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Character: Asamura Kengo
Series: Monochrome Factor (manga)
Age: 16
Canon: Monochrome Factor is the story of one boy's struggles to overcome the trials of life, like school, boredom, street fights, and creatures invading the world from the shadow realm. As the main character, Nikaidou Akira faces them all with a casual air of heroic disdain. In fact, he looks pretty awesome doing it. And we can't have that. Every good hero needs a faithful sidekick... or a manservant, random villager, lackey, what-have-you to follow him around everywhere he goes and ruin his cool.

Loyal, obedient, tolerant, trusting to the point of pure gullibility, and spazzy about being ignored, Asamura Kengo has the perfect temperament for being be the straight-man and the butt of everyone's jokes. Luckily for him, he doesn't seem to truly mind that all his friends are kind of sadistic, or he'd be pretty discouraged by the daily teasing and constant tsunful rejection of his friendship. Despite his lot in life as a punching bag and the fuss he may make about being mocked for being useless, Kengo tends to be unfailingly cheerful, bouncing back quickly from insults and beatings dished out by friends and foes alike. This "unique sort of idiot" handles serious situations by laughing or making over-dramatic complaints to disguise any hurt. But seeing as he's about as transparent as glass, his real emotions and his self-depreciating side show through pretty clearly. Complain as he might, he's always trying his best not to be a burden. Having accepted being an underling as his natural place, Kengo works hard to be worthy of watching Akira's back, resulting in this nice, friendly boy-next-door developing into a rather formidable boxer.

Other than that, Kengo seems like a pretty ordinary guy: interested in anime and videogames, likes action movies and comedy, and just wants to have fun and be accepted. He is a hard worker, a little dense, a little bit insecure, and a lot childish, but strong and stubbornly cheerful in the face of adversity and friendly fire.

Sample:

Man, this is the ninth time I've had to tell someone there's a tentacle monster in the lake troubling the "village". I haven't even seen the "village" or the lake myself yet! I wonder why people keep stopping to ask me? Maybe because I look like a knowledgeable and trustworthy guy! Haha... or is that just wishful thinking...? But I'm really not sure what I'm doing at all... The instructions in this brochure are pretty weird, and kind of bland now that I'm looking at it again. Why would this camper activity manual tell me to stand by a robot-cow pasture and answer all questions with the same phrase about a tentacle monster in the lake? I thought maybe the cows were a plot point but it turns out they're pretty boring, even if they are mechanical...

This is supposed to be an RPG-themed camp activity, isn't it? Then shouldn't the instructions be more exciting, or at least have some clue about where I can start gathering a party? I thought there might be more to it but this thing really only says I have to stay at the pasture and give that one answer... Maybe if I stay here long enough someone will come recruit me into their party. But didn't nine parties just pass me up...? Haha, I feel kind of like a pointless NPC, now that I think about it. T-that's what this is, isn't it. This is just sad...

But there're definitely people that are actively participating in some kind of plot event! So why do I have to be an NPC?! And the most useless of useless NPCs too! Haven't I just been standing around repeating the same news over and over? Shouldn't that be left up to someone that actually knows what's going on with the plot?! Ah, I know, I must've been given a copy of the camp staff instructions by mistake! Right. Then all I need to do is ask to switch my role assignment. The camp staff must be playing the monster encounters, right? So I guess I'll ask those zombies...

Uh, excuse me but who's running this game? Is it okay if I ask to switch my role assignment? I was hoping that maybe I could have a role where I actually get to do stuff. Um, I know I'm probably not main-character or party-leader material, but I'd definitely be able to contribute to the team I'm assigned! I'm stronger than I look and my endurance for pain is above average because of, uh, special training! And if anyone needs someone to punch things for them I'm their man! Of course I wouldn't really hurt the monsters since this is just a game, but we could pretend, right? Anyway, the point is I want to help more!

O-oh, the assignments were tailored to our personalities? B-but that's... W-well, maybe I'm most suited to being an inconsequential villager, ahaha...but can't I at least have a chance to try something different...? ...I can? For real!? Awesome!! Lead the way, then!

Oooh, a castle. So just step into this cage and tie the rope around my-- W-wait a minute! You mean I'm standing in for the damsel in distress?! But that's even more useless than the useless villager!! Aah!--don't lock the door! Waaait!! Forgive me! I'll go back and be good villager, I swear!

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SPOILERS

- Kengo has the ability to attract "paranormal" things, particularly stuff with an association to shadows or darkness. It's probably not so much of a tastiness thing as a... natural law, sort of an osmosis thing. Compelled to fill an empty vessel (where Kengo is the vessel)... type dealie. Anyway, feel free to feel a semi-strong sort of pull to him if your character is associated with darkness or shadows.

- Kengo is susceptible to possession by shadows/dark spirits. Basically he absorbs darkness like a sponge.

- In canon when he has been exposed to too much shadow or has been possessed he goes into a berserk mode. In camp since darkness and shadow are kinda different from canon I'm just gonna have it make him kind of ill until he gets used to it. Savin' berserker mode for later.

[Info] Permission/Stats

Name: Asamura Kengo
Age: 16
Birthday: August 22
Height: 173cm (5'8")
Weight: 61kg (135 lbs)
Shoe size: 26cm (9.5)
Hair: Naturally black, has been bleached blond.
Eyes: Brown

Medical info: Very healthy. Gets lots of exercise. He has really good vision.

Appearance: Broader shoulders than you might expect with someone with his personality. He's built to take damage.

Weapons/Accessories: Fingerless gloves, though he's not always wearing those. They become gauntlets when he activates them and so far they enhance his hitting power. He also wears red stud earrings in both ears, with an extra hoop earring in his right ear.

Abilities: He's a Shadow factor/inshi holder. He also has the ability to attract "paranormal activity" which is really just stuff with a dark/shadow attribute as opposed to a light attribute. He is prone getting possessed and basically has a ridiculously large darkness/shadow holding capacity.

When this reservoir starts filling up Kengo goes into a berserker mode that enhances his endurance/strength/speed by many times, at the cost of basically attacking anything that moves, friend or foe.

See this note for some more on that and feel free to ask how to handle it if you're unsure.

Other than that he's pretty normal. Created a boxing style for himself. He's not always the best at dodging but he can take hits well and hits back hard.

Notes For the Psychics: Nothing much unusual! Thinks about Akira and things that might be fun to do. Slightly below the surface he has some insecurities and hurt about being shunned, but it's not really anything beyond some normal trauma.

What's Okay to Mention: Anything! Meta will make him look at you crazy but he's used to it.

Shapeshift/bodyswap/etc.: Just ping me and we'll talk! He's easy to possess so I'm all for that.

Hugging/Kissing/Nicknaming: Go right ahead o/ He won't even fight it if it doesn't hurt.

Fighting: Kengo is made for comedic violence. Also getting grabbed by tentacles apparently. He's capable of fighting back most of the time, but sorta... doesn't. Serious fights are fine by me too o/.

Maiming/Killing/Death: Yes to all if it's comedic and non-permanent. Discuss with me if it's a serious situation.

Cooking: He doesn't like cooking. He can probably follow instructions and make like, instant ramen, but he'd rather have someone else do it.