#kojiro orient

[babymagi]

CACKLING THIS SHOULD NOT BE AS FUNNY AS IT IS TO ME

[thatsitso]

Goodbye ♥️!

[ethereii]

ohtaka, designing fathers for her mangas: no…. something isn’t right. something is missing..

*erases one leg*

ohtaka: much better, now it’s complete

[nocticusblog]

KANEMAKI KOJIRO

hehe starting to hyperfixate on kojiro from orient

[hkryu]

shout out to the four other orient fans besides me that exists (pls dont mind the janky anatomy i am TIRED)

[datesoma]

Orient: Volume 19, color page.

[yamraihasgirlfriend]

Kojiro: I am going to need you to swear- Musashi: Fuck. Tsugumi: ... Kojiro: ...swear as in promise.

[dearembraced]

Orient protag trio but make it modern (I'll post refs for their outfits at some point)

[orientmanga]

Our beloved trio 💖

I want to see them fight along side each other again :((

[tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang]

its kind of wild to see so many charas be obsessed w baji like theyre just like us fr (except like. a little more violent)

Lmao I swear the whole spinoff is just about Baji and character's who are obsessed with him. Baji and his harem. Of course we've got the most obvious example of Chifuyu

The whole of the first division

Ryusei, who ok is more Chifuyu orientated but definitely shows a good amount of respect and appreciation for Baji

Kojiro

And the most important character in the spinoff, Peke J

[babymagi]

Happy Halloween!!! 🎃

Little fun fact, Jessie and James's Japanese names are Musashi and Kojiro respectively, so once I found that out how could I NOT

Bonus Meowth Tsugumi v

[kodanshamanga]

NEW Kodansha Digital:

🗡️Orient, Volume 16🗡️ By Shinobu Ohtaka

🌄Kojiro is left mystified after seeing a vision of his deceased father, Jisai, who begs him to become "the scabbard of the Obsidian Goddess." Kojiro seeks out Shishikado Hojo for answers.

Read Now

[fxllen-rxse]

New Verse

Guide My Way || Baldur's Gate Verse

Kojiro James Stormfall 

Appearance 

Height: 6’1

Eyes: Emerald and Ruby red (Heterochromia)

Hair: Near shoulder length, Lavender 

Age: 25 (when turned), 125 (current)

Gender: Cis Male

Orientation: Bisexual

Race: Half-elf, Half-human

Class: Rogue

Sub Class: Arcane trickster

Noble to Charlatan, Vampire spawn

Background (Entirely headcanon based and still work in progress)

**Trigger warning for abuse mention below**

Kojiro comes from a noble family with immense wealth and power. He is the only son born to his parents, Jadzia (Human) and Trevalyn (High Elf), making him the sole heir to their empire.

From the beginning, Kojiro had ambitions for other things like art, dancing, and theater, but it was heavily frowned upon by his parents. For as long as he could remember, he was groomed to carry on his family’s empire. He was taught basic fighting skills and learned to use crossbows, which he found that he was actually somewhat decent at and enjoyed. Eventually, he had found that he was able to conjure fire, but kept it secret from his parents. He tried his best to learn how to master it in secret, but only managed to start somewhat major fires. He still has yet to be able to control this ability to its full potential. 

Throughout his life, Kojiro has constantly struggled with his identity. Though he has always identified as male, he does find that he rather enjoys the fact that he has the looks that allow him to pass as female. To the point where he wished he had the choice to choose, but his parents forbid it. Wanting to keep a clear image of strength and power. Anything else was viewed as weakness to them.

Both of his parents were not the most nurturing and caring. In fact, quite the opposite. One misstep could end up painful for Kojiro. Be it by his father's fist or some nearby blunt object he could find. His mother, while not as fierce as her husband, took on a more verbal approach. Berating Kojiro constantly if he so much as breathed a word of resistance. Both of them went to great lengths to ensure that Kojiro would not be an embarrassment to them or anyone else.

To ensure the line continues, his parents arranged for him to marry a woman named Rumika. Being that he knew of no other way of life to live, he remained loyal to his parents and went along with this. 

At the time, Kojiro knew next to nothing of the woman he was to marry. Only that she was also from a wealthy and powerful family. Unbeknownst to him, she was a vampire. A secret he would not discover until it would be much too late.

Rumika has a twin sister named Musashi. The sisters are both vampires. While the secret was kept from Kojiro until he was turned, Rumika desired wealth and power while Musashi simply wanted a better life, to try and live normally, and to finally be happy. 

She was viewed as the weaker of the twins. She enjoyed things that Rumika did not and, if she were the one chosen to marry Kojiro, would have simply given him a choice rather than force him into something he didn’t want. 

