Post by Neji on Aug 9, 2014 2:20:12 GMT
[photo pending]
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Birthday: July 3rd
Height: 172.1cm (5'6”)
Blood Type: O
Rank: Jōnin
Registration: 012587
~backstory~
Neji was born in raised in Konoha's Hyūga clan, first by his father then by his uncle after his father's death. His childhood was relatively lonely, partly because of his isolation as a Branch member among Main family, and partly because of his own personality. At school he never bonded with anyone, and this trend continued until his genin team.
During his genin days the trend of ignoring his cohort continued with less success than before, and he did warm to Tenten and Lee somewhat. Despite that, it did nothing to damage his desire to strive to be ever better, and he spent a lot of time alone reverse engineering his family's Main Branch techniques. It wasn't until after his first chūnin exams that Neji began forming real friendships outside his team, and since then has been significantly more friendly. Even when he was working hard enough to be the first in the cohort to reach jōnin he never reached that isolation again.
Since making jōnin, Neji has in no way relaxed his standards toward himself, or others. He greatly approves of the strides his friends have made, while likewise always working himself harder and harder still. Injured very, very badly during the war he was forced to take some time to recuperate, and is now working to get himself back up to speed.
~personality~
Neji is not the most open individual, and was less so as a child but after a bout of beat down therapy courtesy the current Hokage, has been able to grow as a person. In general he’s fairly formal with strangers and friends a like, but he can relax with his friends. His relationship with his family is rocky at best, save for Hinata and Hanabi. His standoffish persona is not indicative of lack of caring when it comes to his comrades, and in fact he feels deeply for them.
Neji is an introvert, but is not in any way shy, and despite his growth as a person he’s still somewhat cocky. He knows he’s good at certain things and makes no bones about it if he’s pressed. However, he’s also become too polite to go rubbing it in just anyone’s face. Still a little on the fatalistic side, Neji’s belief in predestination is not so much gone as it is relaxed in favour of enjoying what he can. He’s got excellent emotional control, not being prone to out bursts of emotion be they good or bad. When he does lose his temper, however, his is cold, ruthless and very hard to talk sense to.
That said he is also terminally proud and endlessly stubborn. He can be a little too serious, but even he’s not entirely immune to the theatrics and ridiculousness of some of his peers. He can also be a bit of a shit, enjoying the way his impassiveness provokes some more hotheaded people he knows.
Upholding the tenants of his village is important to Neji, even if he doesn’t tout as much as some of the other Konoha shinobi. Neji isn’t an idealist about it, however, but he is tentatively optimistic regarding the dreams of his friends and the betterment of his clan. Not being one to pour his heart out to anyone Neji often keeps his counsel to himself, particularly in regards to more sensitive things, unless his opinion is directly called for. This does not mean he’s a doormat though, if he thinks something utterly idiotic is about to happen he has no problem putting his foot down.
~appearance~
~pending~