[X] Ikashi Toryauna
[X]"am going to be best boy."
Your name has been listed as Ikashi Toryauna.
You have gained the Trait 'Boy'.
You feel a still tension in the air as you utter your words. Suddenly there's an outcry.
"You dare think to challenge me?" A skinny man in well maintained Chinese armour yells out, holding a spear. "I will gut you for your impudence!"
"Please," A girl with glasses so thick they could reflect artillery fire, crossed her 4 machine tentacles across her chest, while her human hands adjusted her glasses. "You are 10 years too early to even consider achieving that title."
"My grandfather entrusted me with two things-his children's card game collection, and the objective to be a Master of Collectomon." A short kid with spikey green hair with blue highlights points a finger at you. "It's time to P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-"
"The darkness within me admires your hellish pride and arrogance," A dark haired figure in a trenchcoat, with a hello kitty eyepatch over their left eye grins at you. "But just as I battle against the evil contained within my right eye, so must I fight against your evil!"
"-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-"
"Y-you think you can just waltz in here and try to say something like that, Baka!" A girl with purple twin tails curled so tight they look like drills scrunches her fists at you, blushing furiously despite the glare she's giving you. "Don't think you can act so cool, you stupid Baka!"
"-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-Purchase booster packs and other merchandise!" The short kid finally finishes.
"Alright enough!" The teacher calls out, slapping his hands together. The class quiets instantly. "Well, that was quite the introduction. Why don't you take a seat next to…"
You glance across the sea of about 20 students. You don't see a seat anywhere…
"They can sit next to me." You see a tall brown haired student, who despite being attractive, looks to be the most normal person here…well except you of course.
"Thank you Tori-san." The teacher inclines his head to you to move and you do so.
As you walk towards the brown haired student, you see them step aside, revealing a desk right next to the window. How the heck didn't you see that? More importantly, how was a seat next to the window even available in a class full of anime protagonist wannabes?
"It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is…
Choose 1
[ ] Sue Torial.
[ ] Drew Torial.
"But everyone just calls me Tori." They smile warmly at you, like you were an old friend and not a new acquaintance.
"Well it's nice to meet you too Tori-san." You return the smile awkwardly, as you take your seat, just as the teacher begins to speak.
"Welcome to the Fall Semester of Anime Academy. As you all know, Anime Academy is the most prestigious institution in the field of creating popular anime characters. At this Academy you will be trained in everything you need to know to survive in whatever anime you end up in, whether it's drama, horror, shonen or gag." There is a small smattering of dismissive laughter. Clearly gag anime is not given much respect by some of the students.
"Of course, not everyone is suited to every anime. You all have different strengths and weakness, attributes that help make you unique. We will be helping you discover your abilities, and find the sort of anime and roles that suit you. Whether that be protagonist, or as an antagonist, romantic lead or a supporting role-"
"Protagonist is the only choice!" A regal looking woman with blond hair stands up, a rapier by her side. "My family is from a long line of protagonists, from Shoujo to historical dramas. Anyone who dares to try to take that from me can die as my antagonist. The rest can be satisfied being supporting roles, or if you're lucky, part of my harem!"
"I wouldn't mind being part of your reverse harem, *ahoy*." An overweight
very dorky boy with glasses remarks, sniggering to himself. "Although I worry you won't be able to take your hands off me *sniff* once you have a taste."
"You can't lead the harem!" A short green haired girl holding a Tails plushie tightly insists. "You aren't even worthy of being a trash tier husbando!"
"Everyone, there's only one way to decide who leads the harem!" The short kid pulls out a deck of cards. "Now, we're gonna need 8 kinds of polyhedral dice, a 2 yard playmat, some pogs, the phone app, our credit cards…"
"Stats and Traits." Tori whispers to you.
"Huh?" You ask confused, distracted by the hullaballo going on in the class.
"When the teacher was talking about strengths, weakness and attributes, he was really talking about Stats and Traits." Tori explains. "Everyone's relevant abilities are summed up by their stats on their report card."
"Report card?" You ask, confused.
"Yes, you should have gotten one at the start. Check
the link here to find it."
"Link? What are you talking about?" However, you feel something in your pocket where you put the leaf. You pull out a piece of paper with your name on it.
What happened to the leaf?
"Good, now you can see your stats here. This is how the teachers have ranked your abilities." Tori points at the numbers on the page.
"All 1s? Why are they so low?" You question. "I haven't even begun class yet!"
"Exactly." Tori nods. "These stats don't represent what you're capable of, although they can serve as an indicator. They represent the ability you're perceived to have. The teachers haven't seen you display anything yet, so you're ranked 1 in all, just so they can tell the anime companies what to expect of you."
"Well, does that mean they can increase if I show what I'm capable of?" You ask. Tori smiles.
"Indeed. Showing a good performance can alter a teacher's opinion of you. Likewise, showing a bad performance in one area can reduce the score. Thankfully, your scores can't go lower than 1."
"Well I guess I can only go up from here." You shrug.
"That's the spirit Toryauna-san!" Tori puts their hands together with delight.
"You can call me Ikashi, it's fine." You say smiling.
"Alright Ikashi." Tori smiles easily, saying your name with no hesitation.
"Hey, would it be rude to ask to see your report card?" You ask.
"Well, most people won't show you their report cards, as it's kind of private, but I don't mind." Tori holds their report card out, although their hand covers up the traits section.
Stats:
Opness: 9
Attractiveness: 9
Studiousness: 9
Self-Awareness: 9
"What? All 9s!" You say in shock.
"Well, I have been at this school for a while." Tori remarks, putting the report card away. "So the teachers have seen me do a lot. I like to keep it at 9 though-I knew someone who got a 10 in Self-Awareness and things got…
weird."
"Ah." You decide not to enquire further. "But, 9s in everything mean you can get in any anime you want right?"
"Not exactly." Tori notes, a strange meloncoly in their tone. "You'll see most anime don't want a protagonist whose perfect at everything. They have a range they are looking for, and the closer you are to the range, the more likely you'll be accepted."
"I see…" You wonder. "That's a lot to process."
"I think that's enough explanation for now." Tori notes. "How about I help you increase your first stat?"
"Whoa, you can do that?"
"Sure. I am kind of an OP teacher." Tori remarks smiling.
"Oh yeah," The word teacher reminded you that you were in class. "What about the lecture?" You glance around at the class to see what's happened.
Most of the class is gathered around a group of 4 all playing a game.
"My Blue Eyes War Greymon attacks your defense mode creature!" The short spikey haired kid excitedly narrates. "And because it's electric type, I'll do double damage!"
"Not so fast, you impudent child!" The regal woman from before calls out. "You've activated my trap card. Now I spend 3 mana and pay the 99 cent micro transaction fee-"
"Yahtzee!" The portly dorky one calls out loud. "Everyone takes off their top!"
"Uh, I don't think that's in the rules." The teacher's voice calls out, but you can't see where the teacher is.
"Quiet Sensei." The green haired girl with the plushie states. "You landed on the snake, so you've got to spend 7 minutes in Jumanjii. So says the King!" She holds up the straw marked with the number 1.
"So says the King!" Everyone announces at once.
…
You stare at the insanity for far too long, before turning back to Tori.
"So, stat increase you say?"
"Indeed. Which stat would you like to increase?"
Choose 1:
[] Increase Opness by 1.
[] Increase Attractiveness by 1.
[] Increase Studiousness by 1.
[] Increase Self-Awareness by 1.