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I don't think you guys really believe me when I say I get way too emotional seeing people who like this AU—I really don't deserve you all.

I just found out recently that some people have been talking about the AU, and what surprises me most is that they've even been drawing their own OCs in it. And honestly, you guys have no idea how much that touched me. I never expected this little project to actually get people talking or for people to take it so seriously. I’m not going to lie, and you can call me sentimental if you want, but yesterday I started crying because of it—I think it’s one of the best feelings I’ve ever had.

This drawing is a special dedication to @emmibarrett

A sweet friend of yours mentioned that you introduced the AU to her and other friends. I’m so glad you like the project and are sharing it with others. Your OC is one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen, and I hope you like this little drawing I made for you. You have no idea how much it touched my heart—something you might think is just a simple gesture.

To everyone who shares, comments, or likes this little project—you really don’t know how much I value all of you. I’m not usually one for many words, and I don’t usually continue projects for very long, but I’m trying my best to upload more and more things. I like hearing your opinions and answering your questions, even if I’m not very quick. I still have many to answer, but believe me, I’m working on addressing any questions you have and making sure none are left out.

I also did these quick sketches; I found out that her OC is someone who’s really attached to Good Jack—very cute, in my opinion.

And here’s a quick little sketch of the OC belonging to the person who told me about this—a very kind and sweet person, by the way. And hey, her OC is part of the official gardening club in this AU (I don't know if she uses Tumblr, but don't worry—she's already seen this.)

I love seeing other people's OCs. This fandom is full of creative people.

Well, to everyone who supports this little project, a huge thank you from this artist. New things and bigger drawings are coming very soon.

And a special thanks to those of you who share your ideas and theories with me—I enjoy reading them, and most of them are right and others simply inspire me or help me create part of the story

Y esta parte final esta dedicada para las personitas que hablan español , perdonen que todo lo que saqué de este AU haya estado en inglés hasta ahora. Pero los proximos post de estos tambien tendran la descripción en español y las letras en los dibujos que son más dificiles de traducir al español para que no se enrollen mucho. (tambien cabe recalcar que el inglés no es mi idioma , yo hablo español asi que no se preocupen si quieren comentar o cualquier cosa , no tienen porque escribirlo en inglés una disculpa muy grande si di a entender otra idea) Los quiero mucho parte del fandom latino son las primeras interacciones que tuve con el fandom de duelo xiaolin y las razones por las que me quedé, un abrazote gigantesco para todos ustedes ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

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No question, just a praise: I love old man Yaoi^tm SalMundo. ❤️

No, that wasn't Salmundo

Now THIS is OLD MAN YAOI SALMUNDO(👁ˋ _ ˊ 👁)

And a little bit of young Salmundo?

Like, which one of you wrote this????????????? Why are you posting anonymously? Talk to me or something! You can't just leave me to deal with this on my own (๑ -`. - ๑)/

BTW, I'm totally open to drawing ship art from xiaolin showdown, Like, you don't have any art of your ship from the series? I FEEL YOU!! So honestly, if someone asked me to draw something,

I really wouldn't mind doing it.

In my opinion, I think everyone should kiss ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ

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Not a Xiaolin Showdown academy au related question, but since we see how Sal looks like at Raimundo young age, how do you see Raimundo in Sal's old age?

I think Raimundo, at about Salvador's age, would look something like this. It would just be the version of Raimundo from Xiaolin Chronicles, since that's where he met Salvador, and because I think the version of Raimundo in Xiaolin Showdown would still have a rounder face (˵◝ ⩊ ◜˵マ

This is hard—I’m terrible at estimating ages, and I feel like in some images Salvador looks younger than in others, so I had to improvise ｡°(°¯᷄◠¯᷅°)°｡

Honestly, I don’t think Raimundo would grow much taller than he already is—maybe a little, since at least in the series they make him look taller. Apart from that, I think he’d be the kind of guy who wants to grow a mustache to look cool, but his genetics probably wouldn’t help him, so he’d just have a little stubble on his chin. And he’d most likely end up a bit more tanned from surfing a lot and working out ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

