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Intr✰duction!
Yu Yu Hakusho (translated as Yu Yu Hakusho, Ghost Files, Ghost Fighter and/or Poltergeist Report) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi. The series tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a teenage delinquent who is struck by a car while trying to save a child's life. While in the afterlife, he is named the Spirit Detective by Koenma & Botan, and must investigate cases concerning demons and apparitions. Yusuke travels with his friends Kuwabara, Kurama & Hiei, the other protagonists of the story. As the series progresses, the series strays away from a detective story to a more fighting-oriented story.
In this alternate universe—Of Souls and Blood (YYHSB)—the Reikai enlists multiple Spirit Detectives that act as a police force for cases concerning demons and apparitions in the Ningenkai (mortal realm). The specific setting of this roleplay is a fictional town named Kuchikiroka and rejects the existence of any events that occurred in the original Yu Yu Hakusho as well as characters such as the former protagonist Yusuku and his companion Kuwabara. This alternate universe also hosts several new elements, such as soul resonance, tantei-duos and a more frequent rate of dormant, demonic genes.
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The✰Souls!
All those that live have souls comprised of life energy whether they are human or demon, but differ in the type of energy they can generate and control. Humans generate Spirit Energy, also known as Reiki; Demons generate Demon Energy, which has no other name. The world is unfair to both humans and demons, however, in that some are born with more life energy than others and thus stronger souls. Humans born with abnormally strong souls may be spiritually aware as they are more capable of sensing the spiritual energy around them generating from residual life energy of dead souls. Although the spiritually aware are common, few are ever recruited to become Spirit Detectives. Those that are recruited have been investigated by a Grim Reaper, then they must die in such a way their body is not severely damaged (often a scenario set up by the aforementioned Grim Reaper) and kept alive temporarily while they exist in limbo and their body rests in a comatose state. While they exist as an apparition, they must pass a series of tests to return to their body and understand what it will mean to be a Spirit Detective.
However, there are rare instances where those that would normally fail an inspection from a Grim Reaper are still chosen to become Spirit Detectives. A rare occurrence called Soul Resonance will often cause the Reikai to take the chance of giving someone normally considered a liability the opportunity to be a Spirit Detective. Soul Resonance is a power phenomenon that occurs when the Life Energy of two souls is on such a perfect wavelength that when trained and brought near each other in the right circumstances, their power grows exponentially. These power couples are called Tantei-Duos and are the largest risks and assets the Reikai has to offer. They are also what this roleplay will be centered around.
The✰Blood!
The✰Souls!
However, there are rare instances where those that would normally fail an inspection from a Grim Reaper are still chosen to become Spirit Detectives. A rare occurrence called Soul Resonance will often cause the Reikai to take the chance of giving someone normally considered a liability the opportunity to be a Spirit Detective. Soul Resonance is a power phenomenon that occurs when the Life Energy of two souls is on such a perfect wavelength that when trained and brought near each other in the right circumstances, their power grows exponentially. These power couples are called Tantei-Duos and are the largest risks and assets the Reikai has to offer. They are also what this roleplay will be centered around.
The✰Blood!
On rare occasion, demons may slip through the spiritual barrier between the Ningenkai (mortal world) and Spiritual World. These demons are rarely of major threat, most being D or C rank at tops, but more importantly introduce demonic genes into the world. Some genes lay dormant for generations upon generations while others can surface in immediate offspring. In either case, these genes have one unique trait that make them important to this roleplay. Those with demonic blood in their veins are often sparked in terms of their own demonic energies by the relatively intense spiritual energies of ghosts, apparitions or even the strong souls of those destined to become Spirit Detectives. Those with demonic blood are naturally attracted to powerful souls of Spiritual Energy and even feed of off it, growing stronger. While this is rarely ever a problem, it does mean that those with demonic heritage are prone to interacting with future Spirit Detectives.
Additionally, those with Demonic Genes have the potential of becoming what are called Fiends. A Fiend is a human whose demonic heritage has taken over as their hunger for Spiritual Energy becomes so great they will kill others to consume parts of their life energy as their soul escapes their body, commit heinous acts or act out of sheer malice. This hunger exists in almost every individual whose demonic energies pick up, and those that learn to control it can become great assets to the Reikai, often to similar degrees as Spirit Detectives. Those that cannot become Fiends, and the more a Fiend consumes, the more powerful they become. This can present an issue win the Ningenkai, and thus is avoided at all costs.
[/padding]Additionally, those with Demonic Genes have the potential of becoming what are called Fiends. A Fiend is a human whose demonic heritage has taken over as their hunger for Spiritual Energy becomes so great they will kill others to consume parts of their life energy as their soul escapes their body, commit heinous acts or act out of sheer malice. This hunger exists in almost every individual whose demonic energies pick up, and those that learn to control it can become great assets to the Reikai, often to similar degrees as Spirit Detectives. Those that cannot become Fiends, and the more a Fiend consumes, the more powerful they become. This can present an issue win the Ningenkai, and thus is avoided at all costs.
