BleachITP Reborn: Discussion & Setup Thread 2

[CMOTDibbler]

Righty, I blame you for stealing the thread's point. The thread is now Oblio. (Does anyone get this?)

[Frozen_Feet]

Herran jestas sentään.

[The Librarian]

BleachITP Reborn: Dicussion & Setup Thread 2 was backstabbed by Righty

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[Edge]

*cough*

So, is there anyone left to vote on the Central 46 members?

[The Librarian]

Okay, okay I'm done now. I swear...maybe

[tgva8889]

Edge: Of the people who are active, I don't think so...

[Dorizzit]

Yeah, I think that everyone who's going to vote has done so already.

[Shades of Gray]

Dynamic Entry!

Callos
Zarah
Kasanip

[Zarah]

I'm kind of late to the party, but here's my suggestion for this game's opening song: Smilife by Stereopony. I would comment on whether or not the lyrics work for our game, but... I can't find a translation of the song. So yeah.

Now the question becomes, who wants to be crazy enough to start drawing and animating the opening? >_>

[The Librarian]

I would, but I've got a hell of a lot on my plate in RL to begin with. Plus it'd probably take me two months, even if I started now. (I put way too much emphasis on detail on my drawings.)

[horngeek]

I would, but a) I don't have enough time and b) I can't draw.

At all. My drawings turn out to be out-of-proportion stick figures.

[CMOTDibbler]

I'm kind of late to the party, but here's my suggestion for this game's opening song: Smilife by Stereopony. I would comment on whether or not the lyrics work for our game, but... I can't find a translation of the song. So yeah.

Now the question becomes, who wants to be crazy enough to start drawing and animating the opening? >_>

The lyrics! I found them! Huzzah!

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When everything i look at
goes wrong
I was hopeless and was in ruins until I seeked help from you

Its fine to live like myself,
one way or another i understand this somehow

Now i bear it,not thinking of anything waiting for morning to come
Even at such a time your smile was at my side

Tonight i believe in tomorrow
now i continue to run

The distance that I run with you for a long time is so far
I sleep not knowing whether it is a good thing

But I am overwhelmed among backs by a big thing, and I go

I fell asleep from exhaustion....
Awake by a knock on the door
An innocent face to show when I plot it whether it is the smile or the whole face
A slope of this town first to run up with tattered sneakers

I do my best and bear it, and the starlit sky that I saw is slightly just an inch
This summit is almost painful to tell

Tonight we sing in this hill, till a voice becomes refined, and follow
I stepped cautiously surely step by step
I overcame it with you one by one
I came here with you to see the scenery
which we saw from here

When the song was done......
To have you sing together by an unexpected coincidence
Such a thing happens many times
But the miracle was that you were daringly near then,
I said I was bringing you life under the peel,Got a chance to sing as one faces forward!

Tonight I believe in tomorrow
now i continue to run

The distance that I run with you for a long time is so far
I sleep not knowing whether it is a good thing

But I am overwhelmed among backs by a big thing, and I go

Good night, I believed in tomorrow from today
It calls from me

I can surely arrive by all means sometime
You can go forever
So as always I hold your wide smile in my chest, and I go

Credit:
GOLDENfalco@Youtube

I think... it's the only set I found.

[The Librarian]

Holy Wow! Knowing the translation of the song, almost confirms it in my mind as the perfect song for the intro.

[tgva8889]

I agree, I very much like the song based on the lyrics.

[KnightDisciple]

Eh. I dunno. It didn't hook me. And it didn't feel much like an "opener song". But I prefer either lyricless instrumentals, or purpose-written songs, so take that as you will.

TTGL is something of an exception, but I think all their music is specifically composed anyways. <_< >_>

[horngeek]

Actually, a lot of anime opening and closing themes are just J-pop songs.

Still awesome.

[Tackyhillbillu]

I'm with Knight. I'd prefer something else. Of course, my two favorite show openings are Tank from Cowboy Bebop and the opening Baccano, so take that as you will.

[tgva8889]

Well, whatever we find should be strong/powerful and lighthearted IMO.

[KnightDisciple]

Actually, a lot of anime opening and closing themes are just J-pop songs.

Still awesome.

That's just it. J-Pop has, like, zero appeal for me.

[nothingclever]

Well what type of mood for the opening do you people think would be best?
Action, adventure and excitement? Should it sound shonen?

[Tackyhillbillu]

I'd prefer it not be too upbeat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw

Something that feels like this. But isn't that, because that is already the opening to something.

[nothingclever]

Out of curiosity, how high does this rank on your upbeat-o-meter?

[Tackyhillbillu]

Pretty high, to be complete honestly.

Edit: An example of what I would think of an appropriate level of upbeatness (though stylistically not what we are looking for, most likely.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhuiK...eature=related

[tgva8889]

Honestly, I think we want something more upbeat than your limit, Tacky, simply because of the style of game we're aiming for.

[nothingclever]

That sounds downright dreary sir. If we go for that level of enthusiasm one of us might as well model a character after Fred Astaire.
That's not a bad thing though. Fred Astaire would be the master of shunpo.

