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@AerandirDon't worry senpai, I noticed you!

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K E N I C H I

Training Ground Echo

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@Experiment 249Kenichi found himself lifted into the air by a tall redhead who introduced himself as Lysander, as the rest of the class responded more or less favorably to his speech. There were a couple who looked like the serious types, who had probably just labeled him as a case of chuunibyou or something, but that was fine--the speech hadn't been meant for them, after all.

"Hell yeah! This guy gets it!" Kenichi said, thumbing his nose like Bruce Lee. @FeyblueThen, the girl with long blonde hair and glasses mimicked the two boys--in an oddly frame-perfect way--and let out her own war cry.

Maybe it was her voice, or how robotic her action was, or just the more subdued nature compared to Kenichi and Lysander's complete gung-ho, but everyone kind of stared awkwardly at her. Kenichi, however, jumped down off Lysander's shoulders and gave her a big thumbs up and smile.

"Yeah, you get it too, don'tcha!" Don't worry about other people, went the unspoken gesture. You do you.

The guy with six wings added his own bit, though it had less of an anime feel and more of...Shakespeare? He then proceeded to spread his wings and hold his hands up. Was this what the people on the internet called Praising the Sun? Kenichi grinned at him too, though.

@AerandirA blonde guy, on the other hand, said that Kenichi didn't strike him as a "main character." More like a loud supporter...or comic relief. The guy grinned in that way provocative people grinned. Kenichi met it with his own challenging smile, showing off his canines as he slammed one fist into his other palm.

"Good! Every main character needs somebody to look down on 'em, too! Just be careful you're not the guy who gets blown away in the first chapter!"

@RexAnother redhead, the guy who had come into the classroom with a bag of metal tools, pointed out that sometimes the Main Character Seat was a fakeout, or that shows would reveal a real protagonist later. Kenichi crossed his arms and nodded his head knowingly.

"Sure, the bait and switch! We have enough standout hair colors in this class for that to be the case--but now I've made an inspiring speech that lifts the rest of my nakama up! That's two points I have for protagonism!" He pumped his fist triumphantly.

Yoshida-sensei arrived, along with a new student who seemed to be a fill-in from the General Studies department. So that meant whatever they were doing required even teams? Sure enough, L Guardian explained that they'd be playing a territory domination game--capture two of the three points and hold them, or disable the enemy team. Everyone was paying attention to the teacher now, instead of him, but Kenichi's big smiles and shining personality were suddenly replaced by a look of consternation. He had just told everyone that they would pass, but now they were going to compete against one another after all. Would the losing team be expelled? Surely Yoshida-sensei wasn't planning to cut the class in half on the first day, it wouldn't make any sense. The blue haired boy looked down at his fist. Only one option, then: He had to make his team win, and make the other team stand out at the same time.

He was on Delta Squad, which according to the projector screens included Acion (six wings), Seth (the second redhead), Mamoru (the pink hair with the shield and glasses), Donny (the fat guy), Toni (the other blonde, Lysander had talked to her before), Ezra (holy shit that guy was tall for a teenager), and the Gen. kid, Roy. Unfortunately, Sen, Lysander, and the mimicry girl were on the other team. Fortunately, the snarky guy called Jett was also on the other team. The others on Alpha Squad were all unfamiliar to Kenichi, since he had only seen them and hadn't really interacted with them yet.

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As the two teams took their starting position, Mamoru took the lead on Delta and began a strategy session. Kenichi started doing more warm-up exercises.

@Lucius Cypher"Area C's no good for me, all the loose dirt would mess with my breathing. If I absolutely have to, I can either limit my intake or hold my breath, but that either makes me weaker or has a 5 minute limit, considering I'd be doing lots of activity." He said when she brought up starting at that one.

Donny said he could take B by himself...but he didn't seem the most confident.

"No offense, Don-kun, but you're gonna have to give us more to go on than that." Kenichi said.

Seth pointed out they needed to know each other's Quirks, and explained his own. Kenichi nodded and did the same.

"Mine's Hyper Ventilation. My super breath can kinda sorta move things around, but its real use is to oxygenate my blood and muscles. On our ranking system, my Power and Speed are both B class and I'm highly mobile." Which reminded him.

"You guys should know about as many of the other team as possible, too. The kid with the gas mask, Kimoto Sen, he can breathe a paralytic cloud. He's a real bad match-up for me, but anyone who can hold their breath or resist that kind of thing can probably beat him if they get close."

Acion didn't explain his quirk, but it was fairly obvious. He offered to transport someone to C, and said that'd be the best place for him. Kenichi would have thought A would be a good fit too, but maybe he thought the other team would climb the cranes to get at him.

"I'm not real good at battlefield strategy, just hand-to-hand stuff." Kenichi said to the others as he finished warming up and started taking faster breaths to get his blood pumping. He wasn't in full on vacuum mode just yet, but the pressurized air made a slight whistling sound. "Unless you guys just insist on me playing some kinda role, I think...No, I definitely have to go for direct engagement. You guys split up however you see fit, but I'm gonna patrol the whole field and take on everyone I find. I'll start with A, if that helps anything."

The way he worded that might have struck some of the others as odd. He wasn't going for direct engagement because he thought it was the best option, or because he thought it would help their strategy. He was going to try and fight the entire other team on his own because he felt like he had to.

