Heads up, Myrient is shutting down
https://myrient.erista.me/
If you're not familiar with the name, Myrient was a huge ROM archive with games from the oldest consoles all the way to PlayStation 3. Unlike other archives it didn't require registration, it didn't have ads, you could just enter and download what you needed, so all in all it was super convenient.
If you had some old games on your backlog, you probably should download them now, they'll be harder to find later. I'm posting the link to the ROMs Megathread too, if you're looking for something in particular the menu here might be easier to understand than just navigating through the folders on Myriant, plus depending on what you're looking for there might even be a link for some alternative place to get it.
https://r-roms.github.io/
⚠ Note that this doesn't affect to the two console games already mentioned in the thread, both Tail Concerto and Solatorobo can be downloaded from other places, but in case you know of other console games with kemono characters consider downloading them to keep a copy, and don't forget to mention them on the thread.
Welcome to Flying Dog Is.land, a kemono imageboard!
What is (a) kemono?
The word "kemono" (jap. ケモノ — "beast/animal") refers to anthropomorphic characters in anime, both as the individual specimen and the concept as a whole. It should not be confused with kemonomimi (jap. 獣耳 — "animal ears"), which refers to mostly human characters with animal features.
So, like furries?
Yes, and no.
While the kemoner (jap. ケモナー — "kemono fan") community shares the core subject and has some similarities with its western counterpart, it came into existence and developed independently, and has significant cultural differences, most easily recognized by the art style, but going far beyond that.
Just like anime as a whole is distinctive from western animation despite both dealing in the same medium and often influencing each other, kemono community and kemono works are their own flavour of love towards anthro characters. They should not be folded into the larger furry community.
In fact, as there is already no shortage of places and communities dedicated to the western furry works*, including imageboards**, please, avoid using this website for sharing or extensively discussing non-kemono works.
Okay, but how do I even tell what is and what isn't kemono? Does it have to be Japanese?
The work being created by the Japanese author is the most definitive way to classify it as kemono. Outside extreme cases of westaboo, any Japanese depictions of anthro characters are automatically classified as kemono.
However, kemono characters don't necessarily have to be Japanese. Although Chinese and Korean "beastman" (兽人/수인) fans have more interaction with the larger furry community, and it is increasingly common to see them use the loanword "fúruì/pori" (福瑞/퍼리) to refer to anthro characters, their communities are still largely steeped in Asian culture, and have much more identity in common with kemono than western anthro.
Overall, whether a specific work can be considered kemono depends on the style and the culture expressed by the work itself, more so than the nationality of the author. A condition most Chinese and Korean artists successfully fulfil.
As you can infer, both from the explanation above and the fact you are reading this text on a western kemoner website, even artists born and raised in western countries can create kemono works. Provided they are proficient enough at imitating both the style and the culture of eastern works. Although, a degree of scrutiny must be taken on the latter point.
* https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Template:Media_archives
** https://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Template:Image_boards
As a fellow kemoshota addict for almost a decade, something has always been on my mind: why does kemoshota specifically attract so many kemono fans, artists, etc.? Why specifically does a “young animal boy” get so much appeal in kemono spaces compared to kemololi by a large margin? The irony goes deep because:
A. A lot of mainstream media tend to have “animal boy” characters more than “animal girl” characters, yet most normies wouldn’t classify in their mind “oh he’s kemoshota, and she’s kemololi”.
B. Despite kemoshota dominating kemono spaces, in mainstream, people either label it as “cub but anime”, normies not knowing what kemono or kemoshota is, but use the term kemomimi, and kemololis like Zhao gaining presence in anime spaces as “the furry loli”.
I once asked on the 8board what got people into kemoshotas. Some say they just liked cute things, others say it was the taboo, and a select number mentioned personal and life-changing reasons for being attracted to it.
If you ask me personally, it came down to a few potential reasons:
1. Asian artists managed to perfect a hybrid of animal and boy. Most cartoon artists make it too animalistic; others make it too human, and it comes across as uncanny. Meanwhile, Japan balanced the animal and boy aspects so perfectly that they blend well. Like, I didn’t feel a thing when I saw someone like Arthur or Franklin. Seeing Tails, who was my introduction to kemoshota, 100% did a number on me, and young me couldn’t figure it out at the time.
