@electric-s0da bapping you evilly for submitting nekos gijinka because humans are SO hard to draw; im here to convince the people to vote for Neko knight regardless. kittboyfailure who I love dearly. spare votes?? spare votes for him???? 🥺🥺🥺
Im so sorry moon I don’t think he’s gonna make it though 😭
I thought I had posted this here but I’d like to show my appreciation to @moonverc3x cause they’re rad and should be recognized. The Kirby community loves you bestie <3
Bro got a really captivating vocab, how can I refuse? /pos
Anyways, I am submitting Neko! Pronounced as Nico cause it took me over 3 years to realize that I was dyslexic and had been saying ‘Neko’ wrong the whole time.
Created on SEPTEMBER 11th 2018
My oldest Kirby OC. Lil Man started off as a little cat with an absolutely horrendous design that was bleeding with the affection I had for the Kirby fandom and anime. Filled to the brim with cringe.
[OLD ART FROM 2018]
Skipping over a few years, he was redesigned with any sanity I had to salvage them. Thus came this new iteration of Neko. Which is whatever you call this.
[OLD ART FROM 2022-2023]
Which is still a cannon version of him but not the specific version of him that I’m submitting to this tournament. I got out of drawing puffballs and borbs in the fandom so if someone asks me to draw in the Kirby species format it may or may not look very good 👍
Coming to my last design of him that will be submitted into the ring to fight it out in brackets. His biker arc.
[ART FROM LATE 2023 TO PRESENT]
This variation of Neko was made for an RP with a friend group I’ve been a part of since 2017 on the good ol Kirby Amino I know traumatized a whole lot of you that was on it during the prime and golden age of Amino. Therapy isn’t cheap but I hope those affected can find comfort knowing the place has fallen into ruins, dusted with spider webs and rotting as the app burns from the inside.
Anyways, this version of him grew up in an underground fight ring which was his home after living on the streets for his whole life, before it was discovered and the whole place scattered him and his friends across the region where the story takes place. I didn’t write the story for this RP that was heavily inspired by TOTK, but that’s the gist of his backstory.
He’s very laid back now that he’d older but was much cockier when in the fight ring. He very much mellowed out after his whole home got taken away. Learning to not treat everything like it was easily disposable in life. Neko is and has always been caring to his friends and family, doing his best to take care of them without letting his strong persona mask slip off. His ethnicity is Filipino.
His current design across the board is based on my childhood cat named Jingles and his personality is based on another one of my cats that passed away last year at the age of 18. While some may thing this isn’t important to mention I have to say those people are wrong as he really did shape Neko into the character that they are.
So overall I hope to whomever read this far you enjoyed learning about Neko! Thanks for reading and good luck to the other bracket competitors, may the best OC win this :]
Ciao~!
Bonus: I don’t have pictures of Jingles but I do of Spookie <3
Probably gotta be Sword Knight and Blade Knight from the Kirby series. Super star ultra: Meta Knightmare Ultra really shaped my interests and have been long time favorites.
Revali from Breath of the Wild gotta be a close favorite too.
