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YOUR NAME: Mola
18+?: Yes.
CONTACT: mirrorbread@plurk/Mola#1924@discord
CHARACTERS IN GAME: N/A
RESERVATION LINK: Here!
YOUR NAME: Mola
18+?: Yes.
CONTACT: mirrorbread@plurk/Mola#1924@discord
CHARACTERS IN GAME: N/A
RESERVATION LINK: Here!
CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Suzu Kuromori
AGE: 17
CANON: Ensemble Girls!
NAME: Suzu Kuromori
AGE: 17
CANON: Ensemble Girls!
CANON HISTORY:
☠Canon Resource List☠
Ensemble Girls! is a card-collecting mobile game that takes place in Kimisaki Academy, an all-girls’ high school that happens to be in the same city as a certain school full of idol boys. The main storyline begins one year after the graduation date of another game, Ensemble Stars!. The faceless protagonist is a transfer student who also happens to be the first boy in the school, as the campus is slowly transitioning to be co-ed. The transfer student is roped into being the errand boy for the current Student Council President, Himari Tsurumi, to fulfill the goal of making Kimisaki Academy a place where fun memories can be made. The transfer student is tasked with listening to the problems of the absurdly-funded school clubs and its members, and provide favors/advice to help.
Initially, the students of Kimisaki Academy are not completely supportive of Himari being Student Council President, as she was assigned the role as a stand-in when the former president, Reika Enjouji, suddenly resigned. The second reason is that Himari is also kind of an idiot. Thus, the student body has demanded a re-election, and nominated several seniors for the role. Suzu Kuromori is one of the candidates for Student Council President.
Suzu is a third-year student and the Vice Captain of the Light Music Club, known for often calling herself “Clochette,” climbing up high places and playing chaotic songs loudly on a guitar or bass. She is rather popular among the other students due to her chuunibyou and rocker image, earning her the nickname “The Fallen Angel.” At first, she isn’t interested in campaigning, citing that if she were elected, she’d immediately resign just to show how worthless the title is. This all changes when the newspaper club releases a front page article (falsely) quoting Himari on her opinion regarding the other re-election candidates, all of which were highly inflammatory. In the case of Suzu:
“Suzu Kuromori is a fake punk-rocker! It looks like she’s trying her hardest to be edgy with her repeated abnormal words and actions… But it’s all just pubescent angst; she’s a chuunibyou! It’s just too painful to watch!”
Upon reading the article, Suzu flew into an uncontrollable rage, loudly screaming that she would declare war against the Student Council, intending to rip the title of President from Himari. Unbeknownst to everyone, the one behind the provocative newspaper article was the former Student Council President, Reika Enjouji, who is also another re-election candidate. After several other candidates attempted to take over the school and failed, Suzu put her plan into action, inspired by a suggestion given by Reika. Banding together with the Theatre Club and Choir Club, her method of garnering support from the students was simple: to hold a “Darkness School Festival,” which was just a normal school festival that had fun events, games and food stalls. There is one thing that made the “Darkness School Festival” different from normal school festivals: it would never end. Everyday would be a year-round rowdy celebration with no classes or studying. The student body is fervently supportive of her campaign. Himari resolves to stop the “Darkness School Festival,” breaking into the Light Music Club Room to talk with Suzu.
This is when Suzu’s deeper motivations for her rebellion campaign, as well as the darker past of Kimisaki Academy are revealed. In truth, Suzu partly started the “Darkness School Festival” out of revenge for her best friend who she refers to as “Angie,” who Himari clarifies is a former student named “Anzu.” Two years ago, Kimisaki Academy was known for their vast array of school clubs, but enforced a culture where measured academic performance was prioritized over the students’ wellbeing and personal fulfillment, to the point it was suffocating. Anzu was the former Captain of the Tea Ceremony Club, who banded various clubs together to wage a rebellion against the school. However, one of Anzu’s friends, who happened to be a member of the Tea Ceremony Club, betrayed her by reporting her to Reika, the Student Council President of the time. Reika then informed the teachers, who then removed Anzu from the Tea Ceremony Club, and encouraged students to bully her until she was forced to transfer out. Suzu felt that if she became Student Council President and made the entire school into the “fun and carefree space” like what she and Anzu shared in the Tea Ceremony Clubroom, then Anzu could come back to the school.
With all being out in the open, Himari bluntly states that such a thing is impossible, and urges Suzu not to be stuck in the past. Along with the other Light Music Club members, Himari also advises her to remember that she still has friends on her own side even with Anzu gone, as well as promise that she will go against Reika and prevent her from turning Kimisaki back into the oppressive school it was before. Reluctantly moved by the encouragement, Suzu accepts defeat and lends her support to Himari. And so, with the rest of the former re-election candidates backing her, Himari defeats Reika and retains her title as Student Council President, while also earning the respect of Kimisaki Academy’s students.
A small time later, the protagonist notices Suzu wandering around near his house in the rain. After she confronts him as to why he was near Anzu’s house, she learns that the protagonist is the younger brother of Anzu, who is currently away on a field trip. After accidentally throwing away Suzu’s eyepatch because it was too waterlogged, the protagonist learns the real reason why Suzu wears it: To hide her heterochromia, which she is very insecure about. After a spending a long while freaking out and being reduced to a sobbing mess, Suzu then explains that she’s always hated her eyes, because people either bullied or avoided her because of them. Anzu was the only one who called them pretty, and was persistent in befriending Suzu. She then confesses how important Anzu is to her, and how Anzu’s sudden departure made Suzu realize that her entire existence was dedicated to Anzu, feeling like she was nothing more than an empty shell once she was gone. To cope with Anzu’s absence, Suzu became a chuunibyou to fill the newfound void with rage towards herself and the world around her. The transfer student then reveals that Anzu had been asking him to buy the CDs recorded by the Light Music Club, and even made a costume for Suzu. Delighted, Suzu realizes that even if she and Anzu never meet again, her songs with always reach through. She resolves to keep singing to keep herself and Anzu connected.
