Oni Hunters Kaisho!

[TragicAce]

“Fujira, Aomori Prefecture. A suburb of the Cherry Blossom City of Hirosaki that sprung up not long after the atomic bomb fell. The residential area boasts a population of a moderate sized town, sporting a pair of elementary and secondary schools in a relatively low-crime and safe environment. Most festive activities occur in the winter season, where the streets are blanketed with snow throughout the period. Public transportation via shuttles makes for approximately-“

“eh-Excuse me senpai, but who are you talking to?” A puzzled passerby first year girl asked. It was a reasonable enough of a question. Most folks don’t address empty classrooms, especially not about the present setting and in such an expository manner.

“Expository is a good word. Today’s homework is to use ‘expository’ in a sentence without sounding silly.” The young man gave a stout bow to the empty series of desks. “Arigato! Class dismissed!” With a broad smile reaching ear to ear, he turned over to address the onlooker who…was no longer there. His smile turned upside-down. Then he turned once more to face the class. Particularly, the seat you are sitting in.

“Onegai, watchful spirit. Please help me save Fujira from it’s horrible fate. I can’t do it alone-I’ve midterms to study for, you know?”

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Welcome! So what are you? Well, you’re a (hopefully!) good-natured spirit who’s detected the sort of spiritual anomalies that have been occurring around Fujira as of late. Activity has soared over recent weeks, more strange happenings and weird occurrences and sightings then you can shake a naginata at. The Resident Spirit Sensitive Individual (RSSI) has asked for you aid, and for one reason or another you have answered the call. Unfortunately for Fujira, their RSSI is a 3rd year highschool student who’s a bit off his rocker.

Of course in your current form you are of little use. That is why you must possess the soul of a student. Perhaps ‘possess’ isn’t the best word…has a rather negative connotation with it. It’s more like sharing, sort of. Your memories as a spirit disappear and your personality merges with theirs. Slowly your abilities you had as a spirit will return to you, but having no idea how to use them…well, it’s going to be a fun semester!

But something all possessed students have in common is this: the desire to join the newly formed demon fighting squad, the Oni Hunting Kaisho! Needless to say, nobody takes you seriously, especially with a well-known crazy as the chairman.

Before I get to the bio format I’m going to lay down some ground rules. I like rules, and I expect more than most folks from my writers.

1. Be literate and space your paragraphs. Good formatting is key my friends! A block of text is not inviting to the eyes.

2. We’ve got a lot of Japanese flavor going on. Realize that I’m no master on the Japanese culture, and I don’t expect you to be either. But using Japanese words and mannerisms (research!) in your posts is definitely looked favorably upon. I want to keep the theme up! For character pictures use Japanese anime characters (there’s tons of them online) to help get yourself in the Nippon state of mind.

3. Uniqueness. Strong Personality. These two things are what I look for most in a character. Make your character different from all the others-that’s important for any interesting story. Strong personality-exaggerate your character! By biggest pet peeve with writers is that their characters are so darn bland and generic! Nobody wants to have weaknesses, so there’s no depth! Don’t give me any “she’s a loner but will ttly stand up for her friends” business. If she’s a loner then make she’s a loner gosh darnit!

4. There’s a Wikipedia article on legendary Japanese creatures. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legendary_creatures_from_Japan
Refer to this when creating your character. Remember, uniqueness! ^-^

5. Foreign exchange students. *rolls eyes* I’ve got a feeling we’d have a flood of half-Japanese half-American half-French (how does that happen?) exchange students if I didn’t put this out here. For the most part, you’re just a normal Japanese student. Remember, there’s tons of cliques you can draw from when creating your character. I’ll allow one foreign exchange student so go ahead and fight over the spot if you want it so bad. (Hint: best bio will win! )

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Bio Format-
Name:
Appearance: Just a picture will do-I’m more about personality then appearance, as that is the instruction for how to write your character.
Type of Spirit: Give the name and a short description.
Age (class year):
Gender:
Human Personality:Spirit Personality: Doesn't have to be as extensive as the Human's
Strength: List One! (Human only)
Weaknesses: List Three!
Short History: This is the human’s history, spirit history can be revealed as the story progresses.
Quirk:

Edit: I found a great resource online for commonly used words in anime! Feel free to make use of them!
entropy.tmok.com/~tumble/amfaqs/101glos.html

[TragicAce]

Name: Eisuke Shimizu
Appearance:

Age (class year): 17 (3rd year – junior)
Gender: Male
Human Personality:
Spontaneous-
Eisuke isn’t a man of thought; he’s easily excitable and has a leap-before-looking mindset. Perhaps it’s just a general lack of reason in his thought process but he makes decisions as fast as he’s able to jump to conclusions. But he’s hardly a stubborn young man: with enough patience you could get Eisuke to do pretty much anything. He’s an eccentric pushover. It could be said that he places his trust too freely.

