A young girl in appearance only. The third seat of the Gotei’s disreputable combat division is a small lady, but not one to be looked down on, carrying herself with both the peppy energy of a new girl at work looking to impress and the foul temper of a no-nonsense parent - depending, of course, on who’s asking.
General vibe of the character is someone who, on the surface, seems at odds with her squad, but only because she puts on airs to try and make a good look for herself. She’s the kind to be cordial and almost business-like to her peers one second, and then turn around and yell at her hooligan squadmates at the top of her lungs the next. By her own admission, she’s taken it upon herself to “clean up the mess that is the Eleventh Division.”
As far as her duties as a Shinigami go, she’s something of a go-getter. Aggressively enterprising, and always willing to take on whatever workload is thrown at her. Too willing, perhaps. She could be aptly described as a “super assistant” that is always swimming in a sea of pawned-off paperwork and admin tasks.
Backstory premise is still being hashed out in more detail, but the core idea is that she wound up in one of the (relatively) nicer parts of the Rukongai. She died pretty young as a child, high infant mortality rates and all during these years, but was lucky enough to be picked up by a Shinigami before Hollowfication. In spite of that, because of her youth, when she ultimately crossed over, she couldn't really understand the situation, and thought she'd been separated from her parents in some strange place. So, she set out to find them - and, after ten years passed, to instead find missing "somebodies" that she couldn't even remember any more.
The details of her time in the outer districts of the Rukongai are not as important for the character pitch, but if asked, I'll go into a bit more depth with them, just want to avoid writing too much for this opening post. The main way this relates to her overall character below the surface-level personality traits is in the development of Hitobu's naive worldview, which has ended up developing into something of a foil to a lot of the details of the particular setting and many of the characters we've had so far - though a foil that is definitely intended to ultimately be challenged by the world and the rest of the cast. In spite of her bad-ish attitude, Koba is fundamentally a selfless and optimistic person that believes in the good in people, or rather, that sympathises with people that are suffering. She never grew up into a jaded cynic because she didn't actually start out in the worst places and got to see some of the better sides of the Rukongai community and life in the Soul Society. When she ended up travelling over to those grimier areas, she didn't see "bad people", but instead, victims of circumstance.
She believes the world is a harsh place, but one that is "fixable". Or, rather, that everyone has their own issues, and everyone can be saved or helped. The present situation in the human world, one raptured by sickness and strife, reinforced her view. But, because of this, she isn't really capable of accepting the notion of a person doing something wrong. She's too willing to give people the benefit of the doubt, and when push comes to shove, she wouldn't be able to condemn someone that had gone down the path of becoming a bad person. Whatever that really means. Corruption and evil are concepts she hasn't yet come to terms with.
General vibe of the character is someone who, on the surface, seems at odds with her squad, but only because she puts on airs to try and make a good look for herself. She’s the kind to be cordial and almost business-like to her peers one second, and then turn around and yell at her hooligan squadmates at the top of her lungs the next. By her own admission, she’s taken it upon herself to “clean up the mess that is the Eleventh Division.”
As far as her duties as a Shinigami go, she’s something of a go-getter. Aggressively enterprising, and always willing to take on whatever workload is thrown at her. Too willing, perhaps. She could be aptly described as a “super assistant” that is always swimming in a sea of pawned-off paperwork and admin tasks.
Backstory premise is still being hashed out in more detail, but the core idea is that she wound up in one of the (relatively) nicer parts of the Rukongai. She died pretty young as a child, high infant mortality rates and all during these years, but was lucky enough to be picked up by a Shinigami before Hollowfication. In spite of that, because of her youth, when she ultimately crossed over, she couldn't really understand the situation, and thought she'd been separated from her parents in some strange place. So, she set out to find them - and, after ten years passed, to instead find missing "somebodies" that she couldn't even remember any more.
The details of her time in the outer districts of the Rukongai are not as important for the character pitch, but if asked, I'll go into a bit more depth with them, just want to avoid writing too much for this opening post. The main way this relates to her overall character below the surface-level personality traits is in the development of Hitobu's naive worldview, which has ended up developing into something of a foil to a lot of the details of the particular setting and many of the characters we've had so far - though a foil that is definitely intended to ultimately be challenged by the world and the rest of the cast. In spite of her bad-ish attitude, Koba is fundamentally a selfless and optimistic person that believes in the good in people, or rather, that sympathises with people that are suffering. She never grew up into a jaded cynic because she didn't actually start out in the worst places and got to see some of the better sides of the Rukongai community and life in the Soul Society. When she ended up travelling over to those grimier areas, she didn't see "bad people", but instead, victims of circumstance.
She believes the world is a harsh place, but one that is "fixable". Or, rather, that everyone has their own issues, and everyone can be saved or helped. The present situation in the human world, one raptured by sickness and strife, reinforced her view. But, because of this, she isn't really capable of accepting the notion of a person doing something wrong. She's too willing to give people the benefit of the doubt, and when push comes to shove, she wouldn't be able to condemn someone that had gone down the path of becoming a bad person. Whatever that really means. Corruption and evil are concepts she hasn't yet come to terms with.
