Butterflies and Thunderbolts ☆

Hello! Welcome to my humble madhouse! Name's Kuroi, I use she/they pronouns! I've been part of the yume/selfship community since 2016 and my blog got a little bit of everything! I do some OCxCanon stuff due to my love for storytelling ~

Right now, I focus on YGO content but I do post for other fandoms as well (due to me not being able to hand multiple pages on the same social media). Aside from art, I also cosplay and do some memes and funny stuff!

My main F/O is Jun Manjoume from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX btw! ~

(art by cyelenearts)

About sharing, there are a few rules/boundaries that I have estabilished. As stated on my blog intro, I'm a soulbound, but also I'm heavily non-sharing due to comfort reasons like death threats, stalking and my OC stuff being copied, so please, if you're a double, DO NOT INTERACT. I rather stay in my own corner to curate my online space. However, I'm fine with fellow fans/collectors and a few ccxcc ships! I just don't want to see other yumes due to horrible experiences I had with them in the past.

If anything makes me feel uncomfortable, I'll pretty much just block and move on. Peace to all and Blessed Be! ~

These are my other links!

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⚡️{~ Happy Birthday, Jun Manjoume! (08/01) ~}⚡️

. . And, my piece for this year! In my timezone now, it is his special day!

It always surprises me how much I improve in every art that I do for his birthday. I think that deep down... He always stays with me, so I won't give up despite the struggles. I know I said that before, but Manjoume is part of my art journey since the beginning, and the fact he never left after so long... It truly means something. Like his own journey, I had ups and downs. Both physically and mentally, but he was always there. To show me a resilience that I sometimes forget that I have.

I drew the Ojamas this time! Of course his little duel spirits would be part of the celebration. And then, the butterfly. Not only a reference to Ageha, but also bringing the concept of metamorphosis, which I always associated with his character. The ability to adapt, improve... And be free. Be yourself.

I cried, felt like everything was worthless. But even with all of my ordeals and struggles... I'm thriving. I'm healing. And like he says, tarnished and stained... But proud of my stains. They're persistent. Like him.

⚡️🦋[ ~ 1st Wedding Anniversary ~] 🦋⚡️

"An union that transpasses every single barrier known by man. It isn't just love. It's the merging of two souls, that despite the turmoils, are bound to one another."

First of all, Blessed Beltane! 🙏

And as promised, the big piece for my wedding collab! While working on this, it was a moment of introspection too, since it brings more than just my art, but part of my beliefs too. So for this year, I made a Kaleidoshipping art who celebrates their union during the Sabbat of union and bound souls in love - Beltane!

They represent the myth of Eros and Psyche - A greek myth who's tells about the Body/Soul/Anima parallels while exploring the most powerful feeling known by either mortals and deities: Love.

[Psyche was born with such surpassing beauty that people began neglecting the temples of Venus in her honor. Then, enraged, Aphrodite sent her son Eros to punish the girl and make her fall in love with a wretched creature. But, upon seeing Psyche, Eros accidentally pricked himself with his own arrow and instantly fell in love with her.]

And the lore for Kaleidoshipping is a good parallel with this myth - Ageha mirrors Psyche on being someone who went into turmoils against her will, being a tool for the Manjoume family. When Jun, who represents Eros, falls in love with her, it begins a journey for their love to be rooted into eternity. When Psyche reaches divinity, that also represents the moment Ageha breaks free from the shackles of the Manjoume family. Now not as a tool, but as the wife of the third heir.

Their ship name also comes from a greek word, Kaleidoscope. The twisted mirror who shows numerous reflections. Yet only one matters. The one who you really are. . . Thanks so much for all the support so far, and despite the struggles, I'm still trying. So nothing better to bring them to a Ren Faire with special guests and celebrate Beltane together! There's even a Maypole to symbolize their union.

CALLING ALL OF THE MANJOUME THUNDER FANS ⚡

My newest addition to the store, a very special Manjoume Dakimakura! The idea was to making a one-sided art, and for the back view, I added his signature, handmade by me! In that case, you have 2 different Manjoume-coded arts for this one, for you to decorate to your heart's content ~

Also I wanted it to be silly and cute, just like the sopping wet cat himself. These are limited to that's an one-time chance to have his body pillow ;3;

Go get you cuddly thunder, but careful with soy sauce stains! He might like them to wipe off with his sleeve... /lh

I MADE AN ACGGOODS STORE!!!

Guess who also joined merch hell? Yes, that's me! And yall know... As the #1 Manjoume apologist I had to choose him as my muse for my first project! I'm doing these little doll-style keychains and he got all of this outfits! ~

The store is still a work in progress and there's other GX characters avaliable if yall interested!

While visiting my friend to recover, I had a printer and a dream. So I made a giant Manjoume cutout to decorate my room.

(The quality is low bc I simply refused to pay for an AI upscalling. So pixelated it is hehehe)

And, I made some onigiri as a self-reward!

Have you seen this?

ABSOLUTELY! As a little fun fact, I've drawn a similar design months before the announcement, so it was an odd coincidence.

I'm having so much fun with the pixel converter!

So I used some yumeship art that I did for these ones! The fact they look like old visual novel panels really surprised me, haha.

⚡️🦋[~ Happy Valentine's Day! ~ ] (2026)🦋⚡️

Finally posting my Valentine's Day piece! Mostly a redraw from my first 2024 piece, but now showing how much I improved throughout the years. And how much this ship means to me. To be real honest, working on Kaleidoshipping taught me one thing: Resilience.

No matter how many times I feel down, or hopeless, judging how harsh the past months were with me overall. They always show up again to show I'm not alone. And sharing another Valentine's Day art is proof of that.

Did something more focused on the theme per se? I know that Ageha doesn't smile often but Manjoume would definetly do it on her behalf. He loves the fact of being someone's Valentine... Especially his butterfly. 💖

After 4 months of delay, I finally got my COSPA tapestry! This one was an awesome find, so I'm glad it's part of my collection now!

Unfortunately Manjoume suffers from character tax for merch items, especially the old ones, are very hard to find secondhand or via proxies ;-;

But, as custom items for my collection, I got these custom figures from a fellow artist friend from my country! Asked at first for a Manjoume figure only, but she spotted my yumeship and I couldn't resist to get Ageha as well! They look absolutely adorable together, with their motifs, main colors and ace cards!

I received the most wholesome comment from @deck-shuffler on my oneshot and the idea of a Manjoume-shaped manju couldn't leave my head

🦋⚡️[ ~ A Happy Ending (Christmas 2025) ~ ] 🦋⚡️ . . "This is a special night, my Titania... We should celebrate... Especially because we'll share our vows... And finally be together."