2. The media tends to treat boys and girls differently. Media for sure is super overprotective with girls, going as far as to avoid any hints of sexualization, while a boy in his underwear is seen as normal and shit. So in my mind, it was normal to see boys in those scenarios more than girls, but my mind mostly saw them as gross or uncanny with how they portrayed them. It was when I saw the iconic Kemoshota Briefs Cafe trend that something clicked in my brain. Seeing a cute, fluffy boy in his underwear was too cute! It all made too much sense. Most animal characters in mainstream media, especially boys, either don’t wear pants or never take off their pants. Meanwhile, those kemoshota boys happen to wear underwear, and have a penis, and it was just too right.
3. People like animals and see them as cute. People also tend to treat some boys as “haha, cute, boys being boys”. So when you have a kemoshota who embodies both, that cuteness level goes to the max! And the moment the kemo boy starts to act sexually or out of the norm, you basically have the epitome of crack. Your mind basically goes, “he’s so young, behaving so sexually, but he’s so cute and fluffy!”
Now, I don’t know the mindset of all kemoshota fans or artists, but those are some hypothetical reasons I can imagine kemoshota is so appealing. I'd be interested to hear everyone else’s take on it.
Same as before: post here if you want to say something that isn't worth making a [thoughtful, informative] thread over.
Or if it is worth a thread, but you need help forming 140 characters of thoughts and information.
Previous:
18/08/2025 - >>716
01/04/2025 - >>2
Cats... It's so over.
Thread about kemoloids, kemoner songs, or any music that has an animel slapped onto the cover.
Relevant:
• furry on the Vocaloid Database
• Alternative names: FURloid, UTAU兽人, UTAU獸人, ANIMAloid, furryloid
I think it's time for us to create something of our own. With more practice, we can definitely be just as good as those artists! Just as authentic!
Previous drawthreads:
>>>/ruins/958
>>>/ruins/5925
Communicating with others is an art that requires feedback to improve. If there's anything in this post that makes you uncomfortable, please point it out so I can improve.
If someone is willing to help me, I will send you the URL of what I want to upload to E6, along with as many tags as possible related to that content (I will try my best not to cause you any trouble; I won't be as careless and lazy as before) through your preferred channel. You can also ignore my upload request if you wish; don't worry about legality, as I've only been deprived of my upload ability. My account still functions normally, so this isn't an ban escape
From CC2 masterpieces, to kemobait characters in obscure gacha, to kemoner mods fixing games that for some reason don't feature any kemonos. Let's document, discuss, and partake in any interactive media involving fluffy cuties.
Websites featuring kemono games:
kemono.games
Please, ignore the fact that it's 90% Chinese bara VNs.
Furry Games Index
Western furry website, but features a good amount of eastern games.
ケモドライブ (Kemodrive)
Japanese kemotuber's blog listing kemono games and manga he comes upon.
itch.io
English indie dev self-publishing website. As with any self-publishing website, it is full of trash. But it does have a few kemono-approved western games, as well as an occasional eastern indie dev.
While itch.io has a "kemono" tag, it is nearly empty. So you'll have to manually scour the "furry" tag, search results, and user-picked collections for kemono and kemonolike games. 日本語のケモノノベルゲーム is an example of one such collection.
Also, keep in mind that 18+ games and authors will be unlisted in searches and recommendations.
Freem!
Japanese itch.io clone specialized in free games. As is the former, full of trash with an occasional gem or two in-between. But, at least, unlike itch it is certified 100% pure kemono trash.
unityroom
Japanese site for indie WASM Unity browser games (RIP Flash). Has a dedicated kemono tag with currently a dozen games.
Terms and keywords that can be used to look for kemono games:
Japanese:
kemono/ケモノ/けもの/獣 - Base kemono tag
mesukemo/メスケモ - Women
osukemo/オスケモ - Men
kemoshota/ケモショタ - Boys
kemololi/ケモロリ - Girls
futakemo/ふたケモ - Futanari (girls with front tails)
beastman/獣人/じゅうじん - "Beastman". Synonimous with kemono, but usually refers to more animalistic characters.
kemoner/ケモナー - That's us!
