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Chihiro Fujisaki ( 不二咲千尋 ) ([personal profile] superhacker) wrote2012-09-14 10:51 pm

Application for Afterliving

O O C I N F O
Player Name: Elie
Personal Journal: [personal profile] elieinverse
Other Contact: AIM: elieinverse; Plurk: [plurk.com profile] elieinverse
Are you over 15? Yes. I'm 25.
Current Characters: N/A

C H A R A C T E R I N F O
Character Name: Chihiro Fujisaki
Fandom: Dangan Ronpa
Age/Gender: 16, male.
Canon Point: Chapter 2, post death.
History: Here's a link to the TVtropes page. Alternatively, you can check the characters page directly and scroll down a bit.

Personality: At first impression, most people would think that Chihiro looks allegedly like a shy, fragile, easily distressed girl. It is not entirely wrong, except on the detail that Chihiro is actually male, and is wearing female clothes not because of actual gender issues, but instead it was done in order to resolve the bullying he was probably going to be the receiver of, had he kept his male appearance. This stems from the fact that, physically, he's smaller and weaker than an average boy. As a child, he never had enough physical strength to go outside and play with the other kids, causing him so much grief.

Having been made fun of for not being the "manly" type, strong and reliable like most of the kids, Chihiro suffered a lot from this; he was told many times that he couldn't be a boy with the little amount of body power he possessed. Because of the pressure he was put under, he eventually took a drastic decision that turned his life around: he decided to become a being even weaker than a weak boy. He decided to be a girl.

However, he'd soon discover that making himself out to be a girl didn't solve all his problems. Rather, it made his heart even more bitter, because even if people had no longer high expectations of him, that still meant that he was running away from his problems. He found a roundabout method to cope with his weakness, rather than try to fix the issue itself. Gradually, he grew more depressed; it hurt even worse than the bullying he was victim of. Even so, he felt that he couldn't go back to his male status and deal with people's ridicule again. He was stuck in those female clothes, with no good way out and a giant inferiority complex.

Other than physically fragile, he's also emotionally sensitive. Even a slight rude remark would reduce him to tears, and he doesn't like conflict at all, instead choosing to apologize and try to get away rather than hold his own. Basically, he's got no backbone in his spine, and that does not help the complexity of his situation. It goes to the point where he let a mosquito feed off him because he thought it was just hungry, he felt sorry for it and he didn't want to hurt it.

He deeply admires his classmates, and would rather stand to the side and let them shine, hoping that one day he could become as awesome as them. Nevertheless, he does want to try being a better person. He tries and struggles to be useful when there's need to, and he fails almost everytime. However, his inner strength is actually greater than anyone would think. Instead of giving into despair once he and the other students were trapped in the school and forced to murder each other, he finds the determination to improve himself once and for all. He's said he would have told everyone about his secret (That he's actually a boy) when he finally became stronger.

It should also be noted that one of the hints that foreshadowed his real gender in canon, is the fact that he gets along better with guys than girls. He can relate to them, which made him pretty popular in the internet world among the computer nerds and shut-ins. While he does respect Sakura and Aoi for being such strong people despite being female, he cannot understand them. Therefore, he didn't turn to them for help when he decided to start working out. Besides, he's generally very awkward around girls, a somewhat normal reaction coming from any teenage boy.

Ironically enough, his determination and willpower ultimely caused his demise, at the hands of the guy he called the strongest and completely trusted- Mondo Oowada.


Special Abilities: Chihiro is an expert hacker, and possesses a great talent with computers, having gained himself the title of Super High School Level Hacker and thus being accepted in the prestigious Hope Academy. He reached the point where he can develop self-aware AI programs, like his virtual persona named Alter Ego, which helped the other students a lot throughout the canon story after Chihiro's death. However, rather than a special ability, it is a natural talent he was born with.

How did your character die? He was murdered by Mondo Oowada, with a blow to the head delivered by a dumbbell. The cause of his murder was the indirect trigger he set off when he inadvertitely brought up Mondo's jealousy of Chihiro's superior inner strength in contrast with his own weakness.

Other: Like above mentioned in the personality section, Chihiro is a crossdresser, therefore people can easily mistake him for a girl thanks to his frail build and behavior. Hopefully that will change as the game plot goes and he goes through a more consistent character development.

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