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[hr][color=E1E3E0][sub][h3]サルは、酒に酔った後、再びそれに触れることはないので、ほとんどの男性よりもはるかに賢いです。[/h3][/sub][h3][sub][b]Monkeys are much smarter than most men. After they touch sake once, they never do it again.[/b][/sub][/h3][/color][/center][hr]


[indent][b]N A M E[/b]
[indent]Yukisaru Jirou, The Lonely Ape
[indent]Snow Monkey([b]鬼猿[/b]) [b]|[/b] ([b]二郎[/b]) Second Son
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[color=black][b][color=white]A[/color] G E[/b][/color]
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[color=black][b][color=white]A[/color] P P E A R A N C E[/b][/color]
[indent]Jirou is an amalgamation of traits that don't seem to add up -- he wears a matching set of ivory-hilted daishō like a samurai, a string of prayer beads like a monk, and the loose-fitting, soiled garb of a peasant. He is markedly hairier than most men, given his northern blood, with a broader nose and sun-leathered skin. His build is robust and muscular without being tall, his voice a gravelly indication of his love for pipe tobacco, and his demeanor oddly positive. Aside from his swords, he carries a sake set containing a tall flask and set of two ceramic o-choko. Other than a set of steel shin guards, he carries zero armor.[/indent]

[color=black][b][color=white]P[/color] E R S O N A L I T Y[/b][/color]
[indent]Jirou has a trustworthy jolliness to him one would expect from a favorite uncle or barkeep. He makes crude jokes, holds doors open for women, and gives alms to begging monks. He carries the swords of a samurai, but avoids confrontation whenever possible and does not perform actions one would necessarily deem "heroic" -- Jirou is a pacifist who would sooner de-escalate disagreements before they become brawls, and who would sooner run away from a burning building than into one. His most oft-repeated catchphrase is "Better them than me."[/indent]

[color=black][b][color=white]S[/color] T R E N G T H S[/b][/color][/indent]

[center][color=black]Iron Monkey[/color][/center]
[indent][indent]Jirou is considered a master of his clan's school of swordplay -- the Iron Monkey style -- whose main tenet is to tire one's opponent with a flurry of parries and tumbles, causing opponents to constantly try to redirect their attacks. Having a nigh-impenetrable guard, Jirou typically tries to keep opponents on the offense at all times, chasing him and trying to break his defense until they are too tired or too enraged to focus on their [i]own[/i] defensive maneuvers, at which point, he is comfortable striking back at whatever opening in their defense he can find. It is a style fit for one-on-one dueling, particularly against swordsmen who rely on their aggression.[/indent][/indent]


[indent][color=black][b][color=white]W[/color] E A K N E S S E S[/b][/color][/indent]
[center][color=black]Northman[/color][/center]
[indent][indent]The people of Tsukishima's northernmost province, while not as lowly as the burakumin, are treated apprehensively everywhere but their frozen homeland. Despite the fact that the north was only officially annexed by the empire four centuries ago, their customs and appearances are still decidedly "other" among the more refined southerners. Given that he practices the northern faith, he is forbidden from entering shrines of the Holy Path or temples of the Enlightened Path.[/indent][/indent]

[center][color=black]Vagabond[/color][/center]
[indent][indent]Jirou is a drunk, who stinks of sake more often than not. He tends to make a fool of himself when he is in his cups, and has been thrown out of more winesinks than he can count. When he is without alcohol for long enough, he tends to act impatiently and irrationally, especially in the search for more drink.[/indent][/indent][/indent][/color]