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Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
He's 5'7" and 143 pounds; his body is fairly small and slender, but he's so physically active and has such a rigorous routine that he's gotta have some good muscle tone.
2. How old is he?
Seventeen (aged to eighteen to amat).
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?
He has very good posture - kind of ramrod-like, actually? Good posture to a fault.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
Very, very fit. He runs around swinging a katana and fighting demons all day, so he's in peak health. No disabilities, and no big illnesses (although I'd imagine he gets colds and flus occasionally just like everyone else).
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
He's tense in everyday activities; he moves skilfully in battle, and he's as fluid and graceful as he needs to be in order to fight well, but he's no ballerina.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?
While opinions obviously vary outside of the game, in-game it seems like the world wants his dick - passerby call him handsome, hit on him, etc, so I guess he's supposed to be ridiculously attractive. Raidou himself doesn't pay that much attention to his own physical beauty; he perceives that people find him good-looking, but he places all of his self-judgment on strength, efficiency and the obligations of his duty - that is to say, when he looks in the mirror he just sees his regular face as he's known it all his life. He's not the type to sit in front of the mirror and primp or adjust himself to look his best.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
He has a very pale and clear complexion - while his body seems to have more of a normal skin tone, his face is really ghost-white. You can probably sort of see the veins underneath his skin, and when his face gets red it probably shows up really prominently.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style.
It's black - really pitch black, not dark brown. You can't really see much of it but it seems like it'd be somewhat coarse, since he's not the type to condition and take care of it well. He just washes it with soap and combs it into a sidepart (to the left). I actually can't come up with an ic explanation for the eartails, but it seems like he puts a lot of effort into making them look good. Maybe they're his sole source of self-expression. I think he uses wax to make them so pointy. When he wakes up in the morning they're just fluffy tufts.
9. What color are his eyes?
I can't really figure out an exact color, but they look kinda in between gray and lavender.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
Not really.
11. What are his chief tension centers?
what the hell does this mean
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?
He wears his school uniform every day (I assume he only has one version). Before he moved to Tokyo and/or in his spare time, I imagine that he wears plain yukata in dark, neutral colors.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?
Well, since he's a videogame character his outfit fits him perfectly, 'cause in videogames you don't have to account for being a different shape than your clothes. An IC explanation for this is that his uniform is custom tailored. Since he wears it even when he doesn't go to school, he must be pretty comfortable in it, although part of that is also that it makes him inconspicuous, since people just brush him off as some unimportant schoolboy.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences?
Always the same.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
FUNDOSHI! white normally, red on special occasions.
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
It's low, but it's not deep per se, and it's not hoarse at all. He definitely sounds more like an adult than a teenager, but it's quiet and not booming or intense whatsoever.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?
He speaks very, very, very evenly. His words barely have any inflection to them. He does think before he speaks, but he doesn't sound like he's hesitating. Everything flows pretty well.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
Like I said above, his voice is even to a fault and has very little variation.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency? Japanese is his native language. He probably knows a tiny, tiny bit of English from school, but given how much he actually attends school, he's most likely really incompetent at it (and would speak in a really bad Engrishy accent).
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
Nope.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words?
He can think stuff up on the fly if he needs to, but generally he likes to say things that have meaning, so he pauses and chews his words before he says them (figuratively speaking).
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Well, he doesn't sound inarticulate - he sounds pretty well-spoken - but I think in situations where he needs to convey his feelings rather than pure facts, he would become a lot less eloquent and maybe slip up or stutter a bit. He's good at relaying the basic information he needs to impart, but when it comes to stuff he wants to say, in personal matters, rather than things he needs to say for his work, he becomes kind of inarticulate. He has a hard time transferring emotions to words because he's not in touch with his emotions.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart?
