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Current Characters at Luceti: N/A
Character
Name: Jiro Kusano, more commonly known as Roji
Fandom: Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
Gender: Male
Age: It's unstated in canon, but around 17.
Time Period: At the very end of volume 15.
Wing Color: Yellow.
History: I wrote up a history section here.
Personality:
Roji's kind and pure nature is the main piece of his personality, and it's often brought up by other characters throughout the story. Friendly and polite, Roji has no trouble making friends (though this often puts him in dangerous positions since he is too trusting). Roji is always willing to help others, and often puts others' needs before his own. He has even saved those who have treated him poorly in the past. When someone is struggling or is in a bad place, Roji is willing to attempt to cheer them up or help in any way he can. When he is in danger, he would rather make sure that his friends are safe first. For example, when he was being possessed by a ghost at one point in the story, he requested that the ghost at least help Muhyo afterword if it truly was going to have its way with him. He is also fiercely loyal to his friends, especially Muhyo. It doesn't matter if power or wealth is involved. When Page Klaus tested his character and offered him a different job that grant him more power and training, Roji firmly refused, stating that he would never turn his back on his partner. His pure heart and desire to help others is likely the source of his extremely high willpower.
The second major personality point for Roji is his fluctuating confidence. When things are going well, of course he's going to be very confident. However, straight after the event is over, he realizes that he was being overconfident and scolds himself for it. He has a very hard time giving himself a pat on the back every now and then, even when he succeeds at something. He always feels that he can do better. He often compares himself to his colleagues of higher rank and skill, and beats himself up over not having as much knowledge as them. His central goal throughout the series is to pull his own weight properly assist Muhyo, so when he is unable to help in a situation where his colleagues are, it's a serious blow to his confidence. However, with a little bit of reassuring, he is usually able to bounce back and focus on the task at hand.
The third major part of Roji's personality is the fact that he is constantly learning. Roji is often seen marveling at various things in the story, be it new abilities of ghosts, or other elements within the world of Magic Law. While Roji has heavily studied ghosts and is very knowledgeable about them, that's...about it. He still has a lot to learn about the world and the way things work, especially within the world of Magic Law. For example, in the world of Magic Law, practitioners are able to use different types of tools known as artifacts. Practitioners are encouraged to use different types of artifacts to figure out what suits them best. Even far into the series, Roji has only seen less than a dozen of them. It is shown in the story that a couple times where he attempts to use new artifacts backfire and someone gets hurt. However, when he is able to concentrate and when the going is tough, Roji is able to pull through and learn new and helpful spells to protect his friends. All the spells he learns throughout the story can be used with novice artifacts like basic wards and the pen of wards.
Lastly, some more minor traits. While back at the office, Roji takes care of all the housekeeping. Even though it's a lot of busywork, he actually likes it. He noted that he excelled in Home Ec., math, and science in school, and it definitely shows. He does a lot of reading, notably on ghosts and the basic Magic Law stuff. He's also a fan of cooking, and is especially fond of tea and sweets (cake in particular). He tries to be as frugal as possible because the bureau is pretty much eternally broke due to being so small and virtually unknown. He's known to jump at any sale possible.
Strengths:
Physical: I can't think of any physical strengths off the top of my head. Roji's pretty average when it comes to physical things.
Mental: In the Muhyo and Roji universe, there's a thing called tempering. It's described as the spirit/willpower of the individual. Tempering is drawn in order for executors (practitioners who carry out the actual sentencing of ghosts) to summon envoys of the Underworld and for assistants to use magic wards, spirit barriers, and other tools used to assist the executor. Each person has a different level of tempering, and the more it is drawn, the weaker the person becomes. Roji's main strength is his phenomenal level of tempering. For example, while most practitioners can only use one or two wards at once without draining themselves completely, Roji can use three to five. In volume 6, Roji's tempering was tested with a device, and his tempering was so off the charts that it actually broke the device. It'll be dulled from being in Luceti, however.
When with his partner Muhyo, Roji also possesses an ability known as "aroropathy." Aroropathy is the phenomenon that occurs when two forces act on and benefit each other, like two plants growing together leading to the better quality of each plant. The two main researchers of the series, Lili and Meril, note that such a phenomenon happening with humans is extremely rare, but they strongly believe that Muhyo and Roji possess this ability. The reason behind the aroropathy is discovered near the end of the story. Muhyo and Roji are bound by a string of fate, which means that they are always drawn to each other. This string allows for them to keep each other at their strongest, but it also drains Muhyo's tempering much quicker than usual. This phenomenon is referred to as "The Golden Thread" (despite how soft gold actually is).
