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5 OC Headcanons: Kenjiro Hara Readyyyyy Go!

special guest; oc edna namikawa <3

idea courtesy of @majimemegoro

cw; mentions of suicide, torture and abuse

◈ 2 1/2 years ago someone that Kenjiro loved dearly took their own life and he was the one to find them (they knew he would be). In their note, they asked that he take care of their dog Runa because he was the only one they could trust to make sure that Runa lived a happy life. He's not one to deny the final wishes of those he loves and so day in and day out he spoils Runa with all the love in the world. She eats the best food. His apartment is filled with her toys. Everyday he’s sure to find the time to walk her- even in between murders :) Runa-chan gets her walkies <3

◈ His apartment is two blocks away from Kyoto Station and yet he still opts to drive everywhere. His car was the first major thing that he bought himself: Imported– German make. Black, sleek & stylish annnnnd it’s pretty much the same car as Hiro’s except it’s a more recent model. What can he say? When he used to chauffeur Arika and Edna around, he fell in love with the car so much he wanted one of his own! Is that a crime??? Fellas, is it a crime to subconsciously mimic every aspect of your crime boss’ slash fucked-up father-figure’s life and want it for yourself? 

◈ One thing that Kenjiro can’t mimic no matter how much he tries is Hiro’s techniques. Kenji is just… not great at forcing out information which is really important for an Itou man. The Itou Clan is NOTORIOUS for torturing and extorting their victims. He can torture someone and he’s come up with a brilliant system that helps pass along information within the torture room amongst Itou men without so much as saying a word so that the victims are none the wiser but the ratio for hurting ops versus getting them to crack is… it hurts his pride. He’s begged Hiro multiple times to let him shadow him but Hiro always insists on being in the torture room alone. He’s never gotten to see it once. He’s convinced that if he could just witness him in action once, he could replicate it forever. 

◈ Kenji gets recognized by random people out in town, women especially because of his club’s reputation but that’s not all of it. Actually, he gets recognized by women more often simply because he frequents cabarets and cabaret clubs– Ah ah, relax- it’s not for the reason that you think. In fact, the purpose is quite self-serving. His club, Reign, operates under the guise of being “members-only” but that’s simply a gimmick to make their attendees feel more self-important than they are. Literally anyone can become a member but the words “members-only” in that location generally scares off the riff-raff with no money. He offers membership cards to popular hostesses who are smitten with him because he knows that they will show up and he also knows that they’re keen to brag that they’ve been given the coveted Reign membership just for being oh so beautiful… He relies on hostesses as a cheap advertising method- word of mouth. Reign often has celebrity “visitors” too and he might ‘let it slip’ which star has reached out to book VIP and let the gossiping girls do the leg work for him. There’s quite a bit of overlap between some of the top cabaret clubs’ clientele and his disco- that’s why!

◈ Kenjiro left home when he was in his early teens due to his mother’s abuse. When the Namikawas took him in (at Edna’s behest) he got to see what a mother’s love could truly feel like and he feels there’s nothing like it. He adores Edna so much he’s almost forgotten what his biological mom was even like. Almost. Culturally, it was difficult in the beginning because he’d never so much as met an American before but once he understood who she was the rest came easy. Even after moving out on his own, he frequently made it a point to fetch her just to take her out on the town for lunch or shopping. He tells her everything– everything. Business and money, women and dating, goals and aspirations. She tried to talk him out of the yakuza life once and for her, he genuinely did consider it but he decided that his sins were far too great. But the thought of having a wife and bringing home kids that could call Edna their grandmother did make him feel all warm and fuzzy inside… As far as he’s concerned, that’s not in the cards for the future head of Itou.

edit: as of 2/26/2024, some information in bullet 2 is inaccurate. please disregard. for the more up to date information on this oc, please visit the kenjiro hara tag @sinsofthefather-kulemi

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[kulemii]

Sins of the Father Main Cast

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so thanks to some of you guys showing some interest in my project, i was finally motivated to complete the y0 profiles i was meant to make back in the summer of 2021!

