I cannot take wolves seriously at all. How tf are these guys considers APEX predators. Top of the food chain. Keystone species. When all they do is consume 300,000 calories and sleep for 1/2 the year.
You can design like Kaneko by picking a demon, studying its mythology, symbolism, and associations, then expressing those with minimal, multi-layered details that stay true to the myth while occasionally adding adjacent modern elements or details specific to the game setting.