Name: Kimura Bonichi (Kimura family)
General Information
Species: Geshrin->Yamataian
Gender: Male
Age: 19 years
Family (or Creators):
Mother: Deceased. Co-owner of family restaurant.
Father: Life-support. Not conscious, meaning ownership of the restaurant is transferred to the oldest living offspring.
Siblings: Meika and Seido
Employer: The Yamatai Empire!
Occupation: Cook!
Rank: Santô Hei
Current Assignment: YSS Sakura!
Physical Characteristics
Height: 160cm (5'3")
Weight: 50kg (110lbish)
Measurements: I don't know @.@
Bra Size: DDD, of course. What's an anime character without gigantic...oh wait, it's a man. Well, N/A then.
Build and Skin Color: Lanky. Pale skin.
Facial Features and Eye Color: Rounded features. Longish nose. Green eyes.
Hair color and Style: Dark blue, straight & ear-length.
Distinguishing Features: Has a phone chip implanted in his tooth, with a control unit in the form of a PDA which he carries at all times. This is the only implant his parents would allow him in his youth.
Psychological Characteristics
Personality:
Although he is of Geshrin descent, and his family does uphold some of the related cultural points, his upbringing is mainly Nepleslian; as such, enjoys luxury but avoids overindulging most of the time. If something sparks his interest, he will diligently and persistently work at it until his goal is met or the problem is solved; if not, he'll procrastinate until it either goes away or becomes enough of a threat - this tends to make him appear oblivious to everything that isn't shiny or world-crashing. He's used to trying to look cool and mysterious, though he tends to reach this end more by personality than by selective appearance. An inherent technophelia has been repressed by his parents, and he respected them enough to keep it repressed. He is still numb about the whole death thing and hasn't really shed many tears since the initial hysteria of coming home to see his favorite dishes stained with the blood of his favorite people. He won't take offense but might laugh a little too hard if the subject comes up. On an unrelated note, his techno music addiction has gotten worse since then, to the point of listening to one song in his head while dancing to another on the screen.
Likes: Techno music, classical music, techno remixes of classical music, good food, video games (but not racing sims), green (especially metallic or shiny in some way), blue, transistors, his sister's necklace (don't ask) and fantasy movies, among many other things.
Dislikes: Loud explosions, mechanical work (i.e. wrenches and screwdrivers), rap music (including technorap), men (and all their machismo), death on a personal level, his brother's necklace (Again, don't ask), mass-produced chocolate milk, couscous (regardless of seasoning).
Goals: "Become super leet, I guess."
History
Mr. and Mrs. Kimura (Then Kimura-kun and Sato-san) were highly involved in the Yamatai community where they lived, though they weren't exactly in a very liberal, happy community. In fact, the main goal of the community league seemed to be hiring a mass transport to get everyone off the planet. These two were the only two who supported the Perfect Evolution project; the ten other councillors were strictly opposed to it and they made little headway in encouraging it, even when the project was completed and they could show off their fancy Geshrin bodies.
In YE 03, when the emperor was assassinated, off-world tickets came into high demand and the community league could finally afford to purchase a private craft, which they did. Kimura-kun and Sato-san were pressured into coming on board, though they did draw dirty looks from the more puritanical passengers. On Nepleslia, they founded a restaurant and with their advantages were quickly successful enough to afford a modest wedding.
As a result, Bonichi was raised in an upper-middle-class family; although this puts him in the top 2 percentile of the planet's economy, it doesn't mean he's had a top-notch life. He had enough money to spend his free time at the arcade, and early on, built a sound-wave-based non-lethal gun to deal with thugs. He attended school mostly through computer-based courses, not being able to afford private schools but having enough to keep out of the school of hard knocks...that is, until a deal went sour under one of the tables he'd been waiting part-time for his parents.
A shootout resulted in dozens of casualties including his mother. Nobody left there without an injury, and his father's was the worst of the non-lethal ones - a concussion which later led to a coma. Bonichi, at the time, was at the arcade...He received a letter a week later saying his siblings had gotten a promotion within one of the better-organized gangs in the area, and he hasn't spoken with them since then.
He sold the restaurant and hopped on the first private vessel he encountered, which happened to be headed for Yamatai. Fascinated by the culture, especially the military, and with nothing left to lose save his liquid assets and his life, he enlisted, soon on his way to what was hopefully the exciting job he'd been wishing for...
