I gotta side with Zobozun here. [@yoshua171]'s character seems to step on people's toes by broadly trying to cover everything. If the GM shuts down a second character who remembers his life because the first one is an exception, the third should also logically be denied. The amazing prodigy thing also does step on the toes of Brink's character, in that he specifically asked to fulfill that role. It's not huge, but you probably don't need to be born ridiculously powerful to justify being a terrific sorcerer. Your character also directly steps on Zobozun's toes, in that his accepted story defined that the last kido chief died and was replaced 100 years ago. His character, at the time the vice-chief, quit 10 years after that and named a successor. Your story sounds like there was no vice-chief for about 90 years until your character took the spot, which seems silly. Moving on to your character's abilities and the perception thereof, your own explanation of your character's hoho more or less says he shouldn't be ranked as an expert, since he's not using shunpo to keep up, he's using an unrelated asset of his. You'd be surprised at how little an average schmuck can pick up about hand to hand fighting without specialized training and guidance over a good period of time. Punches and blocks are seriously not that simple or else boxing wouldn't be called a science, and kicking is such a can of worms that people paid to fight well can still botch them and wind up on their ass, trying to apply them in a fight without serious training is pretty dangerous. Also, if your sword is essentially useless your character shouldn't probably be listed as a proficient swordfighter. Again, studying and "picking up moves" without even trying just makes your character seem like he could just start training that and suddenly be real good at it. After all, he's proficient without even trying. Finally, being able to make up new spells on the spot feels like an ability that is essentially godmodding. You can just create a new spell to fit whatever situation you find yourself in, as their application is incredibly wide. This is essentially what Gremmy Thomeaux did, and he had to be topped by a Kenpachi that had achieved shikai. You know, the guy that can fight on par with high level captain bankai without even knowing his sword's name. Hardly a fair standard to hold everyone to.