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[Character Name] Jesus (aka Jessie)
[Canon] Saint Young Men
[Point Taken from Canon] After chapter 12
[Age] Over 2,000 years old, but looks like he's in his mid 20's
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Het
[Eye Color] Brown
[Hair Color] Black
[Clothing] Is usually wearing white t-shirts with some silk-screening on it (always with things/writings related to Christianity), blue jeans and white sneakers. Oh, and the crown of thorns around his head =3c
[Background]
The story of Jesus is no secret to anyone. He's the son of God, came down to Earth to help us poor mortal souls and, ultimately, became one of the greatest martyr's to ever walk among us.
And even though Saint Young Men does seem to include bits and pieces of Jesus' life throughout the story, it's pretty clear that the objective of the story is far from educating people on the ways of Christianity (or Buddhism, if you take into consideration that Buddha is the second main character).
SYM is just a 'slice of life' manga that tell us the greatest WHAT IF story one ever heard: what if Jesus and Buddha came down to Earth, and started sharing an apartment and live in modern day Japan? Told you it was farfetched...
As they live their day-by-day life, they come across all kinds of situations and people, and end up learning how to live together and whatnot. They also try to keep a low profile on who they really is (even though Buddha has a hard time passing by unnoticed, considering hos Buddhism is really big in Japan)
Since this series doesn't really follow a fixed story with beginning-middle-end, to tell the background on Jesus here, I'm going to talk about the chapters on the manga (up until the one I can actually read *lol*).
The first episode tells how Jesus goes off to get some groceries, since it's Buddha's 'day off' and he tells his friend that, when going out, some girls pointed at him and compared his looks to those of Johnny Deep (???) and he excitedly tells Buddha to go out too and see what they have to say about him. The other deity soon comes back, visibly bummed, because people only compared him to... Buddha.
The next chapter tells us about their trip to Asakusa, a place that's full of temples and whatnot (much to Buddha's desperation, since he's trying to hard to pass by unnoticed). Jesus tells him that everything will be OK and that nothing will happen. they split and Buddha tells Jesus not to buy anything useless and/or expensive, since they are trying to save money. This pretty much falls upon deaf ears, since Jesus returns shortly after, after buying a pretty costy full samurai costume just because it 'looked cool'. That angers Buddha greatly and Jesus tries to mend the situation telling him that he means to wear the suit as a pyjama to experience the Japanese culture to it's fullest (worst excuse ever), but Buddha seems to accept that and instantly calms down. When they finally go to take the train back home, it is as crowded as it can be, and they end up getting split up, with only Jesus boarding the train and Buddha being forced to spend the night at the train station.
Next comes the amusement park chapter (one of my favourites!) where Jesus tries to take Buddha to the roller coaster. When they get close to the ride, the Indian God can't help but not notice the screams of people coming from the ride, and he starts to get worried about their safety. Apparently, Jesus had been to an amusement park before and explain his friend that there's nothing to worry about, and he even says that, the first time he went to a roller coaster, the angels came down to Earth because he was screaming, because they thought he was being persecuted again or something. Later on, Jesus wants to watch the parade but Buddha tells him that's a good time to go shopping for stuff because the stores are closed. Jesus, not to disappoint his friend, agrees on going shopping, but it's soon clear that he's really, REALLY willing to watch the parade, as he starts bleeding from his crown of thorns (which indicates clearly that he's highly frustrated or trying really hard to go against something he really wants to do). After that display they actually go to watch the parade, and this actually brings their friendship one step above <3
The next chapter, where they are at a street market, is all about them trying to get prizes and whatnot (they even end up getting a real-life size statue of Buddah XD) and they end up getting into a comedy contest, and they end up winning only because they are God's and people are, naturally, easily impressed by them (even i they jokes are extremelly lame...). Strangely enough, it seemed like Jesus had been 'preparing' for that ocassion for quite a while, since he seems to have a small notebook filled with ideas for such a situation...
Then we go into hobbies and we find out that Jesus has ablog on the Internet (yep. Jessus here is pretty technology savvy apparently *giggles*) and he talks about all the drama series that are broadscated on the TV (Jes, you have so much free-time on your hands, I don't even...) The best part on this chapter is when Jesus finds out there's nothing to eat on the house and Buddah gives him stones and water, telling him to turn those to bread and wine, and Jesus doesn't seem very 'happy' with that offering.
