Does seem like a very interesting addition to the cast, yeah. I don't think there'd be too many issues of overlap with Mikako, either, since they're more foils than the same archetype. That said, her situation also has a ton of parallels with Suzuka, though, to the point that I feel like it's a bit too one-to-one. Both had some upheavals in the family that resulted in them moving away for a time, underwent a drastic personality shift in the intervening years while they were separated from the group, then ended up striking a deal with an aunt/uncle to work part time at a restaurant in exchange for being allowed to stay while attending high school, with their own apartments and living arrangements covered as part of said deal. While their actual characterizations really couldn't be more different, the backstory and living situation overlap does feel like it's a little too much.
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So should I put up a CS or no?
You can put one here in the OOC, I want to review it first. Concept sounds fun, though, so I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
When will IC be up?
Probably in the next day or two. I wanted to give everyone time to migrate their sheets over and catch up on the added setting info before I start.
@Feyblue Suzuka's voice comes through so clear in her relationship quotes, she's such a cutie! Eikichi's relationship section will change throughout the rp, so be on the lookout for that... it will certainly change after their reunion.
D'aww, thank you! I definitely feel like Eikichi's quotes set the tone for him really well, too. Can't wait to see them interact.
I'll likely do some updates going forward as Suzuka becomes a bit more honest with herself and others, so look forward to that as well. :>
@Feyblue Perfect! he's going to be sad that he can't go to school with her in the mornings anymore :(
...or is he? (¬‿¬)
Woohoo!! Do I have the ok to post Eikichi in the character tab? also, Eikichi has def lived in Minamikawa his whole life - where is Suzu living now?
Go right ahead! ^v^ As for Suzuka, she probably also would have lived in Minamikawa as a child since her family wasn't very well off at the time, but is now living up in Kitaguchi in an unused studio apartment over a cafe her aunt runs, so they're about as far apart as can be while still being on the same island.
...Not that that'll stop her, though. I've got some plans for some adorable antics down the line, and I can definitely work with this, lol.
Thank you all for your patience! As of now, the OOC is up!
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For the five who've already applied, hope to see y'all there!
@Kensai I was originally aiming for a cast of six max, but I could potentially bump the number up to eight total. Problem is, we'd then need another boi, since I'm trying to avoid love triangles. Nobody wants to join a romance RP just to be the odd one out, after all. The character idea does sound fun, though, so I could definitely be convinced to work her in.
roleplayerguild.com/topics/195041-sho…
For the five who've already applied, hope to see y'all there!
@Kensai I was originally aiming for a cast of six max, but I could potentially bump the number up to eight total. Problem is, we'd then need another boi, since I'm trying to avoid love triangles. Nobody wants to join a romance RP just to be the odd one out, after all. The character idea does sound fun, though, so I could definitely be convinced to work her in.
S H O U J O 4 : H A T S U K O I R E U N I O N
S H O U J O 4 : H A T S U K O I R E U N I O N
S H O U J O 4 : H A T S U K O I R E U N I O N
In a small corner of the world, there was an island. On that small island, there was a town. In that town, there were several small children, who, through luck or misfortune, happened to know one another for a time.
It wasn't as though it was for a particularly long time, either. Six years felt like an eternity for us back then, but if you look at that on the scale of a human lifespan, even all that time we spent together would seem insignificant by comparison. That's probably how most things go when you're growing up. All those memories, washed away by the tides of time, like sandcastles on the beach.
Our world was still so small, then. We didn't yet understand the vastness of the sea and the sky, or even of the city in which we lived, or of the distance between two people, and the walls we build between us to keep ourselves from getting hurt.
Six years together. Four years apart. If we spent all that time making memories, how long would it take, I wonder, to forget them all? It's probably different from person to person. If someone kept on making new memories -- kept finding things worth remembering -- then it probably wouldn't take long, even if one person happened to be missing.
But try though I might, I can't grow up like that. There are some things I'll probably never forget. And because I can't forget them, it makes me want to gather them up and hold them close to me. It makes me want to cling to these precious moments tightly, so that they'll never slip through my fingers again.
I want to go back.
I want to change.
I want to move forward.
I want to stay the same.