As the school year goes on, Suzu starts to open up to other students and considerably mellows out, especially once she’s reunited with Seira, the Captain of the Light Music Club that is also a close friend of hers, and Anzu, who occasionally visits Kimisaki Academy for events. She learns to forgive herself and those around her for what happened two years ago, and fosters a more healthy and equal relationship with Anzu. Suzu gradually becomes more sociable, and eventually leaves her chuunibyou behind after she graduates, ready to be a normal college student. After this time, she learns that she is actually adopted and has a twin brother separated from her at birth, who happens to have been someone she had met by chance and befriended in past, and mentions him during a reunion party at the school a year after she graduates. Everyone lives happily ever after. Yay.
CANON PERSONALITY:
”Fine! Those ass-kissers — they don’t understand me; all they do is spit their cheap, groundless rumors! I’ll cut their tongues out! Us 「Lucifers」 with broken wings — this is our final war! IT’S AN 「ARMAGEDDOOON」! You ass-kissing mutts! I’ll drain your ideals and dreams down to the very last drop, and drink it all! I’ll rip away your eyeballs, your internal organs, your brain!!”
Suzu Kuromori is a 160cm little bundle of RAGE.
She tries very hard to give the impression that she is both tough and mysterious, which she refers to as being 「Rock ‘n’ Roll」, to the point it’s slightly cringe-inducing. She frequently calls herself Clochette, wears an eyepatch, and bandages her own arm to look cool. Suzu has a habit of spouting random nonsensical phrases that she thinks sounds cool, and loves making Biblical and mythological references during her ramblings. Suzu takes time to think of edgy poses and catchphrases, and loves to name her instruments ridiculous things like “JD (Wicked Serpent 「Jenocide Dragon」).”
She is also distrustful of people by default due to her past, quick to respond with hostility and always speaking rudely no matter what. To further her tough image, she refers to herself with the Japanese pronoun boku, which is commonly used by boys, has a speech pattern that’s highly rude and masculine, and frequently throws around English curse words. Rather than being the type to control her emotions, it’s more like her emotions control her. She tends to get carried away when she’s fired up about something, and little can stop her for a while. Even the slightest thing can cause her to become overwhelmed with emotion, and attempt to express it by rocking out loudly. Sometimes, when she’s particularly angry, she can get violent to the point of breaking things or pulling people by the hair. It’s been mentioned by various characters that Suzu has a way of rallying the people around her.
Suzu is very sensitive about maintaining her image, getting incredibly upset when her legitimacy is threatened, and absolutely hates being explicitly called out as a chuunibyou, to the point of making angry threats. When she’s caught in embarrassing situations where her cool image is threatened, she often gets flustered to the point of tears if she can’t explain it away. She’s very self-conscious about her sneezing, which is said to sound very cute, and therefore a threat to her image. Suzu is also ashamed about having to work part-time selling ice cream and drinks at a local amusement park to maintain the Light Music Club’s very low funds, and tried to keep it secret to no avail.
However, Suzu isn’t completely unsociable, and is shown to have a small, but solid circle of friends. She likes to give affectionate nicknames to people she’s fond of, and is especially nice towards her underclassmen, surprisingly carrying herself as a reliable older sister-type at times. Suzu constantly reminds her underclassmen to take care of their health, provides words of encouragement, and is also quick to point out when a situation is too dangerous even for her. She frequently dotes on her younger Light Music Club members and openly gushes about how cute they are, to the point that she can be kind of smothering. Even within her fellow third-years, she’s shown to be surprisingly good at taking care of and fretting over others, thanks to basically having to nag and look out for her friend Seira, who runs around causing trouble despite her poor health. She also shows energetic excitement towards her interests, and unexpectedly childish things like picture books, fortune slips, festivals, and getting to stay overnight at a fancy house. She also has a surprisingly strong work ethic and sense of honor, working diligently at her part-time job even though she hates it, partly because she needs money, but also because she didn’t want to ruin the reputation of her “sworn friend” who referred her. As the school year goes on, she becomes less prickly and more willing to socialize normally with other girls in her school.
For what it’s worth, her love for rock music, and music in general, is very genuine. Even when she frequently drops character with the “Fallen Angel with special powers” aspect of her chuunibyou and is mostly fine with it happening, she is absolutely protective about her status as a cool 「Rock ‘N’ Roller」 at all times, even when she stops being a chuunibyou after enrolling in college. She practices guitar and bass diligently every day, even when at home, and often writes memos when she comes up with an idea for a song. While she claims that any music that’s not rock isn’t interesting, she constantly justifies why non-rock-related subjects, such as Mozart and Journey to the West, are totally rock.
It’s also shown that Suzu isn’t very smart. With all her violent talk about ripping Himari’s innards out and feasting on her dreams, the best Suzu could think of for a schoolwide rebellion is simply a school festival that never ends. She also isn’t fond of class and studying, citing that it isn’t “「rock」 at all.” Suzu can also be very gullible, often falling for people’s pranks or lies very easily, like believing that she can improve her vocals by being dunked in a pool, and getting tricked by Mai at their part-time job so Suzu acts more enthusiastic and cute by thinking part-time jobs are 「rock」. Another Light Music Club member, Shizuku, describes Suzu as someone who is “easily influenced,” as well as “simple minded and straightforward.” With the right kind of personality and persuasion technique, Suzu can be a bit of a pushover. At the same time, she is also surprisingly cultured, with Ruka (another club member) mentioning that Suzu enjoys reading classical literature in the library and is shown to have a small collection of books in her room.
