[ PROLOGUE: IF IT FEELS RIGHT ]

"Quit breathing so loud. You missed the angle because you were looking for a reason to panic. Reset."

Jin runs a hand through his red-orange hair, amber eyes fixed on the glowing screen. In the headset, a teammate's voice climbs another octave. Jin squints behind his glasses.

"Back up. You're giving them the angle for free."

His hand settles over the mouse again.

To the casual observer, Jin looks like a delinquent who wandered into the wrong lecture hall—all rough edges, sharp eyes, gold at his ears and throat, and a tall frame that tends to make first impressions before he does. The disciplinary department has long since given up on convincing him to keep his shirt buttoned properly.

Right now, he's sprawled in his chair wearing the gray KOFUKU UNIVERSITY e-sports team tracksuit, glasses pushed slightly up the bridge of his nose. A half-finished drink sits within reach. Somewhere under the desk, his foot keeps time with an anime OST only he can hear.

Then the round turns ugly.

Jin stops humming.

"Don't push left."

A burst of gunfire cracks through the headset.

"Secondary position. Hold."

No speech. No dramatic countdown. Just a few seconds of movement, one badly timed peek from the opposing team, and the match swings back in Kofuku's favor.

The victory screen appears.

Jin leans back.

"Told you."

That is the problem with first impressions. Jin Uesugi looks like trouble, rarely bothers correcting anyone, and somehow keeps being more ordinary than the rumors allow. He likes games, long videos, cheap convenience-store runs, good food when someone else is paying, and doing whatever feels right in the kokoro.

Sometimes that means staying out of the argument.

Sometimes it means making the call when twelve seconds are left on the clock.

Usually, it means getting on with his day.

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KOFUKU UNIVERSITY: Audentes Fortuna Iuvat

Location: Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, Japan

Kofuku University was established in Japan’s late post-bubble modernization era as a highly selective private institution focused on practical systems, infrastructure, organizational resilience, and industry-oriented education.

While publicly presented as a university centered on adaptability and professional excellence, it also functions as an unspoken sanctuary for students from yokai bloodlines, shrine lineages, onmyoji-descended families, and other inherited supernatural traditions. These origins are never advertised, but within the campus environment they are quietly normalized and require no explanation.

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Basic Information

• Full Name: Jin Uesugi
• Nickname(s): Jin
• Age: 21 years old
• Occupation: Student
• Affiliation:
  • Kofuku University
  • Business Administration (3rd year)
  • KOFUKU University e-sports team (FPS division)
• Height: 6'0"
• Appearance: red-orange hair, amber eyes, glasses (occasional), gold earrings, gold necklace
• Distinct Features:
• Style / Usual Attire:
  • Kofuku University uniform
  • Kofuku e-sports team tracksuit
• Scent Profile: Hinoki wood, cedar, clean musk, faint warm amber

Bishamonten's blessing

Jin was born with a faint, dormant mark tied to the Uesugi line’s connection to Bishamonten. During early childhood, he was physically weak and frequently ill. In response, his family invoked Bishamonten in earnest prayer for protection and survival.

After a critical turning point in his recovery—when his condition stabilized unexpectedly—the mark became clearly visible on his body for the first time. From that moment onward, it is understood within the Uesugi line as the sign of Bishamonten’s blessing taking effect, not as symbolism or interpretation, but as a real, recognized supernatural imprint tied to survival and resilience.

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Fortune favors the bold. You may define your character as fully human or as having yokai/spiritual lineage. However, all characters must maintain a fully human physical form at all times. Non-human anatomical traits, anthropomorphic bodies, or animal-like physical structures are not permitted.