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Character: Hitagi Senjougahara
Series: Bakemonogatari
Character Age: 17
Canon: Start with disenchanted teen in a nondescript town, then have him run into a vampire, and later become one... except this isn't Twilight. Bakemonogatari's protagonist, Koyomi Araragi, becomes mostly human again and proceeds to meet a harem of girls, each with a paranormal dilemma. There're a lot of series about about myths and monsters in the modern age, but this one comes with fanservice, a healthy dose of word play and pop culture references that threaten to break the fourth wall.
Koyomi and his girlfriend, Hitagi Senjougahara, may have been brought together due to her supernatural problem, but she's no damsel in distress. She relentlessly abuses Koyomi with her words and an unlimited arsenal of stationery supplies. She's a self-proclaimed tsundere character (someone who acts aloof, but has a hidden loving side), who spouts ridiculous lies, insults, puns, and references to the Japanese fanboy sub-culture, all with equal composure. Her words are designed to push buttons, and she'll even take what others say and run with it in strange and twisted directions, just to get a rise out of them. Understandably, this makes it hard to figure out when she's being sincere, but there are also moments when she can be genuinely sweet. She admires Koyomi's desire to help people, and would still respect him for it even she only saw him saving others. She'll unconditionally defend a friend and won't think twice about putting her life on the line to protect them. But naturally, those she loves the most get the brunt of her abuse: After all, she is tsundere.
Sample Post:
What's this? I thought I had been dumped into a pornographic fan comic, but it's just an ordinary, PG-13 fanservice camp. Hm, no reaction. Perhaps a more attention grabbing opening would have been better received. My fellow campers, I am Hitagi Senjougahara, and it's nice to meet you... is what I'd like to say, but there are more things that would be less bothersome than getting acquainted with you. Like indulging in Tuesday soup. Or letting Marcy-san have her way with me. It's unfortunate her previous attempt ended with her tentacles getting stapled to the lakeside. Naturally, that's an exaggeration: No self-respecting masked hero of justice would use a stapler as their weapon of choice. After all, there are far more effective tools than stationery to render a monster stationary. Moreover, I seem to have misplaced mine.
Despite losing a key staple of my arsenal, she won't be bothering me again. It's only natural to retaliate when threatened, right? Besides, I don't know how anyone could say things like, "iyaaaaan," or "xxxxxxxx me in the xxxxxxx with a xxxxxxxxxxx to the xxxxx." Even though I'm tsundere, I'd rather die than recite those lines. They're too embarrassing, and even worse, overdone. We could blame a patriarchal society that fetishizes defiling female virtue, but to be fair, women can be just as indecent. One look at a Boys' Love comic should be enough to shatter any misconceptions about our sexual naivete. Have you ever read one before? If not, the services of Marcy-san may be just what you need. I couldn't think of anyone more willing to give you firsthand experience.
Surely you aren't put off by the suggestion. I understand many of you have already had unpleasant encounters with Marcy-san, but maybe you need to view her and the other hazards in a different light. Who knows? You might become just as attracted to them as they are to you. Bestiality must be one of your many kinks. But the word "beast" is too common for these unique indigenous organisms. A new word must enter the CFUD vernacular to more specifically describe your fetish: camperversion. Don't confuse it with my admission that I'd accept Marcy-san's affections. I don't enjoy being likened to you. Tentacle violation is something I'd prefer over something worse, like fraternizing with camperverts. I wouldn't choose it. There's a difference. Unless you don't have a choice. To be perfectly honest, the only things that would willingly grope pitiful individuals like you are heinous creatures like them. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.
Oh my, I didn't realize you'd take such a mild joke so seriously. Have my words left you in despair? Maybe you could use a little pick me up. Lucky for you, I managed to find my stapler. Why don't you say hello to my little friend?
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Character Name: Mullin Shetland
Series: Last Exile
Age: 19
Canon: In Last Exile, two nations wage an airborne struggle for survival across the skies of planet Prester. Through that conflict flies Claus, a young courier pilot who, along with his navigator Lavie, seeks to transport and protect a very special cargo that holds the key to unlocking some heavy mysteries and returning peace to the sky.
Mullin enters their story as a veteran rifleman aboard a military airship, engaged in the dangerous yet time-honored practice of lining up and trying to shoot other people faster than they can shoot him. A soldier looking for a cause worth fighting for, Mullin jumps ship to tag along with the heroes, becoming a mechanic aboard the legendary rogue battleship Silvana. Listless and unsure of what he wants out of life, he struggles to fit in despite his new crewmates’ mischievous ideas of what constitutes a warm welcome-a process that isn’t helped by his habit of falling head over heels for whichever pretty face happens to be in his sights at the moment. But as the mysteries unravel and the conflict heats up, Mullin will have to step up to the firing line one last time to help bring this war to an end.
Sample Post:
Look, could someone please point me toward whatever’s the Quartermaster’s building around here? Believe me, I like shore leave as much as the next guy, but since those shaggy… purple… things keep whistling and grunting “Hello, sailor!” when I walk by, I’d really rather do my job and get out of here, you know?