Another defining trait that Suzu has is her fixation on a girl named Anzu. It’s shown that while Anzu had somewhat been a positive point and influence in Suzu’s life, Suzu’s attachment to her wasn’t a very healthy one. As a first year, Suzu was essentially a “yes-man” to her, being brave enough to cut her hair just because Anzu told her to, and stating that she wants to be with Anzu no matter where she goes. Most things that Suzu did at that time was only because “Anzu-chan said so.” During this time, Suzu barely talked and only spoke when spoken to with others, and was often described as “unremarkable and somewhat gloomy.” Yet, when only speaking to Anzu or about Anzu, she is cheerful and very talkative.
Her feelings goes beyond that of a friend, or even a crush; Suzu put Anzu on a pedestal, constantly declaring the girl as her “Angel” and her most important person, with the belief that Anzu was perfect and skilled in anything she does. That amount of dedication was Suzu’s downfall and was left with nothing after Anzu transferred out, so she became a chuunibyou to cope and rage against the world out of revenge. Her obsession with Anzu affects her even in the main story, often being seen “talking” to her like she’s an imaginary friend. She also befriends and develops an infatuation for the transfer student mainly due to how he reminds her of Anzu, which is shown to bother him.
Suzu has a huge complex towards her mismatched eyes, thinking that she is literally cursed because of them. Throughout her life, she had been bullied or avoided by anyone who saw them, and as a result she became distrustful towards people by default. She calls her left eye the Mark of Sin, a curse she must bear that causes others to fear her. It’s also hinted that while her parents do care for her, they are constantly too busy with work to pay attention to Suzu much, and as a result Suzu believes that they also fear her for her eyes. To make matters worse, a lot of inconveniences occur often to further cement her belief of being cursed. Suzu is shown to be incredibly unlucky, with a common gag being that she is constantly low on club funds, can be incredibly clumsy, and constantly gets stuck out in the rain without an umbrella. It’s to the point that the creators of the game associate her with black cats, which are well-known as a symbol of bad luck. When her eyepatch is removed in front of others, she’s reduced back to who she really is: a crying, insecure, and lonely girl that actually hasn’t changed one bit.
Suzu has a tendency to internalize her problems and carries a lot of guilt for not being able to protect Anzu during their failed rebellion. Her chuunibyou is not only a way to lash out at the world around her for taking Anzu away, but also a coping mechanism to punish herself. In a way, while her catchphrases are boastful and she carries herself proudly, her self-declaration as a “broken-winged 「Lucifer」 banished from Heaven” is a testament to her deep-seated self-loathing. After all, if she’s a dark evil being and a rebellious villain, it completely justifies every misfortune that befalls her. She constantly says that as a fallen angel, all of God’s blessings are poison to her, and therefore she doesn’t need nor deserve happiness. Whenever something unfortunate happens, such as getting caught in the rain or seeing that there’s only 35 yen left in the club budget, she completely accepts it and just laughs it off, sometimes adding that it’s expected of one banished from Heaven. Even though she misses Anzu dearly, she has complete acceptance towards them never being able to meet again, even though Anzu goes to a nearby school. Suzu feels that being cut off from her precious friend is a natural punishment that she must bear. She even outright says to the protagonist that she thinks she’s a child of evil that’s better off not existing.
After Suzu graduates, she completely drops her eyepatch, along with her chuunibyou habits. Based on her behavior during her occasional visits to Kimisaki Academy as a college student, Suzu’s personality at this time is a balance between how she was before and after Anzu transferred out of the school. While she still loves rock music and practices playing her instruments, she stops trying to act tough, and is actually more calm and polite. She is shown to be confident, happier and more cheerful, to the point her juniors have a hard time recognizing her when she returns to Kimisaki Academy for the next year’s graduation ceremony. Her ‘reliable older sister’ traits are more pronounced, showing to be very supportive of her juniors and being a source of comfort when she visits the campus as a college student to be a guest for the school’s radio show, and even bringing back her chuunibyou act to entertain the students.
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
”Uwaah, what’s this weirdo doing in such a weird place singing such a weird song?! The music’s so loud…?! This ridiculous singing voice and chaotic roaring noise…!”
Despite all her bragging about her left eye having special powers, being a fallen angel, and threatening to burn people to death with the flames of hell, Suzu is very much a normal girl. However, as the Vice Leader of the Light Music Club, she is a talented musician, writing compositions for the club and being skilled in singing and playing the guitar and bass, despite having only been involved in music for three years. The Club Leader, Seira, describes Suzu as having a “pretty voice,” while Shizuku admits she stays in the club because Suzu “makes good music.”
It’s just very unfortunate that her preference is heavy rock, though that could be considered a skill in itself, given the amount of energy and stamina that has to go into it. While she does have a nice and powerful singing voice on the occasion she sings normally, based on other girls’ descriptions of how her singing is often “loud, ridiculous, and chaotic,” she much prefers death growling and screaming, and is no slouch in it.
Suzu is shown to be good at climbing, as she is often found in strange and high up places playing guitar with little explanation on how she got there. Also, it’s implied that she knows how to install and change door locks, given that school’s master key wouldn’t work on the Light Music Club room’s door.
☠Canon Resource List☠
Ensemble Girls! is a card-collecting mobile game that takes place in Kimisaki Academy, an all-girls’ high school that happens to be in the same city as a certain school full of idol boys. The main storyline begins one year after the graduation date of another game, Ensemble Stars!. The faceless protagonist is a transfer student who also happens to be the first boy in the school, as the campus is slowly transitioning to be co-ed. The transfer student is roped into being the errand boy for the current Student Council President, Himari Tsurumi, to fulfill the goal of making Kimisaki Academy a place where fun memories can be made. The transfer student is tasked with listening to the problems of the absurdly-funded school clubs and its members, and provide favors/advice to help.
Initially, the students of Kimisaki Academy are not completely supportive of Himari being Student Council President, as she was assigned the role as a stand-in when the former president, Reika Enjouji, suddenly resigned. The second reason is that Himari is also kind of an idiot. Thus, the student body has demanded a re-election, and nominated several seniors for the role. Suzu Kuromori is one of the candidates for Student Council President.