Emotional: Dealing with harmful ghosts on a daily business definitely requires a lot of emotional strength, especially since Roji actually terrified of them. Muhyo's teacher Page makes note that Roji's ability truly shines through because he is pure and kind. He's willing to help anyone, even if they end up trying to kill him in the future. He believes that anyone can be saved from the dark side if they've waved from the light in the past, even Enchu, the central villain for much of the series (although he was a little unsure at the beginning).
Misc: Roji's character bio in volume 1 notes that his talents are "super fab tech" and cooking. The former means he likes coming up with plans and schematics for little inventions, as well as disguises to use on missions. This actually led to the defeat of one of the villains, Mick. If Roji hadn't come up with the plan as fast as he did, his friends would have been killed. He's also a good cook and knows how to make cheap but tasty and filling meals, so can provide for himself in that sense. He also does a lot of housework and busywork (shopping, laundry, paperwork), and he generally wouldn't turn down such a job if he was asked.
Weaknesses:
Physical: According to a Q&A segment in volume 6, Roji is nearsighted and requires glasses or contacts to see properly. Most of the time he wears contacts, but he uses reading glasses for doing paperwork.
Mental: Being a Magic Law practitioner requires being able to think up plans and backup plans on the go while you're fighting ghosts. Roji's...not very quick in that department, mostly due to being afraid in the presence of ghosts. Muhyo is usually the one to come up with ideas and pass them along to Roji. However, there are times that Roji has gotten his own (useful) ideas from key words brought up by Muhyo or anyone else in the travel party at the time (see misc. strengths).
Despite being the assistant of the genius Muhyo, Roji actually doesn't know all that much about Magic Law. He failed his first entrance exam to get into the Magic Law School, and he applied to be Muhyo's assistant because knowledge of Magic Law wasn't required. As expected, it wasn't his knowledge of Magic Law that earned him the position, but the display of his ability during a sudden ghost attack at the Magic Law Association. However, as the story progresses, Roji learns more Magic Law along the way.
Emotional: Roji isn’t the most confident person, not by a long shot. He is extremely emotional, cries easily and his thoughts become clouded by it, especially if a ghost has a sad backstory or if he messes something up. Sometimes he has a hard time dealing with Muhyo’s harshness with sentencing ghosts due to the former. Concerning the latter, he tries so hard to please people and make them proud that when he falls short, he becomes somewhat of a wreck, calling himself useless and unworthy. It’s even worse when he’s called out on it. A good example would be when he became extremely jealous of Nana for getting Muhyo’s praise while he was unable to help Muhyo, which lead to Muhyo giving him a harsh talking-to and suspending him from being his assistant for a fixed amount of time. Another example was after the group defeated Mick, he still didn’t feel confident about it because he was only able to help out with an invention idea and not Magic Law.
He spends a great deal of the story struggling with his poor confidence. However, his biggest points of development tend to happen when he is at his lowest and is able to figure out bits and pieces of why Muhyo chose him as his assistant. These are the moments where he is able to produce the most power, showing off his true ability and saving the day.
Samples
First Person:
[The screen flickers for a good few seconds before a nervous-looking boy finally appears.]
Erm...is this thing working?
[He taps on the journal before gasping.] Oh, it is! Great! Um...hi there. I heard the whole story about this place, so since it sounds like I'll be here for a while, I figured I should introduce myself.
[He smiles awkwardly. It's obvious he's still a little shaken up from initial shock of being torn out of his own world. He can't help but worry.] I'm Jiro Kusano, but you can call me Roji! It's nice to meet you all.
[Suddenly his face brightens up.] Oh yeah! I wanted to ask something too. Is it...is it true that the food here is free? [He's practically glowing by the end of that question.] I'm kind of a fan of cooking, but I don't get the chance to experiment with a lot of stuff because of my...situation back home.
[Situation, right. He's not quite ready to admit that he was practically eternally poor back home. But still, at least there's something positive about this new "home".]
Actually, I have a request too. If anyone knows of someone named Toru Muhyo, could you tell me? I really hope he's here...
