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returnafavor) wrote2014-03-16 02:21 pm
returnafavor) wrote2014-03-16 02:21 pm
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✖ PLAYER:
Name & DW: Tor /redskies
AIM: Tormalynial
Gchat: tormalynial [at] gmail [dot] com
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✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Ryouta Kise
Canon: Kuroko no Basket
Canon Point: chapter 231
Gender & Sex: M/M
Age: 16 (aged up to 18)
Birthdate/Sign: June 18 / Gemini (canon)
Tattoo: 1” square at the nape of the neck
Power:
Manipulation – Channeling (Air)
(Has a canon copying power (i.e. jacking your style), but mod approval was given to have a game power also since it’s a non-supernatural ability.)
Personality:
Kise is cheerful and outgoing, with a laid back personality that allows him to get along well with most people he meets. Though he tends to remain distant unless impressed by someone, when he does try to make friends, he does so easily and even his rivalries are more amiable and teasing than bitter. Though highly motivated as a member of a national-level basketball team, Kise is shown to treat even members of opposing teams with friendly competitive spirit, particularly the former members of his middle school team who are now his major rivals in high school. When a rival he respects is playing poorly in a match against another team due to preoccupation, Kise even goes so far as to give that rival encouragement in the form of a much-needed wake up call. Even in the face of indifference or coldness, Kise maintains his cheerful attitude, though he is somewhat prone to joking melodramatics such as theatrically pretending to cry when one of his former teammates turns down an offer to join Kise’s team.
Kise is extremely confident in his abilities and this makes him cocky, even, at the beginning of the series, straying into arrogance. He possesses model-quality good looks and an instinctive awareness of his physical capabilities that serves him well when playing any sport, and this makes Kise self-assured and good-naturedly assertive. Additionally, he has the ability to watch and replicate movements as long as they’re within his own physical capabilities, which allows him to learn sports extremely quickly. Due to this, he has a somewhat low opinion of others who aren’t able to pick things up quickly, and this occasionally makes him a bit of a jerk. Kise is quick to judge others, such as when he first meets Kuroko and complains about having Kuroko as his mentor for the basketball club due to Kuroko’s basketball ability being worse than his own. However, Kise, once given reason to, is quick to change his mind and has no problem admitting when he’s made a mistake in judging someone. Upon being shown Kuroko’s abilities, Kise does an immediate switch in attitude and becomes one of Kuroko’s most enthusiastic friends. While his easygoing nature may at times make him seem a bit shallow, beneath Kise’s smiling veneer lies a deep well of passionate feelings, determination and iron willpower. He takes defeat hard, going so far as to surprise himself by crying the first time he loses a basketball game, but only momentarily; Kise recovers from disappointments and turns a loss into strength and burning drive to practice more, improve himself, and take revenge next time.
Prior to the start of the series, Kise is a bit of a self-centered brat. He’s good looking enough that he’s a professional model and he’s able to excel at any sport he tries merely by watching others play for a bit and instantly copying their moves. He doesn’t study particularly hard in school, but he is, as he puts it, “kinda smart” and doesn’t have to try very hard to achieve things. Nothing gives him a challenge and he finds himself bored. This changes when he watches Aomine Daiki playing basketball. Aomine plays at such a high level and with such a unique style that Kise believes he would actually have to work exceptionally hard to copy him, and he decides to join Teikou’s basketball team to play with the person he admires so much because the thought of such a challenge finally lights a fire in him.
Teikou's team is based around a “winning is everything” philosophy and Kise adopts this style of thinking. He and his teammates become so skilled that they’re given the name “Generation of Miracles” for the strength of their abilities and these individual strengths cause the team to grow apart. Though he becomes friends with the other regulars, having no opponents who can challenge Teikou’s team sends Kise back to the boredom of having everything come too easily to him. At the start of the series, Kise has returned to not caring all that much about teamwork and he’s forgotten the reason he started playing basketball in the first place. For high school, he’s separated from the other members of the Generation of Miracles and chosen to go to Kaijou High. Kise is exceptionally skilled and though he works hard, he plays more to win than to have fun. This changes when he plays a practice match against the series’ main character, Kuroko Tetsuya, and Kuroko’s new partner, Kagami Taiga, and loses. Kise’s loss to Kuroko and Kagami opens his eyes and makes Kise remember why he started playing basketball: to have fun. The game changes him back to his previous self, as another of the Generation of Miracles puts it. Kise learns to love basketball again and puts his whole heart into playing for the sake of improving himself and meeting challenges head on.
Another turning point in Kise’s character evolution occurs when his team plays Touou - the school his idol Aomine Daiki has chosen to attend. When speaking before the match with his friend and captain, Kasamatsu Yukio, Kise learns that Kasamatsu desperately wants to win because he made a mistake that cost the team the win at last year’s tournament. Kise gives a superficial reason for his own determination to win, saying he only wants to get his first victory against Aomine. However, he is actually deadly serious, going on to say “I’ll win, even if it kills me.” Kise shoulders the weight of both his captain’s and his own desire to win, showing his growing commitment to playing together and caring about his team.
