Spineless but not careless Last but not least, time to give a spotlight to this timid young man. Boi, here we go! 2016—2018. I swear sonny, one day I'll draw you in full color version. One of these days.... Okay... Build up story and design notesNae's creation basically the same story with Riho. I got hooked in shindan hype, making both girl and boy version of high school setting and voila, there's Nae. At first, I have no plan to include both Nae and Riho in STKR since originally, it was Kai who took the employee position in Kei's laundry. Just for the sake that I want to make the name of all his employees as Triple Kai haha. Realizing that not only it will conflict with actual XLR timeline, but also knowing that Nae and Riho still left as blank slates without much development, I made him replaced Kai. In the end, I think I like this idea better since it's easier for me to continue the plot as well as developing them. It’s kind of surprising for me, actually, since at the first conception, when I thought to write for his story with Riho, it was Riho-centric, so he… didn’t stand out much. But here in STKR, their role are reversed, by him being one of the main cast and Riho takes a backseat as a satellite character for him. Mmm, for his design... It was said on the prompt that he has a fluffy hair. So, I amp it up and tried my best to make it as fluffy as possible, heh heh. He also has unusual eye color, which is gray. I want someone big and soft as a kiddo, so, while he is quite tall, I make him slouchy, since it also correlates with his personality, which is spineless. Heh. Back then, I never managed myself to color him properly, so I was quite worried on how he would turn out when I color him… Whether he’s too pale or not… But, after properly color him now, glad thing it turned okay! For his attire, I think he is somehow a tad more stylish than Kei but not in obnoxious way. I like having him wearing baggy attires, so, yep, baggy T-shirt and baggy knee-length cargo pants. Jelly shoes seems cute for him so yep, that too. He wears his school uniform a bit loose, like, he curls up his shirt and such. But at least he is decent enough and doesn’t break the school rules. Name & BirthdayAs for his birthday… It's just a random choice, honestly. Realizing that there's only Zreyn who has her birthday in November, I thought for making Nae in November too, for giving her a company (laughs) as well as balancing it with other months. I might not put much effort for his birth date, but I did put some effort for his name and its kanji. His surname, Naemoto, uses particular character. It comes from Nae(萎)which means [droopy] and Moto(素)which means [origin]. Thus, if combined, it means that he has a droopy origin. For his first name, there is a lot kanji that can be read as Yuu. However, I chose the one that means [helping] (祐), given that he is a helpful person and does want help people albeit sighing and complaining a little. I like how his name sounds. It rings nicely. My friend said once that she liked the name, too, as it fits him. Despite that, though, I usually call him as Nae, and he is referred as such on the story. I don’t know, I like the Nae nickname even more since it's kinda cute HAHA and it is rarely used. His girlfriend, however, sometimes calls him as either Naecchi or Yuuyuu, though. Personality & RelationshipSo far... When making a male kiddo, the archetype that I use is not far, but not limited to, from:
The kind of "Oh, man, here we go again," sigh and "sob I can't say no can’t I," sigh, yes. What I like most from Nae besides his fluffy hair… is, perhaps, his smile. He's like a big older brother, maybe, to the kids younger than him. But well, he's just an ordinary high-school student. Sleeping between classes, have girlfriend and part-time job, tries to escape from problem by hiding and feeding stray cats at school... Something like the typical high-schooler. Maybe. This is very important, because I want to give a straight comparison to Tohma, although he is in another verse. I haven't tweaking him much, I think, since I barely expand the STKR universe, but, from the writings I did, so far… he's the only one who is consistent and stable enough in the story. Despite being spineless, HAHA. Since he is one of the main characters, I think I’m happy to make him linked to various characters besides Riho. I like his dynamic with Hii-chan, just like a functional real siblings hahaha (something that I lack because I rarely make a sibling without petty fight, like, smh). He’s pretty much weirded out by everyone around him like his boss, his co-workers, and his girlfriend. But his reaction mainly something like weird flex but ok. Yep. End noteSince I rarely talked about him nor making much head-canon of him, honestly, I didn’t know what I want to write about him at first. One thing for sure, though, I put quite some effort in his design and name, and I like him for that already, so I think I can go to a good direction when developing him. I’d like to believe that. On another note… WHEW. I’m happy I’m able to finish the entire STKR cast talk!!! I guess these will do as the basics. I’ll gotta cover more stuff on separate entries later~ [Last updated on June 2020]
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