amaniooc | CHARACTER CLAIMS + CHECK-IN

CHECK-IN
While Amani doesn't have an Activity Check proper, it'd still be nice to know how everyone is doing!

The purpose of this post is to:
★ Give a small summary of what your character has been up to. Please try to do 2-3 sentences so the moderator has information to work with for events or ideas they have may for individualizing things!
★ General plans/ideas you have
★ See what characters are present and welcome new people coming into the game!

★ MOD NOTE: If you claim a character this month, you do not have to check-in until next month!

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★ If you JOINED LATER IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH and don't have a lot to summarize right away, that's totally fine! You can wait until closer to the end of the month to give a summary after the month's event has happened.

CHARACTER CLAIMS
Welcome to Amani! We're happy you're here.

The basic guide to claiming a new character is:
★ Copy and paste the claim form to the comments below.
★ Fill out the subject line with: Character | Canon (CRAU if applicable)
★ Amani does not do claim challenges. Character claims submitted will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Make sure you check before placing a character claim!

★ IMPORTANT MOD NOTE: Once your character is claimed, please head on over to the taken page to make it official official! You will not allowed into the communities until commenting to the taken page.

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PLAYER
Name: Your name/handle
Invited by: The name of who invited you
Contact: plurk, discord, pm, etc.
Other characters, if any: put their journal here or n/a. if applying two characters in one round, this would be the place to mention that!

CHARACTER
Character Name: Your character's name in either Western or Eastern order
Canon: Name of the canon you're playing them from
Canon Point: The episode, chapter, book, etc. that your character is coming from
Age: Characters must be at least 16 y/o mentally and physically. 
Link to History: For canon characters, this can be a wiki link. For OCs, this can be a separate journal entry or wherever you have their history. or just give me the cliff notes because, really, it's less for me and more for other people to get an idea of the character

CRAU: are they coming from somewhere else? if this isn't applicable, you may omit this section!
AU Clarification: Explain to us a little bit about how they're different due to their experiences in the previous game/setting they were in

Personality: Tell us about your character's personality! Just a basic overview is fine! this can also be told through the art of interpretive memes or vines

Game Plan: How will your character adjust to being Amani and the knowledge that they are dead? How will they forge bonds with others and play nice? This is basically a summary of what your hopes for your time in the game are!
Interested in: here's a place to list the tropes, kinks, etc. specifically that you'd like to play out! you can also mention things you'd rather avoid, if you'd like

Anything else?: Anything extra you'd like to link or, as we all know, the good ol meme section.

MOD NOTES
Just a few things from Chai to point out for the upcoming month! They are the usual general reminders to go over!

★ A reminder that players can add their own tags to the network and log communities! So, have at it! Tag all the things!

★ The flora & fauna submission mechanic is available! While originally new creatures/plants needed to have a sexy stamp for approval, you now just need to link your character claim (or check-in) comment if you want to start adding to it. Give me more horrifying beasties, please.

★ The calendar for January has been updated!

★ Due to the amount of drops, sweeps, etc. we have lowered the player cap back to 40. There are currently a few slots available though! Invite your friends to come on down to the sinulation for a good time!

NAVIGATION
F.A.Q. ★ RULES ★ TAKEN ★ LOCATIONS ★ MAIN NAVIGATION

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PLAYER
Name: Otter
Invited by: James (Angeal) / Maggie (Caspar)
Contact: Plurk: Otterbeans
Discord: themodestotter #7416
Other characters, if any: N/A

CHARACTER
Character Name: Kazuki Hihara (western order)
Canon: La Corda d’Oro
Canon Point: From the College Arc manga, before the epilogue
Age: 21
Link to History: Kazuki is from a canon that’s pretty old (although more content is continuing to be published even today!) and not very well known outside of Japan, so I can’t really find a proper wiki for him. I’m more than happy to provide a history myself!

If you’d like to know more about his canon in general, please feel free to reference my Hyperfixation Manifesto. I also have access to the entirety of the manga adaptation (with the excellent VIZ translation) if you’d like to take a look yourself!

CRAU: No AU information for Kazuki :)

PEACEKEEPER PROFILE

Personality: If you’ve ever heard the term “genki,” (Japanese for “good health” or “energetic,” denoting a sunny personality) that’s basically Kazuki in a nutshell. He’s got pep in his step. We’re not talking simple cheerfulness here… more like he could power a small city with his sheer enthusiasm for everything. He doesn’t do anything small; every part of him is loud and bright and exuberant. He almost always has a smile on his face, he loves being around people, and he enjoys life in an almost childlike fashion. Even the most simple things, like a sunny day, a gathering with friends, playing sports, or nailing a performance can make him very happy.

He's also very kind. When he sees people in trouble, he wants to help. He doesn't like to see people hurting or sad. For example, he stands as a pillar of encouragement for Kahoko during the earlier parts of the manga, and is probably the closest to him before she gets to know the other contestant better. He also stands up for his best friend Azuma when his family treats him poorly... And to good effect, as it gives Azuma the courage to stand up to his grandmother and continue to pursue music.

