[Application] Afterliving | Yuzuru Otonashi

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O O C I N F O
Player Name: Mel
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C H A R A C T E R I N F O
Character Name: Yuzuru Otonashi
Fandom: Angel Beats!
Age/Gender: 19/male
Canon Point: Pre-graduation
History: Wikia

Personality:
Otonashi is a kind and caring man, to both those dear to him and even to strangers. He strives to help everyone, as he finds it to basically be his purpose in life. For the duration of the time his sister was hospitalized with cancer, he bought magazines for her with the little money he had so she would have something to do. That also shows how he’s rather selfless as well. While the survivors from the train accident were stuck underground, he took up the responsibility to make sure that everyone could live as long as possible, despite the fact that a number of them had doubts in him. While in the afterlife, he always freaked out and had at least some hesitation over people dying even though they didn’t actually die. Since, you know… they were already dead, anyway.

His friendliness helps him gain many friends quickly. The entire SSS group was excited to hear when he finally decided to team up with them and fight against Angel, as opposed to their reaction to Yui joining them which was rather… unenthusiastic and iffy. Hinata especially came to like Otonashi, to the point where the latter would constantly make fun of the former and question his sexuality, often asking if he was sure that he wasn’t gay for him. Naoi, whom Otonashi parents over in a way (often telling him when he shouldn’t be doing something, like using his hypnosis on Hinata), also came to appreciate Otonashi and even goes out of his way to make sure that he never offends him. Whenever he would make fun of someone, he’d add, “But not you of course, Otonashi!” Just as he cares for everyone, everyone cares for him. It really rubs off on them.

Upon looking at the members of the SSS, one would imagine that Otonashi was just like them; not the most mannered and responsible people and quite “moronic,” as many of the members refer to themselves as. However, he’s actually quite the opposite. He’s the most mannered and responsible in the group, thinking about his actions before actually doing them. During his arrival in the afterlife, Yuri straight up tells him that their enemy was Kanade—or Angel, as they knew her as at the time. Before even considering thinking of her as an adversary, he goes on down to let her know how the others look at her. Of course, this meeting resulted in her stabbing him dead in the chest. Even then, he was still rather cautious about fighting against her. It just didn’t seem right to him. In addition to that, he found the fact that the group was invading Kanade’s room and going through her computer to be rude.

Piggybacking on that, Otonashi happens to get flustered over awkward situations like that. Despite the fact that they were trying to protect themselves from getting “obliterated” by going through her computer files, the fact still stood that they were going through the belongings of a cute teenage girl. Also, during their venture to the Guild, the few of the group that survived thus far almost fell into a hole and to the demise. The only thing keeping them from falling was Yuri holding them all up. To get out of this, they had to climb up the chain of bodies, which included Yuri’s. Otonashi hesitated, blushed, and even protested a bit once he realized how awkward it would be, even asking, “Where am I supposed to hold on to?!”

Even with him being rather cautious and hesitant, Otonashi isn’t a complete stickler for the rules. This is shown especially as the story progresses and he regains his memories of his life and death, giving him a whole new perspective on life. Even before then, however, he’s still shown to have tendencies to not be as cautious around his friends—or rather, when it comes to things related to helping those dear to him. Being a cancer patient, his sister was always stuck in the hospital. She wanted to go out at least once during Christmas though, so Otonashi promised to take her to see the decorations and lights on the tree down the street. He ignored the doctor’s rejection to his request to take her out and snuck her out anyway. Adding onto this, their school in the afterlife did not allow for students to go to the lake, where a giant fish was said to have been. Once again, Otonashi ignored this and dragged Kanade along to go fishing with the SSS crew. He just wanted for her—as well as his sister—to have fun, despite the rules. (Screw the rules, I have a fishing rod.) Sometimes this can get him or others into trouble though, like when he took Kanade to eat when it was not time for lunch at school. Ultimately, Naoi—who had taken over her position as student council president—caught and reprimanded them.

One of the biggest thoughts that come to Otonashi’s mind is his purpose in life. While he and his sister were alive, he thought that he had no purpose, and so he lived with great antipathy and secluded himself from the world (except for his sister, of course). He lived to work and he worked to eat and live even more. Once she passed away, he realized what his purpose was, as well as the fact that it was now gone. He believed that he was living for his sister and now that she was gone, he had nothing. However, upon seeing a young girl thanking a nurse in the street, he came to the realization that he had a bigger purpose in life, which was to help those around him in general. And so he set forth and began studying medicine. It’s just a topic that he had often questioned, though now, especially in the afterlife, he believes that he has finally found what it truly was.

Special Abilities:
Otonashi can easily hold himself up in a fight, especially with the fact that he knows how to wield a gun (and even a sniper rifle). He’s even been seen shooting an enemy from behind without looking at all. Aside from that though, he could probably fend for himself without a weapon too.

He’s intelligent, really. He used to be incredibly lazy and not put his mental potential to use at all, as he never studied or even paid attention in school (assuming that he actually didn’t skip all the time). After his sister’s death he began attending medical school though, which obviously requires a lot of intelligence. On top of that, while taking exams with the rest of the SSS, he mentioned how a physics test they were taking was easy.

How did your character die?
On the way to taking entrance exams for medical courses he was going to study, Otonashi got caught up in a train accident. Many had died, while others were critically injured. Being a student in medicine, Otonashi decided to tend to the survivors and help ration food and water as best as he could, even after realizing that he himself had been critically injured. He hides his injuries from the others as to not demoralize them, but eventually, he succumbs to them and passes away just as the tunnel they had been caved inside of was being opened up.

Other:


Samples:
First Person: Post from Luceti

Third Person:
Note: This sample takes place in the setting of luceti because I am a lazy bum clearly.

From the moment Otonashi woke up on the ground just outside the plaza, he knew where he was. There was a particular feeling to being in Luceti, one that was definitely a whole lot different from that of being in, well. The afterlife. Plus, there was that all-too-familiar feeling of sharp jolts of pain in his back upon his awakening, which he had no doubts of being a pair of feathery, pale red wings.

He wasn’t sure how he felt about being back here once again. On one hand, it meant being away from “home” and being basically trapped in a dome full of inhumane experiments and insanity. On the other hand, however, was the fact that it could easily count as a “second chance” sort of thing, which he found that many people felt the same way during his last visit.

…Buuut that doesn’t matter much at the moment.

What does matter at the moment is finding his way around Luceti and searching for the house he, Yuri, Naoi, and Yotsuba shared before his departure. For all he knows, they could have moved out, or even left Luceti altogether. Only one way to find out though, right? Which is why he eventually finds his way over there, vaguely recognizing the house. He finds the front door slightly open, but decides to not step in just yet. Knock, knock, knock. No answer. After a few moments, Otonashi tries knocking again, only to still receive no reply.

“Man, if they’re not here anymore or this is the wrong house, this is going to be seriously awkward,” he murmurs with a sigh. “Well, here I go, I guess.” With a step inside, he calls out, “Hello! Is anyone in here?”

It definitely looked like people still lived in house, that much is certain. Hesitantly, Otonashi glances around in search for anything familiar-looking that would prove that his old housemates still resided in here. If not, he would have to run the hell out like there was no tomorrow to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings. Fortunately, he does spot a few things, like a few of what appeared to be Yotsuba’s toys here and there, a cook book that Otonashi left behind for Yuri to use, even though she clearly only used it to keep an old chair from wobbling—wait.

…Oh come on, Yuri.

Did you read the rules and F.A.Q.? Yus