Chinese:
兽/獸 - "Shoumi". Beast. Same as "Kemono".
兽人/獸人 - Beastman.
兽人控/獸人控 - "Shourencon". Same as "Kemoner".
兽控/獸控 - "Shoukong". Same as "Kemoner".
兽迷/獸迷 - "Shoumi". Same as "Kemoner".
福瑞/福瑞 - Transliteration of "furry".
福瑞控/福瑞控 - lit. "furryphile".
Korean:
수인 - Beastman
퍼리 - Transliteration of "furry"
See also:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:ja:Furry_fandom
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:zh:Furry_fandom
CyberConnect2: >>14
LU🐄: >>75
Little Huntress Team: >>164
KEMONO_MARIO_: >>387
zokoira: >>489
Tounyu Bokujo: >>771
askot: >>772
MokomuGame: >>1021
Enigmatic Network: >>1113
ハコニワハコビヤ: >>2161
Tell us if you come upon any kemono games, mods, or websites not listed here.
And remember that sharing is caring.
But also that whatever you subsidize, you get more of. (⸝⸝> ᴗ•⸝⸝)
Okay; i really want a cute image for body pillow that i already ordered but i cant find perfect one...I know that there are sellers who make custom printed pillowcases, so you can give images for dakimakura that are kawaii without suggestive, something similar to the picture I attached. Or you can link a store but only if they ship to Russia.
In memory of >>>/ruins/10171, but also because any self-respecting kemono board needs a fox thread.
Also see >>>/ruins/1360 and >>>/ruins/9411, and >>>/ruins/7164.
A “fox” is a small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammal belonging to the family Canidae (the same family as dogs, wolves, and coyotes). The best-known species is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), but there are more than 30 species in the genus Vulpes and related genera. Key characteristics include:
• Size & build: Foxes are generally 35–50 cm (14–20 in) at the shoulder, with a bushy tail often as long as the body.
• Physical Features: Foxes are known for their slender bodies, long legs, and pointed ears. Their fur can vary in colour, including red, gray, and even black or white, depending on the species.
• Behaviour: Foxes communicate through a range of vocalizations, body language, and scent marking. They are primarily nocturnal, being most active during the night. They are known for their cunning nature and are frequently depicted in folklore and literature as clever animals. Foxes are typically solitary but can also be found in small family groups.
• Reproduction: Foxes typically mate once a year, producing litters ranging in size from 2 to 12 kits. Both parents help raise the young.
On Pixiv and other Japanese websites, information about foxes can be found by the following keywords:
狐
キツネ
きつね
けつね
On boorus relevant information can be obtained by applying wildcards to the word “fox”:
Danbooru
Gelbooru
e621
The Permanent Booru: Tor I2P Lokinet
Sugall
FindAFox (Cosplay Photos)
The Big Imageboard: fox* furry* fox* kemono
AllTheFallen: fox* furry* fox* kemono
Wildcritters (Archive)
rule34.xxx: fox* furry* fox* kemono
rule34.us: fox* furry* fox* kemono
Xbooru: fox* furry* fox* kemono
Sankaku: fox* furry* fox* kemono
Cutepa.ws: kitsune fox
Furbooru: kitsune fox
(Obviously, avoid western works at your own discretion)
Prominent fox artists include but aren't limited to:
yuuki (yuyuki000), youki029 - danbooru e621 pixiv kemono.su
yukaran nosuke - danbooru e621 pixiv
ikuta takanon - danbooru e621 pixiv kemono.su
eromame - danbooru e621 pixiv kemono.su (Look for Yakumo Ran)
torakuro kumezu - danbooru e621 pixiv kemono.su
an-choby, an_chobi94 - danbooru e621 pixiv kemono.su
dev voxy, devil-vox - danbooru e621 pixiv
leonardo (user crrj8878) - danbooru pixiv
ha1ta - danbooru pixiv
kagerofu - danbooru
matsuu (akiomoi), matsuura, matuuraikan, - danbooru e621 pixiv
miscanthus, すすき - e621 pixiv
sugar sweet - danbooru pixiv
Thread for Various Kemono-related manga, manhwa and manhua, both long-running serialized comics and independent short comics.
