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PLAYER
✧ NAME: Isaac
✧ LJ USERNAME: electroplay
✧ CONTACT (EMAIL, AIM, MSN, PLURK, ETC.): ThisismyJirou (aim), mitzachu (plurk), DeathBribes@gmail.com (email)
✧ CURRENT MUSE LIST: n/a
CHARACTER
✧ NAME: Takeshi Yamamoto
✧ SERIES: Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
✧ HISTORY: Yamamoto, Reborn! Wiki
✧ TIMELINE: During his fight with Nosaru
✧ PERSONALITY: Takeshi comes off to many as being quite linear - no real depth beyond what he shows to others. In their eyes, he’s very much the star athlete everyone likes; he smiles and gets along easily with everyone and has no obvious faults. His world seems to revolve solely around baseball and the life he’s built around it; he has, after all, worked for years to build his identity around baseball. Purely a nice guy, he’s the one everyone admires and wants to date; the guy everyone genuinely respects for his cheerful nature and easy-going persona.
As someone who is quite popular with both genders, it could be said that he’s strangely charismatic. When around others, he knows the right things to say to ease the mood or what to say to give someone a last minute boost of confidence. Of course, he’s not the most eloquent or sensible person all the time, but even when he’s not, his attempts often follow through with success. With such a seemingly natural allure, he’s been shown to be respected and well-liked by not only his closest friends but his schoolmates as well. It’s very rare to find someone who genuinely dislikes him and those who do often base it off some particular aspect of him - such as his position as the Rain Guardian or his alliance with the Vongola - rather than his actual personality and skills.
His charm comes from, perhaps, the innocent aura he radiates to most people. At times, he can be quite gullible - buying into simple explanations that when paid more thought could easily be dismissed as incorrect. And playing further to such a front, he can be a bit naïve. He finds many things to be nothing more than a game, even when their obvious severity has come to light. It is very likely this is his way of coping, of facing things he doesn’t fully understand with a positive outlook. He does, after all, possess a streak of blinding optimism that some people may find a bit unsettling or perhaps fake; truthfully, it’s just the way he is.
Even as far as people are concerned, it is very rare for Takeshi to find someone he dislikes or doesn’t trust. He’s quick to greet people and befriend them, to show them a kindness and welcome that others may not. Even if they may seem rugged or ‘scary’ on the surface, he can easily look past it in favor of extending a hand of friendship to them. To this extent, he may be a bit too trusting of other people. Unless given a reason not to trust someone, he’ll be one of the first to place his faith in them. Likewise, many people are quick to place their trust in him as he’s dependable and more than apt at keeping secrets - particularly those that are not his own.
With such a positive outlook on virtually everything, Takeshi is easily described as being a very relaxed person. There isn’t much that shakes him and the things that do, he’s quick to bounce back from most of it. Whenever something goes wrong, he’s always the first of the group to put on a smiling face and hold his head up high - you just have to keep on trekking when things get bad. So long as there is hope in a situation, he’ll very well hold onto it with everything that he is. So determined to look at the good rather than the bad, it’s how he stays calm when everyone else is loosing their cool. After all, there’s no reason to get worked up about things if you know you have a chance.
Such qualities easily make Takeshi an ideal Rain Guardian. Calm and easy going as his dying will flames imply, he lives up to the expectations of his role. He’s the force his family and friends can count out - the reliable one. When given a task or presented with a mission, Takeshi will carry it out to the best of his abilities. He’s often the one who shows up when situations look grim, somehow managing to turn the situation around or save his comrades. He’s proven time and again that should the need arise, he’ll sacrifice himself or something important to him for someone else; he’ll do what he has to in order to protect others whenever he can.
This could all be considered a clever ruse in its own right; though it’s very unclear if it’s intentional or otherwise. Truthfully, Takeshi Yamamoto is nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Only his intentions aren’t to blend to cause harm but a genuine desire to be someone he may not truly be. The happy-go-lucky nature and blinding optimism only runs so deep, acting as a deceptively brilliant cover to a kindness that could truly kill.