if there's anything you wanna know about any of my ocs (or majima) please send them to my ask box!!!! give this out of shape writer some exercise! you can ask anything that you want so long as it's not too sensitive to the plot (don't wanna give too much away). i know this is vague so i'll list some possible topics to show what i mean: character X and Y's relationship, more info about a particular character and/or their backstory, a character's interests, likes/dislikes, inquire about their personalities, birthdays! honestly just about anything you want and if i can't answer it because it will give away too much, i'll tell you what i can and apologize for what i can't. tbh, i wasn't supposed to share the hiroki and shinji profiles because it's very plot relevant but i thought maybe it would make things more interesting if i did. you can even ask for more photos of a character you're interested in

#i'm posting this in owl hours so i'll reblog again tomorrow for visibility #kulemiwrites #sins of the father #the majima project #i hope you guys like them #they are all my babies #i love them all equally #dont ask me if i have any favorites #because i don't #i do not show favortism #>;) hehe #i do #kulemiisocs #yakuza ocs

[kulemii]

OMG?? I love your ocs?? Really obsessed with the designs and descriptions for them! Especially that purple on Kenjiro's shirt, it's so shiny! May I ask how did Arika and Majima meet? Also, what did you make the models in?

Thank you so much!!! Fun fact, Kenji's model was meant to wear a teal colored shirt for his profile but I was too lazy to change them and redo the photoshoot! That said, I made all of the models using The Sims 4, alpha CC and heaps and heaps of photoshop! I'm glad you like them! That makes me so happy!!!

And absolutely yes you may!

How they meet:

One night Arika and a few girls she'd just met in university went into Sotenbori to bar hop. One of those bars happened to be Utahime Karaoke Bar near Ashitaba Park. Even with liquid courage none of them were bold enough to hop on the mic no matter how much she begged. However, Arika was determined to enjoy herself. After all, what was the point of going to a karaoke bar if you weren't going to sing at least once? Feeling a light buzz, Arika took the tiny stage with enough misplaced confidence to light up a few faces. One face in particular belonged to none of than Goro Majima. With her form-fitting dress, big brown curls and wide smile, he thought that she looked great with a mic in her hand- almost reminiscent one of those American pop stars he's found himself learning about at his club. That was.. until she actually began to sing. She could keep a beat but the poor girl couldn't carry a tune to save her life. It was horrendously entertaining. Majima spotted her crowd at the table next to him, cheering her on and he was feeling playful enough to join in.

After her song was over, Majima went over to collect the microphone. He told her that she had inspired him to sing his heart out too. She laughed and promised to cheer him on in that case and she did just that. As he sang, he couldn't stop looking over at her and still to this day he wasn't sure how many other people were paying attention to his performance in that crowded bar because his focus zeroed in on her as if he was intending to sing to her from the start. And he felt something. Of course it wasn't love at first sight or anything but whatever it was it intrigued him and he wanted to figure it out. As he ended his song, she gave him a standing ovation and yelled, "Wooo! Way to go, eyepatch guy!" and one of her friends snatched her back into her seat while she laughed.

Long after that finished, he caught her over at the bar ordering another round for her and her friends where he offered to pay. She refused his offer but he insisted. He told her that if she felt so bad about him treated her to a few drinks, she might as well return the favor by joining him for dinner some time and with a light hearted chuckle, she agreed. The two exchanged names and that was that.

#ask me about my ocs #the majima project #sins of the father #majima goro/namikawa arika #majima goro x namikawa arika #eep!!! its so cool finally getting a chance to talk about this ship!!!! but i'm so nervous omg #go easy on me if it's not great yall #arika namikawa #namikawa arika #kulemiisocs

[kulemii]

for the ask post, megaphone and comet for arika?

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞? 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦?

Arika's voice is fairly measured, I would say. Her voice is generally low but it might carry just a tad on account of it being on the deeper, more rich side of the typical female voice spectrum. She speaks using a slightly awkward mixture of two different dialects: Hakataben and Kyotoben. She was born in Fukuoka and lived there with her family til Hiro moved them to Kyoto when she was nine or ten years old. She did try to iron her accent more in favor of Kyoto when she was reached middle and high school but some intonations and words she just couldn't fix. I will say, (and so would Majima) her voice does come off as sort of sultry at times? Even if she's not being flirtatious and I think that's just apart of that vocal richness that I mentioned earlier.