Today, once again, I lower my voice, whispering a greedy love song I could never sing, in the hopes that it will fill this small corner of the world, and reach you at last.
Welcome one and all to Hatsukoi Reunion! This RP is the story of a group of kids who knew each other to some degree or another in the past, gone their separate ways after one of their number moved away, and reuniting by coincidence in high school with her unexpected return. Sometimes cute, sometimes poignant, sometimes silly, these are the stories of their various "first loves," as they give their all and grow together day by day.
The RP is set in Kumoriyama City, located on a small fictional island of the same name off the southern coastline of Japan. This name, which translates to "Cloudy Mountain," is derived from the crescent-shaped isle's two most prominent features: the tall gray peak at its center, and the mist that often forms around the many lakes and rivers dotting and running down from its greener slopes.
Originally, the city, built at the foot of Mt. Aogumo in the sheltered harbor created by the island's curving coastline, was quite small. The island's rocky, steep terrain was ill-suited for farmland, and there was little else of value to be found inland from its shores. As such, the city was largely built up as a port for fishermen over a hundred years ago. Over time, however, it has expanded as new people have been drawn to the island by its cheap living costs compared to the mainland, and as businesses have moved in to take advantage of the existing infrastructure. The end result is a hodgepodge of old houses, shrines, and family-run shopping arcades in the outer districts of town, slowly being pushed outward from the center by a new influx of more modern highrise buildings and apartment complexes that have come to take their place.
The "new city," as it is often called, is overcrowded not by circumstance but by design. Buildings are crammed together or neatly stacked one on top of the other along even, parallel streets, making it easy to navigate despite just how much city is packed into such a small area of town. But even in the "old city," space is still a bit cramped, as the mountain with its hilly slopes and the multiple small river valleys running outward from it tend to constrict development on the city's outskirts. As such, the further you get from its organized center, the stranger Kumoriyama becomes, with many narrow, winding streets, footpaths, and alleys snaking, intertwining, and splitting off once more, intersecting with old parks, bridging across rivers, circling around or sloping sharply up large hills and bluffs, and eventually reaching either the thickly forested mountain trails or the many old wharfs, warehouses, and harbors running up and down the coastline.
There are two other, much smaller suburbs of Kumoriyama, referred to as Kitaguchi and Minamikawa respectively, at each extremity of the island, with a long, roughly straight train line connecting all three, with one stop in Minamikawa, three in Kumoriyama, and two in Kitaguchi.
Kitaguchi is located in a smaller harbor on the north side of the island, situated along the mouth of one of the rivers coming down from the springs of Mt. Aogumo, and is a rather upscale area with many large homes, shopping districts, and even some resorts. It's popular with tourists and more well-to-do families due to the beautiful white beaches and clearer skies there, while still only being a 20-30 minute train ride away from the city center to its south.
Minamikawa, conversely, is significantly smaller than either of the other two cities, and is a very sparse, rural community built up from an old mining town on the southern slopes of the mountain. As one of the only places on the island with roughly flat, arable land, it's turned into a microcosm of the Japanese countryside, dotted with farms, ranches, and rice paddies. It is also a nationally-recognized cultural heritage site, housing several old Shinto shrines and a long tradition of local festivals and legends that go back to when the island was first settled. Many of these shrines are built onto the side of Mt. Aogumo itself, as the mountain is much less steep on that side. This also makes Minamikawa a popular stop for anyone planning on hiking up the mountain, be they tourists or island natives. And, indeed, the mountaintop is a very popular destination, as its slope tapers off into a giant lake basin at its summit, with a great deal of greenery around it. On clear days, this vantage point provides a majestic panorama of the entire island, while on cloudy days, one feels much higher up than they actually are, as they can look down upon the tops of the low-hanging clouds of fog and mist that give the island and the mountain their names.
Kumoriyama Private High School, located atop one of the steep bluffs overlooking the city center, is directly up the mountainside from the city's southernmost station, and only about 20 minutes train or bus ride out from the city center. Despite being surrounded by the Old City, the school itself is rather new, having only been founded about thirty years ago when the city's development reached its peak. It's generally a rather highly-regarded school, with good teachers and connections to some decent colleges on the mainland. A few of its students have even gone on to Tokyo University, giving it something of a prestigious reputation. Although it is a bit more expensive than the few other high schools on the island, it does offer some financial aid options for particularly high-performing students, and is significantly better staffed and equipped than its counterparts, with a reasonably well-liked faculty and facilities in place for a wide variety of clubs. However, its student body is comparatively small, both due to its price and somewhat high standards.
