The Mad Hatter

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Wondering how you got Reo. Yamamoto sounds right, but even if I can't read one of those kanji, the other one doesn't ever read as "Re" in Japanese.

You might have accidentally stumbled upon a Chinese/Mandarin reading rather than Japanese. Kanji is pulled from the Chinese Lettering, after all.

Of course, I could also be totally wrong, but hey Kanji's difficult.

@Xiro Zean

It's actually completely correct that those two kanji would be pronounced as Reo/Leo. I'll just leave it at that.

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No offense, but I think people usually ask if they need help with their characters' names. Just up and doing it does give off a smart-ass vibe, though I'm sure that wasn't your intention.

Especially since your help seems to be basically copy-pasting a pronunciation of a word into jisho.org and picking the top results. That's not exactly how Japanese people pick the kanji for their names. They don't just choose an existing Japanese word with multiple kanji that happens to be pronounced the way they want and go "okay, that works".

There's a plethora of kanji than can be pronounced "ten", and just as many that can be pronounced "shin", for example. You can, in theory, combine any of those kanji you happen to like to form a name and a meaning - like ten for heaven and shin for trust. And thus you'd get "heavenly trust". And so on and forth.

Also, for the record, "foreign minister" in Japanese is also pronounced "gaisho". Multiple words often have the same pronunciations, so just because one of those words is questionable doesn't mean everyone will immediately jump to thinking that's what was meant.

Tl;dr: Let's give people a lil break with their names, and offer help if asked instead, yeah?

Going to be working on a CS this weekend, hopefully!

@Vertigo

My bad. Will keep to myself now.

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I actually talked with Sloth about his name, and it wasn't the type of excited he meant for it to be, but kept it nonetheless XD

Btw, don't think we've ever met on the forum before. I hope we have a smashing time in this RP :D

@Xiro Zean

It's a good name
I once played with a chick who had - completely without knowing what it meant - named her character Gaisho (it can mean hooker/prostitute), 'cause they wanted it to sound like geisha, but not actually be Geisha.

I honestly wouldn't know if we'd "met" before. I've been RPing for ... jeesh, I guess it'll be 14 years soon.
I've played with so many people that I can't remember by far the most of them. Also, I suck at names and people change their avatars all the time, so I get confused

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Yo, you got no problems. Correcting Japanese names isn't going to cause anyone to label you as a smart-ass XD

Though I'm not one to say anything because I literally just named my character "Bang Bang of a Thousand Guns"

@Xiro Zean

I noticed and chuckled at it, but also clearly saw that you definitely did it on purpose. We've got a dude called "Excited State", too. I assume that's completely intentional as well ;)

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@The Mad Hatter I'm sure you know that I'm not actually skilled in the Japanese language, so whatever I create probably just sounds good, rather than being totally meaningful. I have tried that with some characters I've made, but at the end of the day, I'm no expert. That's not gonna be an issue for you, is that?

@FalloutJack

Nope. No issue. Just trying to help.

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I'm bored, so... I did things. I'm really trying to be helpful and not a pain in the butt. I'm not trying to be a smart-ass or anything. Just wanna make that very clear!

@Dead Cruiser I'm assuming that the version of the word "tenshin" you're going for is the one that translate into heaven/divine? In that case it would be written as "天心". Other variations of the word could be; "転進" which translates to something like "change of direction", "天真" which translates in "being naive", "点心" which translates into "dessert/cake".
Gabriel, the angel, would be written as "ガブリエル" in hirigana, but the name would be pronounced slightly differently in Japanese than in English. They would pronounce it something like "Gaburielu"

@Raijinslayer "Sugiura Shiryū" would be "すぎうら しりゅう" in katakana.

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@FalloutJack So... Just wanted to let you know that the Greek name Nero would be spelled "ネロ" in katakana and that Kayakos is not a Japanese surname. Kayako (かやこ) is a feminine given name, though, so I think that might be what you were trying for..?

Any way, the name "Nero" could easily be said as "Neru (寝る)" when spoken; "Neru" means to sleep, lie down, ect., but is more commonly used among youngsters as a slang word for having sex. Just thought I'd let you know.

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I think my CS is done for now. It's a bit meh, but I can beef it up if the concept is acceptable.

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Consider this my placeholder. CS is very WIP. Seriosuly, don't look at it.

Might be done.

Saitou Fumiko

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Age
Seventeen (17)

Sex
Female ♀

Appearance
At first glance, Fumiko seems like a perfectly harmless person with her ginger fringe, large, green eyes and freckled scattered over her nose and cheeks, but that mischievous glint in her eye and the small smirk almost always present on her lips are not to be mistaken.
She usually keeps her hair either in two messy buns or in a high ponytail.
Her body is lean, bordering on skinny, and although she does have some womanly shapes, a loose sweater could easily hide her sex from the world.
Her sense of style ranges greatly from cute summer dresses with a variation of flowers on them, to ripped jeans, net shirts and knee-high boots, depending on her mood.
She stands 5'5” tall and weight around 150 pounds.

