Michael Hamasaki

Michael Hamasaki is one of DarkMinato's Original Characters and a supporting party member for Persona 6. He was the first OC Dark made for PRPC, and is the 2nd most used character he ever made.

## Personality

Michael is a depressive and quiet boy. He has a low voice from the amount of time he spent not using it, and a distinct british accent. He finds it hard to make friends, talk to people, or much else.

## Official Lore

Michael was born in Brighton, lived most of his life in London, and led a terrible home life. Ever sense he was 4 years old, he had been neglected and abused by his mother and step-father, who favoured his younger step-brother to such a degree that it was clearer than day and night, and Michael was left with only his older brother as company. When said older brother got fed up and ran away, things just got worse for Michael. It lead to him having a serious spike in depression, wondering if he should have been born in the first place.

On his 17th birthday, he found a spiral knife that his older brother had left him years ago, and it made Michael feel an emotion other than sad for the first time in a while, and it sparked a need to get away for him. He cherished that knife, as it was the last thing he had left of his older brother, but it was a dangerous thing, and when his step-brother found out, he organized a plan. He got a few of his friends together and they ganged up on Michael. He tried to dodge, but he had little energy, and so got tired and overwhelmed fast. In a last ditch attempt to defend himself, he drew his knife, but his step-brother rushed in and kicked it, causing the knife to plunge into Michael's stomach before running off with his friends. Michael lay there, bleeding for a while, until a jogger discovered him and called an ambulance. He managed to survive, bareally, and to no one's surprise his "family" didn't show up once.

Michael had enough, and as soon as he felt well enough to walk, he left the hospital, changing into his bloodstained clothing so as to not look like a mental institution runaway. When he arrived at his house, he remembered his parents would be taking Shinji on a cruise to celebrate the last few weeks of summer, so entering the house he packed. His step-brother had forgotten his wallet, and so praying to whatever god would listen, Michael used the debit card and it worked! He quickly found all of his legal documents, booked the cheepest flight he could find, to a town called "Narakoshi" in Japan, then went out to find stuff. He bought a cheap phone, cheap laptop, and an older game console with related games from thrift stores and pawn shops. Finally, he withdrew about 5k from his step-brothers card and put it onto a pre-paid debit card, converting the pounds to yen in the process. Then he left, replacing the wallet where it once was and taking he owned with him, including the knife, which he concealed in his suitcase and, by luck of the draw, got through airport security. He spent the long flight practicing Japanese, getting ready, and using his voice proper in what felt like ages. When he landed, he made his way to a high school in the town, Aratashi High, and applied as a transfer student and for a dorm. After dealing with the process, Michael put his suitcase in his new room, and decided to explore, hoping that maybe, just maybe, this wouldn't completely suck.

## Trivia

* Michael Hamasaki is Dark's first ever OC, used before his PRPC or Discord days
* Michael used to go by another name, Michael Connor, when he was re-created for a private RP
	+ This was changed to Hamasaki for P6 because Pancake forced him to change it
	+ The name Michael Connor could be abbreviated to MC, as in Main Character. This was intentional, as DarkMinato was big into Doki Doki Literature Club when Michael was first brought online
* Michael being British was to both justify his name not being fully japanese, and also because Dark liked, and can do a decent, British accent.
* Michael is only 1 of 2 DarkMinato OC's to have died during their RP, though that death was cancelled out when Michael was revived 3 days later for the final battle
	+ The other was an OC named Hirata Minoru, created for an RP made by Vortex named "P7: Vortex Version", who died by shooting himself, then going on to be an AI Companion for SemIzaya's character in that RP
* Michael is Dark's tallest OC, standing at 6'6
* All of Dark's OC's have a hated fruit. Michael's are Starfruit