Inuzuka Mimi

Inuzuka Mimi is recently-graduated Genin of Konohagakure no Sato. She is unique among her clansmen as a Genjutsu specialist with no real training in Taijutsu and only minimal Ninjutsu ability. Her ninken is Inuzuka Kiku, a yellow-furred Akita Inu.

Summary

User: almondsAndRain

Name: Inuzuka Mimi.

Alias: ---

Clan: Inuzuka.

Shinobi Rank: Genin.

Other Ranks Held: ---

Village: Konohagakure no Sato.

Nationality: Hi no Kuni.

Specialty: Genjutsu.

Age: 11.

Birthdate: December 23, 2104.

Gender: Female.

Sexuality: Scared and Confused.

Appearance

Height: 5’4" | 157 cm.

Weight: 80 lbs | 36.3 kg.

Hair Color: Brown.

Eye Color: Dark Brown.

Skin Color: Light Tan.

Physical Description: Mimi is tall for her age, almost looking like someone grabbed the average preteen girl and stretched her out from both ends as far as they could. She had passed the heights of both of her parents last year, and is showing no signs that her growth will be slowing down. Mimi is as thin as she is tall, but all of the food that she shoves into her body seems to be converted to centimeters rather than kilograms. That is not for a lack of trying, however- Mimi is an avid runner and hunter, but despite all of her time outdoors she just can’t put on any muscle.

The weeks upon weeks that Mimi has spent in the sun have tanned her skin, freckled her face, and bleached her once-black hair. That hair is normally kept short, just below her chin at the longest. Although normally allowed to hang loose and frame her face, Mimi ties her hair back into a tight bun when she thinks it will get in the way. Normally, that’s when she is going to do something physically strenuous, like train, or hunt, or participate in a mission.

Although not one hundred-percent Inuzuka, she has inherited some of the odder physical traits they are known for. Her irises and pupils are thin inside of her wide eyes, and her canine teeth are just slightly elongated.

Casual Clothing: Though not the most pressing matter in her life, Mimi is embarrassed by her lanky body and goes out of her way to choose outfits that make her appear shorter and wider than she really is. The majority of her clothes are brightly- bordering on gaudily- colored and horizontally striped, and none of them fit her properly. Some of them are too long- shirts that fall to just above her knees, jeans that she has to cuff- and some are too short (but not too short, because her mom would kill her), not reaching her ankles or just barely showing off her midriff.

What she’s aiming for with this is to break her body apart visually and make the individual segments look wider than normal, so as to avoid emphasizing her length while emphasizing her width. If the situation allows for it, Mimi will also try to make herself look small relative to her surroundings. She refuses to slouch (because “Good posture is important!”) unless she is having one of her moments, but she often sits down, kneels, or stands at lower elevations than the people around her. There is not much that Mimi can do to control her environment however, so she instead creates her own by wearing large accessories. She wears her Genjutsu Amplifier around her neck as a choker, wide belts, and fat boots. Her favorite, though, is her dog-faced bag. It’s an old, giant, ugly thing made to look like a dog’s head. The side-flaps are made to look like spotted ears, and its opening is covered by its “face” and kept shut by a clip that represents the snout.

Tactical Gear: Unlike when Mimi dresses for her own comfort, what she wears when preparing for a hunting expedition or a mission fits her perfectly. Mimi takes her job seriously and is well aware of the fact that everything she wears into a battle can tilt a situation in favor- or just as easily tilt it in favor of her opponents, if the gear has fallen into poor shape. So Mimi asked her older relatives for help in designing a uniform that would keep her safe, and silently swallows her anxieties about her body while she’s in it.

Mimi wears a thick vest, a pair of jump boots, and combat gloves over a black two-piece set of fatigues. The vest is littered with pockets and sleeves of many sizes to keep a variety of ninja tools within easy reach. Its back has two symbols embroidered in, one larger and one small. In the center of a large red diamond is the dog-faced emblem of the Inuzuka. In the distant past, that may have been enough to mark Mimi as a Konoha ninja. In the present, a small amount of her cousins live in Iwagakure and perhaps even other villages, and so a second diamond is nested within the first. This one is white, and contains the leaf symbol of her home. This symbol appears one more time in Mimi’s outfit, plastered on her forehead’s hitai-ate. Below that headband is her warpaint. Although her mother didn’t see fit to have her tattooed, Mimi takes pride in her clan in spite of her differences with its members, and her face is flanked by two red fangs and her eyes by red eyeshadow whenever she goes hunting or on a mission.