I can't stop thinking about how both of them are naturally charming, even though Salvador is more so because of the way he charms people with his words and lies. I feel like both of them would end up that way, since Raimundo most likely won't age, just like Guan, and since Salvador is also immortal, both of them would end up that way in the end

Apart from that, I think they’d almost certainly have a reunion at some point because, how can you tell me that the most manipulative and deceitful man of all would stay forever in a cell that, aside from the security, is only protected by guards and not by some kind of magic????

I feel like it would be very easy for him to escape.

Most likely, the monks will have to bring him back again and again. But I think that when Raimundo grows up, he’ll stop being so naive and get used to Salvador’s tricks and won’t fall for them anymore.

BUT I KNOW YOU, RAIMUNDO PEDROSA!!! And no one is going to get the idea out of my head that you were the one who interacted the most with the villains throughout the series, and unlike Omi, you actually became friends with them. AND MOST LIKELY, IF YOU START LIKING SALVADOR AGAIN, YOU’D GO BACK TO TALKING TO HIM AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED UNTIL HE CLEARLY BETRAYS YOU AGAIN!!!! AAAHHHHHHHHHH

(Actually, I think it’s more because Raimundo has a good heart. Well, at least in Xiaolin Chronicles, he is more gullible and tends to trust people blindly. So I don’t know—most likely, they’ll end up going to the water park.) ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ

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Xiaolin Club AU, what doea that make Hannibal?

──the academy's director Hannibal Roy Bean──

Hannibal’s grandfather was the academy’s founder and the one responsible for the eccentricities that set it apart from the rest. Or at least that was the case until, for “unknown reasons,” he passed away, and contrary to what many believed, a man named Hannibal Roy Bean appeared, proved he was a blood relative, and claimed the place as his own.

Not much changed at the time, but slightly strange things began to happen from time to time, including the student selection process and the tests they were subjected to in order to avoid being expelled or replaced.

Is that how all the problems began?

This academy stopped being normal a long time ago.

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Two finished drawings in two days—I guess I’ve gone crazy, but HEY, it was about time to show off the main lore of this AU (ᐡっˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ ᐡ) ˚.⁺⊹ .ᐟ

I only have a few questions left to answer, aahhhhh. It takes me longer to think of the drawing than to actually do it—I’m a mess.

Although I don’t really care, I like answering these things or drawing little pictures that some people ask for about the AU or the series, even if it takes me a while. Like, sorry, I don’t deserve you guys .·°՞(≧□≦)՞°·.

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Can I get some Raimundo stuff from your Clubs AU? He's my favorite character :D

No (っ ͡ ͡º - ͡ ͡º ς)[insert random draw]

Just kidding—sorry, my parents didn't bless me with a good sense of humor( •̆ꈊ•̆ )

I don't have much to say about this, but I was thinking about a prom where everyone has a terrible time.

Raimundo would be considered a handsome, popular guy in this AU, but I like the idea that he has to learn the hard way that things don't always go his way and that sometimes he just ends up looking like a fool, just like everyone else.

And here's an extra sketch for you yeiii(it's not colored, but the ice cream is supposed to be mint chocolate)(˵◝ ⩊ ◜˵マ

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COLLECTION OF SKETCHES AND RANDOM THINGS FROM XIAOLIN SHOWDOWNꉂ(˵˃ ᗜ ˂˵)

This was a test to choose the casual clothes they'd wear in the AU, though I'm still not convinced. Except for Omi's outfit—if you notice, it's the same clothes Jermain lent him in the episode where they met, only tailored to fit him (˶ˆᗜˆ˵)

We're starting with this attempt at a rendering of Raimundo's face; it's one of my favorite drawingsദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

I really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really think those two should kiss｡°(°¯᷄◠¯᷅°)°｡

Call me crazy or whatever you want, but right now I’m obsessed with the AU version of Gigi. I really see tremendous potential in him.

