Cousin (Namco High)

"Cousin" is a nameless cousin of The Prince who is the protagonist of the dating sim Namco High. Their name is player-selectable, but the default name for them is “Cousin”. 
Cousin was purposely made without a canon gender identity, sexual orientation, race, or gender-specific pronouns so that the player could feel more comfortable about who they were playing as.
==Appearance==
=== Usual appearance ===
Cousin wears a mostly pink headdress with two dark fuchsia lines that separate two light pink areas from the rest of their headdress and a yellow border along their face. Their head is not one of the typical shapes as it is sort of bean shaped. 
When the shape of their head is combined with their V-Neck, it forms a heart. Cousin’s antenna is noticeably longer than the antennas of their cousins and it changes with their expressions. It also has a pink heart on top instead of a red ball. 
They also have light cyan skin, making them closer to the coloration of Opeo than the other cousins when it comes to their complexion. Their skin is like this because it isn’t a human skin tone, which makes it easier for any player to project onto Cousin. 
They have big black eyes, tiny black eyebrows, a pink triangular nose, pink cheeks, the inside of their mouth is drawn to be white, and it's noteworthy that they have visible teeth in some of their expressions. 
They also have a dark fuchsia shirt that looks a lot like a school uniform with a white V-Neck and collar, a yellow heart, and a yellow hem.
However, dialogue from Davesprite implies that Cousin is actually wearing a unitard rather than two separate pieces of clothing. Whether this implication is actually an oversight or not is unclear.
Cousin’s leg length and feet tend to be inconsistent in both their official art and T-Shirt art. Normally in their official art, their legs have a moderate height and their feet are triangular. However in the T-Shirt art that includes them their legs tend to be notably longer and their feet are either circular or they are shown to be wearing dark fuchsia shoes that sometimes have yellow soles.
They are bigger than most of their cousins (aside from Drooby), presumably due to be being older than them. Despite this, they are still pretty short by human standards and during certain scenes in Namco High, Cousin’s size changes.
=== Appearance alterations ===
* During Events 2 and 3 of Donko's route in Namco High, Cousin wears a scarf that Donko bought for them.
* Cousin wears a pink helmet with a visor over their headdress when they go riding with Hiromi during her second event second event in Namco High. 
*Cousin is able to switch outfits at the end of certain routes, but not during the actual gameplay, as they are only shown in the end images of the datelines after the credits roll.
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== Personality ==
Cousin seems to be quite quick to judge others and talks/thinks to themselves a lot. They also apparently get crushes rather easily and they can get more or less flirty depending on who you choose to date. 
They tend to try and help the students of Namco High with their problems and they seem to be somewhat good at diagnosing people's problems. They also seem to be oblivious to certain situations, such as when Albatross was interrogating them during his route. 
They are shown to be considerate as shown when they brought birdseed for Davesprite during his route.
==Background==
Not much is said about Cousin's background before entering Namco High, It is also apparent that they have a slight jealousy of The Prince (because they wish to be like him). 
Unlike most of their cousins, they seem to be a bit nervous about using a katamari again after accidentally rolling up Namco High on their first day there. Cousin is never shown meeting any of their cousins, but it is assumed that in some way that they know them because of mentioning the Prince.
It is revealed in Mr. Driller's route that Cousin actually has a passion for rolling, and became hesitant to roll a katamari again not because they got in trouble, but because (unlike other cousins, especially Prince, who will continue to try even after being scolded by his father, The King of All Cosmos) they worry about the damage they cause and the people they injure in the process of it.
== Appearances ==
===Namco High===
Having rolled up Namco High with their katamari on their first day at school, Cousin gets sent to detention. There they meet fifteen Bandai Namco characters as well as three Homestuck characters who are also students at Namco High who have also gotten detention for various reasons. During the game Cousin can hang out with one of these students, eventually getting closer to them, solving their problems, and possibly dating them
== Trivia ==
* Cousin is 18 years old, as noted in the copyright information of Namco High. (“18 18 all characters 18 everyone 18”)
* They were designed by Yuko Ota, who drew their sprites, as well as Taria’s.
*Despite the official Namco High page stating that they are from the Katamari Series, they have never appeared in an official Katamari game.
*Cousin states that their uncle is The King Of All Cosmos. however, it is unclear which side of their family the king is on.
* Cousin is an Heir of Heart in Namco High.
*You can name Cousin almost anything, as long as it fits within Namco High’s 18 character limit and isn’t “Zoosmell Pooplord" (Zoosmell Pooplord is an unused name for the protagonist of Homestuck and if your try to name Cousin using that name, you will instead get a message saying “ΤRY AGAIN, SMARTBUTT”)
== Alternate Names==
Official names in different languages
Language	Name 	Transliteration	Translation	Meaning
English 	Cousin (Default Name)	Cousin 	Cousin 	Cousin is a term that refers to a relative that is legally in custody of one of your parents’s siblings.
==Gallery==
File:Namco-High-Wallpaper-Lineup-1400x1050.png|Cousin in the Namco High wallpaper.
File:Cousin-0.png|Cousin on the character info section of the Namco High website.
File:Namco-High-Wallpaper-Stage-1400x1050.png|A wallpaper depicting Cousin in the Theater Room.
File:Namco-High-Wallpaper-Rooftop-1400x1050.png|A wallpaper depicting Cousin on the rooftop.
File:CousinandTairabanner.png|A promo image for Namco High that was used to promote Namco High close to before it got shut down.
File:NamcoHighMappyPromo.png|A promo image for Namco High that is shown at the end of Mappy: The Beat. (specifically episodes 10-14/The Merry Heistmas arc)
File:NHCousinProfilePicture.png|A Namco High Cousin profile picture from the official Shiftylook Facebook account.