Suzu is a third-year student and the Vice Captain of the Light Music Club, known for often calling herself “Clochette,” climbing up high places and playing chaotic songs loudly on a guitar or bass. She is rather popular among the other students due to her chuunibyou and rocker image, earning her the nickname “The Fallen Angel.” At first, she isn’t interested in campaigning, citing that if she were elected, she’d immediately resign just to show how worthless the title is. This all changes when the newspaper club releases a front page article (falsely) quoting Himari on her opinion regarding the other re-election candidates, all of which were highly inflammatory. In the case of Suzu:
“Suzu Kuromori is a fake punk-rocker! It looks like she’s trying her hardest to be edgy with her repeated abnormal words and actions… But it’s all just pubescent angst; she’s a chuunibyou! It’s just too painful to watch!”
Upon reading the article, Suzu flew into an uncontrollable rage, loudly screaming that she would declare war against the Student Council, intending to rip the title of President from Himari. Unbeknownst to everyone, the one behind the provocative newspaper article was the former Student Council President, Reika Enjouji, who is also another re-election candidate. After several other candidates attempted to take over the school and failed, Suzu put her plan into action, inspired by a suggestion given by Reika. Banding together with the Theatre Club and Choir Club, her method of garnering support from the students was simple: to hold a “Darkness School Festival,” which was just a normal school festival that had fun events, games and food stalls. There is one thing that made the “Darkness School Festival” different from normal school festivals: it would never end. Everyday would be a year-round rowdy celebration with no classes or studying. The student body is fervently supportive of her campaign. Himari resolves to stop the “Darkness School Festival,” breaking into the Light Music Club Room to talk with Suzu.
This is when Suzu’s deeper motivations for her rebellion campaign, as well as the darker past of Kimisaki Academy are revealed. In truth, Suzu partly started the “Darkness School Festival” out of revenge for her best friend who she refers to as “Angie,” who Himari clarifies is a former student named “Anzu.” Two years ago, Kimisaki Academy was known for their vast array of school clubs, but enforced a culture where measured academic performance was prioritized over the students’ wellbeing and personal fulfillment, to the point it was suffocating. Anzu was the former Captain of the Tea Ceremony Club, who banded various clubs together to wage a rebellion against the school. However, one of Anzu’s friends, who happened to be a member of the Tea Ceremony Club, betrayed her by reporting her to Reika, the Student Council President of the time. Reika then informed the teachers, who then removed Anzu from the Tea Ceremony Club, and encouraged students to bully her until she was forced to transfer out. Suzu felt that if she became Student Council President and made the entire school into the “fun and carefree space” like what she and Anzu shared in the Tea Ceremony Clubroom, then Anzu could come back to the school.
With all being out in the open, Himari bluntly states that such a thing is impossible, and urges Suzu not to be stuck in the past. Along with the other Light Music Club members, Himari also advises her to remember that she still has friends on her own side even with Anzu gone, as well as promise that she will go against Reika and prevent her from turning Kimisaki back into the oppressive school it was before. Reluctantly moved by the encouragement, Suzu accepts defeat and lends her support to Himari. And so, with the rest of the former re-election candidates backing her, Himari defeats Reika and retains her title as Student Council President, while also earning the respect of Kimisaki Academy’s students.
A small time later, the protagonist notices Suzu wandering around near his house in the rain. After she confronts him as to why he was near Anzu’s house, she learns that the protagonist is the younger brother of Anzu, who is currently away on a field trip. After accidentally throwing away Suzu’s eyepatch because it was too waterlogged, the protagonist learns the real reason why Suzu wears it: To hide her heterochromia, which she is very insecure about. After a spending a long while freaking out and being reduced to a sobbing mess, Suzu then explains that she’s always hated her eyes, because people either bullied or avoided her because of them. Anzu was the only one who called them pretty, and was persistent in befriending Suzu. She then confesses how important Anzu is to her, and how Anzu’s sudden departure made Suzu realize that her entire existence was dedicated to Anzu, feeling like she was nothing more than an empty shell once she was gone. To cope with Anzu’s absence, Suzu became a chuunibyou to fill the newfound void with rage towards herself and the world around her. The transfer student then reveals that Anzu had been asking him to buy the CDs recorded by the Light Music Club, and even made a costume for Suzu. Delighted, Suzu realizes that even if she and Anzu never meet again, her songs with always reach through. She resolves to keep singing to keep herself and Anzu connected.
As the school year goes on, Suzu starts to open up to other students and considerably mellows out, especially once she’s reunited with Seira, the Captain of the Light Music Club that is also a close friend of hers, and Anzu, who occasionally visits Kimisaki Academy for events. She learns to forgive herself and those around her for what happened two years ago, and fosters a more healthy and equal relationship with Anzu. Suzu gradually becomes more sociable, and eventually leaves her chuunibyou behind after she graduates, ready to be a normal college student. After this time, she learns that she is actually adopted and has a twin brother separated from her at birth, who happens to have been someone she had met by chance and befriended in past, and mentions him during a reunion party at the school a year after she graduates. Everyone lives happily ever after. Yay.
CANON PERSONALITY:
Suzu Kuromori is a 160cm little bundle of RAGE.
She tries very hard to give the impression that she is both tough and mysterious, which she refers to as being 「Rock ‘n’ Roll」, to the point it’s slightly cringe-inducing. She frequently calls herself Clochette, wears an eyepatch, and bandages her own arm to look cool. Suzu has a habit of spouting random nonsensical phrases that she thinks sounds cool, and loves making Biblical and mythological references during her ramblings. Suzu takes time to think of edgy poses and catchphrases, and loves to name her instruments ridiculous things like “JD (Wicked Serpent 「Jenocide Dragon」).”
