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CHARACTER NAME: Shin Seijuurou
FANDOM: Manga CHRONOLOGY: Post Volume 34-ish; after gathering the team for the World Cup, but before arriving in America for the tournament.
BACKGROUND:
Shin Seijuurou is a fantastically strong football player in a world that revolves around American football. Ever since he was a child, he had a natural aptitude for sports -- but never would have gotten involved in the game if not for the influence of his best friend (and later teammate), Sakuraba Haruto. The football team recruited Sakuraba first (due to his height) with Shin as an afterthought, but Shin proved to be extremely good at the sport...and extremely devoted to his training, which only served to make him even stronger. Even so, Sakuraba's good looks, height, and eventual modeling career meant that Shin often ended up in the shadow of his friend, at least in the eyes of outsiders, although his team always knew who the better player was. Not that this bothered Shin in the least. He continued to train and push himself, always ready to seek out a new challenge or a better rival. And with the combination of natural ability plus a rigorous training routine, Shin was nearly unstoppable.
Enter the Deimon Devil Bats (a rival football team, aka the protagonists). During their very first game against Shin's team, they got flattened ... but Shin admitted that, if he should meet someone faster than him, then he would truly have met his match. For that reason, Hiruma (captain of the Deimon team) recruited Kobayakawa Sena the next year. Teeny-tiny Sena didn't seem like much of a match for the powerful Shin, however ... except in speed. Their first confrontation ended with Sena defeating Shin a pure speed contest right at the end of the game. Sensing a potential challenge, Shin immediately adopted Sena as his rival, complete with a promise to meet him at the finals later in the year. Shin was (and still is) the sort of person who functions best when he has a clear goal in mind; his rivalry with Sena gave him the focus he needed to improve his playing skill dramatically. Meanwhile, his own team, the Oujou White Knights, continued to train and develop. This culminated with an intensive summer session atop Mt. Fuji. Shin's half of the training went a little ... wayward, as what should have been a challenging romp in the forest turned into him getting terribly lost within the first five minutes of training. (He had a GPS with him, but he broke it. Oops!)
Fast forward to the fall tournament. Oujou, Deimon, and Seibu (another strong Deimon rival) pushed their way through to the regionals where, at long last, Shin and Sena were able to have their rematch. Both teams had become a lot more formidable since their last match; Deimon's lineup had filled out and matured, while Oujou had a number of new pass techniques and plays, which relied on Sakuraba's new status as a true second ace for the team. Even Shin had caught up to Sena's 4.2s Speed of Light Pace, and was once again seemingly unstoppable. But in the final play of the game, Sena once more managed to outdo him -- this time with a one-man dive -- and Oujou was finally defeated by their rivals. Oddly enough, Shin was pleased by this final outcome rather than disappointed. He'd lost, yes, but for the first time, he found himself truly enjoying American football. He became captain of the White Knights after that, and was one of the top picks for the team representing Japan at the World Cup.
PERSONALITY:
Shin is intense. When he's decided to devote himself to a goal, there's absolutely nothing that will stop him from achieving that goal. And since football has basically been his main motivation for the past five years of his life, all of his energies get channeled into that. To Shin, there is no real excuse for allowing yourself to slack off; if you fail to take even the smallest opponent seriously, then you might be defeated. Or you might miss out on a major rival opportunity, which would also be terrible. Shin doesn't hold quite the same standards for other people as he does for himself, however. The only critique he gives comes when he's analyzing a play, or training someone else. "Fun" doesn't usually enter into his life, even when playing sports; he's only really learned to enjoy himself since the end of his team's rematch with Deimon. He is calm and taciturn even in unusual situations.
In fact, Shin is pretty damn quiet in general. He's not stupid by any means, and he can (and will talk) about football quite fluently, given the opportunity, but when it comes to normal small talk, he's pretty hopeless. He doesn't speak more than is necessary; when he does speak, it is strictly honest and to the point. Lying is something he understands objectively, as a legitimate football tactic, but not on a social level. In fact, most social niceties are completely lost on him. Shin scared people frequently enough as a kid that he ended up mostly shunned by the time he hit middle school. Even now, it's highly unlikely that he has any friends outside of football. Still, Shin's quite the intelligent person. He does well in school and has a fine analytical mind, which could presumably be applied to something other than football. He just usually doesn't. And that means he looks all kinds of clueless about things outside his scope of understanding.
