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( aboot shoji )
Nov. 28th, 2017 01:17 pm
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Shoji Nakamori (Goes by his mother's last name. Minn is his father's last name). Male. 16-20 years old (18 is default age for memes). Japanese-American (citizenship), Japanese-Korean (ethnicity).
5'11"-6'0" tall, 140 lbs. Human.
A Japanese-American boy who grew up on foreign ground, returning to Japan after being involved in a bullying case that ended in tragedy. Due to his parents' divorce, he got in the wrong crowd back in New York and committed petty crimes that often got him in trouble, but Shoji has always refused to harm others for fun. This trait lead his old group of "friends" to pin the blame on him when they bullied a schoolmate who got severely injured in the process. Despite being proven innocent of the crime, the event has made Shoji a different person who wants to change his ways, and his parents sent him back to Japan to live with his brother to give him a fresh start.
Adjusting to a different culture was tough, and to help himself get used to it, he looked for a part-time job to help his brother with the bills. Only he found a peculiar one that would change his life forever. It seems like a harmless courier job at first, ran by an eccentric man who seem to keep too many secrets. His curiosity made him look into the packages he'd been delivering to seemingly normal people, seeing that he's been handing out strange drug-like substances all around the city of Osaka. After an incident that put him in the crossfire of two mysterious gangs, Shoji was injured and was told to take one of the pills he'd been delivering, changing his body into something superhuman, granting him superpowers.
This shootout and his sudden gifts put Shoji in a spot where he had little choice. He found out that had been delivering life-preserving drugs to non-human entities all over the city, disguising themselves as human. They are here for asylum after their worlds are destroyed, waiting for the right time to leave Earth to go onto their new home. Seeing this opportunity to save people and redeem himself from his past actions, Shoji agreed to help his eccentric employer and use his new found powers for good. Throughout his journey into becoming a hero for the secret supernatural community of Osaka, he finds more and more clues pointing towards the existence of a mysterious group of superpowered people kidnapping non-humans throughout Osaka and neighboring areas. Calling themselves the Saint Slayers, these ruthless but organized traffickers threaten the peace these refugees seek during their stay in the human world, hinting at a deeper conspiracy that spans more than one world.
Personality:
ESFJ, Phlegmatic
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• Despite his petty criminal activities in the past, Shoji has a good heart. He's a disciplined person who just joined the wrong crowd. After moving back to Japan, he began to mature and correct the error of his ways. Driven partially by the guilt for how he was in the past and wanting redemption and a purpose in life. He cares for and is loyal and supportive to his friends, family, and even to total strangers in some occurrences.
• He dislikes harming anyone who doesn't deserve it, he doesn't immediately resort to killing, and is more sympathetic of other people's plights than he shows. He has come to value his job in helping earth-bound spirits with their unfinished business on the land of the living, making him a more compassionate person in general as time goes by.
• Ambiverted - Shoji equally enjoys his alone time and hanging out with people in equal measure. He is always seen listening to music or eyes glued to his phone unless he is with friends or acquaintances where his playful and hyperactive personality shows. While he can have a sarcastic sense of humor, he is friendly and polite to strangers and likes to tease and play practical jokes and sleight of hand magic tricks on his close friends.
• Always on the move, this makes him good at improvising and make up strategies as he goes along.
• His primary hobby is freerunning and urban exploration; where he explores abandoned places, construction sites and underground tunnels for his own amusement and the annoyance of the police. This made him good with directions and knows the city like the back of his hand. Shoji likes to make videos of city scenery and composing music in his laptop whenever he feels inspired. He is a talented musician and can play guitar and piano at a decent level of skill. He enjoys R&B, hip-hop, electronic, and even fervently enjoys music by a few pop idol groups as a guilty pleasure.
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• Growing up in New York City for most of his life, and being raised in different values and customs, Shoji constantly feels that he can't truly fit back in to Japanese society, and finds it a challenge to make a good connection with others in his age. Because of this, he has few actual friends despite having a lot of acquaintances. But his guilt of his delinquent past and dangerous present lifestyle as a superhero may play a role here, as Shoji can be distancing himself subconsciously.
• Street-smart and a little crass; Shoji is a total adrenaline junkie who likes to do dangerous and daring activities. He has no problem with trespassing in restricted areas and vacant residences, or even climbing skyscrapers. He even resorted to stealing in his younger years, if he feels the owner deserves it, although he gets better as time goes by.