In comes the public pool chapter, where Jesus admits that he's actually afraid of swimming (hence why he walks on water *lol*). Buddah tries to convince him to try and put his head underwater to try and conquer his fear. Jesus does try that, but only ends up splitting the water of the pool (so much for a low profile...). Later on, they go to a sauna and there they meet with a group of men that belong to the mafia, and Jesus is clueless enough not to notice that. But, something 'good' comes out of it: the guys from the yakuza think Jesus is the son of a high-ranking boss and start paying respect for him and whatnot...
Chapter 7 talks about how Jesus get things for both him and Buddah (yet again spending money they don't have). He buys himself a little oven so then he can make things out of argile, and gets his pal a drawing kit so then he can work on some comic strips and whatnot. Jesus does make a nice little vase and put it on the oven. Although, much to his surprise, and he takes the vase out he finds out that it got turned into a loaf of bread (since it looks like Jesus doesn't have full control of his 'miracles' and, when in a really great mood seems to make them occur randomly).
The autumn festival chapter is a great one, where they cross paths with the yakuza guys once again. Sure that this is after Jesus ends up meeting 'cotton candy of doom'. He excitedly buys one, but soon finds out he isn't exactly good at eating something so sweet and sticky, and the cotton candy gets al over his face and hair... But the mafia guys are kind enough to help him clean himself up.
Also, on chapter 9, it seems like Jesus don't seem to remember his birthday as easily as one might expect, as it's Christmas and he seems pretty clueless about the fact. Buddah tries to keep him ignorant about it so then he can make him a surprise, but after going out, and they get home there's a multitude of angels there to say 'ahppy birthday' to him, and that's where Jesus finally 'gets the hint'.
Then the New Year's eve chapter comes around and Jesus is... Just being himself, really. He puts up a wish on this wall where he asks for Buddah to say 'yes' on buying a new laptop, lets incense smoke get directly into his eyes in hopes that it'll make the pain he had been feeling on them to go away (just to find out he just needs to inhale the smoke) and then they go back home to play some games to pass time so then they can see the first sunrise of the year, but they are way too 'pure' for any game to have a nice twist. Poor deities...
The last two chapters are more centered around Buddah. Alhough, chapter 11 has something nice: Buddah gets sick and it's up to Jesus to nurse him back to health. At some point, Buddah asks him if he can't just use his healing powers, but Jesus is unsure of how his powers work on other holy entitties. He then wonders if there could be any chance of him turning Buddah to bread if he tried something like that (which is really weird and obviously annoys the other holy man).
OK, that's all I got, really. Wish I knew more about when the archangels come around, but unfortunately all those chapters are still in Japanese only...
[Personality]
So Jesus' personality is a mirror of mun's persona...
As it would be expected from Jesus, he's always willing to help others, no matter what, even though his attempts of 'helping' people might seem a little bit unorthodox and they tend to fail, sometimes (which is a HUGE paradox considering how he always seemed so good at it on the Bible...). Also, as expected, he never judges people's personalities, and will just interfere on people's decisions if they seem to be doing harm to themselves or others. Otherwise, he will leave you to your devices and will even support you, depending on the situation.
Another clear trait of his on the series is that he's completely and absolutely laid back (what contrasts clearly with Buddha's always worried attitude). All in all, Jesus just wants to have some fun and then talk about it at the end of the day. He usually doesn't care about situations that look really problematic, even though he seems to 'freak out' at rather simple things (like, when Buddha loses his clothes when they go to the public pool, Jesus doesn't seem worried, but when he has to decided between to different meals, it's like torture to him).
Jesus also has a terrible habit that he seem to have acquired by living in modern times: spending more money than he actually should, usually on frivolous stuff like DVDs and snacks. But that also means that he won't hesitate buying things for the people he care for, so you can take that trait of his as something good or bad, depending on your view of things.
He also seems quite interested in TV shows and whatnot, and might come off as a sort of 'TV nerd', by knowing about all the latest series and their episodes, specially Japanese dramas.