On the surface, Takeshi plays the role of your typical jock - seemingly a bit on the slow side and not at all academically capable of performing well. This is actually hardly the case. He’s strangely observant, able to learn something after only seeing it a single time. Likewise, he’s shown a capability to find and point out things others may not notice. Which such observational skills, he’s able to find weaknesses in his opponent and use it to his advantage.
Beneath all that cheerfulness and dependability, Takeshi has a serious side that not many get to see. When he or his friends are in danger, that idiotic guise is pushed aside in favor of something so much more serious - something that could be considered a little dark in its own right. While he doesn’t get angry often, should you manage to cross those few lines that trigger his temper, it’s not likely to end well in the offender’s favor.
He’s actually quite a sore loser, when it comes down to it. Like any athlete - and swordsman - he is willing to play hard and fair, but losing any kind of game or battle is simply unacceptable. For these reasons, he often succeeds in what he does, but when he does not, the grim turn his personality makes is quite disheartening. He’s known for becoming fixated on his losses, pushing himself to new extremes to exceed the expectations and to better himself in preparation for an inevitable rematch. Whenever he fails, nothing else seems to matter except the loss he suffered; all he can think about is becoming better, no matter the cost to him. Failure simply does not sit well with him - leading him to doing drastic things. There’s no telling what a fool might down when depressed, after all.
To this extent, Takeshi can seem more than a little obsessive. Whether it’s a loss or bettering himself, that is all that seems to matter to Takeshi outside of his ‘family’. He refuses to give up and pushes on with a ferocity that can be terrifying to some people but helps him become stronger. No matter the problem or the situation, once he has something in mind, he never quite lets it go. Whether it is a rematch or protecting someone else, he always aims to fulfill all of the goals he sets for himself.
With such strong emotions, it’s a wonder more people aren’t aware of them. His carefree guise is always up and ready, even when he has something on his mind. He’s quite secretive for someone who seems so open with other people. When something is bothering him or has him upset, he’ll just as easily smile and dismiss any concern as if it were any other day. He keeps what he feels to himself and shoulders his own burdens alone. When something goes wrong for him or he makes a mistake, he chooses to shoulder the burden alone no matter the effects it may have on him. Beyond happy situations, it’s rare for him to outwardly to react to many things in noticeable ways.
All of this makes him the perfect hitman, when it comes down to it. He easily blends into crowds, making it easy for him to blend and gain trust. Being able to keep his outward emotions under wraps helps to ensure that a mission will get carried out without fail. And with such a degree of secrecy and skill, it’s a wonder he hasn’t become a hitman of some degree already. To those who seek the answer as to why, it’s simple: he refuses to harm the innocent and will avoid harming others unless the need arises. He’s more than a little merciful - going so far as to turn his blade when attacking - and he can forgive people within reason.
To others, Takeshi may seem like a simple person with only one thing on his mind but when it comes down to it, he’s quite the piece of work.
It's unclear how much or little he has changed over the years, but one thing does remain clear. He has, to some extent, matured in a way that seems befitting for him. He's described as still being cheerful and the every reliable force the family can fall back on. He carries himself in much the same way - laughing and brushing things off, treating them as if they were still a game. But there is a certain calmness about him, one fitting of the title of Rain Guardian.
He proves that he has matured to some degree, enough to be a mentor of sorts during his brief time with Tsuna and Gokudera and opting for a more forward and practical way of teaching opposed to his former silly and playful ways. Still protective but more so now, Takeshi has proven that he's willing to jump to the defense of his friends and family with a ferocity that had previously been unseen beyond the rain battle. During that brief conflict, he was shown to have a certain darkness, a willingness to harm - if only to combat - to protect and perhaps to win.
