[@l0ck0n] It's Okay. [@Lost in my Mind] The idea is great. I've ran through it and there isn't anything flagrant. The fact that he's practically helpless without them balances a few things out. Approved. [@tex] I think you've got enough reviewing for now. I may bring up a couple of things as I notice them a bit later but yeah you're good. [quote=@Hatman1801] Review is in [color=39b54a]green[/color]. [hider=Nori Hisakawa] [center][img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mq-vDO2l3wY/TrSwMYTLeEI/AAAAAAAAAx4/nRTjWjlh8Oo/s1600/tumblr_ls4nc6gMN21qjmftao1_1280_large.jpg[/img] [i]“Sacrifice yourself to do one good thing, or live on to do many? Think about it.”[/i] [b]Standing at about 5'11" and weighing in at 150~lb, Nori is tall, lean shinobi, with an air of thoughtful relaxation about him. His bluish-black hair is trimmed slightly shorter than in the picture above, keeping the bangs out of his eyes, and the length in the back about halfway down the neck. His skin is rather pale, with sharp grey eyes, and slightly pointed teeth reminiscent of the Seven Ninja Swordsman of the Mist. [color=39b54a]Rawr[/color] Attire-wise; in battle, he forgoes a flak jacket, instead settling for a chain mesh under a loose, sleeveless blue shirt, black shin-length pants, standard issue black sandals, arm-guards, and his dark blue scarf tucked into the back of his shirt; the Kirigakure plate is attached to the end of this. Out of battle, his attire is much more modern; while he still sticks to wearing blue out of habit, he often dresses in semi-casual suit jackets, button-up shirts, slacks, and sneakers, varying to weather and situation as necessary. The only consistency is the dark-blue scarf, kept with him regardless of occasion.[/b][/center] [u][b]Personnel files.[/b][/u] [i]Access only by security personnel with a C3 clearance.[/i] [indent]【[U]Full Name[/U]】 [I]Nori Hisakawa[/I] 【[U]Alias[/U]】 [i]The Listener; The Drowning Spear; Scarfy[/i] 【[U]Affiliation[/U]】 [i]Undecided[/i] [color=39b54a]Neutrals bllleeeeehhhhhh[/color] 【[U]Age[/U]】 [i]23[/i] 【[U]Sex[/U]】 [i]Male[/i] 【[U]Sexuality[/U]】 [i]Bisexual[/i] [color=39b54a]Pretty gay[/color] 【[U]Birthplace[/U]】 [i]Kirigakure[/i] 【[U]Bloodline[/U]】 [i]Hisakawa[/i] 【[U]Rank[/U]】 [i]Chūnin[/i][/indent] [u][b]Psych. report.[/b][/u] [i]Medical secrecy applies.[/i] [indent]【[U]Personality[/U]】 [i]Nori is an analytical type. Even in casual conversations, he will take long periods of time to listen thoroughly to what the other(s) have to say before replying, replying only when he has found something worthwhile to say in response. He's often relaxing to be around because of this trait; you'll almost never be interrupted or ignored, and especially those needing to blow off some steam will drift to him. [color=39b54a]Let's get social![/color] The responses are where that line becomes less clear-cut. His honesty in his responses, and the depth he might go to analyze a statement, can lead to starting an argument that never needed to happen, or worsening an existing one. Not everyone likes hearing the truth. He doesn't seem to regret these situations, since the problem wasn't his fault in the first place. Some people think he's arrogant because of this aloofness, and they wouldn't be wrong. He'll become frustrated if people challenge his analysis, and even moreso if he happens to have made a mistake in his interpretation of the situation in the first place. Being such a good listener though, sometimes he has trouble starting conversations, or holding them. He doesn't really have the social drive to keep up small talk for very long, and he also dislikes having to talk about himself. It takes work for him to honestly feel like opening up to anyone, and he grows extremely uncomfortable talking about himself or his past. Which leads to a conflict of interests; if he can talk to you about your problems, why can't he talk to you about his own? [color=39b54a]Sux[/color][/i] 【[U]History[/U]】 [i]Nori is the only son of his parents, a non-shinobi father and a hunter-nin mother, in the unsteady Kirigakure village. With the years preceding the era of peace from the Hamajō Confederation, his mother was hardly ever home for the boy, constantly performing missions, be they for the village, or against its defectors. No questions asked has always been the terms of the Hidden Mist though, and so he simply smiled and nodded when his father constantly praised her mother as a hero, regardless of how dirty her job was. Even when she did return though, she never doted on him, unlike how he saw other mothers do with their children. She simply enjoyed the brief tranquility that would come between her missions as much as possible, and Nori accepted the exhaustion that came with his mother, the "hero." As