Shonen Punk! - A Multiverse RP

[Scio]

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SHONEN PUNK!

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You have just met your untimely end through means that you probably cannot recall. However, instead of traversing to the afterlife, you find yourself in floating in midair, in a room of pitch back. Your senses have been stripped from you and your emotions have been dulled as you apathetically wander aimlessly in the darkness.

Suddenly, from out of nowhere, you start to hear the deep and loud disembodied voice of what sounds like a man.

“Welcome, young traveler, to a realm of imagination and wonder unbeknownst to most.” He said in a calm manner as his words echoed throughout the area.

“I am aware of your flustered thoughts and uneasy mind, but I assure you, there is no need to fret. Everything will be revealed in due time.”

Following the unknown man’s words, an aura of tranquility soon enveloped your entire being, extinguishing any feelings of apprehension and anxiety from your body.

“For now, you must prepare yourself for what has yet to come. Your journey is just about to begin.”

Summary

Your Role in this World

To reiterate what I just said, you have finally perished from the real world, but instead of your life ending, you have been given a chance to start anew. For some reason, the Gods of Manga and Anime have decided to grant you the chance to live out your fantasy in an alternate realm only a few know about.

Inspiration for this story will be drawn from quite a few Shonen series; animated, drawn, and written. I will not list down each and every one of them since such a task would be too tedious and would just produce a large wall of text. As much as possible, I shall stray away from characters considered to be Canon as well.

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. However, if it pertains to certain issues regarding overlapping worlds or the current status of the world itself, I shall not answer such inquiries. For the former, we will solve such issues when they present themselves to us in the role play. As for the latter, these things will be revealed throughout the story. I prefer this method to fortify the idea that you being brought to a world you know nothing about. Well, only initially of course. Eventually, you will realize that where you are now, is simply a smorgasbord of the shows, novels, and comics you are quite fond of.

Character Sheet

CS

Name: What you want people to call you.
Age: How old do you want to be?
Appearance: Do you still look the same or did something change? A mutation perhaps?

History: What was life like before, you know, death?
Personality: What type of person were you?

Rank: ---
Title: ---

Abilities: You must have wanted to have a special talent, maybe you could finally get it now?
Skills: Sorry, friend. At present, you don't know much.

Inventory: Nothing, for now.

Favorite Anime/Mange/Graphic Novel: Give me your top three

[Rin]

...For some reason I'm getting major deja vu here, but hey, sounds interesting so interest I guess.

[Scio]

I started this RP 2 years ago here and you were in it.

[Rin]

Well that explains everything I guess. XD

[Psyga315]

I'm kind of interested.

[FujiwaraPhoenix]

Caught my interest.

Just hope I can drum up an idea when this goes live, though...

[Scio]

Glad to see the amount of interest this has garnered. Hoping for more to come.

[Jabber]

I could probably join this. Just gotta think what combination of series I'd use.

[greywolf375]

@Scio You have my interest, good person.

[Loki Odinson]

I'm definitely in for this. Sounds really interesting.

[malmshodes]

Wow, this sounds really fun! Is there still room for this?

Question: What are the limits to the abilities? Should they be like the last time were they were very basic or should they be at a higher level?

WIP

Name: Jynmi Imsar .
Age: 17
Appearance:Jynmi used to stand 5'11, with a round physique. His eyes were light brown and his hair was black, curly, long, and usually done up in a pony tail, or in his case a rabbit tail. His skin was medium bronze. Now, however he's pale as an albino with violet colored eyes and short paper white hair. He's also lost a lot of height, about 7 inches worth and he's gained a wiry physique.

History: Jynmi grew up the city of El paso Tx.
Personality: What type of person were you?

Rank: ---
Title: ---

Abilities: Jynmi can form a white aura which surrounds him like a suit of soft armor. He can manipulate the aura to increase defense in specific areas.
Skills: Sorry, friend. At present, you don't know much.

Inventory: Nothing, for now.

