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Yuu Nishinoya | Haikyuu!! | Reserved
Contact Info: manly.cactus at gmail /
Other Characters Played: Josuke Higashikata
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Canon: Haikyuu!!
Canon Point: Before the Spring High tournament starts
Background/History: Wiki link, but it doesn't have much information so writing it up instead! Just heads up that there isn’t a whole lot to say because backstory-wise, we have nothing on him except his involvement with the volleyball club.
Some people just really like volleyball. Being a sports manga, Haikyuu!! is, of course, about these kinds of people. A former national-level team, Karasuno’s high school volleyball club has fallen from grace since then -- falling into the general “not bad enough to be called bad, but not that good either” zone of mediocrity. Although its club members have full intention of restoring their club to its former glory, they lack the basic man-power to do so.
...that is, until a new school year starts and a formidable duo joins the club: Hinata Shouyou, a total disaster at volleyball but possessing great athletic ability, and Kageyama Tobio, a genius setter whose great skills enable him to use even someone like Hinata on the court.
But Karasuno is not bad, and they have another unmistakable genius in their ranks: Nishinoya Yuu. A volleyball player since at least Junior High, Nishinoya’s natural talent combined with his hard work earned him the award of best libero back then, making his name a famous one, and later on in high school, it earned him a spot as a regular and his team’s respect -- so much so that the team’s captain even ends up addressing him as the “Guardian Deity” of Karasuno.
As said above, however, before Hinata and Kageyama’s arrival Karasuno lacked the man-power and skills necessary to fully use a player like Nishinoya, and so despite his skill and the team’s best efforts, in his first year of high school Karasuno suffered a crushing defeat during the inter-high preliminaries.
After that match, Nishinoya berates himself for his shortcomings -- and in the process ends up stepping on a landmine and trigger a nasty argument with Azumane Asahi -- one of his seniors and the ace of the team.
The reason? During the match, due to his being repeatedly blocked and so unable to score, Asahi ended up flat out giving up in the middle of it, and didn’t call for the last ball Nishinoya had been able to recover. Though Asahi blames himself, rather than apologizing for giving up he explicitly claims he “couldn’t have made it anyway” and at that, Noya pretty much loses it -- and physically attacks Asahi, yelling at him for giving up on a ball he’d recovered. Though their teammates intervene and separate them, the two part in less than amicable ways, and upon the start of the new year, Asahi skips an important meeting and doesn’t come to club activity.
Nishinoya is none-too pleased, and predictably, when he goes to confront him it ends up with more yelling and hurt feelings on both parts. This time, however, the yelling gets the vice-principal's attention, and when he tries to restrain Noya and get him to stop yelling in the halls, Noya just shoves him away and sends him straight into a vase. This incident earns him a month of ban on club activities, and one week of suspension from school. That’s why Noya doesn’t appear until later on in the series.
When his ban has finally expired and he’s able to come back, however, although he’s enthusiastic and excited about the new additions to the team, Noya loudly and angrily refuses to come back to the club upon discovering Asahi hasn’t come back yet.
While initially it sounds like a matter of pride or stubbornness due to their arguments, Nishinoya later reveals that he doesn’t want to play in matches because should they win without Asahi, it’d confirm that they can do it without him, and he doesn't want that. The story has a happy ending, however, after much prodding from Hinata and Kageyama, Asahi does end up coming back, and his argument with Nishinoya is over and forgotten the moment he calls for a toss once again. With newfound determination to keep fighting together, the two both come back as full time members of the club, with the objective of going to the nationals together with the rest of Karasuno.
While this time the team gets a bit farther, the team is once again defeated at the Inter High preliminaries -- performing exceptionally well but ultimately still losing. Rather than giving up, however, the entire team comes together and individually start building up new skills -- andthough Nishinoya is already seemingly perfect, he too begins learning new techniques with the intention of improving more and more, particularly focusing on tosses.
Previous Game History: N/A
Personality: Strong, reliable and dependable, Nishinoya lives up to the title of “Guardian Deity” not only on the court, but also in his everyday life. With his friends and teammates, Nishinoya serves as a fixed point of sorts -- keeping them firmly grounded and supporting them with words and actions both. He’s a supportive, generally positive influence who quickly sets the mood, pace and atmosphere around himself and easily inspires confidence -- in both himself and his teammates.
A generally hard-working individual when it comes to special selective areas (read: volleyball), Nishinoya isn’t the type to keep a wishy-washy attitude, and truly goes out of his way to put his 110% in everything that matters to him. As a result, he tends to have especially high standards and expectations of both himself and those who surround him, and so can be harsh and strict -- but despite that, he’s never malicious or inclined to self-pity.
Even though he’s often seen rebuking teammates, he’s just as often seen praising or encouraging them, and he never really assigns blame for any mistake. After all, if something’s done badly, it’s wrong and you gotta know it in order to improve on it! But if you make a mistake and then lose a match, that just happens, it’s every player on the court that bears responsibility for it, not a single man. By the same token, though he’s harsh to himself and prone to self-criticism a lot, he doesn’t truly let himself get overwhelmed by it, and instead takes it as the starting point to improve himself. In addition to all of this, while confident in his abilities, Nishinoya is actually humble and even prone to getting embarrassed if praised excessively (all the more so by being called something like “guardian deity”), or if in the presence of girls he doesn’t know yet.
Determined and driven, he’s the kind of person who works hard without ever really complaining -- despite the many bruises he ends up picking up during training.
Surprisingly, though somewhat clueless at times and very largely lacking in tact, Noya is highly empathetic and emotionally competent -- he’s able to pick up the mood easily, and gear things and atmosphere toward a more relaxed environment when necessary, or comfort and encourage teammates and friends in need of a little pick up. It’s all very much on an instinctual level, however, and so he generally seems to lack the ability to understand deeper unrest within people close to him.
