Post by Ganju Asakura on Jun 13, 2014 11:14:25 GMT -7
 asakura ganju no. just, no. general info
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biography You know... In hindsight, it might have been a huge mistake to take over the shop. The Sand Village's weapons are a bit different than the other countries, that's a given obvious fact; after all, every country has their own unique things to boast. But what happens when technology from another country grows up there? The answer is simple: a new brand of technology is created. As such, the land of Wind had gotten the privilege of employing the Asakura family's special explosives blacksmith skills which were passed down as a tradition of the sort. Originated in the Land of Rocks and developed more and more as traveling merchants, the Asakura eventually settled down in the Hidden Sand Village for convenience and better buy. It was hard, living off whatever they picked up on the roads. Down the line of the Asakuras, from the very first one to settle in Genjuurou, secrets and ideas were passed down through many descendants and eventually reached Chouhi, and his young apprentice was to follow. Asakura Chouhi was... A very strict man. His disciplines were superior to nearly everything the Sunagakure had, and his passion for work was even greater. The apprentice that lived with him had an incredibly hard time coping with the old geezer's morals and codes, habits and disciplines, to the point that he couldn't even find space to come up with his own. That's how heavy Chouhi's words were towards the young boy. Incidentally, Chouhi was around sixty-seven when he picked up the four-year old apprentice, Asakura Ganju: a problem child which his own father and mother failed to raise properly. Ganju at the time was a violent boy that cared very little for anything at all besides himself, and the extremely strict environment of working old-style at such terms was exactly what he needed to be shaped up. Never, ever, did Ganju forgive his parents for sending him to this hell of a workplace. Each day, every day, Ganju was forced to study, mess with, work with, create, breath, live the unique explosives of the Asakura workshop. Those explosives were really old-school types, used before the Explosive Tags and sealing techniques came into play, being large firework-type, Shakudama explosives. They were deadly, more dangerous than the explosion tags, but at the same time very easily less efficient in direct combat due to their inconvenient shape and method of use. Ganju was forced to learn everything to the point of perfection about these Shakudama explosives, and whether he tried to rebel, Chouhi would show him 'who's the man in the house'. Per the old, crazy grandfather's words, Ganju could leave the workshop for good once he becomes enough of a man and proves he can outdo Chouhi. An impossible task for a small kid, obviously enough. So with nothing left to do, Ganju complied to the terms, still feeling intense urges to rebel. Chouhi broke his rebellious acts by scolding, teaching, treating and hitting, what may be needed would come at any given situation. It was apparent from a very young age that the redheaded boy had a difficult time with anything social, because he was never really taught to get along with people on his spare time: the only language he learned was the language of business, how to dress up his goods fancily through words to arouse more sales. He was a quick learner, luckily, and to further increase the discipline training and breaking of the rebel nature, Chouhi signed Ganju in to the Sunagakure Ninja Academy so the boy would get some lecturing done not only about explosives, despite that being the most important thing in the world right now. The shop had to be succeeded, and seeing how Ganju's parents chose a different way, it was up to the boy to take it up. Learning how to become a Shinobi would very much improve his functioning with the shop, as he would know how to operate the explosives in battle and aid to the village, thus finding the exact points of sale the customer would seek. Funnily enough... It was revealed in the academy that Ganju had an even more serious problem than his social disability. He had no talent whatsoever, to neither Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. Never before was Ganju beaten so badly by his grandfather. It's likely that nowadays the boy is afraid of this old man because of that day. Luckily, the boy was stubborn and arrogant. He was proud in his abilities as a person and absolutely refused to meet his destiny as a failure in Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Obviously, if he could mold Chakra but couldn't put it to use in typical Shinobi skills, he would have to come up with a creative way to fight. But knowing nothing besides explosives, having learned nothing but that and the disciplines which were more or less drilled into his head, there weren't many resorts he could take to prove himself. So Ganju dedicated himself to Shakudama work and expanded his horizons to all-around explosives expertise, deciding to invest his all in something he's actually good at. Like that, Ganju started working a lot harder in the workshop and as a salesman of his explosives, gaining some knowledge all the while learning in the Academy. He could form Chakra, but couldn't mold it into Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. It took Ganju until he was 14 only to pass the Academy Exam, refusing to give up and only coming back with twice the determination and power as the previous every time he was rejected. By the end of the year, he was assigned a group of Genin, which would probably prove to be his worst experience; having not yet accustomed to actual work with other people, Ganju's social disability was displayed in its greatest level, very much deflecting his teammates away from him; he was... A bit much for them. Ganju found himself shunned by his two teammates on regular basis and treated pretty badly from his Sensei, further frustrating the boy, but at the same time making him train to the limits and beyond. He decided that if he can't contribute at all to his team in social time, he would become