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Momotarou Mikoshiba | Free! Eternal Summer | Reserved [1/3]
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Character
Name: Momotarou Mikoshiba
Series: Free! Eternal Summer
Timeline: End of episode 10
Canon Resource Links: Character wiki and canon wiki
Momotarou Mikoshiba | Free! Eternal Summer | Reserved [2/3]
Momotarou is a little hyperactive, which makes him want to do many things at the same time, such as talking and swimming. He also has no idea of when he’s acting in a way that bothers other people and he flirts non-stop, to the point where he would give out his introduction and random facts about himself (some that could be considered inappropriate too, such as what place of his body he washes first) whenever he sees a girl he likes. Despite all these things, Momo has been shown to be really loyal to the people he cares about, trying to cheer them up if he notices they are sad or promising to give his best for them. He shows a couple of times that there is more to him than his goofy nature, showing that he can be wise about things, such as when he tells Nitori that there is no such thing as a ‘last summer’. Soon enough, he began to swim not only to impress girls but also to get far with his teammates, to be able to reach nationals with them and not let the others down. Because he’s such a talented backstroke swimmer, he was able to take a spot in the relay team, which means that he carries the hopes and wish to win of all the teammates that he had surpassed in order to win that spot.
Although he shows some respect to those who are older than him, using the appropriate suffix for them, he is quickly shown to push himself over others and act as if he’d known them for his entire life when it was actually not that long at all that they met. Despite his jokingly exterior, Momo knows when to get serious and when others are being serious with him, such as when Nitori tells him to do his best at the relay so they can win. He takes the competitions very seriously despite his young age and the fact that it’s just his first year in the swim club and works as hard as he can to be able to win, although he isn’t shown training as much as say, Nitori does, because he was born with a natural talent for swimming backstroke.
Last but not least, it’s important to note that he’s still very young and inexperienced about a lot of things, yet that doesn’t stop him for being positive and always wear a smile on his face. Over the course of what little canon screen time he has, Momo becomes a little more mature and feels responsible for his team’s fate in competition, understanding that he must give his best to make his teammates proud of him and to not let them down. Although he does grow more mature about that, he still remains childish in all other things.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
✓Swimming : Momo is very skilled at swimming backstroke. He isn’t shown to swim any other strokes but it’s easy to assume that he’s at least capable of doing them. With just a few months of training he was able to get good enough times to swim with the relay team despite being just a freshman. It is also implied that he has a natural talent for swimming that just needs to get polished in order to accomplish great feats.
✓Physical state: Thanks to his swimming, Momo has a decent built and resistance, all because of the hard training the Samezuka’s swim club goes through and all the swimming he has done since he was young. It’s definitely more than the average boy of his age, but he just uses that strength for swimming.
✓ Optimism: No matter what the circumstances are, it’s next to impossible to see Momotarou with nothing but a smile on his face. He tries to see the bright side of things constantly and cheer up those around him, such as when Nitori talks about ‘the last summer’ and he replies that, as long as they live, they would have many summers to come.
✓/✗ Boldness: Shame is something that doesn’t strike Momo very regularly. He doesn’t care if he doesn’t know someone he is still capable of going towards them (especially if that person is a cute girl) and introducing himself, more often than not causing embarrassment to those around him. It is also quite possible that this boldness of his causes trouble most of the time, portrayed in canon as Rin dragging him away and scolding him.
✓/✗ Bug lover: Although his passion is collecting beetles, it’s easy to assume that Momo likes bugs a little too much. When it comes to beetles, he loves showing off the ones he catches, to the point of wanting to give one as a gift to Gou, ignoring if she likes them or not.
✗ Pride: Momo, since the first time we see him, show a lot of pride in his skills as a swimmer, even though he, at first, doesn’t want to join the swim club. He has no shame in telling others his achievements, whether they are from swimming or from the beetles he catches. He shows off the fact that he was known as Japan’s Sea Otter or the size of the biggest beetle he captured. But pride ends up making him quite cocky and makes silly mistakes in things that he knows how to do well, like crashing into a wall during training or talking while swimming.
✗Over reactive: It doesn’t matter what triggers them, Momo’s reactions about everything are always over the top. Whether it’s eating cookies that he believes are Gou’s to crying buckets when he’s turned down, it’s always a little too much.
Momotarou Mikoshiba | Free! Eternal Summer | Reserved [3/3]
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Oshawott
Password: Spring Rolls
Samples
First Person Sample:
[When the video feed turns on, anyone watching would see a big close-up of a pair of yellow eyes. Then, some laughter is heard as the camera suddenly moves and gives a clear image of New Bark Town’s floor]
Mijumaru, you’re a genius! You really know how this thing works!
[After a couple of minutes, the Pokegear is set on the floor and lined up in a way that shows a fill view of a young man with orange hair accompanied by a smiling Oshawott that looked quite cheerful, almost as much as his trainer, who looked excited despite having just arrived to a different world.]
Hi! My name is Momotarou Mokoshiba and I woke up here a while ago with this awesome companion, and I wanted to figure out how this works and he even helped me! I named him Mijumaru.
[At the sound of his name, the Oshawott jumps and strikes a pose.]
It was a little scary waking up here so suddenly… But at least I wasn’t alone! And there seems to be a lot of people here that uses this strange cellphone so I thought I should introduce myself. And the people who brought me here were kind enough to give me a brand new swimsuit and googles!
[Momo then proceeds to show off said swimsuit with a big smile on his face.]
It looks a lot like the one Rin-senpai told me to buy. Anyways, I was wondering… Which way should I go? I’d like to go back home first, but Mijumaru looks like he really wants to explore.
Third Person Sample:
After turning off the Pokegear, Momo looked towards his recently found partner and smiled. Once again, he was dragged into something against his will… But just like it happened with joining the swim club, he was finding out that he was actually okay with all this. Having an adventure, not having to worry about classes, homework or exams… Really, with all those things, there was no way that the situation could go wrong. A part of him wanted to get home, sure, but taking a little detour with his new friend didn’t sound bad at all… And maybe he would even find a cute girl. One cuter than Gou, maybe? That sounded almost impossible, but if this really was a new world… The possibilities were endless.
“Okay, Mijumaru, what do you thing about starting this little fieldtrip? That road over there looks like a good place to start, doesn’t it? I wonder if there are any Pokémon that look like beetles! After all, you look a lot like an otter. Did you know that back home I was known as Japan’s Sea Otter? Because I’m really good at swimming backstroke! And also I…”
Momotarou kept talking non-stop and the Oshawott kept listening, looking as if he was captivated by his trainer’s words, something that Momo failed to notice. But it wasn’t like he had any plans of stopping, because even as he began to walk towards Route 20, he continued to speak about his life, his friends, his family and everything that came to his mind as he took his first steps in his journey as a Pokémon trainer. While he still wasn’t so sure about how things worked in this world, he was still eager to advance and maybe even catch some more Pokémon to keep both him and Mijumaru company.
After all, a new world meant there were endless possibilities, and Momo wanted to take them all during his time there, no matter how long he might be there.
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