#noriaki kobayashi 🐧

[nnatsume]

🐈‍⬛ ; NORIAKI KOBAYASHI

age: 16—18

occupation: yumenosaki private academy

clubs: gothic club (president)

height: 1,60cm, 5'2

weight: 49kg, 108lbs

date of birth: nov. 24th

likes: penguins, gothic fashion and literature, idol shows/watching tv

dislikes: carrots, long drives, being home alone or heights

hobby: reading manga, playing violin

specialty: being a menace

in yumenosaki's shadow, noriaki kobayashi works diligently as a producer. his most prized possesion holds the secrets in the depths of the academy. with a specialty for advertising and presenting, he is able to arrange many grand performances.

🐈‍⬛; APPEARANCE:

noriaki is of a smaller stature and build, but often elevates himself with platform shoes. his hair is plum-purple, cut messily down to his shoulders. often, his hair is described as "mauled by a dog". he always has one side pinned away with a skull-shaped hairpin. his eyes are a bright lavender, appearing a little sightless or dead.

noriaki disrespects the dresscode frequently. while he wears the yumenosaki shirt and vest, he takes liberty for everything else—a spiderweb-patterned tie adorned by a turquoise gem, simply black shorts and his signature elevated shoes. with that, he wears a fishnet glove on his left hand, the other one cut-up to enclose his knee instead. due to his clumsy nature, he wears bandages around his neck and his thigh, as well as his upper right arm.

🐈‍⬛; PERSONALITY

nori has, first and foremost, a positive outlook on nearly everything—he has been taught to assume the best before anything. this makes him confident in his abilities and allows him to stay dedicated to the task, despite the end result being unpleasant. nori doesn't fear failure or trying again and acknowledges them as part of his growth. he is a fast learner, through the many mistakes he has made. his limitless energy always has him trying and trying until he makes it. not even the tiniest details can dodge his eye.

as a producer, he has a knack for presentation and mcing/hosting—he knows that the first impression always matters the best and knows how to make images squeaky clean if dirtied before. nori knows what people want and expect of an unit, and his motto is "we'll deliver elevenfold better!". he never wants to disappoint.

this talent of knowing what people want, however, leads to a lot of problems on his personal life. he tries to fulfill expectations eleven times better, and when he is not able to, he feels useless. his hands have to be working on something constantly, otherwise he feels discardable. this often leads to fatigue and illness, which further spirals down into more work as he can't afford to sit still.

nori is a bit nosy and bothersome in the sense that he is thirsty for knowledge and tends to get pushy for it. curiousity may kill the cat, but satisfaction always brings it back. a secret that you share with nori will, however, always stay a secret, likely stored away in his cellphone. put your trust in him, and he will put trust in you. nori is loyal to those who are kind to him.

his endless energy has it's own disadvantages and it comes through as his short temper and sensitivity. he reacts very dramatically and makes a scene when upset. nori is not afraid of attention and of being loud, which has often led to tussles in the cafeteria, calls to his parents and principal visits. he makes absurd threats of death and pain on everyone who wrongs him or his friends, but never follows through.

revenge is best served freezing and the coldest dish is living better than the other. when someone tells nori that he can't do this or that, nori will do exactly this or that and do it until he does it well. his hobby of violin was originally an act of spite, because someone in middle school had told him that he is much too clumsy and unfit to play the violin, but it now serves as something to calm himself down or compose songs for his assigned units. he can't help his jealousy when he sees other people live better than him and tries to pursue the best.

🐈‍⬛; HISTORY

nori grew up with his parents in a small apartment. he had always been a little strange—he tended to scare other kids away, being a little more passionate about his feelings of bloodlust when someone hit him a tad bit too hard. often, he was found at the tv instead of outside—watching idol shows.

being a child, he picked up a lot of things quickly. he was able to memorise the little jingles used in their advertisements, all small quirks and tweaks in movies, picking out the things that enticed him and the things he found boring. oftentimes, he would have his parents turn off the tv so he could introduce them to his own wares, be it teddybears or the new kittens he picked off the road.

he liked collecting information, dissecting things to the littlest he could, as he did with shows. as he got older, he began to enjoy a few mystery mangas along with idol shows, as they gave him a lot to work with. this developed his interest for gothic culture on the side, as it had a lot of mysterious elements. it grew from literature to fashion as well.

his interest in idols prevailed, however, and his parents thought that it would be simply a childhood dream at first. many children want to be in bands, or sing or dance, that's not uncommon. but for nori, it went on way longer than normally, until they were sure—no, that was not just a childhood dream, nori really wanted to be an idol. and they supported him, they wanted the best for him—the kobayashi's goal was yumenosaki.

