Kuromatsu, Genryu [B-rank Nukenin]

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Kuromatsu, Genryu

THE INFO.

Name: Genryu Kuromatusu
Nickname: Vice
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Appearance:

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Genryu's appearance is one that is unique enough to be one of his own without standing out. He is about 6'1'', 178lbs, with sand colored skin that tans well and hair black hair as accustom to those with the Kuromatsu's blood. His eyes are an odd shade of Amber, however. His most stand out feature has to be his facial hair, which like a pair of jagged fangs cut along the line of jaw and then upward on both sides (see picture above for better representation). His body is mostly lean muscle, as he isn't at all bulky but still has a form fitting athletic build that he has maintained. While toned, his body isn't muscle hardened in appearance. He isn't very hairy at all, by heredity, and thus styles what hair he does grow to the best of his ability. He ages very well, and though only twenty-four years of age has managed to keep some of the youthful charm of his appearance as well as a very smooth complexion of face and relatively smooth skin. He is in general a pretty good looking guy if not average which goes along well with his charismatic personality.

He prefers darker shades such as dark red and dark greens. No doubt this is a reflection of his darker affinity. He is often seen dressed moderately well actually, wearing dress slacks, a long sleeve button up collared shirt and a vest over it. Though they are often wrinkled instead of pressed. In all honesty he would appear as though a fashionable street go-er, no less than a shinobi, though even in this outfit he is battle-ready. It isn't uncommon to see him in a beret of short lidded hat and his shoes alternate between wooden sandals, black dress shoes more heavy duty mission boots. If he isn't in street clothes he is most likely in something loose fitting and easy to move in. Both his normal shinobi/mission gear and his lounging about clothing are either loose fitted robes or something along the lines of what a samurai would wear; being much more traditional what a ninja would seemingly appear to be wearing, however if he had to choose he would much rather fight in normal clothing, as his brawling instinct makes loose fitting clothes cumbersome. He keeps his old Konoha forehead protector in his back pocket, usually with his wallet.

Personality: On the surface, Genryu has the narcissistic qualities of a good salesmen. On the surface he has a witty and sarcastic humor, slightly aggressive and good at both explaining and supporting his opinions. Slightly self-centered and egotistical, his confidence is very convincing and his charm can be very misleading. He can easily throw on a facade and a business savvy character, and will often use this very same persona when he is in a battle situation, or first meeting a person. He only ever takes things seriously when he notices that there isn't any way he can manipulate of weasel his way out of a situation. He would much rather avoid conflict then take part in battle, as he is much more passive-aggressive than straight forwardly aggressive.

That being said, he isn't exactly scared to back up his words with his fists if push comes to shove. Because of his specific abilities, he has a very strong sense of what he is good and isn’t good at, and commits completely to either standing his ground or running away. Genryu is seemingly desensitized to all different sorts of evils in the world, and isn’t easily put off or disgusted by acts of inhumanity. He DOES however have a very strong ideal of right in wrong. In his world, one’s word is like a contract, and people communicate through a series of deals. He believes strongly that even the best bullshitter should stick to their contracts and breaking their words is detestable. He is generally apathetic and uninterested in people unless he wants something from them. All and all he is a generally good guy whose environment and upbringing has been shaped around survival; by any and all means even if it means getting your hands a little dirty for the sake of the deal.

Clan: Kuromatsu Clan
Nindō: “Honor the contracts you make, don’t take good business personally. Survival is more important than victory, if you're alive at the end of the day, you're a winner.”

THE NINJA.

Origin: Land of Fire - Crater City
Affiliation: Nukenin
Rank: B-rank
Specialties: Ninjutsu/Taijutsu
Elemental Affinities: Fire[Katon] (Restricted only to one Element due to Clan)
Combat Style: Close-Mid Range. He enjoys the prospect of high-risk, high reward combat in which he will happily throw himself into the ring of battle fully aware of the consequences. Because of that, what blows he connect are often hard-hitters as opposed to a multitude of smaller precision blows. That being said, his ninjutsu are very 'explosive' both literally and in personality. He will fight individuals at close range, then when they retreat, blast them with his blackpowder techniques until he can once again engage them. He uses fire element techniques mostly as support; unorthodox for fire use, he uses it in more strategic ways in order to trap his opponents in corners so that he can blast away at them with blackpowder or bone-shattering taijutsu.

Special Characteristics:

Immense Strength

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Great Endurance

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Large Chakra Capacity

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THE BACKGROUND.

