Death’s Temptation

This year’s Halloween story began with a book, a room of purple light, and two worlds meeting on the edge of the bed.

Jessy entered the scene as Misa Amane from Death Note. Lily stepped into the role of Liz, the succubus made famous again through Marin Kitagawa’s cosplay in My Dress-Up Darling. The pairing gave the story its shape from the beginning: Misa, bright and obsessive, drawn toward danger; Liz, darker and more deliberate, temptation given a body.

The room around them carried both worlds at once. On the nightstand, the anime references were not hidden away but placed directly into the frame: Misa herself, Liz, and the shinigami presence from Death Note watching over the scene like silent witnesses. Beside them sat the black book, marked and waiting. Candles flickered through the violet haze. Small Halloween details softened the space, but never enough to make it feel safe.

At first, the moment feels still.

Misa sits beside the Death Note with the kind of curiosity that already feels dangerous. Her hand lingers on the cover. The room holds its breath. Even before the book is opened, the atmosphere has already started to shift. The figurines on the nightstand do more than decorate the set. They anchor the scene in the anime worlds that inspired it, turning the whole composition into something halfway between bedroom, shrine, and stage.

Then the story begins to move.

Liz enters not as noise, but as presence. Where Misa is pale, hesitant, and emotionally exposed, Liz feels composed and impossible to ignore. The contrast between them becomes the heart of the shoot. Blonde meets deep red. Softness meets control. Fishnets, lace, and black fabric draw the eye back toward the bed, while the purple light keeps everything suspended between fantasy and threat.

They do not need words. The tension comes through distance, posture, and the slow recognition of what is unfolding between them. The Death Note lies near them like an open invitation. The anime figures remain in view, quietly reinforcing the story without overpowering it. They remind us that this scene was built from references, but what gives it life is the mood between the two muses in front of the camera.

That is where Death’s Temptation finds its real balance.

It is not only a cosplay set. It is a meeting point between two different kinds of desire: the romantic darkness of Death Note and the playful, dangerous seduction carried through Liz. Misa does not simply look at that darkness. She leans toward it. Liz does not force the moment. She lets it grow.

By the end, the shift is quiet but complete. Curiosity has already become surrender. The candles tremble. The purple light softens. The room falls back into stillness, but not the same stillness it began with.

Death’s Temptation explores that thin line where homage becomes atmosphere, where anime references become living scene, and where one moment of fascination is enough to change the mood of everything around it.

Concept and Photography: Filipe (Apexy)
Creative Direction: Jessy
Featuring: Jessy as Misa Amane and Lily as Liz the Succubus

Death’s Temptation: The Awakening

Video Edition

The still images introduced the world. The video let it breathe.

In The Awakening, the same Halloween setup returns, but motion changes its weight. The Death Note remains close. The nightstand figures are still there, holding the references in place. The purple and red glow returns to the room. But once the story begins to move, the scene no longer feels arranged. It feels active.

Jessy remains in Misa’s world, drawn toward what she knows she should fear. Lily, as Liz, carries the same seductive tension as before, but in motion her presence lands differently. What was suggested in the still images becomes more immediate through movement, timing, and proximity. Glances last longer. Hesitation becomes visible. The distance between the two narrows with every frame.

That is what the video adds.

The first chapter built the atmosphere through stillness, composition, and reference. This second one deepens it by showing how the scene changes once the body language starts to speak. The figures, props, and lighting still matter, but now they work around rhythm and momentum. The Halloween world becomes less like a set and more like a moment being lived inside.

If Death’s Temptation was the invitation, The Awakening is the point where the invitation is accepted.

Concept and Photography: Filipe (Apexy)

Creative Direction: Jessy

Featuring: Jessy as Misa Amane and Lily as Liz the Succubus