File:CousinHands.png|A piece of joke art made for the Namco High Official Art Contest. It jokes about the possibility that Cousin’s hands aren’t canon.
File:Default neutral.png|Default pose, neutral expression.
File:Energetic neutral.png|Energetic pose, neutral expression.
File:Exhausted neutral.png|Exhausted pose, neutral expression.
File:Default neutral scarf.png|Default pose, neutral expression, scarf.
File:Cousin Battle pose Normal.png|Cousin’s Battle pose (normal),
File:Cousin Battle pose evil.png|Cousin’s Battle pose (evil).
File:Bluemaxbattle.png|Blue Max's battle sprite. Cousin is sitting in the back of the plane.
File:GalagaNHScreenshot.png|A Namco High screenshot featuring Cousin, Donko. Aki, Tomari, and Galaga.
File:MrDrillerNHScreenshot.png|A Namco High screenshot featuring Cousin and Mr. Driller.
File:AntiBravomanNHScreenshot.png|A Namco High screenshot featuring Cousin and Anti-Bravoman.
File:TomariNHScreenshot.png|A Namco High screenshot featuring Cousin and Tomari.
File:DavespriteNHScreenshot .png|a totally real namco high screenshot featuring cousin and davesprite
File:Hiromi event.png|An event that occurs during Hiromi's route.
File:NHCousinConceptArt1.jpg|The first set of concept designs for Cousin (Art by (possibly Yuko Ota))
File:Concept Cousin and Meowkie.jpeg|Concept Cousin and Meowkie. (Art by Magnolia Porter)
File:NHCousinConceptArt2.jpeg|The second set of concept designs for cousin. (Art by Yuko Ota).
File:NHCousinConceptArt3.jpeg|Cousin’s conceptual color palettes. (Art by Yuko Ota)
File:Cousin2.jpg|One of Cousin 's sprites that was posted to Yuko Ota's tumblr account.
File:Namco High TShirt LowQual.jpeg|The words “Namco High” on a T-shirt alongside Cousin, Aki, and Galaga. (Low quality)
File:NamcoHighTShirts.jpeg|A bunch of Namco High T-Shirts. Cousin is depicted in five of them.
File:Namco High TShirt.jpeg|The words “Namco High” on a T-shirt alongside Cousin, Aki, and Galaga. (High quality)
File:Be true to yourself 2.jpeg|Be true to yourself (now in lower quality, and on a different Tshirt!).
File:Be True To Yourself .jpeg|Be true to yourself!
File:Attack On Namco High.jpeg|Attack On Namco High.
File:Super Saiyan Cousin.jpeg|Super Saiyan Cousin. Not much else to say.
File:Cousin bringing the beats.jpeg|Cousin bringing the beats.
File:Kei-ou-kairai.jpeg|What
File:PoetryClubNamcoHigh.jpeg
File:Namco High students Tshirt .jpeg|Is it just me or are Cousin’s legs kinda long?
File:9 Cousin Tshirt.jpeg|Whoever bought this is lucky…
File:Donko event.png|Art that shows during Donko’s route.
File:Davesprite event.png|Art that shows during Davesprite’s route.
File:Terezi event.png|Art that shows during Terezi’s route.
File:Amazona ending.jpg|Aki's ending artwork.
File:Albatross ending.jpg|Albatross’s ending artwork.
File:Antibravo ending.jpg|Anti-Bravoman's ending artwork.
File:Bluemax ending.jpg|Bluemax’s ending artwork.
File:Cousin badend.jpg|Cousin's bad ending artwork.
File:Davesprite ending.jpg|Davesprite’s ending artwork.
File:Donko ending.jpg|Donko's ending artwork.
File:Hiromi ending.jpg|Hiromi’s ending artwork.
File:Jane ending.jpg|Jane’s ending artwork.
File:Lolo ending.jpg|Lolo’s ending artwork.
File:Meowkie ending.jpg|Meowkie’s ending artwork.
File:Miller ending.jpg|Miller’s ending artwork.
File:Mrdriller ending.jpg|Mr. Driller's ending artwork.
File:Nidia ending.jpg|Nidia’s ending artwork.
File:Taira ending.jpg|Taria’s ending artwork.
File:Terezi ending.jpg|Terezi’s ending artwork.
File:Tomari ending.jpg|Tomari's ending artwork.
File:Valkyrie ending.jpg|Valkyrie’s ending artwork.
==Sources==
An article that has the original concept art for Cousin. The original artist is uncredited in the article, but the art was most likely drawn by Yuko Ota. 
A piece of art that was drawn by Magnolia Porter which depicts the early designs of Cousin and Meokie, Made by Yuko and Geneva respectively.
Two pieces of concept art of Cousin drawn by Yuko Ota. The first one shows five unused designs and the second one shows some conceptual color pallets alongside the final color pallet and designs of Cousin aswell. 
One of the sprites for Cousin drawn by Yuko Ota.
A post made by the official Shiftylook tumblr announcing the release of official Namco High merch that was available on We Love Fine (now known as For Fans By Fans).
A post made by the official For Fans By Fans (then known as We Love Fine) tumblr announcing the release of official Namco High merch that was available on their website.
An archive of the We Love Fine/For Fans By Fans page where you could originally by Namco High merch. The archive link doesn’t work properly.
An archive of the Namco High Official Art Contest announcement post on the Shiftylook website.
The Namco High art assets on The Spriters Resource. They were submitted by Skatterbugged.
Alexandra Douglass’s portfolio, where the ingame event and ending artworks are available to be viewed 
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