So really, Shin boils down to a set of priorities, which he follows absolutely. Football is first and foremost; everything else falls somewhere behind that. And while he can learn to apply his skills in different ways (like chasing down a motorcycle in the early series), he tends to be utterly clueless outside his favored sport. But he doesn't mean any harm by it. Shin is in a world of his own... light years ahead of everyone else when it comes to football, and more than a bit slow at everything else.
CLASS: Hero…ish. Shin has a pretty one-track mind, and that track is football. But he wouldn't be averse to giving this whole superhero thing a try, especially if thinks of it as an extreme sort of training.
SUPERHERO NAME: 40 (aka his jersey number.)
ALTER EGO: Shin Seijuurou (Western order: Seijuurou Shin), student and American football player.
POWER: Canon: Canonically, Shin does not have any supernatural abilities. He is at the peak of physical health, one of the strongest and fastest linebackers in all of Japan, and has a training regime rigorous enough to make even Batman jealous--but none of it is supernatural. Hard work and a natural predilection for sports push him to the limits of human capability, but not past it. Shin is also exceptionally good (or perhaps exceptionally bad, but more on that later) at reading people. He can sense how much experience a person has just by looking at their stance, or analyze how a play works after seeing it once. He also recognizes people via their muscles rather than their face or hairstyle, so he might be quicker to pick up on secret identities, depending on how much of a disguise the hero is wearing. Additionally, Shin's always been hopeless at machines and electronics even back home, breaking everything from laptops to vending machines, but it wasn't a supernatural effect ... until now, anyway.
Non-Canon: Anti-technopathy. Machines and electronics simply do not work around Shin, and will usually break down if he touches them or even stands too close to them for too long. Simple mechanics (up to about the complexity of a bicycle, max) are generally unaffected, as are super-super awesome technologies that really shouldn't be broken for OOC reasons (such as the dog tags), but most mechanical or electronic devices will at least begin to malfunction around him, if not break down completely. His own apartment will probably end up filled with half-broken utilities, and he'll have significant trouble using communicators and computers. At the moment, his anti-technopathy is a completely passive ability that is active as long as he's conscious. Shin never quite noticed the fact that things tended to break down around him in Japan, so it will probably take him a while to catch on now that he's in America. If he does notice what's going on, he might be able to control it, but that will take time. The power is a natural mutation, and is vaguely electro-magnetic in origin.
COMMUNITY POST SAMPLE:
sdklha;owiegd32lja;m--something--fw;38
dasli323al8lhabt9--wrong with--2lh3qi8eg
[Miraculously enough, the voice function manages to turn on.]
-- very strange. Was told this was a communicator, but something's wrong with it. Rattles too much. Also, fairly certain that smoke isn't good for electronics. This is contributing to general confusion about my location. Clearly America, but had expected the plane flight to be longer, and not to arrive alone. Could be wrong. My first time traveling by plane. Similarly confusing are the instructions to join the Heroes. NFL doesn't have a football team by that name in New York.
Have to assume I am not in the right place. Asking directions to the correct stadium was met with hostility. Knew America was more violent, but not by this much. I don't use the Trident Tackle outside of football much, but it seemed useful. They reconsidered using violence after being tackled. Communicator in worse shape after--fd;dow;ajge--smoking again--d;ajwoeigdlkfj;
THIRD PERSON:
When in doubt, train.
If Shin had been the type to have a motto, that would have been his. Stretches came first. Fingertip to toetip, feeling the muscles in his legs pull and ache dully. Then other kinds, shoulders and arms and especially any joints that looked like they might pop uncomfortably. Or comfortably; those could be more dangerous, if you didn't pay attention to your joints properly. Next came sit-ups, then push-ups, then thumb-ups--an exercise that involved him performing a handstand with all the weight on his thumbs, and then moving up and down. Too specialized, he thought, sweat pouring down his face and pooling on the floor below him. Excellent for thumb strength and balance, not as good for upper body strength.