Of course, don’t ask me why the Silvana would berth at a place like this, because no one tells me anything anyway. I’m just glad to get out of the hangar bay and away from those grease monkeys for a little while, even if it’s just to pick up some supplies they need. They’re great guys, don’t get me wrong, but… Well, I guess you could say it’s taken them a while to appreciate my talents for what they are. I didn’t start out as a mechanic, after all, so sometimes I don’t think I’m really cut out for this kind of life, and…
… and I’m probably boring you. Sorry about that; I’m sure you hear stuff like this all the time, and it seems like small potatoes next to everything you’ve got going on here. Like the purple things, and those… metal cows, I guess? You must have a wild time with those, right? They’re very… shiny. But anyway, what I was getting at before is that this mission is my chance to finally come through and show everybody what I’m made of. I just need to grab a few more things, and they told me I could find everything here. So let’s see-I’m going to need a left-handed smoke-shifter, 10 yards of Qantas air line, 3 pints of Tuesday Soup, a three-quarter inch pygmy flange, something called “industrial strength yaoi,” and a bucket of… steam…?
Hey, wait a minute! Oh ha, ha… Very funny, guys. Sending me out after things that don’t really exist? I think they’re slipping. I’ve been hazed by experts-them-and I would’ve expected something a little more from them, especially with this wacky swamp set-up you’ve got here. I mean, if they really wanted to get me, they would’ve sent me out for all this stuff and then left port without me, because then I’d really be…
… great. Could this get any worse?
Oh… You mean yaoi is a real thing?
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Character: Shirayuki Mizore
Series: Rosario + Vampire
Character Age: 16
Canon: At the end of a long tunnel, separated from the human world by a powerful barrier, lies a school for monsters who are studying the fine art of co-existing with humans. Unfortunately, Tsukune didn't get that memo before he enrolled there. Cue the average chaotic school mayhem, only with monsters to up the ante, as Tsukune struggles to live through the day to day activities at Youkai Academy and in the newspaper club, as well as protect his secret identity as a human along with the help of his friends and club-mates. Together, the newspaper club investigates and writes stories on all kinds of dangerous and exciting happenings in the school, which usually leads to them getting in all kinds of trouble and danger. Yet somehow they always seem to come out of it victorious.
And what's a school of monsters without your resident stalker? She's an ice woman who can freeze her enemies (or her friends, coincidentally), in blocks of ice as well as transform her hands into lethal ice-claws or make clones out of ice. After skipping the whole first semester, she shows up claiming complete devotion to Tsukune and telling him that he's the one who can thaw her heart. After all, she read every single article he and the newspaper club put together with much care. She even wrote her own notes all over them and made a scrapbook. Friendship is important to her, although she's still a bit odd, and remains a loner despite forming bonds with the small newspaper club. She doesn't say much, although she has a knack for saying things the wrong way, and she is the master of comical stabbing and isn't above name-calling.
Sample Post:
Ah, now just exactly where am I? I'm not used to getting lost. Usually I can just follow Tsukune and the others around. Speaking of them, where did they disappear to? I don't like this. Who knows what the big-breasted woman is doing to my Tsukune while I'm here in the middle of nowhere being lost! I can't trust her or any of them to leave their hands off of him if I'm not watching. I have to hurry up and find them all. But where exactly am I? I've never seen this place before, although it kinda has an aura something like the Academy's.
A "camp"? Did we learn something about these in the Academy? It must have been while I was out. But I don't see any monsters running about, so this must be the human world I suppose. They must be blending in. This seems like the perfect opportunity to study monsters living naturally amongst the humans for the newspaper! Maybe if I get enough good information, they'll use it in the next issue. Tsukune will be so proud of me for taking the initiative. Okay, let's see.
There's a tentacle sticking out of the lake. That has to be a monster. I see some zombies over there too, actually. They really don't seem to blend in well at all. That's much too obvious. Is this really the human world or are humans really just that stupid? Ah! I bet that's what a "camp" is! It's probably like a refuge for monsters. Interesting. Well, I can't just give up on that article. I'll just have to observe them anyway and see how it goes. Interviews are overrated. Plain observation is much better. You learn a lot more from watching people when they don't know you're there. I'm sure this "camp" will make the front page of the newspaper once I get back.
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Character name: Toudou Naoya
Series: Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind (Manga)
Age: 17
Canon: What do you do when your town suddenly gets overrun with zombies and demons, and you’ve somehow gained supernatural powers after playing a seemingly innocent children’s game? For the ragtag team of students from St. Hermelin, they have to figure out how to save the town of Mikage using their newly gained power to manifest their other selves called "Persona". Toudou Naoya is the token silent protagonist of that group of students, leading them as they pursue the trail of Kandori Takahisa, the CEO of the SEBEC Company and the primary suspect behind the entire fiasco. Eventually they somehow get sent into an alternate dimension.
Naoya usually appears to others as a carefree guy who's seemingly disinterested in the world, but, his friends would describe him as perceptive and composed, if a bit impulsive at times. He’s not necessarily the Jesus type, but he believes in second chances and looks out for people in his own way. He’s willing to put his life on the line to help people and refuses to sacrifice people, even if it’s for the greater good. While not entirely fearless, he does try his best to be courageous; he sticks to his beliefs regardless of the odds and chooses to tackle problems head on. Generally though, he's pretty casual, and he is the typical teenage boy who fools around with his friends... which is pretty much how they got their Personas in the first place.
