[Design updated as of 7/16/24 so you might notice artwork of him prior to this date has a slightly different design!]

Soooo I watched the anime Dragon Pilot (ひそねとまそたん) and kiiinda fell in love with one of the dragons... so I "stole" him and made him an OC! He's a bootleg of sorts. While I will obviously not lay claim to his base design, I think I've messed with him so much that he's become quite derived from the source material! I love him, sweet beautiful Banana Boy <3

Name: Akemi
Nickname: Banana Boy
Gender: Male (he/him but he's fine with it if you call him anything else)
Age: Unknown
Height: 9'9" [top of head]

Personality:
-Extremely shy/quiet. Often comes off stand-offish.
-Kind when you do get to know him. Honestly just a giant ball of sweet mush.
-Sleepy Boy. Wants to nap all the time. He's like a giant yellow cat. Big snooze!
-He doesn't talk much, preferring to listen instead. Very good listener! So much so he also has an exceptional memory.
-Very affectionate with those he likes! Give him them cudddlleeess.
-Most often extremely calm or monotone. Very rarely does he show other extreme emotions. Very subtle otherwise!

Likes:
-Flowers of any kind
-Swimming
-Fish/any and all seafood
-Manga (haha neeerd)

Dislikes:
-Crowded places, especially if he is the tallest in the room.
-Anything impromptu. He's very slow and will panic if he has to come up with or do something on the spot.
-Cars/vehicles. He can't really fit in them, so any time he has to it's not comfortable or fun.

Eye and Scopophobia:
-His eye was damaged during a fight he got into when he was very young. He doesn't like to talk about the specifics. He is predominately blind in the eye, but when he doesn't wear the eyepatch he gets intense headaches from the poor vision it does have left (he sees "spots" or floaters/debris and lights tend to make it burn). The eye also just looks unsettling, so he keeps it covered all the time.
-His Scopophobia came about both as a mixture of his eye trauma and from people always looking at him in public. Who wouldn't stare at a big dragon boy walking down the street? Well, he rather you didn't! His phobia is not completely detrimental to his life, but he avoids going into public during busy times if he can help it.

Other:
-He has very smooth scales like a ball python.
-His body fat is closer to the blubber on marine animals which comes with those benefits!
-Yes, he can fly. We don't try to logic this, we just accept it. However, he can only soar/glide akin to albatross. He's no agile/acrobatic flyer.
-His voice is really deep, which he doesn't like because it draws attention to himself.
-His claws may be long and scary, but he keeps them filed so the tips aren't sharp! Yes, he can pick up pennies with them.