Awkward-
He’s weird. He’ll often narrate to himself in first person and carries a briefcase instead of a backpack around-nobody has ever seen what’s inside. Eisuke’s stupid smiles and grins just seem out of place in the rigid classroom atmosphere. The subjects he talks about-spirits and monsters mostly-don’t help his image either. Some folks say he’s crazy, other folks say he just reads too much manga. They’re probably both right.

Mischievous-
Call him curious, call him perverted-Eisuke delights in gags and tricking other people. He’s an expert eavesdropper and feels no shame in spying on other people. When it comes to pranks the Japanese boy is a genius, if that were only the case for English class as well…
Spirit Personality: N/A
Strength:
RSSI-
As a Resident Spirit Sensitive Individual Shimizu holds a license (albeit lowest class) from the Japanese Spirit Community which identifies him as the local authority on the handling of all matters spiritual in Fujira. Ranked from D to A the JSC has graded Eisuke as such:
Detection: C
Communication: B
Knowledge: B
Sending: D
Embodiment: D
Weaknesses:
Socially Inept-
Eisuke isn’t exactly the guy you want playing faceman. He just lacks the social graces most people just kind of…take for granted?

Lack of Spiritual Powers-
Unlike the other characters, Shimuzu can’t breathe fire or walk on water or any of that fun stuff. The spiritual combative ability of a RSSI is called ‘Embodiment’, which is more or less the manipulation of the RSSI’s spiritual being into something physical-an ability in which Eisuke has absolutely no talent in.

Physically Unimpressive-
He’s a wimpy Japanese highschool kid!
Short History:
Eisuke Shimuzu has always lived with his elderly grandma for as long as he could remember. As a child his parents would visit them on holidays but their visits grew more and more infrequent as time went by. Maybe it was a lack of love that broke the poor boy’s mind, that made him susceptible to the spiritual. It’s not a rarity among RSSI’s.

On his 15th birthday he decided to seek out his parents, and ended up in Sendai. It was a classic looking-through-the-window-at-a-lovely-family scene. It’s really been done to death, hasn’t it? Eisuke didn’t cry, he didn’t yell-he just stopped answering their phone calls and stopped sending them emails. He has all but forgotten about them.
Quirk:
Always has a lighter and a pack of cigarettes on him, even though he never smokes. “You never know!”

[Wendy Ann Beckett-Jolina]

Name: Natsumi Yanagi


Appearance:


Type of Spirit.: A Bakeneko by the name of Ise. She is in the form of a cat with a forked tail, and is able to shapeshift and control fires.


Age: (15) Second Year


Gender: Female


Human Personality:
Homophobic - Natsumi was raised in an anti-GLBT environment, and has always been very wary of those that weren’t. It’s not that she’s prejudiced, it just makes her extremely nervous and such. Even though she’s completely straight, questions have arisen about her sexuality due to the amount of time she invests in sports rather than the normal things girls like to do. Due to this, she’s often trying to find ways to prove that she’s far from interested in girls, which gives her an even worse reputation as what people think is being a slut.

Sporty - Being the captain of both the women’s soccer and softball team at school, Natsumi is extremely active. She’s been playing since she was little and was always a natural for anything done on a field with a ball (and no, that should not be taken sexually.). Through all of her success, Natsumi has become somewhat cocky about her abilities.

Cheerful - Natsumi is always able to find some sort of positive in things, no matter how tough things get. Her happiness is often contagious, and liable to spread quickly. Sometimes, however, she can get annoyingly happy. This tends to tick people off at times, which reflects poorly on her.


Spirit Personality:
Quiet: Ise is a spirit of few words. She often doesn’t have much to say unless she’s very passionate about something, which is quite uncommon. Even so, her words are ususally with purpose and insightful, even if hard to understand. This tends to make her somewhat forgettable and makes people believe that she just stays in the background.

Cold: Not much of a people person, Ise really just doesn’t like big groups. She always tends to see the negative in people, and will often comment on it in a harsh manner. People draw away from her because of this, and she’s perfectly happy with that.

