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Name: Ryoga Hibiki
Canon: Ranma 1/2
Canon Point: Volume 29
Age: 16
Spoken language(s): Japanese
Username: network username
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History: http://ranma.wikia.com/wiki/Ryoga_Hibiki
Personality: Ostensibly a student from Japan, Ryoga Hibiki is an exceptional martial artist whose terrible sense of direction means that he's rarely at school. He devotes himself to improving his fighting skills and wanders all over Asia to train – partially because martial arts is his passion, and partially because he can't actually find his way back home. Things Ryoga has attempted and failed to find include the front door in an acquaintance’s house (for at least a week), Hokkaido in northern Japan (he ended up in Okinawa, one of the southern islands), and his own house. Because of this handicap, Ryoga rarely sees his parents and largely resigns himself his fate, sending postcards and souvenirs to his friends and relying on his acquaintances to escort him should he ever actually need to get anywhere on time.
As such, he is used to living his life largely on his own, with his main correspondence with his parents being notes several days old by the time he is able to read them. Nonetheless, his condition is shared by all human members of his family, and he thus mostly takes this in stride – though he does react with horror when at one point he becomes convinced that he let his sister out of the house and allowed her to get hopelessly lost (it turned out he didn’t actually have a sister).
Ryoga takes his honor as a martial artist very seriously and therefore strives to make good on anything he promises, avoid attacking the defenseless, be extra courteous to women, etc. Occasionally, this code of conduct becomes an inconvenience; for example, when his rival Ranma loses his strength and requires Ryoga’s help to train, but Ryoga is unable to attack him seriously because he knows Ranma has been depowered. In general, however, other characters view Ryoga as dependable and even a little soft-hearted (or soft-headed, as Ryoga is generally uncomplicated in his goals and easily manipulated).
As a person, Ryoga is well-meaning but often gullible or naïve, apparently unable to recognize his friends or enemies should they show up in disguise – even if that disguise is literally a wig and glasses. Ranma is able to convince him that he’s several different women, for instance, including Ryoga’s younger sister… even though Ryoga is an only child.
In fact, Ryoga’s life is a bit of a disaster, as he’s unable to find his way to dates, consistently comes in second fiddle to Ranma, worries constantly about having his identity as P-chan revealed to Akane, and cursed to transform into a pig whenever splashed with cold water. While Ryoga often reacts to each new setback as his usual overreactive self (ending up down in the dumps when rejected by Akane, angrily challenging Ranma to a fight, frantically trying to concel his identity as P-chan, angstily promising to never return), it is worth noting that Ryoga always bounces back from his setbacks. For example:
• When he promises to leave Akane's side forever, he's always back in the next panel or two snuggling back up to her in his P-chan disguise.
• While he's discouraged by his losses to Ranma, he is equally THRILLED and kind of insufferable when he wins (and is always back for another duel regardless of the outcome).
• When waxing poetic about how no woman will ever love him, he is quickly comforted by even the most dubious or convenient evidence otherwise (this is particularly egregious when the Akari Unryu character shows up and he'll literally spend part of a page lamenting his fate and the next blushing like a schoolgirl over the possibility that Akari might like him).
Ryoga tends to be portrayed as a bit of a gloomy character, as his life is filled with setbacks and obstacles (for example, one of his abilities, the Lion's Roar Blast/Shishi Hokodan is powered by feelings of negativity and depression). And in fact, he often responds to romantic setbacks in particular with proclamations about how his curse will forever doom his love life and ability to lead a normal, everyday existence.
In practice, however, his 'depression' is played for laughs, as like most of the cast he simply bounces back from rejection or failure to attack Ranma/plan his next confession to Akane/try to rid himself of his course again in his next appearance. Even in the Lion's Roar arc, Ryoga actively plots ways to out-depress Ranma, as this is the quickest way to power his attacks and thus make himself more likely to win the duel -- he outright asks Akane to reject him so that his Lion's Roar will be stronger and he basically returns to life as scheduled after he's defeated. Further, in one of the last battles in the manga, Ryoga uses the Lion's Roar to propel Ranma to one of their mission objectives without any real evidence that he feels depressed at all.