✧ ABILITIES/POWERS:
✧ TIME OF ARRIVAL: Day
✧ MASK DESIGN: Simple mask for a ‘simple’ guy.
✧ PLACE OF SOLACE: Namimori Middle Baseball Field; As a baseball player, Takeshi finds the most comfort among the grass, dust and diamond that composes the baseball field. Despite making a change of lifestyle to the sword - canon evidence supports (even TYL) that the deepest parts of him are still attached to his baseball stardom. At the baseball field - you’ll find everything you would normally. Bleacher, equipment, the dugout and the field itself. The only thing it seems to be lacking is the players usually inhabiting it.
SAMPLES
✧ FIRST PERSON: Sample from Helle Pointe
✧ THIRD PERSON: If he ignored his phone long enough - he wondered if Gokudera'd actually stop calling. Not likely, he idled, leaning to oh-so-casually nudge the trembling device into the open drawer. It wasn't important, he knew, just the usual calls that followed every time he was let off Tsuna's leash. He figured out some time ago that Gokudera said he only called to keep tabs on the mission but Takeshi liked to think of it more as making sure he didn't one-up the Storm Guardian. Not that Gokudera'd ever admit he was worried about such a thing, he knew.
Takeshi dismissed the thought with a low chuckle in favor of bumping the drawer closed to pass into the hall - steps light, too quiet for such a tall man. It was a habit now, to move undetected. He liked to think it imprinted some air of mystery about him as far as his neighbors were concerned - they'd never know if he was home and if they did, where he was or what he was doing. But the real reason was simple: it was far easier to keep tabs on the world around him when it was quiet. You could tell a lot by little sounds.
Footsteps, the voices on either side of his apartment, even breathing if he was close enough, quiet enough. He knew who was coming, who was going; who was angry and who was tired. And who was moving in - if the unfamiliar footfalls in the hall were any indication. Whoever it was sounded taller, took longer strides than most of the others. Probably a bit on the thinner side.
"One way to find out," he hummed to himself faintly in Japanese, crossing the distance to the door - still pointedly ignoring the faint rumble of his phone in his room - in favor of twisting his doorknob to pull it open. It didn't make a sound; he had made sure it wouldn't when he first moved in.
With a long, quiet step into the hall, the door clicked to a shut behind him, the sound masked by a resounding but cheerful, "Yo!"
✧ NAME: Isaac
✧ LJ USERNAME: electroplay
✧ CONTACT (EMAIL, AIM, MSN, PLURK, ETC.): ThisismyJirou (aim), mitzachu (plurk), DeathBribes@gmail.com (email)
✧ CURRENT MUSE LIST: n/a
CHARACTER
✧ NAME: Takeshi Yamamoto
✧ SERIES: Katekyo Hitman REBORN!
✧ HISTORY: Yamamoto, Reborn! Wiki
✧ TIMELINE: During his fight with Nosaru
✧ PERSONALITY: Takeshi comes off to many as being quite linear - no real depth beyond what he shows to others. In their eyes, he’s very much the star athlete everyone likes; he smiles and gets along easily with everyone and has no obvious faults. His world seems to revolve solely around baseball and the life he’s built around it; he has, after all, worked for years to build his identity around baseball. Purely a nice guy, he’s the one everyone admires and wants to date; the guy everyone genuinely respects for his cheerful nature and easy-going persona.
As someone who is quite popular with both genders, it could be said that he’s strangely charismatic. When around others, he knows the right things to say to ease the mood or what to say to give someone a last minute boost of confidence. Of course, he’s not the most eloquent or sensible person all the time, but even when he’s not, his attempts often follow through with success. With such a seemingly natural allure, he’s been shown to be respected and well-liked by not only his closest friends but his schoolmates as well. It’s very rare to find someone who genuinely dislikes him and those who do often base it off some particular aspect of him - such as his position as the Rain Guardian or his alliance with the Vongola - rather than his actual personality and skills.