Related links:
BakaUpdates: Anthropomorphism Animal Characteristic/s (the kemmonomimi tag, but features some mistagged kemonos)
MangaDex: Animals
Software:
Mihon.app (Previously known as Tachiyomi)
A convenient android manga reader with many convenient features, among which is an ability to automatically track and download manga from thousands of websites using custom extensions.
* For legal reasons, the downloading functionality was removed from the main app, but restored in all of its many forks, and the extensions themselves are now hosted on independent repositories, such as Keyoushi, which (the repositories, not the extensions) must be added manually.
Do not use the base Mihon app. Use a fork and add the Keyoushi repository using these instructions.
Suwayomi
A desktop program that downloads manga using Mihon's extensions, and allows you to read it in the browser.
gallery-dl
A command-line program that allows easily mass-downloading media from many gallery websites, including manga websites.
Maximally braindead step-by-step instructions for Windows users:
1 Download gallery-dl.exe from the Releases page into a folder on your computer
2 Open the folder in explorer
3 Press Ctrl+L, then Ctrl+X in explorer to cut the folder location
4 Press Win+R, type cmd.exe into the Window that opens and press Enter
5 Type in pushd " (with an opening bracket) into the opened command line Window, press Ctrl+V to paste the folder location, close the bracket with another " and press Enter
6 Type in gallery-dl.exe, copy-paste the address of the webpage that contains the images from the web-browser from the browser. and press Enter
It should then download the images.
For more advanced usage see Usage on the original repository.
Remember that comics under 64MB can be posted directly in the thread as CBZ archives, which are just ZIP-archives renamed to have a .CBZ extension.
Tachiyomi and its forks store downloaded comics as .CBZ files in whatever directory you've set as home for them.
gallery-dl can be made to pack downloaded images into .CBZ files using the --cbz option.
My Chinese softpower AI model can't possibly be this cute!
Wish there was a hot Chinese AI fishgirl in my area who to translate these walls of text.
i like the abstract, confusing, and unholy, how about a thread for that?
any sort of "weird" works, even if its just weird shading, i want to see things that have truly piqued your curiosity beyond the mere desire to dote upon fluffy things (as fun as that is on its own)
drawfrens.... very.. welcome... even if not abstract.. seeing another soul speak to you-- to us-- on their own volition is its own kind of magical.
if youre here, we probably have something in common, even if you do not participate, i wave to you, keep trying your hardest, friend.
This is a thread for Liru the Werewolf. Liru is BEST werewolf from the anime Magipoka and I love her!
For example, kind of like things from 2019 to 2010.really, really like things from before 2010.
Did you find some neat wallpapers lately? Or maybe you edited one of your favorite pics into a wallpaper and want to share it? This is your thread!
Whether they're for your phone or your computer, all your kemono wallpapers are welcome here.
Useful keywords:
壁紙 - wallpaper in Japanese
桌布 - wallpaper in Chinese
배경 화면 - wallpaper in Korean
Rather than having dozens of "found an artist" posts spread all over the board, let's have a dedicated thread for gathering artist info.
Bonus for upcoming or lesser known guys, but any ones you like or have found interesting or think other anons may appreciate are fine.
When making a post in this thread, please:
Put as many names as you know the artist by into the Subject box, separated by a slash (/)
Example: konza/konzaburou/Enigmatic Network/snowatary/konzafox/otona_no_kitsune/kzr/こんざぶろう/紺座/konza/nokoyama/nokoyama_en
The recommended names you should try to include in the order of priority are:
Artist tags that can be used to look the artist up on Danbooru and e621 (note that the artist may have different names, so please try to list both if you can)
Artist names on gallery websites (Pixiv/Nijie/Nico-nico Seiga/Inkbunny/etc.)
Artist handles on social media (X/Pawoo/Baraag/Misskey/etc.)
Name(s) the artist can be found by on kemono.cr
Names listed as "alternative" on the booru wikis
Ctrl-F to see if your artist was already posted before making a post
If you have something to add to a post that already exists, reply to the original post with whatever information you want to add, and put !Info into the subject box.