She is also distrustful of people by default due to her past, quick to respond with hostility and always speaking rudely no matter what. To further her tough image, she refers to herself with the Japanese pronoun boku, which is commonly used by boys, has a speech pattern that’s highly rude and masculine, and frequently throws around English curse words. Rather than being the type to control her emotions, it’s more like her emotions control her. She tends to get carried away when she’s fired up about something, and little can stop her for a while. Even the slightest thing can cause her to become overwhelmed with emotion, and attempt to express it by rocking out loudly. Sometimes, when she’s particularly angry, she can get violent to the point of breaking things or pulling people by the hair. It’s been mentioned by various characters that Suzu has a way of rallying the people around her.
Suzu is very sensitive about maintaining her image, getting incredibly upset when her legitimacy is threatened, and absolutely hates being explicitly called out as a chuunibyou, to the point of making angry threats. When she’s caught in embarrassing situations where her cool image is threatened, she often gets flustered to the point of tears if she can’t explain it away. She’s very self-conscious about her sneezing, which is said to sound very cute, and therefore a threat to her image. Suzu is also ashamed about having to work part-time selling ice cream and drinks at a local amusement park to maintain the Light Music Club’s very low funds, and tried to keep it secret to no avail.
However, Suzu isn’t completely unsociable, and is shown to have a small, but solid circle of friends. She likes to give affectionate nicknames to people she’s fond of, and is especially nice towards her underclassmen, surprisingly carrying herself as a reliable older sister-type at times. Suzu constantly reminds her underclassmen to take care of their health, provides words of encouragement, and is also quick to point out when a situation is too dangerous even for her. She frequently dotes on her younger Light Music Club members and openly gushes about how cute they are, to the point that she can be kind of smothering. Even within her fellow third-years, she’s shown to be surprisingly good at taking care of and fretting over others, thanks to basically having to nag and look out for her friend Seira, who runs around causing trouble despite her poor health. She also shows energetic excitement towards her interests, and unexpectedly childish things like picture books, fortune slips, festivals, and getting to stay overnight at a fancy house. She also has a surprisingly strong work ethic and sense of honor, working diligently at her part-time job even though she hates it, partly because she needs money, but also because she didn’t want to ruin the reputation of her “sworn friend” who referred her. As the school year goes on, she becomes less prickly and more willing to socialize normally with other girls in her school.
For what it’s worth, her love for rock music, and music in general, is very genuine. Even when she frequently drops character with the “Fallen Angel with special powers” aspect of her chuunibyou and is mostly fine with it happening, she is absolutely protective about her status as a cool 「Rock ‘N’ Roller」 at all times, even when she stops being a chuunibyou after enrolling in college. She practices guitar and bass diligently every day, even when at home, and often writes memos when she comes up with an idea for a song. While she claims that any music that’s not rock isn’t interesting, she constantly justifies why non-rock-related subjects, such as Mozart and Journey to the West, are totally rock.
It’s also shown that Suzu isn’t very smart. With all her violent talk about ripping Himari’s innards out and feasting on her dreams, the best Suzu could think of for a schoolwide rebellion is simply a school festival that never ends. She also isn’t fond of class and studying, citing that it isn’t “「rock」 at all.” Suzu can also be very gullible, often falling for people’s pranks or lies very easily, like believing that she can improve her vocals by being dunked in a pool, and getting tricked by Mai at their part-time job so Suzu acts more enthusiastic and cute by thinking part-time jobs are 「rock」. Another Light Music Club member, Shizuku, describes Suzu as someone who is “easily influenced,” as well as “simple minded and straightforward.” With the right kind of personality and persuasion technique, Suzu can be a bit of a pushover. At the same time, she is also surprisingly cultured, with Ruka (another club member) mentioning that Suzu enjoys reading classical literature in the library and is shown to have a small collection of books in her room.
Another defining trait that Suzu has is her fixation on a girl named Anzu. It’s shown that while Anzu had somewhat been a positive point and influence in Suzu’s life, Suzu’s attachment to her wasn’t a very healthy one. As a first year, Suzu was essentially a “yes-man” to her, being brave enough to cut her hair just because Anzu told her to, and stating that she wants to be with Anzu no matter where she goes. Most things that Suzu did at that time was only because “Anzu-chan said so.” During this time, Suzu barely talked and only spoke when spoken to with others, and was often described as “unremarkable and somewhat gloomy.” Yet, when only speaking to Anzu or about Anzu, she is cheerful and very talkative.
Her feelings goes beyond that of a friend, or even a crush; Suzu put Anzu on a pedestal, constantly declaring the girl as her “Angel” and her most important person, with the belief that Anzu was perfect and skilled in anything she does. That amount of dedication was Suzu’s downfall and was left with nothing after Anzu transferred out, so she became a chuunibyou to cope and rage against the world out of revenge. Her obsession with Anzu affects her even in the main story, often being seen “talking” to her like she’s an imaginary friend. She also befriends and develops an infatuation for the transfer student mainly due to how he reminds her of Anzu, which is shown to bother him.
Suzu has a huge complex towards her mismatched eyes, thinking that she is literally cursed because of them. Throughout her life, she had been bullied or avoided by anyone who saw them, and as a result she became distrustful towards people by default. She calls her left eye the Mark of Sin, a curse she must bear that causes others to fear her. It’s also hinted that while her parents do care for her, they are constantly too busy with work to pay attention to Suzu much, and as a result Suzu believes that they also fear her for her eyes. To make matters worse, a lot of inconveniences occur often to further cement her belief of being cursed. Suzu is shown to be incredibly unlucky, with a common gag being that she is constantly low on club funds, can be incredibly clumsy, and constantly gets stuck out in the rain without an umbrella. It’s to the point that the creators of the game associate her with black cats, which are well-known as a symbol of bad luck. When her eyepatch is removed in front of others, she’s reduced back to who she really is: a crying, insecure, and lonely girl that actually hasn’t changed one bit.
