Nagi is an honest honest man by heart. Kindhearted, friendly, and a leader with a calm head-- One wouldn't expect a man like Nagi to be a prisoner on death row for years and counting ( he was most likely framed for something he didn't do, but that isn't said or confirmed in canon ). He speaks politely and presents himself just as well-mannered, making sure he doesn't offend by choosing his words, and always keeping calm. He's quick to make friends and to help those in need, whether the person is an intimidating one or not, whether their views and outlooks are similar or complete opposites, in hopes of gaining allies and befriending the unlikely in every which way. You'll never know when you need them. Nagi seems to be balanced; modest, friendly, and expressive, without being too much of these things. He's a really nice guy.
With strong points come weak points, Nagi is also fairly naive. He trusts people much too easily and much too quickly, getting him into either unfortunate situations that bring along betrayal, or a loyal friend by his side. He doesn't like to point fingers beforehand, neither does he have the habit of judging a book by his cover-- innocent until proven guilty. His trust doesn't falter in a person until presented with solid enough evidence to prove him wrong, so until then, he keeps believing. Even after his bargaining with the promoter to save his wife from the carnival corpse went horribly wrong ( and ignored-- while the promoter accepted his pleads, he ordered her death anyway ), Nagi has presumably failed to learn from this, continuing to put his hope in people without much thought.
Nagi is also someone who is extremely optimistic, perhaps, where his naiveté stems from, or vice versa. He sees hope in every corner, a shimmer of light in every pitch black hole despite the cruel world of deadman wonderland he lives in, and despite the things he's been through. What keeps him going is the thought of freedom, and the thought of holding his newborn child he believes is in a nursery outside of prison. In this, Nagi is extremely persistent, hopeful, and will stop at nothing to be reunited with the child he and his wife, now dead, had created together. It's all he wants.
A capable fighter, Nagi doesn't hold the soft front when in battle. He fights mercilessly, fiercely, and is in no way as defenseless as his general "nice guy" attitude can make him look. To survive everyday in Deadman Wonderland and act as leader of the rebellion group, "Scar Chain", Nagi can't be someone who's so easily killed. Not only that, but his son is also a blaring point in his ferocity-- he needs to survive. He needs to reunite with his child. He can't afford to lose, to die, or to delay his plans in any way. To do that, he needs to survive, no matter the cost.
Nagi battles with determination, coldness, and relentless combat, no matter his opponent. If they show clear intent to hurt, maim, or kill him, adult or child ( for example: hibana daida ), Nagi doesn't try and reason with his attacker-- No, he fights. At least this, he knows that there is no way around. Nagi knows how to face the crueler aspects-- he's learned to do that, when every day people are brutally killed. He's learned to react with emotionless rationality when it comes to violence, and nothing more. Had he not, he wouldn't have survived so many battles with only his vocal chords to have been taken from him. His demeanor is calm, calculating at these times-- and is always such. He never breaks this composure, never panics ( panic would do no good for anything, after all )-- and this can be seen as either mentally stable, trained, and strong . . . or hint of the complete opposite.
In actuality, Nagi lives a lie his own mind has created to cope with trauma. His wife was killed in front of him-- this, he has accepted and coped with ( he still mourns, but he has accepted this fact ), his son outside of prison being that sparkle of light in the pitch black hole. His hope. His salvation. This is an illusion, though. His illusion. Nagi's son had died in the womb when his wife was murdered, and was then disturbingly shown to him by the promoter at the time-- put in a container and preserved as a specimen, as a child of two deadmen. This was the tip of the ice berg so to speak, and several days after these events, Nagi went berserk, brutally killing dozens of people for revenge. These events were then erased by Nagi as a defense and coping mechanism, and since then he remembers nothing related to what had happened.
He doesn't remember that his son is dead. He doesn't remember those he's killed after that-- the experience was so traumatic for him, Nagi doesn't remember that these things ever existed. To him, he never killed those people. He never painted the walls with blood and crushed intestines, skulls, and bones in his hands. To him, his son never died. No, his son is waiting for him on the outside of these prison walls. He even has a locket with his picture, see? ( spoilers: the locket is empty ). He has to be waiting for him.
Perhaps it's here, where we see that Nagi was an extremely broken, traumatized individual on the brink-- more insane than actually sane, Nagi was a ticking mine, and no one was really aware of that until that bomb was stepped on. This has already happened, in fact, when Genkaku reminds him of his memories and goes rampant, claiming that there's no hope, that it wasn't fair that everyone else was still alive but not his light. But, after fighting with his friends and getting sense back into him before more damage was done, finding hope and salvation where he couldn't see a thing, Nagi calms and reverts back to what he's always been. He's come to terms with both the death of his wife and child, and understands that he still has hope-- the family he made in Scar Chain. His time doesn't last for long, as he's mortally wounded by Genkaku himself ( once the owl had lost its carnage and needed "salvation" ) , but even then, Nagi still manages to grapple onto the monk so he wouldn't escape a killer blow by Ganta, throwing himself into the attack in the process.