HE’S LITERALLY AN EVIL TWINK!

I love it—I’ve been drawing him a lot lately. I’m really into the idea of drawing him as a diva, and from my perspective, I think he’d be one of the canonically handsome ones in the AU.

PLEASE, IF ANYONE ELSE IS DRAWING THIS JERK, PLEASE SEND ME SOMETHING—I’M DESPERATEദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧

I think most of the unfinished sketches I have are of Salvador and Raimundo. I’d also like to draw them in kimonos or write some fanfic—I’ve been obsessed with the idea for a while now of having them fight to the death and then seeing them cry because they’re both such idiots.

Because seriously, there can’t be only two fanfics where Salvador appears!! Both were good, but one had me screaming “OMG OMG” every second because it wasn’t what I expected **this is the moment where you imagine me blinking rapidly at the screen—if you know what I mean

I don’t care, I loved it. If the creator of that fanfic is around here (I think you’ll know who you are because there are literally no Salvador fanfics) I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR 3 AM RANT GAVE ME THE BEST HALF HOUR OF MY LIFE, AND ANY DAY YOU WANT, I’LL DRAW YOU A FREE, DETAILED PICTURE TO SHOW YOU MY GRATITUDE, LIKE, I LOVE YOU RIGHT NOW٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡

I usually find clay really hard to draw, but a few weeks ago I made this for a friend who liked it（´∇｀''）

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH

I'm not sure if this is clear from the image, but this was supposed to be a comic page I was drawing on paper (an A3 page, because I can't draw small). Here, Good Jack would meet Le Mime for the first time, or something like that, but I think I'll redraw it to post it here₍₍⚞(˶˃ ꒳ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾

And I'll wrap things up with these drawings of Raimundo on paper. I've drawn this goofball so many times that I know him by heart—he, Kimiko, and Jack are the ones I can draw most easilyദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

Well, that's all. Sorry if anyone was expecting something from the AU, but I'm working on several drawings to upload them all at once—I didn't realize there were so many characters in *Xiaolin Showdown* until I started drawing them aaahhhhhhhhh ( ‘• ω • `)

Thanks to all the lovely people who like my humble doodles—you’re one of the reasons I’m still active in the fandom. I hope to start uploading finished drawings soon, not just sketches. I also really love seeing OCs and anything related to the series; I think this fandom has very, very talented artists—not just illustrators, but also writers and editors, oh, and sculptors too. Lately, I’ve seen images of some people who made Jack figurines and other little things like that. I’m dying of envy over that. I love Tumblr٩(˵˃̶ω˂̶˵)◞*

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Meet the entire student council. Chase is the student body president; Good Jack holds two positions, so he serves as both vice president and secretary. Pandabubba is the treasurer and manages the entire club budget.

The three of them belong to different clubs, of course, but they’re the only ones who wear a tie color that doesn’t belong to their club but to the student council—yellow—because of the function of their tie colors, which I’ll explain later.

Also, something I had in mind: I think by now you’ve probably noticed that the character groups seem more random and not as close to the series as they would be if the monks and Heylin were separate. I just wanted you to keep in mind that in this AU, the characters are just getting to know each other at the academy, and since there’s no battle between good and evil, they’d all be ordinary people—so they’d keep their personalities but wouldn’t have their history of the things they did as monks or Heylin, except for their backstories. That’s why the interactions here would be based more on each character’s affinity and how their personalities would react to others—or to whoever they meet first—though they’ll all end up getting to know each other eventually. (⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡Thank you all so much for reading and supporting this little project of mine. It’s taken me a long time to post anything because I didn’t like my old drawing style—it didn’t feel right to me. It seemed boring, wasn’t expressive enough, and felt very empty. That’s why I’ve changed my drawing style now, so the next things I post will have this new style that I’m working hard to improve. Thank you so much for your patience ദ്ദി ˉ͈̀꒳ˉ͈́ )✧ ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡)

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RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE AU CLUB XIAOLIN PART 1 (+SKETCHES):

NUMBER 1: The three members of the technology club occupy the top spots on the academic honor roll. Jack Spicer is in first place, Kimiko is in second, and Gigi is in third. However, this only applies to grade point averages.

