Jun 29, 2008 11:06
Name: 一宮勘太郎 -- Ichinomiya Kantarou [[NOTE that the "kan" of his name is the same "kan" that means "sixth sense" or "intuition"]]
Age: UNKNOWN. Possibly his late twenties/early thirties, since he's an established folklorist with a steady job and bitches about lost opportunities to travel to England on behalf of the Folklore Society
Height: Short-to-Average
Weight: Average
Medical Info: Has a scar on his chest that looks like it came from a set of parallel claws, leftover (he claims) from an oni attack. It tends to pain him when oni are around; the anime extends it to malevolent spirits in general, but I'm going to just roll with it and see what happens.
Blood type: Unknown
Eyes: Red
Hair: This is kind of ... well, early color art for the manga gives him very very light brown hair, but later color art and the anime give him gray/white hair. There's also a scene in the manga where these rural villagers comment on how pale he is -- they literally use the word "transparent" -- when referring to his hair. I'mma go with light brownish-gray. |D
Physical traits: Small and cute! He looks mostly harmless
What's Okay To Mention Around Him: His only (known) trigger is commenting on his coloring (he gets really nervous and shaky and worried). GIVEN CAMP, I doubt this will be much of an issue. EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULD BE OKAY.
Abilities: Kantarou is an accomplished senjutsu user; he has mastery of the ku-ji (if you've seen the anime, this would be the technicolor sequence he uses ALL THE TIME) as well as various ofuda, purificiation spells, sealing spells, etc. HE IS PRETTY POWERFUL, to say the least. Also claims that making friends with youkai is something he's super-good at~
Notes for the Psychics: I imagine for a human, Kantarou's mental shields are pretty impressive. It's possible to get through them, but it would take some effort and he would notice and go :( at you beforehand. SURFACE THOUGHTS are mostly about Haruka~ and youkai~ and the next fun/interesting thing that has caught his eye.
Can I shapeshift/bodyswap/spit at/step on/etc?: Talk to me first!
Maim/Murder/Death: TALK TO ME recent canon has given me cause to believe this would be harder than it should be
Cooking: Probably very basic rudimentary abilities, as he lived alone for a while before he got Youko. PS SOMEONE APP YOUKO.