Character: Hanaori Kotoha
Series:
Samurai Sentai ShinkengerCharacter Age: 16-17
Canon: In a world where every crack is a door to our world through which frightening, Sanzu River-dwelling monsters called Gedoushuu can pass and terrorize mankind, who you gonna call? The samurai authorized by providence, of course! Samurai Sentai Shinkenger tells the story of a troupe of multi-coloured fighters who are as different as their colour spectrum is varied, but must work together to uphold both the order between humans and Gedoushuu, and the samurai tradition (... sort of).
Hanaori Kotoha is just one of these six monster-battling defenders of mankind, capable of becoming ShinkenYellow. A sweet girl from a family of bamboo craftsmen in Kyoto, she's clumsy and naive - but nonetheless courageous and a skilled swordfighter. Despite her skill, however, her self-esteem is low; being told that she's "slow" and "stupid" most of her life has left her for the most part convinced that she truly isn't the brightest crayon in the box. If asked, her only skills are the flute and the sword, and she feels that she's a burden to her teammates on occasion. But that hasn't put a dent in her cheerful attitude at all - she is always up for just about anything.
Sample Post: Ohh, I knew this way didn't look right a while ago, but now I know for sure! None of this looks familiar. Maybe walking the rest of the way home wasn't such a good idea, after all ... or maybe that left turn towards wherever 'Albuquerque' is was the right way, from that place? I mean, I've been lost near home before, but this doesn't look anything like where I ought to be. I know it's been a year since I've returned to Kyoto, but I think I'd know where I was going if I was where I was supposed to be.
Oh! Maybe I can ask ... excuse me! I was wondering, can you give me directions? I think I'm a little bit lost, or maybe that I just got turned around somewhere. Um, I was coming from that direction, I think. If you could just tell me how to get back to - what are you doing? Oh, this! It's a flute, see? It just looks like a stick because it's made of bamboo. You blow over this part and it makes a nice sound. Oh, no! Don't do it like that, you don't actually take it into your mouth that way. I don't think that would be very comfortable anyway. Just hold it like this between your fingers and blow. But gently!
... gentler than that, probably. D-Don't worry, though! You don't really need your teeth to blow into a flute. At least, I don't think so. I could give you a quick lesson, if you want! But after that, I really do have to start in the right direction; people are waiting for me at home. So if you'll promise to show me the right way to go, I'll teach you the right way to play a flute. That's fair, isn't it? And it'll be fun, too!
Actually, maybe we should start by reattaching your other arm, first ...