Note: In the game there's the option of doing 'Contacts' with enemies in order to get spell cards, money or items. Naoya's Contacts include Persuade, Provoke, Recruit and Sing.
Sample Entry:
Barriers, swamps, and undead creatures... I guess being stuck in a blocked off area with dangerous things isn’t a situation that's new to me by now. Talking zombies like you aren’t so strange to me either. I think I know what I have to do though... And since you already gave me your card and a finger, uh, I guess I can give it a try. I just need to snap this Director Sayre out of her depression, right? But before that, there are a few things we have to do, and the first is to find out about her and her past. So what can you tell me?
...huh, so she’s in despair because her fiancé was murdered and she holds everyone who stumbles into her world as a possible culprit for the crime? No wonder everyone’s trapped here. People might think she’s selfish and bitter for doing that. They may even think she's evil, but I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt. I’m sure that she was probably a nice lady before this entire fiasco happened. But I'm gonna guess that she just lost faith in humanity because of her fiancé's death and needs someone to help her realize that she doesn't need to blame herself for whatever crimes other people commit because it's something beyond her control.
Now we can use this information to begin the next step, which is to recruit some powerful allies. Why? Because in my experience, this Director person probably won’t calmly listen to us and go down without a fight, so we're definitely going to need them. Do you know anyone like that who might be able to help? I guess not, since you probably wouldn’t have needed me but it was worth a tr- Oh, you do? Great! We’ll try to recruit this ‘Marcy’ then. She lives in this radioactive lake, right? So let’s get started. Eh-hem- !
♪ To rejuvenate point, use
"Herb" and "Magic Rock",
Use "Blood play" and
"Life rod" to pleasure your friends
Use "Dis-soup" for Tuesday's soup,
Use "Dis-chair" to help with rage,
Use "Dis-member" to genderswitch,
Use "Dis-het" for girl troubles,
Always in the side of those who fight,
Our local drag store. ♪
Okay, it looks like someone changed the lyrics but- Hey Marcy, I’m glad I caught your interest. Me and the zombie here need your help to meet Director Sayre and get her out of her depression, so that everyone trapped here can go home. What do you say? Will you do it? Just raising one of your uh... tentacles as a reply like that is fine too.
- I think we have a misunderstanding here. When I said "raise one of your tentacles", I didn’t mean to use it on me!
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Character Name: Robin
Character Age: Appears to be about 14 or 15 (age never stated)
Series: Zone
Canon: Zone is a one-shot manga by Katsura Hoshino, many of the concepts and ideas from which were adapted and re-used in Hoshino's later manga, D.Gray-man. Set in 1897, the basic plot is that a man called the Earl seeks to destroy the world, using remote-controlled killing weapons called Akuma to work for him. Akuma are created by the Earl tricking victims into bringing back the soul of a dead loved one, after which they are killed, and the soul, trapped in a mechanical doll, is forced to wear the body of the victim as a disguise. Clergy members called Exorcists destroy Akuma and seek to stop the Earl.
Robin appears to be a kind, polite and patient boy, conscientious although sometimes slightly ditzy, with a tendency towards bad luck. In truth, the real Robin has been dead for years, and the one people see is actually his deceased older sister, brought back as an Akuma and wearing the real Robin's body. She now works as an apprentice Exorcist, and is focused upon saving her fellow Akuma. In regard to her work she is determined, competent, and considerably more self-assured than in other circumstances. Although she has escaped from the Earl's control, there's still a risk she could one day revert back into a mindless killing machine, devoid of free will. But she prefers to keep all that quiet, for obvious reasons, and continues on with a positive, forward-looking attitude. The manga follows her as she searches for her teacher, to bring an anti-Akuma dagger called Abaddon to him.
Sample post:
Nobody seems to have seen a man matching my teacher's description anywhere here. If there were any tall, one-armed men wearing coats like mine around, I think they would have noticed by now. I still don't know how I got from Osaka to Louisiana, but if I got here from there, maybe he could be here too? But no. And I have to find him soon, or else he'll realise he's wasted his entire trip to Japan. I have no idea what I'm going to say when I get out of here. "I got suddenly lost between countries, attended a compulsory summer camp, and that's why it took so long to bring your dagger to you, and by the way, I cracked the blade by accident when I ran into the Earl before..." It doesn't even bear thinking about. He'll kill me! So being in a place like this - I had better enjoy it while it lasts. Even though I don't understand how I managed to get enrolled without knowing it. Miss Sayre wasn't very helpful.
