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Character: Shuuichi Natori
Canon: Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends)
Canon Point: After chapter 94, aka after being locked in a room with his childhood rival during what was just supposed to be a peaceful loquat-picking adventure.
CRAU, Canon AU: N/A!
Character age: 23
Canon Abilities/Powers:
Natori was born with the ability to see spirits-- in canon, these are normally referred to as ayakashi or youkai, both of which are umbrella terms covering supernatural monsters/spirits in Japanese folklore. He #studied up on the accompanying spiritual abilities, which means he can do the following things:
Also, there's a black gecko-shaped youkai that lives on his skin. It's only visible (and audible, it makes a gross little slithering noise when it moves around) to people who have some sort of ability to see spirits. It can't be communicated with or controlled, if you were to put a hand on it it would feel like any other part of Natori's skin, and it doesn't seem to have any benefits or curses associated with it. It roams freely around his body, though it never goes on his left leg; Natori says he has no idea what its deal is, though another exorcist guesses this may be a sign that Natori will lose that leg in the future. It shows up in video/photographs of Natori, but again only for people who can see spirits.
On the non-magical front, Natori is also an up-and-coming popular actor as his day job. He mostly appears in romances as the leading man, and sometimes flippantly turns on his 'sparkle mode', where he metaphorically sparkles (I mean, sparkles appear on screen, but they're probably not literally there) and smizes at the invisible camera and turns up his "effortless" romantic charm. In other words, he's good at hiding his emotions and projecting a role, and he's particularly good at projecting an earnest, slightly mysterious, slightly over-the-top romantic heartthrob aura.
What is their greatest negative emotion towards an object, situation, or person in their past?:
He hates the fucking lizard on his body so goddamn much.
Natori's ancestors were exorcists, but eventually there was no one in the family who could see spirits any longer, and the family became paranoid about the idea of youkai coming to their unprotected home to seek revenge against the ancestors. Because Natori could see them, youkai were drawn to him, and his family blamed the spirits (and, therefore, Natori himself) for everything that went wrong in their lives-- his mother's poor health and death, his grandfather's bad legs, illnesses, etc. Natori spent his entire life essentially gritting his teeth and trying to ignore both the youkai and the disapproval and withdrawal of his family. The youkai on his skin, for him, symbolizes everything that's wrong with him: it's a physical mark that makes him feel infected, it's a sign that he doesn't fit in with the rest of the world, and a sign that the rest of the world can't see what's really going on with him. Why bother engaging with his classmates when they can't even see the lizard sitting on his face? He is fixated with this lizard. Is it a sign that his life is shortened? Is it hurting him? He dives into the family business trying to find a way to get rid of it, and he never does. No one, not even other exorcists, can explain what this thing is. It's a focal point for all of his anger and frustration at being part of a world that very few other people see. It's a physical manifestation of the supposed curse that he's bringing on the family; as a teenager he even thinks that he would be kinder and a better person if he didn't have to see the lizard any longer, because it frustrates him so much that he's short tempered pretty much all the time.
How strongly do they feel about the negative subject matter, on the scale of one to ten?:
Yeah it's a 9 he hates this fucking lizard. Up through his teen years it was a 10, now he's mellowed out into a sort of resigned acceptance that this thing he hates isn't going away. It still shapes literally his entire life!
What is their greatest virtue?:
Protectiveness! He wants to protect people from youkai, so much so that he's willing to roll up his sleeves and get involved with them so other people don't have to. He lies to people in order to protect them from truths he thinks they'd be better off not knowing. He once stole a letter that was sent to the main character because he thought it would be a bad thing for the main character to read. When the main character isn't ready to tell him about the titular Book of Friends, Natori smiles and reassures him that he doesn't have to talk about it if he's not ready, and then sends his shiki to find out what it is so he can decide if the main character would be better off without it. His morals can get slippery if he thinks it will help. He wants to be liked and he wants to be understood, but he'll jeopardize those things if it means keeping people safe.
How aware are they of their virtue, on a scale from one to ten?:
Like an 8! He knows he wants to protect people, he knows it's the thing he's built his life around doing, but also he tends to doubt himself and whether he should have gotten involved, whether he should have done something different, etc., so he's more likely to linger on the times he felt he didn't protect someone, or on his own limits and inability to step in, than he is to see it as something he's successful in. If he were asked, he'd flippantly say that his biggest virtue is his looks, both because he's that kind of asshole and because he doesn't think he succeeds enough at protecting people to lay claim to it.