During the match, Kise is able to grow further by challenging Aomine and finally copying Aomine’s play style. Kise shows a great deal of personal insight when he is forced to acknowledge that, deep down, he still admires Aomine and doesn’t want Aomine to lose because of that admiration. For his own sake and his team’s sake, Kise abandons that admiration and is able to play equally against Aomine. He is so determined that he overextends himself to the point of being unable to stand after the game. When Kaijo loses because Kise passes rather than keeping the ball as Aomine himself would do, Aomine tells Kise the reason he lost is because he’s a weakling who needs to rely on his teammates. Kise smiles and thinks that though this may be true, Kise also would never have been able to get so far without the support of his teammates in the first place. What Kise was looking for was a team that would rely on him. He wanted somewhere he could belong as himself rather than only another genius player who was only valued for his ability to win games.
As the Winter Cup tournament continues, Kise continues to grow closer and closer to his team. He perfects his copying ability to defeat his rival Haizaki, who he’d replaced on Teikou’s team, determined to keep his promise with Kagami and Kuroko to face them on the court again. This match also reveals a bit of Kise’s callousness to those who aren’t his close friends; when Haizaki taunts him about having stolen his middle school girlfriend, Kise reveals that he doesn’t care about the girl or about having lost someone who was only interested in him only for his status as a professional model. Things like a shallow girlfriend don’t matter in the face of achieving his goal and keeping his promise; Kise is focused on his own personal ambitions and the trust he carries with him from his team to lead them to victory.
When his rematch with Seirin finally arrives, he has worked so hard that he’s pushed himself to the point of injury, caring more about meeting the expectations of his team and not letting them down than about his own wellbeing. In middle school, Kise couldn’t imagine ever doing something that wasn’t fun like sacrificing himself to allow hi team to win. Through his time with Kaijou, he’s changed to very deliberately hide his injury from his team knowing that they wouldn’t want him to play. He makes the decision to sacrifice his possible future health to do all he can for his team in the present. Kaijou, full of players who will never be as good as he is, is still a team that he loves because it’s where he’s found support and belonging. His loyalty, once earned, goes to the extremes, and even though Kaijou loses the match, Kise, who once only cared about his own personal victories, has finally come to care more about his team than his goals alone. Though Kagami, Kuroko, and the rest of Seirin couldn’t overcome him as an individual, Kise is no longer satisfied just with being the best by himself; he can’t feel good about a personal victory when it isn’t shared by his team and friends.
Name & DW: Tor /
redskiesAIM: Tormalynial
Gchat: tormalynial [at] gmail [dot] com
Plurk:
✖ CHARACTER:
Name: Ryouta Kise
Canon: Kuroko no Basket
Canon Point: chapter 231
Gender & Sex: M/M
Age: 16 (aged up to 18)
Birthdate/Sign: June 18 / Gemini (canon)
Tattoo: 1” square at the nape of the neck
Power:
Manipulation – Channeling (Air)
(Has a canon copying power (i.e. jacking your style), but mod approval was given to have a game power also since it’s a non-supernatural ability.)
Personality:
Kise is cheerful and outgoing, with a laid back personality that allows him to get along well with most people he meets. Though he tends to remain distant unless impressed by someone, when he does try to make friends, he does so easily and even his rivalries are more amiable and teasing than bitter. Though highly motivated as a member of a national-level basketball team, Kise is shown to treat even members of opposing teams with friendly competitive spirit, particularly the former members of his middle school team who are now his major rivals in high school. When a rival he respects is playing poorly in a match against another team due to preoccupation, Kise even goes so far as to give that rival encouragement in the form of a much-needed wake up call. Even in the face of indifference or coldness, Kise maintains his cheerful attitude, though he is somewhat prone to joking melodramatics such as theatrically pretending to cry when one of his former teammates turns down an offer to join Kise’s team.
Kise is extremely confident in his abilities and this makes him cocky, even, at the beginning of the series, straying into arrogance. He possesses model-quality good looks and an instinctive awareness of his physical capabilities that serves him well when playing any sport, and this makes Kise self-assured and good-naturedly assertive. Additionally, he has the ability to watch and replicate movements as long as they’re within his own physical capabilities, which allows him to learn sports extremely quickly. Due to this, he has a somewhat low opinion of others who aren’t able to pick things up quickly, and this occasionally makes him a bit of a jerk. Kise is quick to judge others, such as when he first meets Kuroko and complains about having Kuroko as his mentor for the basketball club due to Kuroko’s basketball ability being worse than his own. However, Kise, once given reason to, is quick to change his mind and has no problem admitting when he’s made a mistake in judging someone. Upon being shown Kuroko’s abilities, Kise does an immediate switch in attitude and becomes one of Kuroko’s most enthusiastic friends. While his easygoing nature may at times make him seem a bit shallow, beneath Kise’s smiling veneer lies a deep well of passionate feelings, determination and iron willpower. He takes defeat hard, going so far as to surprise himself by crying the first time he loses a basketball game, but only momentarily; Kise recovers from disappointments and turns a loss into strength and burning drive to practice more, improve himself, and take revenge next time.