Flashy battles are the best way for a newly introduced character to show off. If they do well against the protagonist, that hypes them up even more.

We're ALL gonna pass this.

Kenichi narrowed his eyes, and lowered himself to the three-point start.

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WE'RE GONNA KICK L GUARDIAN TO THE CURB, CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY KOMEI 1-A ROLLS!

WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE!?

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K E N I C H I

Komei - Classroom > Training Ground Echo

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When a teacher showed up, Kenichi stopped leaning on Sen's seat and took a good hard look at the guy, sizing him up even as the guy enforced classroom order and laid out their next point of business. Another test? What was it going to take to get these people to accept them? Kenichi had only failed out of UA, of all places, because of his written exam--as far as practicals went, if he was good enough for them Komei ought to have been paying a full-ride scholarship! He narrowed his eyes as the class was dismissed--time to dress out and head to the Training Ground.

When Sen clapped him on the shoulder, Kenichi snapped out of his rapidly darkening mood and returned the gesture.

"You know it, man!" So saying, he followed the male half of the class to the locker rooms and changed out. As everyone filtered out to the field, Kenichi took note of the construction equipment and the state of the ground. It was mostly dirt or concrete, but as long as it wasn't too loose he would be able to breathe without sucking up dust. He rolled the sleeves of his gym suit up to his elbows, checked his shoe laces, and then looked around at the others. Some were talking amongst themselves, speculating on what the test would be, coming up with plans. Some were just observing, either the other students or the battleground. Some had even started preparing in their own ways--that chubby fellow had gone off somewhere and started digging a hole or something. But almost everyone seemed tense, even those that were doing their best not to show it, or to be bubbly and energetic. The stuff L Guardian had said had really gotten to some of them--after they'd come so far and done so much, to still be denied? To be told that they didn't belong here, that they didn't have what it took to be heroes?

Kenichi crouched down, stretching one leg and then the other. Then he stood up and twisted from side to side, popping his back loudly. Another series of pops followed from his neck, his shoulders, and his knuckles. Then he slapped himself on either side of the face, and jumped out in front of everyone with one fist held high.

@Feyblue@Experiment 249@ReaptheMusic@Dead Cruiser@Conscripts@Silver Carrot@Rex@Zeroth@Lucius Cypher@McFazzer@Ryteb Pymeroce@Riegal@Artymis@PsychoPanda28@Jinxlynx@TerraGCopper@Aerandir

"YO, NICE TO MEET YOU ALL! I'M YOSHIDA KENICHI!" He yelled, his voice carrying across the entire field thanks to his lung capacity. "Some of ya'll look kinda down, probably cause that teacher said he doesn't think we've got what it takes! Well, listen up!"

He pointed a thumb at himself, his eyes and expression intense and focused even as he shouted like your typical hot-blooded shonen protagonist.

"I know DAMN WELL that I'VE got what it takes! For one thing, I worked for it! For another thing, I've got faith in myself! Third, and MOST IMPORTANTLY...I GOT THE MAIN CHARACTER SEAT!" He swept his hand out towards the rest of them, shouting even louder.

"SO I KNOW THE REST OF YOU HAVE GOT WHAT IT TAKES TOO, CAUSE YOU'RE ALL IN THE SAME CLASSROOM WITH ME, AND A MAIN CHARACTER NEEDS HIS NAKAMA!" He crossed his arms over his chest, Gunbuster style, and smiled his wolfish grin. He exhaled through his nose, kicking up a breeze that ruffled his hair and clothing dramatically.

"So no matter what this test is, we're all gonna pass it with flying colors! Ain't that right, Class 1-A!?"

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@pkkenIs L Guardian's "Yoshida" his family name or given name? The reason I ask is cause they usually give the surname first (in most cases they even address others as surname-honorific but since most if not all of us are Western it doesn't matter much) and I didn't realize until just now that if it's his surname, he and Kenichi have the same family name.

It wouldn't mean they're related, unless you wanted to do some backstory element with that (which could be neat, but up to you), cause I just pulled Kenichi's name out of the random generator on Behind the Name and Yoshida means something like "good rice paddy" or whatever and is one of the...I think top 20 at least most common surnames in the Japanese population.

Also what does the L stand for? XD

Fire Emblem: Weight of the World

@Tenma TendoWe've already got two myrmidons and a few other sword users, so I personally would recommend the axe user. We have a couple of magic users but they're all Anima, could do a Light or Dark user.

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@Lucius CypherI know what you mean, there are so few titles I follow now compared to a few years ago, especially with a lot of things ending one after another and a lot of the new stuff either getting cancelled too quickly or not piquing my interests. Plus the trend now seems to be to just adapt a Light Novel, and Light Novels are like the YA novel scene where everyone follows the leader after whatever the most recent big success is.

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@Lucius CypherHave you read any of the author's other stuff, like Sengoku Youko and Spirit Circle? It's friggin' criminal that he's not popular while hacks like Kubo get to love their life.

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@Lucius CypherI've only just recognized where I knew Donny's meat-suit from with your post about the golems. Biscuit Hammer anime WHEN, am I right?

Also, gonna edit Kenichi's profile in a bit to add in his Quirk now that he's revealed it IC.