Ishikawa

## Wandering Duelist of the Ultra Forest

"Then, Hero King Gilgamesh, let us understand each other as warriors in the battlefield. As a young child of Alola had once told me, though my body is small and resembled 'origami', as they called it, who shall be the one to be... folded?"

### Occupation

Swordsman

**Ishikawa** is an original character in **Multiverse Paradise**, created by quadraxis201 (referred to as "Quad")**.**

## Canon

Ishikawa is a Kartana that possesses an individual personality, unlike the rest of his fellow Ultra Beasts, and does not possess the obsessive desire to cut objects that is typical of Kartanas that venture outside of the Ultra Forest. He views himself as a swordsman who seeks to learn all there is to know about the way of the sword, for only then can he view himself as a true master of the blade. To do so, he travels from world to world and seeks out the strongest sword-fighters to spar with and obtain new skills.

## Pre-Paradise

Before arriving in the Multiverse Paradise, Ishikawa was simply searching for a new world to explore before being brought to the Paradise by opening a hole in Ultra Space.

## Plot Involvement

Ishikawa met Time in the Paradise Hotel's arcade, who he played (and beat) an arcade game with, speculating that the arcade machine was a hero's legacy contained in a form of archive.

He had also participated in a training match with Lupin and their Eevee, though he had willingly held back so as to not frustrate the wolf-boy Trainer by defeating their Pokemon too easily. When Lupin's Eevee evolved into a Sylveon mid-fight, Ishikawa mentioned how this phenomenon only occurred when an Eevee knew a Fairy-type move and the bond between a Trainer and their Eevee was quite strong. Though Lupin ignored the latter, Ishikawa still held onto this belief, and permitted Lupin's Sylveon to keep the cooked bamboo shoot that they had stolen from Ishikawa with a Covet, if it meant they had something to help heal them. Ishikawa proposed a rematch at a much later date with Lupin when they and their Pokemon are stronger, though this has yet to physically occur.

In the island's Jungle, Ishikawa encountered Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. Recognizing them as a skilled swordsman, Ishikawa and Gilgamesh participated in a fierce sparring match, though this match was cut short due to the event being idle-voided.

Ishikawa has also made scattered appearances in the public chatrooms, particularly when other Pokemon characters have also posted.

## Character Relationships

* *Time -* The physical manifestation of Time. Ishikawa met her in the Paradise Hotel's arcade, where they were both fascinated by what an arcade is, and apart from working together to beat a four-stage beat-'em-up arcade game, they also speculated about what the purpose of the arcade machine was, if any. When Ishikawa learned she was Time itself, he apologized for not realizing and began treating her with the utmost respect, even though Time insisted that he did not do so. Nevertheless, both Time and Ishikawa parted ways as they both had something to search for. For Time, it was her friends, and for Ishikawa, a skilled swordsman to learn from.
* *Lupin* - An original character, and son to Roselyn. Ishikawa met him near the island's volcano, where he agreed to help Lupin's Eevee train. Ishikawa intentionally held back during the match, choosing to use only **False Swipe** so as to give Lupin's Eevee a fighting chance and to try and keep them from fainting, though the latter could not occur, as Lupin had their Eevee-turned-Sylveon use **Double-Edge**, which dealt enough damage to cause the Sylveon to faint. Ishikawa lamented this fact, and apologized. Ishikawa holds an amount of respect for Lupin, and looks forward to facing them again in the future. Both wolf and Kartana parted ways, wherein Ishikawa decided to search for a replacement for his stolen snack.
* *Gilgamesh -* A character from SMITE. Ishikawa ran into them in the Jungle, and upon recognizing them as a skilled swordsman, asked to spar with them in order to learn sword techniques from them. Though Gilgamesh possessed fiery powers, which Ishikawa was naturally quite weak to, they both fought valiantly. Though the battle was voided due to inactivity, Ishikawa possesses a great deal of respect for the Hero King of Uruk.

## Trivia

* Ishikawa has a love of food, and while he seeks out skilled swordsmen to learn from them, he is also curious about what delicacies each world possesses.
* Ishikawa's name is a reference to a character that possesses the same name, Goemon Ishikawa XIII, from the series Lupin III. This character is also referenced in the Pokemon anime, wherein the dialogue spoken by the Kartana that seems to be played backwards are variations of Goemon's catchphrase, "Once again, I cut a worthless object." Ishikawa has also uttered this particular phrase a couple of times in **Multiverse Paradise**.
* Ishikawa is the only known Kartana capable of speaking understandable language rather than simply reversed words.
* Though Ishikawa's blades are capable of cutting through even the most durable material, he personally vows to never allow his blades to draw blood or kill.
* When referring to Lupin, Ishikawa claims they "look familiar". This is a bit of a joke, as the faceclaim that was chosen for them was that of a gijinka of Zacian, a Legendary Pokemon from Generation VIII.