Determined: When Ise wants to do something, she does it no matter the circumstances or what’s in her way. She always gets what she wants. Some call it luck, but she calls it superiority.

Strength: Physicality.
With all the sports conditioning and training she does, it's no wonder that Natsumi is so strong. Although her slight muscle mass is somewhat unassuming, she's packing some heavy duty strength, and it'd probably be best to watch out for it if you're on the receiving end.


Weaknesses: ~ Romanticism - Natsumi is a closet romantic, and although few realize it, she would do anything for the type of love that she’s read and fantasized about. If promised this, she’d possibly turn against her own beliefs for it.

~ Her ego:Being a bit egostical, a wound to her ego would weaken Natsumi’s inner drive. Believing in herself is important to her, and without it, she would pretty much be a sitting duck.

~Easily manipulated: Natsumi is SO gullible. Like, not going to lie. Anything you tell her, she’ll probably believe it. Which sucks for her. But probably good for fanboys and enemies. XD


Quirk: Natsumi has a violent side, one that’s completely different from her sweet, perky disposition. When majorly annoyed or ticked off, she changes in a heartbeat and is liable to injure people. Now, with the bond she now has with Ise, she’s even more dangerous... Better not do anything to get her too angry...!


Breif History: (in character) Kiwa-chan and I had always been close. Like, as close as sisters. We did everything together, from shopping to socializing, and even sports. That’s how I realized how much I loved sports, y’know? She got me into them. I’d always thought we’d be friends forever and that we’d never be seperated... but there were other plans for us.

Something that I remember that day was that the weather was much more pleasant day than we’d been made used to that week, sky blue and not a cloud in the sky. She looked slightly nervous as she pulled me aside to a secluded part of the schoolyard, blushing.

“hard to say... never realized it... different for me... I like you... weird... Are you ok...?” I only heard glimpses of her speech, my mind turning off as soon as I realized what was going on. I opened my mouth to speak, to say anything, but nothing came out. So I did the only thing I knew I could. I ran.

And to this day, I run from her.

[GnomesAteMyCake]

Name: Mitsuko Tottori

Appearance:



Type of Spirit: Fujin – God of the winds.

Age (class year): 17 (3rd Year)

Gender: Female

Human Personality:

Gentle – Whether it be with children, animals, or generally anything alive, Mitsuko has the same look of contentment on her face and the same delicate way of interacting with the world. She believes that all live is precious, and therefore must be treated with the upmost care.

Kind – Mitsuko has never said a harsh word in her life and she doesn’t plan on starting now. Always there with a kind word or a little encouragement, Mitsuko is a girl that people go to with their problems, knowing they’ll get a listening ear and a good advice.

Quiet – Quiet and shy aren’t the same things; Mitsuko may not be the most outgoing girl but she isn’t a wallflower. Every word is spoken softy, and anything that isn’t needed to be said isn’t. If given the choice, she prefers to be alone or with her brother, though she won’t turn down her friends if they really wish to do something as a group. She wouldn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, after all.

Spirit Personality:

Proud – Fujin is the God of the Winds, and he makes sure that no-one forgets it. He requires (and deserves, in his opinion) complete and utter devotion, and anyone who offers less than that is either an enemy or a threat that must be dealt with.

Arrogant– Fujin is better than you. Enough said. Are you a god? Is Fujin? Well then, shut your mouth, on your knees and start licking boot, because you are honoured to be in his presence.

Obnoxious- It’s not that Fujin means to upset you. It’s just that what you consider rudeness is what he considers the truth; you are poor, powerless and weak. Fujin is simply telling you this so you can work on becoming something better. Something like him, although you will never reach that level of perfection.

Strength: Mitsuko has the uncanny ability to get along with anyone, regardless of background, past or personality. People generally open up to her, meaning that she knows a lot of secrets.

Weaknesses:

Naive – Mitsuko believes in there being good in everyone, and if they say that they’ll do good, then she has to believe them. Why would they lie to her?

Over trusting – Mitsuko is someone who would lend money to a stranger and believe them when they say they’ll give it back the next time they see her. Her trusting nature has gotten her into trouble more than once, and it’s bound to again in the future.

