Thread:The Reptile King/@comment-28144855-20190718210418/@comment-28144855-20190718224312

The powers talk was more so that you get the gist of the creatures in question in the case you didn't watched, read or heard about them. As I said, what would make them stand out would be the husband that's not required to become an undead, which isn't present in any current undead, at least as I recall. I wanted to keep them the closest possible to their canon incarnations as them turning into Mamono would be.

As far as their personality goes, that would vary depending on the individual. I took Megumi, Nao and their opposite, the nurse, Kaori I believe her name was as main templates. For what I got out of the whole canon ordeal, becoming Shiki accentuates and amplifies the stongest dreams, desires and wishes of the former human.

Megumi wanted revenge on the villagers for mocking her style and dreams and to be famous in the 'big city' and that douche Yuuki dude so much a 'hallucination' of the guy standing on their usual bus stop to school ultimately led to her demise.

Nao wanted a loving family, as she was neglected and possibly abused as a child, even going so far as to kill young families out of revenge as her husband and sone never rose as Shiki.

The Nurse, however, always wanted to help people, so she was willing and quite adamant to starve herself to death, despite the thirst of a Shiki is said to be unbearable the more it goes on.

I thought about Cruel or Malicious, Obsessive, and Strong Willed (at least towards their hopes and dreams) as a basic personality trait.

Once monsterized, the blood only diet would expand on the classic Japanese depictions in most anime, Blood, saliva, sweat and the obligatory semen with tea and water being their only other available food much like in canon, but actually nourishing them on top.