I decided to make a little article on Sayuri and how I created her and her story. It's not like that little character bio I put on the first chapter of BTtS, but a bit more in detail.
In the beginning, Sayuri was created with a couple things in mind: a) she was to be modeled after some of the first fanfiction I read and b) she was to end up with Hitsugaya Toshiro. Back in 2008, I was really crazy for Bleach, so I was going to make a Bleach quilt with all the captains and Ichigo. I was looking up pictures of the Gotei 13 captains in real world clothes, and upon discovering a very good looking one of Hitsugaya, I discovered Quizilla. The picture was made into a banner for the story "Simple Desires: the Beginning." I think that's the title, but that's what the story was. Anyways, I read the story and got really into it, so I started reading more Toshiro stories on Quizilla. I eventually created a Quizilla account with a couple random quizzes and such, and one day I decided to make a Toshiro story of my own. I had been previously reading stories where the original characters were captains themselves, and I eventually came up with my own idea:
"What if Ichigo had a twin sister?" I was torn between what to make my character. A captain or Ichigo's sister? So I decided in the end that I would make a 2 part series. One establishing that she would be Ichigo's sister, and another making her a captain.
This was back almost two years ago, but back then I was kind of interested in these "baby's daddy" and "seven minutes in heaven" quizzes. It's kind of embarrassing when I look back on it, but if I had not taken them, I never would have found "Sayuri". In one of the baby's daddy Bleach quizzes, there was a picture of what his kid would look like, and that was my basis for Sayuri. Here's the picture.
I had previously attempted a Toshiro story, but it was a total failure. The character was based solely off of myself, and was incredibly boring. Her name was Misako, but still, she was a complete Mary Sue. There was no plot. It was only about the instant love between her and Toshiro. So I attempted again, and came up with Sayuri. Now, might I add, that I had been reading AnimeFreakSyuYoukou's "Rai-kumo" (Ichigo Kurosaki story), and I was quite taken with Aki. Now I don't care for the 2nd person POV so much, but I do like Aki a lot. I decided I wanted a character like Aki. It's kind of sad in a way, but Sayuri was based on two characters: Ichigo and Aki.
So Watanabe Aki from "Rai-Kumo" was the main inspiration for Sayuri and her powers (Rai-Joshin, you know?), but Sayuri is her own "person," so to speak. I originally thought that we would get along really well if she were real, but she's developed so much from when she was first thought of that it turned out she would absolutely hate me. XD
Breaking Through the Storm itself has progressed so much that I'm now able to picture Sayu as a more mature character than what she originally was. In the beginning she was just this loud-mouthed hot head who was annoyed by anything and everything, but now I'm able to picture her feminine side. I'm glad I can do that now because there was one point in time where I really didn't want her to end up with Toshiro. It made me sad in almost the same way that a father is overprotective of his only daughter (except not). This was kind of a pointless entry (as always), but I was just thinking about a couple years ago when I created Sayu.
I remember having such a hard time finding her name. All my notes said "OC does this" or "OC does that". I ended up naming her Sayuri because I keep this list of names I see on anime or Japanese works. Sayuri was like the main girl on Makoto Shinkai's "Place Promised In Our Early Days" I think that's the movie. I don't remember the title exactly, but that's where I got the name. Someone had previously asked me if I got it from Memoirs of a Geisha, but I've never seen that movie, so no. It was from a Makoto Shinkai (that's his name, right?) movie.
I've gotten some really nice art work made for me of Sayu. I especially like the one WolfieArt from Quizilla made for me because for the longest time I couldn't picture her without pigtails. XD
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