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 Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:10 am
Hehe, I'm first. Not only that, but I'm copying this (this RP is mine, by the way) from another guild I'm in. ^.^  Rules:
1. No God-modding!
2. No Cybering!
3. Keep it PG-14, please.
4. You can curse, but please keep it to a minimal.
5. Please stick to the plotline (at least somewhat), and if you're a pre-made, stick to the character!!
6. Don't kill someone without their consent. Please.
7. PM your profiles to me.
7 1/2. If you want to be a pre-made, then just post: "I want to be (insert pre-made's name here)"
8. Read the gorram rules!!!!! If you have, put a ninja in the pm of your profile to me (or in your post of which pre-made you want to be).
scream People I ban go here: scream
Q & A section:
Q: What are Shikigami?
A: If you've ever played FF7, ToS, ToP, or any other game with spirits that you can summon, then they're a lot like them. Shikigami live in their own world called the Imaginary World that exists on the internet. Shinigami (Guardians of Death) can go to the Imaginary World and get a Shikigami that will help them out. There are two types of Shikigami: Parasitic and summoning. The summoning kind are ones that take a long spell to summon, and the parasitic are the kind that live in the body of their master and come out and defend or attack when their master is in danger. Most Shinigami can only handle two or three Shikigami.
Q:What are Shinigami?
A:Shinigami, as defined in this manga, are also known as Guardians of Death (in the English translation, but we'll refer to them as Shinigami, because I like it better.). They work for the Judgement Bureau, and have already died once (that's why they can go into spirit form). They're like normal humans, except that they don't age, they heal quickly, and it takes a lot to kill them (even though they've already died). They can fly (except when it's snowing), and summon shikigami and/or use magic. The Shinigami are employees that have high esteem and low paychecks. Most of them had a sixth sense in their actual life, which gives them more power in their afterlife.
Special Thanks to:
Wikipedia for the profile information and the plotline (I'm too lazy to type all that. sweatdrop ).
HieiJagonshi (my sibling) for the pics.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:14 am
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After the fiasco in Kyoto, some of the Shinigami from the Summons Department in Japan are called out to America to help out the completely swamped American Summons Department after a lot lf really strange murders that may or may not have anything to do with Muraki. Tsuzuki, Hisoka, Watari, and Tatsumi are the ones called out to help. Setting:
The murders are happening in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's the end of January, and it is quite cold. The off thing in these murders is that the victim's eyes have been taken. Yuck. There also seems to be no discrimination of sexes, as both men and women have been killed. Also, as in Kyoto, an ominous hair was found; platinum blond, with a touch of silver. Oh, I forgot to add this earlier, but the year is 1998, just so you know. Y'all remember the '90's, right? ^.^Links to anime and manga:The animeThe manga (Holy cows and a half!! It's almost the whole gorram series!! (It's missing the twelfth manga) O.o).Plotline of Yami No Matsuei:
Asato Tsuzuki is a shinigami with 70 years' worth of experience. He has the power to call upon twelve shikigami, mythical creatures that aid him in battle. The shikigami reflect actual historic religious beliefs—such as Suzaku and Byakko. The manga portrays Tsuzuki's relationship with the shikigami in much more detail. Tsuzuki is the senior partner of the Second Division, which watches over the region of Kyūshū.
In the anime, the story begins when Chief Konoe, the boss, and the other supporting characters begin talking about murders happening in Nagasaki. The victims all have bite marks and a shortage of blood, which leads to the case being dubbed "The Vampire Case".
After some food troubles, Tsuzuki travels to Nagasaki with Gushoshin, a flying creature/helper who can speak, and together they do a bit of investigating. The rule is that shinigami are supposed to work in pairs, and until Tsuzuki meets up with his new partner, he needs someone to watch him. However, Gushoshin gets held back by groceries, and Tsuzuki is on his own again.
While exploring Nagasaki, Tsuzuki hears a scream and has a literal run-in with a strange woman, who leaves blood on his collar. Coming to the conclusion that this is a sign that the woman might be a vampire, Tsuzuki tries to follow her, coming into a church. The church scene is the first encounter between Tsuzuki and the antagonist of the story, Muraki.