He's battle-smart - he's spent a lot of time studying tactics and strategy (as well as magic-related demon stuff like weaknesses/strengths/nulls/drains, spells and classes), and he's pretty good with practical application. Since he barely goes to school, he's probably rusty on the book-smart front. He's not dumb, but given the nature of his upbringing, he hasn't exerted much effort in learning typical stuff like math, science and history. While he's street-smart enough to not get in trouble with the shadier folks around town, he's pretty socially dumb and doesn't have the social graces to actually make friends or flirt.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
Definitely thinks on his feet, since most of his most important decisions end up coming in the midst of battle.
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
He's pretty logical in areas which he has a lot of knowledge of (i.e. summoner-related stuff), but he's been using the same type of logic in those matters for so long that it feels more like intuition. When it comes to matters outside of the summoning world, though, I feel like he would struggle more to make logical decisions.
4. What kind of education has the character had?
Canonically, it doesn't specify anything other than that he attends Yumizuki Imperial Normal School. Since his childhood was based around training to become a devil summoner, he might have had smaller classes, tutoring or homeschooling, but I don't think he went to regular primary school with other normal kids his age. Given that he passed the entrance exams to a secondary school, he must be at least decently smart, academically, but there's also a possibility that his exam scores don't matter because Yumizuki caters partially to people from the world of devil summoners (while keeping that secret from the normal students). He's a "special circumstance" at his school, so it may be that they've accepted him despite ability to complete courses properly.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
All summoning all the time. Eat summoning breathe summoning sleep summoning.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
Extreme introvert, possibly by action and upbringing rather than choice. He interacts with the outside world, but he doesn't often get close to people, and never makes an effort to participate in social activities for his own enjoyment. In the guidebook it says that "His silence holds roots to loneliness," so it may be that he's drawn further into his shell because he doesn't have people he feel he can reach out to?
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
Inwardly, it's somewhat of a mystery, but he always acts very cool, calm and even-tempered. I think he's good at stifling his moods, not at actually dealing with them, but it appears to others that he always has everything under control, emotionally. While he's not really externally fiery, he's very driven when he has a goal he needs to meet.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
He's capable of adapting to strange situations well; when he meets new people, though, he's polite but very short-spoken and businesslike, so some people would probably see him as cold.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react?
Depends on what kind of situation. During investigations, he takes a lot of initiative, but when dealing with people he steps back and lets things happen.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight?
Again, depends on what kind of situation. If it's battle-related, it would definitely be fight. Socially, though, it would be flight.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
I don't think Raidou has much of a sense of humor at all. He doesn't laugh at other peoples' jokes and doesn't crack any jokes of his own. If anything he would have a slightly dark sense of humor, but it would rarely, rarely surface.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
No, I don't think so..
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
Being given the title of Raidou Kuzunoha XIV, most definitely. "Raidou Kuzunoha" is his identity, in his opinion; he doesn't think of himself as "Jouhei and Raidou," just "Raidou." One could say that he didn't feel very defined as a person at all until he gained his title. Also, from the canon point he's at now, every major event in Soulless Army helped define his role more strongly as the protector of the Capital, especially winning the final battle.
14. What does he fear?
Failure, dishonor. Being killed for sustaining too much injury or not completing a battle (aka game over). Being stripped of his title.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations?
Just to continue what he's doing now - protecting the Capital as Raidou Kuzunoha.
16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
Hmm... Probably his inner personality, his less even-tempered inward reactions, his past before he became this perfect polished person. Anything about his "Jouhei" self.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents.
Canon gives us absolutely nothing. My headcanon goes somewhere along the lines of Raidou being born to two summoner parents who didn't raise him because they were too busy being summoners... so he was raised in some kind of boarding school for summoners... I guess.
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
No word on this in canon. If he has siblings, he doesn't know/care about them.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
Do Nagi and Geirin count as blood relatives?
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?
I guess Gouto and Narumi are the closest thing to family he has. Narumi is the wife. Gouto's the husband.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
I don't think he has a best friend.
6. Does he have other close friends?
He has no friends.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
Uh it's really, really hard for him to make friends. Part of it is that he just doesn't try. It's not that he hates people, he's just godawful at interacting with them in a casual situation, and he doesn't have any reason to get better.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
Family - not in the immediate family sense, but he places a pretty huge amount of importance on the Kuzunohas..