You can also tell that Jesus is a little bit too easily amused by the wonders of today's world, and everything new seems to pick his interest almost instantly, specially when it comes to a place's regional culture (because, he just seems ridiculously fascinated by everything Japanese, so mun here is guessing that he would be amazed by other new places as well).
Another thing to be noted is that Jesus always seem quite clueless about things that are RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. It might take some time until he 'gets a hint' so it's better to tell him things straight than trying to beat around the bush, or else you are getting nowhere.
Last but not least, despite his 'holiness' and whatnot, it's clear that Jesus, during the series, is a little bit lacking on the 'inspirational words' department. Like, he can give people support, but it's not like he's going to give you a heavily worded speech to inspire you (unlike Buddha). He's mure likely to just tell you something like "Yeah! LET'S GO!" (truly, he's the voice of a generation...)
[Specialties/Abilities]
Well, despite his personality being a little bit off, he IS Jesus and, taking that into consideration, he has the usual skills one would expect him to do.
He can turn water to wine, rocks to bread, multiply fish, cure the ill... You know, typical Jesus' skills.
Also, he's able to communicate easily with animals (who always seem to be willing to sacrifice themselves to him, as weird as this sounds).
Strangely enough, it seems like his powers are a little bit 'out' of his control, as he seems to make miracles happen involuntarily when he's overly happy with something.
[Affection]
Things like hugs and kisses have GREEN LIGHT all the time!!!! You can go ahead and do whatever you must! Anything beyond that, just PM me before hand just so i know what you are up to (I'll probably go for it *haha*)
[Fighting]
I'm not very sure about Jes' fighting abilities (he's Jesus after all and I don't remember him kicking butts in the Bible). So, since he doesn't 'look' for fights, I believe that fighting is a no-no for him (pacifist people are the best, OK)
[Other Permissions]
Mind reading has green light, and fourth wall too because, well, it's hard to deal with Jesus and NOT have 4th wall breaking *lol* Anything else you are unsure about, just PM dear!
[Other Facts]
If Jesus is feeling really happy and inspired, roses might eventually bloom from his crown of thorns. He might also end up turning things made of stone/porcelain/the like to bread because of that. And this is not under his control, apparently XD
[Canon] Saint Young Men
[Point Taken from Canon] After chapter 12
[Age] Over 2,000 years old, but looks like he's in his mid 20's
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Het
[Eye Color] Brown
[Hair Color] Black
[Clothing] Is usually wearing white t-shirts with some silk-screening on it (always with things/writings related to Christianity), blue jeans and white sneakers. Oh, and the crown of thorns around his head =3c
[Background]
The story of Jesus is no secret to anyone. He's the son of God, came down to Earth to help us poor mortal souls and, ultimately, became one of the greatest martyr's to ever walk among us.
And even though Saint Young Men does seem to include bits and pieces of Jesus' life throughout the story, it's pretty clear that the objective of the story is far from educating people on the ways of Christianity (or Buddhism, if you take into consideration that Buddha is the second main character).
SYM is just a 'slice of life' manga that tell us the greatest WHAT IF story one ever heard: what if Jesus and Buddha came down to Earth, and started sharing an apartment and live in modern day Japan? Told you it was farfetched...
As they live their day-by-day life, they come across all kinds of situations and people, and end up learning how to live together and whatnot. They also try to keep a low profile on who they really is (even though Buddha has a hard time passing by unnoticed, considering hos Buddhism is really big in Japan)
Since this series doesn't really follow a fixed story with beginning-middle-end, to tell the background on Jesus here, I'm going to talk about the chapters on the manga (up until the one I can actually read *lol*).
The first episode tells how Jesus goes off to get some groceries, since it's Buddha's 'day off' and he tells his friend that, when going out, some girls pointed at him and compared his looks to those of Johnny Deep (???) and he excitedly tells Buddha to go out too and see what they have to say about him. The other deity soon comes back, visibly bummed, because people only compared him to... Buddha.