Ryoga is also more or less accustomed to being alone, though if his romantic loneliness could be said to affect him, it would most likely be in the way that Ryoga is quick to jump at the idea that any girl might like him. Gullible and prone to romanticization as it is, Ryoga is quickly put off balance by confessions of affection in general and by Akane in particular.
Though overall loyal to his longtime crush, Akane Tendo, Ryoga tends to be easily swayed by displays of affection. He’s a sucker in general for women who treat him with kindness, and in particular those who claim to like him despite his curse. When Ranma disguises himself as Ryoga’s fiancée, for instance, and claims to love him despite the curse, Ryoga openly declares his love for her despite knowing her for less than a day. Similarly, his giant crush on Akane starts when Akane is kind to him in his alternate piglet form, and he is even lured to Shampoo’s side when she seems set to do the same.
Despite his handicaps and comparative lack of guile, Ryoga usually powers through life by being incredibly determined and obscenely strong. He’ll search for a week to find Ranma’s school and challenge his rival to a duel, for instance, and he overcomes his inability to ice skate by breaking all the ice in the rink so he can simply walk around on the broken fragments. Similarly, he develops his superhuman constitution by having Cologne smash boulders into his face until he can master a martial arts technique. Sadly, this also makes him a bit of a walking disaster zone, as Ryoga is prone to breaking things when embarrassed or upset and often forgets how superhumanly strong he is.
Like most Ranma ½ characters, Ryoga is an abysmal failure at relationships. Though loyal in his affections and honest with his own feelings, he is unable to confess his feelings to his love interest, either because he psychs himself out until his words are incomprehensible babbling or because circumstances (or meddling acquaintances) prevent him from doing so. Convinced that no one would want a man who transforms into a piglet, Ryoga is often consumed by romantic angst and vacillates between shouting loudly that TODAY WILL BE THE DAY HE CONFESSES HIS FEELINGS TO AKANE TENDO and shouting loudly that HE MUST LEAVE FOREVER IN DISGRACE.
TL;DR, he’s an overdramatic loser.
Abilities/Skills: Ryoga is an extremely competent martial artist and possessed of immense strength and durability. Unfortunately, he doesn't always remember to control these abilities when emotional, and can thus end up smashing buildings in the process of dramatically punching a wall. He is also significantly faster, more acrobatic, and more coordinated than an ordinary human, allowing him to perform feats like leaping around on posts, spelling out insults with a rhythmic gymnastics ribbon, and (most commonly) getting into grudge matches with other superpowered martial artists.
Other than his martial arts skills, Ryoga also has a decent array of survival skills, such as cooking and camping. Despite his athletic ability, he cannot ice skate to save his life. Also, he turns into a small black piglet whenever he touches cold water (and turns back when he touches hot water). As long as he doesn't actually get wet (i.e. wears a wetsuit), however, he's fine in close proximity to water.
• Anything-Goes Martial Arts: Ryoga is a skilled martial artist, with heightened coordination, speed, and reflexes -- but it's his superhuman strength and durability that really stand out. With this strength, Ryoga can easily shatter boulders, tunnel through the earth, or take hundreds of punches without ill effect.
• Shishi Hokodan: Ryoga can emit blasts of destructive energy capable of blowing tunnels through solid earth or creating impact craters the size of a small building. In its victims, these blasts cause feelings of depression and a sense of oppressive atmosphere in addition to physical damage. While those of Ryoga's approximate skill can survive being hit with this energy, it is likely that an ordinary human would be killed or severely injured.
• Curse of the Drowned Pig: Ryoga turns into a small black piglet when splashed with cold water. He turns back into a human when splashed with hot water. It's really inconvenient.
• Sixth sense: Like many martial artists, Ryoga can sense when danger is directed at him. However, his terrible sense of direction means that sometimes he may expect it from the wrong direction, making it sort of useless.
• Terrible sense of direction: More like an anti-skill. Ryoga has been known to get lost trying to find his own backyard, and once spent a week trying to leave the house of an acquaintance to no avail.
For some reason, Ryoga is really good at rhythmic gymnastics.