Kuchikir✰ka!
[spacer]The alternate universe of this world takes place in a fictional Japanese city named Kuchikiroka located along a large river that is fed by Mount Kiroka to the East. Kuchikiroka is a town-sized industrial base known previously for its smog problems due to the factories built along it. Production reform has all-but eradicated the thick smog, but the history of the city remains unchanged. The town originally formed to take advantage of the nearby mining operations and easy transportation granted by the Kayaka River, but since grew into a bustling town capable of supporting itself almost a century after its prime of prosperity. Most of the inhabitants of Kuchikiroka are either descendants of the original miners, gang members that use the river for various smuggling operations or white collar criminals that needed an inconspicuous occupation to keep a low-profile.
Kuchikiroka Junior High and High are average Japanese schools with no outstanding profiles or test scores. They are ran by Superintendent Goda and subsequently through the Junior High and High School Principals Fujikawa and Ishida, respectively. It is common knowledge that Goda effectively runs both schools and does so with disregard to the students and strict enforcement of his policies. Rumor is that he worked for a large trade corporation in Tokyo where he laundered enough money for a lifetime and that he only works as a Superintendent to keep cover. He maintains and image to the public as warm, generous man attempting to help the troubled youth of Kuchikiroka when he is anything but. The entire school is split almost down the middle in terms of both grades and behavior. Those with the high test scores often are never hassled with the street life while everyone else is pushed into the hallways where drugs and beatings dealt almost equally. With teachers turning a blind eye to most and keeping a close one on others, the school is anything but fair.
Some notes to remember is that the region is riddled with just as much superstition as it is corruption and pollution. The deaths of hundreds of miners in Mount Kiroka as well as the mysterious and oddly-thick mist that always surrounds its peaks have led to many, many myths and legends being made about it. The Kayaka River is known for turning brilliant hues of red and orange upon sunset, allowing it to turn almost entirely red at certain parts of the year. This has led to it being called the "Red" or "Bloody" river and as it often leads to Mount Kiroka some even believe it becomes an opening to Hell and releases spirits during those times of year. At its most brilliant, the reflection of the river can even cause the fog of Mount Kiroka to glow an ominous crimson color; making it one of the most beautiful and dread events of the year, so much that even school is canceled.[/spacer]
Kuchikiroka Junior High and High are average Japanese schools with no outstanding profiles or test scores. They are ran by Superintendent Goda and subsequently through the Junior High and High School Principals Fujikawa and Ishida, respectively. It is common knowledge that Goda effectively runs both schools and does so with disregard to the students and strict enforcement of his policies. Rumor is that he worked for a large trade corporation in Tokyo where he laundered enough money for a lifetime and that he only works as a Superintendent to keep cover. He maintains and image to the public as warm, generous man attempting to help the troubled youth of Kuchikiroka when he is anything but. The entire school is split almost down the middle in terms of both grades and behavior. Those with the high test scores often are never hassled with the street life while everyone else is pushed into the hallways where drugs and beatings dealt almost equally. With teachers turning a blind eye to most and keeping a close one on others, the school is anything but fair.
Some notes to remember is that the region is riddled with just as much superstition as it is corruption and pollution. The deaths of hundreds of miners in Mount Kiroka as well as the mysterious and oddly-thick mist that always surrounds its peaks have led to many, many myths and legends being made about it. The Kayaka River is known for turning brilliant hues of red and orange upon sunset, allowing it to turn almost entirely red at certain parts of the year. This has led to it being called the "Red" or "Bloody" river and as it often leads to Mount Kiroka some even believe it becomes an opening to Hell and releases spirits during those times of year. At its most brilliant, the reflection of the river can even cause the fog of Mount Kiroka to glow an ominous crimson color; making it one of the most beautiful and dread events of the year, so much that even school is canceled.[/spacer]
Terms✰to✰Know!
- Reikai ― Another term for the realm of spirits and/or afterlife, but most specifically refers to a bureaucratic agency under Lord Enma that directs souls down different paths and different realms as well as protects its meta-geographical position and spiritual jurisdiction.
- Ningenkai ― The mortal realm, but most specifically refers to the jurisdiction of the mortal realm that is overseen by the Reikai.
- Makai ― The 'demon' world that was sealed off by King Enma. It was originally part of his jurisdiction, but conflict there was so great after the Reikai assimilated Meikei (a former part of the afterlife also called the Netherworld) that King Enma was forced to seal it off to preserve the balance, thus making it a wild territory.