Favorite Anime/Mange/Graphic Novel: Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, and One Piece

[Zero Hex]

Hey, I remember being part of the first incarnation of this and I just gotta ask, why are people allowed to start with superpowers but not items or skills when items and skills define such a massive amount of shonen characters?

[malmshodes]

Wow! Crazy how many of the original members want another go at this :D

[Scio]

@malmshodes Basic. You'll progress in strength faster in this RP.

@Zero Hex For regulation purposes. If you want a weapon, feel free to tell me and we can talk about it so that you'd get it ASAP.

[Scio]

@malmshodes Basic. You'll progress in strength faster in this RP.

@Zero Hex For regulation purposes. If you want a weapon, feel free to tell me and we can talk about it so that you'd get it ASAP.

[Zero Hex]

@Zero Hex For regulation purposes. If you want a weapon, feel free to tell me and we can talk about it so that you'd get it ASAP.

@Scio

I don't quite follow. How is regulating weapons and skills, key parts of the genre, any more difficult than regulating outright superpowers?

[malmshodes]

@malmshodes Basic. You'll progress in strength faster in this RP.

@Zero Hex For regulation purposes. If you want a weapon, feel free to tell me and we can talk about it so that you'd get it ASAP.

@Scio

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I don't quite follow. How is regulating weapons and skills, key parts of the genre, any more difficult than regulating outright superpowers?

@Zero Hex

@Zero Hex
Maybe its because this is just the beginning, and the super powers are going to be really basic at the start. Where as if you get a special weapon it's going to automatically be two things: Weapon and whatever special about it? Just a thought

[Zero Hex]

@Zero Hex
Maybe its because this is just the beginning, and the super powers are going to be really basic at the start. Where as if you get a special weapon it's going to automatically be two things: Weapon and whatever special about it? Just a thought

@malmshodes

Well, yeah, but then he could just make people have their one signature item and no extra powers to start with, you know? And I'm just wondering how having a superpower, even if a basic one, is somehow easier to manage than a weapon that can be even simpler and whose special abilities can be limited in the same way.

And then with the skills, a lot of characters aren't defined by explicit supowerpowers but rather by how well they do karate or handle a sword or whatever. It just feels like a real strange limitation that cuts off a ton of what makes the genre to start with and it didn't seem to be a problem on the first game.

[malmshodes]

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Well, yeah, but then he could just make people have their one signature item and no extra powers to start with, you know? And I'm just wondering how having a superpower, even if a basic one, is somehow easier to manage than a weapon that can be even simpler and whose special abilities can be limited in the same way.

And then with the skills, a lot of characters aren't defined by explicit supowerpowers but rather by how well they do karate or handle a sword or whatever. It just feels like a real strange limitation that cuts off a ton of what makes the genre to start with and it didn't seem to be a problem on the first game.

@Zero Hex

Actually, I do agree with the GM as far as skills go, I think. I'll try to explain why. First, I think that the GM wants our characters to be what many in the online gaming community would lovingly refer to as a bunch of noobs(people who're thrust into a world and they have no idea what their doing.) So, they'll, by which I mean our characters, will have to work our ways up from scratch. That's why the abilities, and likely weapons are so basic. It's meant to be a journey where everyone goes from chicken scratch to bad ass raptor. The thing with starting with abilities is it kind of messes with the spirit of being out of your element. Powers and items work because their things we're just barely getting.

As for myself I don't remember the first game too well other than a monkey and it dying kind of fast. Perhaps the skills had something to do with it, or maybe the GM just decided against it after giving the subject more thought?

I hope that makes sense. I just took some melatonin and it's hitting me hard. If not I'll tyr again tomorrow.

[Zobozun]

Hey, saw this whole thing and I think I might know what the issue is here.

@Scio When you say "ability", do you mean purely innate superpowers? Or does "ability" also include magical weapons (Bleach, D. Gray Man, Soul Eater) and superhuman skills gained by crazy training (Hokuto no Ken, Ranma 1/2, Rurouni Kenshin)? Becuase I feel the fundamental misunderstanding here is that equipment and skills are listed seperately which implies they're not included under the "ability" header.