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Name: Kaze
Age: 26
Current characters: n/a
IC
Name: Japan (Kiku Honda)
Fandom: Axis Powers: Hetalia (webcomic)
History link: http://osoreirimasu.livejournal.com/870.html (Written for another game, but this thing is huge so I never want to write it again. D8 )
Age: Actually somewhere over 2000 years, but he looks to be in his late 20s.
Canon point: August 2011, before the newest round of Prime Minister changes
Personality: NOTE: Again, I’ve lifted this from another app I’ve written for Japan. These are my own words, but if you’d rather I write out a fully new personality for DV only, I can.
Japan is described canonically as quiet, earnest, hardworking, a little bit shy and just a tiny bit masochistic. He doesn’t often voice his opinions and when he does, he tries to do so in a roundabout way so as to not offend anyone listening. As the representation of the country, Japan embodies many of the stereotypes that the world holds. For example, he loves cute things and makes mascots like Hello Kitty (Kitty-chan in Japanese), has a small white dog named Pochi-kun, and once kept rabbits and guinea pigs because they were fluffy and adorable during the Meiji Restoration. He wouldn’t come out of his room to meet France when he was upset over the unfair treaties after the ending of his isolation, but did open the door a bit when he heard France had a cute cat with him (if only to ask for the cat to be allowed into his room - not France). He’s also often seen watching or petting cats when he should be training or whenever he’s out with Greece who has many strays in his country. He’s very weak against cute things even for a man, and the concept of “moe” is something uniquely his.
On the other hand, at his core, Japan embodies the traditional Japanese male spirit. He’s quiet and hardworking, shy and just the slightest bit naïve when it comes to the ways of the younger countries because he still doesn’t fully understand them. When he sets his mind to something, he will give his all to accomplish it - like when he and Germany decided to restrict their diets for health reasons. He’s exceptionally good at working with his hands, especially detail work, and so he’s able to make things like a miniature U-Boat - which transforms into a giant robot in the end and comes in different colors for the different seasons. He was able to rebound twice in his history to overcome hardships like the opening of his country and the postwar economic collapse within 20 years each time as well. Despite all this, Japan is very quiet and often doesn’t speak his mind, which makes him difficult to read for most people. He keeps a neutral expression on his face most of the time and except for very rare cases, never gets angry. The few exceptions we have are when Germany announces his friendship with Russia and when Greece asks him to get angry. At first Japan is only able to conjure up feelings of dissatisfaction, but after imagining inflation driving up the price of eggs (alluding to his somewhat frugal nature), he does get angry off-screen and we hear of it through Greece’s phone call to Turkey.
Japan is very traditional in all things, including his morals, dress and actions. He attempted seppuku after being captured once in a World War II strip, an action only samurai did in the old days. He is also distressed when Italy kisses him on the cheek, claiming it is his first kiss and asking Italy to “take responsibility.” Public displays of affection are not things that the Japanese do lightly or easily, and even simple things like holding hands or hugging are considered taboo in public. However, he has quite the extensive shunga, or erotic woodblock painting, collection in his library, which he hides among his other books since his country has quite the closeted perverted streak. Besides his morals, his dress is very traditional and whenever he isn’t at a World Meeting, he is usually seen wearing his kimono and haori at home when others are over. When he’s by himself, he tends to wear gym shorts and a t-shirt, but he never does this when he could be seen by anyone. Unlike a traditional Japanese male, but quite like a Japanese female, Japan is very domestic and cooks, cleans and tidies up after his friends (Germany and Italy at Germany’s house) and his boss (although not as much in recent days). During the war, Japan is shown cooking for his boss at least once - when he invented niku-jaga, a Japanese approximation of English beef stew. He is also extremely polite and extremely vague in his speech patterns. In an effort not to offend anyone, Japan is always polite, but this sometimes leads to problems especially when asked to do something. Often he’ll reply with ambiguous phrases like “I’ll consider it” or “Perhaps next time” or “I’ll exercise discretion in this matter,” all of which actually mean “No.” Other phrases are things that mean nothing, like “I am always in your debt” whenever he speaks on the phone or “Please come over sometime” which is more of a socially accepted parting than an actual invitation out.