When he does get upset or depressed, he’s really obvious about. It doesn’t take a master of subtlety to understand what Kazuki is feeling. His heart is 100% exposed and on his sleeve. He slows down considerably, he stops smiling, spaces out, and hems and haws and sighs. But sometimes it takes time, or a nudge from someone close to him, for him to realize he's acting that way at all. When he first starts pining over Kahoko, Azuma has to point out to him that he looks a mess, and Kazuki is surprised that someone could tell... When he's been zoning out for days. You could say he's especially thick in that manner.

As you can see, he tends to get lost in his worries when he doesn't know how to solve them. His approach is straight-forward-- if a problem is too complicated to talk out in earnest, he may not be able to fix it at all without someone else's help. And he will ask for help, that doesn't bother him, but it may take time for that to happen.

But he rarely gets depressed for his own sake. Most of the time, he can take a hard time and still be perfectly fine (he never places well in the competition, but that doesn't get him down), and small mess-ups don't bother him. When he is sad, it's usually because he’s worried for someone else. Or if he’s having romantic issues, which he is clueless about in general.

His case of puppy love with Kahoko is a prime example of this. It doesn't take very long at all (much faster than the other boys, for sure) for him to become attached to her, smitten with her attention and kindness towards him, as well as her dedication in general. Even the smallest things, like eye contact, or their hands brushing, sends him all in a fluster. And it takes several volumes for him to finally admit to himself that he loves her.

Even then, he only admits it to himself. He thinks about telling her, but after getting advice from Azuma, and having a few days to think, he decides not to, because he doesn't want to burden her with his feelings when she has more important things to worry about. He vows to himself to do this best, with his music and as a human being, and if he's worthy of her, she'll notice him. Her happiness is more important than his romantic feelings. Then he cheers up almost immediately.

So you could say that he's naturally an emotional person, but not the best at picking up on his own vibes. He can tell right away when someone else is hurting, even if they're trying to hide it, like Kahoko often does, but doesn't realize it when he's in just as much pain. He has a lot of empathy for others, but little for himself.

Still, it's rare for him to be down. We're talking like, a 90%-10% split here, 90 being happy and 10 being sad. He's normally super cheerful nearly all the time, I promise. He's not a very complicated character at all. I don't even think he's ever been really angry in canon, and there definitely isn't an ounce of hate in his heart.

In conclusion, more than anything, he wants the people around him and the ones he cares about to be happy. He just wants to feel good and have a good time, and share music with anyone who will listen! Kazuki is a great person to go to if you’re feeling down because it’s nearly impossible to be upset around his completely genuine cheerfulness. Even Kahoko admits that he has a sort of “magic” about him; all doubts seem to fade in the presence of his smile.

Game Plan: Kazuki is going to have a bit of trouble with all this lol

On things like being dead and whatnot—I think Kazuki will hold out hopes that there is some kind of future for his world, whether it be a cycle of reincarnation, or maybe that everyone he loves ends up in other worlds like he has. I don’t think he could just… accept that everyone he loves is dead, especially not without concrete proof. He wouldn’t be able to cope with that. At least not right away.

As for “peaceful interactions,” Kazuki is an absolute turbovirgin and is going to need Help, at least at first. And he’s going to need a gentle introduction to all things sex and kink. Once he gets over the awkwardness of first encounters, I think he will acclimate to having sex in order to get things he needs/wants. He is a self-admitted romantic, and he’s going to still need meaningful relationships with people to be happy, but he will separate that from the act of sex eventually. Hopefully. Maybe.

I also want to make it clear that Kazuki is from modern Japan and his knowledge/expectations when it comes to sexuality and gender are woefully incomplete. He doesn’t know a good god damn about the gender spectrum, and while he’s aware of homosexuality and the like, his personal experience is lacking.

HOWEVER, Kazuki is an incredibly kindhearted person, and he would never, ever judge or mistreat someone because of his lack of knowledge on these matters. As stated in his personality, all he wants is for the people he cares about to be happy, and he doesn’t care how they find that happiness for themselves. He would be easily educated in these things with just a little bit of handholding.

I also play him as a closeted bisexual, as I always found that he had more fondness for Azuma than he’d like to admit to himself. Unfortunately, he’s terrified of social rejection, and could never indulge these feelings for fear of being ostracized. I’d really love to play out him becoming more comfortable with his sexuality when he realizes that no one in Amani would judge him for his feelings.

Interested in: I’m open to all sorts of things! I’m the kind of person that can be convinced of most kinks with a little bit of education, so if there’s something you’d like to do, please feel free to talk to be about it! One of these days I’ll get a kink reference sheet done, but for now, I’d say my only Hard Nos are things like physical abuse (like, beyond your average bdsm play), hard non-consent, bathroom stuff, age play, and other kinds of hard torture.

Anything else?:

CHARACTER CLAIMS + CHECK-IN

(frozen comment) Kazuki Hihara | La Corda d'Oro (College Arc)