Currently, Yoko Hikasa is casted as the voice of Arika Namikawa.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦? 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭?

People assume that she's a foreigner despite her never living outside of Japan. Sure, she's visited the States but she's not an American. She doesn't identify with the country as a whole- her mother's culture? Absolutely, but the rest- nah. She hates when, and this happens to her a lot, when people insist that they don't understand her despite her speaking perfect Japanese to them. If it's not that, she's having to answer hear compliments about how well she speaks Japanese...despite being Japanese.

Aside from that, I think that people tend to underestimate her a lot. She's seen as someone who is reliable, yes but she still needs to be led. She definitely plays up the weak, almost damsel in distress-like quality about her and not for physical reasons- rather, it's mental. She knows precisely what she's capable of but she doesn't really want anyone to know what she's capable of because she doesn't want to be found out. Even so, her true nature does slip out and she finds that when it does, she resembles her father in ways that frighten her.

Thank you for sending these! Sorry that it took me a minute to get to them. I wasn't feeling well enough to sit up at my desk to type these out but I feel pretty good today!

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[kulemii]

Omg I finally got around to read your OC stuff and I'm so invested!! I love reading your thought out answers. ^^ If you're still answering questions, I was wondering how is Majima managing in keeping Arika and Sagawa from learing about each other? What would happen if they met?

i saw the notes and it made me soooo happy! thank you for taking the time out of your day to go through everything. i hope that you can continue to enjoy whatever it is that i put out next! and yes! i am always open for questions, especially about this! it's helped got me excited about this project again. so ask as many questions as you want ^-^ i will say though, these are really really good questions that i might not be able to give very detailed answers to simply because of how tied to the plot this entire issue is.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐢𝐦𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫?

Majima was doing alright at first but I would say that he's been operating under a false sense of security for a while. He knows that Sagawa wouldn't waste his best soldiers on babysitting him and so it led him to believing that if he moves the right way, he could easily outsmart them all long term. Unfortunately, it isn't quite that simple. By the time SOTF begins, we do actually get to see Majima become anxious about his ability to keep the two apart. I believe that since he is so mad about her, his rationality isn't quite where it needs to be. He makes decisions based off emotion in the heat of the moment that wind up biting them both in the ass. (and so does she.)

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭?

Truthfully, if the plot had not been what it is and certain characters didn't play the roles that they do, I genuinely believe that Sagawa would either A.) not care because he would simply see her as just some girl and make crass comments to upset Majima or B.) demand that Majima end it and keep away from her just because he could and just because it would keep him as miserable as possible.

However, that's not the plot that we're working with here. I can't say a ton but what I will say is, Sagawa and Arika interacting in any capacity would be catastrophic to every party involved. Sounds stupidly dramatic, I know but just wait until you get to read what I'm talking about. If this story operated in a universe where Sagawa didn't know who Arika truly was, many, many lives would not have been lost and tons of trauma could've been avoided. (<-And I even mean this outside of Arika and Majima's relationship.)

This was a realllllllly good question and it took everything out of me not fucking go an spoil the whole thing hahaha! Like I said, if you have anymore questions, please feel free to send them in! I'll ask them as best that I can with the information that I can offer currently ^-^

#ask me about my ocs #the majima project #sins of the father #arika namikawa #majima goro x namikawa arika #majima goro/namikawa arika #kulemiisocs

[kulemii]

sooooo i read the ocs and have some questions

1) did shinjiro take hiro's surname and if he did, why??

2) was the man edna save hiro and why is edna hospitalized?

3) would you mind telling who the old adversary is?

shiro kinda looks like an average high society hair dresser ajxjskdkd works well for disco owner and also, hiroaki is a dilf

I have some answers!!! On Shinji, if you think that, you should see him in some of his flashy ass suits. And omggggg, that's such high praise! Thank you!

𝟏) 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐨'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐲?

