[OOC] [CFUD] App Post II
Character: Shin Seijuurou
Series: Eyeshield 21
Character Age: 17
Canon: Eyeshield 21 is a hilarious manga with all sorts of classic shounen stuff going for it: badass chararacters, big flashy conflicts, ridiculous training montages, and ... American football? Lots of American football. The series focuses on the Deimon Devil Bats, a rag-tag team of misfits determined to make it to the big Christmas Bowl tournament at the end of the year. Along the way, they meet any number of wacky rival teams, the first (and most important) of which being the Oujou White Knights. A private school with a perpetual hard-on for football, Oujou boasts one of the best programs in the Kanto region. No surprise, then, that it's home to protagonist Kobayakawa Sena's archrival, Shin Seijuurou.
Rumored to be the strongest linebacker in all of Japan, Shin is ridiculously devoted to American football. The sport is his life; anything outside it is entirely secondary. He’s terse, intense, and serious to a fault - which make him crazy-good on the playing field, but not so great at … well, everything else. Talking in general is entirely practical with him. He rarely takes the time to talk about anything but football, and that only in the most condensed of sentences. Also, technology will never fail to confound him; he once broke a GPS because he thought it was supposed to unfold like a map. He kills a wild boar and then angsts over the fact that it’s not a nutritionally balanced meal. And his instinctive response to a friendly teammate hug is to tackle them horribly. Oops? Shin’s not stupid as much as he is single-minded, but sometimes it’s a bit hard to tell. Especially when he’s not talking about football.
Sample Post:
This training camp is strange.
I expected something different from an American camp to begin with. Football was born here, so it’s reasonable to see more variation than in Japan. But these differences are bigger than expected. …The players are also bigger than expected. Unusual team colors as well - the NFL doesn’t have any major teams with purple jerseys, outside Minnesota and Maryland. Very certain this isn’t either state. Maryland would be swampier. If not a pro team, then …the Louisiana Gorillas must be from a local college. They seem strong enough to form a good team. Several tried to tackle me when I arrived; unsuccessfully, but very persistently. Persistence is the strongest part of their training regime. They’re always up early in the morning for endurance practice. They’re usually helping the younger players train too, especially for the morning forty yard dash in front of the mess hall. Sign of good teamwork.
Their rivals, from the Zombie team, are much more flimsy. Practicing tackles with their team was not successful. I intended to practice longer with them, but the exercise ended early; they kept falling apart. Overall, their strength is very poor, possibly due to malnutrition. An all-brain diet is rich in protein, but too high in cholesterol and too low in other important vitamins. If meat is the only option, then it’s better to try a variety of body parts. …They seemed more intent on tackle practice after that suggestion. Despite lack of adequate muscle mass, their stamina is very good. Some of them have been training more after the Moogle team quit; that half is much faster than the normal group of Zombie players. If they train enough, then maybe the Gorillas will have a good rival again. That would be fortunate. Being stuck in a district with little competition can be very frustrating.
Even the training programs are very different from my previous experiences. The journaling one seems to be an odd choice. Surveys are useful for initial evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, but otherwise unhelpful in developing physical abilities. And something is wrong with the “website” program included to assist with posting results. It became confused after my initial attempt to use the program for applying into this camp, and keeps trying to assign me the jersey number 404. Does “LJ” give that number to every applicant? The lake course has standard running and endurance tests, but the special “dodging course” is very confusing. Not sure what that means. If it is connected to above-average levels of radioactivity and tentacles in the lake, then I’ve already tried it. Marcy is a very strong trainer, but she’s not particularly skilled at appropriate football techniques. Strangulation isn’t a valid method of tackling someone.
If this is really the American way of running a football camp, then it seems very strange. Possibly dangerous. …But those are good reasons to join up. The Louisiana Gorillas will not regret allowing a guest player on their team.
( 53 IN / 0 OUT = 100%. Voting went here. )
Series: Eyeshield 21
Character Age: 17
Canon: Eyeshield 21 is a hilarious manga with all sorts of classic shounen stuff going for it: badass chararacters, big flashy conflicts, ridiculous training montages, and ... American football? Lots of American football. The series focuses on the Deimon Devil Bats, a rag-tag team of misfits determined to make it to the big Christmas Bowl tournament at the end of the year. Along the way, they meet any number of wacky rival teams, the first (and most important) of which being the Oujou White Knights. A private school with a perpetual hard-on for football, Oujou boasts one of the best programs in the Kanto region. No surprise, then, that it's home to protagonist Kobayakawa Sena's archrival, Shin Seijuurou.
Rumored to be the strongest linebacker in all of Japan, Shin is ridiculously devoted to American football. The sport is his life; anything outside it is entirely secondary. He’s terse, intense, and serious to a fault - which make him crazy-good on the playing field, but not so great at … well, everything else. Talking in general is entirely practical with him. He rarely takes the time to talk about anything but football, and that only in the most condensed of sentences. Also, technology will never fail to confound him; he once broke a GPS because he thought it was supposed to unfold like a map. He kills a wild boar and then angsts over the fact that it’s not a nutritionally balanced meal. And his instinctive response to a friendly teammate hug is to tackle them horribly. Oops? Shin’s not stupid as much as he is single-minded, but sometimes it’s a bit hard to tell. Especially when he’s not talking about football.
Sample Post:
This training camp is strange.
I expected something different from an American camp to begin with. Football was born here, so it’s reasonable to see more variation than in Japan. But these differences are bigger than expected. …The players are also bigger than expected. Unusual team colors as well - the NFL doesn’t have any major teams with purple jerseys, outside Minnesota and Maryland. Very certain this isn’t either state. Maryland would be swampier. If not a pro team, then …the Louisiana Gorillas must be from a local college. They seem strong enough to form a good team. Several tried to tackle me when I arrived; unsuccessfully, but very persistently. Persistence is the strongest part of their training regime. They’re always up early in the morning for endurance practice. They’re usually helping the younger players train too, especially for the morning forty yard dash in front of the mess hall. Sign of good teamwork.
Their rivals, from the Zombie team, are much more flimsy. Practicing tackles with their team was not successful. I intended to practice longer with them, but the exercise ended early; they kept falling apart. Overall, their strength is very poor, possibly due to malnutrition. An all-brain diet is rich in protein, but too high in cholesterol and too low in other important vitamins. If meat is the only option, then it’s better to try a variety of body parts. …They seemed more intent on tackle practice after that suggestion. Despite lack of adequate muscle mass, their stamina is very good. Some of them have been training more after the Moogle team quit; that half is much faster than the normal group of Zombie players. If they train enough, then maybe the Gorillas will have a good rival again. That would be fortunate. Being stuck in a district with little competition can be very frustrating.
Even the training programs are very different from my previous experiences. The journaling one seems to be an odd choice. Surveys are useful for initial evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, but otherwise unhelpful in developing physical abilities. And something is wrong with the “website” program included to assist with posting results. It became confused after my initial attempt to use the program for applying into this camp, and keeps trying to assign me the jersey number 404. Does “LJ” give that number to every applicant? The lake course has standard running and endurance tests, but the special “dodging course” is very confusing. Not sure what that means. If it is connected to above-average levels of radioactivity and tentacles in the lake, then I’ve already tried it. Marcy is a very strong trainer, but she’s not particularly skilled at appropriate football techniques. Strangulation isn’t a valid method of tackling someone.
If this is really the American way of running a football camp, then it seems very strange. Possibly dangerous. …But those are good reasons to join up. The Louisiana Gorillas will not regret allowing a guest player on their team.
( 53 IN / 0 OUT = 100%. Voting went here. )