As for his masochistic side, Japan tends to get trampled underfoot when it comes to voicing opinions. During the World Meetings, he will often just side with whatever America says and then get yelled at by Switzerland to say his own opinion. While this scares him, he doesn’t seem to want to change this tactic and adheres to it even now. He also seems faintly proud of the fact his age gives him body aches and will readily tell anyone that he’s an old man. He also puts up with Korea’s craziness like when the country asks to touch his “breasts” even though he knows Korea is likely to go overboard, which he does, leaving Japan with a decidedly uncomfortable and very freaked out feeling. He also frequently gets duped into buying things from America like Billy’s Boot Camp (Taebo), a hair straightener said to make your hair perfect for dates (he already has perfectly straight hair), and more. Special edition items and limited edition things will also empty his wallet quite quickly.
His masochism, though, all boils down to one point: he is an otaku. When England asks him to clear up who should be the world’s Sexy Leader, Japan says he has no interest because two-dimensional people are better than three-dimensional. He prefers the 2-D world to the 3-D because while it may taint the heart a little, the body at least remains pure (going back to his traditional distaste for affection). He keeps the latest video games and manga, always making sure to buy JUMP magazine at New Years, and lending America scary video games in order to help him overcome his fear of ghosts. He has also seen the world as an RPG since the 1940s at least and little textboxes tend to pop up around him that announce when people enter his party or gain skill points. He calls this a natural Japanese phenomenon and seems very nonplussed by it, although others find it quite strange.
Along with his obsession with anime, manga and video games, Japan loves electronics of all kinds. He is always seen with his digital camera (or a regular 35mm camera during the war) so he can record anything he sees - whether it’s interesting architecture or America’s strangely colored cakes. He won’t eat these things, but he feels like he must preserve their image for posterity. Beyond that, Japan is known for his technical skill, which stems from his absolute terror at having been driven home once by Italy. Italian driving is quite reckless and the trauma from that event made Japan vow to make the safest cars on the road so he’d never have to experience anything like that again. Because of this, half of his economy ends up relying on electronics, computers and other sorts of technical skills.
Finally, Japan is extremely curious about the world around him. When he first opened to the West in the 1850s, he expressed his own anxiety about being able to keep up with people and to make friends in the world. Japan recognizes that he is behind the times in a way and strives to catch up and to be better in his own quiet way. He wants to be a world player as much as anyone else, which is why he has worked so hard to get where he is. Despite all this, sometimes his image of the world and the way the world is doesn’t jive well at all. For example, because of the movie Sound of Music, he believed Switzerland would be girly and wear a dress and sing. Instead, Switzerland carries a very big gun, is a man, shoots at anyone who comes near his borders, and constantly yells at him to say his own opinion. He doesn’t always understand why other countries do what they do, either, like Italians sleeping naked or Americans making blue food. He puts up with it all and remains quiet though out of respect for other cultures, although it does give him a bit of stress. And while Japan does want to keep up with people, he sometimes feels very nostalgic for his days of seclusion because when he’s out with the younger nations, he often feels like he can’t keep up with their energy. He is envious of them for that, but he states that he doesn’t want to be like them because for all their energy, they can be quite rash and immature and that is quite the opposite of the serious image Japan wants so desperately to display to the world.
Powers/Abilities: Japan is the personification of the country itself, and so he is technically immortal so long as anyone still considers themselves Japanese (and as long as the country itself exists). He doesn’t really get sick in the traditional sense and it’s debatable about whether or not he can actually die. He heals more quickly than humans would and can rebound from what would be a devastating or fatal wound when most others would simply die.