His charm comes from, perhaps, the innocent aura he radiates to most people. At times, he can be quite gullible - buying into simple explanations that when paid more thought could easily be dismissed as incorrect. And playing further to such a front, he can be a bit naïve. He finds many things to be nothing more than a game, even when their obvious severity has come to light. It is very likely this is his way of coping, of facing things he doesn’t fully understand with a positive outlook. He does, after all, possess a streak of blinding optimism that some people may find a bit unsettling or perhaps fake; truthfully, it’s just the way he is.
Even as far as people are concerned, it is very rare for Takeshi to find someone he dislikes or doesn’t trust. He’s quick to greet people and befriend them, to show them a kindness and welcome that others may not. Even if they may seem rugged or ‘scary’ on the surface, he can easily look past it in favor of extending a hand of friendship to them. To this extent, he may be a bit too trusting of other people. Unless given a reason not to trust someone, he’ll be one of the first to place his faith in them. Likewise, many people are quick to place their trust in him as he’s dependable and more than apt at keeping secrets - particularly those that are not his own.
With such a positive outlook on virtually everything, Takeshi is easily described as being a very relaxed person. There isn’t much that shakes him and the things that do, he’s quick to bounce back from most of it. Whenever something goes wrong, he’s always the first of the group to put on a smiling face and hold his head up high - you just have to keep on trekking when things get bad. So long as there is hope in a situation, he’ll very well hold onto it with everything that he is. So determined to look at the good rather than the bad, it’s how he stays calm when everyone else is loosing their cool. After all, there’s no reason to get worked up about things if you know you have a chance.
Such qualities easily make Takeshi an ideal Rain Guardian. Calm and easy going as his dying will flames imply, he lives up to the expectations of his role. He’s the force his family and friends can count out - the reliable one. When given a task or presented with a mission, Takeshi will carry it out to the best of his abilities. He’s often the one who shows up when situations look grim, somehow managing to turn the situation around or save his comrades. He’s proven time and again that should the need arise, he’ll sacrifice himself or something important to him for someone else; he’ll do what he has to in order to protect others whenever he can.
This could all be considered a clever ruse in its own right; though it’s very unclear if it’s intentional or otherwise. Truthfully, Takeshi Yamamoto is nothing more than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Only his intentions aren’t to blend to cause harm but a genuine desire to be someone he may not truly be. The happy-go-lucky nature and blinding optimism only runs so deep, acting as a deceptively brilliant cover to a kindness that could truly kill.
On the surface, Takeshi plays the role of your typical jock - seemingly a bit on the slow side and not at all academically capable of performing well. This is actually hardly the case. He’s strangely observant, able to learn something after only seeing it a single time. Likewise, he’s shown a capability to find and point out things others may not notice. Which such observational skills, he’s able to find weaknesses in his opponent and use it to his advantage.
Beneath all that cheerfulness and dependability, Takeshi has a serious side that not many get to see. When he or his friends are in danger, that idiotic guise is pushed aside in favor of something so much more serious - something that could be considered a little dark in its own right. While he doesn’t get angry often, should you manage to cross those few lines that trigger his temper, it’s not likely to end well in the offender’s favor.
He’s actually quite a sore loser, when it comes down to it. Like any athlete - and swordsman - he is willing to play hard and fair, but losing any kind of game or battle is simply unacceptable. For these reasons, he often succeeds in what he does, but when he does not, the grim turn his personality makes is quite disheartening. He’s known for becoming fixated on his losses, pushing himself to new extremes to exceed the expectations and to better himself in preparation for an inevitable rematch. Whenever he fails, nothing else seems to matter except the loss he suffered; all he can think about is becoming better, no matter the cost to him. Failure simply does not sit well with him - leading him to doing drastic things. There’s no telling what a fool might down when depressed, after all.