he grew into his Academy years, he himself trained diligently in the Academy, to become a "great hero" like his scarcely seen mother, and succeeded; he was quiet, talented, and most importantly, obedient. What he also learned however, is how to be an outcast; children in times of war are never settled, and they found every reason to question why his father wasn't a shinobi, and tease that maybe his mother wouldn't come back this time. He simply let them speak and continued his training; his father did everything he could as a parent, and his mother was a hero. He didn't have the nerve to question them early on, and didn't care once he understood later. Even after learning of just what the job of hunter-nin entailed, well, it was just another grisly duty, and he would be more than willing to follow his mother's footsteps in that role. And then, during his graduating year at the Academy, the Hamajō Confederation had stepped in on the eve of peace and secured it. Upon the realization of this, his hopes were high. He was a shinobi now, just like his mother, and could finally understand what that really meant from the hero returning home from war. Twelve years and they could finally be a stable family. That is, until she didn't. Not in the way he wanted. She was as busy as ever; the Confederacy wanted to keep their peace, and she had been stomping out traitors since before he was born. The hunter-nin ended up as busy as ever...and finally, Nori questioned why. If the war was over, why was she still being worked so hard? Hadn't the Hamajō Confederacy secured this peace? Even if it was strict, it was perhaps that much more comforting to have something so solid in the village of mist. Especially to the boy and his father who never knew if the love of their life was coming home. And as he rose up to the rank of chunin, it would be a more grisly fate that answered him. He learned that the last time his mother had left had been her last. His mother had turned, and after the war, had been working with the Red Sages in opposition of the Confederation. False reports and faked evidence. The Red Sages they sent her after never died, only got to keep working with a new lease of having no target on their back. She was executed for treason. His father was no shinobi, and was believed when questioned if he knew anything. He was a dutiful chunin, and was believed as well. So Nori's mother had gone from being a hero to a villain in an instant, after she had done her job so tirelessly for peace, and suddenly he was in conflict. He had idolized her; she was his hero since birth. And her job was to hunt down traitors. Friends of her village gone rogue. So why did she betray the village herself, after the war was over? He was an established chunin of Kirigakure, and by extension, the Hamajō Confederacy. She fought for the peace that they brought. The hero fights against villains, and Nori had wanted to follow in his mother's footsteps. When he asked his father why, all he had told him was to believe in her. But did that mean preserving the peaceful tyranny of the Confederacy, or...was his mother fighting against a new villain?[/i] 【[U]Family ties[/U]】 [i]Nori grew up in a single-father middle-class household, with his mother visiting only once every several months during her time of service after she got herself off of maternity leave. He has no siblings. After the death [/i] [b]Naozumi Hisakawa | Father | 50, Kirigakure, unemployed. Suffers depression from the loss of his wife. Koyori Hisakawa | Mother | 44, Deceased. Hunter-nin. Classified as traitor for assisting criminals against Kirigakure. [color=39b54a]Chalk up another one for the disney protagonist formula huehue[/color][/b] 【[U]Dreams and fears[/U]】 [i]Nori's dreams are largely focused around becoming a successful jounin or hunter-nin, following in his mother's footsteps. Whether that means he will be a shinobi of the Hamajō Confederation or the Red Sages is yet to be determined.[/i][/indent] [u][b]Combat reports.[/b][/u] [i]Gathered from evaluation reports after missions.[/i] [indent]【[U]Fighting style[/U]】 [i]Nori focuses around genjutsu-based combat, looking to manipulate his opponents into a corner with various Water-style ninjutsu and weaponry--most notably being a naginata--before locking them down with genjutsu and going in to finish the job.[/i] 【[U]N/A[/U]】 [b][u]Bloodline limit name: N/A[/u][/b] [b][u]Description: User possesses no known kekkei genkai.