Doctor Kazutaka Muraki is painted as a pure figure in his first scene, with much religious and color symbolism. He meets Tsuzuki with tears in his eyes, and Tsuzuki, a bit thrown off by this, manages only to ask if Muraki has seen a woman go by. Tsuzuki leaves when Muraki says no one has been in the church.
From there, Tsuzuki continues through Nagasaki, into a sort of park area, where he is held at gunpoint from behind and told not to move. His attacker tells him to turn around, and when he does, he discovers a young man glaring at him. Tsuzuki calls him a kid and is nearly shot, saved only by his helper, Gushoshin. From there, Tsuzuki learns that the boy is Hisoka Kurosaki, his new partner, and the rest of the story is heavily based on character development and the relationships between characters.
Later in the Nagasaki Arc [the first fourth of the anime series, and the first collection of the manga], Hisoka gets kidnapped by Muraki, and the truth about his death is revealed to him. Tsuzuki rescues him after his "date" with Muraki, and the entire series begins following the relationship between these three characters, supported and embellished by the rest of the cast.Skeletons: (please PM me your profile, by the way) American Shinigami:[color=blue][b]Username: [/b]
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:15 am
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Character: Asato Tsuzuki
Age: Physically 26, but actually 98.
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Bio: He was born in 1900, and was 26 years old when he died and became a Shinigami. Though he dies at 26, he looks a little younger, probably due to dying in a hopital after 8 years. He is the oldest employee of the Shokan/Summons division, besides Chief Konoe, and the lowest-paid, due to his perceived incompetence.
Tsuzuki enjoys sake, apple pie, cinnabon, teasing Hisoka, and sleeping. He is notorious among his fellow Shinigami for his slacker qualities and voracious appetite. His favorite color is light green, and he has a flower garden (in which he is known to have tulips and hydrangeas).
Starting in the second volume, in Last Waltz, we learn more about his relationship with his sister. In Tankoubon 5, Storybook, he gives his nameless female role, who had been known only as 'girl,' his sister's name of Ruka. She had brought him to be fond of dancing and gardening, at which he's quite adept, and cooking, which is about as edible as poison.
Throughout the series, Tsuzuki develops an immediate closeness and affection to his current partner, Hisoka. He has a good friendship with Watari, and a sometimes strained relationship with Tatsumi, who had once been one of his partners. Tsuzuki gets along with most of the employees of Meifu, with the notable exceptions of Hakushaku, who constantly hits on him, and Terazuma, with whom he has a fierce rivalry. Tsuzuki's relationship with Muraki is very tumultuous; although Tsuzuki hates him for his cruelty toward Hisoka, himself (and, actually, pretty much everyone he meets), Tsuzuki's desire to sacrifice himself rather than hurt anyone else prevents him from killing Muraki in cold blood.
Though he is easily one of the most cheerful members of the cast, he hides a dark secret from his past. Both manga and anime reference terrible deeds he committed in life. It is suggested that Tsuzuki murdered many people, in some way or another, whether intentionally or as a by-product of something else. Doctor Muraki reveals to him from his grandfather's research that Tsuzuki was a patient of the elder Muraki for eight years and that Tsuzuki is, in fact, not quite human. During that time, he stayed alive without food, water, or sleep, and was incapable of dying from wounds, as shown by the many times he tried to commit suicide but failed, but for one last time. Muraki suggested that Tsuzuki may possess demon blood [shown by the fact that he has purple eyes], and as Tsuzuki found this incredibly hard to deal with.
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and his trench coat:
Other: Tsuzuki wields the power of 12 Shikigami as well as ofuda magic
Crush: No one yet.
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Character name: Kazutaka Muraki
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Orientation: Uh… not really sure…..
Bio: His angelic appearance and characteristics serve to contrast with his brutal nature. Muraki's psychological troubles appear to have begun in childhood with his mother and his half-brother Saki. Muraki's mother collected dolls, and she is shown as treating him as though he were a doll too. Muraki's love of dolls and his collecting of dolls is a motif throughout the manga and anime, paralleling what he does with real people. In the anime, it is suggested that Saki killed Muraki's parents when they were still children and also decided to kill him. However, in the manga, it is not clear what Saki's role was other than disrupting Muraki's childhood, and Muraki describes himself as his mother's murderer.
