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Character
Name: Oshitari Yuushi
Series: Prince of Tennis
Timeline: post-Nationals
Canon Resource Links: Prince of Tennis, Oshitari Yuushi
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Rocket
Starter: Meowth
Personality: Contrary to the highly competetive nature of his school, Oshitari is usually a very laid-back sort of person. He's not one to stress out easily or worry too much about winning. His image is smart, cool, and a little mysterious, and he's happy to encourage this -- he wears glasses in spite of having 20/10 vision, just because he likes the impression they give. He's extremely adept at hiding his true feelings from others and presenting only what he wants them to see; his signature move is called "sealing off the heart", which lets him eliminate any potential tells his opponent could use to read his next move. He's quite good at reading his opponents, and coming up with strategies to trap them. His play style focuses a lot on technique.
When pushed, however, he can become very competitive. His Nationals match against Momoshiro was indicative of this: he became extremely passionate and completely determined to win. This hadn't happened in any of his earlier matches, and even his teammates and Oshitari himself were surprised by the development, but it's what allowed him to win the match. He does also tend to get competitive with his cousin Kenya over silly arguments.
His favorite hobby outside of tennis is reading, and he likes spending time by himself to do it. He's not, however, antisocial or terribly quiet, and he gets along very well with his teammates (for all he also enjoys poking fun at them). He has a strong sense of humor, and in fact often seems to treat everything as a joke. This goes along with hiding what he's really thinking from other people, since it can be very difficult to tell whether he's being serious or not.
Strengths/Weaknesses: He is very good at tennis by PoT standards, which means he's ridiculously good by normal standards. He's thus highly athletic. He's intelligent, and particularly skilled in more technical areas such as math, science, and engineering. He's artistically inclined -- he plays the violin often and can sing well, along with enjoying and being knowledgable about other areas such as theater and fine arts. He's well-read. He's quick to read situations and analyze them to form the appropriate strategy. He's very good at hiding his true feelings about things.
Despite his athleticism, he's terrible at gymnastics, and he doesn't have a lot of brute strength. While being able to mask his true emotions is useful in some situations, it can cause problems in his relationships with others; even his friends can't tell what he's thinking sometimes, and since he won't tell them outright, it can get very frustrating for them. The fact that he rarely seems to take anything seriously can also be frustrating at times. Overall he can be a difficult person to get to know, since it's hard to tell whether he's joking or serious, or what really matters to him.
Samples
First Person Sample: [The video clicks on to show a Meowth lying on the floor, lazily batting at a beam of light dancing around beside it. The voice coming from behind the Pokegear sounds amused.] It seems cat Pokemon enjoy this as much as regular cats do. Though she's not nearly as excited about it as Jirou's cat was, but perhaps that old adage about pets taking after their owners is true after all. Hm, then Shishido's cat probably bites...
Ah, but I suppose they don't eat like regular cats, yes? I've gotten the impression that Pokemon in general are vegetarians. For the sake of the children, I assume, who would no doubt be traumatized by the sight of an Arbok feasting on their darling Pikachu. Though really I'm sure many children would consider that sort of addition an improvement; they're much more vicious than their parents give them credit for. And it would certainly be an interesting game mechanic...
...But, putting that aside, what should I be feeding my dear Meowth? Is fruit acceptable? Or is there some sort of special Pokemon food containing a child-friendly meat substitute?
Third Person Sample: Oshitari noted two distinct problems when he woke up.
First, that clock by the bed said 8:00 -- meaning he was quite late to morning practice, and there was a strong possibility he'd spend what was left of practice running laps and listening to Atobe chew him out.
Second, and pressing enough to override the first: this was not his room. How very odd.
Brief investigation soon turned up the backpack and the note, plus the strange device and small red-and-white ball sitting on the desk. The note wasn't particularly helpful, but it did at least add another element to match up with the electronic device and the ball. Pokemon, hmm? Weren't those the games he'd played with Kenya in elementary school? (They'd battled constantly, and Oshitari usually won -- Kenya, as usual, had no patience and hadn't bothered to level up his Pokemon properly, whereas Oshitari had taken everything nice and slow and spent some time developing highly effective movesets. Ah, memories~)
Well. Perhaps someone was playing a prank, though as far as he was aware none of the Hyoutei regulars possessed both the means to pull off something this elaborate and a childish enough disposition to play a prank revolving around Pokemon, of all things. And even if they did, they would certainly know better than to interfere with tennis practice. Non-regulars, similarly, would never do such a thing for fear of Atobe having them killed, or worse, socially exiled. Someone from another school was possible, but once again it seemed either too complex or too childish for any team he could think of. Plus, the electronic device his unknown abductor had left him with seemed far too advanced to waste on a mere prank.
So, clearly the only conclusion he could come to here was that he was a victim of one of those sociopathic billionaires who whisked unsuspecting people away to strange locations and forced them to play bizarre games to stave off gruesome and unseemly death. Clearly.
In any case, the most prudent thing to do was investigate his surroundings further. Knowledge is power, after all. And he did find himself rather curious what was inside that Pokeball; when he'd picked it up earlier, it had weighed too much to be hollow, and the button on the front appeared functional. He turned back to the desk and picked it up again, then pressed the button.
There was a flash of light, and suddenly he had an armful of a somewhat odd-looking cat, looking up at him with confusion. "Meowww?"
He blinked, then leaned down and carefully placed the Pokemon on the floor. It continued to stare at him curiously, so he smiled and patted it on the head. "Well hello there. Aren't you cute."
The -- Meowth, was it? he only vaguely remembered -- purred in agreement, and Oshitari chuckled to himself. Well, whatever this was, it should be quite interesting.
