Fruit Boy

EDIT: now includes Saeko and more members of Shiratorizawa’s team!

KARASUNO

Sawamura Daichi: His incessant dreams about the vice principal’s flying wig. Sugawara Koushi: A lot of his kouhai are taller than him. Azumane Asahi: When he tells people he’s a student nobody believes him, 1st years are afraid of him, girls in his class say things like “Even though he looks the way he does, he’s kinda weak” and then get themselves disappointed, also his future plans, the captain being scary… (cut for length) Nishinoya Yuu: “Nothing!!!” Tanaka Ryuunosuke: He tried calling out to a lost-looking first-year girl to tell her the way to her classroom, but she started to cry. Ennoshita Chikara: Even when he’s really fired up, people tell him he looks sleepy. Hinata Shouyou: He can’t catch a ball one-handed. Kageyama Tobio: He gets the feeling that animals dislike him. Tsukishima Kei: On entering high school, he once again has to put up with various people asking how to read the character for his first name. Yamaguchi Tadashi: Whenever he thinks a cute girl has come over to talk to him, all they want to talk about is Tsukishima. Shimizu Kiyoko: Whether to have Jagarico or Jagabee for her snack. Yachi Hitoka: What she would do if she ended up in a situation where she died or was about to die Michimiya Yui: She’s been told her thighs are “sturdy”. Takeda Ittetsu: He’s been told by his students that “Your glasses are totally uncool, sensei.” Ukai Keishin: He’s not even 30 yet but his parents are already telling him to “Hurry up and get married.” Ukai Ikkei: The prospect of losing to his grandson at arm wrestling makes him feel slightly uneasy. Tsukishima Akiteru: He’s not used to drinking sake. Tanaka Saeko: Not a single girl seems to get just how cool her lil bro is!

AOBAJOUSAI

Oikawa Tooru: When he tried to talk to Karasuno’s manager, Kiyoko, he got utterly ignored. (But she must just have been shy, and it’s not like he’s all that bothered by it, not even a little bit, not at all - Oikawa said to himself.) Iwaizumi Hajime: “Just 1cm more… or 7mm, at least…!” (In regard to his height.) Matsukawa Issei: He’s been told that his school uniform doesn’t suit him. Hanamaki Takahiro: No matter how hard he tries, he can’t beat Iwaizumi at arm wrestling. Yahaba Shigeru: Filling Oikawa-san’s shoes is tough… Watari Shinji: He’d like to build up more muscles. Kindaichi Yuutarou: Girls in his class said that “Kindaichi-kun kinda seems more "lanky” than “tall”, right?“ Kunimi Akira: "Staying awake during class is hard…” Kyoutani Kentarou: Lawson’s new “Kara Age Kun” is hard to throw away. Mizoguchi Sadayuki: Sometimes he’ll catch himself saying “Kids these days…” and it’s like he can feel his own descent into middle age.

NEKOMA

Kozume Kenma: Summer is too hot, winter is too cold. Kuroo Tetsurou: Can’t get rid of his bedhead hair. Kai Nobuyuki: He does have some trivial concerns, but he figures that as long as you’re alive, things will work themselves out one way or another. Yaku Morisuke: His kouhai are causing him all kinds of worry. Yamamoto Taketora: How best to talk to girls. Fukunaga Shouhei: Yamamoto tells him to “Talk more, c'mon.” Haiba Lev: His senpai try to give him weird nicknames. Inuoka Sou: “I’ll eat and eat but still feel hungry!” Shibayama Yuuki: “Everyone is so good at receives and I don’t feel like I am needed at all, but I’m gonna try my best to practice!” Naoi Manabu: He’s been told that he’s “worse with alcohol than he looks”. Nekomata Yasufumi: When he goes out drinking with Naoi he gets smashed too quickly so it’s no fun.

DATE TECH

Moniwa Kaname: The second years. Kamasaki Yasushi: How many “packs” of abs is it possible to have?! Sasaya Takehito: He gets told that he gives off old man vibes. Futakuchi Kenji: He has to go and get his wisdom teeth pulled. Aone Takanobu: When he’s riding the train nobody wants to sit on either side of him. Obara Yutaka: He feels like he doesn’t have too much of a presence compared to the other second years. Sakunami Kousuke: “I’d be happy if I could grow a little taller.” Koganegawa Kanji: He can’t pull off dump shots in a way that looks cool. Onagawa Tarou: His mom has only been buying low-calorie cup noodles. Oiwake Takuroo: It came as a shock when his daughter told him to “stop doing my laundry in the same load as yours, dad.”

FUKURODANI

Bokuto Koutarou: “…. How do you write the kanji for worry (nayami)?” Akaashi Keiji: I want to up my physical power levels a bit more. Washio Tatsuki: A child he’d just met took one look at him and started to cry. Sarukui Yamato: He’s been told to stop smiling when he’s not actually smiling at all. Konoha Akinori: He’s started to get the feeling that if you look at Bokuto’s stupidity from a slightly different angle it’s actually kinda genius and that pisses him off. Komi Haruki: He doesn’t get time to take a nap after lunch. Onaga Wataru: Some of his classmates call him Omonaga-kun (long face-kun) in genuine error.

SHIRATORIZAWA

Ushijima Wakatoshi: None Semi Eita: Tendou told him that he looks uncool in casual clothes. Oohira Reon: He can’t help but say stuff like “There we go” when he sits down. Tendou Satori: None of his teammates wants to talk to him about Shounen Jump. Goshiki Tsutomu: Wants to be able to hit a sharper cross. Shirabu Kenjirou: Wants to be taller. Yamagata Hayato: He keeps forgetting his phone.

You could do that. (Sometimes it works. Often it doesn’t.) Or you could take your characters and your setting and your premise and then ask yourself questions like:

So what sorts of thing would happen if I had those characters in that setting given this premise?

What do each of the characters in this story want? And what’s stopping them getting that?

If that premise was really happening what would it mean for the characters? How would they react? Which characters are going to get in the other characters’ way?

What is the single coolest thing that could happen then?

What would I love to write about in all this? What are the scenes that I’m excited to write about?

Is there something I could do in this kind of story that nobody has ever done in this kind of story before?

Why should we care?

How can I make people care?

What is going to make me keep turning the pages as a writer?

And then what happens….?