I started this in 2020 following an intense hyperfixation based around what I dub the 'Kemamoto-mura gang': Keizou/Nathaniel, Fumiaki/Kenny, Yukiko/Lucy, Mariko/Kelly and Fuyunyan/Hovernyan - my main blog is @tousakamis , and my ao3 is @makochiu ! (with this in mind, please note many of my posts and older fics were written in 2020 and a lot has changed since this initial hyperfixation, but I keep things up for archival purposes!)
I often refer to characters with their Japanese names because I got into the franchise when the second games had only just released in Japan and thus the Japanese names just sort of stuck in my memory, but I will always respond to their English names (and for some characters I swap between the two)!
Beyond the Kemamoto-mura gang, my favourite characters are the Koma brothers, Hanako Noroino/Foiletta, Touma Tsukinami, Buck and Hailey-Anne!
I colloquially dub the 8th of February as 'Fumizou Day' as it was my first public post about the two characters which remain the center of my hyperfixation, so if anyone sees me talking about this please know it's more of a personal tradition than anything else - though, if anyone ever wants to join in even if it's just a singular post, I'd be absolutely honoured!
All my AUs are in this post!
While I do have posts exploring headcanons for the Kemamoto-mura gang on this very blog, it's been roughly four or five years since I first made those posts... I don't have much faith in 14 year old Alina to effectively demonstrate my headcanons and choices for this group of characters, and so I wanted to make a post offering quick summaries and explanations for anyone who may be confused or curious as to my choices.
I know as well that I am definitely not the spokesperson for these characters nor am I the only one to have headcanons for them (I might jokingly call myself the Fumizou CEO but that's been a running joke since I was once again 14), so please know my ask box is always open for people to ask questions and discuss/debate/share headcanons. This doesn't just count for the Kemamoto-mura gang either - while they are 100% my niche in Youkai Watch, I have a lot of untapped love for other characters and I'm always open to any questions or discussions!
Headcanons below:
Nathaniel Adams:
12 years old, lives by himself
Depending on the work, his parents are either wholly absent or only his mother is present - his parents are depicted as neglectful in my later works and his mother is depicted as abusive in earlier works (this, I will admit, was reflective of my youthful amateurish writing). This plays on the fact that in the whole second game, there is no mention or recognition of Nathaniel's parents being present or caring for him and it can therefore be presumed that Hovernyan is his only real support system. I often play on this as reason for him being very independent and determined to be a hero, because while it is canonically due to wanting to defend friends, I also like to factor in that he may feel as if he is all he has to rely on.
He can be quite snappy and rude, which leans close to canon, but I like to show him as being quite mellow or childishly playful around Hovernyan in comparison to others due to their closer bond
Kenny Forester:
12 years old, lives with family and moved to Kemamoto-mura at age 12
Can see youkai if he is a companion to Nathaniel and not the grandfather role - I wanted to play on the fact that he is Katie's grandfather and if you play as her he is gifted with that bond with youkai, and the fact that both Guts F and Guts K exist in later games such as Youkai Watch 3 rather than just Guts K being the 'correct' grandparent. Therefore, whether he has the watch or not, I wanted to write him with a unique bond with youkai either way; otherwise, what is the point of such a cute medallium entry? ("He was a boy that loved Yo-kai so much that he became one himself. That love still spreads through hundreds of Yo-kai friends.")
Friendly, playful, polite and enthusiastic to befriend Nathaniel, though... I try to write this in a way which makes him feel just as mysterious and confusing as it does friendly and endearing. In every work of mine, I try to give him this somewhat unsettling and confusing air - like, why CAN he see youkai, why is it that in every universe par the canon one he is drawn to the one boy destined to create the youkai watch, what is his whole deal? I want it to feel as if his existence is an unanswered question sometimes, but Nathaniel is too happy to just have a friend that he doesn't pry. I guess this plays into the fact that he's, in itself, an alternative universe watcher and he doesn't exist in what is classified as the 'correct' universe with Nate as the protagonist? Therefore he's not really meant to exist in Nathaniel's universe anyway, but despite that, he perseveres.