All the people here seem very nice...but I wish the administration staff hadn't made me wear this uniform. It's a very nice outfit, and I'm sure it would look good on the female members of the camp, but I do not think it looks good on me. Especially the skirt. I - really, I know I've got my hair in a ponytail, but that's hardly enough of a reason to give me the female version of the new official camp uniform. To make matters even more confusing, the label says it's the uniform for female zombies, which must be some sort of joke. Maybe if I go and find the people in charge of assigning the uniforms and tell them that, ah, they've made a big mistake, they'll give me a different one, or give me permission to have my usual clothes back. I really don't want to have to wear this everywhere...But that means I'll have to go outside and find the right building. Wearing this. Oh well, there's no time like the present. At least this will be less embarrassing than the waitress outfit the owner of the manjuu shop the other day made me wear. It's not so short, it doesn't show so much leg, it's not so bad, it's...still awful.
Camp certainly is colourful in this area, even though it's getting dark. I hope the uniform staff are still there at this hour, but I'm thankful there aren't many people out at the moment - ah! There weren't many people. Good evening, everyone....My, you managed to sneak up on me very well. Er. Thank you for the brochure, but won't you please at least tell me what you're advertising? Let's see, I'll check the brochure. "Congratulations, you are invited to participate in our Undead Pride Parade. There are a variety of things you can do to help make this a rousing success for the sake of love, peace, and brains..."
Brains. I see. Uhh, this is new. It's not my duty to exorcise zombies, but I really must suggest you consider moving on to the afterlife, if you have souls. It's the right place to be, for the dead, and I'm sure you would feel much more comfortable there. I'm not saying the parade is a bad idea. No, it's good! Too often the dead aren't treated like people in their own right, but there are some things you need to avoid first - like...like eating brains - or else I'm afraid that people aren't going to understand. The place I wanted to go is probably closed by now, so how about I come along with you now and help with the parade preparations, and we can have a talk about the afterlife along the way? I'm sure I can persuade you!
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Character: Yutaka Mikoto
Series: Princess Princess
Character Age: 15
Canon: The Fujimori Academy is a prestigious all-boys institution that goes above and beyond when it comes to nurturing its students. Aware that the students are likely to mope about the lack of female presence in the school, a unique tradition has been created to combat those fragile mental states. They couldn't very well hire girls to stay at the school, but they could surely do the next best thing: dress up the prettiest of their students as females, have them appear at school events, and send them off to each club and sports team they had. Their task is simple: all they have to do is cheer and praise the teams' achievements. These boys are known as Princesses. It may sound like a lot to ask of a young man, but it isn't a thankless job. In return, Princesses are given a number of privileges such as free lunches, free uniforms, and the option to skip classes.
Mikoto happens to be one of those Princesses, and he is most assuredly not happy about it. Always whining, crying, complaining, and running away at every chance he can get, he's constantly denouncing his cruel fate and threatening to quit. As he gets flustered extremely easily, he's a prime target both to be teased by his fellow Princesses and adored by the student body. Still, even though he's generally a victim, he can accidentally say harmful things on occasion due to his clueless nature. However, despite his selfish ways of thinking, of course he has his good points, too. He follows through on the tasks given to him eventually even if he complains the whole while, and he may have a roundabout way of showing he cares for his friends, but he does, and with their help, he continues to mature as well.
Sample Post:
I can't believe one of the teams did well enough to go abroad. And even worse- That we're forced to go along with them! I told them a million times that I wouldn't leave the school dressed like this! It's so embarrassing I just want to die! I don't even see anything that looks like a sports field. I bet if you tried to bounce a ball on this ground it would totally just stick. It's so soggy that my heels are sinking into it!... Okay, even I'm ashamed to be complaining about something like that. Well, it's not like I have to pay for the cleaning or anything, but aren't these outfits the pride of our school or something? It's weird that they're allowing us to wear them in a place like this. No, not allowing- forcing! YOU HEAR THAT!? I'M NOT WEARING THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO!
-What!? O-Oh, I wasn't necessarily talking to you in particular. It was more of a general "you." So, could you please stop staring at me like that? I've seen wandering eyes before, but none that actually- fall off your face!? That's disgusting! No, don't come any closer! Augh, how could I forget to bring that whistle I got from the student council!? Wait, that's right! At times like this, my greatest weapon is to radiate the Princess Smile to form a barrier so they can't touch you... KIRA! ☆... It didn't work! Wahhh, this is the worst! I'm going to die in a dress! Can't I at least change before you- Huh? Oh, you just wanted to pick up your eyeballs. Well, now that you have those, you can be on your way... Right? AND DIDN'T I ALREADY SAY TO STOP STARING AT ME!? Your face is going to get stuck that way! Though I guess it kind of already is. Eh--? What are you pointing at now, the lake? You want me to go there? Ah wait, you don't have to nod! I don't think your head can take it! I get it, I'm going!
.... More zombies. And on top of that, they're doing synchronized swimming!? I never would have guessed that they have their own team, too. So this must be where the swim team is going to be competing. In that filthy water? They don't seem really bothered, but... Rather, are they moving at all!? I guess that's one way to keep in sync, but it doesn't look like it's really the water's fault. Is this what everyone at our school was always talking about a "lack of refreshment" when there's no one around to get you motivated? I never knew the results could be so scary! Are there really no girl zombies around here to cheer for their team? I do kind of feel sorry for them... All right. Just once I'll do this special service, okay!?
Everyone, do your best! Part the water with all your strength, and go for the gold medal in the Camp Olympics!