Because of her dominant demeanor, Rumika became the one arranged to marry Kojiro, but he actually grew more fond of her twin. In secret, he would spend more time with her and grew to care for her. She made him feel more comfortable with himself and who he actually wanted to be, which was heavily frowned upon by his parents. All in all, Musashi made him feel wanted and like he was actually worth something for the first time in his life. 

Musashi knew of the arrangement for Kojiro and Rumika. There was a part that she was not supposed to know, but overheard one night. Rumika would turn Kojiro to secure her hold on him, ultimately uniting the wealth and power of the two families. So she made a plan to try and prevent this from happening with someone she once considered a friend, Lady Yamato, but she would betray her. Sold her out to her twin, who took full advantage of the situation. Musashi was captured, as was Kojiro. After Rumika turned him, she then managed to slay her twin in front of him. 

Once he was turned, there was a period of time where Kojiro did not remember what happened afterwards. While he did manage to escape from Rumika, he later found out that his family’s estate had been burned and destroyed. Leaving him to wonder if he was the one who did it using the fire ability that he still was not able to control. 

Even though he had escaped, Rumika was alive and still had a powerful grasp on him. Not only could she torment him mentally, but she would always be hunting for him wherever he may end up.

When he was turned, Kojiro’s appearance did not change much except he was a little more pale and that somehow one of his eyes became a blood red color while the other remained emerald. He had little knowledge of vampire spawn to begin with. So he had learned the hard way very quickly that he was not fond of the daylight or that he now had a thirst for blood that he needed to sate. He had also apparently taken a couple weapons from his home before it was destroyed. He had a crossbow and a custom made dagger that once belonged to Musashi, which in his eyes is the only thing he has left of her.

As a side note: Much similar to the normal Team Rocket/Pokemon verse, Kojiro is still a gentle natured person despite years of torment. Though as a vampire spawn, he does exhibit a hint of cynical behavior from time to time. He’s also a thief as a means of survival, but he’s not very good at it. He is, however, good at stealth and can somehow manage to get himself out of complicated situations… usually, anyway.

[300iqprower]

Ya know what i can think of a way for the Assassin class attack debuff to be justifiable. I’m posting it like this cause i probably wont employ it universally in my HRUs - it’s more a “how this issue couldve been avoided day 1”.

Basically: Every Assassin gets an oberon style ??? passive that either buffs them against or inflicts debuffs on a specific/unique trait based on who they’re famous for killing, be it an individual or group of people.

Whether this is a Special ATK passive like Muramasa’s anti-king passive or more support oriented like Oberon’s buff to allied foreigners, as well as whether its self buff or enemy debuff, would on the Assassin in question and who they have a bonus against. One crucial thing is that if it went the route of attack buffs, they’d need to be big enough to outweigh their natural class modifier.

To give some examples:

Jing Ke has an attack buff or ignore defense when attacking [allies of the Qin dynasty]

Sanson has an attack buff or increased Buster Effectiveness against King, and max Overcharge against [Marie Antoinette]

Kojiro has increased star generation when attacking Sabers and decreases enemy swordsmen crit rate, and an anti-Musashi buff

Gramps has guarenteed instant death chance against other [Hassans], increased attack against Assassins and [Heretics], buffs the instant Death success rate for all hassan allies.

Jack drains hp on hit when attacking female or [mother] characters

Mata Hari is less likely to be attacked by [soldiers] and/or male enemies

Paraiso has an attack and defense buff against Dragons and [Serpents]

Semiramis has boosted attack, defense, crit star drop, and NP gain against poisoned enemies.

Etc, etc, etc.

[apuppetmuseum]

screaming about the new orient chapter below

I WAS FUCKING RIGHT ABOUT KOJIRO NOT BEING EFFECTED BY WHATEVER THE FUCK WAS HAPPENING. makes sense that it's his new powers but i also still stand by my previous statements

BRO IS STANCED...WHY IS SHIRO SO FUCKING TALL?!

god i hate this for naotora but also it was very hot on aijiro's part (there are two wolves inside me, one is kojiro and the other is shiro)

tsugumi BELOVED. HE BETTER NOT TOUCH THEIR GIRL!!!

GO SHIRO GO SHIRO GO SHIRO GO

oh....okay this is fine. i don't have feelings at all actually

SO SHIRO DOES HAVE SOMETHING IN THE IDEAL TOWN??? WAS HE JUST PRETENDING NOT TO WHEN SEIROKU WAS VISITING??? DOES AIJIRO AND NANAO KNOW ABOUT THIS IDEAL TOWN OR HAS HE BEEN KEEPING IT A SECRET???!!!! I NEED ANSWERS

[praeteritus-memories-muses]

Name: Kaoru Sakurayashiki

Series: Sk8 The Infinity

Continuity: Anime

Age: 27

Height: 5'9"

Birthday: March 27th

Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan

Orientation: Homosexual

Species: Human

Occupation: Calligrapher, Skateboarder

Father: Gaku Sakurayashiki

Mother: Kayo Sakurayashiki (deceased)

Bio:

Born to a father that owned a small tech company and a quiet stay-at-home mom, Kaoru Sakurayashiki was pretty spoiled as a child. He was their only child, as he has no brothers or sisters to speak of, so it's safe to say that his parents wanted him to have the best life possible.