I'll add your information to the post and delete your post so that it doesn't take up space.
If the artist mainly specializes in a particular kind(s) of kemonos, please note that in the very beginning
Like this: Demographic: kemololi/kyoana
Possible kinds of kemono:
mesukemo - adult girls
kemololi - loli kemonos
osukemo - adult boys
kemoshota - shotas
futakemo - futanari (girls with pee-pees)
kyoana - "four-legged animal" (sentient animals, known as "ferals" among westerners"
yaoi - pee-pee goes into poo-poo (for artists that mostly draw Boys' Love)
yuri - pee-pee grinds against pee-pee (for artists that mostly draw Girls' Love)
(This list is non-exhaustive, so please suggest more topics.)
Danbooru and e621 have artist wikis, where you can search artists both by name and URLs.
https://danbooru.donmai.us/artists
https://e621.net/artists/
If you can find an artist on those, they usually contain all the info you need to make a quality post, and it's better to include them as the first artist link.
Note that they may have tons of dead or inactive links. It's not necessary to repost all links from their wiki entries here, only the ones you consider significant.
If the artist has accounts on microblogging platforms, please list them right after the booru wiki links.
This includes X (Twitter), Bluesky, Pawoo, Baraag, Misskey, Fedibird, and any other similar services.
Due to such platforms having atrocious discoverability, links to them are very valuable, especially for artists that post mostly or entirely on there.
Due to X requiring users to create an account to view "sensitive" works and in general being terrible to browse, instead of linking artists directly on X, it's recommended to link them on Nitter through twiiit.
This way, a link https://x.com/nokoyama_en will become https://twiit.com/nokoyama_en
Twiiit redirects to a random nitter instance. List of currently alive instances is available at https://status.d420.de/
Next item to list are the artist accounts on gallery websites
This includes Pixiv.net, Nijie.info, seiga.nicovideo.jp, and any other websites dedicated to posting artworks as opposed to general microblogging.
Due to such websites usually having better dicoverability, links to them are less valuable than blogging services. However, if the same image is posted on both a blogging and a gallery website, the gallery website will almost always have a better quality version.
For the same reason why it's better to link to Nitter rather than X, it's better to link to Pixiv frontends rather than Pixiv itself. Sadly, those keep dying and being born all the time, and, unlike twiiit, there is no unified service to link to all of them. The current best pixiv frontend is pixivfe.ducks party.
The lists of currently available pixiv frontends are:
PixivFE: https://pixivfe-docs.pages.dev/instance-list/
VixiPy: https://maid.zone/vixipy/instances.html
LiteXiv: https://codeberg.org/LiteXiv/LiteXiv#instances
Pixiv Viewer: https://pixiv.pictures/
(Note how some instances block R-18. Those should be avoided.)
For example, https://pixiv.net/en/users/3492775 or http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=3492775 becomes https://pixivfe.ducks.party/users/3492775
Kemono.cr and Nekohouse.su are websites for scraping paywalled content.
Those typically have the best available quality images.
Fanbox accounts are linked to pixiv accounts, so if you know an artist's pixiv, you can quickly check if he has an imported fanbox:
https://pixiv.net/en/users/3492775 → https://kemono.cr/fanbox/user/3492775
https://pixiv.net/en/users/1549213 → https://nekohouse.su/fanbox/user/1549213
You can also search artists by name at https://kemono.cr/artists and https://nekohouse.su/artists in case they have fantia but no fanbox, or have fanbox on a separate account.
Kemono.cr has a page linking all accounts for the same artist, so it's enough to only list one of them.
There are also userscripts for getting redirected to kemono and nekohouse from the original pages:
https://sleazyfork.org/en/scripts/483259-kemono-browser
https://sleazyfork.org/en/scripts/411018-viewonyp
In your post, please include 5 images that you feel best represent a sampling of the artist's work.
5 images should be enough to give an idea of the artist, but if you feel like it isn't, you can include a CBZ archive with however many images as the list file of the post.
Please, don't (intentionally) create more than one post per artist.
