Nakajima Atsushi

Bungo Stray Dogs is a series that deals with a lot of heavy topics. Atsushi has a traumatic childhood full of physical and verbal abuse. It's not for the faint of heart due to the level it reached.

He won't bring it up himself and it might not come up if ever. But, here's where you can tell me not to tag you or to avoid said topics.

I will by default, and warn appropriately when it does come up.

⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player: Sam
Contact: discord - Sam#5728 , pm - eyeswideopen, email - dreamingofyoutonight@gmail.com
Age: 31
Current Characters: Nagito Komaeda


⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character: Atsushi Nakajima
Age: 18
Canon: Bungo Stray Dogs
Canon Point: Manga Chapter 43 - Right after reading the special report

Background:The series Bungo Stray Dogs takes place in a world like our own with the exception of people with abilities. They’re the rare few but, the story focuses on them and their faction battles within the city of Yokohama. The tale is told specifically from the view point of Nakajima Atsushi and the Armed Detective Agency that accepts contracts to protect people in cases that fall into the grey side of the law.

This tale is about their rise.

Personality:

To understand Nakajima Atsushi, one has to look past the surface. At a glance, Atsushi is a normal person in an office full of strange people. Their antics stress him out and he’s running a constant commentary inside his head that’s either confused, stressed, and sensing bullshit on the rise. He’s the normal humble guy that offers smiles and polite words to clients. He will even cheerfully lists tasks off to a coworker.

He’s the first to suggest working together and will give his enemies a chance to stop what they’re doing. Why commit needless violence against each other? He has a vast heart he wears on his sleeve and everyone he meets is added to it. The only thing the world gave him up until recently was hate and fear. He strives to be the opposite. Beneath the upbeat and sometimes exasperated demeanor, Atsushi has very little self-worth. His childhood was a nightmare he barely survived. He treats people as he wanted to be treated.

Atsushi internalizes his problems. Unless they directly come up in conversation he says little to nothing about himself. His focus is and always will be at least for now, other people. That’s a problem. Without dealing with the past abuse, it’s left to linger like a chain around his neck. With only his own mind as a guide, he isn’t getting very far with healing. This is why he needs an external influence. When people reach out to him, he opens up a little and deals with things rather than bury them so he could keep functioning.

So, it’s a good thing that he’s fairly easy to influence. Some people might even call him gullible. He’s not, Atsushi is just very new to the wide world. He’s even newer to his opinion matters. Give him a little kindness and he’ll do anything he can to pay it back. It could be used to manipulate him but, so far the people who reach out to him have been concerned for his health and well being. His kind heart has always existed but, thanks to his coworkers at the Agency, he’s gotten the chance to show bravery and live a life with no regrets.

Unfortunately, that was once used against him. When he was taken control of he was only thinking of protecting the others. He enjoyed his strength and felt somewhere close to really happy. He didn’t notice because he felt like he was all he wanted to be. He was blind. When reality came crashing in…He has always been looked at as a monster. Being regarded that way and with good reason, the guilt was overwhelming. But he didn’t let that paralyze him. No matter what he had to make it right. His friends were more important than his own fears.

His powers have done a great deal with his future. Now he’s capable of standing up to the kind of people that would use others or destroy them for their own gain. He has a place in the world. Friends. A mentor. It’s given him the freedom to grow beyond all the suffering he dealt with or, at least to endure more of it. It’s when he sought to use it that he asked himself if he saved others, could he be worthy of living? It was the first sign that once he heals enough, he’ll be a very strong person. In the beginning of the series he’s easily stressed out and hesitant. Now he has the confidence to fight back without pausing to worry about his own safety.

Abilities:

Within the world of Bungo Stray Dogs some people are born with a special ability. They vary from person to person, some being minor or hardly suited to combat. Others, lethal and so dangerous it’s only when employed by a government agency or taken in by an organization that they can find their place in the world.

Atsushi falls into the second category. His ability Beast Beneath The Moon transforms him into a massive white tiger He originally has no control over it. During those times he raged out of control and wouldn’t remember anything when he woke up. Thanks to Director Yukichi Fukuzawa’s ability All Men Are Created Equal, all members of the Armed Detective Agency have control over their abilities.

Now under his control, Atsushi can turn parts of his body (arms, legs, and even have the tiger tail) into hybrids of tiger and man. He can take the large white tiger shape or even a complete hybrid between man and tiger. His strength is greatly increased and his speed puts him on the top of most fighters. But that pales in comparison to his regenerative ability. He has entirely regenerated a cut off leg in seconds and bullets do nothing to him. His natural aptitude for fighting and clever ideas pair well with being fairly hard to kill. (He has been repeatedly impaled by at least twenty spikes and kept right on going with very little trouble.)

But that doesn’t mean his healing lacks limits. Atsushi needs to be actively using his ability to regenerate. Even if he’s using it, hammer at him long enough or hard enough from the start and he can’t heal fast enough to prevent losing lethal amounts of blood.

Alignment: Thras. Throughout the course of Atsushi’s life, fear and courage have been the defining factors of the pivotal moments. He lived in fear, growing up in the orphanage. It took courage to turn around and fight for his new comrades instead of run. Each moment whether made by fear, or bravery are the core that makes up Nakajima Atsushi.
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⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample: Sample one - top level
Sample Two - thread

I can write an additional sample if need be.

Questions: None at present!