due to the costs of it, nori's parents went to work very often. they couldn't leave him home alone, after the scare he had when he was locked in. they made him move to his grandmother instead, so she could watch over him.

the next spring, the stage was set. his parents had enough money to pay for a few months already, so nori was getting ready to finally audition and get to work on his dream to become an idol.

unfortunately, not everything goes as planned.

from the beginning, nori was at disadvantage. he was a nobody, had no name to support himself. when he arrived at the stage, and while everyone had a pair, nori was to audition alone. but he trusted himself—his grandmother told him to always expect the best, for that makes you strong.

nori was not strong enough.

up against such strong units and people, he was bound to fail, all alone. no matter how much love he poured into his voice and his music, the crowd did not reciprocate his passion. he was hurried out before his song ended, as to not cause further damage.

he watched people whisper. all about him. things he wasn't supposed to know—things he wanted to know so badly. just why? dangling secrets infront of his nose, it hurt so badly.

nori wasn't meant to be an idol.

how bitter.

arriving home, he was filled with shame to announce his failure to his parents, who had worked so hard to get him into the auditions. when he had to say it, reality crushed him. he wasn't going to be an idol.

it took him a few months to recover from the loss. the family had sold their house and was pushed into the grandmother's living space for a while. it always reminded him of how hard he failed when he saw them sitting in the living room, all squashed together.

the glimmer of hope first came in his grandmothers eyes, he remembers, just on one of those days. a little glint in sightless, lavender eyes.

"i found something you might like."

nori couldn't thank his grandmother enough. the sole reason why he was standing up again from the ashes of his failure, right back at the yumenosaki gates. no, he won't just give up when his family is rooting for him. his mother and father looked so hopeful when his grandmother showed him the advertisement article.

if he can't be an idol himself, he'll make the best idols himself.

🐈‍⬛; TRIVIA

noriaki's motto is "deliver elevenfold better". the number eleven is his fortune number, and in numerology it's a master number, indicating inspiration and greatness. (as well as spiritual awareness.)

being a host at a variety show is his goal as a producer, along with making the best out of his assigned units.

his cats are named ichi and ni. (funny, nori.) both of them are calico cats found on the road, and very old. he also owns a rather exotic, eight-legged, web-weaving, giant beast in a tank and takes care of his grandmothers canaries.

despite his flexibility, he is so bad at sports, he drops to the ground after half a lap through the field. he was given the offer to write some essays on certain sports instead.

he's the sole member (and founder/president) of the gothic club.

his most prized posession is a gothic antique chair that he was gifted by his family. a lot of care goes into keeping it polished. nori likes to flex it.

for a lot of students nori is still only known as haisha-nori (敗者典, basically meaning loser nori), as a result of his failed performance.

he owns a cellphone that he uses to store his findings away. little crumbs of secrets in voice notes and photos. nori enjoys gathering and dissecting things.

[natsumepilled]

hey

[nnatsume]

Please tell me about your OC because I had to ramble about mine. Also can he and Aka be friends please? 👉🏻👈🏻🥺 ~🌹rose anon

alright then, heeere we gooo! under the cut, i'm a littke embarrassed.. and of course they can be friends <3

so... man how do i go about this this is a little embarrassing hmmng,, well.. i've drawn him before, so here's both versions,, the second one is a lite sloppy and i forgot the pendant thingy but,, pretend it's there okay?@?@? also, i'm really having trouble with tying him into the story help,,

TW // spiders

his name is noriaki kobayashi,, just nori for short. he was supposed to enroll in the idol course, but his voice was found too weak to give stable performances, and he had no partners to help him over the hurdle. bitterly, he joined the production course. if he can't be an idol, then he'll just help idols from backstage, right?

he lives with his grandma, as his parents are pretty busy all the time—they have to work hard to fund his dreams. nori is the father of two cats, a spider and takes care of his grandma's canaries as well. he's really fond of animals. (he thinks penguins are the best. sadly he can't have one)

nori has a positive outlook on pretty much everything. if things don't go his way, then he'll make another way. he is extremely energetic and full of life, and when it gets tough, nori just gets more energy. he's always grinning or laughing, he just has no neutral face. oftentimes, he won't settle with just having something, he wants the best he can get. his hands always have to be working on something, otherwise he feels useless. the feeling of accomplishment is great, isn't it? he loves helping people out and seeing the look of pride or accomplishment on their faces.