Which was not to say that thumb strength wasn't important in football. Shin was probably strong enough to block a person with his thumb, if it came down to it. But specialized, definitely. The light flickered slowly in time with his movements. For some reason, it wasn't fond of having Shin's feet closer to the ceiling than usual. When he settled himself down on the floor again, it winked out completely, leaving Shin in darkness. Again, thought Shin, wiping at his face with a towel and peering up at it. Very strange.
But it would come on again in an hour or so, he knew. It normally did. Perhaps his neighbors needed light more than he did at 4 AM. Fair enough. As he pulled on his windbreaker, Shin considered his route for that morning. A few loops through some of the slightly more deserted parts of the neighborhood, where he could go at full speed if he kept an eye out for obstacles. Obstacles were good; too many obstacles were dangerous. Now, more than ever, he couldn't let himself get injured. There was still a World Cup to consider.
As he padded down the stairs and towards the front of his apartment complex, he let that thought settle in the back of his mind. The World Cup. Sena. Hell, his teammates. Being without them for a few days was quietly unsettling, even for someone like Shin. Good reason to train, he thought, stepping out into the chilly pre-dawn air. If he couldn't figure out how to get to the World Cup from here, or how to find his fellow football players, then he could at least train. He could always train. When--or if--he found them--he resolved that he would not be the least bit weaker. Especially not in front of Sena.
It was humid out this morning; likely to become rain later, from the way it clung to his windbreaker and dripped into his eyes. Good. Better endurance that way. One of the streetlights fizzled dangerously as he passed it, so he picked up the pace. Maybe he should investigate that Heroes team after his run today, if he could get the internet tubes running properly today. (Hard to tell with tubes. And with a monitor-less computer.) Good lead at best. Good training, at least.
And when in doubt...
CHARACTER NAME: Shin Seijuurou
FANDOM: Manga CHRONOLOGY: Post Volume 34-ish; after gathering the team for the World Cup, but before arriving in America for the tournament.
BACKGROUND:
Shin Seijuurou is a fantastically strong football player in a world that revolves around American football. Ever since he was a child, he had a natural aptitude for sports -- but never would have gotten involved in the game if not for the influence of his best friend (and later teammate), Sakuraba Haruto. The football team recruited Sakuraba first (due to his height) with Shin as an afterthought, but Shin proved to be extremely good at the sport...and extremely devoted to his training, which only served to make him even stronger. Even so, Sakuraba's good looks, height, and eventual modeling career meant that Shin often ended up in the shadow of his friend, at least in the eyes of outsiders, although his team always knew who the better player was. Not that this bothered Shin in the least. He continued to train and push himself, always ready to seek out a new challenge or a better rival. And with the combination of natural ability plus a rigorous training routine, Shin was nearly unstoppable.
Enter the Deimon Devil Bats (a rival football team, aka the protagonists). During their very first game against Shin's team, they got flattened ... but Shin admitted that, if he should meet someone faster than him, then he would truly have met his match. For that reason, Hiruma (captain of the Deimon team) recruited Kobayakawa Sena the next year. Teeny-tiny Sena didn't seem like much of a match for the powerful Shin, however ... except in speed. Their first confrontation ended with Sena defeating Shin a pure speed contest right at the end of the game. Sensing a potential challenge, Shin immediately adopted Sena as his rival, complete with a promise to meet him at the finals later in the year. Shin was (and still is) the sort of person who functions best when he has a clear goal in mind; his rivalry with Sena gave him the focus he needed to improve his playing skill dramatically. Meanwhile, his own team, the Oujou White Knights, continued to train and develop. This culminated with an intensive summer session atop Mt. Fuji. Shin's half of the training went a little ... wayward, as what should have been a challenging romp in the forest turned into him getting terribly lost within the first five minutes of training. (He had a GPS with him, but he broke it. Oops!)
