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Character: Kabane Kusaka
Canon: Kemono Jihen
Canon Point: Chapter 45
CRAU, Canon AU: No
Character age: 13
Why do you think they can settle in a horror setting if they’re under 18?:
Kabane himself is what most humans would consider a monster, and he is keenly aware of this fact. In his short thirteen years of life, he has been physically and emotionally abused to the point of numbness because of it. He's been murdered more times than he can count, but due to his undying ghoul body, not even this fazes him anymore. Honestly, the extreme situations of a psychological horror game are exactly what's needed to bring the humanity out of him.
Canon Abilities/Powers:
▹ Pseudo-Immortality. Ghouls do not appear to die of old age. With ghoul fire in their veins instead of blood, their bodies don't even seem to deteriorate much. According to Mr. Inugami's limited knowledge, the only thing that kills a ghoul is reproduction, which consists of sharing a ghoul's flame with others in order to turn them into ghouls. Every time a ghoul shares their flame with another living creature, their flame weakens until it eventually goes out.
▹ Regeneration. Part of what ensures a ghoul's immortality is their amazing ability to regenerate. Kabane has been shot through the forehead, decapitated, cut into pieces, and even burned alive, but as long as enough of his brain remains, his ghoul fire will rebuild everything from scratch. The only way around this is to completely destroy his head faster than he can heal the damage.
▹ Super Strength. Most kemono seem to be stronger than humans, and ghouls are no exception. Kabane is at least powerful enough to tear limbs from bodies with his bare hands and leap onto house roofs.
▹ Lack of Pain. Because he is a ghoul, Kabane feels no pain, no matter how cruelly he is tortured.
▹ Detrimental Ghoul Traits. To balance out these remarkable abilities, ghouls are also burdened with some nasty problems. They (and all kemono, actually) reek to the point that Kabane's village refused to eat around him. With just that drawback, they can almost pass as normal until the new moon. That's when everything goes wrong. The new moon draws out their ghoulish instincts, turning them into real monsters. Any organic object they touch will begin to rot, they will go mad with a craving for flesh, and their bodies will mutate.
▹ Life Calculus. Every kemono calculus has a unique power that it grants its owner. What the life calculus does is quench thirst. As long as Kabane is in possession of it, he will not feel the urge to eat human flesh or morph into his grotesque ghoul form.
What is their greatest negative emotion towards an object, situation, or person in their past?:
Kabane is largely immune to lingering negative emotions like hate because past abuse has left him with no sense of fear. He does, however, get angry on behalf of his friends. The only time we see him in a blinding rage is when Kon, one of his closest friends, is nearly murdered by the master she adores. She chooses Kabane's well being over the mission she was given and promptly explodes in front of him.
Up until that moment, Kabane's only real driving motivation was "Well, I guess it might be nice to meet my parents." Sure, he fights for the sake of his friends, but there is always a distinction there. He's just helping someone else with their problem because they helped him with his. Kon's case is the first time someone else's fight genuinely becomes his own. Firstly, because he knows she adores her master too much to fight against her herself. Secondly, because he was the reason she disobeyed her master to begin with. These two factors make this an immense turning point in Kabane's life.
For the first time in his bleak existence, Kabane is inconsolable. He refuses to calm down until he learns that she's survived, and even then, he dedicates himself to defeating the woman responsible.
How aware are they of this negative emotion, and how do they act on it in canon?:
Kabane is quite cognizant of his righteous anger. He doesn't feel strong emotion very often, so when he does, he never misses it. This sense of awareness is somewhat skewed however. He doesn't see his angry outbursts as something negative, not when those outbursts have revealed to him how much he's come to care about his loved ones. He'd much rather take steps to ensure his friends' future safety than take steps to curb his own developing emotions.
Because he is so aware of this issue and doesn't see fault with it, he expresses his anger freely, often borderline preaching to enemies during battle. For example, during his fight with the kitsune partners Hinata and Robara, he raises his hackles when the two of them so clearly care about each other and yet take Mr. Inugami hostage knowing that Kabane cares about him. He doesn't stop attacking Hinata, even after they threaten to break one of Mr. Inugami's bones every time Kabane moves. He trusts that Mr. Inugami won't die, but that doesn't change the fact that Kabane allows him to be brutally tortured in order to teach the enemy a lesson in hypocrisy.