To this extent, Takeshi can seem more than a little obsessive. Whether it’s a loss or bettering himself, that is all that seems to matter to Takeshi outside of his ‘family’. He refuses to give up and pushes on with a ferocity that can be terrifying to some people but helps him become stronger. No matter the problem or the situation, once he has something in mind, he never quite lets it go. Whether it is a rematch or protecting someone else, he always aims to fulfill all of the goals he sets for himself.
With such strong emotions, it’s a wonder more people aren’t aware of them. His carefree guise is always up and ready, even when he has something on his mind. He’s quite secretive for someone who seems so open with other people. When something is bothering him or has him upset, he’ll just as easily smile and dismiss any concern as if it were any other day. He keeps what he feels to himself and shoulders his own burdens alone. When something goes wrong for him or he makes a mistake, he chooses to shoulder the burden alone no matter the effects it may have on him. Beyond happy situations, it’s rare for him to outwardly to react to many things in noticeable ways.
All of this makes him the perfect hitman, when it comes down to it. He easily blends into crowds, making it easy for him to blend and gain trust. Being able to keep his outward emotions under wraps helps to ensure that a mission will get carried out without fail. And with such a degree of secrecy and skill, it’s a wonder he hasn’t become a hitman of some degree already. To those who seek the answer as to why, it’s simple: he refuses to harm the innocent and will avoid harming others unless the need arises. He’s more than a little merciful - going so far as to turn his blade when attacking - and he can forgive people within reason.
To others, Takeshi may seem like a simple person with only one thing on his mind but when it comes down to it, he’s quite the piece of work.
It's unclear how much or little he has changed over the years, but one thing does remain clear. He has, to some extent, matured in a way that seems befitting for him. He's described as still being cheerful and the every reliable force the family can fall back on. He carries himself in much the same way - laughing and brushing things off, treating them as if they were still a game. But there is a certain calmness about him, one fitting of the title of Rain Guardian.
He proves that he has matured to some degree, enough to be a mentor of sorts during his brief time with Tsuna and Gokudera and opting for a more forward and practical way of teaching opposed to his former silly and playful ways. Still protective but more so now, Takeshi has proven that he's willing to jump to the defense of his friends and family with a ferocity that had previously been unseen beyond the rain battle. During that brief conflict, he was shown to have a certain darkness, a willingness to harm - if only to combat - to protect and perhaps to win.
✧ ABILITIES/POWERS:
- Star Baseball Player Takeshi was a starting player for the Namimori baseball team his first year. He can throw things at incredibly high speeds. This means he can't play a simple game of catch without taking off your arm, though.
In the future, he was said to have been pursuing a baseball career, only to have been lured from it by Squalo and the sword. - Athlete He is able to play other sports well, it seems, and quite well. He has been shown to be a good volleyball player as well as an excellent swimmer.
- Natural Born Killer Many of the characters in the series state time and again that Takeshi has deadly reflexes and over all qualities that make him a natural born hitman. His only problem seems to be his idiot persona and unwillingness to take a life.
- Quick Learner He is a very fast learner - able to learn things after only seeing it once. Those around him comment that he would be a good student if he stopped focusing on sports.
- Shigure Souen Ryuu Successor He was able to learn this legendary and seemingly invincible sword style after seeing the original eight forms only once - becoming the wielder of Shigure Kintoki. He has thus since added his own forms.
- Rain Flames Dying will flames are a form of embodiment of one’s will and determination into a flame. There are various types of flames used by different people, all of which have one of seven attributes and colors. To be able to channel one’s flames, a way to release those flames is required; for Takeshi, that outlet is the power of his rings. His flames are often used in combination with weapons to make them stronger and - in the land of ten years later - open one’s box weapons.
Takeshi’s dying will flames are represented by the Rain attribute - being a blue color in nature. As a rain user, his flames have the property of tranquility, allowing any use of his flames to weaken flames and attacks to make them useless. It has also been proven in canon that rain flames have the ability to calm others - including box animals. - Ambidextrous He seems to have some level of ambidexterity. He is able to switch hands to wield his katana as well as wield three shorter swords in one hand while using the other for a single sword.