Fast forward to the fall tournament. Oujou, Deimon, and Seibu (another strong Deimon rival) pushed their way through to the regionals where, at long last, Shin and Sena were able to have their rematch. Both teams had become a lot more formidable since their last match; Deimon's lineup had filled out and matured, while Oujou had a number of new pass techniques and plays, which relied on Sakuraba's new status as a true second ace for the team. Even Shin had caught up to Sena's 4.2s Speed of Light Pace, and was once again seemingly unstoppable. But in the final play of the game, Sena once more managed to outdo him -- this time with a one-man dive -- and Oujou was finally defeated by their rivals. Oddly enough, Shin was pleased by this final outcome rather than disappointed. He'd lost, yes, but for the first time, he found himself truly enjoying American football. He became captain of the White Knights after that, and was one of the top picks for the team representing Japan at the World Cup.
PERSONALITY:
Shin is intense. When he's decided to devote himself to a goal, there's absolutely nothing that will stop him from achieving that goal. And since football has basically been his main motivation for the past five years of his life, all of his energies get channeled into that. To Shin, there is no real excuse for allowing yourself to slack off; if you fail to take even the smallest opponent seriously, then you might be defeated. Or you might miss out on a major rival opportunity, which would also be terrible. Shin doesn't hold quite the same standards for other people as he does for himself, however. The only critique he gives comes when he's analyzing a play, or training someone else. "Fun" doesn't usually enter into his life, even when playing sports; he's only really learned to enjoy himself since the end of his team's rematch with Deimon. He is calm and taciturn even in unusual situations.
In fact, Shin is pretty damn quiet in general. He's not stupid by any means, and he can (and will talk) about football quite fluently, given the opportunity, but when it comes to normal small talk, he's pretty hopeless. He doesn't speak more than is necessary; when he does speak, it is strictly honest and to the point. Lying is something he understands objectively, as a legitimate football tactic, but not on a social level. In fact, most social niceties are completely lost on him. Shin scared people frequently enough as a kid that he ended up mostly shunned by the time he hit middle school. Even now, it's highly unlikely that he has any friends outside of football. Still, Shin's quite the intelligent person. He does well in school and has a fine analytical mind, which could presumably be applied to something other than football. He just usually doesn't. And that means he looks all kinds of clueless about things outside his scope of understanding.
So really, Shin boils down to a set of priorities, which he follows absolutely. Football is first and foremost; everything else falls somewhere behind that. And while he can learn to apply his skills in different ways (like chasing down a motorcycle in the early series), he tends to be utterly clueless outside his favored sport. But he doesn't mean any harm by it. Shin is in a world of his own... light years ahead of everyone else when it comes to football, and more than a bit slow at everything else.
CLASS: Hero…ish. Shin has a pretty one-track mind, and that track is football. But he wouldn't be averse to giving this whole superhero thing a try, especially if thinks of it as an extreme sort of training.
SUPERHERO NAME: 40 (aka his jersey number.)
ALTER EGO: Shin Seijuurou (Western order: Seijuurou Shin), student and American football player.
POWER: Canon: Canonically, Shin does not have any supernatural abilities. He is at the peak of physical health, one of the strongest and fastest linebackers in all of Japan, and has a training regime rigorous enough to make even Batman jealous--but none of it is supernatural. Hard work and a natural predilection for sports push him to the limits of human capability, but not past it. Shin is also exceptionally good (or perhaps exceptionally bad, but more on that later) at reading people. He can sense how much experience a person has just by looking at their stance, or analyze how a play works after seeing it once. He also recognizes people via their muscles rather than their face or hairstyle, so he might be quicker to pick up on secret identities, depending on how much of a disguise the hero is wearing. Additionally, Shin's always been hopeless at machines and electronics even back home, breaking everything from laptops to vending machines, but it wasn't a supernatural effect ... until now, anyway.