[/u][/b] 【[U]Ninja techniques[/U]】 [u]A rank techniques:[/u] [u]B rank techniques:[/u] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Release:_Water_Formation_Wall]Water Release: Water Formation Wall[/url][/i] [color=39b54a]k[/color] [u]C rank techniques:[/u] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Prison_Technique]Water Prison Technique[/url][/i] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Clone_Technique]Water Clone Technique[/url][/i] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Release:_Water_Bullet_Technique]Water Release: Water Bullet Technique[/url][/i] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Water_Release:_Water_Bowl]Water Release: Water Bowl[/url][/i] [color=39b54a]All is good[/color] [u]D-E rank techniques:[/u] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Replacement_Technique]Body Replacement Technique[/url][/i] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Unsealing_Technique]Unsealing Technique[/url][/i] [i][url=http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hiding_in_Mist_Technique]Hiding in Mist Technique[/url][/i] [color=39b54a]Ok[/color] 【[U]Custom made techniques[/U]】 [b][u]Aquatic Bone Suffering[/u][/b] [b][u]Rank:[/u][/b] [i]B[/i] [b][u]Range:[/u][/b] [i]Dependent[/i] [b][u]Description:[/u][/b] T[i]his jutsu causes all water created from a previous Water Release ninjutsu to have an extreme numbing effect to any skin in contact with it, extremely hindering the sense of touch, and in turn, making it more difficult to control the dampened areas. While the effect is immediate and intense though, it's reliant on how wet the opponent is; if they've been successfully dodging techniques, or happen to be in heavy armor, they likely won't be affected significantly. Likewise, managing to sufficiently dry themselves will remove the effect, and as with all genjutsu, if they are aware it's the illusion of loss of sensation, then they can mentally force themselves to overcome it if possible. The strength of the technique is its subtlety and range, the weakness being its ease of avoidance. [color=39b54a]Interesting ability, my chuunin has a similar ability though execution and effects vary. I like.[/color][/i] [b][u]Jutsu name: Water Release: Seashell Current Discord[/u][/b] [b][u]Rank:[/u][/b] [i]B[/i] [b][u]Range:[/u][/b] [i]Mid to long-range[/i] [b][u]Description:[/u][/b] [i] An audio genjutsu, in which the user releases a quick jet of water from their mouth onto anything nearby. Those hearing any noise the jet of water creates, such as its impact, will begin hearing only the noise they heard the genjutsu create, be it a splash on another body of water, against a tree, etc., essentially cutting off their ability to hear. In combination with the Hiding in Mist Technique, it can be crippling to have one of your other means of locating your opponent crippled. The strength of the genjutsu lies in it's simplicity of execution and subtlety. The weaknesses lie in the lack of physical hindrance; the opponent is not incapacitated in any other way, and it can be avoided by not hearing the initial noise, and the technique can be overcome with sufficient time/chakra control. [color=39b54a]So a Genjutsu that confiscates hearing. I suppose that's cool, not a bad choice.[/color][/i] [b][u]Jutsu name:[/u][/b] [i]Kingdom of the Eastern Seas[/i] [b][u]Rank:[/u][/b] [i]A[/i] [b][u]Range:[/u][/b] [i]Short[/i] [u][b]Description:[/b][/u] [i]The user clasps their hand at an opponent's throat or forehead while casting the genjutsu, after which, the victim will be under the illusion of being dragged to the bottom of the ocean floor; painful, crushing water pressure, asphyxiation, no light, and no sound. These effects persist until the caster of the genjutsu releases their hand from the opponent, or loses the ability to channel the chakra. The weakness of the technique lies in its extremely close range, especially so with the need to grasp something as usually well-protected as a head or neck. The strength lies in the fast effects and sheer intensity of the genjutsu, crippling all senses at once, incapacitating most in short order. [color=39b54a]Extremely useful as non-lethal. Complete garbage if trying to kill as you can just stab the person in the neck instead of slapping. I like it. Pretty good stuff.[/color][/i] 【[U]Weaponry, tools and objects.[/U]】 [b][u]Weapon, tool or object name:[/u][/b] [i]Customized Naginata[/i] [b][u]Description:[/u][/b] [i]A 5 foot long bright grey naginata, with the bottom half able to collapse into the top to make it a more efficient weapon at extremely close range, as well as the tsuba consisting of a hardened rubber disk, to insulate electricity coming through the blade, knowing that his exclusive use of water techniques makes him quite vulnerable to an electric discharge. The coloration is exclusively for blending in with the Hiding in Mist Technique, to make the weapon harder to see.[/i] [/indent] [color=39b54a]Generally good character. Approved.[/color] [/hider] [/quote] Vuur covered history well enough, didn't feel like repeating.