EPISODE ONE
Fast Times at a Tokyo Mall
Fast Times at a Tokyo Mall
REGULAR CAST
MATSUKI NANAMI
Nanami is a fairly average sophomore, but really enjoys the Drama Club. Perhaps she might get better grades if she put as much effort into that as she does acting. Along with the Drama Club, she also performs as a magician's assistant to Iwahara Kenji, a senior classman she has had a crush on for some time, but has never said anything about. She has told her best friends, Risa (Seito Risa) and Seiko (Iita Seiko) of course and though she might believe she's keeping it secret, a lot of other people suspect. She has learned a lot of stage magic tricks and tends to show off some when she's at a loss for words and to cover nervousness. Although she may seem to be fairly outgoing, she's actually somewhat shy when she doesn't have a specific role to perform. She has a tendency to prefer supporting roles rather than lead and often downplays her abilities. She has tried more than a few times to get close to Kenji-san during rehearsals with sometimes comedic results. Kenji never seems to notice though, and just encourages her to try again when a trick is botched.
Her parents are fairly well off, running a popular and somewhat expensive night club (Pulse of Rappongi). They have high ambitions for Nanami, so they kind of push her into the more cultural activities that they didn't have as much exposure to growing up. Her older brother Tashiro rebelled against them and has become somewhat of a street thug, her parents have really spoken with him in a few years and she only sees him at school on occasion. Her younger sister Miho used to follow her around all the time, but fortunately has grown out of that. Miho-chan is a much better student though, and her family hopes she'll become a doctor someday.
Seito Risa
Risa is quite the athlete. She participates in High School Sports and in the family Dojo as a martial artist. She is quite the opposite of Nanami in almost everything. She's stubborn, she's calm, but when hot headed she will often go into a rage. Usually when she feels cornered and threatened and there is no way out. She likes the Tokyo Swallows and frequents the Hot Topik at the local Tokyo Mall. She dresses down and rather not be all "dolled" up. What's strange is that she has a transvestite as a gym teacher. Her sister, Remi, is studying to be a fashion designer (who also harbors a deap dark secret). Her other best friend, Seiko, is a cheerleader.
KURO KAZUO
Kuro Kazuo, a boy who's had to suffer though so much in his short life. Kuro originally lived in a city, close to the capital with his mother and father. His earliest memories are nice, his father teaching him Kendo, his mother making nice box lunches. Well soon after Suzume was born, his life took a turn for the worst. His father picked up drinking for some reason, and his life became a living hell.
His father began beating his mother for imagined misdeeds, Kuro tended to try to pick up for her and usually got beaten with a bokken, an inch from death. Suzume was usually locked in a closet as a form of punishment, as well as Kuro on occasion. This continued for some time until a stranger noticed the sign's of beatings on Kuro and Suzume's mother. Soon after child services came for the children, though his parents remained together.
Kuro and his sister were to be separated until their Aunt Ayume who lived in Tokyo, took custody of them both. They lived with her for awhile, though the past never seemed to escape Kuro. He constantly was in trouble at school or somewhere in the neighborhood. Fearing she couldn't keep Kuro on the straight and narrow, she sent him to live with her boyfriend Hiroshi.
Hiroshi isn't a bad guy, he has a decent job and even has a somewhat nice apartment. Though Hiroshi feared this was going to be hard to keep Kuro on the narrow, the arrangement has proven beneficial. Kuro tends to cook for them both, as Hiroshi doesn't have any skill at all when it comes to the kitchen or anything domestic for that matter. This leads to Kuro having more freedom as well, as Hiroshi has long hours at the office. They both go and visit Aunt Ayame and Suzume quite often, 2-3 times a week to have diner with them or just visit.
**SCHOOL LIFE**
School life for Kuro is another matter entirely. When he first moved to Tokyo he had a hard time being an outsider. He also was from the wrong side of the tracks, perceived as a trouble maker. He was quite a loner until one day he was visiting the office for imagined misdeeds in Mr. Taosi-sensai's class, when he meet Maru. Maru was in the office for causing some prank or another. The two hit it off, and have been good friends since.
In other notes on his school life, the Kendo club has been trying to recruit for some time. Kuro has several trophies from Kendo tournaments in the past few years he attended. He hasn't affiliated with that school club, and instead is in the Extreme Skaters club with Maru though Kuro doesn't even own a skateboard.
As well Kuro has a fascination with Archaeology and ancient history, and is good friends with the schools History teacher Yoji-sensai.
Kuro also knows a few street toughs/gambling dens, and has a pretty good street-sense. He met Tashiro - Nanami's brother - awhile back when Tashiro beat a few goons senseless for some reason. Kuro was in the neighborhood gambling. Kuro isn't on either good or bad terms with Tashiro, but they do know each other. Basically Kuro saw the fight, and didn't report it to authorities.(Kuro seeing Tashiro's fighting prowess has a good and some would say healthy respect for him.)