Prior to the start of the series, Kise is a bit of a self-centered brat. He’s good looking enough that he’s a professional model and he’s able to excel at any sport he tries merely by watching others play for a bit and instantly copying their moves. He doesn’t study particularly hard in school, but he is, as he puts it, “kinda smart” and doesn’t have to try very hard to achieve things. Nothing gives him a challenge and he finds himself bored. This changes when he watches Aomine Daiki playing basketball. Aomine plays at such a high level and with such a unique style that Kise believes he would actually have to work exceptionally hard to copy him, and he decides to join Teikou’s basketball team to play with the person he admires so much because the thought of such a challenge finally lights a fire in him.
Teikou's team is based around a “winning is everything” philosophy and Kise adopts this style of thinking. He and his teammates become so skilled that they’re given the name “Generation of Miracles” for the strength of their abilities and these individual strengths cause the team to grow apart. Though he becomes friends with the other regulars, having no opponents who can challenge Teikou’s team sends Kise back to the boredom of having everything come too easily to him. At the start of the series, Kise has returned to not caring all that much about teamwork and he’s forgotten the reason he started playing basketball in the first place. For high school, he’s separated from the other members of the Generation of Miracles and chosen to go to Kaijou High. Kise is exceptionally skilled and though he works hard, he plays more to win than to have fun. This changes when he plays a practice match against the series’ main character, Kuroko Tetsuya, and Kuroko’s new partner, Kagami Taiga, and loses. Kise’s loss to Kuroko and Kagami opens his eyes and makes Kise remember why he started playing basketball: to have fun. The game changes him back to his previous self, as another of the Generation of Miracles puts it. Kise learns to love basketball again and puts his whole heart into playing for the sake of improving himself and meeting challenges head on.
Another turning point in Kise’s character evolution occurs when his team plays Touou - the school his idol Aomine Daiki has chosen to attend. When speaking before the match with his friend and captain, Kasamatsu Yukio, Kise learns that Kasamatsu desperately wants to win because he made a mistake that cost the team the win at last year’s tournament. Kise gives a superficial reason for his own determination to win, saying he only wants to get his first victory against Aomine. However, he is actually deadly serious, going on to say “I’ll win, even if it kills me.” Kise shoulders the weight of both his captain’s and his own desire to win, showing his growing commitment to playing together and caring about his team.
During the match, Kise is able to grow further by challenging Aomine and finally copying Aomine’s play style. Kise shows a great deal of personal insight when he is forced to acknowledge that, deep down, he still admires Aomine and doesn’t want Aomine to lose because of that admiration. For his own sake and his team’s sake, Kise abandons that admiration and is able to play equally against Aomine. He is so determined that he overextends himself to the point of being unable to stand after the game. When Kaijo loses because Kise passes rather than keeping the ball as Aomine himself would do, Aomine tells Kise the reason he lost is because he’s a weakling who needs to rely on his teammates. Kise smiles and thinks that though this may be true, Kise also would never have been able to get so far without the support of his teammates in the first place. What Kise was looking for was a team that would rely on him. He wanted somewhere he could belong as himself rather than only another genius player who was only valued for his ability to win games.
As the Winter Cup tournament continues, Kise continues to grow closer and closer to his team. He perfects his copying ability to defeat his rival Haizaki, who he’d replaced on Teikou’s team, determined to keep his promise with Kagami and Kuroko to face them on the court again. This match also reveals a bit of Kise’s callousness to those who aren’t his close friends; when Haizaki taunts him about having stolen his middle school girlfriend, Kise reveals that he doesn’t care about the girl or about having lost someone who was only interested in him only for his status as a professional model. Things like a shallow girlfriend don’t matter in the face of achieving his goal and keeping his promise; Kise is focused on his own personal ambitions and the trust he carries with him from his team to lead them to victory.
When his rematch with Seirin finally arrives, he has worked so hard that he’s pushed himself to the point of injury, caring more about meeting the expectations of his team and not letting them down than about his own wellbeing. In middle school, Kise couldn’t imagine ever doing something that wasn’t fun like sacrificing himself to allow hi team to win. Through his time with Kaijou, he’s changed to very deliberately hide his injury from his team knowing that they wouldn’t want him to play. He makes the decision to sacrifice his possible future health to do all he can for his team in the present. Kaijou, full of players who will never be as good as he is, is still a team that he loves because it’s where he’s found support and belonging. His loyalty, once earned, goes to the extremes, and even though Kaijou loses the match, Kise, who once only cared about his own personal victories, has finally come to care more about his team than his goals alone. Though Kagami, Kuroko, and the rest of Seirin couldn’t overcome him as an individual, Kise is no longer satisfied just with being the best by himself; he can’t feel good about a personal victory when it isn’t shared by his team and friends.