Skills:
Communications: With the popular Japanese computer-based learning (CBL) module he has a fairly basic but broad basis for communication in the language. His technical writing skills are also top-notch (contrary to the perpetual notoriety of Engineers for their inability to write in their native language).
Domestic/Culinary: Bonichi has always had to help with chores to earn his keep, but as he aged he also began to wait tables and then actually cook for the regular guests who knew him well enough. If there was something in the fridge that wasn't on the menu, he'd let you know.
Engineering/Mathematics: He's not physically been to the best of the best schools, but he has taken courses designed by them and as such he's got a pretty solid background for this kind of work. He doesn't enjoy it, though.
Entertainment: DDR and ParaPara have muchly evolved since the days when we walked only the earth, and as such so have the game systems which use the whole body. Dancing, with a partner even, is something one can pick up with only a couple hundred hours and a couple thousand credits - credits which, in Bonichi's case, were earned by repairing equipment when it broke down and the arcade manager didn't feel like calling a repairman. Also, his inevitable encounters with internet porn have left him with a basic knowledge of what parts of humanoid bodies respond to stimulation. His phone chip's interface requires him to have near-perfect pitch, which does have an effect on his singing.
Fighting: Decades (Well, 2 is plural) of the latest and finest video games have taught Bonichi exactly what it's like to pilot a mech, infiltrate a building with little more than a pistol and ammo belt (and 5 lives), and swing a sword, too. Or so he'd like to think. He knows, though, that real life is much more strenuous and that there are no extra lives. He also has skills with nonlethal weapons, especially his trusty soundwave gun, which wraps around his wrist and causes moderate to intense discomfort to whoever tempts his wrath.
Physical: Other sports-related skills, such as long/high jump and speed running, have been integrated into the hangout so many call home, and it just wouldn't be right to leave that high score up there without your initials in front of it.
Technology Operation: It's basically impossible to live on Nepleslia unless you are A) really meaty or B) computer-literate. Bonichi was never even three quarters the size of his peers, but he was a 'skilled hacker' who got police data files on his mates many times (this is not much of an accomplishment).
General Information
Species: Geshrin->Yamataian
Gender: Male
Age: 19 years
Family (or Creators):
Mother: Deceased. Co-owner of family restaurant.
Father: Life-support. Not conscious, meaning ownership of the restaurant is transferred to the oldest living offspring.
Siblings: Meika and Seido
Employer: The Yamatai Empire!
Occupation: Cook!
Rank: Santô Hei
Current Assignment: YSS Sakura!
Physical Characteristics
Height: 160cm (5'3")
Weight: 50kg (110lbish)
Measurements: I don't know @.@
Bra Size: DDD, of course. What's an anime character without gigantic...oh wait, it's a man. Well, N/A then.
Build and Skin Color: Lanky. Pale skin.
Facial Features and Eye Color: Rounded features. Longish nose. Green eyes.
Hair color and Style: Dark blue, straight & ear-length.
Distinguishing Features: Has a phone chip implanted in his tooth, with a control unit in the form of a PDA which he carries at all times. This is the only implant his parents would allow him in his youth.
Psychological Characteristics
Personality:
Although he is of Geshrin descent, and his family does uphold some of the related cultural points, his upbringing is mainly Nepleslian; as such, enjoys luxury but avoids overindulging most of the time. If something sparks his interest, he will diligently and persistently work at it until his goal is met or the problem is solved; if not, he'll procrastinate until it either goes away or becomes enough of a threat - this tends to make him appear oblivious to everything that isn't shiny or world-crashing. He's used to trying to look cool and mysterious, though he tends to reach this end more by personality than by selective appearance. An inherent technophelia has been repressed by his parents, and he respected them enough to keep it repressed. He is still numb about the whole death thing and hasn't really shed many tears since the initial hysteria of coming home to see his favorite dishes stained with the blood of his favorite people. He won't take offense but might laugh a little too hard if the subject comes up. On an unrelated note, his techno music addiction has gotten worse since then, to the point of listening to one song in his head while dancing to another on the screen.
Likes: Techno music, classical music, techno remixes of classical music, good food, video games (but not racing sims), green (especially metallic or shiny in some way), blue, transistors, his sister's necklace (don't ask) and fantasy movies, among many other things.