This meant that Kaoru ended up growing a sort of attachment and abandonment issue. The older he got, the more his parents started to take off. His father's tech company required more business trips to Tokyo while his mother had poor health and had to stay in bed most days.

He probably would've been completely alone had it not been for the only other child in the neighborhood, Kojiro Nanjo. He and Kojiro hit it off immediately and pretty much became inseparable friends, some even thought they might've been family from just how close they've been. Though some question how when they bicker and argue nearly every chance they get. It's all their way of bonding as friends though, though originally it was a lesson to tech Kaoru when they were kids about treating others better.

Due to being so spoiled, it made Kaoru arrogant in himself. With Kojiro being so down to earth, the two ended up balancing each other out and pulling the other up or down when they needed a hand to reach out for them.

This was especially needed when his mother passed away during his second year of high school from her poor health. He probably would've been a complete wreck, had it not been for Kojiro to introduce him to skateboarding where they'd sneak out their homes in the middle of the night to skateboard in the streets.

With his father still working in Tokyo full time, Kaoru started to rebel against him. He got a lip ring, sakura branch tattoo on his lower back and earrings to make his father mad, knowing he would disapproved of that kind of 'inappropriate' jewelry. He never did notice, only making Kaoru rely more on his new skating family and Kojiro.

One night they met a mysterious skater who went by Adam. The three of them quickly became a group of best friends. They're some of Kaoru's happiest moments, and the three of them decided to start a secret skating club called "S" where they could all be free. In S, they'd skate on dangerous tracks while trying to impress one another.

It was no wonder that Kaoru fell in love with Adam, and damn did he fall hard. Just before he was planning to confess to him about his feelings, Adam started behaving strangely.

Adam would try to pull skaters into "the zone", a state of mind when your brain goes on auto pilot which is pretty much suicidal on dangerous tracks. On top of that, just before graduation, Adam announced he's quitting skating and moving to America.

This left Kaoru heartbroken and deeply upset, he was practically ready to chase after him to America until Kojiro pulled him aside and stayed there for him. They did try to find him after graduation, but Kaoru couldn't dig up any information online about him. Why did Adam have to be so distrusting and cold to leave them like that?

Over the next ten years, Kaoru stayed in Okinawa to study in calligraphy. His father suggested he try studying tech and joining the business, but he declined despite his immense talent. As time went on, he discovered how much he loved writing. Skateboarding was fun, but writing traditionally really did calm him down and help process so much about his life.

After college, Kojiro and Kaoru stayed together like glue. They traveled around the world together, including France and Los Angeles. Yet Kaoru would never forget Adam, wondering just what the hell happened to him?

A few years ago, Adam mysteriously returned from America and reopened S. Every time they tried to talk to Adam or call out to him, he pretty much ignored them. Something was definitely wrong with him, Adam didn't look like the calm and happy teenager they knew. This was someone who was clearly miserable in their life. If anything, it reminded Kaoru of how bitter he felt as a teenager.

He would eventually get to skate alongside Adam in an attempt to get through to him, but he was met with a skateboard to the face and told he was 'boring'. Kaoru was absolutely furious at Adam, and any feelings he had for Adam was now gone.

This wasn't the Adam he knew as a teenager anymore. This was Adam going off the deep end as though to prove a point to someone. Who? Himself? He wouldn't really know.

It's only a few weeks after Langa faced off against Adam that he got those answers at a party to congratulate Langa for winning again him. Adam had apparently had a rough childhood and a suffocating private life, but it doesn't mean that Kaoru will forgive him right away for what he did to him and Reki or...ever really.

It all depends on how hard Adam tries to change as a person now that Langa has helped him move into a better direction in life. If he does? He'll think about it and be open to repairing their friendship. If he doesn't? He can't see himself being friends with Adam ever again. His only true friend is Kojiro, their relationship is true infinity.

Kaoru is very intelligent, calm, polite and kind hearted. Yet he's also easily jealous, stubborn, prickly, arrogant, childish and even a little selfish at times. He's also incredibly good with technology and has an AI assistant in his skateboard and cell phone named Carla. Carla's voice was designed after his mother, and he can only fall asleep if Carla sings the same lullaby his mother did. Horrifically prideful as he is, he still misses his mother dearly. Though he did work out his relationship with his father over time, Though his father still works in Tokyo.

He's extremely close with Kojiro, as much as they argue among one another, and he takes on a motherly role for the younger teenagers inside of S. He'll never admit it, but he wants to help guide the kids through that confusing period of life. His name in S is Cherry Blossom, a reference to his last name containing 'Sakura'.