Suzu has a tendency to internalize her problems and carries a lot of guilt for not being able to protect Anzu during their failed rebellion. Her chuunibyou is not only a way to lash out at the world around her for taking Anzu away, but also a coping mechanism to punish herself. In a way, while her catchphrases are boastful and she carries herself proudly, her self-declaration as a “broken-winged 「Lucifer」 banished from Heaven” is a testament to her deep-seated self-loathing. After all, if she’s a dark evil being and a rebellious villain, it completely justifies every misfortune that befalls her. She constantly says that as a fallen angel, all of God’s blessings are poison to her, and therefore she doesn’t need nor deserve happiness. Whenever something unfortunate happens, such as getting caught in the rain or seeing that there’s only 35 yen left in the club budget, she completely accepts it and just laughs it off, sometimes adding that it’s expected of one banished from Heaven. Even though she misses Anzu dearly, she has complete acceptance towards them never being able to meet again, even though Anzu goes to a nearby school. Suzu feels that being cut off from her precious friend is a natural punishment that she must bear. She even outright says to the protagonist that she thinks she’s a child of evil that’s better off not existing.
After Suzu graduates, she completely drops her eyepatch, along with her chuunibyou habits. Based on her behavior during her occasional visits to Kimisaki Academy as a college student, Suzu’s personality at this time is a balance between how she was before and after Anzu transferred out of the school. While she still loves rock music and practices playing her instruments, she stops trying to act tough, and is actually more calm and polite. She is shown to be confident, happier and more cheerful, to the point her juniors have a hard time recognizing her when she returns to Kimisaki Academy for the next year’s graduation ceremony. Her ‘reliable older sister’ traits are more pronounced, showing to be very supportive of her juniors and being a source of comfort when she visits the campus as a college student to be a guest for the school’s radio show, and even bringing back her chuunibyou act to entertain the students.
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
Despite all her bragging about her left eye having special powers, being a fallen angel, and threatening to burn people to death with the flames of hell, Suzu is very much a normal girl. However, as the Vice Leader of the Light Music Club, she is a talented musician, writing compositions for the club and being skilled in singing and playing the guitar and bass, despite having only been involved in music for three years. The Club Leader, Seira, describes Suzu as having a “pretty voice,” while Shizuku admits she stays in the club because Suzu “makes good music.”
It’s just very unfortunate that her preference is heavy rock, though that could be considered a skill in itself, given the amount of energy and stamina that has to go into it. While she does have a nice and powerful singing voice on the occasion she sings normally, based on other girls’ descriptions of how her singing is often “loud, ridiculous, and chaotic,” she much prefers death growling and screaming, and is no slouch in it.
Suzu is shown to be good at climbing, as she is often found in strange and high up places playing guitar with little explanation on how she got there. Also, it’s implied that she knows how to install and change door locks, given that school’s master key wouldn’t work on the Light Music Club room’s door.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Suzu Kiryu
AU AGE: 20
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: She’ll start off mostly identical to her first year appearance, except for her eye colors. While she still has heterochromia, her right eye is a dark brown while her left eye is a significantly lighter shade. Her left eye will be covered under her hair.
AU NAME: Suzu Kiryu
AU AGE: 20
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: She’ll start off mostly identical to her first year appearance, except for her eye colors. While she still has heterochromia, her right eye is a dark brown while her left eye is a significantly lighter shade. Her left eye will be covered under her hair.
AU HISTORY:
JULY - AUGUST 2018 AU CHANGES HERE
☠All mentioned characters/relations have been discussed and permitted beforehand.
Suzu is the second child of the Kiryu family. Born with one eye lighter in color than the other, she was often bullied as a child for her appearance, leading to her older brother, Kuro (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
taishou), getting into a lot of fights to protect her. With their parents’ relationship being rocky as is, her brother getting into trouble only served to make their arguments more frequent, and Suzu blamed herself and her appearance for it.
Her sense of guilt reached its peak when their mother fell ill, resulting in their father ditching them and Kuro dabbling into the world of delinquency to keep what’s left of their family afloat. So, she decides to dedicate herself to studying and becoming the perfect daughter and sister, staying out of trouble and not be a burden. Suzu resolves to balance their responsibilities out by helping out with taking care of their mother, and dedicating herself to studying hard at school and earning good grades with the hopes of going to college and securing a high income job to help out. Suzu decides she’ll try becoming a nurse---While she’s still scared of people and didn’t think she’d be smart enough to be a doctor, she wanted to be better at taking care of their mother, and also have a secure job.
This naive hope gets dashed when their mother passes away, and Kuro has to resort to even sketchier methods to support them both. Suzu, while understanding why he has to,further blends herself into the background, avoiding others and drowning herself in studies. She didn’t graduate as a valedictorian or anything, but Suzu did study diligently and gained high enough marks to earn a scholarship at the local university. At a loss for what she really wants to do in life, she decides to go ahead with majoring in Nursing as she couldn’t think of any other option, nor did she want to stay Undeclared for too long. She struggles with the highly demanding and often confusing coursework, but she still tries to endure. She also does a lot of part-time and temp jobs here and there for extra money, despite how much she hates being seen by people. Suzu is very Determined not to be a financial burden, or a burden of any sort, especially now that her brother has a more legit job and their home life is better.
TIDBITS/PREDETERMINED CR:
(All predetermined CR with characters have been approved by their players)
☠ Also has known Nazuna (pronounces) since childhood, as he and her brother were childhood friends! She highly respects him, referring to him as “Nazunii,” and he’s one of the few people she’s completely comfortable with.
☠ Likewise, she is also quite close with Leo (espansivo), who often freeloads at her and Kuro’s house. Despite being the same age, she respects her “Leonii” like an older brother.
☠ She picks up and drops various jobs around the city depending on her school schedule and coursework intensity, such as tutoring and serving at countless cafes. The one place she works at consistently no matter her schedule is a candy shop owned by Ryuunosuke Niihara (cogwheels). She also does volunteer work from time to time during summer.