Whatever the circumstances, Saki was shot by one of the family's guards, and Muraki became obsessed with bringing back Saki in order to kill him himself. Thus, Muraki hopes to use Tsuzuki's body to bring back Saki. This subplot features prominently in the last 3 episodes of the anime and volumes 7 and 8 of the manga.
Muraki is an expert manipulator, fronting as a good doctor who laments over his inability to save lives, while hiding his private life as a serial killer. Muraki discredits his good "Dr. Jekyll" persona, contrasting himself to Pr. Satomi in the Kyoto Arc, episode 12.
Being a serial killer, Muraki has numerous victims, the most significant of which is Hisoka Kurosaki. After stripping the thirteen year old Hisoka naked and raping him, Muraki placed a curse on him. The curse, which was untraceable—partially due to Muraki's having wiped Hisoka's memory of the event—resembled a terminal illness, and Hisoka languished in a hospital for three years before eventually dying. Later, when Hisoka is a shinigami, Muraki forces the boy to recall the night that he cursed him.
Throughout the story, Muraki manipulates souls of the dead, often killing the people himself, in hopes of drawing the attention of the Shinigami, in particular, Tsuzuki. He is obsessed with Tsuzuki's body; both carnally and scientifically. In the manga it is clear what Muraki desires, but the anime had to censor such extremes, and so Muraki's advances toward Tsuzuki were shown as hints of sexual harassment. Later in the anime it is shown that Muraki desires Tsuzuki's body to revive his half-brother.
A respected physician, Muraki has many connections throughout Japan among powerful patrons, but in the anime and manga, he is mostly seen in the company of his close friend Oriya and his old teacher, Professor Satomi. Muraki also has a childhood sweetheart by the name of Ukyou, but very little is known about her, other than that she appears to draw evil spirits to her and that her health is poor.
Some readers believed that because of his different colored eyes, he may be a guardian of one of the four gates of GenSouKai . However, in the King of Swords arc (volume three in the manga), a scene where Tsuzuki knocks out the fake eye reveals that Muraki's right eye is not real and that it is mechanical. The origin and nature of Muraki's supernatural abilities remain an enigma: he is human, he is alive (not a Shinigami), yet he raises a dead girl to be a zombie, seals and opens Hisoka's memory by mere touch, controls creature spirits similar to Shikigami, enters Meifu by himself and teleports Tsuzuki to another location.
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Other: He actually has a fiancé, and even though he likes Tsuzuki, he isn’t gay, bi, or straight.
Crush: Tsuzuki and his fiancé.
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Character name: Hisoka Kurosaki
Age: 16 when he died, but really about 18.
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight.
Bio: He possesses strong empathy, which allows him to feel the emotions of others, read thoughts, see memories, and pick up imprints of clairvoyance off inanimate objects.
He came from a traditional family, and was trained in traditional Japanese martial arts. His parents were afraid of his spiritual powers, which they considered freakish and unfit for their heir as well as something that could unfurl the familiar secret; so as a child, whenever he was caught using his abilities and during special days, he was locked in a cellar.
One spring night when he was thirteen, unable to sleep, he went out under the sakura trees, and stumbled across a murder as it was taking place. The murderer, Muraki Kazutaka, caught him, wrestled him to the ground and raped him, and also cursed him to a slow death that gradually drained his life over three years, with the logic that "a beautiful boy deserves a beautiful death". Muraki later explains to Tsuzuki that he did have the option of making the single murder a double murder done by a madman, but instead decided to draw out Hisoka's death painfully; this was done by the curse, taking the form of an incurable illness. This curse is still visible in the form of red marks and symbols all over Hisoka's body, which seems to only appear when Muraki is nearby or active. It has been implied, though not explicitly stated, that the curse will only disappear after Muraki's actual death. After Hisoka died, he became a Shinigami to investigate about his own death, since he had no memories of the event. It is only later we learn that Muraki had since sealed off Hisoka's memories in order to keep his crimes safe from discovery.