Even with his dying breath, Nagi retains a smile on his face. He speaks highly of his friends, of the hope they see in every corner-- and what they've helped him see before it was too late. In the end, Nagi is still that kindhearted man, that twinkle among blood and death, the sun pushing through the sky when it's storming.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
- he's a really sweet man. he's polite, good humored, and always has well meant intentions. he makes friends quickly ( and he'll be a good, loyal friend ), and he's always looking out for ways to help and get people on his side.
- nagi is an excellent leader, previously leading and gaining a lot of respect in the group "Scar Chain"; he's skilled in devising up plans and strategies ( they were mostly for a prison escape but ), and he knows how to keep his men feeling balanced, well, and head into war with fear-- but also with purpose. on top of that, he's also a family man. nagi had a wife ( in which he loved very much ) and a child soon to come-- while he never had the chance to let his paternal instincts soar, he probably wouldn't object to being a caring figure.
- the optimism is strong in this one. nagi focuses more on the positive side of things rather than the negatives, seeing hope and faith and at least one twinkle of good in a very obvious pile of nasty. this can either lead to well needed hope or just blindness, on his part.
- he's too trusting for his own good. while this is a plus for making friends easily, it's also an easy minus for making undercover enemies. he's naive, and even with blatant red flags going up, nagi gives chances until there's solid enough evidence against said person.
- along with exceptional physical strength and near abnormal pain tolerance ( with his arm severed and held together with but a few strands of flesh, he manages to tear the rest off, without a single flinch, and throw it at his attacker . . . ) is his will in battle; headstrong and sharp, nagi never backs down, and never does he show mercy when he's accepted the red flags ( even if it's a little girl attacking him ). fighting for your life in prison helped him mold that to his advantage. you reap what you sow-- if you attack the owl or his nest, this one doesn't just fly away. the owl swoops back with talons at ready.
- nagi is actually supposed to be mute! he has a mechanical implant, though, that gives him this artificially produced kind of voice. if it were to ever break, not only would he have to find someone who can fix it, but he'd be without his voice.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: breeder Starter: bulbasaur Password: swedish fish
nagi kengamine | deadman wonderland | no reserve ( ii )
Nagi is an honest honest man by heart. Kindhearted, friendly, and a leader with a calm head-- One wouldn't expect a man like Nagi to be a prisoner on death row for years and counting ( he was most likely framed for something he didn't do, but that isn't said or confirmed in canon ). He speaks politely and presents himself just as well-mannered, making sure he doesn't offend by choosing his words, and always keeping calm. He's quick to make friends and to help those in need, whether the person is an intimidating one or not, whether their views and outlooks are similar or complete opposites, in hopes of gaining allies and befriending the unlikely in every which way. You'll never know when you need them. Nagi seems to be balanced; modest, friendly, and expressive, without being too much of these things. He's a really nice guy.
With strong points come weak points, Nagi is also fairly naive. He trusts people much too easily and much too quickly, getting him into either unfortunate situations that bring along betrayal, or a loyal friend by his side. He doesn't like to point fingers beforehand, neither does he have the habit of judging a book by his cover-- innocent until proven guilty. His trust doesn't falter in a person until presented with solid enough evidence to prove him wrong, so until then, he keeps believing. Even after his bargaining with the promoter to save his wife from the carnival corpse went horribly wrong ( and ignored-- while the promoter accepted his pleads, he ordered her death anyway ), Nagi has presumably failed to learn from this, continuing to put his hope in people without much thought.
Nagi is also someone who is extremely optimistic, perhaps, where his naiveté stems from, or vice versa. He sees hope in every corner, a shimmer of light in every pitch black hole despite the cruel world of deadman wonderland he lives in, and despite the things he's been through. What keeps him going is the thought of freedom, and the thought of holding his newborn child he believes is in a nursery outside of prison. In this, Nagi is extremely persistent, hopeful, and will stop at nothing to be reunited with the child he and his wife, now dead, had created together. It's all he wants.
A capable fighter, Nagi doesn't hold the soft front when in battle. He fights mercilessly, fiercely, and is in no way as defenseless as his general "nice guy" attitude can make him look. To survive everyday in Deadman Wonderland and act as leader of the rebellion group, "Scar Chain", Nagi can't be someone who's so easily killed. Not only that, but his son is also a blaring point in his ferocity-- he needs to survive. He needs to reunite with his child. He can't afford to lose, to die, or to delay his plans in any way. To do that, he needs to survive, no matter the cost.
