needsmoarg4: I’m not sure how so many

needsmoarg4 submitted:

I’m not sure how so many people offering redraws for this managed to confuse her standing pose. The position of the thighs gives it away for me — she’s not standing with her knees pointing in, or attempting to prepare for potential assault. She’s walking forward. The torso and spine probably got messed up because the pose is at a 30% angle and was probably drawn that way. I tried my best with the walking pose and changed the arm position because the original looks really painful. I also provided a mock-up replacement cover, sorta.

What’s somewhat odd to me is that the character this is supposed to be, Kan’u Unchou, seems to have had a complete redesign when this series became a franchise. In particular interest is that her skin is a shade darker and her body type is much more solid looking in newer materials, even the NSFW stuff (and there’s a lot of that).

What’s really odd to me is that Ikki Tousen is based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a very old Chinese historical novel. Kan’u is a reincarnation of General Guan Yu.

What’s odder is that she’s not the only female named Kan’u Unchou based on Guan Yu featuring in a NSFW franchise based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms. That series is Koihime Musou and has a browser game with the subtitle ‘Battle Maidens’. The English title of Ikki Tousen is Battle Vixens.

Good analysis of her pose and legs.  Nice redraw with her pointing the staff towards us.