Quirks: -
Likes: Exploring abandoned places, ghost hunting, investigating, scouting/infiltrating secured areas, going on social media sites, hanging out with friends, making videos, MMA, photography, fireworks, eating from food stalls and food trucks, graffiti art, gardening, fishing, beef jerky, breakdancing, practical jokes, doing impressions of people for laughs, teasing people, visiting the US (particularly New York City and Hawaii), idols, fighting and being a superhero, meeting more experienced and famous superheroes, performing magic tricks, and flirting, playing this-or-that/would-you-rathers (or FMK), ambient city noises, nighttime scenery, cats, dogs, men's fashion, cooking.
Dislikes: going to hospitals, killing people (unless there's no other or better option, monsters are exceptions) moral dilemmas, his past, natto, reading, being idle for too long, in-ear headphones, snow storms, humid weather, bullies, poor sportsmanship, hammy enemies and speeches, diet soda, mopeds, loud people in movie theaters, summer, soggy fries, rural areas, deadlines, mid-term and final exams, pop-quizzes, non-confrontational people, try-hards, trolls, ill-fitting clothes, police brutality, salads, birds, the Saint Slayers group.
♚ VISUAL: Tall and lean with broad shoulders, and a muscular build fit for a runner or fighter. Has a fair skin tone and tussled hair. Clean shaven. Often has bandages around his fingers. Other than those, Shoji looks plain and blends in the crowd with ease. He frequently has clip-on headphones on. Shoji's fashion sense is simplistic and fitting to his athletic physique. He often wears athletic apparel due to his hobby in parkour and other sports, but most commonly seen with dark colored jackets/vests with a hood, athletic pants or jeans, canvas belts, and minimalistic running shoes. At home, he likes to wear t-shirts with amusing designs and running shorts. Once school is over, he loosens the tie around his neck and unbuttons the top button of his dress shirt. When just out in town with no intent on hopping on roofs, Shoji's choice of attire is more chic.
♚ AURAL: Shoji is lively when he speaks, and has a habit of changing his voice in to different types of people's speech patterns to amuse his friends. He peppers his casual language with some cuss words here and there, but nothing too obscene unless the situation calls for it. He is fluent in English as he spent time overseas during his childhood, and is currently going to an international school, as well as knowing a bit of Korean.
♚ OLFACTORY: Nothing special. He either smells neutral, of sweat, or like dust from concrete pavements or abandoned buildings that he likes to break into
♚ DEMEANOR: Shoji is an easy-going person, so he always seem approachable even with having clip-on headphones on or having his eyes fixed on his smartphone. He has confidence evident in his long strides, but never impolite in his body language. Even when idle, especially for too long, Shoji shows signs of being antsy: like bouncing his legs up and down while seated, fiddling with something in his hands, standing up and walking around the room, and cracking his knuckles
Powers:
➳ Sonic and Vibration Manipulation: Limited to muting the sounds of his own footsteps, heartbeat, and breathing to make himself harder to detect as well as having enhanced sense of hearing. Shoji can use this power offensively in the form of a concussive blast of sound to repel his targets, deflect bullets, propel himself to longer distances, and fire orbs of compressed air at his enemies. His power over vibrations are on the molecular level, granting him the ability to "soften" whatever material he touches to make them easier to destroy.
➳ Natural Athlete: Shoji is a natural when it comes to sports, born with great athletic potential. He is an experienced boxer and judoka, and plays baseball with his friends from time to time. He further improved his martial skills along with his brother and learned MMA, combining kicks with his boxing, grappling with his judo, and more practical technique with his showy tricking. His street-fighting experience gives him a well-balanced and unorthodox skill set. Shoji excels in acrobatic freerunning the most, being able to jump from roof to roof and land from a great height without hurting himself even before becoming superhuman. This gives him plenty of stamina even before he became superhuman. He is also naturally nimble and light on his feet, making him a good dancer and agile fighter.
➳ Enhanced Physiology: Starting on the lower end of the superhuman spectrum, he got exponentially stronger with age and practice. His enhanced strength allows him to easily break door locks and chains with his bare hands, eventually allowing him to lift in tons at maximum. His durability allows him to withstand numerous gunshots with only minor discomfort, and grants him an accelerated healing factor. His superhuman agility allows him to do complicated acrobatic moves and compensate for his lack of fighting experience.
➳ Self-taught Spy and Thief: Shoji can be a crafty person in a pinch, which makes him the perfect spy, retriever, and deliverer. He is capable of infiltrating secured places undetected. Shoji takes advantage of the environment and prefers a more tactical approach in defeating his more powerful enemies. His sleight-of-hand skill proves useful in very certain situations. His preferred weapon are a pair of wrist bands that can generate a holographic gauntlet and disks of energy that he can use as a shield, have them mimic circular saw blades for close-combat, or throw them at his enemies like a boomerang.