☠ She occasionally stops by the dojo her brother works at to drop off things he’s forgotten at home or say hello, and likes to pass out snacks and patch up minor scrapes and such with cute-patterned band-aids. She loves Kuro’s karate children as much as he does.
☠ She’s good friends with Akane Kurashiki (physix) due to being in a lot of classes together. It just sort of happened.
☠ Is dragged around by her classmate and sometimes co-worker Miai Garyuu (idolworship) on reckless adventures much to her dismay. She’s still not sure if they’re friends or not.
AU PERSONALITY:
Due to her past, Suzu’s starting personality in Recollé is very similar to how she was during her high school freshman year in canon. She doesn’t see being rebellious as an option, seeing that her brother had to resort to a lot of questionable stuff for her sake, and feels like she owes it to him to not be a cause for concern now that their home life is in a considerably okay-ish place than before. Therefore, she tries to remain passive and low-maintenance as possible. She never quite left her “become like air” outlook on life, preferring to blend into the background and not be noticed by others, and shrinks away from anything that would result in attracting attention. She barely talks, due to being rather timid and scared of strangers, but when she does she has a bit of a habit of putting her foot in her mouth, thanks to being way too honest about her thoughts and feelings. Due to spending more time studying and working rather than socializing, Suzu’s awkward behavior can make her appear younger than she actually is.
While in canon, Suzu completely shunned studying and scoffed at diligence, in Recollé it’s much different. Here, Suzu studies and works more diligently, to the point that she sometimes pushes herself too much. It's not out of personal enjoyment, however, but a sense of obligation. Studying isn’t an enjoyable activity for Suzu, and oftentimes very difficult for her. Her high grades are due to persistence and enduring, rather than inherent intelligence. When it comes to non-academic situations, she’s still dumber than a bag of hammers, gullible as ever, and could probably be tricked into thinking you can go into a coma by drinking coffee or something.
It’s not like she’s completely friendless or unsociable, however. Around her brother and their friends, she is more cheerful and talkative, comfortable enough to show the occasional genuine smile. Though avoidant and wary of others, thanks to being surrounded by a strong support circle as opposed to feeling all alone in canon, Suzu isn’t completely opposed to genuine attempts at friendship from others, like in the case of some of the friends she’s met through classes or part-time jobs. However, she doesn’t actively seek out to get to know and befriend those around her. Furthermore, since she had people who unconditionally loved her throughout her life, despite how rough it got, Suzu is less prone to forming unhealthy attachments to others unlike in canon, where being isolated nearly all her life caused her to develop an obsession and overreliance towards Anzu, just because she was the first person who wanted to befriend her.
Despite her reputation as “Kuro’s baby sister” on top of being afraid of strangers, Suzu is a rather attentive person good at taking care of others, especially those who are younger than her and idiots who can’t take care of themselves properly. She can’t ignore them, no matter how hard she tries. And she really does try to. Due to her brother getting into a lot of fights when they were kids, she keeps a first aid kit on her person, as well as the legendary ‘mom friend bag’ filled with aspirin, allergy medicine, hand sanitizer, and other random mundane things that others her age wouldn’t think of needing until they need it. She often ends up blurting out unsolicited advice when she believes someone isn’t taking care of themselves adequately. However, this behavior is slightly hypocritical, due to how late she often stays up to study, and packing her schedule with little time for rest and eating.
In this AU, Suzu isn’t that deeply involved in music, due to having forgone chances to develop definitive hobbies in favor of studying and working hard so she’s not a burden to her family. She still does exhibit a subtle fondness for horror movies, creepy and grotesque things, and cat videos, though. Due to her family experiencing heavy financial stress in the past, Suzu is more frugal with money and careful with her belongings than she is in canon, though she still does have the tendency to break things out of general clumsiness rather than out of rage. Speaking of which, her luck is also as terrible as ever, not only with her rough past, but also because her current life is plagued by constant minor inconveniences, such as having the bus drive away as soon as she’s walking up to the bus stop and never having enough milk left to eat her bowl of cereal.
Suzu also still carries her self-blaming attitude, which is even more intense due to having suffered more serious losses during her life in Recollé. Though it’s somewhat childish, Suzu feels like it’s her fault for everything bad that has happened to those close to her. If only she worked harder, toughened up, not have freakish eyes, etc… Her internal locus of control attitude always finds a way to take responsibility for every misfortune that befalls her and those around her. It’s for this reason that she has conflicting feelings about her brother and those she is close to. On one hand, she doesn’t want to be alone, but has moments where she feels that people are better off abandoning her. This results in her having the tendency to put the happiness of her friends and family above her own when making choices.
JULY - AUGUST 2018 AU CHANGES HERE
☠All mentioned characters/relations have been discussed and permitted beforehand.
Suzu is the second child of the Kiryu family. Born with one eye lighter in color than the other, she was often bullied as a child for her appearance, leading to her older brother, Kuro (
taishou), getting into a lot of fights to protect her. With their parents’ relationship being rocky as is, her brother getting into trouble only served to make their arguments more frequent, and Suzu blamed herself and her appearance for it.Her sense of guilt reached its peak when their mother fell ill, resulting in their father ditching them and Kuro dabbling into the world of delinquency to keep what’s left of their family afloat. So, she decides to dedicate herself to studying and becoming the perfect daughter and sister, staying out of trouble and not be a burden. Suzu resolves to balance their responsibilities out by helping out with taking care of their mother, and dedicating herself to studying hard at school and earning good grades with the hopes of going to college and securing a high income job to help out. Suzu decides she’ll try becoming a nurse---While she’s still scared of people and didn’t think she’d be smart enough to be a doctor, she wanted to be better at taking care of their mother, and also have a secure job.
