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Character: Claire Stanfield/Vino/Rail Tracer/Felix Morgan ... Yeah.
Series: Baccano! (anime)
Character Age: 20
Canon: Baccano! is a whirlwind series set in the early 1930's that follows no one in particular and just a little bit of everyone at the same time, through three years of events. From alchemists to demons to immortality, it swoops to mafia and the most endearingly 'special' thieves ever, and a search for a no-name punk that everyone seems to have heard of, but no one can find. And eventually, it rushes to a peak on a non-stop train from California to New York, filled with killers, conspirators, political players, and of course, one very peculiar conductor.
This puppyish conductor you first meet has several names. He's a former circus performer named as Claire Stanfield, a brutal, inventive and unstoppable assassin called Vino, and lastly, an urban legend known as the Rail Tracer - a monster that systematically destroys all the bad people on a train in horrifying, messy ways. He's calm and oddly reasonable most of the time, but the more he gets into the mood, the more showy and intense his speech gets. And that's not quite all. While not playing at a normal life, Claire is known for self-centered, rambling monologues in which the topic can be a bit of a superball rather than a focus, his odd sense of compassion, and his incredible ego about himself. You see, he honestly believes that the world would end if he died, because he's the only one it exists for. Thus, it will arrange itself to preserve him. Given the many impossible stunts Vino pulls off without a scratch, for all anyone knows, it might just be true.
Sample Post:
Well! This is unique. In fact, even I'm not sure exactly what the world has in mind for me with this. It's given me challenging opponents to keep my interest and unusual circumstances before, but this is the first time I've ever had to kill anything more than once. Oh sure, I've had to put some extra effort into a few just to make my point properly, but pulling your feet back on and trying to actually win again is a whole new level of tenacity.
Besides, whatever kind of immortal creature you are, it's not like you really are put together for fighting to begin with... what was it? 'Durr'? That will do as a name for now. You don't have any objections, right? Here, I'm a kind enough man! I'll even give you back your jaw bone. It didn't make for as good of a weapon as I supposed it would, anyway...
Now, let's see. What to think of all this? It must be some backwater magic or poison at work. Looking at you, I'd almost feel sorry enough over that kind of life to end it. As a bit of a plus, it seems like there might just be enough of you poor bastards to be a light warm-up for today. What do you say? You can be next, my friend... let's call you 'Derrr.' You seem to be in better shape than the rest, if just as poor at articulation.
Though... shambling over a little faster would be appreciated, if you all could. I'm in a bit of a hurry, or at least, already occup- WAIT! Nevermind! That's right! I'm not in Manhattan, which... is another interesting twist in the story, now that I come to think of it. To be spirited away from my job in the city to some strange, backwater swamp, inhabited by grotesque, if boring creatures, there really must be some purpose to it all.
I can almost imagine what sort of story I'm supposed to lead here. The setting is perfect, after all: a ramshackle village, an air of mystery, and a new hero to an unknown scenario. I'll just blend in for a while and listen to all the stories such a place has to offer, before continuing with my own. And for my patience, whatever job is finally revealed really will be leagues better than the rabble circling around me here.
Speaking of which, is this all of you? Hmm, more than I thought there'd be. Fine! Bring as many monsters as you like! A pack of weak things are still weak, and those who pretend to be strong anyway deserve their deaths. Bring your axes and bats! Twisted hands and rotten teeth! This world won't let itself end here with my death and I can't see it continuing without me. This camp only truly begins with my arrival, and it exists for my convenience... Don't believe me? Feel free to test it!
Attack me with everything you can, and I will prove it to you, my dear Durr, Derrrrr! This camp was made for me!
Poll Vote! Character: Yamazaki Susumu
Series:
Peacemaker KuroganeCharacter Age: 18
Canon: After his parents are killed by a crazy, pyromaniac revolutionary, Tetsu Ichimura decides the only way to avenge his parents and kick-start his growth sprout is to join the Shinsengumi, the feared and powerful guardsmen of the Shogun. Tetsu soon finds himself in the middle of these demon-like warriors, battling to protect the ideals of the Tokugawa government in times of siege, spying, and chaos. Within the Shinsengumi there are still factions though: those loyal to its strict samurai codes... and those willing to risk it all to bring ruin to the group.
