PLAYER Name: Desu Age: 31 Personal Journal:broletariat E-mail: noronorovs at gmail AIM/MSN/etc:broletariat
CHARACTER Name: Chika Funami Canon: Hana to Hoshi Age: 17-18 (never specified, but she's a senior in high school) Timeline: Series end If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a
Personality: The face Chika Funami presents to the world at large tends to have a smile on it. She's an outgoing, playful girl, best known around her school for running a table tennis club so laid-back and unorganized that it doesn't actually qualify for official club status and is instead listed as an "association." But that's just fine in Chika's books; as she puts it, her association is meant to be a place where people can just play around without having to worry about winning or losing.
It's not all pure-hearted egalitarian cheer with Chika, though; her sense of fun comes with a mischievous streak a mile wide. She's a girl who enjoys teasing and pushing boundaries. For example, she uses her nearsightedness as an excuse to invade the personal space of the series' protagonist, Sawako, clearly getting a laugh out of her reaction. At another point, when Sawako asks help her understand what it feels like to be in love, Chika drags her on a fake date, during which she tells Sawako they're going to a hotel--again, just to freak the poor girl out.
She's just as forward with Shiori, the girl she actually loves, though when it comes to Shiori she's more serious about it. She very casually kisses Shiori on the cheek in public, sits in her lap without any hesitation, and makes several unsuccessful attempts to get Shiori to return her affections.
Chika isn't all smiles and sunshine, though; she can be extremely possessive, and she has a scary temper. Back when she and Shiori were kids, Chika would terrorize anyone who gave the then-timid Shiori a hard time. Nowadays, it's Sawako who catches the brunt of her anger. As Chika sees it, Sawako is an interloper, getting between her and her love for her childhood friend. And as Sawako quickly finds out, Chika's mood can change with dizzying speed: she'll seem as cheerful as can be one moment, only to be glaring daggers the next, only to go back to smiling a second later! She makes something of a habit out of hiding her darker feelings behind her upbeat disposition.
Chika also doesn't take rejection especially well; when Shiori tells her that she's going to confess to Sawako, Chika's immediate reaction is that Shiori must hate her and want her out of her life. When Shiori says that that's not it, Chika then demands that Shiori go out with her. It's hard, at times, for her to find emotional middle ground--she can be an all-or-nothing sort of person.
But, for all of that, Chika is a resilient, caring girl--a big sisterly type. Underneath the teasing, underneath the temper, Chika harbors a deep, protective love for Shiori . . . and maybe kinda sorta cares about Sawako too, geez. She does actually make an attempt (a grudging, angry attempt, but still) to give Sawako genuine advice on how to deal with the confusing romantic situation she's found herself in, and in spite of the breakdown she has when Shiori makes her intentions clear, the two remain friends. (Actually, Chika doesn't entirely give up on pursuing Shiori, even though Sawako and Shiori are dating by the end of the series. She has maybe a liiiiiittle trouble letting go.)
[canon] Chika Funami | Hana to Hoshi | no reserve | 1/3
Name: Desu
Age: 31
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E-mail: noronorovs at gmail
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CHARACTER
Name: Chika Funami
Canon: Hana to Hoshi
Age: 17-18 (never specified, but she's a senior in high school)
Timeline: Series end
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:
n/a
Personality: The face Chika Funami presents to the world at large tends to have a smile on it. She's an outgoing, playful girl, best known around her school for running a table tennis club so laid-back and unorganized that it doesn't actually qualify for official club status and is instead listed as an "association." But that's just fine in Chika's books; as she puts it, her association is meant to be a place where people can just play around without having to worry about winning or losing.
It's not all pure-hearted egalitarian cheer with Chika, though; her sense of fun comes with a mischievous streak a mile wide. She's a girl who enjoys teasing and pushing boundaries. For example, she uses her nearsightedness as an excuse to invade the personal space of the series' protagonist, Sawako, clearly getting a laugh out of her reaction. At another point, when Sawako asks help her understand what it feels like to be in love, Chika drags her on a fake date, during which she tells Sawako they're going to a hotel--again, just to freak the poor girl out.
She's just as forward with Shiori, the girl she actually loves, though when it comes to Shiori she's more serious about it. She very casually kisses Shiori on the cheek in public, sits in her lap without any hesitation, and makes several unsuccessful attempts to get Shiori to return her affections.
Chika isn't all smiles and sunshine, though; she can be extremely possessive, and she has a scary temper. Back when she and Shiori were kids, Chika would terrorize anyone who gave the then-timid Shiori a hard time. Nowadays, it's Sawako who catches the brunt of her anger. As Chika sees it, Sawako is an interloper, getting between her and her love for her childhood friend. And as Sawako quickly finds out, Chika's mood can change with dizzying speed: she'll seem as cheerful as can be one moment, only to be glaring daggers the next, only to go back to smiling a second later! She makes something of a habit out of hiding her darker feelings behind her upbeat disposition.
Chika also doesn't take rejection especially well; when Shiori tells her that she's going to confess to Sawako, Chika's immediate reaction is that Shiori must hate her and want her out of her life. When Shiori says that that's not it, Chika then demands that Shiori go out with her. It's hard, at times, for her to find emotional middle ground--she can be an all-or-nothing sort of person.
But, for all of that, Chika is a resilient, caring girl--a big sisterly type. Underneath the teasing, underneath the temper, Chika harbors a deep, protective love for Shiori . . . and maybe kinda sorta cares about Sawako too, geez. She does actually make an attempt (a grudging, angry attempt, but still) to give Sawako genuine advice on how to deal with the confusing romantic situation she's found herself in, and in spite of the breakdown she has when Shiori makes her intentions clear, the two remain friends. (Actually, Chika doesn't entirely give up on pursuing Shiori, even though Sawako and Shiori are dating by the end of the series. She has maybe a liiiiiittle trouble letting go.)