Name: Oshitari Yuushi
Series: Prince of Tennis
Timeline: post-Nationals
Canon Resource Links: Prince of Tennis, Oshitari Yuushi
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Rocket
Starter: Meowth
Personality: Contrary to the highly competetive nature of his school, Oshitari is usually a very laid-back sort of person. He's not one to stress out easily or worry too much about winning. His image is smart, cool, and a little mysterious, and he's happy to encourage this -- he wears glasses in spite of having 20/10 vision, just because he likes the impression they give. He's extremely adept at hiding his true feelings from others and presenting only what he wants them to see; his signature move is called "sealing off the heart", which lets him eliminate any potential tells his opponent could use to read his next move. He's quite good at reading his opponents, and coming up with strategies to trap them. His play style focuses a lot on technique.
When pushed, however, he can become very competitive. His Nationals match against Momoshiro was indicative of this: he became extremely passionate and completely determined to win. This hadn't happened in any of his earlier matches, and even his teammates and Oshitari himself were surprised by the development, but it's what allowed him to win the match. He does also tend to get competitive with his cousin Kenya over silly arguments.
His favorite hobby outside of tennis is reading, and he likes spending time by himself to do it. He's not, however, antisocial or terribly quiet, and he gets along very well with his teammates (for all he also enjoys poking fun at them). He has a strong sense of humor, and in fact often seems to treat everything as a joke. This goes along with hiding what he's really thinking from other people, since it can be very difficult to tell whether he's being serious or not.
Strengths/Weaknesses: He is very good at tennis by PoT standards, which means he's ridiculously good by normal standards. He's thus highly athletic. He's intelligent, and particularly skilled in more technical areas such as math, science, and engineering. He's artistically inclined -- he plays the violin often and can sing well, along with enjoying and being knowledgable about other areas such as theater and fine arts. He's well-read. He's quick to read situations and analyze them to form the appropriate strategy. He's very good at hiding his true feelings about things.
Despite his athleticism, he's terrible at gymnastics, and he doesn't have a lot of brute strength. While being able to mask his true emotions is useful in some situations, it can cause problems in his relationships with others; even his friends can't tell what he's thinking sometimes, and since he won't tell them outright, it can get very frustrating for them. The fact that he rarely seems to take anything seriously can also be frustrating at times. Overall he can be a difficult person to get to know, since it's hard to tell whether he's joking or serious, or what really matters to him.
Samples
First Person Sample: [The video clicks on to show a Meowth lying on the floor, lazily batting at a beam of light dancing around beside it. The voice coming from behind the Pokegear sounds amused.] It seems cat Pokemon enjoy this as much as regular cats do. Though she's not nearly as excited about it as Jirou's cat was, but perhaps that old adage about pets taking after their owners is true after all. Hm, then Shishido's cat probably bites...
Ah, but I suppose they don't eat like regular cats, yes? I've gotten the impression that Pokemon in general are vegetarians. For the sake of the children, I assume, who would no doubt be traumatized by the sight of an Arbok feasting on their darling Pikachu. Though really I'm sure many children would consider that sort of addition an improvement; they're much more vicious than their parents give them credit for. And it would certainly be an interesting game mechanic...
...But, putting that aside, what should I be feeding my dear Meowth? Is fruit acceptable? Or is there some sort of special Pokemon food containing a child-friendly meat substitute?
Third Person Sample: Oshitari noted two distinct problems when he woke up.
First, that clock by the bed said 8:00 -- meaning he was quite late to morning practice, and there was a strong possibility he'd spend what was left of practice running laps and listening to Atobe chew him out.
Second, and pressing enough to override the first: this was not his room. How very odd.
Brief investigation soon turned up the backpack and the note, plus the strange device and small red-and-white ball sitting on the desk. The note wasn't particularly helpful, but it did at least add another element to match up with the electronic device and the ball. Pokemon, hmm? Weren't those the games he'd played with Kenya in elementary school? (They'd battled constantly, and Oshitari usually won -- Kenya, as usual, had no patience and hadn't bothered to level up his Pokemon properly, whereas Oshitari had taken everything nice and slow and spent some time developing highly effective movesets. Ah, memories~)
Well. Perhaps someone was playing a prank, though as far as he was aware none of the Hyoutei regulars possessed both the means to pull off something this elaborate and a childish enough disposition to play a prank revolving around Pokemon, of all things. And even if they did, they would certainly know better than to interfere with tennis practice. Non-regulars, similarly, would never do such a thing for fear of Atobe having them killed, or worse, socially exiled. Someone from another school was possible, but once again it seemed either too complex or too childish for any team he could think of. Plus, the electronic device his unknown abductor had left him with seemed far too advanced to waste on a mere prank.
So, clearly the only conclusion he could come to here was that he was a victim of one of those sociopathic billionaires who whisked unsuspecting people away to strange locations and forced them to play bizarre games to stave off gruesome and unseemly death. Clearly.
In any case, the most prudent thing to do was investigate his surroundings further. Knowledge is power, after all. And he did find himself rather curious what was inside that Pokeball; when he'd picked it up earlier, it had weighed too much to be hollow, and the button on the front appeared functional. He turned back to the desk and picked it up again, then pressed the button.
There was a flash of light, and suddenly he had an armful of a somewhat odd-looking cat, looking up at him with confusion. "Meowww?"
He blinked, then leaned down and carefully placed the Pokemon on the floor. It continued to stare at him curiously, so he smiled and patted it on the head. "Well hello there. Aren't you cute."
The -- Meowth, was it? he only vaguely remembered -- purred in agreement, and Oshitari chuckled to himself. Well, whatever this was, it should be quite interesting.