This is your standard concrit post! Therefore, concrit goes here, and is very welcome!

Holy shit I'm playing Himura Kenshin. ;o;

[general interactions go here! that means if you just want to have retarded day-in-the-life thread and retard it up, or have a serious conversation or hell, just want to meet him, go for it! ANYTHING GOES. copypasta'd to all my journals cuz lazy mun is lazy o/]

Because the Personality Disorder one didn't score Kenshin the right way, I took another.

( Mental Disorder Test )

Minami "Ikki" Itsuki (asthecrow_flies): 44,937 comments (34.19%), played since 2007-06-09 (526 days at 85 comments/day)
Dee Laytner (cock_my_gun): 50,276 comments (38.25%), played since 2006-07-05 (865 days at 58 comments/day)
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Tolle Koenig (athrowned): 6,514 comments (4.96%), played from 2006-11-06 to 2007-05-02 (177 days at 37 comments/day)
Takekura "Musashi" Gen (restarttheclock): 3,122 comments (2.38%), played from 2007-03-25 to 2008-01-06 (288 days at 11 comments/day)
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Total comment count: 131,438 since 2006-07-05 (865 days at 152 comments/day)

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Stay tuned for playercest, because I am a sheep.

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REFERENCE

TO BE EDITTED WHEN I'M NOT BEATING SOUBI

FOR MY OWN REFERENCE and because I haven't done a list of Kenshin's moves yet

http://www.cjas.org/~leng/kenshin.htm

http://www.romantation.com/Hiten.php

This is laaaaate

When Kenshin is "himself", he generally uses the term "sessha" when referring to himself, instead of something like "watashi" or "ore. Viz has translated it to "this one", and other places have translated it to "this unworthy one" - it's basically his way of saying "I". I'm going with the Viz translation, as well as throwing "I" in there every so often because really, it's just easier.

Another thing he does is end his sentences in "de gozaru" or some form of that. Media Blasters (which dubbed the anime) translated it as "that it is/does" etc. I'm not going with this because. Its sounds kind of ridiculous and Kenshin dosn't actually repeat himself that way. It's just how he talks! Archaic or whatever the word is.

He also refers to women and people of high authority as "name-dono"; Wiki translates this as "lord" or "lady" and is a really polite way of talking? Idk. But it's a lot better than "miss" or "mister" kthnx media blasters.

But when Kenshin becomes the Battousai, his speech patterns change drastically, and this is one of the ways that people notice Kenshin isn't "Kenshin" anymore. He drops the formalities and uses "ore" instead of "sessha", and drops the "de gozaru" entirely.

tl;dr BASICALLY, KENSHIN SPEAKS FUNNY, BUT DOESN'T SPEAK FUNNY IF YOU MANAGE TO AWAKEN THE BATTOUSAI. If I am forgetting something/translated something wrong/etc just tell me ):

Name: Himura Kenshin
Age: 28
Eyes: Violet
Hair: Orange-red
Height: 158 cm (About 5' 2'')
Weight: 48kg (About 106 lbs)

( Cut for minor spoilers?! )

Character: Himura Kenshin
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Character Age: 28
Job: Laundry Boy

Canon: At first glance, Kenshin is nothing more than a mild-mannered wanderer. With bright red hair and violet eyes, Kenshin is often mistaken for someone half his age due to his youthful looks. He's friendly, willing to give help to those in need and asks nothing in return for himself. He's also a sometimes punching bag and magnet for comedic violence, often using the word "oro" as an exclamation. Add in his almost unhealthy love of doing laundry and it's not hard to see why most people see him as a harmless and goofy young man.

In reality, Kenshin is much more - he is the Hitokiri Battousai, a former assassin of the Meiji War who has spent the last ten years traveling Japan to atone for his sins. Having traded in his katana for a sakabato, or reverse-bladed sword, Kenshin has made a vow to never kill again. . . . which is a difficult vow to keep, what with all these people showing up trying to kill him or reawaken the Battousai. But those days are in the past, and Kenshin will do anything to protect everyone, especially those people close to him.

As a note, Kenshin uses "this one" to refer to himself.


Sample Post:

As thanks to Sayre-dono for allowing this one to stay in her village for the time being, I have offered to give you all a few lessons. I'm sure many of you do not believe these lessons will be something you need to know - this one knows that you have servants, or from what Sayre-dono has told me, "bitches" that perform this kind of work for you. Though I'm not sure if that word is being used in the right context. Ah, and from the condition of your hands, it's obvious that you've already tried - many, many times, it seems - to perform these tasks on your own here without success. But please, allow this one a chance to show you how to do this the proper way. And since Sayre-dono has urged me to teach you, I will do my best to do just that.

If you'll take a look in front of you, this one has already gathered the necessary things we'll need to begin. The basin is where we'll be washing our clothes, and next to that is the proper soap we'll need to wash them. There's also a few -- o-oro?! N-No sir, please, there's no need to remove your clothes. As you can see, this one has already provided some to practice on, so if you'll please put your clothes back on? If you'll forgive me for being rude, this one insists. T-Thank you.

We'll begin with getting the first piece of clothing thoroughly wet; I understand the water may not look clean, but Sayre-dono has insisted that the glowing is normal and will have no effect on the clothes. While this one finds that a bit dubious, we'll continue and deal with any abnormalities after. Now, take the soap and begin scrubbing, making sure to focus on the stains. Is everyone still following along? Good. You all seem to be catching on quickly! I'm proud of you all for following along this far.

Does anyone have any questions? Ah, you in the back! . . . while this one strongly suggests having your skin condition looked at by a doctor, no, your skin will not cause any harm to the laundry. At least, not that I know of. This one hasn't run into a situation like this before. Any other questions? You still don't understand some of this? Ah! Your partner's offered to give you a hand; thank you, Zombie-dono. While he does that, why don't the rest of us keep an eye on what we've washed so far, as it --

. . .

W-While this one is very pleased that you all are listening very closely, this one didn't mean that literally. Soap can be a little painful if one gets it in their eye. Or, in this case . . . if the eye gets in the soap. I have some clean water up here for anyone who wants to . . . wash off anything they just dropped into their laundry. Oroooo . . .

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