Yamazaki Susumu was raised by his elder sister, a female ninja, to throw away his own identity for the good of his master. Having been trained in all manners of information gathering as well as medical training, Susumu acts as the Shinsengumi's chief investigator and ninja spy. Susumu rarely gets angry, but abhors those that don't follow their duty or fulfill their responsibilities, usually speaking to people who annoy him in a cold manner. Very intelligent and calm in all circumstances, he's accepted and embraced his role as a living weapon, utterly loyal to his leader, Hijikata. With a mellow personality when he's not actively working, he has an excellent ability to blend into characters and situations in order to obtain information. This includes regularly cross-dressing as a beautiful young hairdresser, complete with flattery, demure, and very realistic breasts.
Sample Post:
Mister Buraiin-san is too kind, really. Receiving the invitation to serve him in his lovely home in the Louisiana Province is a flattering honor. Such a strange name, though. While I prepare my brushes, you must tell me more about this place. These flowering hills are covered in exotic and beautiful shades of violet and green. Oh, they're cannibal flowers, are they? Do you tend them yourself? Ahh, you tie pieces of meat to your arm which falls ever so gracefully into the little mouths of your flowers... You are so very smart, Buraiin-san, to think of such an ingenious way to care for your plants. Perhaps some more wine? Oh Buraiin-san, you are so playful. Please do not tease me so. Your hair is all tangled now. Here, let me brush it out for you- and perhaps a light head massage as well? Oh, you are too bold, Buraiin-san, but I must resist, it isn't proper for you to nibble on my head. If you continue, I will have to defend my virtue- No, no, not like that~ Iyaaaaan-
Buraiin-san? A-are you alright? Please, speak to me... Oh. I see. If my head was rolling away from my body, I wouldn't have much to say either.
... Huh! That's the first time that's ever happened. Really, if the pervert had really been interested in getting me into a compromising situation, it'd actually have been a lot easier to deal with. I'm not about to let my identity get compromised though. So who'd have thought he'd go for my wig- with his teeth no less. This is... an annoyance. So much for using the client as my cover, even if he was an ugly bastard. If everyone in this village gets decapitated at the touch of a paper fan like he did, this is going to make collecting information here rather difficult. Well, I'd better deal with this now. Just have to get this body to the lake-
Ah. Good evening, Buraiin-san. Have you been listening even with your head over there? I'd say I have to kill you now, but that seems to be getting a little complicated, isn't it? Really, couldn't you have mentioned something about the detachable head when you hired me for hairdressing? Didn't you realize that losing your head would make a head massage rather difficult?
Well, I guess you have a point. But holding my breasts hostage isn't going to stop me from throwing your head into the lake.
Poll Vote! Character: Jasdero
Series:
D. Gray-ManCharacter Age: 15-16; technically 17/18
Canon: Welcome to the world of D. Gray-Man, where the good guys are out to stop evil and the bad guys are out to take their Innocence. …No, really. Our heroes are Exorcists for the Church and have their very own Jesus on their side, but in the other corner we’ve got our Bible-rejects, the Noah clan, and their personal devil, the Millennium Earl. One of the Noah clan, Jasdevi, is split into two separate beings, and each of the two have their own personality and habits, though they prefer to call themselves as their combined name. Most people would just write them off as brats, but it tends to be a bit tricky when they can imagine whatever comes to mind.
Jasdero, one half of Jasdevi, could be called the more “needy” of the two, as he can be held up by the smallest things and is quicker to tear up over them-going to Devit for comfort, of course. Jasdero can be considered an extremely confusing Noah, as he jumps from place to place constantly and has an unstable attention span, you could say. Jasdero’s wacky-and not just with his fashion sense (walking around topless with a fur vest and a glowing moogle pompom? Totally in style). He’s childish, he can be easy to distract, and not only does he inconsistently refer to himself in third person, he also spams “Hiiii~” (read as “hee”; a little sound he makes for any occasion) like there’s no tomorrow. Similar to the other Noah, Jasdero’s shamelessly sadistic and, just like his counterpart, Jasdero has a PMS switch that goes on and off just like that. While he’s usually more docile and calm, set him off you might not get your hearing back for weeks. And, of course, he can go on for quite a bit-Run out of reasons to rant at you? Well you deserve to die just because and don’t disrespect Jasdevi damn you !!
Sample Post:
Hiiii… This place kind of reminds ‘Dero of what happened when Jasdevi got drunk that one time… But with more living people-some of these look pretty dead though hihi! They’re falling apart without needing to be shot, and their skin’s all green! This place has lots of monsters~
I checked everywhere and found all sorts! Some even had ‘Dero’s pompom on their heads too, but theirs didn’t glow. They were really tiny and kept saying the same thing over and over; I couldn’t understand them at all! All the monsters here are really weird-And they aren’t even good ones, either! Like the rotting ones keep giving me their legs and stuff!! But they keep collapsing when they’re done, so I have to keep moving around when they make a pile. Corpses are only good when you make them, hii.
