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Nightshade475 — MangaDCU: Batclan- Rebirth
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Continuing to showcase the stages of development for the MDCU’s favorite shinobi clan!
Left to right: Red Hood, Nightwing, Batgirl, Batman, Robin, Red Robin, and Akifimi Takaharu.
This image is from the story and time period depicted a short while after my previous image;
www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan: Formation: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan ReFormation: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan Knightfall: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
Batclan KnightsEnd: www.deviantart.com/nightshade4…
The Order of Shinobi has different clans to cover various types of jobs. The Noble Clans all specialize in one of these job classes specifically, and are experts at it:
Batclan Specialty: Protection
Demon Beast Affiliation: A-Komoriyasha, The Demon Bat
Red Hood: Jotaro Kagehane (Jason Todd)
Shinobi Rank: Jounin
Nightwing: Daisuke Kagehane (Dick Greyson)
Shinobi Rank: Chuunin (Jounin level)
Batgirl: Kaitsuki Gaikoku (Barbara Gordon)
Shinobi Rank: Chuunin
Batman: Komori Watanabe (Bruce Wayne)
Shinobi Rank: Kuran no Shuhanin (Clan Leader); Jounin Sensei
Robin: Daimyomaru Watanabe (Damian Wayne)
Shinobi Rank: Jounin
Red Robin: Tomi Komodori (Tim Drake)
Shinobi Rank: Chuunin (Jounin level)
Akifimi Takaharu (Alfred Pennyworth):
Samurai Rank: Hatamoto
This time, I wanted to show the team as they appeared during and after the death of Daimyomaru Watanabe. He was returned to life utilizing the restorative properties of the Iwa Naga Springs in his grandfather’s (Onishusoku, The Demon’s Head) care. Tomi took Daimyomaru’s passing hard, and reverted to his Red Robin identity. Batman took it even harder and sunk into a depression where he didn’t leave the Watanabe estate. With the absence of Batman, an uprising sprung up in the name of the young Son of the Bat, in honor of his sacrifice and young shinobi all over the prefecture began rioting while wearing outfits inspired by Robin. The We Are Robin movement led to the Robin War, between rival gangs of these youngsters, and raged for weeks, affecting all facets of life in Goth Ahm. When The Batclan members all agreed to defy the direct order of their sensei and seek out the culprit behind Daimyomaru’s untimely demise as well as the components necessary for his revival, they decide to honor his memory, and all wear variations of his costume while doing it. They complete their mission, with assistance from the timely arrival of the Batman, and are overjoyed at the Son of the Bat’s rebirth. These events were directly preceded by the KnightsEnd event.
- This storyline combines elements of We Are Robin, Robin War, Robin Rises, and DC Rebirth.
- The character of Lark (Duke Thomas) was one of the rival shinobi gang leaders in the Robin War. He was instrumental in helping to end the violence, as well as collect one of the components necessary for the Rebirth. After Disbanding the Robin gangs, he will come under the direct tutelage of Batwoman in her separate Batclan.
- Her clan will include; Batwing (Luke Fox), Batgirl IV (Tiffany Fox), and Lark. Eventually they will merge with the rest of the Main Clan, along with newcomer, Bluebird (Harper Row), and a resurfaced Spoiler (Stephanie Brown).
- I chose to go with Duke’s Lark identity, rather than his current one of The Signal, as I personally prefer it better. It has more of a conncetion to the Robin Sidekick position, as it is still a type of bird.
- Daimyomaru will choose to go by Robin, after seeing how much honor was brought to the moniker by his clansmen in his name.
- Batwoman was instrumental in the Rebirth process as well, and as a result of that, Robin is now the custodian of the unexpected offspring of A-Komoriyasha; a (relatively) smaller red-hued baby Demon Bat, named Go-Raiyasha (Goliath).
- Red Hood’s costume incorporates elements of his Year of the Villain design.
- Decided to show Nightwing with his signature Escrima batons.
- Batgirl’s new costume is inspired by her Batman: White Knight design.
- Batman has elements of his DC Rebirth design incorporated.
- Robin has elements of his Son of Batman animated movie design.
- Red Robin’s costume incorporates elements of his DC Rebirth design. I also decided to show him with his signature Bo staff.