In Meifu, Hisoka was assigned as Tsuzuki's partner. Hisoka enjoys reading, and spends much of his time at the library by himself. His health even in the afterlife does not seem to be particularly good, as he has a tendency to faint from heat, lack of sleep; and from drinking alcohol. Also, he is not very strong, as he doesn't build muscle well. However, he is a capable detective, and clever in subterfuge.
Although extremely reserved to the point of coldness, Hisoka deeply cares about other people. When Tsuzuki regains his suicidal tendencies, Hisoka comforts him and ends up saving him from himself. Hisoka also has a strong urge to take care of Tsuzuki, even though Tsuzuki drives him crazy sometimes. He maintains comfortable relationships with the rest of his coworkers, with the noticeable exception of Saya and Yuma, who constantly try to play with him like a doll.
Besides his empathy, Hisoka has also been trained in basic ofuda and defensive magic by Chief Konoe. Later in the series, he goes to seek out a Shikigami for himself in order to increase his power. Hisoka's first Shikigami is a Spanish-speaking potted cactus named Riko, a defensive and water-type Shiki. Hisoka is also adept in traditional martial arts, particularly archery, and kendo.
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Other: He’s an empath, and is one of Tsuzuki’s longest lasting partners.
Crush: Tsubaki (she’s dead now, though…), but no one else, yet.
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Character name: Yutaka Watari
Age: Physically, he's about 28; really about 45.
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight, though he sometimes makes comments that make him sound as if he swings the other way…..
Bio: A close friend of Tsuzuki's who works in research and development. Though technically a mechanical engineer, he is basically a scientist who invents whatever comes to mind. He's also in charge of computer maintenance & repair. He's very bouncy and happy, like Tsuzuki, but doesn't seem to hold the inner angst that Tsuzuki does. However, he will occasionally become very and suddenly angry, usually because of something befalling one of his friends.
His companion that is almost always with him is an owl, "003". (001 is a toucan and 002 is a penguin, they stay in Watari's lab) Watari's dream is to create a sex change potion, although his motives are not clear; he definitely has an unusual interest in women and all the facets of being female, although whether or not this interest is sexual or purely scientific is still a matter of opinion (Tatsumi, for example, is quite certain of the former). Watari once claimed that he wants to know how the woman's mind works, therefore his wanting to become female to understand it. He tests out all his potions and the like on both himself and Tsuzuki, relying on Tsuzuki's weakness for sweets for persuasion. Watari's special power is bringing his drawings to life. Unfortunately, his skill at drawing is very poor, but this does not seem to stop him from successfully drawing Tsuzuki out of the Count's self-written novel in Volume 5.
Watari is the shinigami for the sixth sector, Henjoucho, which includes Osaka and Kyoto. He usually does not work with a partner, though he does sometimes work with Tatsumi.
Later volumes of the manga, specifically the Kamakura arc, reveal a few pieces of Watari's past life. Most intriguingly it is revealed that Watari once worked for the Five Generals. These employees of Juohcho are infamous for their involvement in the Mother Project, the supercomputer of Meifu.
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Other: His experiments are not always successful.
Crush: No one yet.
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Character name: Seiichiro Tatsumi
Age: Died at 29
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight…… Then again, maybe he leans more towards money…. (lol)
Bio: was an accountant until he died at 29 and became a Shinigami, is the secretary of the Shokan Division. He spends most of his time going through paperwork and working behind the scenes. He was Tsuzuki's third partner and worked with him for three months until, unable to cope with Tsuzuki's pain, he quit. Tsuzuki reminds Tatsumi of his well-born mother, who constantly grieved despite Tatsumi's attempts to take care of her. Tatsumi eventually killed her (or at least blames himself for her death), and the crime still haunts him.
Although Tatsumi wants revenge for Muraki's "harassing [his] co-workers", and saves Tsuzuki when Muraki is mentally torturing him in Volume 7, "Kyoto", he is unsure of how to treat Tsuzuki. It is only at the last minute that he agrees to use his powers as a kagetsukai (shadow master) to save Tsuzuki from Touda's flame. After all, Tsuzuki claims he wants to die, and Tatsumi is terrified of incurring his hatred if he lets him live. Tatsumi recognizes, however, that Hisoka and Tsuzuki have managed to bond on a level that he never could, and he helps them nurture their friendship. Tatsumi confesses in Volume 5 that his greatest desire is for Tsuzuki to be happy, and believes that Hisoka, who alone of Tsuzuki's partners has not flinched from his depression, can help him.