The list continues as follows: Chase Young is in fourth place, Omi is in fifth, and Good Jack is in sixth.

NUMBER 2: Both Kimiko and Good Jack wear glasses. Kimiko usually wears contact lenses at school and glasses at home. Good Jack only wears blue light glasses when he needs them.

NUMBER 3: Salvador usually played the harmonica for Raimundo and even gave it to him as a gift at some point, although he gave it back when Salvador was taken to the reformatory.

NUMBER 4: Chase and Good Jack are part of the student council, Chase as president and Good Jack as vice president and secretary, so they are often forced to spend time together. (To the person who commented that Chase is the one trying to keep the academy from exploding, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!)

Chase is not known for his patience and only remains president because he likes the power. Good Jack is calm but is a magnet for bad luck, so it's not uncommon for something to break or fall around him. Chase tests his patience every time they have to interact with him, so he often forces him to do all the paperwork for all the clubs by himself.

NUMBER 5:

Omi is relatively easygoing, but the only thing that tends to bother him is when people mistake his age because of his height or treat him like a child. He finds it a bit disrespectful.

Or when people mention his lack of hair...

(A clue to guessing Omi's age: he is one year older than Jermain.)

AND HERE ARE SOME EXTRA SKETCHESദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

Thank you very much for reading this far. I'm finishing up the drawings for one of the AU questions, so in the meantime, I'm uploading these little extras ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

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Is Clay part of any club or not?

Answering questions and requests from the Xiaolin Club AU PART 2: The roping club

Clay belongs to the roping club. Unlike all the other clubs, Clay is the only one in his specialty and therefore does not have teammates in the same sport.

He came to the academy from Texas. He does not wear a tie, but instead wears a green scarf, the distinguishing color for students in the sports category.

Clay had never had any problems with his personality, at least until he arrived here, where he discovered that his way of speaking and dressing did not go unnoticed. He had never thought about it until someone made a comment about it. From that day on, he tried not to make so many cowboy jokes and even sometimes stood in front of the mirror wondering whether to wear his hat or not.

For the first time, he felt out of place, and being the only one in his club didn't help. He felt so uncomfortable that he thought about leaving the academy.

Although that thought didn't last long.

He doesn't remember exactly, he just remembers that a boy who smelled like the sea asked him for help moving some chairs. He also said something about he looking like a lost tourist, but he didn't understand that part.

In the end, he ended up helping and carrying most of the chairs by himself, not because he had to, but because he liked to help.

He never saw that boy again, but the next day something even stranger happened to him.

That was how Clay met Ashley, and to be honest, at that moment he didn't know if it was luck or simple misfortune.

Clay became an assistant at the gym club and went there a few days a week to help out with some things. At first, he didn't know what to do, but then he noticed that they usually saved seats for him next to them. One day during recess, he blurted out a random fact about one of the animals on the ranch, but immediately regretted it, thinking they would look at him strangely again. The last thing he expected was Ashley's response, saying something just as random... BUT ABOUT CATS.

That day, he realized that maybe agreeing to be an assistant for that club wasn't so bad and maybe he wasn't so different after all.

He didn't know that something had changed until he noticed that the others no longer made comments about him. That's when he found out that Ashley and the gymnastics team in general were very well-liked there... popular was the word.

His life changed dramatically from then on, and perhaps the people he met along the way would be the last ones he would think of, but he was grateful for that.

Ashley became something of a friend and used to get him into trouble most of the time. She was troublesome, but she always had a place for him wherever she went... including that time he was forced to go to a spa with the gymnastics club.