Personality

Inuzuka Mimi is a passionate young woman with just as much empathy as she has worries. Her utter lack of a poker face and minimal self-control are great when it comes to communicating with dogs- who oftentimes have trouble understanding the subtleties of human communication- but are terrible in the rare instances that Mimi feels the need to lie. Mimi’s entire body is put into expressing her emotions, which, when paired with sunny-yet-anxious demeanor, often causes her to come off as something between a nervous wreck and complete dork.

This Inuzuka is tightly strung and prone to fretting for extended periods over everything that has ever been graced by the light of the sun, and most of what hasn’t. Her general dissatisfaction with the state of the world in general- the continent was freed from the iron grip of Kumogakure only six years ago, and yet Iwagakure has conquered a minor country, the Grass Village has somehow become the Glassed Village, and her village preparing for open warfare with Suna for reasons she doesn’t understand- pairs with more personal issues, such as the expectations her relatives have placed on her shoulders and the fear that she will never be a skilled enough shinobi to live up to the Inuzuka name, has fried her nerves much in the same way a downed powerline would fry a toddler. The slightest bit of pressure causes her to collapse into negative, repetitive, unrealistic thoughts and daydreams. It isn’t impossible to pull her out of her funk, and she has even managed it herself at times, but it certainly isn’t easy. The only one that can consistently cheer Mimi up is her dog, Kiku.

Her worrisome behavior aside, Mimi is friendly and loves freely. She’s always prepared to offer kind words or friendly ears. She feels no reluctance when it comes to helping other people- in fact, it’s just the opposite: she considers it her duty as a human, let alone as a ninja, to help the people and creatures around her to the best of her ability. In a world where murdering for a living is commonplace, room needs to be made for compassion. Mimi knows a lot of people don’t think like her, but Mimi doesn’t care- she’ll pick up their slack if she has to.

On the opposing end of the spectrum, Mimi hates hurting people. Whether through word or deed, she won’t purposely cause more damage than she feels is necessary. That’s a large part of the reason why she was adamant against learning Taijutsu and won’t touch offensive Ninjutsu techniques: why risk permanently maiming or killing someone when there is an entire field of non-lethal techniques available? Genjutsu has the potential for long-lasting harm as well, unfortunately, but a mind can be fixed, whereas there is no fixing the dead.

All that said, Mimi is prone to closing ranks with those she is loyal to, whether that is just her family and friends or her village and country. Barring extreme circumstances where her loved ones are being absolutely unreasonable, she will back them up to present a united face to the outside. She considers that a necessary part of any relationship, because situations can change in an instant and leave no time for an argument. Discussions over whether or not what they did was the right thing can occur after the situation is resolved, but a pack is a pack, and a pack has to be united to survive.

Quotes

• "Kiku, watch the ground! Jikiniki is being Trickiniki!" - When Hyuuga Jikiniki activated a set of traps throughout a race track.
• "Oh no." - Inuzuka Mimi's catchphrase.

Trivia

Public In Character Trivia

• "Mimi" means "ear" in Japanese. She named her ninken "Kiku," because that word means "listen," and Mimi loves a good naming scheme.
• Almost all of Mimi's techniques are named "Dog Release; X," because she thought it would be funny. There is no Dog Release skill or other ability, however.
• She is currently on a team with Hyuuga Jikiniki and Inuzuka Kagu. All three of them fight alongside their pets.
• Mimi's mother never managed to become a ninja. Instead, she supports her daughter and clan through her butcher shop.

Private In Character Trivia

• The Mukankei family were insistent that Mimi take on her mother's name, against tradition. "Inuzuka" means something to most people within the village and would help the young girl's chances in becoming a successful ninja, while "Mukankei" is still known more for its wares than its wars.
• Mimi's father was also a business man, who balanced his career as a ninja with his work at his family's business conglomerate. He and his siblings were sent to Konoha's Academy in an attempt for the family to eventually gain some amount of say in village affairs.
• Mimi father's family's attempt to gain influence failed. Her father is dead, as is her uncle, and her aunt will likely never surpass Chuunin, leaving the Mukankei family without any real reach in Konohagakure.
• Mimi is surprisingly accepting of her father's death. It fuels her fear that she or her loved ones will die in the upcoming war, but he was a very busy man and Mimi just doesn't have enough memories of him to truly feel the sting of his loss.

Out of Character Trivia

• Mimi sat in the Konoha Characters creation forum of over seven months before her creator (almondsAndRain) felt the need to have her approved.
• This is almondsAndRain's first Ninja Academy character specifically and her second roleplay character in general.