**THINGS HE MUST PROTECT**
Kuro sees himself as the protector for his little sister Suzume (14). To the point of hurting people to protect her. This has lead to a few of his fist fights. As well Kuro has a soft spot for anyone in trouble. To the point of going and hurting people to make it all stop. This is where most of the trouble he causes comes from.
**Enemies**
Kuro's worst enemy(Nemesis) is one of his school teachers Mr. Taosi-sensai, I want this Nemesis to replaced with a cooler/deadly enemy in Atlantis. Like a Supervillain. It would make a nice comparison when he gets back. Like what life throws at you isn't that big a deal. The reason he's his enemy is that Kuro always ends up late to his class, has his shirt buttons undone or something similar, didn't do his homework.(Kuro being in a rush due to missing the bus, or Hiroshi driving him, or some such.) As well if the teacher gets hit in the back of the head with a paper ball or any other antic Kuro did it. Yayoi makes fun of Kuro's sister, which makes her his enemy. Despite this, Yayoi usually does not give him the time of day.
**JUST OUT THERE** I liked this idea, when I was brainstorming
Kuro likes being given thoughtful gifts. In fact he rarely gets anything on his birthday. The only present he tends to get is from his sister, usually a homemade card or something. Though presents are rare, usually everyone forgets his birthday except himself. He doesn't make a big fuss over his birthday, and won't mention it unless asked, though it is important to him. He secretly wants his friends to care, they usually just don't know(As he never mentioned it to them.)
Reoccuring Characters (Important NPCs)
:Iita Seiko
Iita Seiko is one of the more popular girls in school, though some of the upper echelon of the 'in crowd' looks down on her. Her grades aren't the best, but she's outgoing, friendly and beautiful, all of which works well in cheerleading. She isn't proud or has hubris. It is because her parents are simply hard-working people that moved into the city when Seiko was seven, and finally acquiring enough money to open a pet shop after spending the early part of her childhood on a farm where her parents worked as hired help. Seiko is an only child, which leads to her parents spoiling her too much sometimes, though they aren't rich enough to go too far overboard.
Seiko is the 3rd part of the group with Matsuki Nanami and Seito Risa. When they moved, Nanami lived across the streetand was already a friend of Risa, who's mother works in the club owned by Nanami's family. It was only natural that she became friends with Nanami and Risa and they have maintained that friendship, their differences complementing each other. She is enthusiastic about Risa's sports career, enjoys watching Nanami's tricks and loves to sing karaoke with them. Nanami and Risa also attend her pageants, which her mother has pushed since she was very little. Seiko's singing is good enough for the talent portion though her beauty is her strongest point. She is currently dating Kyo, and not just he had that famous "swimwear malfunction" at a swimmeet once.
Iwahara Kenji
Iwahara Kenji is a senior, a practicing stage magician (Nanami is his assistant) and Nanami's crush, though he seems to be oblivious to that most of the time. His grades are ok, not spectacular, but quite sufficient for him to graduate. He spends a lot of time working on the act, looking for new tricks and swimming. He has a part time job after school at a private gym, and has a swimming pool at his house. He has been an acquaintance of Matsuki Tashiro for a number of years, though they don't hang out much anymore. He has a tendency to be quite focused on anything he does, tuning out much of what goes on around him that's unrelated. This can be helpful when performing on stage, but it does make him hard to figure out, as even the people that are around him often rarely see much other than the very businesslike, focused Kenji.
Iwahara Aminamaru
Kuro's best friend is Kenji's little brother, Iwahara Aminamaru. He's one of the few people who have seen him as an equal. They met when Kuro was on a routine visit to the principals office, the were fast friends.
Kuro hangs out at a skater's rink with Maru and the Tokyo Mall. Though he himself has no particular fun skate boarding Maru is an avid skate boarder, and that crowd at the rink doesn't seem to care where Kuro comes from, poor neighborhood or not.
Maru invites Kuro out with him and they usually hang out at a Skater rink, with a few other friends like Yoshi [pictured], and Jei. When Kuro eats out, mostly Kuro goes with Maru. So Maru and Kuro most often visits Tokyo Mall for some shakes and ice cream (and for Maru to ogle the girls.)
Yayoi
Yayoi is the typical snob, and the typical girl who's always calling Risa or Nanami freakshows. She's trying to be better than everyone else. So, she justifies her superiority by putting everyone down in public. She is also head of the Student Council, and tends to boss the Principal around in public (although the Principal isn't someone to be bossed around with).
GUEST STARS
Isamu
Isamu likes to steal girls' panties and bras. He is a disciple of Happosai and some guy named mtbDM. He believes life will be a lot nicer if there were more bare breasts than covered ones.
Genji
Genji is Isamu's father. He's always trying to keep him out of trouble by forcing his values on his son. He does this publically by pulling on his ear.
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