comfort characters ♡

mayura the digital witch

if you've never heard of her: mayura is an ukagaka, basically a desktop character that can talk to you, react to things, etc. she's a witch-themed ghost, and there's something about her that i find really special.

she feels obscure, but at the same time she isn't that obscure. from what i've seen, she was mostly popular in japan during the early 2000s, while internationally she remained something you'd probably only find if you dug really deep into the internet. sometimes i wonder what would've happened if mayura had become more internationally popular. not necessarily miku-level famous as a pop idol or anything, but i feel she had potential to become something much bigger than just an obscure desktop mascot. maybe the