But, the ones with ‘Dero’s pompoms ’Dero’s pompom brigade, hiii actually brought some useful things. Kind of. Who knows what a “Save Record” is?? But some of it has to do with a lot of deaths, and some of the numbers are really high too! The monsters couldn’t be why-I bet they couldn’t attack humans even if they wanted to! How pathetic!! So does that mean all the deaths were caused by the humans themselves?? Hii, it’s not surprising. So there are humans and monsters that can’t even fight here?? Jasdevi could top them all easily! No contest!!
But first ‘Dero has to find Devit... But he wasn’t anywhere!! ‘Dero looked everywhere, too!! He’s probably really mad… I even got some of the monsters to look, though some of them never came back… And some of them never left, either!! How dare they?? But the one who’s lost is the one who can’t find anyone, right?? Maybe that’s why ‘Dero can’t find him anywhere? So then Devit is looking for ‘Dero, right?? H-hiiii…. My makeup is running… He’ll definitely find me because he always does…!
Hiiiiii? What’s that sound?? Hey! Are you laughing, you rotting excuse for a monster?? Jasdevi definitely will reunite, got it??! Shut it or you’ll definitely regret it!! We’ll kill you!! I said shut up; your ribs are cracking now!! We’ll put bigger holes in you than the ones you’ve got now so wipe that grin off your face!!
Look at that-! Your grin really came off along with the rest of your face…! And so did the rest of your body ‘cause you took too long; now you’re just gunk on my boot~ Don’t say you didn’t deserve that! See, corpses really are better when you make them yourself hihi!
Poll Vote! Character Name: Rokujo Miharu
Series: Nabari no Ou
Age: 14
Canon: Nabari no Ou is basically what would happen if you crossed over Naruto with Loveless, then made it into a high school AU. Rokujo Miharu, a shouta of demonic charm, is thrust into the world of Nabari-the fancy name for the yakuza-esque underbelly of society, only with NINJAS-when it is discovered that he is possessed by the "Shinrabanshou," an ultimately powerful ninja scroll technique that everybody and their shuriken-wielding mother is out to get. While capable of providing its bearer with ultimate wisdom and granting wishes, the Shinrabanshou is also something of a double-edged sword, usually resulting in a VERY BAD END (TM). Miharu is drawn into the intrigues of ninja clanfighting where everyone wants to use him, and begins to question where the lines are really drawn between good and bad, and if there is anything he feels is worth fighting for.
Miharu's defining character trait is that he doesn't seem to have any defining character traits-no likes or dislikes, nothing that particularly bothers him, and nothing that he seems to enjoy. Surrounded by passionate characters fighting for revenge, for love, for their nindo, and for each other, Miharu just wants to inherit his family's okonomiyaki restaurant, and tries to do his homework during Dramatic Ninja Planning Sessions. However, this constant indifference seems to be his way of protecting himself and ensuring that nobody will get hurt on his behalf. All that aside, Miharu is also the master of the sarcastic deadpan, and has an emotionally manipulative streak so wide that even those that barely know him label him as a "little devil." He uses his cute looks to get his way, from discounts on shoes to disarming his enemies during battle, flipping the moe moe sparkly uke attitude on and off like a lightswitch. After all, y-you wouldn't hurt a kid, would you~?
Note: Kairoushuu is the name of the antagonist ninja clan; Miharu, his friends, and Thobari-sensei are part of Banten.
Sample Post:
There are good ideas, and there are bad ideas. Guess which one this is.
Technically, sending me somewhere Kairoushuu can't find me is a good enough idea, I guess. Losing me in the swamplands across the ocean, though, isn't so great. Neither is the sentient invasive plantlife. The zombies are also a bad idea. That's three points chalked up to "bad idea," and I haven't even started on everything else. Alone and underaged in a foreign country? Not safe. The white van parked over there? Not safe. The "free cake" sign? . . . probably a lie. Gee, wow, cake, I'd better walk right into that trap.