Nagi battles with determination, coldness, and relentless combat, no matter his opponent. If they show clear intent to hurt, maim, or kill him, adult or child ( for example: hibana daida ), Nagi doesn't try and reason with his attacker-- No, he fights. At least this, he knows that there is no way around. Nagi knows how to face the crueler aspects-- he's learned to do that, when every day people are brutally killed. He's learned to react with emotionless rationality when it comes to violence, and nothing more. Had he not, he wouldn't have survived so many battles with only his vocal chords to have been taken from him. His demeanor is calm, calculating at these times-- and is always such. He never breaks this composure, never panics ( panic would do no good for anything, after all )-- and this can be seen as either mentally stable, trained, and strong . . . or hint of the complete opposite.
In actuality, Nagi lives a lie his own mind has created to cope with trauma. His wife was killed in front of him-- this, he has accepted and coped with ( he still mourns, but he has accepted this fact ), his son outside of prison being that sparkle of light in the pitch black hole. His hope. His salvation. This is an illusion, though. His illusion. Nagi's son had died in the womb when his wife was murdered, and was then disturbingly shown to him by the promoter at the time-- put in a container and preserved as a specimen, as a child of two deadmen. This was the tip of the ice berg so to speak, and several days after these events, Nagi went berserk, brutally killing dozens of people for revenge. These events were then erased by Nagi as a defense and coping mechanism, and since then he remembers nothing related to what had happened.
He doesn't remember that his son is dead. He doesn't remember those he's killed after that-- the experience was so traumatic for him, Nagi doesn't remember that these things ever existed. To him, he never killed those people. He never painted the walls with blood and crushed intestines, skulls, and bones in his hands. To him, his son never died. No, his son is waiting for him on the outside of these prison walls. He even has a locket with his picture, see? ( spoilers: the locket is empty ). He has to be waiting for him.
Perhaps it's here, where we see that Nagi was an extremely broken, traumatized individual on the brink-- more insane than actually sane, Nagi was a ticking mine, and no one was really aware of that until that bomb was stepped on. This has already happened, in fact, when Genkaku reminds him of his memories and goes rampant, claiming that there's no hope, that it wasn't fair that everyone else was still alive but not his light. But, after fighting with his friends and getting sense back into him before more damage was done, finding hope and salvation where he couldn't see a thing, Nagi calms and reverts back to what he's always been. He's come to terms with both the death of his wife and child, and understands that he still has hope-- the family he made in Scar Chain. His time doesn't last for long, as he's mortally wounded by Genkaku himself ( once the owl had lost its carnage and needed "salvation" ) , but even then, Nagi still manages to grapple onto the monk so he wouldn't escape a killer blow by Ganta, throwing himself into the attack in the process.
Even with his dying breath, Nagi retains a smile on his face. He speaks highly of his friends, of the hope they see in every corner-- and what they've helped him see before it was too late. In the end, Nagi is still that kindhearted man, that twinkle among blood and death, the sun pushing through the sky when it's storming.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
- he's a really sweet man. he's polite, good humored, and always has well meant intentions. he makes friends quickly ( and he'll be a good, loyal friend ), and he's always looking out for ways to help and get people on his side.
- nagi is an excellent leader, previously leading and gaining a lot of respect in the group "Scar Chain"; he's skilled in devising up plans and strategies ( they were mostly for a prison escape but ), and he knows how to keep his men feeling balanced, well, and head into war with fear-- but also with purpose. on top of that, he's also a family man. nagi had a wife ( in which he loved very much ) and a child soon to come-- while he never had the chance to let his paternal instincts soar, he probably wouldn't object to being a caring figure.
- the optimism is strong in this one. nagi focuses more on the positive side of things rather than the negatives, seeing hope and faith and at least one twinkle of good in a very obvious pile of nasty. this can either lead to well needed hope or just blindness, on his part.
- he's too trusting for his own good. while this is a plus for making friends easily, it's also an easy minus for making undercover enemies. he's naive, and even with blatant red flags going up, nagi gives chances until there's solid enough evidence against said person.
- along with exceptional physical strength and near abnormal pain tolerance ( with his arm severed and held together with but a few strands of flesh, he manages to tear the rest off, without a single flinch, and throw it at his attacker . . . ) is his will in battle; headstrong and sharp, nagi never backs down, and never does he show mercy when he's accepted the red flags ( even if it's a little girl attacking him ). fighting for your life in prison helped him mold that to his advantage. you reap what you sow-- if you attack the owl or his nest, this one doesn't just fly away. the owl swoops back with talons at ready.
- nagi is actually supposed to be mute! he has a mechanical implant, though, that gives him this artificially produced kind of voice. if it were to ever break, not only would he have to find someone who can fix it, but he'd be without his voice.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: breeder
Starter: bulbasaur
Password: swedish fish