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Cool Day at the Pond (2018)

Artist: marimaru

So after the release of the winter vacation album late last year, I had some thoughts. By watching and listening to various videos about dream pairings, I have compiled a list of three potential options that I would (personally) love to hear. My goal with this was to not use two people within the same sub-unit, since there are mixes out there that focus on said sub-unit. As for the trios, I wanted to see if I could make the perfect group of three instead of lumping this together and focusing on already existing formations. Explanations below the cut!

MariMaru iPhone Backgrounds!

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Characters: Mari Ohara, Hanamaru Kunikida

Time Taken: 32 minutes

Program: IbisPaint X

See my previous post:

About the recent Punk Rock set

Good news - the fact that it’s a YohaRuby pair makes it easy to predict the next UR pair as MariMaru (due to these two being the only ones who don’t have a 5th UR yet).

Bad news - since the theme of the YohaRuby set was Punk Rock, there’s no way we’re gonna get a similar theme for the next set…meaning that I have to say a bitter farewell to the influenced-by-Mari industrial metalhead Maru that I hoped for as a potential UR theme :’(

As for a theme that I would think is actually possible - it’s tough to say, because this time of year is when predictions are difficult. The autumn months are for Halloween; December brings Christmas sets; January usually has some kind of New Year theme; February has always had Valentine’s Day cards. I’m actually slightly surprised that we got the Punk Rock set recently because I was expecting some kind of White Day set to arrive in time for March 15. I guess the SIF staff didn’t want to copy µ’s too much - and hey, I’m definitely not complaining about the Punk Rock cards.

Since the potential MariMaru URs are due on March 31 & April 15, I’m vaguely thinking that some kind of spring theme might happen. For example, back in 2017 we got the YohaMaru Animal set and there was plenty of green there:

2016 was no different with the EliMaki Baseball set, which also featured some nature scenery in the unidolized cards:

On the other hand, we did get a non-seasonal theme with the much-beloved Job v2 set around this time in 2015, which featured Coptori and Thief Eli:

While I wouldn’t be opposed to some kind of spring theme for a MariMaru pair - it does involve Hanamaru after all, so maybe some kind of Flower set would work - I’m lowkey hoping that SIF takes this time of year to pull out a new, creative theme.

Here are some ideas I have in mind:

Cowboy set, because…y’know.

But on the subject of cowboys, an Equestrian set would be a neat theme, especially since equestrian uniforms are really cool-looking. I’ve always had this headcanon that Maru likes hanging out with Starbright (Mari’s horse).

A Superhero set (let’s be real though, I want this to happen regardless of who the pair is). Maru can be something like THE ZURA-STIC GIRL and Mari can be the supervillain. :3c

Related: literally everyone and their mother (at least from what I’ve seen on the /r/SIF subreddit) has wanted a Magical Girl set since forever. I also happen to be in this camp.

Outer Space set, because MIRAI ZURAAAAAA

Some kind of Japanese Mythological Creatures set. We kind of got a taste of that with Maru as a tanuki in the April Fools video, but I was thinking more like tengu, kappa, oni, etc.

Since Mari has the rich girl thing going on and Maru is a bookworm, maybe some kind of Fairytale theme would fit as well.

Also, as Mari is the creator of Stewshine and Maru is known for being a big eater, something related to food or cooking would be fun. Maybe a Chef set?