Samples:
Log sample: https://recolle.dreamwidth.org/11089.html?thread=1818961#cmt1818961
Network sample: https://retrospec.dreamwidth.org/12123.html
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IC:
Name: Ryoga Hibiki
Canon: Ranma 1/2
Canon Point: Volume 29
Age: 16
Spoken language(s): Japanese
Username: network username
To the Mods:
History: http://ranma.wikia.com/wiki/Ryoga_Hibiki
Personality: Ostensibly a student from Japan, Ryoga Hibiki is an exceptional martial artist whose terrible sense of direction means that he's rarely at school. He devotes himself to improving his fighting skills and wanders all over Asia to train – partially because martial arts is his passion, and partially because he can't actually find his way back home. Things Ryoga has attempted and failed to find include the front door in an acquaintance’s house (for at least a week), Hokkaido in northern Japan (he ended up in Okinawa, one of the southern islands), and his own house. Because of this handicap, Ryoga rarely sees his parents and largely resigns himself his fate, sending postcards and souvenirs to his friends and relying on his acquaintances to escort him should he ever actually need to get anywhere on time.
As such, he is used to living his life largely on his own, with his main correspondence with his parents being notes several days old by the time he is able to read them. Nonetheless, his condition is shared by all human members of his family, and he thus mostly takes this in stride – though he does react with horror when at one point he becomes convinced that he let his sister out of the house and allowed her to get hopelessly lost (it turned out he didn’t actually have a sister).
Ryoga takes his honor as a martial artist very seriously and therefore strives to make good on anything he promises, avoid attacking the defenseless, be extra courteous to women, etc. Occasionally, this code of conduct becomes an inconvenience; for example, when his rival Ranma loses his strength and requires Ryoga’s help to train, but Ryoga is unable to attack him seriously because he knows Ranma has been depowered. In general, however, other characters view Ryoga as dependable and even a little soft-hearted (or soft-headed, as Ryoga is generally uncomplicated in his goals and easily manipulated).
As a person, Ryoga is well-meaning but often gullible or naïve, apparently unable to recognize his friends or enemies should they show up in disguise – even if that disguise is literally a wig and glasses. Ranma is able to convince him that he’s several different women, for instance, including Ryoga’s younger sister… even though Ryoga is an only child.
In fact, Ryoga’s life is a bit of a disaster, as he’s unable to find his way to dates, consistently comes in second fiddle to Ranma, worries constantly about having his identity as P-chan revealed to Akane, and cursed to transform into a pig whenever splashed with cold water. While Ryoga often reacts to each new setback as his usual overreactive self (ending up down in the dumps when rejected by Akane, angrily challenging Ranma to a fight, frantically trying to concel his identity as P-chan, angstily promising to never return), it is worth noting that Ryoga always bounces back from his setbacks. For example:
• When he promises to leave Akane's side forever, he's always back in the next panel or two snuggling back up to her in his P-chan disguise.
• While he's discouraged by his losses to Ranma, he is equally THRILLED and kind of insufferable when he wins (and is always back for another duel regardless of the outcome).
• When waxing poetic about how no woman will ever love him, he is quickly comforted by even the most dubious or convenient evidence otherwise (this is particularly egregious when the Akari Unryu character shows up and he'll literally spend part of a page lamenting his fate and the next blushing like a schoolgirl over the possibility that Akari might like him).
Ryoga tends to be portrayed as a bit of a gloomy character, as his life is filled with setbacks and obstacles (for example, one of his abilities, the Lion's Roar Blast/Shishi Hokodan is powered by feelings of negativity and depression). And in fact, he often responds to romantic setbacks in particular with proclamations about how his curse will forever doom his love life and ability to lead a normal, everyday existence.
In practice, however, his 'depression' is played for laughs, as like most of the cast he simply bounces back from rejection or failure to attack Ranma/plan his next confession to Akane/try to rid himself of his course again in his next appearance. Even in the Lion's Roar arc, Ryoga actively plots ways to out-depress Ranma, as this is the quickest way to power his attacks and thus make himself more likely to win the duel -- he outright asks Akane to reject him so that his Lion's Roar will be stronger and he basically returns to life as scheduled after he's defeated. Further, in one of the last battles in the manga, Ryoga uses the Lion's Roar to propel Ranma to one of their mission objectives without any real evidence that he feels depressed at all.