Dislikes: Loud explosions, mechanical work (i.e. wrenches and screwdrivers), rap music (including technorap), men (and all their machismo), death on a personal level, his brother's necklace (Again, don't ask), mass-produced chocolate milk, couscous (regardless of seasoning).
Goals: "Become super leet, I guess."
History
Mr. and Mrs. Kimura (Then Kimura-kun and Sato-san) were highly involved in the Yamatai community where they lived, though they weren't exactly in a very liberal, happy community. In fact, the main goal of the community league seemed to be hiring a mass transport to get everyone off the planet. These two were the only two who supported the Perfect Evolution project; the ten other councillors were strictly opposed to it and they made little headway in encouraging it, even when the project was completed and they could show off their fancy Geshrin bodies.
In YE 03, when the emperor was assassinated, off-world tickets came into high demand and the community league could finally afford to purchase a private craft, which they did. Kimura-kun and Sato-san were pressured into coming on board, though they did draw dirty looks from the more puritanical passengers. On Nepleslia, they founded a restaurant and with their advantages were quickly successful enough to afford a modest wedding.
As a result, Bonichi was raised in an upper-middle-class family; although this puts him in the top 2 percentile of the planet's economy, it doesn't mean he's had a top-notch life. He had enough money to spend his free time at the arcade, and early on, built a sound-wave-based non-lethal gun to deal with thugs. He attended school mostly through computer-based courses, not being able to afford private schools but having enough to keep out of the school of hard knocks...that is, until a deal went sour under one of the tables he'd been waiting part-time for his parents.
A shootout resulted in dozens of casualties including his mother. Nobody left there without an injury, and his father's was the worst of the non-lethal ones - a concussion which later led to a coma. Bonichi, at the time, was at the arcade...He received a letter a week later saying his siblings had gotten a promotion within one of the better-organized gangs in the area, and he hasn't spoken with them since then.
He sold the restaurant and hopped on the first private vessel he encountered, which happened to be headed for Yamatai. Fascinated by the culture, especially the military, and with nothing left to lose save his liquid assets and his life, he enlisted, soon on his way to what was hopefully the exciting job he'd been wishing for...
Skills:
Communications: With the popular Japanese computer-based learning (CBL) module he has a fairly basic but broad basis for communication in the language. His technical writing skills are also top-notch (contrary to the perpetual notoriety of Engineers for their inability to write in their native language).
Domestic/Culinary: Bonichi has always had to help with chores to earn his keep, but as he aged he also began to wait tables and then actually cook for the regular guests who knew him well enough. If there was something in the fridge that wasn't on the menu, he'd let you know.
Engineering/Mathematics: He's not physically been to the best of the best schools, but he has taken courses designed by them and as such he's got a pretty solid background for this kind of work. He doesn't enjoy it, though.
Entertainment: DDR and ParaPara have muchly evolved since the days when we walked only the earth, and as such so have the game systems which use the whole body. Dancing, with a partner even, is something one can pick up with only a couple hundred hours and a couple thousand credits - credits which, in Bonichi's case, were earned by repairing equipment when it broke down and the arcade manager didn't feel like calling a repairman. Also, his inevitable encounters with internet porn have left him with a basic knowledge of what parts of humanoid bodies respond to stimulation. His phone chip's interface requires him to have near-perfect pitch, which does have an effect on his singing.
Fighting: Decades (Well, 2 is plural) of the latest and finest video games have taught Bonichi exactly what it's like to pilot a mech, infiltrate a building with little more than a pistol and ammo belt (and 5 lives), and swing a sword, too. Or so he'd like to think. He knows, though, that real life is much more strenuous and that there are no extra lives. He also has skills with nonlethal weapons, especially his trusty soundwave gun, which wraps around his wrist and causes moderate to intense discomfort to whoever tempts his wrath.
Physical: Other sports-related skills, such as long/high jump and speed running, have been integrated into the hangout so many call home, and it just wouldn't be right to leave that high score up there without your initials in front of it.
Technology Operation: It's basically impossible to live on Nepleslia unless you are A) really meaty or B) computer-literate. Bonichi was never even three quarters the size of his peers, but he was a 'skilled hacker' who got police data files on his mates many times (this is not much of an accomplishment).