So, this answer is kinda two fold. Yes and no. Really, the Shinjiro profile should have just that- Shinjiro, because he is not yet Itou. Hiroki Itou is Hiro's original name. It's the name that the Itou Clan was built off of and when he really does die he doesn't want the Itou name to die again. After the yakuza war that "killed him" in the 60s, the family died right along with him and he had to watch as the Itou name was dragged through the mud and made a mockery of. He didn't chose a very good captain before and that was why it couldn't hold up without him.

This time around, with this different operation, he decided that if he was going to choose a captain, it would need to be someone that he could mold into the form of himself. He had no son and even so, the Namikawa name exists so that his home can live independent of him. When he first encountered Kenji, he never intended to bring him into the fold but after some time (and Kenji's insistence) he realized that he had the perfect opportunity to make an heir out of him.

He does genuinely love Kenji and he has become like a son to him. So, when the conversation about grooming Kenji to succeed him came up, he suggested multiple ways for him to carry on his legacy outside of simply heading up the clan and that was to truly become like his son and adopt the Itou name.

To the men in the clan, he is only (Captain) Shinjiro but the day that he becomes the first man that they answer to, and only then, will he become Shinjiro Itou.

𝟐) 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐨?

Yes, back in 1962, when Edna was working under-the-table, she was returning to the clinic on foot from making a house call. She heard the ghastly groan of a man coming from some bushes and immediately went to inspect it. That was when she found a shirtless man bloodied, battered and gushing blood from a fresh bullet wound at the side of his neck. It was a messy grazed shot but the only thing life-threatening about it was how quickly he was losing blood. He never would have made it on his own. So, determined to save this wounded stranger, she loaded him into her wheelbarrow and rushed him back to the clinic. Upon seeing his tattoos the clinic's owner wanted nothing to do with him and even told her to "put him back where she found him", terrified that if something went wrong, the yakuza would come after everyone at the clinic. After insisting and even promising to care for him on her own, the doctor agreed to let him stay and Edna genuinely did, singlehandedly, save his life.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐝𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝?

Edna is in the hospital after suffering from a stroke shortly after being diagnosed with heart failure. In nature, it's less of a hospital and more like a nursing home for recovery.

𝟑) 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 '𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲'?

I can't say much unfortunately because it's too integral to the plot but what I can say is, Hiro's actions before his "death" have not been forgotten.

Thank you for asking such great questions, Giant!!!

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[kulemii]

EEEE SO EXCITED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT SINS OF THE FATHER!!!

Can I ask, how familiar is majima with Arika's family?

Oh boy, oh man! Oh man, oh boy do I love this question! So, I'm gonna have to keep this short because just answering this is already kinda spoilery but this goes beyond Sins of the Father and even extends to The Majima Goro Way.

SO, when it comes to family, I don't really imagine Majima having much of a family outside of his men later down the line who he comes to foster deep relationships with. That said, very early on Arika senses his loneliness and sorta hopes that he can get his familial needs met by sharing hers with him. Arika has always had very expressive eyes so they could see right away just how happy she was with him once she introduced them. In different ways, Majima develops very unique and very genuine relationships with both of her parents and by the end of it all, he could honestly claim to have felt as if they were true maternal and paternal figures to him.

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐝𝐧𝐚:

Despite all of her time in Japan, there were still plenty of things about Japanese culture that she didn't quite understand because she hadn't really experienced it yet. Such as, how to treat the person that your child is dating. It has led to some very awkward first encounters but Majima always knew that her heart was in the right place. There even came a point in time where, to ease Edna of the embarrassment she might feel about flubbing an interaction, he told her to simply treat him as she would any son-in-laws had she been in America. She already loved Majima but her love for him multiplies even more after that! During and after plot relevant events, Majima comes to rely on Edna more than he ever imagined that he would and that really solidified their relationship. After a certain emotional conversation between them, he began to refer to her as Mama just as Arika does and in exchange she calls him Goro. It is because of her that he is able to get through perhaps the hardest time of his life during the SOTF timeline and he believes that if he can make life around him feel more like home to her, a few hugs and cheek kisses are a small price to pay in returning her kindness. He isn't sure how it happened but it sort of became the natural course for him to pour his heart out to her whenever it's just the two of them. And if ever there is trouble in paradise, Edna is a lot more likely to consider things from Majima's perspective than Hiro would be.

