NAME / NICKNAMES anri kobayashi. she doesn't have any specific nicknames but doesn't mind what you call her.
NAME ORIGIN/MEANING anri - japanese unisex given name that translates to "apricot".
kobayashi - japanese surname translating to "small forest".
AGE & DATE OF BIRTH twenty-three. her birthday is october 27th.
SPECIES ghoul.
AFFILIATION anteiku.
OCCUPATION works as the body/information collector and as a waitress.
GENDER & SEX designated female at birth, identifies as such.
SEXUALITY bisexual with a female preference.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS single.
FAMILY while she does have her biological family, she hasn't seen them in years and doesn't remember them much. the person she considers her family the most is the manager of anteiku, kenji, who took her in as a child.
FRIENDS most people in anteiku, but open for plotting!
ENEMIES open for plotting!
PERSONALITY when it comes to personality, you could say that anri is the type of person who is filled with many surprises that she's not quite willing to expose. while the main personality she exhibits to others is not necessarily a facade, there are still some things she's hiding. when people first meet anri, she has a very cheerful and outgoing nature. she tries to be compassionate and friendly to most people. she's quite playful, often enjoying teasing and sometimes flirting with those around her, and is even a little bit mischievous. she's adventurous and enjoys trying new things, as she's one who's a little bit careless to danger. she's lax with other people and doesn't easily become anxious with events happening around her.
there are some cases where she means the best, but may come off as a little bit rude. if someone was to ask for her opinion, anri is the type of person who would give a brutally honest answer. she's not one who enjoys sugarcoating things for the sake of kindness. at the same time, anri can be secretive about her true intentions and emotions. she tends to avoid the topic of her personal life the most. her confidence makes her bold to the point where she's a bit outspoken and sometimes a little bit aggressive. when her mind is set on something, she refuses to give up because of her ambition, even if the results are self-destructive. because of her past, she's very competitive and strongly dislikes even the thought of losing.
while she might appear lighthearted, anri is definitely not one you should take for granted. she knows her way with people well and as such, she can be very deceptive and has ease with manipulating people. she's clever and quite the good liar, often times using deception for her own benefit. more so around doves, she tends to play dumb, either as a mean to study them or to make herself seem more pitiful than she actually is so she's not considered a threat. it's when she's mad or serious where her change of personality is almost a bit chilling. she becomes quite cold, sometimes a bit apathetic towards others. she also becomes much more aggressive and spiteful. this personality is most often present around other ghouls who are not a part of anteiku, though can appear in little bursts around anyone, almost like some sort of cautionary warning. however, this side of her is generally as quick to vanish as it is to appear.
— positive traits ambitious / confident / independent / outgoing / resourceful
— neutral traits competitive / cunning / playful / sarcastic / secretive
— negative traits assertive / moments of apathy / outspoken / spiteful / stubborn
HISTORY anri's past isn't something she likes to mention very often, as she didn't really recognize it as anything bad until later in her life. she grew up with parents who weren't terrible, but they weren't exactly good either. instead, the couple never really focused on their own child. when her parents did notice her, they were never mean, but it was obvious to anyone that they were still quite uninterested. because of this, anri wasn't upset at all when she was sent away to live with some relatives.
anri wouldn't be ashamed to say that she liked her relatives more than her own parents. and her relatives liked her too, although for a somewhat different reason. it was when anri first moved that she was introduced to an underground ring of ghoul fighting. people would pit ghouls up against each other and bet on who would win for entertainment purposes. anri would go against other ghouls similar to her in age, and while she did feel odd about it at first, she was still completely willing to participate. her relatives managed to show her more love than her own parents ever did, and she didn't want to lose that.
it was after a few times of winning these fights that she realized that she actually kind of enjoyed it. she was no sadist, but her relatives treated her better when she won. that, and anri loved receiving all the attention from the crowd and her family. while her relatives did genuinely care for anri, what mattered most was her role as a fighter. after all, they gained money and popularity in the ring through her wins. through experience, anri became quite good at what she did, although her caretakers would often take it a step further. they would overwork her in various ways and make her cannibalize on other ghouls without her awareness. at the same time, they would still shower her with whatever she wanted in hopes that it would make her more cooperative. anri was completely fine with it, as long as she wasn't being completely ignored. it wasn't like any of these gestures mattered because the underground ring was eventually discovered by the ccg.
anri was forced to flee from the ring and her relatives to survive. she ran away with some injuries and was homeless on the streets for only a day or two before she first met kenji hiroyuki. before she knew it, she was living in one of the spare rooms in anteiku and cleaning up around the shop in return for the hospitality. at first she found his happy nature completely annoying, but she's come to deeply respect him now as an adult. anri continues to work at the coffee shop and treats everyone there like family. her experiences at anteiku have definitely changed her from the troubled kid she was many years ago.
GHOUL ALIAS skeleton.
— ghoul description the reason for her name is pretty straight-forward. her ghoul mask resembles that of an animal skull. it also relates to her job as a body collector. mostly only known to those who pick a serious fight with her, but due to cannibalization, she has enhanced physical performance. she is however not close to becoming even a half-kakuja.
— ghoul mask click
GHOUL RANK while she has the capabilities of an s class ghoul, she plays dumb near doves and is mostly passive, so the ccg classifies her as b ranked.
KAGUNE TYPE bikaku.
KAGUNE APPEARANCE anri's bikaku takes on a dark red color and is very slender and sleek looking (kinda similar to lantern's in shape). it appears to be segmented (probably something like this). upon closer inspection, there are scale like markings along the kagune. she is capable of creating only one tail-like appendage.
OTHER accept me bithc
FUTURE PLOTS probably will come up with more later
