I'm cracking down this time. I've had [i]plenty[/i] of RPs before where half the CSes I hesitantly accept, and they all die because those people disappear if we don't have an IC post after a few days. Regrettably, I'll have to turn down both of these CSes, for differing reasons.

Why I turned down Mushuro: The one thing this RP doesn't need right now is ninjas. I love ninjas, I admit, but I don't think they quite fit in how this RP works. I also classify this as that good ol' "was trained in martial arts from a young age" cliche, which is the one I was looking for most here. I also sense one I outright don't like, where they're usually timid but then are secret badasses once they put on a mask.

Why I turned down Makoto: The same "martial arts cliche" applies here (pretty much any hand-to-hand combat is martial arts, so...). Were that not the case, you have a C-Level Chip that seems more like it'd belong more up in A or S-Level (hypnotism is one hell of a power), both of which are levels not only above what I was willing to say yes to (F-Level at the very highest, and even this should be rare when we're just starting) but above what we'll be seeing for a fair bit of time IC. The "blade-blocking gauntlets" also put me off a little. As the final nail in the coffin, your grammar (specifically, punctuation and capitalization) just sorta amplified these things to me.

Sorry, guys. Also, Zombehs, feel free to put up a CS. I'm getting started on the IC as we speak (not sure if I already said that, but I mean it this time)