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐨:

Anything that makes Arika happy, makes Hiro happy. The women in his life are the most important things to him, above all else. So long as Majima brought his daughter happiness, he would always welcome him into their family with open arms. Hiro peeped what Majima was the moment he met him and though he would have never in a million years wished for Arika to end up with a yakuza, he couldn't quite say much in the way against it without drawing too much attention to his own truth- which, he believed Arika to be unaware of. Hiro emulates Edna a lot in the way that he interacts with people, very personable even to strangers. So, when Hiro hugged and called him son, Majima was taken aback. He understood Edna but Hiro... it was more than a little weird. Now though, he expects the affection. After plot relevant events, Hiro and Majima's relationship deepens in a less superficial way. Hiro's respect for him intensifies because he knows firsthand how much work it takes to afford your family the ability to live in the light when you work in the dark. When it gets rough, Majima can go to Hiro for anything and the old man will do what he can to advise him in a way that's fair but from the start of this more honest relationship, Hiro reminds him that he is Arika's father first and foremost. Naturally, Majima respects this.

Thank you so much for asking!!!! Hehehe ^-^

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[kulemii]

🌱 SEEDLING for Arika!!!! OwO

God, that's a really good question and there are so fucking many things that i can list but i think the one that still sticks with her to this day, specifically because it was the catalyst that ultimately exposed her to what Hiro has been up to was:

cw; blood, mentions of vomiting

One evening when Arika was supposed to be asleep, she must have been around 9 years old, she heard a bunch of racket and when to investigate. Following the sound of a man wailing, Arika noticed worrying amounts of blood on the floor from the back door leading to the kitchen. What she always recognized as an unremarkable wall decorated with a family portrait and potted plant sitting beneath it, turned out to be a false panel that opened up to a short flight of concrete stairs.

The plant had been knocked over- the vase had been shattered, soil spilled onto the wooden floor. There was a sloppy attempt to slide the panel back into place, made apparent by the bloodied hand print. She heard her mother's choppy Japanese calm beneath a man's pained sobs.

"Please, calm yourself. I am sorry that I do not have anything for the pain but please try to keep your voice down."

There was a sinking feeling in her gut and yet, her thin frame slipped through the cracked panel and her teensy feet silently guided her down the stairs. She tiptoed down until she could see past the wall's blind spot and what she spotted nearly made her vomit.

It had been her father's blood pressed onto the kitchen wall and down these stairs and now all over her mother's gloved hands and clothes. His eyes were pressed so tightly shut that she could spot a vein in his forehead even from where she stood. He was clenching his teeth down onto a roll of fabric as she maneuvered her tools into what looked to have been his thigh at her angle.

"Grha--FUCK!" he shouted into the fabric, slamming his fist onto work bench with all his might and once more into the tall metal cabinet beside them- sending it tumbling down in a thunderous crash.

The basement was drowned with the sound of glass shattering, metal clanging and boxes thudding onto the floor. Young Arika took that opportunity to make a break for it back up the stairs, hoping that they were too preoccupied with their mess clattering to notice the panicked pitter patter of her bare feet against the cool concrete. In her attempt to rush back to her room, she forgot about the trail of blood that lead her downstairs and nearly slipped after tracking one of her feet into the small puddle.

She glanced over her shoulder in horror, worried that she might have been spotted and followed but once she realized that the coast was clear she had one clear and concise thought, "Mama and Papa can never know that I was here." And with that, she gripped one ankle with her bony, trembling fingers and lifted it as high as she could then hopped her way back up her room on a single foot.

Terrified, shaken and utterly disgusted she stared at her father's blood, trapping itself into her footprint and gagged.

She had to clean this off, immediately! But then, if they heard the water running, they might have found out!

Tears raced down her cheeks as she dry heaved, snatching at her mess of curls before she hoped over to her dresser for a pair of socks to hide the evidence with. She struggled to get the socks on, her hands numb from perhaps the fear but once she finally did, she settled herself back in bed and cried into her comforter until she couldn't cry anymore.

Ahhhhh! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to write that scene! It's been stuck in my head for like a year!!!!!

[oc emoji asks]

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