Name: Kushinada, Kano
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Sex: Female
Rank: Mednin-in-Training
General Description |
Physical:
Monochrome colors to paint a picture of absolute authority. Regality and royalty, picturesque domination of the space she resides in. She is affluence. She is powerful ; collected, intelligent, fearsome. She is white gloves and black coats and cascading hair of snow that strikes with her lavender eyes, bearing down on you, judging, determining -- and it all falls apart the moment she opens her mouth. Despite wearing her act and holding herself the best she can to come off as big and as important as she can manage, Kano is nothing but an excitable young girl. She believes in a grandiose reality and she wraps herself in it, despite how ephemeral it may be. She holds herself in high regard with strong declarations and imposing sweeps of her arms. She speaks like a child ; she announces herself into a room, orders her fellows around, and watches stricken & dumbfounded when nothing goes how she plans.
She believes the louder her voice is, the more of an adult she is. Sharp cheekbones belay a sharp tongue. Heavy boots built for combat stomp down the way she stumbles when she's animated, struggling not to trip over herself in her hurry to tell you what she thinks, how she feels, what she's doing. Kano Kushinada dresses as if she's mature, but it's a matter of dressing for the job you want, not what you have. What Kano has is a juvenile demeanor. She's a thin, frail, youthful creature, and she wants to be far too big for her own skin.
Personality:
Physically, Kano's appearance doesn't actually give you any insight into Kano herself -- she isn't sharp, or careful, or greater than anyone else, she just ... chooses to act like it. You have to look deeper to see her. She plays a game. How loud can she be, how high can she go. Kano isn't a mean-spirited person. She doesn't want to hurt people. She's the type of person to act like she's the bad guy as a scene, a statement, a show of courage that doesn't really exist. Bravado. She's the type to face an enemy head-on with hands on her hips and a haughty villainous monologue, terrified all the while. It helps to play pretend, even for just a little longer. This isn't to say she's strictly pure-hearted or kind ; she is, fairly, an average child. She sometimes struggles with right & wrong, selfish & selflessness. She'll often get caught up in her game and say things she doesn't mean or back herself into a corner where she has to do something bad to get back out, or dig herself a hole that much deeper. She's very stubborn and bull-headed, making reckless decisions to make herself seem tough as a source of pride or attention.
Kano likes the ideal of a world where everything is fun and silly, an anime where the heroes always win and a good speech from the protagonist can always save the day. She varies wildly between playing the role of a villainess and taking on the role of the main character herself, but it's consistent within her internal stream of consciousness. Darkness is intimidating, and the more powerful you are the more good you can do. When people listen to you, when the real bad guys are afraid of you, you never have to worry about being hurt. If you dub yourself the "Queen of Darkness" and "Kumogakure's Final Line of Defense", it might just be true enough that you can make a difference.
This also isn't to say that Kano can contextualize this for herself. Self-examination isn't really in her repertoire, as you'd expect from a thirteen year old. She does what she does and it makes sense to her, or she stumbles and when it stops being something she can excuse she goes along until it burns her out. Sometimes, this kind of case is as simple as being about having fun. Sometimes you just need to be loud and funny and demanding and the kid you are. There might always be deeper meaning to your actions, deep within your subconscious or even just under the surface of every exclamation you make, but on that surface you can just ... enjoy yourself. You can be reckless and say dumb things and embarrass yourself in front of everyone because we all need to sooner or later. You can't grow up without falling on your face a few times.
Kano isn't anywhere close to being fully actualized or evolved -- but she's getting there step by step, at exactly the pace she needs to for herself. In the meantime she's going to be cringe and goofy and rude. She still needs that chance to figure herself out.
History:
Kano Kushinada has always been an ostentatious child. As a toddler she was unruly and unmanageable, always causing a fuss and reacting poorly to discipline. She learned to yell back when she was yelled at, stamping her feet and waving her arms and trying to be as big & tough as every adult that tried to sit her down. If she could be at their level then they couldn't scare her. If she was scarier, she would be left alone. When that worked -- when people tired of dealing with her -- she instead acted out until they were forced to notice her again. Over time, being yelled at was preferable to not being talked to at all. She struck a balance as a young child, not being so bad that she was hated by her peers but being just annoying enough that they had to look her way. She wasn't so much the class clown as the student most likely to get in trouble, generally due to poor manners.
Born into Kumogakure rather than drafted as a part of its less-than-moral system of baby-kidnapping, Kano was left blissfully unaware of the issues inherent to her village and developed a healthy amount of pride in belonging to the state. As a ninja she was average and remained so, skirting a line that left her proctors unable to tell her she wasn't worthy to make it but never reaching the top rungs of her classes -- it bothered her, somewhat. She felt like she tried very hard to keep up with the other kids and still fell short, which led to her adopting a persona within an inferiority complex that eventually forgot that symptom completely. She stopped being just loud and started being thunderous ; she had a purpose to her eccentricities, a drive behind boasting about her abilities. It made up for everything she lacked. She grew so well into it that as she aged and made it through her academy days, in the harsh environment it subjected her & her fellow students to, she gained a confidence that wasn't entirely built upon acting out. Her new self-assuredness - even in small measures, even just as recognition of the things she could do - was her first real moment of growth.