History:
Genryu was originally kidnapped as a baby and born into the notorious Kuromatu Mafia clan. With their many ties to black market and underground corporations, the clan had slowly built its reputation as being related with the darker sides of humanity. Genryu was born in Crater City, a bustling tourist city filled with festivals, food, drink, women and games. The Kuromatu clan had a strong foot hold here as this was one of many small black market hubs within major shinobi nations. The clan recognized the child's potential from a young age. At the age of four they began preparing him for his role in the clans affairs. They desensitized him to life by exposing him to many of the great evils of man. Intoxication, Lust, Violence, Insanity. The boy was something of an apprentice to the clan's will, and at the age of seven he was taken to Konohagakure. It was a set up plan so that the boy, Genryu, was thought to be a rescued orphan, and that he was commissioned to stay with foster parents in Konoha itself. These were also Kuromatu operatives, but they would serve as his make shift parents while he stayed in Konoha.

But why the village in the leaf? While the Kuromatu was a powerful monetary force among the blackmarket, they had limited amounts of actual force and lacked the resources to train guards on their own. They would thus, creatively smuggle people in and out of villages, having them train at the resident academy there to become shinobi and would have their return to the Kuromatu once their training was complete. This was the same case with Genryu. At the age of ten he would enroll in the academy at Konoha and would train under the guidance of the village. Originally he was a shy boy as he had been told in most cases to keep his mouth shut during others affairs and to not get in the way, but to just watch. Now surrounded by individuals of his own age, his true personality began to come out as he even began to make friends. It was only natural that he would come to grow attached to his new peers over time, and while he was no standout in his class, he was certainly exceptional. He also had notedly good social skills as well; as he could blend right into a situation or go with the flow; a sign of mental maturity in the eyes of his guardian 'foster parents'. They would often conduct small tests or observations of his behavior and ability and send them back through the underground to the Kuromatu clan Mafia to report in on how he was doing. Though Genryu wasn't the only one. The clan was betting many childhoods on having a secure future, and while Genryu seemed to handle it in stride, many other children broke under the pressure. He simply had a resilient personality that didn't break under trauma.

Once he had succeeded in becoming a genin, a process that went surprisingly smooth, he began his secondary training while also running simple missions with his three man squad and jounin leader. He was slowly trained to be able to use his KKG ability as well as made knowledgeable of the inner workings of the black market. He was studied on an encyclopedia of skills and knowledge, and was expected to know deep histories and complex politics. He took all of these with stride and balanced his normal shinobi life with that of his black market roots. All and all, he seemed a prodigy of sorts, able to retain the information and skills awarded him without too much trouble at all. It wasn't that he took to them particularly or exceptionally fast, rather he steadily improved, showing that he had extended potential for growth. The body also had cunning wit and a skill for manipulating people and situations. This wasn't a detail that his foster parents picked up, but rather his Jounin squad leader as in more than one situation missions ended with Genryu able to talk down his opponents without a fight. It wasn't necessarily a skill for interrogating, as much as it was one for negotiating. Truly he was a son of the Kuromatsu clan and as he aged, he grew into this role nicely.

However other details slowly started leaking into his Jounin leaders perception. He would often slip up, using his abilities that weren't taught to him, namely the Kuromatsu's Blackpowder techniques to unannounced to his team mates, perform otherwise impossible tasks. While at first his ability to turn the tide was a great thing, their Jounin leader began becoming suspicious of where these small instances of 'strange ability' were coming from and how he had manifested/trained them. Only the Kuromatsu were capable of such things, and this boy was documented to be an orphan. It was odd to him that an orphan would be capable of techniques possessed by the Kuromatsu without being taught specifically by them. Surely not alone! The suspicious Jounin leader had a Uchiha accompany them on the next few missions, and while he was there in cover to help the team for unspecified reasons, but in truth, they were studying the boy with the Sharingan. When he did slip up next and use his ability, and even the sharingan was unable to completely understand its origin on first glance, they began looking deeper into the boys past, and his life...

At the age of 15 he accomplished chunnin status. The chunnin exams were difficult for him as he was instructed to not use his Blackpowder ability in public and the exams were a rather large stage in which his abilities could be seen. He had to resort to any means necessary just short of cheating to continue to advance, however those observing him thought these traits admireable; problem solving, strategy thinking, cool head, goal oriented. He was more or less promoted to Chunnin for all the same reasons that those of the Kuromatsu clan were; his ability to worm his way through situations was remarkable. Given an inch, he would take a mile, as they say. Though becoming a chunnin allowed him some distance from his team and the Jounin leader that kept watch of him curiously, little did he know he was still being investigated.