nori is.. not the brightest tool in the shed. he wants to know everything there is to know and uncover every secret around yumenosaki—he has years worth of information on his cellphone. nori is kind of a ticking bomb, naturally, people are pretty wary of him, so he doesn't really have any friends. it makes him feel a little discouraged when he has to occupy a table by himself, but he just brushes it off at the end of the day. BUT he'll sit with aka sometimes if it doesn't bother her <3

that energy of his makes him pretty unpredictable, his emotions tend to control him more. it leaves him pretty short-tempered. a lot of things he does are out of spite or out of revenge. he gets jealous of other people's success very easily and tries to outshine them, often leading to fatigue. oh, you said that the violin is too hard for him in middle school? well, damn you, nori learned it in two months. he can't dance? well, he just learned to tango, wanna watch? he's prone to hiding sad feelings, burying them deep. grudges. lots of grudges.

he has a few things to flaunt! you see, he's actually pretty good at the violin. and nori is so flexible, he can sling his leg over the back of his neck while standing, and then go back like that just didn't happen. nobody can beat him in games about knowledge and memory.

nori can absolutely not handle the season changes. he gets sick everytime for a few days, especially during warmer changes. and despite his flexibility and unlimited energy he is extremely bad at sports. he runs half a lap on the field and then drops dead. speed-walking has him gasping for air. he's so bad that the teachers have mercy on him and let him do some essays on sports to better his grade.

his interests consist of mostly gothic things, like fashion or literature. he finds them beautiful. even though he gets startled easily he binges horror movies—the super old ones, like nosferatu or photographing a ghost—he has the cassettes for them, with a device to play them of course. he also has a gothic antique chair that he likes to flex everytime he gets the chance. literally just a chair

the dresscode? nori does not care. nori wears what nori wants. only when reprimanded does he wear the school uniform. it has him sulking and complaining for the entire week.

[nnatsume]

*gives nori a kith*

[natsumepilled]

if you’re okay with it sunny, what colors would you want to assign your nonnies’ ocs + your own?

YESNONNIE !!!!! i love colors. <3 also this would be my own assignment in that case so i don't know if it would be very accurate, i'm more going off of color magick and theory. it's today that i realised how many characters we have here

🐬 : neru — indigo

indigo is the artists color. purple stands for imagination and blue stands for creativity. you need a lot of that to create music. and neru does that on their own <3

☆ : shula — silver

silver is the color of the moon. it's associated with the vision of the future most of the time, but also balance and peace. shula is.. very peaceful. moon energy!!

🌹 : aka — orange

orange is for strength, ambition amd creativity. and rosie often associates aka with fire and passion, which would be red, but yellow stands for strength, positivity, and i thought that would fit. so orange!!

☁️ : miko — dark velvet

red is for courage and passion, but also for charisma and a little mischief. black is for protection and unity!! i was a bit lost on miko but i think this kinda. kinda goes with her <3

aki ♡ : kikyou — lime

green stands for growth, nature and happiness, and yellow stands for joy, focus and memories. kikyou is an aspiring manager!!! i think those colors suit him because he's so hard-working and. baby

🐚 : chikako — pink

i don't know a lot about chikako yet so i can't say too much, but i think it suits her with the info i have now!! friendship, care and love.

noriaki — purple

i read hidden knowledge on purple and i threw the stone. for the newer ones: nori was the goth oc with the fliphone that could've ended the student council!

kaori — white

purity, spirituality and peace. kaori is a little bit detatched from the outside, and despite her grim outlook, she's. a very peaceful presence. maybe a bit yellow, for joy.

[nnatsume]

🌧 anon hereeee ! ! ! who is nori friends with in yumenosaki ? is he in any clubs ? ?

heeeeeellooooooo!! wowowowo, hihi and welcooome! oooo questions questions..

nori doesn't have many many friends other than aka and aiko, but does have aquaintnances.. makoto and the ninja association boys!! they help him fill out his cellphone of info.. he did try to make a gothic club but nobody joins. sole member of it. all he does during activity is throw ridiculously tall platform shoes and lace gloves into the cart

[nnatsume]

might make an actual bio for nori bc the last one i made was kinda *ss <\3

[nnatsume]

can i give nori a kith

yes you may give nori a kith

[nnatsume]

AYO I SAW A RB LAST NIGHT AND I WAS TOOOOOO TIRED TO REPLY bUT its gone now and ir was something along the lines of uhh.. the ninja boys and makoto are good aquaintnances, and natsume and tsumugi could do some info-gathering if convinced, and nori sounda like he coild be good friends with natsume(?) and whoever said that, you are brilliant and i want you to know i adopted that idea .

