URASHIMA KANAKO

Age: 18 (taken from Autumn 2001, see below)
DOB: August 1st, 1983, according to this timeline.
Height: I'm gonna say about 158 cm (5'2")
Weight: TINY, probably like 100 lbs (45.5 kg).
Hair: purpley-black.
Eyes: brown.
Medical Info: Nothing of note. She's very healthy.

Physical Traits: Assuming she looks like herself at the time! She's pretty waifish, flat-chested, looks a bit younger than 18. She will pretty much always look blank and sort of--reserved/stand-offish. She has an antenna of hair that stands straight up on her head, the length of which gets really ridiculous as the manga goes on, IT'S ABOUT A FOOT LONG. And her hair will always be tied back in a red bow. She's usually dressed in black, white, gray, and red only, in various goth-ish styles and combinations. And she will pretty much always have her cat, Kuro, with her. Kuro is a black cat with huge ears and a long tail with a bell on it! ALSO, KURO CAN FLY. SOMEHOW. DON'T QUESTION IT.

What's Okay to Mention: Uh, I'm cool with anything, I think! OF NOTE: LOVE HINA TAKES PLACE IN THE SAME UNIVERSE AS NEGIMA. So. That's cool too.

Abilities: SHE'S A NORMAL HUMAN BEING AND YET THIS IS GOING TO BE HILARIOUSLY LONG

Martial Arts: Kanako is the successor to the Urashima school of jujitsu. We don't uh really know much about that, just that she's quite good in combat. She can see through and evade godmode sword techniques (HI SETSUNA), packs quite a punch, and is ridiculously acrobatic (she can like do gymnastics tumbles from rooftop to rooftop). She's one of the crack physical godmodes of Love Hina. But there's nothing supernatural about it PROBABLY?

Disguise: This is the big one! Kanako makes costumes of--everyone she meets whom she can possibly imitate. She probably couldn't pull off like, Gourry. Or anything. But she can pull off smaller males and pretty much any female. This is another crack godmode power. She does it with latex and costuming and voice-altering technology and can even alter her skeletal structure to take care of height/build issues! And she can do it within seconds, as long as she has the costume made ahead of time. These costumes are not visibly costumes. The only way to tell that Kanako is NOT the person she's imitating is by her behavior, or if she fucks up. SO, YEAH, Kanako in disguise does not look like a chick in a mask, she is identical to that person. She IS as good as a shapeshifter.

Your character is of course free to see through a disguise, but they will probably need good observational skills AND to know the person Kanako is imitating. In the manga, Kitsune can't tell Naru from Naru!Kanako, except Kanako's smile "looks kinda funky." And obviously, should Kanako decide to imitate someone, I will ALWAYS ASK FIRST \o/ Both the person she's imitating and the person she's interacting with!

She can also dress up OTHER people and will sometimes offer if she likes them and thinks it'll help them out somehow. Her costumes are uh. Very complete. If she's dressing a girl/herself up as a man, THEN YEAH, SHE GOES THERE. :D

Ventriloquism: Kanako uses a voice changer in her costumes, but she can also change her voice to a lesser extent without one, and she can throw her voice around a room and speak without moving her lips. She uses this mostly to make her cat Kuro appear to be talking (to her). THE CAT CAN'T REALLY TALK |D but she will . . . have conversations with it and it will seem to be coming from the cat.

Misc.: Nothing much else--she's good at ninjaing around (she's compared to one in canon and does things like hide in/on ceilings and so on). And because of the nature of her imitation obsession, she's extremely perceptive and observational and all that. She's the sort who can see through traps/crossdressers because she knows what to look for. But again I will always ask about that stuff!

Notes for the Psychics: LOVES HER BIG BROTHER VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. 8D

Other than that, she has self-esteem problems, is lonely, socially awkward, and so on. A bit of an emo kid. But she's not THAT bad, and she's getting better about it all.

Non-Violent Physical Contact/Kissing/Hugging: GO AHEAD, she'll just sit there and dot at you. See icon!

Violent Physical Contact: She will counter, but it's fine with me!

Fighting: SEE ABILITIES, she can hold her own. Uh as for me I would fail in a fight thread with her because I don't know anything about martial arts.

Maim/Murder/etc.: NO ONE DIES IN LOVE HINA. It's a running joke that Keitaro is incapable of dying! So--you're free to "kill" her but it will be a cracky thing and she won't actually die in any meaningful way probably? I actually would probably be okay with more serious stuff for her too if things headed in that direction. But in general Love Hina violence/death defaults to being comedic.