- Rain Rings / Vongola Rain Ring To release the power of one’s flames, rings of various ranks [ E being the weakest and S the strongest ] are used to channel one’s determination and dying will into a flame. When channeled, the rings will light with the color of the flames of that particular ring if it user is able to produce those flames to allow it to be used with other things. The rank of the ring will determine the purity and effectiveness of the flames produced.
Takeshi is able to use only Rain rings and his ten years later self was noted to have been able to use A-rank rain rings. - Rondine delle Pioggia [ Rain Swallow ] The first box weapon Takeshi received was a rain swallow who we later came to know as Kojirou. When released from his box, Kojirou appears as a blue swallow surrounded by rain flames. Takeshi uses him to create rainfall that can be used as camouflage and, more recently, as a way to shower calming rain flames onto the opponent.
Both his younger and older selves have both proven to use Kojirou in combination with his Shigure Souen Ryuu. A few specific forms use Kojirou to coat the opponent with rain flames or when charging at his opponent. - Rain Box Box weapons are small cubes that contain various types of weapons, animals or items within. To be opened, the box, ring and opener must harmonize - meaning only a rain user with a rain ring could open a rain box. Some boxes are seemingly only able to be opened through use of certain rings - such as the Giglio Nero boxes and the Vongola boxes.
Takeshi's older self holds two box weapons, both of which are rain boxes. The first he uses is a simple water box that creates a barrier of water when opened. The second contains a Swallow with the rain attribute. - Katana Used exclusively by his ten years later self. He uses a nameless katana as his main weapon in the future.
✧ TIME OF ARRIVAL: Day
✧ MASK DESIGN: Simple mask for a ‘simple’ guy.
✧ PLACE OF SOLACE: Namimori Middle Baseball Field; As a baseball player, Takeshi finds the most comfort among the grass, dust and diamond that composes the baseball field. Despite making a change of lifestyle to the sword - canon evidence supports (even TYL) that the deepest parts of him are still attached to his baseball stardom. At the baseball field - you’ll find everything you would normally. Bleacher, equipment, the dugout and the field itself. The only thing it seems to be lacking is the players usually inhabiting it.
SAMPLES
✧ FIRST PERSON: Sample from Helle Pointe
✧ THIRD PERSON: If he ignored his phone long enough - he wondered if Gokudera'd actually stop calling. Not likely, he idled, leaning to oh-so-casually nudge the trembling device into the open drawer. It wasn't important, he knew, just the usual calls that followed every time he was let off Tsuna's leash. He figured out some time ago that Gokudera said he only called to keep tabs on the mission but Takeshi liked to think of it more as making sure he didn't one-up the Storm Guardian. Not that Gokudera'd ever admit he was worried about such a thing, he knew.
Takeshi dismissed the thought with a low chuckle in favor of bumping the drawer closed to pass into the hall - steps light, too quiet for such a tall man. It was a habit now, to move undetected. He liked to think it imprinted some air of mystery about him as far as his neighbors were concerned - they'd never know if he was home and if they did, where he was or what he was doing. But the real reason was simple: it was far easier to keep tabs on the world around him when it was quiet. You could tell a lot by little sounds.
Footsteps, the voices on either side of his apartment, even breathing if he was close enough, quiet enough. He knew who was coming, who was going; who was angry and who was tired. And who was moving in - if the unfamiliar footfalls in the hall were any indication. Whoever it was sounded taller, took longer strides than most of the others. Probably a bit on the thinner side.
"One way to find out," he hummed to himself faintly in Japanese, crossing the distance to the door - still pointedly ignoring the faint rumble of his phone in his room - in favor of twisting his doorknob to pull it open. It didn't make a sound; he had made sure it wouldn't when he first moved in.
With a long, quiet step into the hall, the door clicked to a shut behind him, the sound masked by a resounding but cheerful, "Yo!"