[nnatsume]

Hi Sunny! It’s me again, and I wanted to thank you for the umpteenth time for listening to my rambling about Aka! I’m really happy that I get to talk to you about my cinnamon roll and come up with funny headcanons with her and Nori (third wheeling her dates). Like I said, I think you’re the first blog user to engage with me about OC-content, so I’m glad that I can chat with you about Aka and Nori! Also I wanted to ask: what Nori thinks about the six boys? ~🌹rose anon

hihi!! and i will tell you the upteenth time as well—i love listening to people rambling about their ocs, because i get happy too when i hear people talk about their creations and passions! ehehe, rose anon, i think we started this oc wave..

i imagine nori doesn't rlly like kaoru bc he's the most likely to break aka's heart with the playboy thing he has. while kaoru may be friendly to nori, he is ready to chew his head off.

there's some kind of respect for tsukasa, hokuto and souma, since they're more serious and polite. he greets them but other than that is afraid to talk to them bc they could literally end him if they wanted to.

with mao, he can talk casually. both are workaholics so they already reached some level of understanding. he doesn't really agree with the student council work, but.. eh. they can still talk, you know? maybe he can squeeze some juicy info out of mao.

with natsume however.. i imagine nori produces for switch a lot of the time (haha i know i'm so damn predictable please god i a) so that requires their collaboration. nori admires his craft and gives him candles to work with. you could say they're friends and nori even idolizes him a little bit (thank you to that person who suggested it, you are brilliant)

[nnatsume]

Here’s another headcanon I have: Kaoru and Souma bring Aka to the aquarium for a date and they practically dote on her the whole time. Souma tries his best from using his katana on Kaoru since he doesn’t want to get all angry in front of the girl. If Nori does third-wheel his way into her date with two guys, she’ll have to keep an eye on him. Kaoru and Souma are lowkey fighting for Aka’s affection, she just kisses them both to pacify them. How will Nori react? 👀 ~ 🌹rose anon

nawww what competition! aquariums are already so pretty, gaaahh aquarium DATES are peobably even better, soooo cute!! souma with the katana in the aquarium has me dead. kaoru is getting diced and thrown to the fish

nori would just

[nnatsume]

*stares at Nori* So he would be a menace to any of Aka's crushes then? What would he even do?? 👀 (no seriously, I'm genuinely curious and what makes him think that he won't let one of the six date "the queen" as you put it) ~ 🌹rose anon

yep. all six. he'd just quiz them about aka in general to know if they'd treat her right, as she deserves. super strict because he doesn't want to see aka sad in the end. that's all there is to it!

[nnatsume]

I- Is that reaction image of the two cats hugging supposed to represent Kaoru and Aka with Nori just making a perpetual >8[ face while the two cuddle? Oh yeah! How would Nori react to any of Aka’s crushes asking her out on a date/outing and she accepted? Would he try to be chaotic?? 👀 ~🌹rose anon

spot on. third-wheeler 100

nori would give her that, of course, she is his friend! though he might feel a little jealous, he's still happy for her. while congradulating her, however, he'd already draft a plan. no way in hell he'll just let that guy take over her life so suddenly, he's gotta be worthy to date aka, you know?

nori would not pester aka, but would be a nightmare to her bf to make sure he is WORTHY of dating the queen. quizzing him, watching him, drafting a whole exam. if he ever even thinks about saying something mean to aka nori would chew his head off clean.

[nnatsume]

Here are some of my headcanons: Honestly, I think we would have to give Aka a child leash because of how chaotic Nori can be. If he sees either Eichi or Keito, Aka’s worried he’ll go apesh*t so she has to hold him by the collar. She cares for him, she does. But it can be a little draining- especially when Nori third-wheels his way when she’s with one of her crushes (like if she’s w/ kaoru, had to stop nori from pulling shenanigans). That’s it for now <3 ~🌹rose anon

"can you come to the rooftop?"

"no sorry gotta watch the child rn he just saw the president and is considering first degree murder and arson. come down"

the image of aka with a child leash is KILLING ME. also this image

[nnatsume]

Also yes that last anon ask with Aka dragging Nori away was me, I forgot to sign it by accident. And also- WHY IS NORI PLOTTING KEITO’s and EICHI’s assissinations??? They aren’t *that* bad, are they? ~🌹rose anon

nori is a menace to society. especially to the old student council. it's all in the cellphone. he can tap a button and ruin everyone's career, i imagine they'd want to stop him

the nori cannot be stopped. the nori is an unstoppable force. they can only watch as he inches closer.

[nnatsume]

How many times has Nori tried to plot the assassination of Eichi? Has he tried doing that to the other members of student council or just him? Aka will catch wind of what’s going on, she’ll most likely a) drag him away by the collar like that anon said. B) rebuke Nori or C) confiscate Nori’s cellphone with all that juicy information ~🌹rose anon

too many times to count <3

just eichi and keito. of course he doesn't have a chance to follow through with it. gotta say thank you to aka! nori would probably whine at all 3 options but option c) would have him groveling and ugly-sobbing at her feet for 3 weeks straight.