• Application for City of Versus

Name: Zappa

LJ: Zappa_slave

E-Mail: zappas_lave@yahoo.com

IM: zappaslave

Character's Name: Kurodo "Dr. Jackal" Akabane

Series: GetBackers

Timeline: After Act 10 (manga), the Kiryuudo arc

Canon Resource Link and/or Canon History: Akabane Wikipedia

Why did your character accept the invitation?: Jackal loves to fight people who can push him to his limits. With Genji becoming more friend than foe, he takes the invitation to entertain himself. But on the bizarre end of the thought spectrum, especially from Jackal, is he wants to take up looking after people again. So, here we have a man who both intends to help and harm people.

Character's occupation: Medic and Fighter

Character's skills/abilities/talents: Jackal hides 108 scalpels within his body. Not on, inside. He can summon them at will, and should he choose, recall them. Though he can, he doesn't often manipulate their movemenet after they've been thrown except;

Bloody Rain: Jackal releases all his scalpels into the air to have them rain down upon his target(s)

Bloody Hurricane: Jackal sends the scalpels surrounding his target before they impale them all at once.

Bloody Stream: Dr. J sends his scalpels flying all at once in a stream toward his target.

Bloody Cross: By holding out his bare hand, which bears a cross scar on both back and palm, a cross pattern appears, cleaving his opponent into quarters. This technique is rarely used.

The nature of his ability is unclear, as he can access 3 other weapons from his body, which are physically impossible to hide as the scalpels are. The Bloody Sword, Shield, and Lance are suggested to be created of his own blood, rather than being hidden within.

Personality: Jackal can easily be summed up in one word; Murderer. He is a transporter by trade, though he works for pleasure, not payment. Each job he takes is aimed for the highest possible level of danger. His only motivation is to find an opponent who can push him to his limits. Despite his intention of cutting up anything between him and his objective, he shows the utmost respect to his opponent. He even grants them ~some~ time to access their latent abilities to bring a bigger fight.

For people who actually manage to defeat him, he holds them with high regard, even so much that he'd be considered 'friendly'. He'll actively protect this person, just so he can be the one to fight them again, and push himself to he next level.

Strengths: With his surgical knowledge and inhuman speed, Jackal uses his scalpels with deadly accuracy. He's very patient and level headed, leaving it nearly impossible for him to succumb to a blind rage or confusion. Perhaps based on the nature of his power, Jackal cannot be killed. Defeated and incapacitated, but not killed.

Weaknesses: Jackal's patience with his opponent has been his downfall on at least 3 occasions. By waiting for them to unleash their potential, he gets himself in over his head; more than he expects. Though his fighting style is powerful, it's predictable, revolving primarily over throwing his scalpels. Even his sword play revolves around power, rather than tactic or technique.