/jp/ - Otaku Culture

As far as Kenkou Cross' creations are concerned, probably oomukade or alraune. Oomukade's reserved personality and singular obsession with her lover are both very appealing, and it is very cute how she is weak to her own venom and yet prone to consuming it when caught in the heat of the moment. As for alraune, I blame Vanadis and that one voice CD.

Though it is rather amusing how the latter's modus operandi is almost the same as that of the giant waterlily: In those plants, small beetles are first drawn to the flower's warmth (waterlilies produce heat, sometimes over 10 degrees C above ambient) and pleasant scent, only to be trapped within when the night-blooming flower closes at dawn - so effective is this strategy that giant waterlilies can capture over 47 beetles per flower on average. Once ensnared by the plant, the captive insects feed on "offerings" in form of starch-rich carpel bodies until the flower's stamens develop and the plant allows its guests to leave, their path of escape ensuring that they pick up plenty of pollen from the matured anthers on their way. Other waterlilies utilize a far more insidious strategy involving a stigmatic pool, a slippery pit containing copious amounts of sweet-smelling secretions - any insect attracted by the plant sinks right into the pool, where the liquid (which incidentally is also an excellent medium for pollen germination) washes off any pollen it might have collected.