PERMISSIONS
backtagging: I am often a slow tagger so I am of course 100% ok with backtags since I do them myself.
threadhopping: As long as everyone agrees on it beforehand, I am all for it.

IN CHARACTER
hugging/flirting/kissing: Please flirt with him he will only pick up on it like 30% of the time. For anything physical I'm open to it but if you're worried about him being receptive feel free to run it by me first!
sex: I am down for it! Tenma maybe less so but as with anything, just hit me up.
relationships: Again I beg you to try. Just don't be surprised if he doesn't show up to your first date because he got distracted buying a clock for a patient. "That's so specific" you say. Yes, it happens in the manga.
fighting: Please try to fight Tenma. He has no combat ability and will probably refuse to engage. But it will be funny for sure. He DOES have a gun tho so like... keep that in mind.
injury/death: See above. I encourage you to injure this man, if your conscience can stand it. For any serious injury though please hit me up first! 
telepathy/mindreading/other: Go for it! I can promise nothing interesting though because Tenma's pretty earnest and straightforward.

If you have any questions about anything, just ask!

Name: Caitie
Age: 28
Contact info: agentmaine or discord; caitie#6024

Character: Kenzou Tenma
Canon: Monster
Canon Point: After parting ways with Grimmer at the Czech border
CRAU, Canon AU: N/A
Character age: 37

Canon Abilities/Powers: Kenzou Tenma knows how to do two things (perform neurosurgery and fire a gun) and absolutely nothing else.

Real talk his medical knowledge is pretty expansive. He's shown doing a lot of emergency first aid. He knows anatomy well enough to know exactly where to threaten to stab a neonazi with a ballpoint pen that it would pierce his carotid artery. His skills as a surgeon are so much that even other surgeons are impressed. His specialty is neurosurgery but he can cover other areas of medicine as well.

What is their greatest negative emotion towards an object, situation, or person in their past?: In 1986, Tenma went against orders to operate on the mayor instead of a little boy who was admitted first. Nine years later, he discovers that the boy, Johan Liebert, is a monstrous killer. He feels that because Johan would have died if not for Tenma actively choosing to operate on him over what he was told to do, that Johan's crimes are on his hands. Choosing to stick with operating on Johan rather than deferring to a man who was more powerful/influential, Tenma was able to resolve a crisis he was having about the value of life, and of people around him telling him that some lives were worth more than others, which he resolved that he disagreed with. But when Johan reveals he is some sort of monster, Tenma is distraught, because it threatens his resolve. He feels guilt at the role he feels he played. (Especially when Johan reveals that he killed the doctors who were punishing Tenma for the choice he made, because Tenma vented his frustrations to Johan's seemingly unconscious self, saying people like them would be better off dead. It was a heat of the moment statement out of frustration, but Johan took it to heart.) As well he is conflicted over what this means for his personal philosophy.

How aware are they of this negative emotion, and how do they act on it in canon?: It IS the canon. Originally a mild mannered neurosurgeon, Tenma leaves his job and entire life behind to go track down Johan and undo his "mistake" by killing Johan himself. In the nine years between the initial incident and the reveal, Tenma does quite well for himself and was living a comfortable life. He managed to escape being blamed for the deaths of the other doctors, even though he had motive and benefited from their deaths. But when he learns of Johan's crimes, he just tells the police everything, even though it is a truly insane story that a 12 year old recovering from brain surgery murdered several people and has gone on to become a prolific serial killer. All of Tenma's actions make him look more suspicious, and he ends up being blamed for all of Johan's murders, and has to go on his quest to track down Johan while running from the police who want to arrest him for Johan's crimes.

He focuses on his task to the exclusion of all else, because Tenma does not half ass anything, even when he probably should. He'd never used a gun before, so he found a man to train with for five months just so he could shoot this ONE GUY. He exhausts whatever resources he can to find leads, forgetting to eat or sleep to the point of collapsing in the process. If threatening people with a gun will get him where he needs to be, he'll do that. If he has to threaten to stab a neo-nazi in the carotid artery with a ballpoint pen he'll do that. He is so devoted in his task and convinced that it's what MUST be done that nothing else matters. Sometimes he's blunt to the point of rudeness. If someone is trying to have a conversation with him that isn't relevant to whatever he's currently focused on, he just won't respond(ie ignoring Grimmer's tragic bakcstory because he is administering medical treatment to some thugs), or continue to have whatever conversation he was intending on having (ie insisting he be unhandcuffed so he can treat the critical injury of the man trying to make him confess to Johan's crimes.

What is their greatest virtue?: Tenma is a very good doctor. Not just in terms of skill, though he has that in spades, but he's incredibly dedicated and kind to his patients and always acts to preserve life if he's given the chance. Tenma is a man who is a doctor not for status or power, but because he truly has a deep abiding desire to help people. He cares. And people can sense this. Tenma meets many people on his journey, and even though they often quickly figure out that he's "that Japanese doctor from the papers who's wanted for serial murder," actually interacting with Tenma they quickly decide "well that must be wrong because this is a good man." He does this by just always being kind and helpful and just generally having good vibes. Tenma manages to evade the law multiple times purely by the good grace and assistance of people he's helped and inspired along the way.

How aware are they of their virtue, and how do they act on it in canon?:
About 60% of the time that Tenma gets sidetracked in his goal to track down Johan it's because he's found a person in need and is now putting all his focus into that instead. One time he accidentally stood up a date because he saw a clock one of his patients expressed having always wanted so he OBVIOUSLY had to buy it and bring it to him immediately. Anyone who dares to be injured in Tenma's presence WILL be taken care of, even if he can only administer first aid and then advise calling for an ambulance. Even the man who was chasing after him, convinced he was the real serial killer (see second link in previous section), Tenma's emergency care likely saved his life. When it comes down to it, Tenma is a good and caring person, which inevitably wins over just about everyone he meets. He is dedicated to "first, do no harm," not out of obligation but a true belief that all lives are equal. It is this that causes him to struggle with his goal of killing Johan, both times he was presented with a chance to shoot Johan point blank, he hesitates, and when someone else shoots Johan in the end, Tenma chooses to once again, operate on Johan in order to save his life.

Items: a Beretta 92FS, his duffel bag, and a roll of gauze bandages.

Samples: TDM

Special Notes: N/A