Player Name: Lan Character Name: Kaiji Ito Character Series: Ultimate Survivor Kaiji Canon Point: Beginning of Series 3 of the manga; after the Bog win, but before the Mahjong Minefield game. Preferred Housing: n/a
Personality: At first glance, Kaiji seems like your typical Japanese NEET: “no employment, education or training”. Lazy and shiftless, Kaiji has no direction and finds reality to be too demanding and difficult to deal with. He wallows in self-pity and apathy, more prone to cry about his problems than actually do anything productive about it. He spends his time drinking and playing pranks to keep himself occupied, bitter at other people with money or directions in life.
But, with the right motivation - when the chips are down, and everything is against him - that's when Kaiji really shines. It just might take a life-or-death struggle to bring it out. Kaiji learns through these torturous games that luck isn't on your side, or fate won't fall your way without working every angle you can to make it happen. Kaiji has shown nothing short of genius strategy and unstoppable determination in the face of adversity. His plans show quick-witted thinking, hard work and believing in his friends and allies will overcome any sick excuses for entertainment these yakuza put them through. He is willing to put anything on the line to get there, too: his life, his body, and unfathomable amounts of money, secure in himself and his friends that the underdog can truly overcome.
However, this underdog usually doesn't. Kaiji loses a lot, but it hasn't stopped him yet. He still fights, and will keep doing so. Even so, Kaiji has a charisma, an appeal to those like himself, and manages to rouse up complete strangers down on their luck. He manages to win them over, bringing them back from the depths of despair, ready to fight as tenaciously as he does – even if they know what they're getting into is a terrible idea or looks completely unwinnable.
Those thoughts are getting further and further from his mind as Kaiji slaves away for the yakuza in a large underground construction operation. Months after the final gambles against Tonegawa and Hyoudo, Kaiji falls back to his old life. Not only is Kaiji back to being desperately broke, shiftless and directionless, it's obvious that he also misses the rush of adrenaline and the thrill of the gambles that almost cost him everything. Finding the loan shark that initially got him into this mess to begin with, Kaiji is dragged off to pay for his debts into hard labor for the Teiai Company, slaving away as a construction worker with little food and rest with a 15-year sentence hanging over his head. Kaiji almost buckles under the pressure, but is waiting for his chance to break out. He still manages to scrape together what little hope his situation gives him to devise a plan out of there, one small step at a time.
Sample Entry: links from previous run at TVK: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link from Dear_Mun is here. More can be provided if necessary!
Kaiji Ito | Ultimate Survivor Kaiji | reserved
Player Name: Lan
Character Name: Kaiji Ito
Character Series: Ultimate Survivor Kaiji
Canon Point: Beginning of Series 3 of the manga; after the Bog win, but before the Mahjong Minefield game.
Preferred Housing: n/a
Background: Wikipedia link
Personality: At first glance, Kaiji seems like your typical Japanese NEET: “no employment, education or training”. Lazy and shiftless, Kaiji has no direction and finds reality to be too demanding and difficult to deal with. He wallows in self-pity and apathy, more prone to cry about his problems than actually do anything productive about it. He spends his time drinking and playing pranks to keep himself occupied, bitter at other people with money or directions in life.
But, with the right motivation - when the chips are down, and everything is against him - that's when Kaiji really shines. It just might take a life-or-death struggle to bring it out. Kaiji learns through these torturous games that luck isn't on your side, or fate won't fall your way without working every angle you can to make it happen. Kaiji has shown nothing short of genius strategy and unstoppable determination in the face of adversity. His plans show quick-witted thinking, hard work and believing in his friends and allies will overcome any sick excuses for entertainment these yakuza put them through. He is willing to put anything on the line to get there, too: his life, his body, and unfathomable amounts of money, secure in himself and his friends that the underdog can truly overcome.
However, this underdog usually doesn't. Kaiji loses a lot, but it hasn't stopped him yet. He still fights, and will keep doing so. Even so, Kaiji has a charisma, an appeal to those like himself, and manages to rouse up complete strangers down on their luck. He manages to win them over, bringing them back from the depths of despair, ready to fight as tenaciously as he does – even if they know what they're getting into is a terrible idea or looks completely unwinnable.
Those thoughts are getting further and further from his mind as Kaiji slaves away for the yakuza in a large underground construction operation. Months after the final gambles against Tonegawa and Hyoudo, Kaiji falls back to his old life. Not only is Kaiji back to being desperately broke, shiftless and directionless, it's obvious that he also misses the rush of adrenaline and the thrill of the gambles that almost cost him everything. Finding the loan shark that initially got him into this mess to begin with, Kaiji is dragged off to pay for his debts into hard labor for the Teiai Company, slaving away as a construction worker with little food and rest with a 15-year sentence hanging over his head. Kaiji almost buckles under the pressure, but is waiting for his chance to break out. He still manages to scrape together what little hope his situation gives him to devise a plan out of there, one small step at a time.
Sample Entry: links from previous run at TVK:
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
Link from Dear_Mun is here.
More can be provided if necessary!