Two years passed and Konohagakure was attacked. The Kuromatu Mafia was well aware that the attack from Ota and Yuki villages would happen, and thus staged a kidnapping of Genryu during the chaos of the event. Genryu wasn't aware that this was the case until he saw the symbol of his clan and even struggled a bit against his own men, but in any case he was smuggled out of Kononha during the battle itself. The battle raged on until the many men were defeated and forced to retreat. Konoha had no choice but to swallow back the acceptance that much was lost and stolen, and many men were M.I.A., potentially captured, hurt, or killed. Genryu was thought to be one of these unfortunate lost men. Meanwhile, Genryu and the Kuromatu clan re-convened. He was reunited with his real father and family and the now 17 year old would be congratulated on doing so well with a massive banquet and all the women he could stand to stare at. It wasn't weeks later that he was initiated into the Kuromatu Mafia's business as a guard and began running deals under them.

As his face began popping up, he slowly gained notoriety himself until a sour deal between Kuromatu and Root of Konoha on the underground brought Genryu's face up once again within the walls of Konoha. They discovered that they were in fact the same person soon enough but when they went to investigate the foster parents, they had long sense moved. Genryu was made a medium priority missing-nin of Konoha with intentions of capture for interrogation, and though he was never top priority thanks to him and his clans ability to fly under the radar, he would spend the next seven years marked as a criminal.

This would become more interesting, when he received a strange invitation from another high ranking individual...

-TO BE CONTINUED-

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FACE CLAIM.

Character Claim: Kotetsu T. Kaburagi
Source: Tiger&Bunny [Anime]
Image URL: https://2img.net/h/i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh166/TehuberFlash/4-1.png

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THE ARSENAL.

Equipment

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Kits

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Jutsu

Academy/Common Tech

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Kuromatsu Clan Techniques [approved with clan](14)

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Kuromatsu Clan Techniques [Custom](2)

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Fire Ninjutsu (6)

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Taijutsu (3)

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Age : 32 Posts : 308

Complete!

Age : 29 Posts : 614

Alright Flash, so assuming you have approval to create a B-Rank Nukenin, let us get the process underway!

-The first thing that I noticed was a discrepancy between your elemental affinities and your jutsu list. By this I mean, you say that you have Katon Jutsus, but you have not listed Katon as one of your elemental affinities. Remember, you are allowed up to two elemental affinities.

Quote :: Name: BlackPowder PopShell
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Fire [Katon]
Clan: Kuromatsu
Description: The user forms the tiger hand sign before generating a flame and then immediately turn it into blackpowder, and condense it into a canon like sphere (about the size of a baseball). The user then manipulate it forward, shooting it outward quickly as though shooting a literal canon ball. The light ball will travel forward, and upon contact with a physical object, or when commanded by the user, will pop lick a bubble. Seemingly harmless, when it pops, it will pop into a plume of BlackPowder, that covers everything within a 5meter radius in the substance. The substance is fine enough that it is difficult to completely remove from hair, clothes, etc., without actually washing.
Chakra Cost: 7

-The first thing I would like you to do is grammatically clean this up.
-Second, I would like you to understand that cannonballs vary in size and can weigh anywhere from about three pounds to over a hundred pounds, please specify about how big the cannonball is so that the 'pop radius' will make more sense.

Quote :: Name: BlackPowder DrillShell
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m), Long (10m+)
Element: Fire [Katon]
Clan: Kuromatsu
Description: The user forms the tiger hand sign before generating a flame and then immediately turn it into blackpowder, and condense it into sphere. The Sphere then immediately elongates into a cone like shape and a spiral pattern tightens around it like a drill bit head. The user then manipulate it forward, while causing it to rotate, shooting it outward quickly as though shooting a literal canon ball. The heavy ball will travel forward and drill into anything that it hits, burrowing into and through materials as hard as stone. If it is ignited, it explodes with the force of similar to four explosive tags and moderate shockwave; enough to cause a concussion, internal damage (bruising), and possibly break bone if within 5meter diameter of the explosion.
Chakra Cost: 14

-Once again, please be sure to clean up the grammar.
-How is the powder so condensed that it can have such an effect as drilling? I'd like a little more clarification on this part because as it is, I don't see the logic behind a more malleable object being able to penetrate a more solid one.

-You currently have 26/25 possible jutsus. Please remove one.

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Ohh jeeze, embarrassing mistake! Fire added. I also noted that Im only allowed Katon due to my clan. Thanks yo.

