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Character Name: Risotto Nero Series: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Timeline: Post-death (~episode 28 of the anime) Canon Resource Links: This wiki here has plenty of Risotto's history and appearance details. (Note: while there are sometimes slight differences between manga and anime in Jojo's overall, in the case of Risotto in particular not much contradicts itself. The main difference is that some present/flashback scenes are added in the anime, and in the manga we get his specific backstory. Added together they just make one cohesive picture. For clarity's sake I am apping the anime version, simply with the acknowledge that his additional manga backstory is probably canon, if that's alright by the mods. The linked wiki itself does not often note which source gave which info.)
Personality: Risotto is the leader of the Hitman Team of the Italian gang Passione, and he is in many ways what you might expect when thinking of someone picked out to lead a nine-man team of killers. He's big, serious, and surprisingly reticent in social settings, not engaging in chatter with his teammates but only chiming in with warnings, corrections, or orders.
Risotto is a cautious and calculating man, both in and out of combat. He is immediately suspicious of anything out of the ordinary around himself - his employees being unusually late for a meeting (Risotto correctly comments that this is unusual and a bad sign; it turns out two of their members were recently taken out by their Boss), a mysterious man being in a remote but important location (it turned out to be the second-in-command of the man he was trying to kill), etc. Despite his intimidating size and clear proficiency with fighting - he's shown dodging someone else's physical attacks with ease and demonstrates an ability to throw knives pretty accurately - Risotto clearly prefers to attack from afar and without being detected at all.
Which is where his 'stand', his in-world magical abilities, come in: in-universe, these powers are 'a manifestation of the user's fighting spirit'. They're intentionally symbolic powers that serve narrative purpose (as well as allowing for badass fight scenes, naturally). Risotto's stand allows him to turn invisible at will, a power he uses absolutely constantly while fighting a new opponent. Based on his own discussion of how his hits usually go, it's safe to assume Risotto usually kills his targets while remaining unseen the entire time. He doesn't need to prove himself by being seen and intimidating his targets - he just needs to win, and stay safe while doing so.
To that end, Risotto is also shown to be very patient. His entire canon story arc surrounds himself and his team attempting to rise up and kill their Boss, the Don of the mafia they're part of, due to multiple issues (the perception of not being paid enough; simple greed; and after two of their members are killed by the Boss as a warning, for revenge). It's Risotto who stops his teammates from immediately going after the Boss once two of their members are killed; he instructs them to 'forget about [their fallen teammates]' and they end up waiting two full years before the possibility of a new clue about the Boss' identity (and therefore, potential weaknesses) means Risotto finally mobilizes them. Risotto's first-ever kill was also a personal revenge he waited four years to enact. If he thinks he'll get a better chance later on? He will wait.
Despite this, Risotto is not an unfeeling machine. He's very much driven by internal motivations...these are just kept well-hidden in most circumstances. (Remember those super-symbolic magical powers? Most stand users have a stand that appears roughly human-shaped and sized, and which can punch for them in fights. Risotto's stand is instead a series of tiny gumdrop-sized beings that live...hidden away in his blood, unable to fight for him or even be seen by anyone else. Unless, of course, Risotto is injured. Talk about some heavy symbolism.) His first kill being the murder of a drunk driver who killed his cousin in a crash is a pretty clear indication of this. So is the fact that Risotto comes to kill the Boss at all: by the time Risotto is personally trying to kill their Boss, he is the only surviving member of his team. Clearly, he's not going to run the entire mafia himself. Risotto's only reason for continuing to chase down the boss is revenge, at that point. It's stated in canon by both himself and another character that this is the case: Risotto is angry and wants to personally kill the man responsible for his teammates' deaths.
Unfortunately for Risotto, perhaps the only solid showcasing of his humanity ends up being his downfall, not just from normal civilian life but to his own canon death. He fails to kill his Boss despite his own cautious start to the fight, and while it's not really wrong to read this fact as Risotto being the victim of the Boss' absurd power (fighting the Boss one on one is a bit like bringing a banana to a knife fight), it's also fair to say it's actually Risotto's eventual snap of anger that does him in. He grows too confident too quickly towards the very tail end of the fight, certain he's got the Boss right where he finally needs him in order to deal the final blow, and ends up miscalculating because of his own emotions after all. Risotto dies not just because he was the weaker opponent - he probably could have won by simply wearing the other down for longer - but because he let his angry need for revenge get the best of him.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Team Rocket! Starter: Gastly ('main' starter) and Spinarak ('supplementary' starter), assuming I read it right and TR gets two starters! Password: Atomic & Fireball!
Samples RP Sample:Here. A quick note: this thread begins six months ago, but was being written as recently/has comments from as recently as last month, so I hope that's alright with the 'within the last four months' requirement for the thread's age!