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Character: Hitagi Senjougahara
Series: Bakemonogatari
Character Age: 17
Canon: Start with disenchanted teen in a nondescript town, then have him run into a vampire, and later become one... except this isn't Twilight. Bakemonogatari's protagonist, Koyomi Araragi, becomes mostly human again and proceeds to meet a harem of girls, each with a paranormal dilemma. There're a lot of series about about myths and monsters in the modern age, but this one comes with fanservice, a healthy dose of word play and pop culture references that threaten to break the fourth wall.
Koyomi and his girlfriend, Hitagi Senjougahara, may have been brought together due to her supernatural problem, but she's no damsel in distress. She relentlessly abuses Koyomi with her words and an unlimited arsenal of stationery supplies. She's a self-proclaimed tsundere character (someone who acts aloof, but has a hidden loving side), who spouts ridiculous lies, insults, puns, and references to the Japanese fanboy sub-culture, all with equal composure. Her words are designed to push buttons, and she'll even take what others say and run with it in strange and twisted directions, just to get a rise out of them. Understandably, this makes it hard to figure out when she's being sincere, but there are also moments when she can be genuinely sweet. She admires Koyomi's desire to help people, and would still respect him for it even she only saw him saving others. She'll unconditionally defend a friend and won't think twice about putting her life on the line to protect them. But naturally, those she loves the most get the brunt of her abuse: After all, she is tsundere.
Sample Post:
What's this? I thought I had been dumped into a pornographic fan comic, but it's just an ordinary, PG-13 fanservice camp. Hm, no reaction. Perhaps a more attention grabbing opening would have been better received. My fellow campers, I am Hitagi Senjougahara, and it's nice to meet you... is what I'd like to say, but there are more things that would be less bothersome than getting acquainted with you. Like indulging in Tuesday soup. Or letting Marcy-san have her way with me. It's unfortunate her previous attempt ended with her tentacles getting stapled to the lakeside. Naturally, that's an exaggeration: No self-respecting masked hero of justice would use a stapler as their weapon of choice. After all, there are far more effective tools than stationery to render a monster stationary. Moreover, I seem to have misplaced mine.
Despite losing a key staple of my arsenal, she won't be bothering me again. It's only natural to retaliate when threatened, right? Besides, I don't know how anyone could say things like, "iyaaaaan," or "xxxxxxxx me in the xxxxxxx with a xxxxxxxxxxx to the xxxxx." Even though I'm tsundere, I'd rather die than recite those lines. They're too embarrassing, and even worse, overdone. We could blame a patriarchal society that fetishizes defiling female virtue, but to be fair, women can be just as indecent. One look at a Boys' Love comic should be enough to shatter any misconceptions about our sexual naivete. Have you ever read one before? If not, the services of Marcy-san may be just what you need. I couldn't think of anyone more willing to give you firsthand experience.
Surely you aren't put off by the suggestion. I understand many of you have already had unpleasant encounters with Marcy-san, but maybe you need to view her and the other hazards in a different light. Who knows? You might become just as attracted to them as they are to you. Bestiality must be one of your many kinks. But the word "beast" is too common for these unique indigenous organisms. A new word must enter the CFUD vernacular to more specifically describe your fetish: camperversion. Don't confuse it with my admission that I'd accept Marcy-san's affections. I don't enjoy being likened to you. Tentacle violation is something I'd prefer over something worse, like fraternizing with camperverts. I wouldn't choose it. There's a difference. Unless you don't have a choice. To be perfectly honest, the only things that would willingly grope pitiful individuals like you are heinous creatures like them. As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.
Oh my, I didn't realize you'd take such a mild joke so seriously. Have my words left you in despair? Maybe you could use a little pick me up. Lucky for you, I managed to find my stapler. Why don't you say hello to my little friend?
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Character Name: Mullin Shetland
Series: Last Exile
Age: 19
Canon: In Last Exile, two nations wage an airborne struggle for survival across the skies of planet Prester. Through that conflict flies Claus, a young courier pilot who, along with his navigator Lavie, seeks to transport and protect a very special cargo that holds the key to unlocking some heavy mysteries and returning peace to the sky.
Mullin enters their story as a veteran rifleman aboard a military airship, engaged in the dangerous yet time-honored practice of lining up and trying to shoot other people faster than they can shoot him. A soldier looking for a cause worth fighting for, Mullin jumps ship to tag along with the heroes, becoming a mechanic aboard the legendary rogue battleship Silvana. Listless and unsure of what he wants out of life, he struggles to fit in despite his new crewmates’ mischievous ideas of what constitutes a warm welcome-a process that isn’t helped by his habit of falling head over heels for whichever pretty face happens to be in his sights at the moment. But as the mysteries unravel and the conflict heats up, Mullin will have to step up to the firing line one last time to help bring this war to an end.
Sample Post:
Look, could someone please point me toward whatever’s the Quartermaster’s building around here? Believe me, I like shore leave as much as the next guy, but since those shaggy… purple… things keep whistling and grunting “Hello, sailor!” when I walk by, I’d really rather do my job and get out of here, you know?