Short History: Mitsuko has lived with her mother and younger brother, Akio, all her life. With a full-time job, her mother has never been able to care for her children to the extent that she wished. Therefore, her eldest daughter took on the household chores, cooked dinner and even raised her little brother. Because of such, she feels more like a parent to her brother than an actual sister, and has always looked out for him. It’s a coincidence that both her and Akio both have spiritual powers, but Mitsuko will defend him to the best of her abilities, just as long as he remains safe.

[Ms.Fiction]

Name: Amaya Yamagata

Appearance:


Type of Spirit: Kitsune, The spirits name is Tokala.

Kitsune are foxes; they are intelligent beings and apparently possess magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Physically, Kitsune are noted for having as many as nine tails. Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful fox; A Kitsune may take on human form, usually impersonating a beautiful woman, sometimes a man. Kitsune are often stated to have many different powers, some being; generating fire or lightening from the mouth or tail, willful manifestation in the dreams of others, flight, invisibility, and the creation of illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality. Some tales speak of Kitsune with even greater powers, able to bend time and space, drive people mad, or take fantastic shapes such as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. Other Kitsune have characteristics reminiscent of vampires or succubi and feed on the life or spirit of human beings, generally through sexual contact. Kitsunes are often tricksters, whether it be in a good or bad way, who knows?.


Age (class year): 16 (Sophomore)

Gender: Female

Human Personality:
Intelligent- Amaya has always been very prestigious in her studies. Wanting to exceed in all categories; she is constantly studying and seeking for new knowledge. Not only is she book smart, but she also has a rare gift of common sense. The sad part is, when you mix the two, you become a genius; which leads to…insanity. She’s very creative and often has all kinds of wacky ideas and often knows about things people never imagined even thinking about.

Antisocial- Deep down, she has no interest in becoming close friends with people (Blame it on the intelligence if you please). She tends to be very socially awkward; perhaps because she’s spent so much time with her nose in the books, she doesn’t know what it’s like to interact with humans. She’s never been in a relationship, for she just doesn’t seem to have interest in it. Most people don’t understand her and can’t exist in the same realm of intelligence as her, so what’s the point?

Emotional- She often has a lot of emotion within her. She tends to find the beauty in everything, often causing loads of emotions to stir within her. A fine example would be the day she burst into tears on a shuttle bus while listening to Hana by Satoko Ishimine. She was so touched by the song, she just began sobbing, her tears uncontrollable. She tends to strong emotions, rarely mixed, and she wears the emotions on her sleeves


Spirit Personality:
Intelligent-Tokala, like Amaya is very intelligent. The only difference being, its used for different reasons. Tokala doesn’t necessarily care about school or furthering her knowledge but more about out smarting opponents. Tokala is very analytical and cunning

Social – Tokala is very outgoing. She Seeks attention from the boys. She’s very open and always wanting friends, almost needing friends. She needs that constant feeling of being wanted. She’s very seductive and very sexy to say the least. She’s very playful and exotic, often times charming and witty, attempting to capture the hearts of everyone around her.

Impersonal- She may be a social butterfly, but she tends to bottle her emotions. She doesn’t get upset over beautiful things like Amaya, and she defiantly doesn’t sympathize with people. She has a warm and fuzzy outside personality, but as far as inner, she couldn’t care less about you, she just wants you to love her, without her having to give love in return.

Strength: She has a very strong sense of emotions in other people. She can often tell when they’re sad, angry or happy. She can read a person like an open book and tell you most details in their life without even knowing the person.

Weaknesses:
Independent- She has a hard time working with others; and often believes her theories are always right and that she is way smarter than everyone.

Imaginative- She’s a dreamer, constantly dreaming up her own reality, which sometimes meddles with her real world. She tends to think people should have a certain personality, and if they don’t then they’re not worth being around.

Self-conscious – She doesn’t have a lot of confidence in herself on an outside appearance level. She believes she’s ugly.

Short History: Her parents are both scientist and are always around the world, when they’re home they expect so much from her and are usually putting her into panic attacks; feeling as if she’s let everyone in the world down. She grew up with her brother, Mamoru and their crazy aunt Kio. Their Aunt is like a legal guardian who watches over them when their parents aren’t around. She’s often sitting on her butt watching stupid soap operas and crying, yes, she’s been divorced for ten years and still is upset. Her brother is the complete opposite of Amaya. He’s just one year older than her and often tends to boss her around. He’s always putting her down for being nerdy and believes that she is too smart/insane for her own good. They tend to ignore each other and look the other way at school. So she’s never really had a good family figure around her, which may explain her anti-social-ness.