What is their greatest virtue?:
Kabane's greatest virtue is his resilience. This is represented very literally in that his body regenerates no matter how many times it is destroyed, but Kabane's true resilience is psychological. When he is introduced, he is nothing but the shell of a child who was never allowed to develop an ego. Given even the smallest amount of support, however, he quickly rises from the ashes. His willingness to accept hardship after hardship (especially for the sake of others) and yet keep bouncing back as determined as ever becomes an inspiration for everyone else at the Kemono Office.
How aware are they of their virtue, and how do they act on it in canon?:
Kabane is more aware of his physical resilience while mostly dismissing his psychological resilience as just doing what he can. He is only vaguely aware that this trait has any sort of affect on others though and had to have it spelled out for him why someone else might want to set aside their own goals to help him achieve his.
The entire fifth chapter of this manga is dedicated to Kabane going on a mission in order to learn what love is because he has literally never experienced it before, yet by chapter 21, he's linking arms and dancing in a circle with his friend Akira when they've made up after a fight. Kabane comes into his own so quickly that it seems effortless to anyone not paying attention. It isn't effortless, not even close. Kabane is fully dedicated to everything he does. He wouldn't know a short cut if it bit him in the ass. For example, while training in Yashima, it's made very clear to him that he's not strong enough to complete the task given to him, but he never once thinks of giving up. He allows himself to be murdered countless times on the daily in order to learn how to dodge a one-hit KO and steal what he needs from his opponent's tight grip. Even when he messes up and realizes he's been too narrow-minded in his training, he doesn't hesitate to admit that and immediately change tack. He's eager to improve himself and never lets himself get in the way of that. This more than anything else is what makes him so resilient, and so relentless.
Items:
Kemono Calculus necklace. Perfume bottle to hide the smell of kemono. An extra outfit for when he inevitably loses his.
Samples: 01, 02
Special notes:
I am perfectly fine with Kabane's immortality/regeneration being nerfed.
Age: 30
Contact info:
Character: Kabane Kusaka
Canon: Kemono Jihen
Canon Point: Chapter 45
CRAU, Canon AU: No
Character age: 13
Why do you think they can settle in a horror setting if they’re under 18?:
Kabane himself is what most humans would consider a monster, and he is keenly aware of this fact. In his short thirteen years of life, he has been physically and emotionally abused to the point of numbness because of it. He's been murdered more times than he can count, but due to his undying ghoul body, not even this fazes him anymore. Honestly, the extreme situations of a psychological horror game are exactly what's needed to bring the humanity out of him.
Canon Abilities/Powers:
▹ Pseudo-Immortality. Ghouls do not appear to die of old age. With ghoul fire in their veins instead of blood, their bodies don't even seem to deteriorate much. According to Mr. Inugami's limited knowledge, the only thing that kills a ghoul is reproduction, which consists of sharing a ghoul's flame with others in order to turn them into ghouls. Every time a ghoul shares their flame with another living creature, their flame weakens until it eventually goes out.
▹ Regeneration. Part of what ensures a ghoul's immortality is their amazing ability to regenerate. Kabane has been shot through the forehead, decapitated, cut into pieces, and even burned alive, but as long as enough of his brain remains, his ghoul fire will rebuild everything from scratch. The only way around this is to completely destroy his head faster than he can heal the damage.
▹ Super Strength. Most kemono seem to be stronger than humans, and ghouls are no exception. Kabane is at least powerful enough to tear limbs from bodies with his bare hands and leap onto house roofs.
▹ Lack of Pain. Because he is a ghoul, Kabane feels no pain, no matter how cruelly he is tortured.
▹ Detrimental Ghoul Traits. To balance out these remarkable abilities, ghouls are also burdened with some nasty problems. They (and all kemono, actually) reek to the point that Kabane's village refused to eat around him. With just that drawback, they can almost pass as normal until the new moon. That's when everything goes wrong. The new moon draws out their ghoulish instincts, turning them into real monsters. Any organic object they touch will begin to rot, they will go mad with a craving for flesh, and their bodies will mutate.