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Character
Name: Risotto Nero
Series: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
Timeline: Post-death (~episode 28 of the anime)
Canon Resource Links: This wiki here has plenty of Risotto's history and appearance details. (Note: while there are sometimes slight differences between manga and anime in Jojo's overall, in the case of Risotto in particular not much contradicts itself. The main difference is that some present/flashback scenes are added in the anime, and in the manga we get his specific backstory. Added together they just make one cohesive picture. For clarity's sake I am apping the anime version, simply with the acknowledge that his additional manga backstory is probably canon, if that's alright by the mods. The linked wiki itself does not often note which source gave which info.)
Personality: Risotto is the leader of the Hitman Team of the Italian gang Passione, and he is in many ways what you might expect when thinking of someone picked out to lead a nine-man team of killers. He's big, serious, and surprisingly reticent in social settings, not engaging in chatter with his teammates but only chiming in with warnings, corrections, or orders.
Risotto is a cautious and calculating man, both in and out of combat. He is immediately suspicious of anything out of the ordinary around himself - his employees being unusually late for a meeting (Risotto correctly comments that this is unusual and a bad sign; it turns out two of their members were recently taken out by their Boss), a mysterious man being in a remote but important location (it turned out to be the second-in-command of the man he was trying to kill), etc. Despite his intimidating size and clear proficiency with fighting - he's shown dodging someone else's physical attacks with ease and demonstrates an ability to throw knives pretty accurately - Risotto clearly prefers to attack from afar and without being detected at all.
Which is where his 'stand', his in-world magical abilities, come in: in-universe, these powers are 'a manifestation of the user's fighting spirit'. They're intentionally symbolic powers that serve narrative purpose (as well as allowing for badass fight scenes, naturally). Risotto's stand allows him to turn invisible at will, a power he uses absolutely constantly while fighting a new opponent. Based on his own discussion of how his hits usually go, it's safe to assume Risotto usually kills his targets while remaining unseen the entire time. He doesn't need to prove himself by being seen and intimidating his targets - he just needs to win, and stay safe while doing so.
To that end, Risotto is also shown to be very patient. His entire canon story arc surrounds himself and his team attempting to rise up and kill their Boss, the Don of the mafia they're part of, due to multiple issues (the perception of not being paid enough; simple greed; and after two of their members are killed by the Boss as a warning, for revenge). It's Risotto who stops his teammates from immediately going after the Boss once two of their members are killed; he instructs them to 'forget about [their fallen teammates]' and they end up waiting two full years before the possibility of a new clue about the Boss' identity (and therefore, potential weaknesses) means Risotto finally mobilizes them. Risotto's first-ever kill was also a personal revenge he waited four years to enact. If he thinks he'll get a better chance later on? He will wait.
Despite this, Risotto is not an unfeeling machine. He's very much driven by internal motivations...these are just kept well-hidden in most circumstances. (Remember those super-symbolic magical powers? Most stand users have a stand that appears roughly human-shaped and sized, and which can punch for them in fights. Risotto's stand is instead a series of tiny gumdrop-sized beings that live...hidden away in his blood, unable to fight for him or even be seen by anyone else. Unless, of course, Risotto is injured. Talk about some heavy symbolism.) His first kill being the murder of a drunk driver who killed his cousin in a crash is a pretty clear indication of this. So is the fact that Risotto comes to kill the Boss at all: by the time Risotto is personally trying to kill their Boss, he is the only surviving member of his team. Clearly, he's not going to run the entire mafia himself. Risotto's only reason for continuing to chase down the boss is revenge, at that point. It's stated in canon by both himself and another character that this is the case: Risotto is angry and wants to personally kill the man responsible for his teammates' deaths.
Unfortunately for Risotto, perhaps the only solid showcasing of his humanity ends up being his downfall, not just from normal civilian life but to his own canon death. He fails to kill his Boss despite his own cautious start to the fight, and while it's not really wrong to read this fact as Risotto being the victim of the Boss' absurd power (fighting the Boss one on one is a bit like bringing a banana to a knife fight), it's also fair to say it's actually Risotto's eventual snap of anger that does him in. He grows too confident too quickly towards the very tail end of the fight, certain he's got the Boss right where he finally needs him in order to deal the final blow, and ends up miscalculating because of his own emotions after all. Risotto dies not just because he was the weaker opponent - he probably could have won by simply wearing the other down for longer - but because he let his angry need for revenge get the best of him.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket!
Starter: Gastly ('main' starter) and Spinarak ('supplementary' starter), assuming I read it right and TR gets two starters!
Password: Atomic & Fireball!
Samples
RP Sample: Here. A quick note: this thread begins six months ago, but was being written as recently/has comments from as recently as last month, so I hope that's alright with the 'within the last four months' requirement for the thread's age!
Victory Road Sample: TDM toplevel.
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We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
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