Cooking: Yes, probably.

Character: Urashima Kanako
Series: Love Hina (manga)
Age: 17-18

Canon: Love Hina is the story of Urashima Keitaro, a fellow so suave, so sexy, so talented, that - well, no, he's a complete failure. But he's got some charm; after all, even his own sister decided to get a piece of that hot action. Kanako, Keitaro's "unadorable" adopted sibling and dedicated stalker, crashes onto the scene while Keitaro is off doing archaeological field study in America. Her goal? To drive off every other girl in the series who has a crush on her brother and then marry him herself when he returns to Japan. Her level of success? Not too shabby! After all, Kanako is a master of manipulation and disguise; her obsession with costumes and studying people is second only to her obsession with Keitaro. She will gladly resort to deception, magic, or heavy bondage to make him her own. Even after admitting her loss of Keitaro to Naru and wishing them well, Kanako continues her attempted sabotage of the relationship.

Kanako is a lonely, quiet, awkward loligoth with a tendency to talk to herself for lack of relationships; she even goes so far as to keep herself company using the powers of ventriloquism and her pet cat, and even he insults her. Her usual demeanor is utterly deadpan and blunt, no matter what kind of insane lie she's telling or misguided plot she's attempting. Even with her lifetime subscription of social and self-esteem issues, Kanako is a perfectionist, very forceful and forward about what she wants, and it takes a hell of a lot to ruffle her out of her blank insistence on How Things Should Be. She's a little bit crazy and it shows, but deep down she's really a sweet girl who just wants to make some friends. Stalking them, spying on them, and stealing their identities? Just a hobby!

Sample Post:

Braaaaaaaiiiins. Braaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnns.

...Mmm. No. It's not quite right, not yet. Hitting the pitiful wailing note is proving more difficult than I imagined. Perhaps I need to hear it one more time, Zombie-san. Incidentally, I was sorry to hear about your beloved mother. I'm afraid she won't be returning to the camp... she wandered too far into the forest and was abducted by an alien craft. Upon reaching the creatures' home planet, she went into politics and died wealthy but corrupt, and she is remembered now as the planet Zargon's least effective president. Yes, I'm terribly sorry. You hadn't heard? I'll give you a moment to mourn.

Ah. Yes. There's the wailing note I need to master.

I see that once I perfect the design of my mask, blending in with the native population of this camp won't be too difficult. I do have a special melting latex that should allow me to lose eyeballs on cue. Brother dearest... is this what you were faced with during your study overseas? You're an even braver man than I gave you credit for. ♥ I knew that coming to America would give me a deep, intimate insight into your experiences. Unfortunately, my extensive search of American campsites hasn't yet turned up any trace of a blanket you might have slept on. I wanted something to cuddle with tonight. But I still feel closer to you than ever before, having gazed at the same stars you saw while you were away, and having bathed myself in the same radioactive waters that undoubtedly melted the clothes from your powerful frame... my nose is bleeding... I'm not sure if this is the heat of the moment or an effect of the radiation, but my heart remains the same.

Before we meet again, Brother, I have my own research to undertake. It doesn't bother me a bit to be trapped here, you see. Director... may I call you Sensei? I've heard so much about what you're capable of. You draw people in to your web of deceit, trap them with your magical barrier, force them into one another's arms with innocent-looking purple goo, and all for the sake of the man you love. I've already infiltrated the ranks of your minions, under the guise of "Gorilloli-chan," to learn what I could of your techniques. And I must bow my head and admit that I'm in the presence of a true master. I realize now that I've been immature in my ways and have much to learn about pursuing love.

In return for your unmatched expertise on how to create awkward sexual tension, I can teach your gorillas the "Urashima Special Hogtie Technique #34: Hanging Valley." I promise you from experience, it's very easy to use even on targets who refuse to get out of bed. I can make your zombies more terrifying... have you ever done any research into the world of prosthetics? You're unnecessarily limiting yourself to only two empty eye sockets when the careful application of latex allows for so much more horror. The cameras in the bathrooms, I've noticed, leave too many blind spots unmonitored. My knowledge in this field, too, can only improve your control over your victims. Yes, Director-sensei, I will become your disciple. As two women who have experienced the pain of lost love, I think we understand one another, don't we?

As for Marcy-san, I don't think I can improve her. But I do think she'd make a lovely wedding present for a certain young lady I know in Japan.


(( THIS! IS! VOTIIIIIIIING! ))