[Zarah]

How about something like this? It's a little more subdued than Smilife, but still has a pretty good atmosphere going for it.

[tgva8889]

That's not a bad thing though. Fred Astaire would be the master of shunpo.

This just made me imagine the Michael Jackson Shinigami.

Moonwalk Shunpo!

[Tackyhillbillu]

That sounds downright dreary sir. If we go for that level of enthusiasm one of us might as well model a character after Fred Astaire.
That's not a bad thing though. Fred Astaire would be the master of shunpo.

Dreary? I think it is relaxed, but not Dreary. Of course, I like Big Band stuff.

How about something like this? It's a little more subdued than Smilife, but still has a pretty good atmosphere going for it.

I like it a lot more then Smilife. Not my ideal, but I wouldn't expect that.

[Tackyhillbillu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwBp2dP07CY

And since you didn't like Orange Sherbert, how about this? (This is just another metric, not an actual suggestion. A little bit to... irish for that.)

[Draken]

Behold, what you can expect of 12th division under my command.

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The 12th Division

The 12th Division is the smallest of the Seireitei, with less than one hundred official members. It is also the second division with which most prospecting shinigami have contact, due to the internship program. And lastly, it is the division that makes the most use of artificial souls and gigai, who are their prime labor force.

12th division has a long story of mad geniuses, shady deals and less than savory experiments, some bordering the unethical, many outright so. Over the last two hundred years of his captaincy, Kazuo has made a through effort to eradicate such stains on the division’s reputation, leading to the mostly upstanding current situation, if with mild longing by some of the older, less stable, officers.

Captain Ryou Kazuo leads the 12th division, a task he has diligently performed over the last two hundred years, since the death of former captain Kamiya Hanako. Kazuo was the vice-captain of the division under Hanako, and responsible for the implementation of several security measures during experiments, something the division neglected to an outrageous level, vastly endangering themselves and the nearby area. His personal projects usually amount to non-intrusive augmentation, large vehicles and a variety of utilitarian tools. No project by any member of the division is ever disallowed, as long as its undertaking respects the ethics and morals instituted by Kazuo.

All official members of 12th division are instantly assigned the position of seated officer; the division technically has no unseated members. Because of this fact and the reduced size of the division, wages tend to be higher than in other divisions. Interns work half time and receive half of the normal wages of an unseated member of other divisions. The artificial souls employed by the 12th division receive no wages but have a break on weekends and holydays.

Division Size: 89 official members.
Interns: 120, more or less.
Artificial Souls: 700

Flower: The flower for the 12th Division of the Gotei 13 is the Thistle. The meaning behind this symbol is Vengeance, Strictness, Independence. Ryou dislikes the first meaning of the symbol, but enforces the strictness aspect in the safety regulations, and the independence aspect represents the importance of independent research for the advancement of Soul Society.

Motto: "SCIENCE!"

Duties

Planar Scanning: The 12th Division carries the duty of scanning the mortal world and dangai for interdimensional activity, which, allows the Seireitei to monitor the movements of spiritual entities through the planes and gauge their general power to respond accordingly, when necessary.

Research & Development: The 12th division’s most famous aspect is that of research and development. It is their duty to keep the Seireitei supplied with the best and most cutting-edge gear possible.

Internship: Starting at third year in the shinigami academy, all students undergo a six-month internship into the 12th division, where they learn about the many common devices the shinigami use in their training and duty and also help the small division with their own duties. Those interns who develop a taste for the workplace are invited to remain for the remainder of their time in the academy, during which they will further learn about the division and some will enter the ranks of the researchers.

Necessary Skills

12th division requires its members to boast ingenuity, creativity and innovativeness. Kazuo seeks proclivity, proactivity, diligence and a love of research among its prospective recruits.

Promotion

Three things weight in for promotion in the 12th division, respect for safety measures, mastery of a subject and breakthroughs. All true members of the 12th division are 20th seats from the start. No ranks beneath that of 6th seat hold any true authority over those bellow, they merely govern the distribution of funds for projects and overall prestige. Higher seats receive more funds for their personal projects.
The 6th seat is the last rank which is held by multiple division members; each 6th seated officer is the leader of one of the subsections of the 12th division and directly leads the members stationed within his subsector.

Previous Captains

Kazuo shares one aspect with the previous captains of the 12th division. He is a genius, and he shares no other aspects with them, such as absolute disregard for his own safety and that of others, lack morals or ethics, or extremely short captaincies due to accidental death. 12th division has undergone so many changes of captain before Kazuo that the vast majority of his predecessors, like himself, lacked the power of Bankai, a shortcoming mostly solved with heavy weaponry of exclusive use of 12th division experts.

Kamiya Hanako: Hanako led the division for an astonishingly long time if compared to her predecessors, 50 full years. Her captaincy followed the model that Kazuo worked so diligently to step away from, the same that had been kept in place by all captains before her.
Hanako died 205 years ago, after slipping on an oil stain and falling off a ledge on top of an experimental reishi disintegration bomb.
“On the plus side, the obliteration of captain Hanako's soul made it clear that the project was never going to be approved for battlefield use." - Unknown 12th divisioner.