Feel free to include a short description or anything else you'd like to mention regarding the artist at the end, though that's not mandatory.
Please, don't feel obliged to investigate the artist's entire biography in one sitting.
It's okay to make an initial post with only the most basic information and expand upon it in multiple goes, or rely on other users to help complete the rest of the information.
If you have a suggestion on what else can be mentioned in the OP, please reply to it and voice them.
A couple years, late at night, I was mindlessly scrolling through DeviantART without realizing that in just a few minutes, I would discover something not just good, not just great, not just amazing, not even 'perfect', but something so good that it feels like it shouldn't even possible to imagine in waking reality let alone have it actually exist. Something beyond perfection, transcendental. Almost like a divine gift that could not be crafted by human hands.
This also started about a week earlier (the fateful day was the night of March 9, 2024). I had been doing that was becoming something of a habit for me. Which was to go to deviantart and keep clicking on art that interested me in the sidebar section that's supposed to show similar art, and keep doing this recursively until I had accumulated a ton of tabs. I would then go back and download all of the art. I had done this on March 3rd, and I was now doing it again on March 9th.
Suddenly, I caught something very peculiar in the corner of my eye. Even though it was just a thumbnail, my eyes became immediately fixated upon it. Not just that, but it almost felt like my visual perception had been changed in that small spot in some way. Almost like I was seeing new patterns and textures that you shouldn't be able to see, and at a much higher intensity than I previously thought imaginable. The closest analogy I can think of to describe it is imagine looking something beautiful shining in the light with a lot of caustic and refractive shimmers (like glass or ice) and then just imagine turning the sharpness up and up to unimaginably high levels, but without it bleeding out. Imagine doing this to such an insane degree that you begin to perceive new colors and textures. Additionally it felt almost like time had stopped, and that something very monumental had just happened. Just a moment before I was carefree, now I was suddenly intense.
I clicked on the image (for reference, it was this image https://www.deviantart.com/avchonline/art/Octavia-the-world-of-my-own-777725763), and I suddenly felt a very perplexing feeling. Very timeless, innocent, and nostalgic. But also very 'atmospheric', something I started to feel in this very surrounding and close way.
I noted the name of the artist, 'AVCHonline'. I then searched his name only to discover a plethora of related artwork. The art piece I had seen was just one of a miniseries, which itself was a precursor to his main series, 'Canterlot Royal Ballet Academy'. I searched this and felt yet another feeling, however this feeling was much less sensational and much more just confusional, almost laughter. Here I had discovered something utterly bizarre: A massive series, spanning hundreds of artworks, all consisting of anthropomorphic ponies dressed in tutus, and in incredibly intricate and striking detail. The amount of details (and the presumable amount of effort involved just as much) amazed me, and I wondered why someone would dedicate so much time to something so strange.
Within half an hour though, I would not only exactly why, but I would feel at such a deep level that almost felt like my life mission. Soon, this feeling of confusion faded into a feeling of utter amazement, bliss, and serenity. I would begin to feel similarly feelings as the first artwork, but much more vivid and rich. I felt as if nothing else in the world mattered, everything else had completely vanished from my thoughts. Even the thought of this happening had vanished. I also began to experience an intense supernatural feeling, most closely resembling what you may know as a smell. The closest smell I can describe is like some kind of perfume. But it was not just a smell - it was all encompassing. It felt like rather than breathing it, I was flowing through some gigantic ethereal wind that was passing through my body. It could feel it in my chest, nostrils, and as a slight sensation all over my body. It felt like even when I was breathing out, I was breathing out this ethereal substance instead of breathing out air.
For reference, I have never experienced anything coming close to synesthesia in my life. And the only thing that has triggered this feeling is CRBA, and it wasn't just once - to this day, I can still get this feeling sometimes, though to much less of a degree, by looking at CRBA.
I also soon discovered a sub-series of CRBA, 'AcademyLIVE'. AcademyLIVE was themed as a hybrid of an anime of CRBA and of a fictional TV network that would report on the academy, both broadcast by PonyStarTV. I became completely enamored, I was willing to sacrifice anything for this to have been a real thing. I also began to cling immensely to the name 'AVCHonline'. I would repeat it constantly in my head.