Of course, don’t ask me why the Silvana would berth at a place like this, because no one tells me anything anyway. I’m just glad to get out of the hangar bay and away from those grease monkeys for a little while, even if it’s just to pick up some supplies they need. They’re great guys, don’t get me wrong, but… Well, I guess you could say it’s taken them a while to appreciate my talents for what they are. I didn’t start out as a mechanic, after all, so sometimes I don’t think I’m really cut out for this kind of life, and…
… and I’m probably boring you. Sorry about that; I’m sure you hear stuff like this all the time, and it seems like small potatoes next to everything you’ve got going on here. Like the purple things, and those… metal cows, I guess? You must have a wild time with those, right? They’re very… shiny. But anyway, what I was getting at before is that this mission is my chance to finally come through and show everybody what I’m made of. I just need to grab a few more things, and they told me I could find everything here. So let’s see-I’m going to need a left-handed smoke-shifter, 10 yards of Qantas air line, 3 pints of Tuesday Soup, a three-quarter inch pygmy flange, something called “industrial strength yaoi,” and a bucket of… steam…?
Hey, wait a minute! Oh ha, ha… Very funny, guys. Sending me out after things that don’t really exist? I think they’re slipping. I’ve been hazed by experts-them-and I would’ve expected something a little more from them, especially with this wacky swamp set-up you’ve got here. I mean, if they really wanted to get me, they would’ve sent me out for all this stuff and then left port without me, because then I’d really be…
… great. Could this get any worse?
Oh… You mean yaoi is a real thing?
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Character: Shirayuki Mizore
Series: Rosario + Vampire
Character Age: 16
Canon: At the end of a long tunnel, separated from the human world by a powerful barrier, lies a school for monsters who are studying the fine art of co-existing with humans. Unfortunately, Tsukune didn't get that memo before he enrolled there. Cue the average chaotic school mayhem, only with monsters to up the ante, as Tsukune struggles to live through the day to day activities at Youkai Academy and in the newspaper club, as well as protect his secret identity as a human along with the help of his friends and club-mates. Together, the newspaper club investigates and writes stories on all kinds of dangerous and exciting happenings in the school, which usually leads to them getting in all kinds of trouble and danger. Yet somehow they always seem to come out of it victorious.
And what's a school of monsters without your resident stalker? She's an ice woman who can freeze her enemies (or her friends, coincidentally), in blocks of ice as well as transform her hands into lethal ice-claws or make clones out of ice. After skipping the whole first semester, she shows up claiming complete devotion to Tsukune and telling him that he's the one who can thaw her heart. After all, she read every single article he and the newspaper club put together with much care. She even wrote her own notes all over them and made a scrapbook. Friendship is important to her, although she's still a bit odd, and remains a loner despite forming bonds with the small newspaper club. She doesn't say much, although she has a knack for saying things the wrong way, and she is the master of comical stabbing and isn't above name-calling.
Sample Post:
Ah, now just exactly where am I? I'm not used to getting lost. Usually I can just follow Tsukune and the others around. Speaking of them, where did they disappear to? I don't like this. Who knows what the big-breasted woman is doing to my Tsukune while I'm here in the middle of nowhere being lost! I can't trust her or any of them to leave their hands off of him if I'm not watching. I have to hurry up and find them all. But where exactly am I? I've never seen this place before, although it kinda has an aura something like the Academy's.
A "camp"? Did we learn something about these in the Academy? It must have been while I was out. But I don't see any monsters running about, so this must be the human world I suppose. They must be blending in. This seems like the perfect opportunity to study monsters living naturally amongst the humans for the newspaper! Maybe if I get enough good information, they'll use it in the next issue. Tsukune will be so proud of me for taking the initiative. Okay, let's see.
There's a tentacle sticking out of the lake. That has to be a monster. I see some zombies over there too, actually. They really don't seem to blend in well at all. That's much too obvious. Is this really the human world or are humans really just that stupid? Ah! I bet that's what a "camp" is! It's probably like a refuge for monsters. Interesting. Well, I can't just give up on that article. I'll just have to observe them anyway and see how it goes. Interviews are overrated. Plain observation is much better. You learn a lot more from watching people when they don't know you're there. I'm sure this "camp" will make the front page of the newspaper once I get back.
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Character name: Toudou Naoya
Series: Megami Ibunroku Persona: Be Your True Mind (Manga)
Age: 17
Canon: What do you do when your town suddenly gets overrun with zombies and demons, and you’ve somehow gained supernatural powers after playing a seemingly innocent children’s game? For the ragtag team of students from St. Hermelin, they have to figure out how to save the town of Mikage using their newly gained power to manifest their other selves called "Persona". Toudou Naoya is the token silent protagonist of that group of students, leading them as they pursue the trail of Kandori Takahisa, the CEO of the SEBEC Company and the primary suspect behind the entire fiasco. Eventually they somehow get sent into an alternate dimension.
Naoya usually appears to others as a carefree guy who's seemingly disinterested in the world, but, his friends would describe him as perceptive and composed, if a bit impulsive at times. He’s not necessarily the Jesus type, but he believes in second chances and looks out for people in his own way. He’s willing to put his life on the line to help people and refuses to sacrifice people, even if it’s for the greater good. While not entirely fearless, he does try his best to be courageous; he sticks to his beliefs regardless of the odds and chooses to tackle problems head on. Generally though, he's pretty casual, and he is the typical teenage boy who fools around with his friends... which is pretty much how they got their Personas in the first place.