The next chapter tells us about their trip to Asakusa, a place that's full of temples and whatnot (much to Buddha's desperation, since he's trying to hard to pass by unnoticed). Jesus tells him that everything will be OK and that nothing will happen. they split and Buddha tells Jesus not to buy anything useless and/or expensive, since they are trying to save money. This pretty much falls upon deaf ears, since Jesus returns shortly after, after buying a pretty costy full samurai costume just because it 'looked cool'. That angers Buddha greatly and Jesus tries to mend the situation telling him that he means to wear the suit as a pyjama to experience the Japanese culture to it's fullest (worst excuse ever), but Buddha seems to accept that and instantly calms down. When they finally go to take the train back home, it is as crowded as it can be, and they end up getting split up, with only Jesus boarding the train and Buddha being forced to spend the night at the train station.
Next comes the amusement park chapter (one of my favourites!) where Jesus tries to take Buddha to the roller coaster. When they get close to the ride, the Indian God can't help but not notice the screams of people coming from the ride, and he starts to get worried about their safety. Apparently, Jesus had been to an amusement park before and explain his friend that there's nothing to worry about, and he even says that, the first time he went to a roller coaster, the angels came down to Earth because he was screaming, because they thought he was being persecuted again or something. Later on, Jesus wants to watch the parade but Buddha tells him that's a good time to go shopping for stuff because the stores are closed. Jesus, not to disappoint his friend, agrees on going shopping, but it's soon clear that he's really, REALLY willing to watch the parade, as he starts bleeding from his crown of thorns (which indicates clearly that he's highly frustrated or trying really hard to go against something he really wants to do). After that display they actually go to watch the parade, and this actually brings their friendship one step above <3
The next chapter, where they are at a street market, is all about them trying to get prizes and whatnot (they even end up getting a real-life size statue of Buddah XD) and they end up getting into a comedy contest, and they end up winning only because they are God's and people are, naturally, easily impressed by them (even i they jokes are extremelly lame...). Strangely enough, it seemed like Jesus had been 'preparing' for that ocassion for quite a while, since he seems to have a small notebook filled with ideas for such a situation...
Then we go into hobbies and we find out that Jesus has ablog on the Internet (yep. Jessus here is pretty technology savvy apparently *giggles*) and he talks about all the drama series that are broadscated on the TV (Jes, you have so much free-time on your hands, I don't even...) The best part on this chapter is when Jesus finds out there's nothing to eat on the house and Buddah gives him stones and water, telling him to turn those to bread and wine, and Jesus doesn't seem very 'happy' with that offering.
In comes the public pool chapter, where Jesus admits that he's actually afraid of swimming (hence why he walks on water *lol*). Buddah tries to convince him to try and put his head underwater to try and conquer his fear. Jesus does try that, but only ends up splitting the water of the pool (so much for a low profile...). Later on, they go to a sauna and there they meet with a group of men that belong to the mafia, and Jesus is clueless enough not to notice that. But, something 'good' comes out of it: the guys from the yakuza think Jesus is the son of a high-ranking boss and start paying respect for him and whatnot...
Chapter 7 talks about how Jesus get things for both him and Buddah (yet again spending money they don't have). He buys himself a little oven so then he can make things out of argile, and gets his pal a drawing kit so then he can work on some comic strips and whatnot. Jesus does make a nice little vase and put it on the oven. Although, much to his surprise, and he takes the vase out he finds out that it got turned into a loaf of bread (since it looks like Jesus doesn't have full control of his 'miracles' and, when in a really great mood seems to make them occur randomly).
The autumn festival chapter is a great one, where they cross paths with the yakuza guys once again. Sure that this is after Jesus ends up meeting 'cotton candy of doom'. He excitedly buys one, but soon finds out he isn't exactly good at eating something so sweet and sticky, and the cotton candy gets al over his face and hair... But the mafia guys are kind enough to help him clean himself up.
Also, on chapter 9, it seems like Jesus don't seem to remember his birthday as easily as one might expect, as it's Christmas and he seems pretty clueless about the fact. Buddah tries to keep him ignorant about it so then he can make him a surprise, but after going out, and they get home there's a multitude of angels there to say 'ahppy birthday' to him, and that's where Jesus finally 'gets the hint'.
Then the New Year's eve chapter comes around and Jesus is... Just being himself, really. He puts up a wish on this wall where he asks for Buddah to say 'yes' on buying a new laptop, lets incense smoke get directly into his eyes in hopes that it'll make the pain he had been feeling on them to go away (just to find out he just needs to inhale the smoke) and then they go back home to play some games to pass time so then they can see the first sunrise of the year, but they are way too 'pure' for any game to have a nice twist. Poor deities...
