#y'know it was really tempting to make his last name ''hisui'' (fire + water) but. pokemon has changed me. so hiue will have to do

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Hiue, Katsuo

Finally, finally, finally- here is our Otaku of the game: Hiue, Katsuo (火上 勝雄), a Morbakka virulenta (known as the “fire jellyfish” in Japanese) Pronouns are he/him unless I decide another set fits better.

He was... a beast to design, to say the least. Harder than Ranko for sure. But I’ve gotten to the point where I think I’m at least a little satisfied with the design so it’s about time I post him!

(Clearly, my editing skills have not gotten any better lmao... oh well, haha.)

Etymology, Fun facts, and human forms will go under the cut, as always.

Hiue is derived from the kanji 火 (hi) “fire” and 上 (ue) “above, top, upper.” Additionally, this species is locally known as the 火 水母 (hikurage)- or “Fire Jellyfish,” and the kanji 火 is present in both names.

Katsuo is derived from the kanji 勝 (katsu) “victory” and 雄 (o) “hero, manly”

Fun facts!

He’s the only child of the head of the royal military

He’s a master at combat and his venom is potent. It would not be wise to pick a fight with him

He’s one of the few jellies that can actually hinder Ponyo pretty badly (with the potent venom and all).

Katsuo has gotten obsessed with a video game trilogy series, and pretty much kins the main character of the first game. He plays it in class, on his Jintendo TS (triple screen).

He’s extremely athletic, though he doesn’t seem to be too interested in that. Video games are his life <3

Human Notes:

There are numerous bandaids on his face and fingers- all scars he got from sparring with other box jellies from a young age.

The horns on his head are a reference to the species’ rophaliar horns (which I believe are the equivalent of “eye stalks”? I’m not too sure about this one haha), which are described “rabbit-like” in one of the studies.

He looks like a completely different person while he’s fighting, and also has a knife on his person at all times.

#katsuo hiue #y'know it was really tempting to make his last name ''hisui'' (fire + water) but. pokemon has changed me. so hiue will have to do #speaking of pokemon btw you have no idea the elation i felt shamelessly ripping of the nintendo ds here lmaooo #the hardest part about designing katsuo was. pretty much everything but also i think trying to make him different really takes the cake #it was really. really hard not to make him look like akuros. or act like akuros #i'm trying to portray him as more of a KEL type (fun and food loving hehe) #anyway #hope you guys enjoy him he was a pain to design </3. 16 friggin pages. #i do have a lot of doodles tho hehe #this is the end of me designing romanceable characters yay!! I still have some ideas for npcs bouncing around my brain but for now. #I think I'll rest before I start planning the routes and stuff #my art #ite! it's jellyfish love!