He’s known to be a swordsman (Japanese kenjutsu) as well as a skilled martial artist (judo, karate, jujitsu, etc.) since they are sports practiced in his country. Despite his age, he’s rather spry and can employ “ninjutsu” such as hiding in ceilings, throwing shuriken, etc. After his hundreds of years, he can certainly do some survival things, but he’s mostly forgotten them with the luxury of recent years. That said, he survived on a desert island with Germany and Italy during Hetalia’s version of WW2, so he can at least do that. Besides that, he’s also extremely good at electronics and software development and repair, especially in the field of miniaturizing just about anything into a more compact and portable size.
On the more useless side of things, Japan has a ‘natural phenomenon’ that creates RPG-like bubbles to pop up and announce when new characters enter or join his party, or when they level up or gain abilities. It can be seen by other characters in canon, but it often makes little to no sense to anyone but him. He’s very good at cleaning, cooking and adapting foreign cultures and making them his own. His other power might be fourth-walling since he’s a manga/anime/video game otaku, but I’d try to keep that to a minimum.
Prose sample: How was this happening? His brain simply could not catch up and process what was happening before his eyes. Or more accurately, it was happening before his feet and at about waist level. There were several things he could think of that could happen in such a position (several which were quite awkward), but none of them were as shocking as this. He was a nation of over 2000 years and yet this one, outwardly simple and somewhat understandable (from an objective perspective) event had completely shut down his upper brain functions.
Then, slowly, it all began to come back to him. Like a movie reel that had been rewound or a sports feature replay, the world up until this moment fluttered before his mind’s eye.
He’d woken up in a strange place - a dirty place that was most definitely not his home because not even in his warehouse was this bad - and had been very confused. He’d found a phone that was not his own, a bed that was far too western in form and thus hurt his back to sleep on, and clothes that he vaguely recognized as his but from a very long time ago. He’d wandered around the room aimlessly for a few moments, noting the décor and finding no strange notes that would point to him being kidnapped by America’s strange little friend or by Russia. Or France. Or anyone really. There hadn’t been much else there. The phone had been empty of contacts although it seemed to be his since it had his name and photograph in it. Handy, he’d thought, very handy. But no internet access and it wasn’t a smartphone. Unfortunate. At least it was a good design (even if he could likely make it sleeker, smaller, more easily able to fit into pockets) so he could accept this as a temporary substitute for his own phone. But he knew he would need to get his back at some point. Even if suddenly waking up in a strange location was the best way to start an RPG adventure or a favorite set-up for some new anime plot, he was a busy Nation and he had things to do. The business with his upper regions had not yet been settled, his bosses were once again fighting over leadership, scandal was rocking the entertainment world and he had to take his dog out for his morning walk.
With all that in mind, he’d been playing around with the phone, trying to get it to work, trying to phone his bosses to let them know where he was, when he’d stepped outside. And there had been a cry to his… Had it been his left? Yes, it must have been as he was currently facing that direction, phone still in hand, horrified expression on his face. There had been a cry to his left and someone had rushed at him, crying and sobbing as he (it was a he? Yes, he recognized that ponytail now) grabbed him around the waist and pressed his face into Japan’s stomach. This was…
“….China-san?”
Reality snapped back into place and Japan’s face went white. China was sobbing and holding him. This was…
“Privacy invasion!!” he screeched, internally congratulating himself on his own prowess as he quickly and very neatly threw China backwards over his head.
Links: http://4000excuses.livejournal.com/5290.html One example at Luceti.
http://damned.livejournal.com/1109478.html Fighting logs at Damned
http://damned.livejournal.com/1134678.html?thread=78984278#t78984278 Him being dumb at Damned
Types of sex I am OK with: UM...just about...anything...I guess... 8( JUST ASK.
Kinks or practices I enjoy: Bondage, dominance play :x
Types of sex I'm not OK with: Non-con...?
Kinks or practices I don't enjoy: I DON'T KNOW MANY KINKS. JUST ASK. Although things dealing with dirty/unclean things Japan will fight tooth and nail to get away from so, be advised of IC restraints.
Willing to write rape or dubcon?: :x Don't...think so.
Is fade to black OK?: YES.
Arrival = 1 chip
Tell Me How You Really Feel = 4 chips
Arrival