She wasn't mean, and she didn't very much like to fight, but she could have been defined as a bully. She had to be held back a year for falling just short of her exam, so as an older student she felt an even greater need to assert herself as the biggest baby on the playground. She didn't want to make anybody else feel bad, she just wanted to be the one on top. She wanted to be looked up to and admired, and in some areas she succeeded.
She still wasn't actually bad or weak at her shinobi studies, just not quite excelling, and didn't struggle terribly to pass her examination the next time around. As a Genin, Kano didn't let anyone forget it. She wore her headband with a tremendous and almost unparalleled amount of pride, and it gave her the means to further place herself as a leader figure to anyone that would listen. Every so often a small gaggle of kids would accept her and follow on her every word, but the passage of time made everyone "grow up" -- she was just the thing left behind, outgrew like any other game from your childhood. This never really stopped her, only better fueled a dark & tortured persona that continued to evolve. She was now the Queen of Darkness, shunned & outcast but unignorable, unavoidable. Even still younger kids would flock to her like a cult leader, a charisma within her fantastical ramblings that was always just enough to seduce another susceptible group that wanted to play along.
She currently maintains a small gang of troublemakers as their great and terrible leader, and she cares deeply for the group of ragamuffins -- it's hard to say she isn't one herself. They're the reason she was spurred to pick up medical classes, going so far as to ask for instruction from whichever teacher from her academy days would take her seriously. Her "family" had a recurring problem with careless parkour getting them scraped, or bigger groups ganging up to leave them with various bumps & bruises: and as their Unholy Commander, it was her duty to see them better. This translated easily into learning techniques that offered her an edge in keeping everyone together and in one piece, rather than clumsily applying bandages and hoping anything that swelled would quickly go down. It wasn't always easy to show a soft side, but a glare from Her Dark Imperiousness tended to keep too many comments from directing her way. After all, she was just doing what any good leader would. What kind would she be, without anyone left? ... A-anyone left to worship her, that is!
She makes a good big sister.
Kano doesn't see an end to any of the actions she takes, just a day-by-day that keeps her moving ahead. She isn't a forward-thinker. Her character firmly fits into the present, living every moment to the fullest for herself and her friends ; whether that always leads to the best decisions or not.
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Sex: Female
Rank: Mednin-in-Training
General Description |
Physical:
Monochrome colors to paint a picture of absolute authority. Regality and royalty, picturesque domination of the space she resides in. She is affluence. She is powerful ; collected, intelligent, fearsome. She is white gloves and black coats and cascading hair of snow that strikes with her lavender eyes, bearing down on you, judging, determining -- and it all falls apart the moment she opens her mouth. Despite wearing her act and holding herself the best she can to come off as big and as important as she can manage, Kano is nothing but an excitable young girl. She believes in a grandiose reality and she wraps herself in it, despite how ephemeral it may be. She holds herself in high regard with strong declarations and imposing sweeps of her arms. She speaks like a child ; she announces herself into a room, orders her fellows around, and watches stricken & dumbfounded when nothing goes how she plans.
She believes the louder her voice is, the more of an adult she is. Sharp cheekbones belay a sharp tongue. Heavy boots built for combat stomp down the way she stumbles when she's animated, struggling not to trip over herself in her hurry to tell you what she thinks, how she feels, what she's doing. Kano Kushinada dresses as if she's mature, but it's a matter of dressing for the job you want, not what you have. What Kano has is a juvenile demeanor. She's a thin, frail, youthful creature, and she wants to be far too big for her own skin.
Personality:
Physically, Kano's appearance doesn't actually give you any insight into Kano herself -- she isn't sharp, or careful, or greater than anyone else, she just ... chooses to act like it. You have to look deeper to see her. She plays a game. How loud can she be, how high can she go. Kano isn't a mean-spirited person. She doesn't want to hurt people. She's the type of person to act like she's the bad guy as a scene, a statement, a show of courage that doesn't really exist. Bravado. She's the type to face an enemy head-on with hands on her hips and a haughty villainous monologue, terrified all the while. It helps to play pretend, even for just a little longer. This isn't to say she's strictly pure-hearted or kind ; she is, fairly, an average child. She sometimes struggles with right & wrong, selfish & selflessness. She'll often get caught up in her game and say things she doesn't mean or back herself into a corner where she has to do something bad to get back out, or dig herself a hole that much deeper. She's very stubborn and bull-headed, making reckless decisions to make herself seem tough as a source of pride or attention.
