. She is at the same time beautiful and serene, yet ruthless in her killing of unsuspecting mortals. Until the 18th century, she was almost uniformly portrayed as evil. Today, however, stories often color her as more human, emphasizing her ghost-like nature and ephemeral beauty.

In many stories, Yuki-onna reveals herself to travelers who find themselves trapped in snowstorms and uses her icy breath to leave them as frost-coated corpses. Other legends say that she leads them astray so they simply die of exposure. Other times, she manifests holding a child. When a well-intentioned soul takes the "child" from her, he or she is frozen in place. Parents searching for lost children are particularly susceptible to this tactic. Other legends make Yuki-onna much more aggressive. In these stories, she often physically invades people's homes, blowing in the door with a gust of wind, to kill them while they sleep (though some legends require her to be invited inside first).

Exactly what Yuki-onna is after varies from tale to tale. Sometimes she is simply satisfied to see her victim's death. Other times, however, she is more vampiric, draining her victims' blood or "life force". She occasionally takes on a succubus-like manner, preying on weak-willed men in order to drain or freeze them through sex or a kiss.

Like the snow and winter weather she represents, Yuki-onna has a softer side. She sometimes lets would-be victims go for various reasons. In one popular Yuki-onna legend, for example, she sets a young boy free due to his beauty and age. She makes him promise to never mention her again, though, and when he relates the story to his wife much later in life, his wife reveals herself to be none other than the snow woman. She reviles him for breaking his promise but spares him yet again, this time out of concern for the children she has born him (but if he dares mistreat their children, she will return with no mercy. Luckily for him, he is already a loving father). In a similar legend, Yuki-onna melts away once her husband discovers her true nature.

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sergis25 [2016-01-03 08:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Hello

My name is Sergi. I am from Barcelona

I have a blog about myths and legends. I put your amazing work in my blog. I hope you agree. I put your deviantart address

Thanks

www.sergismite.blogspot.com.es…

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Axel-Doi In reply to sergis25 [2016-01-03 22:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much I'm faltered! Β 

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Leo256 [2013-01-10 19:31:59 +0000 UTC]

I agree with Silver-Willow's words, as its very impressive to see a person to draw a kimono artwork with true detail and on spot with the character's form/movement.

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Silver-Willow04 [2010-12-21 21:00:01 +0000 UTC]

I'm very impressed with the attention to the parts of kimono and their accuracy!
over 3/4 of the people on DA that do kimono artwork always wrap the kimono incorrectly -- but you have the kimono and date eri and han eri all wrapped correctly -- even including an ohashori!!!! as well, you have a correct pattern for her furisode. You must either have a working knowledge of kimono or did your research. Either way, I'm impressed!

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evfan13 In reply to Silver-Willow04 [2011-12-18 05:38:15 +0000 UTC]

All I know about kimono's is the obi. I'm guessing the date/han eri are the sections of cloth that make the gold Y shape?

also as an actual question to the artist, what'd you use to make this?

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Axel-Doi In reply to Silver-Willow04 [2010-12-21 23:00:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. It's more of an obsession for me but in a good way.
I really do take a lot of pride when it come with kimonos!

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Silver-Willow04 In reply to Axel-Doi [2010-12-21 23:07:52 +0000 UTC]

I've been into kimono for about 5 years now, but japanese culture for about 13 years. I have been wearing kimono for 3 years. I enjoy it a lot!!!

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Axel-Doi In reply to Silver-Willow04 [2010-12-22 00:11:54 +0000 UTC]

Wow! that's great to know!

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