[shu]

 

🌸 IKIGAI HARU MATSURI 🌸
Spring Festival of Life

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being". The word refers to having a direction or purpose in life, that which makes one's life worthwhile, and towards which an individual takes spontaneous and willing actions giving them satisfaction and a sense of meaning to life.

So, with that in mind, this spring festival is a celebration of everything that makes life worth living. It’s a time where people get to show the world their passions and give praise to the things they adore.

Like many spring festivals, the Ikigai Haru Matsuri includes a wide variety of events available for all to participate in. There will be copious amounts of food stands, game booths, floats and parades, exhibitions, karaoke, musical performances, fireworks, and even some sporting events for people to watch.

Overall, this Tokyo-based event is a way to showcase the many talents of the city's denizens and remind people of what they truly love about life.

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Pop-Up Event Structure:
I'm going to call this a "pop-up" event. Just a simple down to earth event that anyone can participate in or choose to ignore. There's no real benefit in this other than to have your characters interact in different and new ways. In any case, let's get to the nitty gritty of it all.

This is an all day, one-day, IC event that will have events throughout the various wards within Tokyo. So you're not limited to only being in one area. It's a yearly event so people in the area should be familiar with the festival.

There are a couple different ways to participate in this pop-up event. The first would be to host an activity for other people. This could range from making a musical performance that people can attend and react too or having a food competition. Alternatively, you can just make a thread saying that you're attending the festival and go off on your own little adventure.

Take this as an opportunity to flaunt your character's talents by performing at the talent show. Participate in the parades and musical events. Go on dates. Eat all the festive cuisines. Dress up in kimono and yukata and dance. Now is the time to show off your creativity for all to see. 

The only requirements I have for this are:

• Include [ikigai] in the title of the thread.

• If you are hosting an event, please post a description of it below with a link to the thread so that people can join up for it.

The scale of the event will be based purely off of member participation.


Pop-Up Event Rewards:
We're sponsored. Staff has got your backs on this (be sure to thank them properly). 1000 EXP will be awarded for participating in a thread for this event (make sure it's tagged).

This reward can only be applied to a character once, and the thread cannot be a mission. 

AUTHOR'S NOTES: 
This is a scaled down version of the same event from the old site. As with the original event, this is just supposed to be a fun way for characters to chill and interact with one another.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to hit me up on DIscord (@livenspirals).

   

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[shu]

 

CULINARY ROYALE
A Food Competition for the Ages 

One of the many highlights of the Ikigai Haru Matsuri is the food. Restaurants and shops from all over Tokyo offer special meals on this day, taking the opportunity to show off their cuisine. Not to mention all the delicious street foods to be had. However, for those that really wish to flaunt their skills, there's the Culinary Royale.

A new event hosted by the Barkeep of Noyote, this competition pits those from all across Tokyo and beyond with a passion for cooking against each other to see who can create a culinary masterpiece—something that truly embodies the meaning of "ikigai."

The winners of this competition have been promised to have their winning dishes added to a special menu for several of Tokyo's food establishments.

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Culinary Royale Rules:
Contestants (up to two people can participate as a team, NPC or otherwise) in this competition are given six hours to prepare three courses that will be presented to the event judges. The competition will start some time in the morning and end in the afternoon. Participants will have access to a fully stocked kitchen with a vast spectrum of foods to utilize.

The three courses are:

• Appetizer: Must be served within the first 20 minutes.

• Entrée: Must be served within the first 3 hours.

• Dessert: Must be served by the final countdown.

While preparing a high-end course is tough enough, this is not the only challenge presented to the contestants. The special rule for this event is that all contestants must utilize their quirk in some fashion when creating all three dishes. If the contestant doesn't have a quirk then they must utilize some sort of gimmick instead.

When presenting a dish, the contestant must describe it and explain how it correlates to their personal sense of ikigai.

To participate in this event, simply have the tags [ikigai][cr] in the title and let me know when you've finished. Personally, I would suggest making each course its own post. Though that decision is up to you.


Culinary Royale Judging:
As with any proper competition, there will be a select number of judges who will taste the food prepared and offer their insight. They will operate off of the following criteria and score the overall meal accordingly.

• Taste (10): Fairly self-explanatory. Naturally, in a cooking competition the food should taste good. 

• Theme (10): How well does this meal embody the them of ikigai? Does it give a good understanding of the contestant's "reason for living?"

• Creativity (5): Fairly self-explanatory. What sort of cooking techniques did they use? How did they utilize their quirk or gimmick? How original were their dishes?

• Presentation (5): Fairly self-explanatory. You're in a competition, and presentation does a lot to affect how food tastes. So be sure to make it look good.

 
Once you have finished making your meals the judges will post in your thread with their scores. At the end of the event, the scores will be tallied and a winner will be announced.

AUTHOR'S NOTES: 
I love cooking competition shows. So this is 1000% just an excuse to get people to RP cooking. Lol. I want to see you all going full Iron Chef/Food Wars in this competition. The more creative you are with your process the better you will perform. 

   

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[Suki Ohtani]

ffjmyheroacademiarp.proboards.com/thread/808/holostar-live-event-ikigai-matsuri 

Concert thread. There will be also a post from Futaba from her performance.

[Farrin]

THE MURDAH BALL BLITZ

Coinciding with the Ikigai Haru Matsuri will be the annual Murdah Ball Blitz! A game celebrated as one of the up-and-coming sports in this new quirked-up world! The Murdah Ball Blitz is a series of competitive games to be played between two teams where the only objective is to score a ball into the enemy team's goal using one's quirk. Quirks cannot be used to directly harm the opposition, but otherwise, it's anything goes! Matches will be played throughout the day with a final set of matches taking place in the Tokyo Dome at the conclusion of the day's festivities (the final set will conclude with several winners so as to not force PvP even if we do end up with several teams.)

A little more on the rules for the sake of narrative! Each team may have up to five members, and each match lasts for forty-five IC minutes. The first team to score five goals wins! If time runs out, the win goes to whichever team has the most goals! A person may carry, throw, kick, or move the ball however they wish but quirks must be utilized somehow in the scoring of a goal. The field is similar to that of a basic football / soccer field. Aside from a basic tackle, combat between teams is not allowed. That said, participants may interfere with the opposing team using their quirks (like using a smokescreen or building a wall around the opposition).

OOCly, this will primarily PvE event where our player teams will work together against NPCs. If anyone does wish to try their hand at a PvP match, I'll help facilitate it if requested, but it's not what we're looking to push. Otherwise, myself and a few others would also be willing to NPC the opposing teams for any who are interested! Most importantly, we just want people to have fun!

Signs up: Here

[Samyah]

GRAND DESIGN

HOSTED BY SOVEREIGN TECHNOLOGIES

Grand Design is a biannual tech demo hosted by Sovereign Technologies. While it is an event unto itself, its spring showcase is considered part of the Ikigai Haru Matsuri. Manufacturing characters are a huge focus of this event to show off their inventions and related skills either in display booths or as part of the competition to earn in character rewards and clout. However, there are plenty of opportunities for all sorts of stories to play out around Grand Design. Signups and more info can be found in the link below.

OOC Notes: Signups and more info here.