Third Person:
Darkness. That was all Roji could see when he came to. Coughing, he attempted to look around the room, but his eyes wouldn’t adjust to the dark. There was a splitting pain running through his head and he could hardly move. He shook his head and attempted to focus. What was going on? What happened? He remembered returning to the bureau after a long night's work. He made a late dinner and watched a program with Muhyo. After that, he was exhausted, so he bid Muhyo goodnight and headed for his room. That was where things got fuzzy.
Suddenly, a surge of fear ran through his body. Why couldn't he remember? What if someone had broken into the office and attacked? And who? The only culprit he could think of was a haunt following them home, since he couldn’t think of anyone else with a grudge against him and Muhyo. Could it have been Ark? No, he knew for a fact that they wouldn’t be seeing that evil group again. There was no doubt about it. He remembered watching Tomas being judged by Pluto, he remembered the defeat of Mick at the hands of Umekichi and Seven Faced Dog. He remembered Teeki splitting from Enchu and being taken to the Underworld. That wasn't just a dream. There was no way that they could be back.
But he had more important things to think about than mulling over what could have caused this situation. He had to make sure that one person was okay.
“M-Muhyo…?” He whispered into the dark, hoping for his partner to answer him like he always did.
But there was no response.
“Muhyo?” His voice was louder now, with more distress in his tone.
Nothing.
Another wave of panic washed over him. He had to find Muhyo. He had to make sure he was okay. With all of his strength, he heaved himself up from the floor and searched for an exit. After a bit of feeling around, he found a doorknob. Taking a deep breath, he nearly busted through the door from excitement. A bright light engulfed him.
“MUHYO!”
Expecting his partner to finally answer him, he was only greeted with a high pitched scream. He gasped, nearly jumping a foot. Eyesight adjusting, he realized that he was in a quaint little house, and its owner was just starting at him, terrified. He blinked several times, looking down at himself to find that he had no shirt on. He immediately stared back at the woman. He could feel his face burning up.
As the confusion and embarrassment came to a head, the only words Roji could utter were, “I um…I can explain…”
Just what had he gotten himself into?
Name: Seto
Livejournal Username: tehseto
E-mail: tehseto@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN: (AIM) Love is Orenji
Current Characters at Luceti: N/A
Character
Name: Jiro Kusano, more commonly known as Roji
Fandom: Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
Gender: Male
Age: It's unstated in canon, but around 17.
Time Period: At the very end of volume 15.
Wing Color: Yellow.
History: I wrote up a history section here.
Personality:
Roji's kind and pure nature is the main piece of his personality, and it's often brought up by other characters throughout the story. Friendly and polite, Roji has no trouble making friends (though this often puts him in dangerous positions since he is too trusting). Roji is always willing to help others, and often puts others' needs before his own. He has even saved those who have treated him poorly in the past. When someone is struggling or is in a bad place, Roji is willing to attempt to cheer them up or help in any way he can. When he is in danger, he would rather make sure that his friends are safe first. For example, when he was being possessed by a ghost at one point in the story, he requested that the ghost at least help Muhyo afterword if it truly was going to have its way with him. He is also fiercely loyal to his friends, especially Muhyo. It doesn't matter if power or wealth is involved. When Page Klaus tested his character and offered him a different job that grant him more power and training, Roji firmly refused, stating that he would never turn his back on his partner. His pure heart and desire to help others is likely the source of his extremely high willpower.
The second major personality point for Roji is his fluctuating confidence. When things are going well, of course he's going to be very confident. However, straight after the event is over, he realizes that he was being overconfident and scolds himself for it. He has a very hard time giving himself a pat on the back every now and then, even when he succeeds at something. He always feels that he can do better. He often compares himself to his colleagues of higher rank and skill, and beats himself up over not having as much knowledge as them. His central goal throughout the series is to pull his own weight properly assist Muhyo, so when he is unable to help in a situation where his colleagues are, it's a serious blow to his confidence. However, with a little bit of reassuring, he is usually able to bounce back and focus on the task at hand.