He and Kelly are the two characters which veer most into OC territory as I wanted them to feel different from Nathaniel/Lucy, but I do try to lean into canon elements of his personality as well, like the way he bickers with Nathaniel and a passion for moxie/guts and stuff like that
Lucy Adams:
12 years old, Nathaniel's neighbour and childhood best friend
She remains fairly close to canon in all my works - a sweet, friendly girl that sticks close to Nathaniel and teases him just as much as she cheers him on, also with a weirdly unexplained bond with youkai (because loving a watcher does that to you!)
However, in quite a few of my works, I try to play around with her character since she and Kelly don't have all that much in canon to work with in the first place - I like to show her matching Nathaniel's adventurous spirit and fierce moral code of defending people, for example. I want to explore her more, so perhaps I'll update this in future with more little tidbits about her character?
Kelly Forester:
12 years old, Lucy's classmate who has lived in Kemamoto-mura her whole life
I headcanon her as a trans girl with a fierce defensiveness over Lucy and a playful one-sided rivalry with Nathaniel which usually just leads to banter and teasing. Her transness is, in part, a headcanon which stemmed from my own untapped gender issues as a teenager, so it's one of those which has just always stuck because while I'm transmasc, having a character to weave the beauty of transness in youth into is very meaningful to me :-)
In my works she and Kenny... don't really interact that much? This was a completely unintentional thing, and while it definitely brings up questions of continuity in the grand scheme of things (like how tf does Katie exist), we ignore that. I'll probably play around with their bond more in my works! She and Kenny are the ones that feel most OC-like but I try to draw on canon alongside headcanons LOL
Hovernyan:
Nathaniel's best friend and youkai companion through thick and thin
One of my favourite things to do with Hovernyan is place that silly, bantering and ridiculous side of him shown in the movie and sometimes in the games next to a wistful, deep, brooding wanderer with a lot under the surface (which is brought to the light because of how a wandering spirit stayed stagnant for his human friend). He and Nathaniel have a bond which is rich in potential, namely in the forms of angst, and I like to play on the fact that they both adore each other and bring out the best in each other when they play around but also that underlying awareness especially on Hovernyan's side that their time is limited and Hovernyan just wants to care for Nathaniel and keep him safe while also not messing with fate too much.
Therefore, he will sometimes go on wistful, deep analysis's of his friend in my fics, right before going back to banter and teasing. I like to position him as a more logical and 'intelligent' figure than Nathaniel but also demonstrate that he, too, is just a silly goofball underneath that guise of put-togetherness
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damn i thought yesterday would be my last mii update for a hot minute because i can actually write again, but nope. checked it for 2 mins and these two wanted to get married. some of my ocs attended their wedding and they went to southeast asia for the honeymoon which feels VERY myu coded... @magicalmyu reference...
don't ask why my ocs child is there. kashvi who even invited you. anyway these two ALSO spontaneously confessed??? seems to be the yokai watch mii way... on another note, i have a working laptop now, so i can write again :D yay!
also if you're wondering why im mii posting instead of writing (as i did finish my ykw3 replay that was holding me up from finishing my fic yey): my fucking laptop turned on one day and just decided it was a glorified tablet, refusing to let me use my keyboard unless the lids nearly shut. so until i have a solution the fic is on hiatus as is ALL MY OTHER BURNING IDEAS 😭😭 (i cannot write on phone that shit will be ASSSSSSSS)
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rejection so severe even akitoya and len kagamine heard about it (don't even question what akitos getting he wanted something edgy and i went blank bro)
on a lighter note, these two were loved up in the restaurant!!! puppy love?? the only old harrisville dynamic going well so far?? help me
(also i know you can see either my phone or my posters in the reflections of my photos, forgive me im too lazy to transfer them to my phone since MY LAPTOP IS HAVING A CRISIS HELP ME!)
