Project: GyakuTEN | Paradoxical Reincarnation

Role: Unreliable Narrator / Mascot / Glyph Entity / Emotional Menace

Name(s): Narrator-kun, Gyaku-kun, Glyph-kun, "That bastard in the margins"

🈷️ Kanji Origin:

• Base Kanji: 逆 (gyaku) – "Reverse", "Against", "Inversion"
• Symbolic of karmic resistance, narrative contradiction, and cyclical rebellion
• Design integrates stylized form of 逆 with added limbs, eye, and expression

🧠 Concept Summary:

Narrator-kun (aka Gyaku-kun) is the living embodiment of repetition, reversal, and reluctant commentary. Once a glyph in the divine script of karma, he broke free from the margins of the page and now mocks the reincarnation cycle while still guiding it.

He is not a friend. Not a guide. Not a moral compass.

But he is always there.

"You again? Yeah, I remember this loop. You fail here."

🎨 Visual Description:

• Form: The character 逆 brought to life, limbs emerging from strokes
• Primary Color: Deep karmic purple-black, ink-like, gradient fades
• Aura: Subtle violet glow, glitchy shimmer, shadow smudges
• Eye: One lidded, sarcastic eye; often tired, annoyed, or smug