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Character: Kitasaka Rouma
Series: Delicious Gakuin
Character Age: 16
Canon: Cooking and world domination... what do these two things have in common? They’re both the focus of the curriculum for students at Delicious Gakuin. Promising young chefs are drafted from around the world by force (with parental consent!) to train at this elite school, and the only way to freedom is to defeat five master chefs-- their teachers and principal-- in cooking contests, called Delicious Bouts. Five young men are determined to get out as soon as possible, and combine their talents to become the Delicious Five.
The scrappy leader of the gang is Kitasaka Rouma, a walking stomach in overalls, hailing from the farms of Hokkaido. He loves eating food almost as much as he loves not doing anything. Despite his laziness, he’s often energetic, talkative, with a fiery shounen will. In Delicious Gakuin, he manages to be a competent chef, rising to any challenge given to him ( complete with a transformation sequence mid-Delicous Bout!). His plans, much like his recipes, are often wacky, maybe a liiittle bit heartless, but sometimes... they actually work. It’s determination and sheer luck that helps him along, but he’ll take what he can get. Rouma can’t resist the opportunity to make food delicious, or ‘gekiuma’*. Still, armed with a near-fetishistic love for cabbage, a giant frying pan, and four of the very best friends this school can offer, Rouma is well on on his way out, wanting to go back to his farmland home.
*literally, ‘explosively delicious’ in Hokkaido dialect
Sample Post:
G-aaahhh? Oi, I was sleeping here; you don’t just shake a person awake and hope for the best!! No, I’m not a Cabbage Patch Kid! See, I’m fully grown, and this cabbage right here is mine. She’s perfect; I spent hours earlier looking for her, and I’m not letting her go to some huge, stinky, hairy purple gorilla, just because he’s a lot bigger than me, beating his chest, and has very sharp teeth and-- okay, so I’ll maybe rethink this a little. But you don’t scare me, Mr. Ape.
I’m sorry I called you smelly, okay? But seriously, if you stink, it’ll make the cabbage taste bad. I’m sure we can work this out eventually; we’re both adults here. Er, well. Except for me. I’m only sixteen, so that should earn me a little bit of forgiveness, right? Aaahahaha... I’m guessing that’s a no. Don’t throw that at me! There’s enough vegetables here for the both of us. So, let’s have a chat. Man to monkey. You and me.
See, we both have more in common than you think. We’re both ...kinda humanoid, and we both love cabbage. Right? That’s a start. I bet you like fruits and vegetables a lot. I grew up on a farm like this, so I understand! Tell you what, I’ll teach you how to find a delicious cabbage just like mine, and then we can eat them together! It’s really simple, once you get the hang of it.
You’ll wanna avoid anything like the cabbages by that zombie over there; you see, no rotting flesh on your veggies can mean the difference between gekiuma paradise and getting really, really sick. And look for ones that just... feel right, like that patch near the banana tree. There you go, rip out one and come back to me; I’ll tell you about all the other-- oh, you went for the bananas instead. Well, that’s great for the both of us. More for me!
Woooow, you ate that so quickly even I’m impressed! But, uh, why are you looking at me like that? You’re a little close. Way too close. Hey! Stop! I thought some gorillas were vegetarian-- I’m not dinner!
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