This naive hope gets dashed when their mother passes away, and Kuro has to resort to even sketchier methods to support them both. Suzu, while understanding why he has to,further blends herself into the background, avoiding others and drowning herself in studies. She didn’t graduate as a valedictorian or anything, but Suzu did study diligently and gained high enough marks to earn a scholarship at the local university. At a loss for what she really wants to do in life, she decides to go ahead with majoring in Nursing as she couldn’t think of any other option, nor did she want to stay Undeclared for too long. She struggles with the highly demanding and often confusing coursework, but she still tries to endure. She also does a lot of part-time and temp jobs here and there for extra money, despite how much she hates being seen by people. Suzu is very Determined not to be a financial burden, or a burden of any sort, especially now that her brother has a more legit job and their home life is better.
TIDBITS/PREDETERMINED CR:
(All predetermined CR with characters have been approved by their players)
☠ Also has known Nazuna (
pronounces) since childhood, as he and her brother were childhood friends! She highly respects him, referring to him as “Nazunii,” and he’s one of the few people she’s completely comfortable with.☠ Likewise, she is also quite close with Leo (
espansivo), who often freeloads at her and Kuro’s house. Despite being the same age, she respects her “Leonii” like an older brother.☠ She picks up and drops various jobs around the city depending on her school schedule and coursework intensity, such as tutoring and serving at countless cafes. The one place she works at consistently no matter her schedule is a candy shop owned by Ryuunosuke Niihara (
cogwheels). She also does volunteer work from time to time during summer.☠ She occasionally stops by the dojo her brother works at to drop off things he’s forgotten at home or say hello, and likes to pass out snacks and patch up minor scrapes and such with cute-patterned band-aids. She loves Kuro’s karate children as much as he does.
☠ She’s good friends with Akane Kurashiki (
physix) due to being in a lot of classes together. It just sort of happened.☠ Is dragged around by her classmate and sometimes co-worker Miai Garyuu (
idolworship) on reckless adventures much to her dismay. She’s still not sure if they’re friends or not.AU PERSONALITY:
Due to her past, Suzu’s starting personality in Recollé is very similar to how she was during her high school freshman year in canon. She doesn’t see being rebellious as an option, seeing that her brother had to resort to a lot of questionable stuff for her sake, and feels like she owes it to him to not be a cause for concern now that their home life is in a considerably okay-ish place than before. Therefore, she tries to remain passive and low-maintenance as possible. She never quite left her “become like air” outlook on life, preferring to blend into the background and not be noticed by others, and shrinks away from anything that would result in attracting attention. She barely talks, due to being rather timid and scared of strangers, but when she does she has a bit of a habit of putting her foot in her mouth, thanks to being way too honest about her thoughts and feelings. Due to spending more time studying and working rather than socializing, Suzu’s awkward behavior can make her appear younger than she actually is.
While in canon, Suzu completely shunned studying and scoffed at diligence, in Recollé it’s much different. Here, Suzu studies and works more diligently, to the point that she sometimes pushes herself too much. It's not out of personal enjoyment, however, but a sense of obligation. Studying isn’t an enjoyable activity for Suzu, and oftentimes very difficult for her. Her high grades are due to persistence and enduring, rather than inherent intelligence. When it comes to non-academic situations, she’s still dumber than a bag of hammers, gullible as ever, and could probably be tricked into thinking you can go into a coma by drinking coffee or something.
It’s not like she’s completely friendless or unsociable, however. Around her brother and their friends, she is more cheerful and talkative, comfortable enough to show the occasional genuine smile. Though avoidant and wary of others, thanks to being surrounded by a strong support circle as opposed to feeling all alone in canon, Suzu isn’t completely opposed to genuine attempts at friendship from others, like in the case of some of the friends she’s met through classes or part-time jobs. However, she doesn’t actively seek out to get to know and befriend those around her. Furthermore, since she had people who unconditionally loved her throughout her life, despite how rough it got, Suzu is less prone to forming unhealthy attachments to others unlike in canon, where being isolated nearly all her life caused her to develop an obsession and overreliance towards Anzu, just because she was the first person who wanted to befriend her.
Despite her reputation as “Kuro’s baby sister” on top of being afraid of strangers, Suzu is a rather attentive person good at taking care of others, especially those who are younger than her and idiots who can’t take care of themselves properly. She can’t ignore them, no matter how hard she tries. And she really does try to. Due to her brother getting into a lot of fights when they were kids, she keeps a first aid kit on her person, as well as the legendary ‘mom friend bag’ filled with aspirin, allergy medicine, hand sanitizer, and other random mundane things that others her age wouldn’t think of needing until they need it. She often ends up blurting out unsolicited advice when she believes someone isn’t taking care of themselves adequately. However, this behavior is slightly hypocritical, due to how late she often stays up to study, and packing her schedule with little time for rest and eating.
In this AU, Suzu isn’t that deeply involved in music, due to having forgone chances to develop definitive hobbies in favor of studying and working hard so she’s not a burden to her family. She still does exhibit a subtle fondness for horror movies, creepy and grotesque things, and cat videos, though. Due to her family experiencing heavy financial stress in the past, Suzu is more frugal with money and careful with her belongings than she is in canon, though she still does have the tendency to break things out of general clumsiness rather than out of rage. Speaking of which, her luck is also as terrible as ever, not only with her rough past, but also because her current life is plagued by constant minor inconveniences, such as having the bus drive away as soon as she’s walking up to the bus stop and never having enough milk left to eat her bowl of cereal.
Suzu also still carries her self-blaming attitude, which is even more intense due to having suffered more serious losses during her life in Recollé. Though it’s somewhat childish, Suzu feels like it’s her fault for everything bad that has happened to those close to her. If only she worked harder, toughened up, not have freakish eyes, etc… Her internal locus of control attitude always finds a way to take responsibility for every misfortune that befalls her and those around her. It’s for this reason that she has conflicting feelings about her brother and those she is close to. On one hand, she doesn’t want to be alone, but has moments where she feels that people are better off abandoning her. This results in her having the tendency to put the happiness of her friends and family above her own when making choices.
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