Tatsumi is known above all, however, for his administrative genius. Obsessive about the budget (which, thanks to Konoe's passion for souvenirs and the unintentional destruction that accompanies Tsuzuki's missions, is always in the red), he has micromanaged the Judgment Bureau to the point where he practically runs it. The only person who can squeeze money out of Tatsumi is Tsuzuki, and then only in extreme cases and only for a short time. Even Tsuzuki, however, cannot wring Tatsumi's superb cooking skills out of him for free. For that, one must take a class costing 100,000 yen.
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Other: Super penny pincher, and can manipulate shadows.
Crush: No one yet.
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Character Name: The Count/Hakushaku/Earl
Age: ?
Gender: Male
Orientation: I’m pretty sure he’s gay….. though he’s probably more like Muraki….
Bio: The Hakushaku is variously translated as 'Count' or 'Earl.' He has no other given name. He is the keeper of the Castle of Candles, a great manor filled with candles whose flames represent every human life. He is invisible when he wants to be (as we see part off him in human form in book 9), using a mask and gloves so people can tell where he is when he's not wearing one of his costumes. His main duty is snuffing out the candles and recording the deceased, but he seems to spend much of his free time entertaining or looking at pictures of Tsuzuki, with whom he is obsessed with and cares deeply about. The Hakushaku has done favors of extending the lives of several people for Tsuzuki over the years, and this debt makes Tsuzuki very nervous, on account of the nature of the favors he may have to return. The Hakushaku features most prominently in the manga, in which readers learn he has a book that writes stories using characters based on the rest of the Yami no Matsuei cast. In the book, Tsuzuki's feminine form [whom Tsuzuki meets and calls "Luka" after his sister] is to be wed to the Hakushaku's character (though in the end she falls in love with Butler, the book version of Tatsumi, represtenting the past relationship between Tsuzuki and Tatsumi). The Hakushaku also hosts many parties in the manga, ranging from a cherry blossom viewing party to more formal evening balls. Hakushaku's main servant is a zombie-like creature in a pink apron, named "Watson".
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Other: He is an invisible man. smile
Crush: Tsuzuki (SPOILER ALERT! Though, he may actually be Tsuzuki's daddy...... END SPOILER ALERT.)
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:16 am
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Username: NosferatuGirl
Character: Thomas Kinsington
Age: Died at 18, now about 40.
Gender: Male
Orientation: Straight
Bio: His mom and dad both died of Consumption (Tuberculosis) when he was about ten, and he helped his grandmother raise his little brother who was only about three at the time. He died in an accident, and still keeps watch over his younger brother, even if it's just at a distance, and even if his little brother is old enough to take care of himself.
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Other: Likes cooking and is very skilled at it. He is Cat's partner.
Type of Weapon/# of Shikigami: Uses a gun mainly, along with being able to create force fields, and summon a Golem-like Shikigami.
Crush: Ivy
Username: NosferatuGirl
Character: Catherine Harding
Age: 19 when she died, now about 67....
Gender: Female
Orientation: Straight
Bio: She doesn't really talk about her past.....
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Other: She's pretty stubborn, and can be really blunt at times. Loves animals, especially cats. Usually has a cheery disposition. She's Thom's partner.
Type of Weapon/# of Shikigami: 3 shikigami
Crush: Tsuzuki
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Username: NosferatuGirl
Character: Alicia Gee
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Country of Origin: The U.S.
Orientation: Straight
Bio: An Otaku, she doesn't work, but is looking for a job. Rather stubborn and a little fiesty. Wishes she knew martial arts, and is like Legolas with a bow (a re-curve bow). Is the the oldest girl out of three, and has two brothers, one who is older. Rides the bus everywhere because she can't drive, and likes to take walks late at night. Loves video games and shiny things.
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Other: Loves chocolate, and is a bit of a tomboy.
Evil or No: No.
Crush: One of her guy-friends....
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