...maybe setting it so any of the old harrisville could fall in love with anyone in said group was a bad idea, they were just hanging out near the ferris wheel bro
...maybe setting it so any of the old harrisville could fall in love with anyone in said group was a bad idea, they were just hanging out near the ferris wheel bro
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some critters were made ... i will post occasionally to update if anything crazy happens but enjoy my silly renditions of these 5 🫶 gijinka hovernyan is so ugly don't even joke lad
the teams for my yo-kai watch magical girl/boy AU, youkai warriors of justice: 195x and beyond! below the cut are the individual pieces for each, and some design notes!!
brave justice, aka nathaniel adams: his design is purposely very basic and not at all magical boy-esque, because he is a fan of superheroes and comic books rather than mahou shoujo. therefore, his idea of a magical boy is vague, and the most 'magical' thing about his is the stars along the face. his clothes are a size or two too big for him as well, but due to the use of wind powers, it allows him a lot of free movement!
charming justice, aka nate adams: for him, i went more 'jibanyan gijinka', though i did take minor inspiration from cure wing. his hair is the only one to fully change colour as he would know that magical girl/boy trope because of hailey-anne! the ribbons behind him are tied to an actual bow, though they link to the 'belt' to mirror jibanyans outfit - he has ankle boots, like his peers, and white stockings of a very similar colour. the necklace gem around his neck is non-functional, it purely serves decorative elements.
slippery justice, aka lucy adams: absent details on her design (due to the focus on just translating basic colours/clothing) are shells in her platform boots and textured scales on her legs. her design is the most magical of all six on purpose, as she is meant to symbolise the young, hopeful maidens who look to this media as proof they can fight and be cute at the same time. the rainbow colours on her skirt fluff are meant to be like coral. around her neck is her transformative marble, which she has to tap in order to summon the protective bubbles. she also keeps her very big forehead because its a charm of her design, id argue!
katie forester: for her, i wanted her outfit to be the most basic as she was the newest one to be brought into this gothic-lolita vibe, which is why she has the most skin showing and the least gothic lolita dress. absent details include lace and frills on the actual dress, and the web patterns would be a lot better done on an actual chord (cord? im not well versed in fashion terms!). her ribbons are to mirror nate, as she would be the 'charming justice' of her universe if not for the corruption - as the corruption is very new, these little details are yet to fully vanish. the purple strands in her hair behave like wild flames, hence their wild appearances.
kelly forester: absent details include lace patterns and actual patterns on her dress. the bow around her head is both meant to make her appear childlike and quiet, which is the contrarian persona forced upon her (as her actual personality would be the opposite), but also to conceal the marble around her neck (like lucy). her dress has cloud 'buttons' (non-functional) to allude to her partner. unlike lucy, she does not have a mermaidyn - i gave her badsmella or smogmella, as the enraenra is a typically harmless youkai only for the pure of heart to see, and ive often envisioned kelly to have that more open streak of justice which conceal a softer interior (where lucy has more traditionally feminine traits, but i can imagine she would be open to messing around with nathaniel and playfighting).
kenny forester: absent details include lace patterns on his clothing. he has a crown atop his head and the most red details to signify he is the leader, but also as a slight allusion to hovernyans red cape - similarly, he has a blue cape like darknyan. like his peers, his skin is much lighter than it would actually be when not being used as a tool like this - it is done to make him look supernatural and nonhuman due to stereotypical promises of the supernatural, like vampiric tendencies or zombies, and is solely informed by this fact. one could also argue the factors of white face paint in gothic styles, but either way, theyre basically having their livelihoods stripped from them, down to the colour in their skin. his outfit is meant to be more regal than his peers as well, to signify his leadership but also the idea that he is the "king of the new world" - one where none can have the time they wish for.