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Introduction

Ishin Academy, ranked as the #2 overall hero preparation program in Japan, and continually ranking in the top 10 hero academies in the world is a very different school. Located in the Hokkaido region of Japan, this school is prone to harsh winters, rigorous training exercises and some of the harshest hero instructors; partially due to their rivalry with U.A. High. The demand for excellence, strength, and honor is tantamount to the school, and their motto of To Soar Skyward, shows their demand for their graduates to be among the best of the best. The school is well known for its rigorous, tough as nails approach to hero education, which over the years has scared off many prospective students. The sink or swim mentality is expressed in the workload and the expectations of the students. The most well-known event from Ishin High is the First Year Boot Camp during the winter semester. Students who cannot pass this boot camp are expelled from the school.

The Academy’s dress code is conservative and accommodative of the weather of the Hokkaido region of Japan, with mandatory knee-length blue-gray skirts and stockings in tandem with a simplistic sailor fuku for girls, and blue-gray gakurans and pants for boys. Black penny loafers are the mandatory footwear, though in the winter season it is accented with boots. There is absolutely no allowance of creativity in the dress code. In terms of field exhibitions and training exercises, universal Ishin Academy jumpsuits will be provided. It is not the school’s prerogative to give payouts to superhero development firms so students can design their own outfits as a student may develop their heroic identity on their own time and not with the school’s resources. However, a request form may be filled out for modifications and armament additions to the provided jumpsuits.

The entrance exams start with a written application that had to make merit of hero knowledge, Japanese language accreditation, and a lot of other hero-oriented questions and writing opts. Once this was sufficiently passed you move on to being invited to Sapporo and IA’s testing facility to utilize your quirk before a board examination and then rigorous interviews to make sure your character fits the notion of Ishin Academy.

The Academy is one of the finest schools in Japan for hero development and in terms of the international scale cracks the top twenty. However, due to their presence on an international scale, Ishin defines itself as distinctly Japanese and has no presence overseas. There are no “sister schools” in the United States or Europe that associate with Ishin and the administrative body would like to keep it this way. Students who seek out to apply to Ishin, otherwise known as “Gaijin” are outsiders that have to be vetted extremely to be allowed to apply at all. Not only do foreign students need to have exceptional Japanese, they also need to meet even higher standards than Japanese applicants. It’s unfair, but nobody ever said Ishin was fair.

Most students accepted to Ishin Academy are offered a secure residence on academy grounds in the Sapporo area. As Ishin accepts all manners of Japanese students, and even on some special occasions, foreign visas it can be seen as a special if obtuse move from one’s home and into the cold environment of Ishin. Before the establishment of the dormitories around ten years ago students had no residence options and foreign students needed to get their own living arrangements in nearby Sapporo without the school’s help. The long train rides (as students had to ride the bullet train all the way to Hakodate and switch tracks to Sapporo) are now a thing of the past, though many students still are given a free of charge train pass by the administration so there are no problems visiting family and friends as long as this is done on their time and not the academy’s.

To sum up Ishin is one word and one word alone: Hell.
About the Roleplay

This is a conceptual roleplay set in the My Hero Academia setting within the framework of an alternate universe.

Players will begin with a fresh hero academy student in their journey to Sapporo, Japan, going about their day-to-day lives as they prepare for their career as a pro-hero.
Expectations

Pacing: Activity will be left vague as social obligations such as employment, academics, and so forth take precedent over a shared hobby. But we should try to post with some regularity. Obligations will be reminded if needed, but this is a low stress endeavor so we shouldn't feel the need to make extreme demands regarding this. Just communicate your schedule when there are issues and keep me informed is the bulk of it.

Writing Ability: The writing level I expect is somewhere around medium expectations (high school-level equivalent). This means comprehensive understanding of basic grammar and spelling is expected, characterization is important, narrative is important, and detail behind those are appreciated. I’d like to see a few paragraphs, though if it fits a post that there is enough to respond to and react to within one paragraph than that’s fine, but one-liner’s will definitely be off-base. Keep with the fluidity and enjoy yourself; though quality posts don’t have to be textbooks. Quality over Quantity, yet have fun and make engaging moments of introspection and interaction. With that said, I will not be putting posts under extreme analysis nor will I be inciting a “word count”. So just use your personal judgment of quality and we’ll be awesome.