Ryoga is also more or less accustomed to being alone, though if his romantic loneliness could be said to affect him, it would most likely be in the way that Ryoga is quick to jump at the idea that any girl might like him. Gullible and prone to romanticization as it is, Ryoga is quickly put off balance by confessions of affection in general and by Akane in particular.
Though overall loyal to his longtime crush, Akane Tendo, Ryoga tends to be easily swayed by displays of affection. He’s a sucker in general for women who treat him with kindness, and in particular those who claim to like him despite his curse. When Ranma disguises himself as Ryoga’s fiancée, for instance, and claims to love him despite the curse, Ryoga openly declares his love for her despite knowing her for less than a day. Similarly, his giant crush on Akane starts when Akane is kind to him in his alternate piglet form, and he is even lured to Shampoo’s side when she seems set to do the same.
Despite his handicaps and comparative lack of guile, Ryoga usually powers through life by being incredibly determined and obscenely strong. He’ll search for a week to find Ranma’s school and challenge his rival to a duel, for instance, and he overcomes his inability to ice skate by breaking all the ice in the rink so he can simply walk around on the broken fragments. Similarly, he develops his superhuman constitution by having Cologne smash boulders into his face until he can master a martial arts technique. Sadly, this also makes him a bit of a walking disaster zone, as Ryoga is prone to breaking things when embarrassed or upset and often forgets how superhumanly strong he is.
Like most Ranma ½ characters, Ryoga is an abysmal failure at relationships. Though loyal in his affections and honest with his own feelings, he is unable to confess his feelings to his love interest, either because he psychs himself out until his words are incomprehensible babbling or because circumstances (or meddling acquaintances) prevent him from doing so. Convinced that no one would want a man who transforms into a piglet, Ryoga is often consumed by romantic angst and vacillates between shouting loudly that TODAY WILL BE THE DAY HE CONFESSES HIS FEELINGS TO AKANE TENDO and shouting loudly that HE MUST LEAVE FOREVER IN DISGRACE.
TL;DR, he’s an overdramatic loser.
Abilities/Skills: Ryoga is an extremely competent martial artist and possessed of immense strength and durability. Unfortunately, he doesn't always remember to control these abilities when emotional, and can thus end up smashing buildings in the process of dramatically punching a wall. He is also significantly faster, more acrobatic, and more coordinated than an ordinary human, allowing him to perform feats like leaping around on posts, spelling out insults with a rhythmic gymnastics ribbon, and (most commonly) getting into grudge matches with other superpowered martial artists.
Other than his martial arts skills, Ryoga also has a decent array of survival skills, such as cooking and camping. Despite his athletic ability, he cannot ice skate to save his life. Also, he turns into a small black piglet whenever he touches cold water (and turns back when he touches hot water). As long as he doesn't actually get wet (i.e. wears a wetsuit), however, he's fine in close proximity to water.
• Anything-Goes Martial Arts: Ryoga is a skilled martial artist, with heightened coordination, speed, and reflexes -- but it's his superhuman strength and durability that really stand out. With this strength, Ryoga can easily shatter boulders, tunnel through the earth, or take hundreds of punches without ill effect.
• Shishi Hokodan: Ryoga can emit blasts of destructive energy capable of blowing tunnels through solid earth or creating impact craters the size of a small building. In its victims, these blasts cause feelings of depression and a sense of oppressive atmosphere in addition to physical damage. While those of Ryoga's approximate skill can survive being hit with this energy, it is likely that an ordinary human would be killed or severely injured.
• Curse of the Drowned Pig: Ryoga turns into a small black piglet when splashed with cold water. He turns back into a human when splashed with hot water. It's really inconvenient.
• Sixth sense: Like many martial artists, Ryoga can sense when danger is directed at him. However, his terrible sense of direction means that sometimes he may expect it from the wrong direction, making it sort of useless.
• Terrible sense of direction: More like an anti-skill. Ryoga has been known to get lost trying to find his own backyard, and once spent a week trying to leave the house of an acquaintance to no avail.
For some reason, Ryoga is really good at rhythmic gymnastics.
Samples:
Log sample: https://recolle.dreamwidth.org/11089.html?thread=1818961#cmt1818961
Network sample: https://retrospec.dreamwidth.org/12123.html