- Tantei-Kai ― A group of spiritually-aware and most-often spiritually-empowered humans (and their souls) that are generally recruited after death and generally given a second chance at life to put spirits at rest or eliminate their malicious presence in an attempt to keep the balance. Members of the Tantei-Kai rarely know there are others and are generally called Spirit Detectives.
- Tantei-Duo ― A pair of souls whose soul wavelengths match up perfectly and have been made into Spirit Detectives by the Reikai. Because of a factor called 'soul resonance', a pair of matching souls can create powerful abilities when used on conjunction. A downfall of this resonance is that the more it is relied on, the weaker each individual soul will be apart. The greatest strength and weakness of this ability is that if pushed to its limit, the souls involved can merge into a single one. This singularity creates a large outburst of energy, but ultimately results in the destruction of the soul as it breaks down due to instability. The individuals involved literally fade into nothing once the ability has hit its peak.
- Reiki ― Also known as spirit energy and is the energy harnessed by all forms of ghosts, apparitions and humans.The most pure form of reiki is found within the soul and most souls have a unique 'wavelength' as well as 'frequency' to the reiki that comprises the soul. Most of the Ningenkai is comprised of reiki with little variation due to barriers setup by Enma in an attempt to preserve balance.
- Spirit Detective ― Individuals of notably high spiritual awareness and ultimately spiritually-empowered that work for the Reikai to preserve the balance. Most often, these Spirit Detectives attempt to make earthbound spirits pass on and are even given a second chance at life for their assistance. Spirit Detectives are highly-respected in the Reikai and thus hated by any group or affiliate that holds animosity towards the Reikai. More powerful, veteran Spirit Detectives are often demon hunters and some even hunt down the criminals of the Makai underworld and the corrupt parts of the Reikai. Spirit Detectives are all considered part of the Tantei-Kai.
- Hand ― A hand is normally considered the assistant of a Spirit Detective and are often also spiritually aware. Hands are often skipped over by the Reikai due to conflict with personalities, greater ties to their existing life or an incompatible soul wavelength. Sometimes the Reikai rejects them due to demonic heritage. In history, Hands have been known to surpass their Spirit Detective counterparts in power and become legends themselves, but their methods of doing such are often questionable and result in them being hunted down as criminals. A Hand is often considered vital to a Spirit Detective due to a weaker variant of soul resonance that exists through their bonds of friendship.
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Character✰Roster!
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[Male | 17 | Student]
[spacer]Ibuki Kurohana is a fair-skinned boy of average height, weight and build with little outstanding features. He has been doted on for his calm, cool demeanor that adds to his appearance, but alone he is not outstanding. Ibuki tends to prove himself stylish by wearing the one article of clothing allowed over the Kuchikiroka uniform: his signature jacket. During summer, winter, fall and spring, Ibuki is known for wearing his jacket and switches up every year to a new size of similar style. The only time Ibuki is known for removing his jacket is inside the greenhouses of his family businesses were the heat and humidity are often far too high to comfortably wear a jacket.
Although Ibuki tends to be calm and cool on the outside, he has a lot of pent of up rage as one might expect. He is sensitive to the paranormal and feels in most contact with it while working with plants, however this is primarily because his father - never forgetting the son he had left behind - used to contact him through the spiritual veil using the plants he personally planted years ago. Unfortunately, Gurēnue died in the Makai around the age Ibuki was 11, leaving Ibuki with only frustration and the innate ability to feel the spiritual world around him through plants that tapped into his demonic nature. Ibuki has internalized most of his frustration with the hope that if he became successful, his father would return, but in his age essentially realized that would never happen (not because he knew his father was dead; mostly due to a sense of hopelessness). Ibuki is aware that he is a shame to the Kurohana name, and often has tried to be successful to appease them, but has never added up in their eyes. With this, Ibuki is prone to rage-filled outbursts on the streets or in school and is generally kept out of trouble due to the corruption of the school system and his academic as well as athletic status. Quite possibly due to his demonic nature and athletic side, he's considered undefeated on the streets with few people daring to cross him.[/spacer]
[spacer]Ibuki Kurohana is the bastard son of a half-demon named Gurēnue, son of the late Kuronue. The Kurohana household has been the primary producers of plants and flowers ever since they were used for medicines long ago when the town was first founded. Due to the convenient location near a Jigoku no Kuchi (Hell Mouth), the Kurohana greenhouses became the target for all manner of raids from half-demons procuring samples of plants from the Ningenkai (human world) to introduce, hybridize or alter the attributes of demonic plants. However, with the ever-growing superstitious nature of Kuchikiroka, the difficulty of procuring said items became greater for lower-ranking demons.