As with other Japanese schools, the school year is split into three terms. The first goes from April to late July, the second from early September until mid-December, and the third from early January to late March. Currently, the first term is just about to begin.
The following section will consist of a gallery of images for miscellaneous locations to potentially serve as an inspiration for various scenes in the RP. It will be subdivided by location. New locations, as well as miniaturized character summaries to serve as a quick reference for major NPCs may also be added in the future as needed.
FINAL NOTE: Applications will be extremely limited for the moment, as we've already filled out a mostly complete cast through the interest check. Those interested in joining should feel free to post here in the OOC, but do note that spots may not be available. Right now, we've got one more prospective female character already in the works, so the main spot we'd have an opening for is one last male role.
Hey again everyone! Sorry for the radio silence these past couple days. Work keeps throwing new projects my way, so I've been kinda running myself ragged to get them all done on time. I think the one I'm working on tonight is the last one, so hopefully I'll finally get the ball rolling on this RP afterward.
Also @OliveYou those sketches are absolutely adorable. The drawing of Eikichi with the fans made me laugh out loud, so thank you so much for that. XD
@ERode I definitely feel like the Junko-Suzuka rivalry is absolutely 100% necessary, since Junko only respects those who give their utmost and Suzuka absolutely hates to lose at anything. Probably something where to everybody else they look like archenemies but for the two people in question it's just their way of showing respect.
Re: Olive's rankings, I feel like Suzuka is also near the middle of the pack academically. She's not particularly gifted, but as mentioned in her CS, her competitive streak extends to trying to place as high as she can in the rankings after each major test, so she studies really hard. Probably ends up consistently around Eikichi's level, just because I feel like it'd be really cute to have them going back to the longstanding tradition of placing bets on which one of them will beat the other. "If I score higher than you on the next test, you've got to treat me to lunch" sort of stuff.
Also, final note, but I'm thinking of re-using the town I came up with for an old slice of life RP I used to run, which would mean setting the story on a fictional island town just off the coast of the Japanese mainland. More or less one big city center at the foot of a mountain, and then a lot of increasingly rural suburbs and countryside, so it's a little bit of a backwater. Lot of potential though for childhood memories of hiking up the mountainside or going on tests of courage at run-down old shrines, so it feels like it would vibe with the cast we've got here. Dunno how well that works with everybody's backstories and family circumstances, though so I wanted to double check if that's cool with everyone.
Also @OliveYou those sketches are absolutely adorable. The drawing of Eikichi with the fans made me laugh out loud, so thank you so much for that. XD
@ERode I definitely feel like the Junko-Suzuka rivalry is absolutely 100% necessary, since Junko only respects those who give their utmost and Suzuka absolutely hates to lose at anything. Probably something where to everybody else they look like archenemies but for the two people in question it's just their way of showing respect.
Re: Olive's rankings, I feel like Suzuka is also near the middle of the pack academically. She's not particularly gifted, but as mentioned in her CS, her competitive streak extends to trying to place as high as she can in the rankings after each major test, so she studies really hard. Probably ends up consistently around Eikichi's level, just because I feel like it'd be really cute to have them going back to the longstanding tradition of placing bets on which one of them will beat the other. "If I score higher than you on the next test, you've got to treat me to lunch" sort of stuff.
Also, final note, but I'm thinking of re-using the town I came up with for an old slice of life RP I used to run, which would mean setting the story on a fictional island town just off the coast of the Japanese mainland. More or less one big city center at the foot of a mountain, and then a lot of increasingly rural suburbs and countryside, so it's a little bit of a backwater. Lot of potential though for childhood memories of hiking up the mountainside or going on tests of courage at run-down old shrines, so it feels like it would vibe with the cast we've got here. Dunno how well that works with everybody's backstories and family circumstances, though so I wanted to double check if that's cool with everyone.
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