Ghost Stories (Anime) Sequel RP

[Jurassic Weeb]

With Halloween behind us, I know this is a bit late. However, I went and watched the entire English dub of the anime Ghost Stories. Despite the fact that the dubbers were allowed to have fun with this, I enjoyed the series... kind of like Scooby-Doo on crack and laughing gas.

Anyway, I had an idea for the sequel RP: five years after the events of the series, paranormal activity begins happening again. So once again, it is up to Satsuki and the gang to wrangle in the restless spirits and demons. However, a new player has entered the mix: a mysterious, masked young man with a Scythe who goes by "Reaper"... who just happens to be the new exchange student from America.

Considering the tone of the dub, we'll tone it back so that we don't offend people... as much. And the main cast shall consist of:

- Satsuki Miyanoshita
- Momoko Koigakubo
- Gideon "Reaper" Jameson (dibs)
- Hajime Aoyama
- Leo Kakinoki
- Keiichirou Miyanoshita
- Perhaps a familiar for one of the characters? I mean, Amanojaku is kind of stuck in one place.

Anyway, this will partly be a comedy (especially darker comedy). As for the established characters, we'll tone their traits down to a manageable level (ie- Momoko trying to convert people less, or bring up people going to hell).

So, any takers?

[Jurassic Weeb]

Pmub!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Bump!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Bump! Pweeeaaaaaase!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Bump!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Bump!

[Jurassic Weeb]

Bump!

[UnendingEmpire]

If I may be so kind as to offer why you're not getting interest...

You've chosen perhaps one of the most innocuous "horror" animes I've ever seen or heard of. I'd actually be surprised if anyone on this forum other than you and I are even aware it exists. On top of which, the dub - while funny - was sadly not all that great (and I hear the original Japanese wasn't so good either), which sets a poor starting tone for the RP itself. But perhaps the final nail in the coffin is...Ghost Stories ended. Ouma was defeated, Amanojaku is no longer stuck in a cat, and the scary ghosts & demons that were running around...aren't running around anymore. As it is, you're just making an original comedy/light-horror RP and slapping a decent-at-best cast of canon characters that the RPers must use on it, the only OC among them (for fairly generous definition; "the American transfer student at the Japanese school who plays a massive plot part" is a character type I've seen hundreds of times already) being controlled by yourself. Quite bluntly, it sounds more like a fanfic than an RP =.=;

There are two very probable and easily-done solutions to fixing things here though, since I hate to see an RP die before it ever launches, and I happen to really like your avatar. They're listed below, for your convenient and easy reading :)

1) Don't force the use of canon characters, especially for an anime as small-time as Ghost Stories. I'd bet money that if I was wrong and someone here does know it exists other than us, they probably won't be too eager to play any of its characters. I know I wouldn't be, at least.

2) Make this into an original RP; I could probably help with this if you find it difficult. It's not uncommon for original RPs around here to be based on varying anime, and I happened to like the general idea of Ghost Stories even if I found the show itself lackluster.
2.5) If you did go the original route, you could even strike out it being a sequel altogether and just make it a comedic monster-busting RP styled after Ghost Stories. Not part of the big two suggestions, but a very possible route you could take if you turned this into an original-setting RP instead of "Ghost Stories RP"

Hope this helps, even if it's just a little ^_^