Items:
His casual exorcist getup (modern Western-style t-shirt, casual jacket, pants, fake glasses, and a truly hideous bucket hat), a wad of paper dolls and washi paper that he always keeps in his jacket pocket, and a bag of loquats (Chinese plums) which he was literally holding at his canonpoint.
Samples: here and here!
Special notes I know the shiki are a pain so it's totally fine if they can't come with! It's not uncommon for the shiki to be prevented from coming when Natori calls for them, he'd just assume it's par for the course when you're trapped in some weird supernatural alternate dimension. Alternatively, Hiiragi is the only one who has much of a personality/notable speaking appearance, so if he can bring in just one it'd be her.
Age: 28
Contact info:
Character: Shuuichi Natori
Canon: Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends)
Canon Point: After chapter 94, aka after being locked in a room with his childhood rival during what was just supposed to be a peaceful loquat-picking adventure.
CRAU, Canon AU: N/A!
Character age: 23
Canon Abilities/Powers:
Natori was born with the ability to see spirits-- in canon, these are normally referred to as ayakashi or youkai, both of which are umbrella terms covering supernatural monsters/spirits in Japanese folklore. He #studied up on the accompanying spiritual abilities, which means he can do the following things:
- Exorcist spells! On the defensive side, he can set up wards around buildings or blocking off paths that prevent harmful youkai from coming in. He can use his spiritual energy to injure, exorcise, or seal youkai, typically by reciting a spell and either hitting them with a paper ofuda (a Shinto talisman with, in Natsume-verse, illegible mystical characters written on them) or by drawing complicated arrays with the same mystical characters on the ground and luring youkai into the circle. To seal a spirit, he needs to have a vessel to hold it, and typically uses special pots. The method of drawing the circle doesn't matter; he can use ink or chalk, or trace them out on the ground with a stick. Natori's spiritual abilities are fairly strong but dwarfed by that of other characters in the series, and he wears a pair of glasses with clear lenses when he's working because it's easier to see spirits through glass.
- He can form contracts with spirits that are capable of understanding speech. The youkai can talk back to him, are not automatically compelled to obey his orders, and are capable of moving and acting on their own, but he definitely exerts a large degree of control over them; other exorcists use their servants as bait for larger youkai, bind their servants to objects and abandon them when they've decided to move on, or force unwilling spirits into contracts. He currently has three youkai servants ('shiki') who have contracts with him. From left to right:
- Hiiragi, who Natori is emotionally closest to; she fights with a sword, is faster and more agile than a human, and knows protective charms that she can draw on limbs/above the heart/etc that protect that body part from receiving an injury (ie, she draws a charm on a character's arm; something tries to bite the arm off but the arm isn't damaged thanks to the charm; the charm is used up once it prevents one injury)
- Sasago, aka "Lady Also-Appearing-In-This-Manga," who we know nearly nothing about; she can... hover around and join the others on patrols
- Urihime, Natori's first shiki, who can control and manipulate her hair
They appear when Natori calls their names unless prevented by a ward/protection spell/etc that blocks outside spirits from coming in. They're capable of moving around in the world when Natori doesn't explicitly call for them, and can take limited actions (ie, patrolling or guarding) on their own when Natori is asleep/unconscious. Natori often uses his shiki to scout the surrounding area for danger, talk to other spirits to get information they wouldn't give to a human, and orders them to accompany and protect other characters. It's worth noting that shiki contracts usually dissolve on the death of the human master. - The Natori clan specializes in paper magic. Natori makes frequent use of magically-animated paper dolls, which can fly, track targets, and deliver fairly weak defensive strikes when far from Natori's range (they seem to have no problem operating across the city from him). He often writes messages on them to send to other people and can receive messages back the same way. Individually, they are still normal pieces of paper -- they become useless in the rain and they're prone to catching fire if they come into contact with too much power. Natori can chain them together to serve as a rope, binding, or for spells; for this, they have to be in close proximity to Natori, but they're stronger than they would be alone. Natori is capable of making use of any type of paper in a pinch, but washi paper (traditional Japanese paper) works better.