I think part of the reason why was that I felt almost like I was in a dream. I have long had a specific kind of dream, where there is something unimaginably (in the literal sense) special in the dream. I feel like I must protect it at all costs. The special characteristic of these things are that they are unimaginable, the kind of that can't even exist in your imagination in waking reality, something special. And they alter your psyche in very special and also unimaginable ways. Sometimes in these dreams, I even become self-conscious of this fact and desperately try to somehow export or move it out of my dream and into real-life. I usually wake up right after this, and then I can't remember the special object. Not because I have forgotten, I can often remember the rest of the dream in perfect detail, but because it literally cannot exist when you are awake.
And this all had felt exactly like that, but I was awake, or at least I thought I was? At some deep down level, I had an anxiety that I was actually in some very deep lucid dream, probably why I felt so attached and tried to cling on to it so much.
CRBA is immensely special to me. It is atmospheric-driven, that is, the story is driven by its abstract aura rather than being character-driven or plot-driven. And that's the thing, there isn't a story, and yet by getting into the CRBA trance you know the story. Not in the sense that you know what the plot is, but that you can picture this rich emotional atmosphere that extents far beyond each individual artwork, both spatially and temporarily.
One big component of this is seasons. CRBA is at its core very seasonal. The other aural and emotional effects contribute and define the seasons. The seasons are less 'seasons' and more emotional and spiritual tapestries. While there are four seasons in CRBA, they are not the same seasons as in this world. Two of the CRBA seasons are winter and spring, but the other two are far more unique and harder to quantify. Both of them are kind of like these magic spring summer hybrids, the difference between them being that the former is 'lighter', while the latter is darker and 'richer'. There is absolutely nothing like autumn in CRBA. CRBA is the antithesis of autumn.
In addition to four seasons, there are also four days. By 'days', I don't mean "separate" (a nonsensical word in the splendid world of CRBA), but what you might refer to as the times of day. Those being morning, after noon, dusk, and night. But I call them days because they are not separate and linked by transitions like in this world, but rather they are all just different types of states which all coexist together. Nothing in CRBA is 'separate', it is also one superposition of everything. The seasons, days, auras all just flow together in emotional space, they are not separate and there are no concrete concepts of space and time. It is the highest level of escape, going further than a dream and in the waking life.
CRBA is all about this innocent playful feeling. This beautiful feeling of camaraderie and frolicking that evolves in all directions and none through these ephemeral ethereal spirits.
The next day, I woke up and had truly thought it had been another one of those dreams. Often when this happens, I actually try to look up the thing in question, but it fades away too quickly. But this time, something slightly different. I could actually remember 'Canterlot Royal Ballet Academy' and 'AVCHonline'. I looked it up and was completely stunned when I discovered it was actually real. It felt so strange looking at it too. It really was like seeing something unimaginable.
Another that may sound strange and unrelated is that on this morning I had found a version of 'My Belarusy' and was listening to it on repeat. Here is the specific version: https://files.catbox.moe/gm4nxv.wav This may sound completely irrelevant, but I think this actually helped with entering the state I am to describe.
Shortly after, I would resume the blissful serene trance, but this time, it was getting even stronger and I was getting even deeper into it than I had the prior night. I began to be able to hear voices from each of the characters (who all pictured as being entirely separate from any MLP characters they were originally based on, and when I say ENTITELY - I truly mean it). I could hear unique voices from each character, all distinct but at the same they were all very intrinsic - I was hearing exactly as they were supposed to sound, even though I have never heard anything like it. It was standard speaking, it was this beautiful drawn out, inflection-less speaking. And all of the voices were merged into this beautiful chorus, yet at the same time, they were distinguishable by their place in the spiritual plane. It was like what I had described early was manifesting itself in reality - the spatial and time dimension were deteriorating and giving way to this omnidirectional and harmonic spiritual dimension.
Another effect I experienced was the merging of various senses. Particularly, it felt like the sense of smell and sense of sexuality had completely merged.