Their most peaceful conversations were literally arguing about whether a ranch cat or a domestic cat was better. And the phrase Clay began to repeat most often was, “If I have a vote, I think we shouldn't do this.” It never works.

Yes, Clay never thought he would use his lasso to be a spy while Ashley stole the exam answers.

And while some unlikely friendships form, others simply never get to know each other... or perhaps they are closer than one might think.

Thank you very much for reading this far. I've added more lore about Clay because I hadn't given much information about him in this AU.

As I said before, I'm trying to answer these questions in order, and for those who like the character, the next question will feature Le Mime.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in the fandom for all the love this AU is receiving. I'm sorry if I can't always respond to comments or questions in a timely manner, but know that I am happy to read them and take them into account, and they will also be answered with drawings later on ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

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so how is the technology club considering three of the members are jack, kimiko and gigi?

Answering questions and requests from the Xiaolin Club AU PART 1:the technology club ( —ᴗ— )

I saw someone commenting their condolences because Kimiko and Jack are in the same club, and I agree with that because the most normal interaction between these two would be this.

and then there's this plant maniac...

The most normal thing would be to hear explosions and see things flying around, and not specifically because of the machines.

Kimiko and Jack aren't friends, but they go to the same club and have to resign themselves to spending time together. Gigi isn't usually involved in fights, but he likes to cause misunderstandings between the two just for fun. Unlike Kimiko or Jack, Gigi does not share their passion for technology or machines in particular. He focuses solely on his obsession with plants, and all his inventions are derived from this, so he is often bored by Kimiko and Jack's conversations.

Jack is considered an outstanding student in his field at the academy, and he always repeats it to Kimiko just to tease her. She doesn't have much patience, so you can guess how this always ends.

This club is defined by the fact that whoever lets their guard down loses

Another important detail is that each character's ties have colors that represent the category of club they belong to. In this case, the technology club wears blue ties because it falls under the knowledge category.

Although the biggest disasters are usually caused by Kimiko and Jack, they don't usually get into trouble. Part of the academy is funded by the Tohomiko and Spicer companies, so the principal doesn't usually take action against them because whenever something explodes or breaks, their parents end up paying for it (although this doesn't usually affect their grades).

Despite this, Kimiko is often punished by having to accompany her father to company events, and Jack is forced to socialize.

Gigi ends up paying the price in most cases, not that he pays much attention to authority anyway.

The only time Gigi got really upset was when, in the middle of a fight, Kimiko and Jack broke the pot of his carnivorous plant. Kimiko and Jack could swear they had never heard so many curses in a single sentence.

The only time Kimiko and Jack agreed was when they were both complaining about their older siblings.

Thank you for reading this. I will respond to the other questions and comments in order. And if you have any questions or requests in mind, don't hesitate to write them down. I am very happy to see that many people are enjoying this AU, and I like to post more content related to it ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ⋆˚࿔

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WIP CLUB XIAOLIN AU (PART 2) Here I made the designs for some villains and Jermain for the AU Xiaolin Club (each with their respective club).ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ (I'm so sorry, I got confused in the description of Chase Young and wrote taijutsu instead of tai chi)

The next thing is a sketch of what would be the first encounter between Omi and Jermain here. Omi didn't know what basketball was either and thought it was similar to martial arts (he committed 5 fouls in 3 minutes). For Jermain, the first time someone took the ball away from him was something difficult to ignore... mainly because it broke his nose.

OPEN TO REQUESTS FOR DRAWINGS OF THIS AU!!!

If you have anything in mind or a specific question about this AU, I'd like to know about it. I want to respond with drawings or mini-comics of the characters.

And when I say anything... I mean literally anything.

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WIP CLUB XIAOLIN AU

Here are some sketches for the character designs for the AU of Xiaolin Showdown and their respective clubs (Xiaolin Academy AU club) ദ്ദി◝ ⩊ ◜.ᐟ

The following are random sketches of some characters (˶ˆᗜˆ˵)

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"CLUB XIAOLIN (academy AU)"

I created this at around three in the morning due to a lack of fanfiction on this topic. Please don't take it too seriously... without me.