▹ Life Calculus. Every kemono calculus has a unique power that it grants its owner. What the life calculus does is quench thirst. As long as Kabane is in possession of it, he will not feel the urge to eat human flesh or morph into his grotesque ghoul form.
What is their greatest negative emotion towards an object, situation, or person in their past?:
Kabane is largely immune to lingering negative emotions like hate because past abuse has left him with no sense of fear. He does, however, get angry on behalf of his friends. The only time we see him in a blinding rage is when Kon, one of his closest friends, is nearly murdered by the master she adores. She chooses Kabane's well being over the mission she was given and promptly explodes in front of him.
Up until that moment, Kabane's only real driving motivation was "Well, I guess it might be nice to meet my parents." Sure, he fights for the sake of his friends, but there is always a distinction there. He's just helping someone else with their problem because they helped him with his. Kon's case is the first time someone else's fight genuinely becomes his own. Firstly, because he knows she adores her master too much to fight against her herself. Secondly, because he was the reason she disobeyed her master to begin with. These two factors make this an immense turning point in Kabane's life.
For the first time in his bleak existence, Kabane is inconsolable. He refuses to calm down until he learns that she's survived, and even then, he dedicates himself to defeating the woman responsible.
How aware are they of this negative emotion, and how do they act on it in canon?:
Kabane is quite cognizant of his righteous anger. He doesn't feel strong emotion very often, so when he does, he never misses it. This sense of awareness is somewhat skewed however. He doesn't see his angry outbursts as something negative, not when those outbursts have revealed to him how much he's come to care about his loved ones. He'd much rather take steps to ensure his friends' future safety than take steps to curb his own developing emotions.
Because he is so aware of this issue and doesn't see fault with it, he expresses his anger freely, often borderline preaching to enemies during battle. For example, during his fight with the kitsune partners Hinata and Robara, he raises his hackles when the two of them so clearly care about each other and yet take Mr. Inugami hostage knowing that Kabane cares about him. He doesn't stop attacking Hinata, even after they threaten to break one of Mr. Inugami's bones every time Kabane moves. He trusts that Mr. Inugami won't die, but that doesn't change the fact that Kabane allows him to be brutally tortured in order to teach the enemy a lesson in hypocrisy.
What is their greatest virtue?:
Kabane's greatest virtue is his resilience. This is represented very literally in that his body regenerates no matter how many times it is destroyed, but Kabane's true resilience is psychological. When he is introduced, he is nothing but the shell of a child who was never allowed to develop an ego. Given even the smallest amount of support, however, he quickly rises from the ashes. His willingness to accept hardship after hardship (especially for the sake of others) and yet keep bouncing back as determined as ever becomes an inspiration for everyone else at the Kemono Office.
How aware are they of their virtue, and how do they act on it in canon?:
Kabane is more aware of his physical resilience while mostly dismissing his psychological resilience as just doing what he can. He is only vaguely aware that this trait has any sort of affect on others though and had to have it spelled out for him why someone else might want to set aside their own goals to help him achieve his.
The entire fifth chapter of this manga is dedicated to Kabane going on a mission in order to learn what love is because he has literally never experienced it before, yet by chapter 21, he's linking arms and dancing in a circle with his friend Akira when they've made up after a fight. Kabane comes into his own so quickly that it seems effortless to anyone not paying attention. It isn't effortless, not even close. Kabane is fully dedicated to everything he does. He wouldn't know a short cut if it bit him in the ass. For example, while training in Yashima, it's made very clear to him that he's not strong enough to complete the task given to him, but he never once thinks of giving up. He allows himself to be murdered countless times on the daily in order to learn how to dodge a one-hit KO and steal what he needs from his opponent's tight grip. Even when he messes up and realizes he's been too narrow-minded in his training, he doesn't hesitate to admit that and immediately change tack. He's eager to improve himself and never lets himself get in the way of that. This more than anything else is what makes him so resilient, and so relentless.
Items:
Kemono Calculus necklace. Perfume bottle to hide the smell of kemono. An extra outfit for when he inevitably loses his.
Samples: 01, 02
Special notes:
I am perfectly fine with Kabane's immortality/regeneration being nerfed.