The 'smell' I described early had gotten so intense that I felt like I was bathing it. I would describe further, but I can't. Not because I have forgotten since, but because I had forgotten right after it happened. I remember 'waking up' at about 9PM with my first thought being 'the feeling is starting to fade away'. I couldn't remember a single thing that happened in the last twelve or so hours. I had spent twelve whole hours in a deep trance doing nothing but staring at CRBA. It was truly like the time dimension had disappeared, and that I was thinking unimaginable things, because suddenly, I could remember anything. Like I had been asleep, but I was awake the whole time.
The following few days I had only started to realize how bizarre what had just happened was. And I continued to feel as if each morning, that it could have all been in a dream. But days turned into months and now years, and I still haven't woken up. So that begs the question, am I still just in one gigantic dream?
In the almost two years since, I actually have not looked at CRBA almost at all, aside from a handful of designated images, because I want to preserve it for if I feel like getting into one of these trances. I don't want to ruin them by looking at them casually.
In the following few months after first discovering CRBA, I looked more into AVCHonline. I found various names he used, all of which pen names in different languages. I discovered many other things, including what appeared to be the origin story of CRBA. In 2012, Sean posted this artwork (https://www.deviantart.com/avchonline/art/Little-Sean-dance-ballet-330812874) telling the story of how his mother forced him to dress like a little girl. It seems that this later inspired the CRBA series, with the first CRBA artworks being drawn in late 2015, but only being posted around March 2016. I also discovered this very somber one: https://www.deviantart.com/avchonline/art/Trying-to-say-goodbye-330615364
Over time, I became more acquainted with Sean's other series. Including the sonic series, the TrixieSnoopy series, the Lucyan series, the comics featuring his OC, the Umamusume series, the Equion series, the BOV series, and several others. I also began discovering his music on SoundCloud and on YouTube. There were many music series too, the legend of canterlot, the music poems, the CRBA music, glory of equestria, PonyCal, and many others.
Fast forward to September 2025, I launched a site to catalog all of the CRBA artwork (that was not lost) in one place and in the highest quality. About a month later, I launched a companion imageboard for the site.
https://crba.dedyn.io
https://ib.crba.dedyn.io
This skips over a lot and is only a brief summary, but I hope this provides a good appetizer that will lead you down your own spiritual journey with CRBA.
What it says on the tin: talks that don't fit into existing threads, and don't deserve their own threads.
Also, tech-support on filling out an OP for topics that do deserve their own threads.
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01/04/2025 - >>2
If my calculations are correct, all images and thumbnails uploaded to any board are shared across all boards. Therefore, posting one of the currently broken pics from /ruins/ on this board should make it available on /ruins/ too, as long as the sha256sum is the same.
Potentially recoverable files:
>original images with Twitter and Pixiv filenames can be found on their original server, as long as they're still alive
>files with an md5sum filename (32 characters) can probably be found on e621 or other boorus where you can find images by their md5sum
>finally, files with a different filename can still be recovered if there are enough clues about what the original file was
For example, pic related was uploaded to >>>/ruins/5677 as "isumi4.jpg"; looking at the other pics the artist is kuroisumi, and you can search for files with the same dimensions (855x1200):
https://e621.net/posts?tags=kuroisumi+width%3A855+height%3A1200
Out of the two results here, one of them was already in the post, we can check that the other one is the right pic because if we download it, its sha256 sum is 14dc3c..., the same one as the missing pic.
Potentially irrecoverable files:
<resized images from Twitter ("_large") or Pixiv ("_master1200"), since those are usually not cached and both Twitter and Pixiv now produce slightly different versions of those pics, therefore the sha256sum won't be the same [maybe these might be replaced by the full-size images manually, though]
<videos in general, since most of them were converted by the posters, and it's impossible to recreate a video with the same checksum; even videos downloaded from YouTube will always have different metadata depending on the version of ffmpeg usedAlthough I am not the official administrator of the site But because this website does not have a post with similar functions, I posted this post here.
Do you want to have some small chatter on the topic that doesn't deserve a thread of its own?
Do you want to make a thread, but get filtered by the minimum OP length requirement and need ideas on what to put there?
Did you simply pop in to proclaim your love for kemonos before moving on with your day?
This thread's got you covered.