BlackPowder PopShell
-weighted it at about 30lbs, though its not much of a 'destructive' object seeing as though on contact it 'pops'. Also tried to make it less wordy

BlackPowder DrillShell
-With accordance to my clan description, I can condense blackpowder into solid objects, those pretty simple ones, allowing me to make functional weapons... that are explosive. So creating a solid mass, like projectiles, and in this case, a drill, seems reasonable. It is also noted to not be able to go through metal, so it's potential as a solid object is limited.

The compacting mechanism is basically so that when burned, they are explosive, instead of just sizzling. Also made it less wordy.

Miss-counted the fire justu, there are only six. I apparently can't count.

Thanks yo.

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Approved
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Age : 29 Posts : 1797

Just some minor nitpicks before I give the second approval.

Please upgrade your Academy jutsu to the new ones: http://www.ultimateshinobi.org/t3132-academy-jutsu
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BlackPowder DrillShell

Approximately what size is the drill?
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Smoldering Smoke Plume Technique

Just a typographical error I found. The first sentence states "Smoldering Soot" in it; I'm assuming you meant Smoldering Smoke Plume.
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Engulfing Inferno

How far must the fire be from the user, and please state that you cannot take control of chakra-enhanced fire. Such as taking control of a Fireball jutsu in mid flight; that would be OP. Finally; add a maintaining cost, since you could theoretically control the flames for additional posts.
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Heat Armor Technique

Make a note that you are limited to using weaponry and taijutsu techniques while this technique is active. It would make no sense for the character to focus chakra on shooting a fireball whilst simultaneously focusing chakra on the armor.
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Conduction Fist

D-rank: You can't change direction in mid air with such a low-level technique. You may change direction by firing off an existing object, ie. a wall as stated in the technique; but mid air would require pressure greater than the weight of your character; not to mention the application of gravity. This would be fine for C-rank.

The rest seems fine. That is all for now.

EDIT: Almost forgot. You're not allowed custom kits yet. There is no system in place for them, so until then please replace your custom kit with a pre-designed one.

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-Academy Tech Updated
-Custom kit removed
-Drill noted to be "about the size of a large traffic cone"
-Smoldering Smoke Plume Technique: Good call, I changed the name a few times. Fixed.
-Engulfing Inferno: Length included to be about 20meters around the user. Included that its none-chakra enhanced fire, and a 4CP per post upkeep added
-Heat Armor: edited to limit to taijutsu/weaponry
-Conduction Fist: Rank Adjusted. D-rank is basically like touching a hot stove. C-rank now includes ability to change direction. B-rank left unchanged.

Thank yo.

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Apologies for the delayed reply; but I've been pondering over a certain jutsu which seems a bit god-moddy.

Quote :: Name: Engulfing Inferno
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m), Long (10m+)
Element: Fire [Katon]
Description: The user targets existing, none chakra enhanced flames around the immediate area (about 20meters, within the parameters of the battlefield) and targets the opponent. Then forming the bird – tiger hand signs, the fires quickly grow into a wall of fire and collapse around the opponent, inflicting intense burns and even catching their clothes on fire. This technique is dependent on the surroundings and will be more effective the more fire is around the target. At a result, when the technique ends, the fire manipulated have burned themselves out and all that’s left is smoldering remains of whatever was burning.
Chakra Cost: 15 (+4 per post)

You can control fire within a very large area; then force this fire to assault the target via a method of pyrokinesis. AKA controlling fire with your mind. The first sentence itself says you can just target the enemy with the fire, and that's before creating the two hand seals. The main problem with this technique is how incredibly difficult it is to defend. Not only can you control the flames around them very quickly to roast them alive; but even if they should somehow escape the technique; you could direct the fire toward the target to basically follow them. It gives you 'god-like' powers to control raw elements, as opposed to chakra enhanced elements. The other problem is that it doesn't make sense in Naruto. All elemental attacks are created using chakra; even non-elemental attacks are. Thus; controlling something without chakra is beyond what a regular ninja can possibly do.

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Originally it was just suppose to be a one time attack, as opposed to something I use repeatedly. For the sake of getting approved, I'll remove the technique and replace it with the running fire technique, one in the encyclopedia!

Quote :: Name: Hibashiri - Running Fire
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Katon (Fire)
Description: This jutsu will create a pair of jets made from fire that can be manipulated into several forms before striking the target and surrounding them. This fire can be made more powerful with the introduction of wind from a wind element attack.
Chakra Cost: 12 (3 per post)

Age : 29 Posts : 1797

Well, we'll need another mod approval...

Kuromatsu, Genryu [B-rank Nukenin] 815275

Kidding;

[2/2]Approved!

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Archived.
Due to inactivity.