That, combined with his bluntness and inability to just keep quiet when he doesn’t approve of something in any way makes his habit of being harsh somewhat more difficult to bear for whoever ends up being his target. Though Nishinoya is forgiving and has a good heart, he is completely unable to let things go until they’re fixed the way he wants. You quit the volleyball club in a fit of cowardice? He’ll be on your case and won’t forgive you until you’re back.
Despite this overall somewhat serious and tough picture, however, Nishinoya is anything but and anyone imagining him like that is in for quite a surprise.
Described pretty much as a swirling storm, Nishinoya is loud, extremely excitable and constantly full of energy -- to the point that he can and literally will jump on people out of excitement. He’s cheerful and carefree and naturally wild, and he’s the kind of person who inevitably ends up sweeping people up in his pace. A little childish, he enjoys “cool” and “awesome” things and is prone to pick or do things a certain way for no reason beyond its coolness factor. For example, although Nishinoya comes from a champion middle school and he’s considered an unquestionable genius when it comes to volleyball, he went to Karasuno rather than another champion school simply because he liked the girls uniform and because the boys’ uniform is a black gakuran (it being black is extremely important, apparently).
He’s got guts and attitude, but surprisingly, he actually does try to be polite with people of higher standing and authority, though he’s not always particularly successful at it, and if he’s in the middle of something important for him, he won’t really care about manners.
Although absolutely an idiot, Nishinoya has nerves of steel, and maybe due to how simple-minded he is, he’s capable of remaining calm and encouraging others even in high-stress situations that would take a high toll on anyone’s mind. He takes great pride and joy in being a senpai, to the point that just being called that makes him happy, and despite his general obnoxiousness and loud attitude he genuinely puts his all in looking after his underclassmen.
While he doesn’t have a short temper, per se, Nishinoya is passionate, hot-blooded and emotional and if given the right motivation can end up picking up fights because of it -- though “the right motivation” can range from actually genuinely important things to “you looked at our manager the wrong way”. He’s not a thug, per se, but he sure likes acting like one.
Generally, though, Nishinoya is kind-hearted and always willing to help if someone needs him -- and he’s a genuinely good guy all around, despite his tendency to be loud and obnoxious about beautiful girls.
Abilities/Powers: Okay first thing first, Nishinoya is a 100% normal human, and thus he doesn't have any crazy ability or anything of the sort. That being said! He is an athlete, so his abilities and skill revolve around that. He excels in speed, agility and endurance the most, he has quick reflexes and good jumping power, and is also “decently” strong, meaning as strong as you’d expect someone who trains regularly, but not exceptionally so (he’s given two stars on the “power” stat in the character bible). In short, he’s a sportsman, and his abilities naturally revolve around that!
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Sample Entry: Top level link, just a warning that the game had characters take a nickname as their names.
And an additional link! Normally I wouldn't consider this a valid sample (the thread is short and the style doesn't mesh with Haven's!), but this thread displays important character traits that do not come to light in normal play situation, and it makes for a good sample of the attitude Noya is likely to take during emotionally taxing situations, his harshness and his way of encouraging people, so I feel like it's an important extra to add! I am however 100% up to writing a new sample from scratch to display those traits if you prefer!
Sample Entry Two:
For every Japanese high school student, school festivals are magical experiences. They're made great and wonderful and perfect by the effort everyone puts through, but most notably and more importantly, by the high chance of a maid cafè with cute girls dressed up for the occasion being run.
It’s a staple, after all, and Noya had waited pretty much the entire year for it.
He'd waited and waited, only to find out that this year, the class who was holding a maid cafè had decided on putting girls in dashing butlers outfits, and boys in cute skirts and thigh-highs. And while that hadn't been enough for him to decide against visiting one (girls in suits were just as hot, of course), it did mean he was going to bump his number #2 favourite event to the first place instead.
And of course, the special #2 just so happened to be the kissing booth -- which he went to visit as soon as it opened, wearing a determined expression on his face. Now, there was no way Nishinoya would have ever had the courage to actually, really kiss a cute stranger -- but dreams are sweet things, and he’s always been a dreamer. Beside, he was carrying someone else’s wish on his shoulders as well.
"It's today ... my chance to live the magic of youth's romance has finally come!! Wish me luck, Ryuu!!"
He muttered to himself before taking a deep breath, trying to focus, keep his senses sharp and remind himself of his friend who should have been right there with him. His friend, Tanaka Ryuunosuke, who couldn't have joined him because of unfortunate last-minute illness. And although he’s wasn't there with him now, Noya liked to think that by calling out his name he was making him share the experience with him. At the very least, it was a way to make him part of it.
"I will do it", he repeated over and over in his mind. "I’ll have a romantic kiss for my sake as well as Ryuu’s!".
Stepping right into the booth, Noya braced himself for what he knew was coming (or rather, he hoped): a sexy bombshell who was a little shy, but ready to take everyone's kisses in order to spread hope, joy and beauty in the life of unpopular boys like him. To the back of his mind, he even dared to hope that perhaps they would chat a bit and fall for one another.
But that was a silly thought, wasn't it? Just thinking about him made him smile, though, despite the flush that inevitably made way on his face.
"Ow, come on now, Nishinoya Yuu!!" he said while slapping his cheeks energically, making sure he would feel the sting of it. "Get a grip on yourself! There’s no way you’ll get a girlfriend just like that! This is no time to start fantasizing just like that, damn it!"
"It sure would be nice though, huh? … yeah."
He took another deep breath, trying to focus on the kissing booth standing right in front of him instead. He had a mission to accomplish, and no intentions of turning back now. For his friend's sake, he will have his first kiss.
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