User blog comment:Theluckysakura/Kuro Kiku/@comment-111.108.168.38-20100831154627

Just to point out: "Kuro Kiku" is not the same as "Teikoku Kiku" (Imperial Kiku). "Kuro Kiku" is used to depict Japan in his darker, more bloody times in history, originally portrayed by Himaruya in the strip with China and Japan as a child. "Teikoku Kiku" on the other hand, is completely fanmade. He originally came from Twitter as a _bot, an automatic account that has no user speaking, it speaks and responds automatically. http://twitter.com/Zipang_bot While "Kuro Kiku" is just a different side to the canon Kiku, "Imperial Kiku" is a ruthless, powerful sadist, a completely different character. You'll find "Imperial Kiku" is quite often paired up with the "British Empire" (Another heartless sadist...) (http://twitter.com/British_bot) character, who as a pair make up the "Imperial Island Nations".