Basically, I guess I wouldn't mind leaving, since this is pretty much one neverending list of bad ideas. It's like they had a checklist, or something, and were powerless to stop themselves from marking the ticky boxes. But if Thobari-sensei really wants me to stay for a while . . . haah. Either way, it's not worth fighting. I don't want anybody getting any funny ideas of "teaching me a lesson," to start with, especially not the weird gorillas. And no, Gorilla-sans, I don't really feel like wearing the schoolgirl uniform to go with that. Uwah~ perverts~~! Except when I say it here, it's actually seems to be true. I don't really know what's supposed to be going on, but when the vague threats and disturbing imagery start to actually get interesting, you can flag me down or something-in the meantime, I'm going to lie down by the lake and wait until somebody comes to find me.
. . . or I could not go near the lake. Whoever is in charge here is really trying hard for the bad horror movie feel. Tentacle monsters, swamp monsters, giant apes, zombies . . . all part of Plan 9 From CFUD? The worst camp ever made? Maybe that's giving this place too much credit. If it was the worst of anything, I wouldn't be so bored. These zombies don't even look real, they're too-. . . . . oh. Fine, they're real enough, I guess. Sure, sure, you're scary. Very scary. Iyaaaa~
-so that's not going to work on the zombies, I guess. Or maybe I just need to try a bit harder. Haah. Either way . . . whoever's in charge here, I'll go wherever you want me to. I don't really care. But do the zombies have to touch me? I don't like it . . . I said I don't like it! S-stop it, you're hurting me!
Hehehe. That's b-. . . I guess that backfired. Let's start again-there are good touches, and bad touches. Guess which one this is.
Poll Vote! Character: Speed Racer
Series:
Speed Racer (cartoon)Character Age: 18
Canon:Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer, a talented young driver hoping to score in the big leagues, defeat huge crime syndicates and occasionally fight off ninjas with nothing but his trusty gloves and manly scarf to help him (and his car, the Mach Five, too). He also has his mechanic Sparky, his not-girlfriend Trixie, his family and the enigmatic Racer X who is obviously not Speed's older brother (obviously), to help him out. Oh, and Chim-chim the monkey.
Speed Racer is a lot of things: brash, bold and not afraid to rise up to the occasion when the risks involve jumping on treacherous high cliffs or fighting statues with guns. He's ready to speak his mind when he feels that you're doing the wrong thing and he's more than willing to talk it out first (in very long drawn-out sentences and a constant tendency to repeat himself). Confident and yet somewhat shy about his track record, Speed's compassionate and kind. And also has the tendency to state the obvious a little too often (thanks to hilarious dubbing).
Sample App:
I was chosen to come to Hell, Louisiana for a special kind of race that only a woman called the Director allows every month. It's so dangerous that everyone only calls it the Fast and the Furryous. But no matter what the challenge is, I've got to win this race, I've got to. So, here I am, all ready for the grand Circuit of Furry Underground Drive. Though I have no idea what a furry is, but I'll do my best to understand what this race is all about because I wouldn't be a good racer if I didn't try. And I'll never stop trying, not even if the furry is a terrifying obstacle in my way. Pops will understand when I win this race just like I should. Let's see if those furballs can stop the powerful Mach Five!
At least, that's what I thought but it turns out the mud stuck on the road was going to be my undoing when it stuck to the tires and it wouldn't let me move no matter what I did. So I got out of the car to try and find someone to help me get the Mach Five out of this muddy jam. I think it actually was some kind of jam. Talk about traffic puns. I came across some kind of wedding procession in the middle of the jungle! They even had music playing with some kind of band called the Rock Em Dead Zombies except they couldn't really be zombies, they just really looked like some! I guess they had really good costume designers to help them out like green guts over the outfits and their fingers came off when they shake hands with you, though I'm still not sure it's a special effect. They asked me to stay for the ceremony and in return, after it's done, they'll get my car out. Gee, that sounds swell to me and I could use a rest! But there's something fishy about this whole thing...
So I decided to see what was going on behind the curtains that seemed to look like skin, but it's probably another special effect because there's no way that can be real skin. I pulled them to discover an international zombie cult devoted to marrying away random strangers they find in the forest! I've got to stop their devious plot to this twisted version of holy matrimony, I've got to! So I disguised myself as one of the zombies to expose their sinister deeds once and for all! With this bride dress and veil, I'll sneak into the ceremony. They'll never suspect that I would disguise myself as a bride, but really I am Speed Racer, owner of the Mach Five! Oh! They're started the vows and the groom, seems to have burst into song that has a strangely addictive tune. Is this how they've been brainwashing people? By "never giving them up and letting them down?" I can't believe they came up with such a dastardly plan! But how can I fight back? There has to be something I can do, maybe some kind of song that fights off his terrible brainwashing powers! I know just the thing!
"Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer, he's a demon on wheels~"
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