User blog comment:Theluckysakura/Kuro Kiku/@comment-99.61.39.252-20100830133926

He represents "Imperial" Japan. He is wearing the imperial Japanese uniform (Kuro meaning black). It means "dark Kiku"however. It represents him from about 1894-895 (first sino-japanese war) 1904-1905 (first russo-japanese war) and 1931-1945 (second sino-japanese war). As opposed to his regular personality, this one is like Russia except he isn't childish. He is very cruel like this actually (or at least according to fans). I like him like this with China <3. Alot of people draw him like this with Taiwan or China (or even HK once).