Non-Canon: Anti-technopathy. Machines and electronics simply do not work around Shin, and will usually break down if he touches them or even stands too close to them for too long. Simple mechanics (up to about the complexity of a bicycle, max) are generally unaffected, as are super-super awesome technologies that really shouldn't be broken for OOC reasons (such as the dog tags), but most mechanical or electronic devices will at least begin to malfunction around him, if not break down completely. His own apartment will probably end up filled with half-broken utilities, and he'll have significant trouble using communicators and computers. At the moment, his anti-technopathy is a completely passive ability that is active as long as he's conscious. Shin never quite noticed the fact that things tended to break down around him in Japan, so it will probably take him a while to catch on now that he's in America. If he does notice what's going on, he might be able to control it, but that will take time. The power is a natural mutation, and is vaguely electro-magnetic in origin.
COMMUNITY POST SAMPLE:
sdklha;owiegd32lja;m--something--fw;38
dasli323al8lhabt9--wrong with--2lh3qi8eg
[Miraculously enough, the voice function manages to turn on.]
-- very strange. Was told this was a communicator, but something's wrong with it. Rattles too much. Also, fairly certain that smoke isn't good for electronics. This is contributing to general confusion about my location. Clearly America, but had expected the plane flight to be longer, and not to arrive alone. Could be wrong. My first time traveling by plane. Similarly confusing are the instructions to join the Heroes. NFL doesn't have a football team by that name in New York.
Have to assume I am not in the right place. Asking directions to the correct stadium was met with hostility. Knew America was more violent, but not by this much. I don't use the Trident Tackle outside of football much, but it seemed useful. They reconsidered using violence after being tackled. Communicator in worse shape after--fd;dow;ajge--smoking again--d;ajwoeigdlkfj;
THIRD PERSON:
When in doubt, train.
If Shin had been the type to have a motto, that would have been his. Stretches came first. Fingertip to toetip, feeling the muscles in his legs pull and ache dully. Then other kinds, shoulders and arms and especially any joints that looked like they might pop uncomfortably. Or comfortably; those could be more dangerous, if you didn't pay attention to your joints properly. Next came sit-ups, then push-ups, then thumb-ups--an exercise that involved him performing a handstand with all the weight on his thumbs, and then moving up and down. Too specialized, he thought, sweat pouring down his face and pooling on the floor below him. Excellent for thumb strength and balance, not as good for upper body strength.
Which was not to say that thumb strength wasn't important in football. Shin was probably strong enough to block a person with his thumb, if it came down to it. But specialized, definitely. The light flickered slowly in time with his movements. For some reason, it wasn't fond of having Shin's feet closer to the ceiling than usual. When he settled himself down on the floor again, it winked out completely, leaving Shin in darkness. Again, thought Shin, wiping at his face with a towel and peering up at it. Very strange.
But it would come on again in an hour or so, he knew. It normally did. Perhaps his neighbors needed light more than he did at 4 AM. Fair enough. As he pulled on his windbreaker, Shin considered his route for that morning. A few loops through some of the slightly more deserted parts of the neighborhood, where he could go at full speed if he kept an eye out for obstacles. Obstacles were good; too many obstacles were dangerous. Now, more than ever, he couldn't let himself get injured. There was still a World Cup to consider.
As he padded down the stairs and towards the front of his apartment complex, he let that thought settle in the back of his mind. The World Cup. Sena. Hell, his teammates. Being without them for a few days was quietly unsettling, even for someone like Shin. Good reason to train, he thought, stepping out into the chilly pre-dawn air. If he couldn't figure out how to get to the World Cup from here, or how to find his fellow football players, then he could at least train. He could always train. When--or if--he found them--he resolved that he would not be the least bit weaker. Especially not in front of Sena.
It was humid out this morning; likely to become rain later, from the way it clung to his windbreaker and dripped into his eyes. Good. Better endurance that way. One of the streetlights fizzled dangerously as he passed it, so he picked up the pace. Maybe he should investigate that Heroes team after his run today, if he could get the internet tubes running properly today. (Hard to tell with tubes. And with a monitor-less computer.) Good lead at best. Good training, at least.
And when in doubt...