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D.Y.O.N. Entry: Tanaka Setsuko

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This is my submission for the "Design Your Own Ninja" contest over at :iconnarutofanclub:! I had a lot of fun making this (and especially coming up with the ideas), and everyone should go check out all the other entries over at the club! :D

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Name: Tanaka Setsuko

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Rank: Genin

Family History: Setsuko was born into a community famous for its craftsmanship: the Tanaka Clan. Though members of the Clan seemed innately able to craft tools, medicines, and weapons of exceptional quality, they were also stricken with an inexplicable handicap that prevented them from controlling their chakra. Setsuko would prove to be the lone exception to this rule. From an early age, Setsuko demonstrated an ability to control and release chakra that baffled the community. She was immediately recognized as her Clan’s most promising daughter and won respect and admiration from her Clan at a very young age. As the village elders had expected, Setsuko was admitted to the Hidden Village of Konoha with hopes of being the Tanaka Clan’s first ever ninja.


Personal Bio: Setsuko was raised by her mother, as her father and older brother were killed in a landslide only weeks after she was born. Her mother was a strong and powerful woman, however, and Setsuko grew up in a strict but loving home. Setsuko idolizes her mother and strives to be as strong as her whenever possible. Though Setsuko’s mother tried to instill the virtue of humility in her daughter, the fame and praise she received throughout her childhood gave her a rather arrogant attitude. She carried this attitude to the Hidden Village of Konoha when she was first accepted into the Ninja Academy.

Personality: Arrogant, aloof, and seemingly cold most of the time, Setsuko can be a rather difficult person to get along with. She enjoys challenging her classmates to sparring matches frequently, usually in a dismissive and cocky manner. Though she is recognized as a tremendous talent, Setsuko’s greatest downfall has been her inability to work well with her team members. Particularly, Setsuko cannot stand girls who obsess over “cute boys.” Girls like Ino and Sakura are particularly irksome to Setsuko.

Setsuko earned top marks at the Academy and graduated near the top of her class in her first year of eligibility. She became very popular with male cadets who treated her as “one of the guys” because of her competitiveness and disdain for “girly” activities. Setsuko was not nearly as popular among female students who often called her a tomboy.

Weapons of Choice: Setsuko’s most important tools are the lenses she carries on her belt. Her lenses range from as large as a dinner plate to as small as a shuriken. They were crafted by her great-grandfather, who intended to pass his creations to the eldest male in each generation of the Tanaka family. After Setsuko’s brother and father were killed, however, the Tanaka family elders agreed to break with tradition and allow Setsuko to inherit the lenses. Setsuko employs her lenses in nearly all of her techniques (for example, the lenses can be used to magnify sunlight into a powerful beam).

Setsuko’s only other notable piece of equipment is a crystal kunai. While the kunai appears to be made from glass, it is actually quite durable. The treated crystal that composes the kunai can only be damaged by a direct blast of concentrated chakra. Setsuko uses her kunai for close combat, only throwing it in the event of a critical opening.

Jutsus:
Refraction Technique – This is Setsuko’s most basic technique, but it can be used in a number of ways. When performing this technique, Setsuko uses her knowledge of light and lenses to manipulate and bend beams of light to her advantage. If Setsuko is engaged in close combat, she can use her crystal kunai to aim a beam of light into her opponents eyes, temporarily blinding him while she lands several blows. When she is fighting an enemy at a distance, Setsuko can imbue her lenses with chakra and briefly suspend them in the air. She can then aim concentrated beams of light at her opponent’s eyes from different angles, leading to temporary or even permanent blindness. This is a basic technique, however, and is often ineffective on experienced foes.

Depth Distortion Technique – Using chakra-imbued lenses, Setsuko manipulates the light entering an opponent’s eyes and confuses his vision. At its lowest levels, this technique can fool an opponent into thinking Setsuko is directly in front of him when she is really several yards away. As she develops the technique, however, Setsuko gains the ability to create powerful illusions with her lenses. For instance, Setsuko could manipulate an enemy’s eyes to make the edge of a high cliff appear to be several feet farther away than it is. Her opponent may then believe he is stepping onto solid ground, but fall into a deep valley.

Light Magnification Technique – Setsuko’s most powerful technique which amplifies the sun’s light and heat to create a destructive beam. Setsuko uses chakra to suspend a specific series of lenses into the air, concentrating the sun’s rays into a powerful ray of heat. This is similar to children burning ants with a magnifying glass. By exerting even more chakra, Setsuko can control her airborne lenses and aim this beam at a moving foe. By experimenting with different lens combinations, Setsuko is eventually able to apply this technique with light from the moon or from large fires.

Likes: Competing, winning, her mother, receiving earnest compliments. On an unrelated note, her favorite food is tempura udon, which she enjoys even on hot days.

Dislikes: Feeling weak, girls who spend their time fawning over “cute boys,” excessively talkative people.

Future Dreams: Setsuko claims that her most important goal is to achieve the rank of ANBU, but her real goal is to be as strong as her mother. She hopes to one day be able to influence somebody’s life as profoundly as her mother has impacted her. Setsuko would also like to prove to the world that Tanaka Clan members succeed as ninjas as well as craftsmen.
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This is just so awesome man!
I love it!