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>>16998890
Sure. The specific example I had in mind was the concept of the "Imaginary Chimera" fighting style/special thing for the Beastars manga. The concept is very similar (stolen) from Baki the Grappler (the Beastars author/artist is literally the daughter of that guy, so it makes sense0.

What annoys me about this concept is that, as far as animal people go, the "imaginary chimera" thing had a lot of weight. In the same way animals might puff up to appear bigger, or how moths have eye spots to make them look like a giant face, the imaginary chimera thing is a unique fighting style ability that could really play into the fact that the characters in this (furry) universe are NOT humans, but are animal people, more driven by instinct. As such, the concept of manipulative illusions has a lot of merit. I had the idea to include things like props, makeup, or using specific weapon styles (admittedly shown in this image) to make the projection actually "work". Then, the projection is used to confuse the opponent, and not just work as a sort of vague "power booster" as it seemed to be in this manga.

In the actual manga, they're totally forgotten (which is fine, since they're shittily done), but it annoys me especially as the author ALMOST accidentally forshadowed this ability back in an earlier arc when the main character seemed to disappear into a cloud of moths when punched by a villain, which is NEVER EXPLAINED and would be the perfect opportunity to draw this mysterious ability into the universe more fully. It's totally not, and that's a huge shame I feel.