Etiquette: Rule number zero of my perspective is pretty simple; don’t test my patience or be an irredeemable jerk. Generally, the idea here is a simplified version of any sort of rules since we are all adults and we pretty much know the big rules — follow the host site’s rules, communicate, collaborate, and don’t be antagonistic towards others or at the very least keep the toxicity to a bare minimum. Playful banter and crass jokes are one thing; but actively making somebody feel unwelcome is another one entirely. There is a difference between being blunt and being tactless.

Characterization: Characters should be aged 14 - 15 years of age, exceptions can be made for younger character due to intellect but acceptance of such a character would be narrowed down to one application.

Applying: I will be reviewing sheets on their merits with my co-GM staff. We will be looking for around 10 students initially but if there are more quality sheets than that number we may find a way to make it work. Don't be discouraged! Show your best! Plus Ultra!
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3/22/2020 | Character Sheet Deadline
All sheets should be finished by April 5th, 2020. IC will begin that week.

3/22/2020 | Formatting & Colors
Also, just so everyone knows, I apologize for not being clear but the[color=yellow]input was supposed to be a placeholder for your character’s personal dialogue color. So be sure to adjust that when you have the time. Just for… uniformity and stuff.

3/25/2020 | On Dialogue & Color Contrast
Everyones dialogue should follow the same conventions to avoid contrast and make collaboration posts (if need be) easier. Non-Bolded non-italics with quotations for dialogue. Unbolded italics with no quotations for thoughts. Make sure that the color you pick for your character is not close to another character's as well.

3/25/2020 | On Inactivity
Players who become inactive (in excess of a month of OOC inactivity) will be removed from the roleplay. Given the class-oriented nature of this story, we must focus on those who continue to be committed. Such characters will become NPC background characters as not to disrupt the class structure. Players may promptly return to the roleplay after speaking to the GM team.
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Howdy everyone! I'm Drew, one of the Co-GMs for the roleplay! I'll most likely be the first GM you'll message since my area of expertise is Quirks and lore-viability, at least when it comes to characters.

Some major things to think about when deciding your character's quirk:

1. How does the quirk affect your character? It could reflect their personality, could physically alter them, quirks are extremely varied!
2. The viability of the quirk: Can you protect and save people with this quirk? If your quirk is making farts smell fragrant, I'm sorry; that is a USEFUL quirk, just not one a hero can use.
3. Does the quirk fit the world and is the quirk fair in this universe? No one is All-Might level in this RP. The characters are first year high school students, and their quirks are still developing. No one is going to be able to face a powerful villain solo in this RP.

If you have a concept in mind, if you have questions, or if you just want to call me a big doo-doo head (not teaching my classes in person for the past week has me sort of missing middle school insults) feel free to DM me on RPGuild or on Discord! I am very prominent and annoying in the chatroom.

So, get to work out there students! And remember, Plus Ultra, Go Bey-oh crap, I mean Soar Skyward!
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Welp, just gonna repost this; for the most part, she is the same, aside from changes to her quirks name and functionality.

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Due to consensus between GM Staff we are moving the deadline to April 5th.
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looks cool. I'll try to make a character
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9 more days to get your CS's finished up! Also, there's a TON of characters but only a handful of slots! That means everyone needs to put their best foot forward for these characters. Make sure you consider how their quirk works, compare it to quirks in MHA: this page from the wiki is a GREAT resource: https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Quirk.

Seriously, there's lists of EVERY quirk ever depicted in the MHA universe. Also, consider character motivation, backstory and why they are at Isshin High School. If you need NPCs related to your character's backstory, LET US KNOW. I've got 10 days of quarantine and technically my school is on Spring Break, so I have absolutely NOTHING to do. I spent yesterday making a ton of staff for Isshin High School, giving each one personality, quirks and what classes they teach.

Also, the more free time I have on my hands that I'm sitting here twiddling my thumbs, the crazier it will be. If I need to design actual Hero Tests for the rp'ers to take, grade them, and then post class rankings throughout the RP; you bet your butt I will do that. Because I'm crazy.
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