The third major part of Roji's personality is the fact that he is constantly learning. Roji is often seen marveling at various things in the story, be it new abilities of ghosts, or other elements within the world of Magic Law. While Roji has heavily studied ghosts and is very knowledgeable about them, that's...about it. He still has a lot to learn about the world and the way things work, especially within the world of Magic Law. For example, in the world of Magic Law, practitioners are able to use different types of tools known as artifacts. Practitioners are encouraged to use different types of artifacts to figure out what suits them best. Even far into the series, Roji has only seen less than a dozen of them. It is shown in the story that a couple times where he attempts to use new artifacts backfire and someone gets hurt. However, when he is able to concentrate and when the going is tough, Roji is able to pull through and learn new and helpful spells to protect his friends. All the spells he learns throughout the story can be used with novice artifacts like basic wards and the pen of wards.
Lastly, some more minor traits. While back at the office, Roji takes care of all the housekeeping. Even though it's a lot of busywork, he actually likes it. He noted that he excelled in Home Ec., math, and science in school, and it definitely shows. He does a lot of reading, notably on ghosts and the basic Magic Law stuff. He's also a fan of cooking, and is especially fond of tea and sweets (cake in particular). He tries to be as frugal as possible because the bureau is pretty much eternally broke due to being so small and virtually unknown. He's known to jump at any sale possible.
Strengths:
Physical: I can't think of any physical strengths off the top of my head. Roji's pretty average when it comes to physical things.
Mental: In the Muhyo and Roji universe, there's a thing called tempering. It's described as the spirit/willpower of the individual. Tempering is drawn in order for executors (practitioners who carry out the actual sentencing of ghosts) to summon envoys of the Underworld and for assistants to use magic wards, spirit barriers, and other tools used to assist the executor. Each person has a different level of tempering, and the more it is drawn, the weaker the person becomes. Roji's main strength is his phenomenal level of tempering. For example, while most practitioners can only use one or two wards at once without draining themselves completely, Roji can use three to five. In volume 6, Roji's tempering was tested with a device, and his tempering was so off the charts that it actually broke the device. It'll be dulled from being in Luceti, however.
When with his partner Muhyo, Roji also possesses an ability known as "aroropathy." Aroropathy is the phenomenon that occurs when two forces act on and benefit each other, like two plants growing together leading to the better quality of each plant. The two main researchers of the series, Lili and Meril, note that such a phenomenon happening with humans is extremely rare, but they strongly believe that Muhyo and Roji possess this ability. The reason behind the aroropathy is discovered near the end of the story. Muhyo and Roji are bound by a string of fate, which means that they are always drawn to each other. This string allows for them to keep each other at their strongest, but it also drains Muhyo's tempering much quicker than usual. This phenomenon is referred to as "The Golden Thread" (despite how soft gold actually is).
Emotional: Dealing with harmful ghosts on a daily business definitely requires a lot of emotional strength, especially since Roji actually terrified of them. Muhyo's teacher Page makes note that Roji's ability truly shines through because he is pure and kind. He's willing to help anyone, even if they end up trying to kill him in the future. He believes that anyone can be saved from the dark side if they've waved from the light in the past, even Enchu, the central villain for much of the series (although he was a little unsure at the beginning).
Misc: Roji's character bio in volume 1 notes that his talents are "super fab tech" and cooking. The former means he likes coming up with plans and schematics for little inventions, as well as disguises to use on missions. This actually led to the defeat of one of the villains, Mick. If Roji hadn't come up with the plan as fast as he did, his friends would have been killed. He's also a good cook and knows how to make cheap but tasty and filling meals, so can provide for himself in that sense. He also does a lot of housework and busywork (shopping, laundry, paperwork), and he generally wouldn't turn down such a job if he was asked.
Weaknesses:
Physical: According to a Q&A segment in volume 6, Roji is nearsighted and requires glasses or contacts to see properly. Most of the time he wears contacts, but he uses reading glasses for doing paperwork.
Mental: Being a Magic Law practitioner requires being able to think up plans and backup plans on the go while you're fighting ghosts. Roji's...not very quick in that department, mostly due to being afraid in the presence of ghosts. Muhyo is usually the one to come up with ideas and pass them along to Roji. However, there are times that Roji has gotten his own (useful) ideas from key words brought up by Muhyo or anyone else in the travel party at the time (see misc. strengths).
Despite being the assistant of the genius Muhyo, Roji actually doesn't know all that much about Magic Law. He failed his first entrance exam to get into the Magic Law School, and he applied to be Muhyo's assistant because knowledge of Magic Law wasn't required. As expected, it wasn't his knowledge of Magic Law that earned him the position, but the display of his ability during a sudden ghost attack at the Magic Law Association. However, as the story progresses, Roji learns more Magic Law along the way.
