I tried out Xiaohongshu and fell into a rabbit hole of Chinese furries, and I'm not a furry but I thought they looked incredible and I've never seen anything like them. A friend told me the style is called Kemono Fursuits and isn't exclusively Chinese, it's just way more popular over there.

http://xhslink.com/a/oZgq7TcebkG3

http://xhslink.com/a/fpZQwtWOukG3

http://xhslink.com/a/W45zVDpawiG3

Anyway, I just think they're neat!

  • invo_rt [he/him]
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    7 days ago

    Furry here. Yes, what is referred to as "furry" in the west is called "kemono" in Asian countries. Generally speaking, they have a bit of a different approach to their relationship with their characters, but it's basically the same thing.

    There has always been a big style difference between furry and kemono style suits. As best we can tell, it has a lot to do with the media we grew up on, western cartoons/Disney vs more manga/anime styles. Kemono leans into the "big eyes, small mouth" aesthetic generally, which you see a lot in anime. The vast majority of the time, the fursuits people make are very similar to how they draw.

    That's just a generalization though. There is cross-pollination of styles between the regions.