Note: In the game there's the option of doing 'Contacts' with enemies in order to get spell cards, money or items. Naoya's Contacts include Persuade, Provoke, Recruit and Sing.
Sample Entry:
Barriers, swamps, and undead creatures... I guess being stuck in a blocked off area with dangerous things isn’t a situation that's new to me by now. Talking zombies like you aren’t so strange to me either. I think I know what I have to do though... And since you already gave me your card and a finger, uh, I guess I can give it a try. I just need to snap this Director Sayre out of her depression, right? But before that, there are a few things we have to do, and the first is to find out about her and her past. So what can you tell me?
...huh, so she’s in despair because her fiancé was murdered and she holds everyone who stumbles into her world as a possible culprit for the crime? No wonder everyone’s trapped here. People might think she’s selfish and bitter for doing that. They may even think she's evil, but I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt. I’m sure that she was probably a nice lady before this entire fiasco happened. But I'm gonna guess that she just lost faith in humanity because of her fiancé's death and needs someone to help her realize that she doesn't need to blame herself for whatever crimes other people commit because it's something beyond her control.
Now we can use this information to begin the next step, which is to recruit some powerful allies. Why? Because in my experience, this Director person probably won’t calmly listen to us and go down without a fight, so we're definitely going to need them. Do you know anyone like that who might be able to help? I guess not, since you probably wouldn’t have needed me but it was worth a tr- Oh, you do? Great! We’ll try to recruit this ‘Marcy’ then. She lives in this radioactive lake, right? So let’s get started. Eh-hem- !
♪ To rejuvenate point, use
"Herb" and "Magic Rock",
Use "Blood play" and
"Life rod" to pleasure your friends
Use "Dis-soup" for Tuesday's soup,
Use "Dis-chair" to help with rage,
Use "Dis-member" to genderswitch,
Use "Dis-het" for girl troubles,
Always in the side of those who fight,
Our local drag store. ♪
Okay, it looks like someone changed the lyrics but- Hey Marcy, I’m glad I caught your interest. Me and the zombie here need your help to meet Director Sayre and get her out of her depression, so that everyone trapped here can go home. What do you say? Will you do it? Just raising one of your uh... tentacles as a reply like that is fine too.
- I think we have a misunderstanding here. When I said "raise one of your tentacles", I didn’t mean to use it on me!
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Character Name: Robin
Character Age: Appears to be about 14 or 15 (age never stated)
Series: Zone
Canon: Zone is a one-shot manga by Katsura Hoshino, many of the concepts and ideas from which were adapted and re-used in Hoshino's later manga, D.Gray-man. Set in 1897, the basic plot is that a man called the Earl seeks to destroy the world, using remote-controlled killing weapons called Akuma to work for him. Akuma are created by the Earl tricking victims into bringing back the soul of a dead loved one, after which they are killed, and the soul, trapped in a mechanical doll, is forced to wear the body of the victim as a disguise. Clergy members called Exorcists destroy Akuma and seek to stop the Earl.
Robin appears to be a kind, polite and patient boy, conscientious although sometimes slightly ditzy, with a tendency towards bad luck. In truth, the real Robin has been dead for years, and the one people see is actually his deceased older sister, brought back as an Akuma and wearing the real Robin's body. She now works as an apprentice Exorcist, and is focused upon saving her fellow Akuma. In regard to her work she is determined, competent, and considerably more self-assured than in other circumstances. Although she has escaped from the Earl's control, there's still a risk she could one day revert back into a mindless killing machine, devoid of free will. But she prefers to keep all that quiet, for obvious reasons, and continues on with a positive, forward-looking attitude. The manga follows her as she searches for her teacher, to bring an anti-Akuma dagger called Abaddon to him.
Sample post:
Nobody seems to have seen a man matching my teacher's description anywhere here. If there were any tall, one-armed men wearing coats like mine around, I think they would have noticed by now. I still don't know how I got from Osaka to Louisiana, but if I got here from there, maybe he could be here too? But no. And I have to find him soon, or else he'll realise he's wasted his entire trip to Japan. I have no idea what I'm going to say when I get out of here. "I got suddenly lost between countries, attended a compulsory summer camp, and that's why it took so long to bring your dagger to you, and by the way, I cracked the blade by accident when I ran into the Earl before..." It doesn't even bear thinking about. He'll kill me! So being in a place like this - I had better enjoy it while it lasts. Even though I don't understand how I managed to get enrolled without knowing it. Miss Sayre wasn't very helpful.
