"Okay... I've become an anime protagonist. Discuss!"
Ryoko Yumekishi
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Nationality: Japanese
Appearance: With a
picture to start out with...
Ryoko stands a fairly-average 5'10", and a reasonable athlete. She is not a track star runner, just physically fit, having grown up in the standard lifestyle of Japan...and then living an American one. Not a traditionalist, she often wears jeans, t-shirt, and jacket and
never anything formal. The rugged comfort of a motorbiker's clothes or something similarly tough that doesn't look bad even with wear-and-tear has always appealed to her more than style. Certainly, this has
nothing to do with the presenters of a
popular car show who eventually
left that show to start
ANOTHER car show that was very popular. The look that she went for was essentially the smooth and calm exterior crossed with the rough sort of coating that says she isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
She doesn't have any scars or unusual markings. She looks good and looks the way she likes. As for the odd color in her eyes... Well, they are
officially classified as 'maroon', which people
can get for an eye color. Whether that's actually what happened there is anybody's guess. She never thought anything of it, herself.
Personality: No picture here, of course.
Part of the reason Ryoko is the way she is has to do with her growing up wondering how people will react to a sudden change. Now, she didn't do anything TOO outlandish, but usually defying convention
just a little in Japan is enough. You see, Japan is very often a stressful society to live in. People are pressured to succeed for the honor of their family and to themselves. This sort of thing has had a profound effect on Ryoko, because she had been in classes where a student committed suicide
before a critical examn. It really happens, and it's always terrible when it does. And it's things like that that make you ask 'Why?'. Why do these things happen? What possible influences make a person one way or another, and how can the more harmful aspects be stopped?
Because of all that, Ryoko is studying psychology, and is a noted observer of behaviors, emotional reactions, and various influences on the human psyche. She lives a life that is different from the norm because {A} she likes it and {B} she believes it to be more healthy. The words 'Let's not get bogged down' from her favorite show have real meaning in the psychological department. If you let yourself get hampered to the point of mental paralysis over a problem, terrible things may befall you before you cross the bridge you were worrying about. Ryoko is, therefore, a young lady looking to fix problems - fix
people - before they break completely. She examines the world by being disarming and unexpected in her manner, then offering a helping hand once you remove your jaw from the floor.
Soul Powers: So, apart from the
Soul Sight, the
Soul Awareness, and the
Exorcism abilities...
Interpretation - Otherwise known as Soul Reading. For those who can perceive the state of the soul, there is more to learn than just the surface. Their intentions, state of mind, and even capabilities can also be gleaned from whatever being Ryoko happens to be scanning. Basically, her Sight learns more. She can see the way you shape your abilities, when the power is charging for an attack, and whether you're truly worthy of a butt-kicking. (It is possible for her to pick up on subtle vibes that indicate a person feels trapped or has no choice but to act the way they do, or other things like that.) This is a tactical ability to know thy enemy. Know thy friends too, really. Same drawbacks as Soul Sight. It's a little obvious when she's used it.
Distortion - Now, here's a fun one. Ryoko creates audio and visual hallucination to varying degrees. At its weakest, you feel like you're drunk and you might fall down. At its worse, the effect is nausea-inducing, headache-inducing, massively-imbalancing, and you may not be able to get up for some time IF you don't black out first. It's not focused ON the mind, though she can instill it in ONE individual if she manages physical contact. Otherwise, it's projected in the real world as warping of the light to confuse your eyes and a noise that affects the eardrums to confuse your balance and coordination. It works by projecting her own energy out into the sound and light in an area, then giving it a twist to make it harmful. (If she have physical contact with someone, their soul gets this direct.) She can narrow it to a direction to minimize collateral, but if it's against a group, the field is wide and can affect EVERYONE. It's like that Batman character, Vertigo, basically.
Soul Punch - Otherwise known as the Soul Impact. This ability allows Ryoko to transfer energy into impact, to make it stronger than it normally would. Now, she is physically fit, so a kick from her probably hurts. Therefore, a Soul Impact kick would normally put someone in the hospital. It takes only a small amount of energy per hit, as she can't just super-charge One Punch beyond belief, but if she has to do a flurry of moves, they will add up. It's a simple and straightforward kind of move, but like Ryoko herself, it is the rough with the smooth. Although, as an added bonus, she CAN transfer that force to an object and throw it, thus giving the actual object the oomph instead.
Skills: Majoring in psychology, so she's excellent in observation and seeing a clear pattern of action in things. Great driver and decent at mechanical repairs, as well. Tried the parkour thing, but it wasn't really for her. Learned to fight, instead. Not an expert, but skilled enough in self-defense to feel confident. She can speak, read, and write Japanese and English.
Personal Belongings: Wallet, keys, cellphone, backpack, tablet, notepad, pens, books, etc. She keeps Hammerhead in either a garage or just around where there's a parking space.
Background: Beginning!
Born in Saitama -
No, not that one. - Ryoko was born in the heart of a very ordinary childhood with few outlyers. Because life was seemingly very predictable, she became highly-observant of occurrances that were outside of the norm. And rather than disapproviing of of things that seemed outlandish like some people, she became curious and examined them, trying to find out the WHY. From there, she took more of an interest in foreign shows,
including one about three idiots who would talk about cars and do crazy things in them. A certain love of cars and of foreign culture budded about then.
It was a decent life. Her parents were a little concerned by her actions, but as long as she remained a studious academic - that there was no indicator that these habits made her grades slip - they were okay with it. Actually, they were being quite reasonable, especially when Ryoko explained that the departure from the norm allowed her to unwind more. In this way, she went through her education...which was struck suddenly by the suicide of a fellow classmate prior to exams. This led her to want to know more about the WHY in life, and how to address it properly, a line of reasoning which led her to study in Psychology. She wanted to help people and prevent tragedies such as this.
This was rather heavy - and heady - work, and Ryoko felt that her sampling was a little too small in Japan. Taking a page from her favorite podcast - The Traveling Hatto-san - she decided to get out from where she lived, and not just cross-country...but out of it! She was going to study abroad, and because she needed to be able to get around, she and her parents worked to finance a car, which would be waiting for her in California to drive all the way to the Eastern side of Pennsylvania and the college awaiiting her therein. Yes, a
road trip, somewhere in the neighborhood of two thousand miles...in the perfect car. Ryoko had bought a refurbished classic, the Ford Mustang Scorpion, much like the one driven in
Starman by the most laid-back human alive, Jeff Bridges.
The trip allowed her to properly absorb American culture and get use to life here. She was gonna be in for a while. However, once she got to Ben Franklin University, Ryoko had NO IDEA what was going to turn up next.
Relationships:Ryo and Kari Yumekishi - Parents, both living
Gets on with most people, but doesn't know that many people in this country.
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