Emotional: Roji isn’t the most confident person, not by a long shot. He is extremely emotional, cries easily and his thoughts become clouded by it, especially if a ghost has a sad backstory or if he messes something up. Sometimes he has a hard time dealing with Muhyo’s harshness with sentencing ghosts due to the former. Concerning the latter, he tries so hard to please people and make them proud that when he falls short, he becomes somewhat of a wreck, calling himself useless and unworthy. It’s even worse when he’s called out on it. A good example would be when he became extremely jealous of Nana for getting Muhyo’s praise while he was unable to help Muhyo, which lead to Muhyo giving him a harsh talking-to and suspending him from being his assistant for a fixed amount of time. Another example was after the group defeated Mick, he still didn’t feel confident about it because he was only able to help out with an invention idea and not Magic Law.
He spends a great deal of the story struggling with his poor confidence. However, his biggest points of development tend to happen when he is at his lowest and is able to figure out bits and pieces of why Muhyo chose him as his assistant. These are the moments where he is able to produce the most power, showing off his true ability and saving the day.
Samples
First Person:
[The screen flickers for a good few seconds before a nervous-looking boy finally appears.]
Erm...is this thing working?
[He taps on the journal before gasping.] Oh, it is! Great! Um...hi there. I heard the whole story about this place, so since it sounds like I'll be here for a while, I figured I should introduce myself.
[He smiles awkwardly. It's obvious he's still a little shaken up from initial shock of being torn out of his own world. He can't help but worry.] I'm Jiro Kusano, but you can call me Roji! It's nice to meet you all.
[Suddenly his face brightens up.] Oh yeah! I wanted to ask something too. Is it...is it true that the food here is free? [He's practically glowing by the end of that question.] I'm kind of a fan of cooking, but I don't get the chance to experiment with a lot of stuff because of my...situation back home.
[Situation, right. He's not quite ready to admit that he was practically eternally poor back home. But still, at least there's something positive about this new "home".]
Actually, I have a request too. If anyone knows of someone named Toru Muhyo, could you tell me? I really hope he's here...
Third Person:
Darkness. That was all Roji could see when he came to. Coughing, he attempted to look around the room, but his eyes wouldn’t adjust to the dark. There was a splitting pain running through his head and he could hardly move. He shook his head and attempted to focus. What was going on? What happened? He remembered returning to the bureau after a long night's work. He made a late dinner and watched a program with Muhyo. After that, he was exhausted, so he bid Muhyo goodnight and headed for his room. That was where things got fuzzy.
Suddenly, a surge of fear ran through his body. Why couldn't he remember? What if someone had broken into the office and attacked? And who? The only culprit he could think of was a haunt following them home, since he couldn’t think of anyone else with a grudge against him and Muhyo. Could it have been Ark? No, he knew for a fact that they wouldn’t be seeing that evil group again. There was no doubt about it. He remembered watching Tomas being judged by Pluto, he remembered the defeat of Mick at the hands of Umekichi and Seven Faced Dog. He remembered Teeki splitting from Enchu and being taken to the Underworld. That wasn't just a dream. There was no way that they could be back.
But he had more important things to think about than mulling over what could have caused this situation. He had to make sure that one person was okay.
“M-Muhyo…?” He whispered into the dark, hoping for his partner to answer him like he always did.
But there was no response.
“Muhyo?” His voice was louder now, with more distress in his tone.
Nothing.
Another wave of panic washed over him. He had to find Muhyo. He had to make sure he was okay. With all of his strength, he heaved himself up from the floor and searched for an exit. After a bit of feeling around, he found a doorknob. Taking a deep breath, he nearly busted through the door from excitement. A bright light engulfed him.
“MUHYO!”
Expecting his partner to finally answer him, he was only greeted with a high pitched scream. He gasped, nearly jumping a foot. Eyesight adjusting, he realized that he was in a quaint little house, and its owner was just starting at him, terrified. He blinked several times, looking down at himself to find that he had no shirt on. He immediately stared back at the woman. He could feel his face burning up.
As the confusion and embarrassment came to a head, the only words Roji could utter were, “I um…I can explain…”
Just what had he gotten himself into?