Murasaki

Face-up artist(s):

2D Doll Default

Date of acquisition:

December 18, 2019

Provenance:

Bought through Alice’s Collections

Reason for choice:

I wanted an anime doll with a carved mouth

Best Points:

Beautiful, great poser, gorgeous faceup

Worst Points:

Hands are a bit too detailed.

An anime character come to life. He was originally one of the lead characters in an in-universe shoujo fantasy/romance manga-turned-anime that got massively popular. Its creator was highly troubled, though, and died before the series was finished. As a result, the series - and Murasaki's plot line - was left unfinished, and it was left to the fans to finish it. In other words, he was brought to life through the power of fandom. He has a physical form and, to an extent, an innate supernatural effect on the humans he encounters. But being a new type of youkai, he's a little unsure of his place in the world. And, being based on a single fandom, there's always the question of how long his collectively given life will last - and how many others like him there are.

In the meantime, though, he spends his days dodging fans, doing freelance work on the internet (under the pen-name Yukari), and buying groceries like an old man. Even though he's technically an archer in his original manga, and he still has some supernatural archery skills, he's been learning kendo at a local dojo. Mostly because Sano and Tendaiji are some of his very few friends, and they only have one marketable skill. Maybe one day he'll meet Mugetsu - I'm sure that'll be an instructive encounter.

Eyes:

18mm acrylics by FreyacchisStore on Etsy

Wig:

MSiredoll

Favourite colours:

Purple, cream

Fashion style(s):

Soft, simple modern clothes

Murasaki's based heavily on the default Lan look from 2D, with my best attempt to get close to it despite the fact that they don't sell fullsets. He wears mainly modern clothing, bought from Alice’s Collections. There’s some aspects of his style that reflects his intended high school age, but in general, he kinda dresses like an old man...

Name story:

His full name is Murasaki Tomomi. It’s written 紫 (Purple) 友彌 (Friend + To Relax A Bow or Distant)

Character age:

Physically and perpetually 17, but only spontaneously generated a little while ago

Character gender:

Male, but maybe not entirely cis

Offsite roleplay:

This doll's character is not available for offsite roleplay.

He is 100% an excuse to have an anime-style doll in my collection, and have him tie in somehow.

He's something of a NEET and spends a decent amount of time reading manga. His favourite type of manga are ones that have been dropped or ended prematurely.

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