Haiyang is a concept designer with a love for mysterious cultures. Curiosity for the world around him is his main inspiration, while he also likes to use elements of history in his magical worlds to make them more realistic.
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“Ashiya is the main character of my personal universe. She’s an Onmyoji from Harima.”
“Rin’s family is ancient and mysterious. Every 100 years there will be a wizard in the family who can draw the Hamaya arrow that has been passed down from ancient times. Rin drew it when she was 14 years old.”
“Ashina is Ashiya’s half-sister. When they were young, their family was wiped out by hostile forces and the sisters were separated on the battlefield, but the bond of blood has always pulled them together.”
“In the ancient East, the legendary nine-tailed fox is well known, and seems to have lived for nearly 1,000 years. Here Ashiya meets the fox for the first time, with a battle on the horizon.”
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