Personality
+Loyal
Fumiko is loyal to a fault, whether or not the person she is loyal to deserves it or not. Any one person who she feels actually sees and accepts her for who she is, she wants to have in her life forever. She will go to great lengths to keep a friend in her life and is more likely to put herself in danger to keep them safe, then to keep herself safe.
+Imaginative
Fumiko is good at finding solutions for problems in creative ways. She has a very vivid imagination and in many cases sees possibilities where others see problems. “Don't work hard, work smart” is her favorite quote and she tries to live by it.
+Discreet
Mostly, this is just a fancy way of saying that she can be sneaky. Both in conversation, where she can burn someone without them ever realizing and in action, where she is quite skilled at sneaking around. Mostly, it just means that she is good at saying something without ever actually saying it.

%Dishonest
She probably does not mean to lie as she does, but things just come out of her mouth without her accept. Most of the stories she tell are greatly exaggerated, if not just downright lies. You can never really trust in her word, because she would lie about anything and never even blink at it.
%Insecure
Fumiko needs constant verification form others that she is, in fact, good enough. Her insecurity is the whole foundation of her personality, as this is what urges her to do things that might not be so smart, because this gets her attention and verification from those around her.
%Rude
Fumiko more times than not, lacks a certain filter between her brain and her mouth. She says whatever she thinks, without censoring herself in any way. This oftentimes leads to her saying things that might not always be socially acceptable to say to another human being.

Quirk
Smoker's Breath
Fumiko can create, shape and manipulate smoke. Smoke is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires, with smoke inhalation being the primary cause of death in victims of indoor fires. The smoke kills by a combination of thermal damage, poisoning and pulmonary irritation caused by carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and other combustion products. The heat of the smoke can actually cause the fire to spread, without the actual fire ever touching the new area.
Fumiko can manipulate the density of chemicals and the amount of smoke that she spew, but not where the smoke goes. Smoke will naturally move upwards and will dissipate outside or in well-ventilated areas.
As a side effect to her quirk, Fumiko is immune to smoke poisoning. She can still get cancer, COPD, heart diseases and other cool stuff linked to smoking, from her cigarettes. She can get asphyxiated by her own smoke as well, as she needs oxygen to survive just like anyone else does.

Skills

• Amateur Photographer
• Skilled at Acting/Faking emotions
• Good liar
• Excellent Girl Gamer Drummer
• Secretly a Chemistry Nerd

History
Unlike most people who end up as the rats of society, Fumiko does not have a sad and terrible story of how this came to happen. She was a normal child, growing up in a normal household. Her parents loved and cherished her, showering her with affection and giving her everything she ever wanted. Her father was a banker, working 7-4, while her mother had a part-time job at the local daycare four hours each day.
Dinner was on the table at 6 each and every night. Fumiko's clothes was always returned to her closet washed, folded and color-sorted. She did not even have to clean her own room; it was always cleaned when she came home from school.

Then, one day, when she was in the eight grade, Fumiko met someone new. It was a boy. Hormones were raging, puberty was at its high and soon, she had a very prominent crush on this boy. Only problem was that this boy was bad news. He grew up in a much different way from herself. His life, to her, had been exciting. He had been through so much and only came out stronger on the other side and Fumiko was lost in the deep, blue seas of his eyes. It did not take long for her to start her way down the path that would eventually lead her to her own damnation.
It all started with a kiss. All soft and sweet, like a girl always dreams that her first kiss would be. Then came the loitering about with his friends. They were bullies. They were drinking and smoking. Fumiko showed them her power by taking a drag of a cigarette and blowing out smoke enough to completely engulf the entire group. She got a standing applause and blushed when the boy she was not quite yet sure was her boyfriend yet, told her that her power was amazing.
It took only weeks from meeting the boy till Fumiko was part of her very first actual illegal activity. It was not really illegal, her maybe-boyfriend had comforted her before. Fumiko did as she was told, blowing smoke in through the vents of the drugstore. As expected, the fire alarm sounded and people were rushing out. The confusion and the screen of smoke was just enough for a few of the guys to sneak inside and fill their bags with goodies.

Things only escalated from there. She helped the guys many times, stealing from stores, shaking people down for money they supposedly owed one or another member of their little gang and once even punched a guy in the gut. Smoke inhalation torture is a surprisingly effective way to make people act according to how you want them to.

Ambitions
Fumiko does not really want to be bad; she just want her life to be exciting and actually worth telling stories about. She wants to be that type of person who always has a story about everything and has people in awe at how great she is. Actually, she just wants people to be in awe with her. She wants people to like her. Deep down, she probably just wants herself to like her.

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