#ginga au

Since I recently drew my version of Weed's children, it only made sense to draw their cousin Kōshirō next. He's the oldest of Gin's living grandchildren who later disappeared at the start of GDWO, and he hasn't been seen or mentioned in the series since. It was never officially confirmed if he died, but seeing how the last we ever saw of this kid was him fleeing from a volcanic eruption, well... 😬

I. fucking. HATE. the creepy Bellatrix x Shirozaru ship in GDReq so much it pains me to even LOOK at any panels of Bella and Shirozaru together. So fuck it the only way I can cope is by tracing over a panel of them together into my Bella and Shirozaru ships from MY AU instead.

For those who need a refresher, my Bella is a lesbian and I ship her with a genderbent version of Sunny, and Shirozaru is paired with my OC Gozen (who is actually his age and NOT young enough to be his daughter)

Was once again inspired by @sketch-shepherd and @barkers-art to put the changes I made in my Ginga AU in docs form, since I've changed a lot since I posted the list.

Hey what if Weed x Koyuki wasn’t horrible and Weed didn’t look like he was 2 months old constantly?

Sniper and Hyena! 

I drew them cause I'm writing my own adaptation of the story for fun and today I wrote the scene where Gin meets Sniper and i'm doing some changes mainly to the characters. In my adaptation Sniper is female cuz ginga needs more female characters.

EDIT: Decided to change my redesign for Sirius to make him resemble a sesame Kishu (inspired by Raine-of-Auroria's redesign for Koyuki). I also tweaked Orion's forehead markings.

Info on my Ginga AU for context.

My first official new art of 2026! I decided to update my designs for Weed's kids in my Ginga AU, and I ended up changing my mind about not having Sirius exist. HOWEVER, I decided to rewrite his character so that he's not the same toxic idiot that he was in The Last Wars. I mean, just because I don't particularly care about the guy doesn't mean that I can't try to fix him, right? And as for my old Weed x Koyuki kid Mintaka, I plan on recycling her as Rigel's daughter.

Sirius is the biggest pacifist out of all his siblings (NOT in a dumb toxic way like his canon counterpart), and is a peacekeeper who prefers to talk things out over fighting. However, during the war against Monsoon, he learns that this doesn't always work and that there are times where you have to fight back when necessary. After trying and failing to convince Monsoon that he doesn't need to hurt others, Sirius is forced to deliver the killing blow on the evil bear when he's about to kill Orion. Even though he didn't want to do it, he just couldn't let Monsoon kill his brother.

When Weed later steps down as the supreme commander, Sirius allows Orion to become the new leader of Ohu instead of him, as he felt that he was a more worthy leader. He never finds a mate of his own, being perfectly content as a single male.

Orion is pretty much the same as he is in canon, being the most rude and impulsive out of all his siblings, but also having a strong sense of justice. Despite his attitude, Orion cares deeply about his family and won't hesitate to help them if they're in danger. He has matured as he grew older, and while he tends to disagree and butt heads with his siblings, he still strongly believes in protecting Ohu and his family at all costs.

Orion later becomes the new supreme leader of Ohu after Weed retires from the role. He becomes mates with Sunny* and has three pups named Ryūsei, Yama and Sora.

(*NOTE: Jerome's pup Sunny is a girl in my AU)

Rigel, much like his brother Orion, had a foul mouth as a pup, but calmed down a bit as he got older. As an adult, he's both kind and courageous like his father Weed, but can also have a bit of a temper. Rigel is the most strategic and cunning out of all his siblings, and is more or less the brains of the group.

Rigel later becomes mates with Andy, and the two of them adopt an abandoned puppy that they name Mintaka.

Bellatrix is the most sassy out of all her littermates. As a young pup, she often messed with her brothers and chewed them out for acting dumb and treating her like a girl (basically, I'm just using her personality from The First Wars spinoff manga). After being separated from her brothers following the eruption, Bellatrix learns how to fight from Akame's three grandsons and ends up becoming an honorary Iga dog of sorts. As an adult, Bella refuses to act fragile or demure during confrontations, and is just as much of a fighter as her brothers.

Bellatrix later becomes mates with Yamabiko, and has two pups named Eiko and Hiroki.

Betelgeuse is the youngest out of Weed's five pups and is the spitting image of his late grandmother, Sakura. As a pup, he's the most timid out of the bunch, wishing to be more brave like his dad and Orion. But after being separated from his family following the eruption, Betel and a few other puppies who survived are left to fend for themselves, which is of course easier said than done. The pups are later found by a dog named Ayame (more on her later), who is on a mission to stop her cruel sister from hurting other dogs despite how afraid she is, and this inspires young Betel to be more brave. Ayame turns out to be a very good role model for him, and when the Ohu Army goes to war against Monsoon, Betel ends up being a very courageous soldier.

More stuff for my Ging AU taking stuff from Ginga Densetsu Noah- specifically a complete re-imagining of the Aka’ari. 

Ik I’ve already completely redesigned + renamed Shou/Beniou/Wanwan in a previous post, however I still wanted to reuse the Aka’ari title for something else (because “red ants” does not fit a trio of dumbfuck bumbling idiot Tibetan Mastiffs that make anus and fart jokes). So my version of the Aka’ari is instead a group of cunning villainous Ezo red foxes, led by a “queen” as real ants would be. 

Much like the wolves back in GNG, this group of foxes is divided into good foxes and bad foxes (sort of a “fox/kitsune arc” if you will). The Aka’Ari (also named accordingly because of their red fur) are the bad foxes and as mentioned are led by their queen Oko, who has several mates and kits.