Kano likes the ideal of a world where everything is fun and silly, an anime where the heroes always win and a good speech from the protagonist can always save the day. She varies wildly between playing the role of a villainess and taking on the role of the main character herself, but it's consistent within her internal stream of consciousness. Darkness is intimidating, and the more powerful you are the more good you can do. When people listen to you, when the real bad guys are afraid of you, you never have to worry about being hurt. If you dub yourself the "Queen of Darkness" and "Kumogakure's Final Line of Defense", it might just be true enough that you can make a difference.
This also isn't to say that Kano can contextualize this for herself. Self-examination isn't really in her repertoire, as you'd expect from a thirteen year old. She does what she does and it makes sense to her, or she stumbles and when it stops being something she can excuse she goes along until it burns her out. Sometimes, this kind of case is as simple as being about having fun. Sometimes you just need to be loud and funny and demanding and the kid you are. There might always be deeper meaning to your actions, deep within your subconscious or even just under the surface of every exclamation you make, but on that surface you can just ... enjoy yourself. You can be reckless and say dumb things and embarrass yourself in front of everyone because we all need to sooner or later. You can't grow up without falling on your face a few times.
Kano isn't anywhere close to being fully actualized or evolved -- but she's getting there step by step, at exactly the pace she needs to for herself. In the meantime she's going to be cringe and goofy and rude. She still needs that chance to figure herself out.
History:
Kano Kushinada has always been an ostentatious child. As a toddler she was unruly and unmanageable, always causing a fuss and reacting poorly to discipline. She learned to yell back when she was yelled at, stamping her feet and waving her arms and trying to be as big & tough as every adult that tried to sit her down. If she could be at their level then they couldn't scare her. If she was scarier, she would be left alone. When that worked -- when people tired of dealing with her -- she instead acted out until they were forced to notice her again. Over time, being yelled at was preferable to not being talked to at all. She struck a balance as a young child, not being so bad that she was hated by her peers but being just annoying enough that they had to look her way. She wasn't so much the class clown as the student most likely to get in trouble, generally due to poor manners.
Born into Kumogakure rather than drafted as a part of its less-than-moral system of baby-kidnapping, Kano was left blissfully unaware of the issues inherent to her village and developed a healthy amount of pride in belonging to the state. As a ninja she was average and remained so, skirting a line that left her proctors unable to tell her she wasn't worthy to make it but never reaching the top rungs of her classes -- it bothered her, somewhat. She felt like she tried very hard to keep up with the other kids and still fell short, which led to her adopting a persona within an inferiority complex that eventually forgot that symptom completely. She stopped being just loud and started being thunderous ; she had a purpose to her eccentricities, a drive behind boasting about her abilities. It made up for everything she lacked. She grew so well into it that as she aged and made it through her academy days, in the harsh environment it subjected her & her fellow students to, she gained a confidence that wasn't entirely built upon acting out. Her new self-assuredness - even in small measures, even just as recognition of the things she could do - was her first real moment of growth.
She wasn't mean, and she didn't very much like to fight, but she could have been defined as a bully. She had to be held back a year for falling just short of her exam, so as an older student she felt an even greater need to assert herself as the biggest baby on the playground. She didn't want to make anybody else feel bad, she just wanted to be the one on top. She wanted to be looked up to and admired, and in some areas she succeeded.
She still wasn't actually bad or weak at her shinobi studies, just not quite excelling, and didn't struggle terribly to pass her examination the next time around. As a Genin, Kano didn't let anyone forget it. She wore her headband with a tremendous and almost unparalleled amount of pride, and it gave her the means to further place herself as a leader figure to anyone that would listen. Every so often a small gaggle of kids would accept her and follow on her every word, but the passage of time made everyone "grow up" -- she was just the thing left behind, outgrew like any other game from your childhood. This never really stopped her, only better fueled a dark & tortured persona that continued to evolve. She was now the Queen of Darkness, shunned & outcast but unignorable, unavoidable. Even still younger kids would flock to her like a cult leader, a charisma within her fantastical ramblings that was always just enough to seduce another susceptible group that wanted to play along.
She currently maintains a small gang of troublemakers as their great and terrible leader, and she cares deeply for the group of ragamuffins -- it's hard to say she isn't one herself. They're the reason she was spurred to pick up medical classes, going so far as to ask for instruction from whichever teacher from her academy days would take her seriously. Her "family" had a recurring problem with careless parkour getting them scraped, or bigger groups ganging up to leave them with various bumps & bruises: and as their Unholy Commander, it was her duty to see them better. This translated easily into learning techniques that offered her an edge in keeping everyone together and in one piece, rather than clumsily applying bandages and hoping anything that swelled would quickly go down. It wasn't always easy to show a soft side, but a glare from Her Dark Imperiousness tended to keep too many comments from directing her way. After all, she was just doing what any good leader would. What kind would she be, without anyone left? ... A-anyone left to worship her, that is!
She makes a good big sister.
Kano doesn't see an end to any of the actions she takes, just a day-by-day that keeps her moving ahead. She isn't a forward-thinker. Her character firmly fits into the present, living every moment to the fullest for herself and her friends ; whether that always leads to the best decisions or not.
