Onikami Script -

Contrary to common belief, the Onikami Script is a traditional Japanese writing system like Hiragana, Katakana, or Kanji. Instead, it is a constructed script (con-script) that emerged from online artistic communities in the late 2010s. It draws heavy aesthetic inspiration from:

Onikami!

One night, a stranger arrived at Ayame’s gate. He wore a coat the color of old paper and a face like a pressed opinion. He produced a board and a brush, and he wanted to record. He claimed he would preserve the script for posterity, to teach others the beauty of Kagehara’s hand. Ayame watched him as one watches a fox sniffing at a coop. She let him draw a single character — small, almost apologetic — and then she showed him the second half: the price. onikami script