GENERAL IDEA OF THE AU

It is based on the student life of all the characters from the original series, with one small difference.

They all attend the same academy (still unnamed), which is very prestigious and renowned, but not exactly for its educational system or its suspicious cafeteria food. Outside the academy, some rumour that the reason it continues to operate is thanks to sponsorships. AND THIS IS THE TRUTH. A large number of talented people who are now a little better known came out of there, but that doesn't mean they were good at letters or numbers specifically. NO. We're talking about athletes, technologists, artists, or practically anything else that someone could be good at.

And it's nothing more and nothing less than because of the clubs.

To make a long story short, there was a time when the place was about to close, so they desperately implemented random extracurricular clubs just to attract more people, but what no one expected was that real talent would end up being formed. It wasn't on purpose, but given the clear response, they decided to focus everything they had on that. The classes are short, but the clubs grow in unexpected ways. Things progressed so much that they could pass themselves off as another type of institution... although not on paper.

This is where our protagonists come in.

Due to the rare prestige of this institution, getting in became very complicated. Why? Because the entrance exam is not just a simple piece of paper.

IT IS AN APTITUDE TEST.

Unless you are highly gifted in something or have remarkable talent, it will be very difficult to be accepted. It was clear that what matters here is keeping the statistics high.

That is why talents from all over the world take the opportunity to prove that they are capable of demonstrating that they are part of that 1% who were born with a special gift.

From America to the other side of the world, Brazil, China, the United States, France, and Japan are just a few to name. There is no magic, only the performance of each individual.

And this year, new faces appeared after excelling in the aptitude tests.

RANDOM FACTS

Not all the characters are new this year; some have been around for a while.

Kimiko and Jack Spicer are in the same technology and robotics club.

All the characters here are around the same age, which is why the young version of Salvador Cumo appears on the cover. (This will also be done with the other characters.)

Here, Jack Spicer is not an only child; he has a twin brother who would be his good version in the series.

Relationships between characters may vary because some will be meeting for the first time this year. But they all retain their original personalities. That's all I have for now, but I hope to upload more of this AU soon. BONUS: Here's a spoiler of what Kimiko's diary would be like. (The others probably have one too.)

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Random outfit, why not?

I feel Kimiko would be the one to convince Raimundo to try different styles like hers and he would accept without thinking twice. I don't know, make them an AU where they can be magazine models or something, I need it!!!

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And this random guy? ( ˶°ㅁ°) !!

is JIN YING.𖥔 ݁ ˖

He is of Chinese origin, he is not a Xiaolin monk but ends up meeting them because of Kimiko. The reason? He has a rivalry with her and has held a grudge against her ever since Kimiko stole first place from him in a technology competition when they were children. Ironically, it was such a brief moment that Kimiko didn't even remember it, unlike Ying, who, despite being very intelligent in science and other subjects, is still very immature and took it personally.

Their relationship is based on:

-You're going down, Kimiko!

-Who the hell are you?!

Kimiko didn't even remember him and thought he was a friend of a friend, nothing more. However, she ends up becoming his enemy when she sees that he is on the side of the bad guys (he's not really, he just wants to beat Kimiko at something to prove he's better, although he always fails). He doesn't really want to hurt anyone, he's just a troublemaker looking for attention.

Something else to take into account is that he started practicing martial arts just to copy Kimiko. But he focuses more on taekwondo, and although he is very good, he clearly does not reach the level of the monks, so his fights are mostly aided by his own inventions.

Yes, he's not usually taken seriously.

Although he sometimes ends up softening up around the monks, he denies it because he's very proud, even though it's very easy to notice.

OH, AND HE HAS A FAT, GRUMPY CAT AS A COMPANION ദ്ദി(ᵔᗜᵔ) and yes, he's got a big forehead( • ̀ω•́ )✧