Also, there's a black gecko-shaped youkai that lives on his skin. It's only visible (and audible, it makes a gross little slithering noise when it moves around) to people who have some sort of ability to see spirits. It can't be communicated with or controlled, if you were to put a hand on it it would feel like any other part of Natori's skin, and it doesn't seem to have any benefits or curses associated with it. It roams freely around his body, though it never goes on his left leg; Natori says he has no idea what its deal is, though another exorcist guesses this may be a sign that Natori will lose that leg in the future. It shows up in video/photographs of Natori, but again only for people who can see spirits.
On the non-magical front, Natori is also an up-and-coming popular actor as his day job. He mostly appears in romances as the leading man, and sometimes flippantly turns on his 'sparkle mode', where he metaphorically sparkles (I mean, sparkles appear on screen, but they're probably not literally there) and smizes at the invisible camera and turns up his "effortless" romantic charm. In other words, he's good at hiding his emotions and projecting a role, and he's particularly good at projecting an earnest, slightly mysterious, slightly over-the-top romantic heartthrob aura.
What is their greatest negative emotion towards an object, situation, or person in their past?:
He hates the fucking lizard on his body so goddamn much.
Natori's ancestors were exorcists, but eventually there was no one in the family who could see spirits any longer, and the family became paranoid about the idea of youkai coming to their unprotected home to seek revenge against the ancestors. Because Natori could see them, youkai were drawn to him, and his family blamed the spirits (and, therefore, Natori himself) for everything that went wrong in their lives-- his mother's poor health and death, his grandfather's bad legs, illnesses, etc. Natori spent his entire life essentially gritting his teeth and trying to ignore both the youkai and the disapproval and withdrawal of his family. The youkai on his skin, for him, symbolizes everything that's wrong with him: it's a physical mark that makes him feel infected, it's a sign that he doesn't fit in with the rest of the world, and a sign that the rest of the world can't see what's really going on with him. Why bother engaging with his classmates when they can't even see the lizard sitting on his face? He is fixated with this lizard. Is it a sign that his life is shortened? Is it hurting him? He dives into the family business trying to find a way to get rid of it, and he never does. No one, not even other exorcists, can explain what this thing is. It's a focal point for all of his anger and frustration at being part of a world that very few other people see. It's a physical manifestation of the supposed curse that he's bringing on the family; as a teenager he even thinks that he would be kinder and a better person if he didn't have to see the lizard any longer, because it frustrates him so much that he's short tempered pretty much all the time.
How strongly do they feel about the negative subject matter, on the scale of one to ten?:
Yeah it's a 9 he hates this fucking lizard. Up through his teen years it was a 10, now he's mellowed out into a sort of resigned acceptance that this thing he hates isn't going away. It still shapes literally his entire life!
What is their greatest virtue?:
Protectiveness! He wants to protect people from youkai, so much so that he's willing to roll up his sleeves and get involved with them so other people don't have to. He lies to people in order to protect them from truths he thinks they'd be better off not knowing. He once stole a letter that was sent to the main character because he thought it would be a bad thing for the main character to read. When the main character isn't ready to tell him about the titular Book of Friends, Natori smiles and reassures him that he doesn't have to talk about it if he's not ready, and then sends his shiki to find out what it is so he can decide if the main character would be better off without it. His morals can get slippery if he thinks it will help. He wants to be liked and he wants to be understood, but he'll jeopardize those things if it means keeping people safe.
How aware are they of their virtue, on a scale from one to ten?:
Like an 8! He knows he wants to protect people, he knows it's the thing he's built his life around doing, but also he tends to doubt himself and whether he should have gotten involved, whether he should have done something different, etc., so he's more likely to linger on the times he felt he didn't protect someone, or on his own limits and inability to step in, than he is to see it as something he's successful in. If he were asked, he'd flippantly say that his biggest virtue is his looks, both because he's that kind of asshole and because he doesn't think he succeeds enough at protecting people to lay claim to it.
Items:
His casual exorcist getup (modern Western-style t-shirt, casual jacket, pants, fake glasses, and a truly hideous bucket hat), a wad of paper dolls and washi paper that he always keeps in his jacket pocket, and a bag of loquats (Chinese plums) which he was literally holding at his canonpoint.
Samples: here and here!
Special notes I know the shiki are a pain so it's totally fine if they can't come with! It's not uncommon for the shiki to be prevented from coming when Natori calls for them, he'd just assume it's par for the course when you're trapped in some weird supernatural alternate dimension. Alternatively, Hiiragi is the only one who has much of a personality/notable speaking appearance, so if he can bring in just one it'd be her.