Gurēnue, the half-demon son of Kuronue - an infamous bat demon thief in the Makai - integrated himself into the Ningenkai on a mission to procure rare and potent herbs to be transplanted into the Makai as per the request of high-ranking demons and dark practitioners. He done this in a manner no demon had attempted before him; seducing a member of the Kurohana family to become part of it, then fleeing upon the next opening of the Jigoku no Kuchi. All in all, his plan worked. Two years of waiting, perfect timing as well as a hollow marriage and the birth of Ibuki ultimately led up to him disappearing randomly into the night, leaving his mother Midori to raise Ibuki by herself.
Ibuki was born as Ibuki Tanaka, but had his name legally reverted to his mother's maiden name afterwards. He also has two step-sisters - both significantly younger than him - after his mother married the husband of her late sister in an attempt to keep the family together, meaning his step-sisters are also his first cousins. Despite this, Ibuki is and his mother are still much considered the black sheeps of their family as Ibuki is a bastard whose only outstanding feature is an innate ability to care for plants while his mother is often referred to as the Kurohana whore, since her husband ran away and she married again.
As one might expect, Ibuki was put through a significant amount of adversity growing up as he was fatherless, detested by a majority of his family and never even truly accepted by his step-father or step-sisters. Where Ibuki excelled, however, was in Junior High and High School. After hitting puberty and his growth spurts, Ibuki became a capable tennis player and a fairly intelligent student - keeping within the top five percent of his class. Although Ibuki was talented in these fields, he never went far enough to actually win awards, meaning his notable talents were generally disregarded by his family.
His peers, however, often felt different. Ibuki tends to be rather introverted due to his lonely upbringing and thus gives off a relatively calm and cool atmosphere around him. Granted he was also involved in academics and sports, his popularity within the school was rather high. Most people within the school know who Ibuki is, whether he is the guy that everyone has chilled with at least once or the girl every girl looked twice at. As this is his graduating year, Ibuki is being offered a spot in the second-most revered university in the region Kuchikiroka is located in and intends to study homeopathic medicines.[/spacer] -
[Gender: M | Age: 21 | Occupation: Garbage man]
Name: Anton Cooper
Personality: A very calm man and very centered and spiritual person Anton was always considered a nice man by many people. He is not very talkative but has no problem with conversing with people. He prefers to outright speak his mind to someone else rather than keep them in the dark but this doesn't mean he freely tells his secrets. In fact Anton is a very good liar when he wants to be on the rare occasion wants to be. He hates smoking, and drinking considering the acts bad for the mind and the body. He considers everyone who wants to kill themselves with disdain viewing them as weak minded and that they should do as these please. He takes his job as spirit detective very seriously. He absolutely refuses to let those he views as evil walk away unless he knows he can't take them in a fight in which case he gives a modest effort but always is willing to back off. He is not scared of playing dirty with anyone despite his feelings to the contrary. He absolutely loathes the thought of murdering an innocent person in cold blood but if it could save more lives he'd gladly do the deed. He has no real interest in romance and he finds friends as necessary crutches. He is not one to actively seek out a person to help them through trouble unless someone requests him too or it isn't a bother to him.
[spacer]History: Born in America Anton was born to a modest income family down in the suburbs of Connecticut. His dad was a pastor in a local christian church and his mother was a undertaker. His grim family work made him rather few friends in his early childhood. However even as a child Anton was always one to look on the brighter side of things. He loathed fighting people but he learned how to fight in self defense classes when bullies started to bother him in early childhood. His dad was always busy with people around the neighborhood and he his mother was always busy with her work and when she wasn't she was hardly one to talk leaving Anton to grow up on his own for the most part. Despite this however always had a strong attuned to his spiritual side however as when he visited his mother during her work days he'd always feel uneasy and even see spirits in broad day light on occasion. It was an odd experience to say the least and he'd never tell anyone about it. He passed middle school and high school with high grades and notable regards for athletic talents. However he was one of the least popular kids in his school due to his tendency to be dull and boring to other more energetic kids. Undaunted he decided that he'd go into life with his head looking forward but decided college wasn't for him. Deciding that life wasn't for him in the United States Anton decided to migrate around the world in order to find more answers on why his life wasn't like other people.
However before going to Japan Anton used money given to him by his mother to travel to Ireland to learn about the ancient celt people there for a few months. He learned nothing of value there but he grew a respect for the Irish's hard history and met a couple of new friends or at least as close to friends as Anton would likely ever meet. He then traveled to Rome in order to find out more about Christianity. He did not know much Italian so he was forced to get by on a translation book. He came to understand more about himself as a person by learning of the struggles of people like Julius Caesar and the popes of the papacy. He spent more time in Italy and even started to learn the language before he decided that it was time to go to Japan. Arriving in Japan Anton felt that he still had a long way to go and decided he'd stick around as a garbage man, allowing him to work around his modest knowledge of the Japanese language, and allow him to find out more about the Japanese peoples' cultures, religions, and legends.[/spacer]
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