Ika Musume

There is an anime character named Ika Musume. She is an aquatic being, a "squid girl." She is conventionally drawn as you see to the right.

After the jump, you can see how one fan imagined the reality inherent in the term "squid girl."

Mildly NSFW.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu May 05, 2011
Category: Anthropomorphism | Cryptozoology | Fictional Monsters | Cartoons | Asia

Comments

yeah cuz who looks at her face anyway. kidding paul, but that is a creepy pic.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/05/11 at 11:16 PM

Oh, WOW, Patty, I wish you'd've not mentioned her face!

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/05/11 at 11:20 PM

beans, beans the musical fruit.
the more you eat the more you toot.
the more you toot the more you smile,
so eat some beans and smile a while. :cheese:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/06/11 at 09:02 PM

beans beans they're good for your heart
the more you eat the more you fart
the more you fart the better you feel
so eat your beans with every meal!

Posted by Tyrusguy on 05/08/11 at 12:10 AM

squid girl with very obvious mammalian features.

the paint job on her skin is really detailed tho on second look. I thought it was from compression but it isn't uniform. bizarre pattern of dots that don't overlap. Face looks photoshopped though.

Posted by Pablo on 05/08/11 at 12:21 AM

you mean that's not her real face pablo?!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/08/11 at 11:52 PM

well, I think her face was manipulated with some photo editing software but I don't think the rest of her was manipulated. I guess she had a mask on but they touched it up later. There was some obvious effort in the making of this picture. I actually did a quick search at home to see if I could find any variations in the picture but was unsuccessful. I did find a whole buncha squid/girl pictures though and some of them are really awesome. I didn't save/bookmark them though so and my search for them yielded some risque pictures I can peruse at work so i'll provide links later.

Posted by Pablo on 05/09/11 at 04:24 PM

So the squid girl combination has yielded some good inspiration. I think the curves you get from tentacles are the allure. I saw a lot of Mucha inspired squid girls.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q180/tommyblank/squid.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/devinepaul/0037-squid-girl500.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/devinepaul/tumblr_lh58vrBzJS1qzbhi7o1_500.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/devinepaul/il_570xN196388980.jpg
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr149/devinepaul/Hanqing_squid-girl.jpg

Posted by Pablo on 05/10/11 at 12:01 AM

those are truely horrid and creepy pics! *shudder*

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/10/11 at 08:34 AM

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