All the people here seem very nice...but I wish the administration staff hadn't made me wear this uniform. It's a very nice outfit, and I'm sure it would look good on the female members of the camp, but I do not think it looks good on me. Especially the skirt. I - really, I know I've got my hair in a ponytail, but that's hardly enough of a reason to give me the female version of the new official camp uniform. To make matters even more confusing, the label says it's the uniform for female zombies, which must be some sort of joke. Maybe if I go and find the people in charge of assigning the uniforms and tell them that, ah, they've made a big mistake, they'll give me a different one, or give me permission to have my usual clothes back. I really don't want to have to wear this everywhere...But that means I'll have to go outside and find the right building. Wearing this. Oh well, there's no time like the present. At least this will be less embarrassing than the waitress outfit the owner of the manjuu shop the other day made me wear. It's not so short, it doesn't show so much leg, it's not so bad, it's...still awful.
Camp certainly is colourful in this area, even though it's getting dark. I hope the uniform staff are still there at this hour, but I'm thankful there aren't many people out at the moment - ah! There weren't many people. Good evening, everyone....My, you managed to sneak up on me very well. Er. Thank you for the brochure, but won't you please at least tell me what you're advertising? Let's see, I'll check the brochure. "Congratulations, you are invited to participate in our Undead Pride Parade. There are a variety of things you can do to help make this a rousing success for the sake of love, peace, and brains..."
Brains. I see. Uhh, this is new. It's not my duty to exorcise zombies, but I really must suggest you consider moving on to the afterlife, if you have souls. It's the right place to be, for the dead, and I'm sure you would feel much more comfortable there. I'm not saying the parade is a bad idea. No, it's good! Too often the dead aren't treated like people in their own right, but there are some things you need to avoid first - like...like eating brains - or else I'm afraid that people aren't going to understand. The place I wanted to go is probably closed by now, so how about I come along with you now and help with the parade preparations, and we can have a talk about the afterlife along the way? I'm sure I can persuade you!
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Character: Yutaka Mikoto
Series: Princess Princess
Character Age: 15
Canon: The Fujimori Academy is a prestigious all-boys institution that goes above and beyond when it comes to nurturing its students. Aware that the students are likely to mope about the lack of female presence in the school, a unique tradition has been created to combat those fragile mental states. They couldn't very well hire girls to stay at the school, but they could surely do the next best thing: dress up the prettiest of their students as females, have them appear at school events, and send them off to each club and sports team they had. Their task is simple: all they have to do is cheer and praise the teams' achievements. These boys are known as Princesses. It may sound like a lot to ask of a young man, but it isn't a thankless job. In return, Princesses are given a number of privileges such as free lunches, free uniforms, and the option to skip classes.
Mikoto happens to be one of those Princesses, and he is most assuredly not happy about it. Always whining, crying, complaining, and running away at every chance he can get, he's constantly denouncing his cruel fate and threatening to quit. As he gets flustered extremely easily, he's a prime target both to be teased by his fellow Princesses and adored by the student body. Still, even though he's generally a victim, he can accidentally say harmful things on occasion due to his clueless nature. However, despite his selfish ways of thinking, of course he has his good points, too. He follows through on the tasks given to him eventually even if he complains the whole while, and he may have a roundabout way of showing he cares for his friends, but he does, and with their help, he continues to mature as well.
Sample Post:
I can't believe one of the teams did well enough to go abroad. And even worse- That we're forced to go along with them! I told them a million times that I wouldn't leave the school dressed like this! It's so embarrassing I just want to die! I don't even see anything that looks like a sports field. I bet if you tried to bounce a ball on this ground it would totally just stick. It's so soggy that my heels are sinking into it!... Okay, even I'm ashamed to be complaining about something like that. Well, it's not like I have to pay for the cleaning or anything, but aren't these outfits the pride of our school or something? It's weird that they're allowing us to wear them in a place like this. No, not allowing- forcing! YOU HEAR THAT!? I'M NOT WEARING THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO!
-What!? O-Oh, I wasn't necessarily talking to you in particular. It was more of a general "you." So, could you please stop staring at me like that? I've seen wandering eyes before, but none that actually- fall off your face!? That's disgusting! No, don't come any closer! Augh, how could I forget to bring that whistle I got from the student council!? Wait, that's right! At times like this, my greatest weapon is to radiate the Princess Smile to form a barrier so they can't touch you... KIRA! ☆... It didn't work! Wahhh, this is the worst! I'm going to die in a dress! Can't I at least change before you- Huh? Oh, you just wanted to pick up your eyeballs. Well, now that you have those, you can be on your way... Right? AND DIDN'T I ALREADY SAY TO STOP STARING AT ME!? Your face is going to get stuck that way! Though I guess it kind of already is. Eh--? What are you pointing at now, the lake? You want me to go there? Ah wait, you don't have to nod! I don't think your head can take it! I get it, I'm going!
.... More zombies. And on top of that, they're doing synchronized swimming!? I never would have guessed that they have their own team, too. So this must be where the swim team is going to be competing. In that filthy water? They don't seem really bothered, but... Rather, are they moving at all!? I guess that's one way to keep in sync, but it doesn't look like it's really the water's fault. Is this what everyone at our school was always talking about a "lack of refreshment" when there's no one around to get you motivated? I never knew the results could be so scary! Are there really no girl zombies around here to cheer for their team? I do kind of feel sorry for them... All right. Just once I'll do this special service, okay!?
Everyone, do your best! Part the water with all your strength, and go for the gold medal in the Camp Olympics!
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