P L A Y E R; NAME: Rift AGE: 27 PLAYER JOURNAL:siscons TIMEZONE: PST CONTACT:sistercomplex OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A
C H A R A C T E R; NAME: Chikage Kazama CANON: Hakuouki POINT IN CANON: Post death, Hijikata route AGE: Unspecified, but likely somewhere in his late 20s/early 30s APPEARANCE:Image. CANON HISTORY:Here. CANON PERSONALITY:
When Kazama is first presented to the player, it is as an enigmatic villain. He appears lazy and apathetic, his swordplay unrefined and sloppy. Yet he possesses such a great deal of power that such things ultimately don't even matter; he is able to defeat the greatest of the Shinsengumi, all accomplished swordsman, with seemingly minimal effort. Time after time he appears before the protagonists as a menace, a strange figure who seems unconcerned with their plight but nevertheless emerges to hinder them. He appears callous and cold, killing without a second thought and insulting whoever dares to challenge him. He defeats Souji Okita with ease during the battle of the Ikeda Inn, and likewise fights Toshizo Hijikata to a draw during another battle.
As time goes on, his story becomes clearer, and more layers are added to his character. He is revealed to be an oni, the head of the Chikage family, the greatest house of the oni of the West. He sees humans as inferior to him, but nonetheless fights for the Satsuma faction due to their past connection. During a major battle in the history of Japan, the Chikage house allied themselves with a losing faction. As a result, they were persecuted and scattered. At that time, the Satsuma aided them in their survival, and so Kazama now lends his strength to their cause. He has a great sense of obligation to these men, enough to fight for them despite his hatred of humans.
Yet despite claiming to care nothing for humans, he has a tendency to act rather humanely at times. During a major battle, the Shinsengumi are ordered to pursue a retreating force of Satsuma soldiers. Kazama intercepts them in order to allow the men to retreat. It is largely a symbolic gesture; as the Satsuma soldiers have already been defeated, they plan to commit ritual suicide in order to maintain their honor. The Shinsengumi hope to capture them in order to execute them dishonorably. Kazama derides the Shinsengumi for this and single handedly stops their advance so that the men will be able to take their own lives. Even as he claims to merely hate humans as inferior beings, he does show some measure of respect for them.
His primary motivation throughout the series, however, is to capture Chizuru Yukimura. Chizuru, the protagonist of the series, is revealed to be the head of another great oni family. This makes her a rare pure blooded female oni, and a perfect mate for Kazama. As the oni have been in decline over the years, Kazama seeks out a mate in order to produce offspring to ensure the future of their kind. Once he discovers what Chizuru is, he doggedly pursues her time and time again, though she has fallen under the protection of the Shinsengumi. How events play out differs depending on the route the player chooses, given the visual novel format of the canon, but Kazama always has a rather eerie obsession with his "wife." He has a tendency to unilaterally decide things for her, such as simply presuming that due to the fact that they are both pure blooded oni she should of course accept his offer of marriage. She usually has a very different view of the matter...
His relationship with Chizuru develops very differently, ranging from him giving up on her completely to dying as a result of his pursuit of her. Nonetheless, it is clear that his top priority is almost always the survival of his clan and the future of the oni. He has a very strong sense of responsibility towards his people and is always quite aware of this stature. In one route, rather begrudgingly, he accepts the marriage proposal of another oni woman since he recognizes that such is what would be best for his people. In some routes he seems to develop true romantic feelings for Chizuru, but it is clear that actual romance comes secondary to duty for him.
Perhaps due to those beliefs, he also comes to have a rather strong respect for the Shinsengumi and its members. This is most apparent in his own route, where you view his reactions to the deaths of the various other characters in canon. It's clear that learning of their deaths does affect him quite a bit, as he believes that such great men deserved a better fate. Viewed from this angle, the player sees a more fatalistic side of Kazama, one that has simply resigned itself to seeing the history of men play out before him as he decides not to take part himself. He would be quite content to simply disappear off the stage of history as long as he secures what he wants, a pure blooded bride to bear his offspring. He has no great aspirations for glory, as he's already quite sure of himself and his own prowess. He has nothing to prove since he already knows that he's the greatest there is (though, of course, this also leads to him frequently underestimating others and in two routes getting killed for it).