string enough to help them out without talking. So long as all he did was follow orders and attend their needs, they were to be his friends. Ganju eventually discovered great talent for designing and arts in general. His study of Shakudama and time spent at the store awakened creativity in him, and Ganju started finding interest in those aspects. He started drawing, sculpting, remodeling the fireworks at his workshop and inventing new ideas for explosives. Chouhi was convinced that Ganju's disabilities as a person and Shinobi finally made him lose his mind, but in a way, he was now dedicated greatly to the family business. Until, by 16, it turned out that the redhead was doing this whole 'Chakra' thing wrong from the very start. He wasn't disabled; his control was actually superb. He was just too stupid to realize the continuation of the Jutsu sequence. Following this discovery, Chouhi beat Ganju up again. Picking up a certain style to become a better ninja, the boy started using artwork in combat: aside from the unique fireworks style he had developed for combat as a Genin, Ganju now found himself mastering Kugutsu no Jutsu: the Art of Puppetry. He started from normal, common puppets and slowly started remodeling his new weapons. In a very short time, he was made a Chuunin. But that was hardly enough; with the Ryo amounts he was getting, Ganju couldn't really invest in his artwork all that much. He needed a better pay; he needed to advance in rank. ANBU and Jounin were his goals then. Ganju had decided to leave the Shakudama business and give puppetry priority. Now. You know how every man has his needs, correct? 16-year old Ganju too, had his. After turning Chuunin and finding the sales of the Asakurasan workshop declining somewhat, maybe because times were changing, Ganju remembered Chouhi's words that he could leave the workshop if he managed to outdo the old man somehow. Knowing the strict man stands by his words, the redhead started researching further and investigating, thinking about new ideas and perfecting other kinds of Shakudama bombs. His needs, came into play in an unexpected way however: having been socially rejected countless times, Ganju could recall that the most painful moments were around females. Women that refused to let him accompany them: some meekly, some weakly, some aggressively. All added to a certain withdrawing from the gender, most of the time. But, being a healthy young man, he still found some interest in them. Especially in the prettier ones. Ganju's idol at the time was a commonly known woman dancer, Kagura Tokonatsu. She used as an inspiration point for his work, and in time, Ganju successfully mixed his knowledge of Shakudama fireworks with puppetry, creating a new puppet model to be sold for the first time at the workshop. He named her Hibachi. Hibachi's model was surprisingly successful: the mix of pseudo-skin for appearance and a variety of bombing weapons hidden in the body was an impacting revolution to the weaponsmith's world, and requests for more of the model were made almost immediately after the first stock was sold. This way, Ganju managed to sell several Shakudama at the time too, increasing his profit. Though, the model was only popular with the male audience. For some reason, Ganju found himself further rejected, more fiercely too, by the women of the village. As such, he began researching and spying on them, to see what it was about him they hated so much. Besides the constant consults of 'pervert' however, he got nothing. Maybe watching them in their bathhouse wasn't his brightest idea... By 22, Ganju was made Jounin. He had adopted a new style of puppetry and creation, making his works look more and more human, awkwardly. The customer crowds seemed mildly disturbed by his masterpieces, though several were still willing to buy his puppets. Understanding that the popularity decreased, Ganju presented to the weapons world the lone firework, the Shakudama on its own, for a second time. The years gap from Hibachi's model to that day was just about enough to make some look at it nostalgically, and others to be fascinated by this weird tool. It was as if it was the first time the weapon made its debut in the ninja world, and sales skyrocketed again. But it wasn't all good: Ganju had less and less time to interact with his family, namely Chouhi and his parents. He never even knew how he had a younger sister, or how Chouhi's health had been worsening through the years. Chouhi acknowledged that his time was near, and decided to give his apprentice the choice: he could end the store and invest in his Shinobi life, or keep it and work further on the Shakudama. By the age of eighty-five, Asakurasan Chouhi was outdone by Asakurasan Ganju in every way. The burial was tough. Ganju took a long while to think what to do, which direction to take. Eventually, he decided to keep the workshop, taking over it as a blacksmith, but only as a hobby. He would dedicate himself to Sunagakure, the Kazekage and to his works of art. In desperation, however, Ganju went slightly too far and created a creation nearly identical to a human. This was his new brand: Psuedo-Human Dolls. That, ended his career as a blacksmith once word spread that Ganju was a top-tier pervert, actually creating something that looks identical to a popular idol. His workshop really turned into nothing more than a hobby, but it felt wrong. He couldn't satisfy the crowds with his taste, and couldn't talk to them either about it due to social disability. So what was left? Just going with the flow. Ganju is nowadays 24 and runs the workshop under a different name, no longer making products to his tastes but only to customer requests. As a Jounin, he specializes in utilization of unique puppets which he created himself. And his social standing? Still rock-bottom. If by some miracle, he would find friends that aren't his own creations, then God truly does exist. Until then? Questionable. | ooc info  ☆ NAME Krillo ☆ OTHER CHARACTERS Shikai Saotome Kidzuchi Oda (in the making!) ☆ FACE CLAIM AXIS POWER HETALIA Scotland, asakura ganju THIS CHARACTER BELONGS TO KRILLO. DO NOT STEAL. |
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