The last two chapters are more centered around Buddah. Alhough, chapter 11 has something nice: Buddah gets sick and it's up to Jesus to nurse him back to health. At some point, Buddah asks him if he can't just use his healing powers, but Jesus is unsure of how his powers work on other holy entitties. He then wonders if there could be any chance of him turning Buddah to bread if he tried something like that (which is really weird and obviously annoys the other holy man).
OK, that's all I got, really. Wish I knew more about when the archangels come around, but unfortunately all those chapters are still in Japanese only...
[Personality]
So Jesus' personality is a mirror of mun's persona...
As it would be expected from Jesus, he's always willing to help others, no matter what, even though his attempts of 'helping' people might seem a little bit unorthodox and they tend to fail, sometimes (which is a HUGE paradox considering how he always seemed so good at it on the Bible...). Also, as expected, he never judges people's personalities, and will just interfere on people's decisions if they seem to be doing harm to themselves or others. Otherwise, he will leave you to your devices and will even support you, depending on the situation.
Another clear trait of his on the series is that he's completely and absolutely laid back (what contrasts clearly with Buddha's always worried attitude). All in all, Jesus just wants to have some fun and then talk about it at the end of the day. He usually doesn't care about situations that look really problematic, even though he seems to 'freak out' at rather simple things (like, when Buddha loses his clothes when they go to the public pool, Jesus doesn't seem worried, but when he has to decided between to different meals, it's like torture to him).
Jesus also has a terrible habit that he seem to have acquired by living in modern times: spending more money than he actually should, usually on frivolous stuff like DVDs and snacks. But that also means that he won't hesitate buying things for the people he care for, so you can take that trait of his as something good or bad, depending on your view of things.
He also seems quite interested in TV shows and whatnot, and might come off as a sort of 'TV nerd', by knowing about all the latest series and their episodes, specially Japanese dramas.
You can also tell that Jesus is a little bit too easily amused by the wonders of today's world, and everything new seems to pick his interest almost instantly, specially when it comes to a place's regional culture (because, he just seems ridiculously fascinated by everything Japanese, so mun here is guessing that he would be amazed by other new places as well).
Another thing to be noted is that Jesus always seem quite clueless about things that are RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM. It might take some time until he 'gets a hint' so it's better to tell him things straight than trying to beat around the bush, or else you are getting nowhere.
Last but not least, despite his 'holiness' and whatnot, it's clear that Jesus, during the series, is a little bit lacking on the 'inspirational words' department. Like, he can give people support, but it's not like he's going to give you a heavily worded speech to inspire you (unlike Buddha). He's mure likely to just tell you something like "Yeah! LET'S GO!" (truly, he's the voice of a generation...)
[Specialties/Abilities]
Well, despite his personality being a little bit off, he IS Jesus and, taking that into consideration, he has the usual skills one would expect him to do.
He can turn water to wine, rocks to bread, multiply fish, cure the ill... You know, typical Jesus' skills.
Also, he's able to communicate easily with animals (who always seem to be willing to sacrifice themselves to him, as weird as this sounds).
Strangely enough, it seems like his powers are a little bit 'out' of his control, as he seems to make miracles happen involuntarily when he's overly happy with something.
[Affection]
Things like hugs and kisses have GREEN LIGHT all the time!!!! You can go ahead and do whatever you must! Anything beyond that, just PM me before hand just so i know what you are up to (I'll probably go for it *haha*)
[Fighting]
I'm not very sure about Jes' fighting abilities (he's Jesus after all and I don't remember him kicking butts in the Bible). So, since he doesn't 'look' for fights, I believe that fighting is a no-no for him (pacifist people are the best, OK)
[Other Permissions]
Mind reading has green light, and fourth wall too because, well, it's hard to deal with Jesus and NOT have 4th wall breaking *lol* Anything else you are unsure about, just PM dear!
[Other Facts]
If Jesus is feeling really happy and inspired, roses might eventually bloom from his crown of thorns. He might also end up turning things made of stone/porcelain/the like to bread because of that. And this is not under his control, apparently XD