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[okanetendo]

[ OOC Information ]

Player Name & Pronouns: Talia Elliott Belser, She/Her
Player Age: 40
OOC Contact: You can find me at therealbliss or on Discord at taliaellib.

Reserve Link: Through this link.

[ IC Information ]

Character Name & Pronouns: Nabiki Tendo, she/her
Character Age: 17 at the start of a manga where time clearly passes but birthdays aren't marked; call her Vaguely Older Than Ranma, 18-19
Canon: Ranma 1/2, mainly drawing from the 1989-1992 anime and associated movies.
Canon Point: Sometime after the entire cast of eligible bachelorettes for Ranma was introduced.
Suitability:
Moved to the reserve as asked.

History: The middle of the three Tendo sisters and unfortunately from the 80's (the new Netflix anime goes so far as to make Ranma 1/2 explicitly a period piece), Nabiki Tendo didn't get much of an allowance from the quasi-retired, chronically irresponsible Soun Tendo after the passing of her mother and so took her finances and the finances of the household into her own hands.

When she was 17, she was informed that the son of a family friend, Genma Saotome, would be coming to marry one of the Tendo sisters and so secure the Anything Goes Martial Arts dojo and the Tendo legacy. Then Ranma actually arrived, as Ranma-chan, who was physically female - as verified by Nabiki poking her in the boob, and to the consternation of all involved.

Nabiki's younger sister Akane tried to reach out to the girl, sparring with her, and they were on the cusp of becoming friends... until Akane walked in on Ranma's male form in the bath, and everything went to hell.

Nabiki was the one to suggest that Akane take one for the team become betrothed to Ranma on the grounds that "you hate men, and he's half woman so he's perfect for you." Somehow this was quietly accepted by everyone in both families except Ranma and Akane.

Ranma Saotome, either through happenstance or because of dubious bargains made by his father Genma Saotome, quickly became a magnet for rivals and suitors that threatened the stability (and budget) of the Tendo home and dojo.

First there was Tatewaki Kuno, a dimwitted blowhard from an old noble house and frequent target of Nabiki’s scams, who had a crush on both Akane and Ranma’s female form and decided to make that their problem. Then there was Ryouga Hibiki, whose resentment of Ranma for his part in getting cursed to become a piglet when splashed with cold water led him to the dojo, and Akane adopting his piglet form as a pet. Then there was the murderous Chinese Amazon, Shampoo, who crashed through the walls to try to murder Ranma’s female form - then woo his male form and murder the hypotenuse in Akane. Then there was Kuno’s deranged sister with a crush on Ranma who cheats at rhythmic gymnastics by injuring the opposition, Kodachi Kuno… And the secretly female okonomiyaki cook Genma betrothed to Ranma for a quick meal, Ukyo Kuonji…

Look, there are a million weirdoes trying to kill and/or kiss Ranma, most of whom crash through the walls rather than use the door, and Nabiki is tired of calling the carpenters to patch the holes they leave.

Ever since then she has never ceased manipulating and scamming Ranma and almost anyone else outside the family for her personal gain. The rest is history. 38 goddamn tankouban volumes of it.

Personality: Nabiki is defined by her bottomless avarice. She never has enough money and is loathe to spend her own scant allowance, instead bilking anyone and everyone around her for a quick 1000 yen (though to be fair that’s 80’s yen, which could buy a week’s groceries for one or a good restaurant meal.) She once sold candid photos of Akane training along with some of Ranma-Chan walking around topless to Kuno, and was not above indulging his delusion that Ranma and Ranma-Chan were different people to maintain the grift.

About the only people who are off-limits to pump for cash are her sisters, Akane and Kasumi, who she is fiercely protective of (in the anime. In the manga, she’d even bilk Kasumi, the sweetheart who took over homemaking for the Tendos - which is a bit too ruthless for my pretendy funtimes!).

What does she spend that money on? Luxuries, mostly - she has a childish fondness for ice cream, has a remarkable 80’s fashion game, and is often seen lounging in her room reading the latest manga as she does her leg exercises. But she’ll also support the family - she springs for dinner for the family when Akane blows up the kitchen trying to make curry, and it’s implied that she quietly handles repairs to the home and dojo after Hurricane Ryouga blasts through it.

Throughout all of this, she maintains a cynical if cheerful outlook, always cracking wise with a bit of dry humor at the absurdity surrounding Ranma and Akane. She sarcastically refers to Kuno with the affectionate diminutive honorific “-chan”, brilliantly localized as “Kuno, baby!”, and when she finds someone she has genuine affection for you bet she’ll call them “babe” too.

Abilities: Nabiki is great at handling money and managing household expenses - far better at it than Soun Tendo, at any rate - and an absolute master manipulator and con artist, squeezing every last drop of cash out of Kuno and Ranma at the slightest provocation. Her willpower was canonically enough to overcome a telepath's mind control. She's an athlete who exercises regularly and is in great shape, though none of this translates to any combat skill; she's worthless in a fight. She's also a talented singer, if her performance during the Christmas OVA was intended to be digetic.

Bloom Bond Flower:
HYDRANGEA - Nabiki, at least anime Nabiki, is hustling out of loyalty to her family, to keep them in the black. And she's really good at playing the long game.
LILY - Yuri jokes aside, this one is more for the negative aspects. Deception and greed? From our Nabiki? Say it ain't so.
FORGET ME NOT - This one is a stretch, and has to assume my headcanon about Nabiki taking after the late Missus Tendo, because it is again about the negative qualities. Stubborn? Absolutely. Grief? Might explain how Nabiki got so aloof. And the death of Momma Tendo weighs heavy on this take.

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Sample: Just Sister Things

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