Quirk: She likes to make faces and recite movies lines in the mirror for hours on out. She always puts her left shoe on first. She like even numbers, like for the television, it has to be turned up to an even number. Objects, colors, and numbers are gender associated. Like red is a boy, square is a boy, circle is a girl, 12 is a girl, and so forth.

[Aubs]

Student Council President [four years running]

Name: Ina Masami.
Age (class year): 18 (fourth year - Senior)
Gender: Female.
Type of Spirit: Onibaba – a demon hag that feasts on humans.
Human Personality:
Alluring: There just seems to be more than meets the eye with this blonde beauty. Not only is she good looking, but she seems to be really intelligent, responsible, and successful for a young woman her age. While she isn’t completely book smart, she does know how to properly use the skills she does have. When you see her in the hallways, something forces you to look her way. Her presence is so captivating, you almost feel as though you’re staring. Until you actually give her time to open her mouth.

Domineering: Ina is a tyrant. She wants things her way and is willing to go to great lengths to get them that way, Never does she allow someone else to command the attention, she leads with such a firm hand that doesn’t give people the chance to squeeze out of her grasp. Of course, this has given her a reputation for being quite overbearing because of how much of a Dictator she is. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not like she’d ever not want to be nicer. It’s just that nice people finish last, you know? And Ina refuses to be last in anything she does.

Extravagant: Ina is all about flash. In the eyes of others, she’s definitely overdramatic, but what can you do when you’re wealthy and as pretty as she is? Useless people offer boring conversation, Ina feels. She isn’t boring. Don’t be surprised to see her dressed up in some over the top ensemble, it’s just her style. And don’t think you’re going to one up her in anything you do. It isn’t possible. Ever. Ina is and will forever go down in history as her school’s greatest student council president of all time. Alright, so maybe she did pay for the solid gold plaque hanging in the main entrance of the school to say that. It’s not like it was against student law for her to do it. [she wrote it after all]

Spirit’s Personality: Onibaba, Ina’s spirit, is infinity times the monster that Ina could ever dream to be. She finds joy in the misery of others and is willing to go out of her way to cause misfortune for anyone. There isn’t much to her other than her haggard appearance and unforgiving demeanor. When she was human, she hadn’t had many friends only the books her parents had given her before leaving her under the care of her grandmother. When she was a mere teenager, Oni or Mutya [her given human name] had been chastised by her peers to the point she considered suicide. Finding another alternative, she decided to spare her own life and take the lives of those who damned her. Wielding a butchers knife, she murdered her foes. Accompanying the kill with the loudest shriek she could muster, Mutya continued to take the lives of those who wished harm on her until she’d been caught and sent to prison. She’d died an old woman after many decades trapped inside. You know how they say when you die you go either to heaven or hell? Well, let’s just say Oni was sent to the happiest of places.. HELL.

Strengths: : Let’s face it, Ina’s biggest strength is her popularity. No one in the history of her high school has been as well known and well hated than Ina is. No matter how much she’s disliked, people still love to see her every move. She’s a train wreck, but without the carnage. Okay, with the carnage too. You want to see more though. It certainly does help that she’s good-looking, intelligent, talented, creative, confident, and an all around great person. Ina for Class President 2011! INA or DEATH!

Weaknesses: “Hahaha, you’re joking right? That word isn’t in my vocabulary, alright?” So maybe Ina’s completely delusional and assumes she’ll rule the world one day, don’t we all dream about that at least once in our short lives? She has goals, who doesn’t? Well she could probably try to listen to people more often, give credit where credit is due, respect others more often, stop being so materialistic or egotistical, ect. [The list of flaws could go on forever, but I’m sure Ina would kill me right now if I continued. Trust me, she would.]

Quirk: When Ina tucks strands of her hair behind her ear, she doesn’t only do it once she has to do it three times. She also finds herself talking to her tubes of lip gloss when there isn’t any one in the room with her. She knows every word to the student council handbook, which she wrote herself and can recite the school’s motto in several different languages. She can be heard speaking in third person and knows how to turn any conversational topic back to herself.

[Eva]

Name: Asuka Inoue
Appearance:
Type of Spirit: Komainu: paired lion-dogs that guard the entrances of temples. They are
Age: 17 (3rd Year- Junior)
Gender: Female.
Human Personality:



Spirit Personality:
Strength:
Weaknesses:
Short History:
Quirk:


Obviously not done, but just to show that I am working on it.