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
LMFAO YES RAIDOU HAS BEEN MARRIED FOUR TIMES!! no he's single of course
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
nope
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
who knows!! its a mystery. (the answer is narumi)
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner?
he doesn't look.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
........NO RAIDOU DOESNT HAVE CHILDREN!!! actually, i think he's sort of resigned himself to the idea that he's going to have to get married and produce heirs in a few years, but if he's going to do that it'll be out of duty/obligation to family/social pressure rather than a legitimate desire to start a family.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies?
The antagonists in each game are his enemies, I guess, but I don't think he really sees them as anything but something to take care of in order to do his job.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale?
DONT MAKE ME TALK ABOUT HOW GAY RAIDOU IS
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him?
as far as canon goes, he stifles any sexual urges he may have in the name of keeping himself focused on summoning and blah blah blah. in amat he has to have sex to live so it's very important to him!!
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
turn-ons: striped ties
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit type?
he's a capricorn and it fits him to a t. i can't even describe how much of a capricorn he is.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life?
well, since he knows for a fact that gods/demons/spirits exist, it's a little different. he believes in the facts he knows, not in something that's technically unproven, so he's not religious in the way most people think of when they hear 'religious', but he's very attuned to spirituality.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
his code of morals isn't really his own. he just believes what the yatagarasu/kuzunoha village tells him. he's fairly deeply entrenched in those values, but they're arbitrary and inconsistent, so without a group of people/spirits telling him what to do, when to do it and how to do it, he's kind of lost.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
he's kind of quietly intolerant. he doesn't like things that are Different than what he's used to but mostly he keeps it to himself.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?
he hates white people
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Since Narumi is a huge wastrel, he's accustomed to dealing with debt even if it isn't debt he himself has incurred. It's a little weird, though, because in-game money is necessary to buy items and stuff, and you earn money by winning battles, so he technically ends up with a lot more money than would be realistic, but if the game mechanics were removed I think he'd be just barely staying afloat.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?
In the summoning community his social status is ridiculously high, but in the normal world he's probably just viewed as an average middle class kid. Being very important in the summoning world, though, if anything, has made him more hardworking. He can't just laze around and enjoy his fame and recognition because he has to work constantly to prove that he deserves the title of RAIDOU KUZUNOHA XIV!!!!!
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?
He lives with Narumi in the agency. We never actually see his room, which sucks. I think he probably grew more and more accustomed to and comfortable with the agency being his home as the games went on - he was probably pretty uncomfortable with it at the beginning of the first game, but by the end of the game he enjoyed living there well enough. In KA you can take naps at the agency whenever you want, so it denotes a pretty big level of comfort. It helps that Narumi always says "if you get stuck, my door's always open" (or something along those lines) if you return to the agency without making progress on a case.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on?
Do bullets and medicine count as basic necessities? He doesn't have any leisure activities or hobbies, so I guess all of his money goes towards battle-related stuff. And sodas.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?
DO I EVEN HAVE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION THIS SHIT IS SO OBVIOUS
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?
he doesnt have any hobbies and he doesnt have any free time. if he's not out doing summoner stuff he's probably doing schoolwork, but that's rare.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
given how many hours of the day he's out and about he probably skips a lot of meals. he has a sweet tooth, so i'd imagine he chooses to eat sweet stuff when he can, but i don't think he's a picky eater at all. he's too young to drink alcohol i think (idk what the laws were back then) but even if he could he'd avoid it for fear of losing control.
Associations
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his favorite:
1. Color? Purple.
2. Smell? Clean laundry!
3. Time of day? Early, early morning.
4. Season? Fall.
5. Book? UH wow let me get back to you on this one I don't know any of the titles that were common back then.
6. Music? probably traditional.. shamisen and stuff. enka??
7. Place? well, if someone asked him he'd probably say, of course it's kuzunoha village! but in reality i think he likes the narumi detective agency the best.
8. Substance? like drugs? none?
9. Plant? stuff that's simple and easy to take care of. grass.
10. Animal? cats!
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