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NAME: Rift
AGE: 27
PLAYER JOURNAL:
TIMEZONE: PST
CONTACT:
OTHER CHARACTERS PLAYED: N/A
C H A R A C T E R;
NAME: Chikage Kazama
CANON: Hakuouki
POINT IN CANON: Post death, Hijikata route
AGE: Unspecified, but likely somewhere in his late 20s/early 30s
APPEARANCE: Image.
CANON HISTORY: Here.
CANON PERSONALITY:
When Kazama is first presented to the player, it is as an enigmatic villain. He appears lazy and apathetic, his swordplay unrefined and sloppy. Yet he possesses such a great deal of power that such things ultimately don't even matter; he is able to defeat the greatest of the Shinsengumi, all accomplished swordsman, with seemingly minimal effort. Time after time he appears before the protagonists as a menace, a strange figure who seems unconcerned with their plight but nevertheless emerges to hinder them. He appears callous and cold, killing without a second thought and insulting whoever dares to challenge him. He defeats Souji Okita with ease during the battle of the Ikeda Inn, and likewise fights Toshizo Hijikata to a draw during another battle.
As time goes on, his story becomes clearer, and more layers are added to his character. He is revealed to be an oni, the head of the Chikage family, the greatest house of the oni of the West. He sees humans as inferior to him, but nonetheless fights for the Satsuma faction due to their past connection. During a major battle in the history of Japan, the Chikage house allied themselves with a losing faction. As a result, they were persecuted and scattered. At that time, the Satsuma aided them in their survival, and so Kazama now lends his strength to their cause. He has a great sense of obligation to these men, enough to fight for them despite his hatred of humans.
Yet despite claiming to care nothing for humans, he has a tendency to act rather humanely at times. During a major battle, the Shinsengumi are ordered to pursue a retreating force of Satsuma soldiers. Kazama intercepts them in order to allow the men to retreat. It is largely a symbolic gesture; as the Satsuma soldiers have already been defeated, they plan to commit ritual suicide in order to maintain their honor. The Shinsengumi hope to capture them in order to execute them dishonorably. Kazama derides the Shinsengumi for this and single handedly stops their advance so that the men will be able to take their own lives. Even as he claims to merely hate humans as inferior beings, he does show some measure of respect for them.
His primary motivation throughout the series, however, is to capture Chizuru Yukimura. Chizuru, the protagonist of the series, is revealed to be the head of another great oni family. This makes her a rare pure blooded female oni, and a perfect mate for Kazama. As the oni have been in decline over the years, Kazama seeks out a mate in order to produce offspring to ensure the future of their kind. Once he discovers what Chizuru is, he doggedly pursues her time and time again, though she has fallen under the protection of the Shinsengumi. How events play out differs depending on the route the player chooses, given the visual novel format of the canon, but Kazama always has a rather eerie obsession with his "wife." He has a tendency to unilaterally decide things for her, such as simply presuming that due to the fact that they are both pure blooded oni she should of course accept his offer of marriage. She usually has a very different view of the matter...
His relationship with Chizuru develops very differently, ranging from him giving up on her completely to dying as a result of his pursuit of her. Nonetheless, it is clear that his top priority is almost always the survival of his clan and the future of the oni. He has a very strong sense of responsibility towards his people and is always quite aware of this stature. In one route, rather begrudgingly, he accepts the marriage proposal of another oni woman since he recognizes that such is what would be best for his people. In some routes he seems to develop true romantic feelings for Chizuru, but it is clear that actual romance comes secondary to duty for him.
Perhaps due to those beliefs, he also comes to have a rather strong respect for the Shinsengumi and its members. This is most apparent in his own route, where you view his reactions to the deaths of the various other characters in canon. It's clear that learning of their deaths does affect him quite a bit, as he believes that such great men deserved a better fate. Viewed from this angle, the player sees a more fatalistic side of Kazama, one that has simply resigned itself to seeing the history of men play out before him as he decides not to take part himself. He would be quite content to simply disappear off the stage of history as long as he secures what he wants, a pure blooded bride to bear his offspring. He has no great aspirations for glory, as he's already quite sure of himself and his own prowess. He has nothing to prove since he already knows that he's the greatest there is (though, of course, this also leads to him frequently underestimating others and in two routes getting killed for it).