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Guide to making Creative, Original, Decent OriKeros:

Note: I'll be comparing my OriKeros to the typical 'Mary-Sue'. So please, don't copy this tutorial for your character.

First off, let's start with some vocabulary you will be seeing through-out this tutorial.

OriKero: A combination of the words Original Character and Keronian.
Original Character: A character of any sort that you came up.
Keronian: An alien from the anime "Keroro Gunsou/ SGT. Frog".
Mary-Sue: A character with no flaws that's good at everything and that everyone loves.
Gary-Stu: Male version of a Mary-Sue.
Original/Originality: Something YOU came up with, by yourself. (It's okay to have a little help, but don't have someone else make it for you.)

Now the actual guide. It will be based of someone else's guide, which I will link to in the description.
I'll only be re-enforcing the essential areas for having an oc, but the actual template has brief explanations that help you make an in depth, well elaborated OriKero.

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Name:  Your OriKero's name. Now please, try to stay away from names that just aren't original, like a Keronian based off of a Rat called Ratata (this was the best I could come up with, but you should get the gist.)
To give your Keronian a more unique name, maybe you could look up how to say 'rat' in another language, Japanese is an often used choice. Or just come up with something completely original.

Such as, My character Unmeimei's name originates from the foreign phrase "Unmei No Suna," which means 'Sand of Time', which holds some meaning to my character. So I took 'Unmei' and made it Unmeimei. You can do this however you wish, you can take any part of the word and use it, like I could have named him Sunana, it just depends on which you prefer.
You can also come up with something original, like my Orikero's name 'Komomo'. I was just combining letters, came up with that and though it was good~

Now, 'Ms. Mary Sue' name's her Keronian Sususu, which is just saying 'Sue' three times. Now, tell me, how original is that? Not very. Good names are the start to a good OriKero.

Age: Now, we don't know the exact life span of Keronians, but they have said it's much longer than the average human's. So, instead of saying how old they are year wise, I'd recommend using the scale on Kum0m0's guide, which is:

Infant - Child - Teen - Young Adult - Adult - Elder

But keep in mind, when picking your Keronian's skills, don't make them a super smart child or an exremely strong elder without having them dedicate the appropriate amount of time into that skill.
Now, it's just impossible for a child to be super strong, they haven't had enough time for their muscles to grow. They can be strong for their age, but only if you have them dedicate the amount of time necessary. Such as, they would have to work out at minimum of six times a week, for a few hours a day to become extremely strong. There is no way they can be strong by sitting around all day eating junk food and watching tv.
Like, my character Ne dedicated much of his childhood to learning how to quickly solve problems, and a large portion of his teenager years to learning how to fight with swords. Because of this, he didn't learn other skills, such as socializing, painting, any sort of animal taming. It's okay for your character to have a natural knack for something, like Ne's always been good at fist fighting, because that's how his body was built. But you can't be gifted at everything, like Ne's not very good at socializing, because he didn't need it.

'Ms. Mary-Sue, on the other hand, was born good at everything, and sat around doing nothing her whole life and is still great at everything. It's okay for your Keronian to sit around all day, but they won't be good at very much.

Gender: Male, Female, or Agender. Or others. Gender's weird.

Species: Keronian, you can make up variations of the Keronian species, such as Nekonians, or the numerous races many dA users have come up with. But please, don't make a Mary-sue race.

Emblem: Try to be original, or pick something that has to do with the character. We don't want big, strong Keronians walking around with flowers and hearts on them, unless there's a reason, like he's part flower, or something.

Platoons: A platoon is supposed to be made up of Keronians that equal out each other's flaws, so that they can effectively get stuff done. There's no point in having a group of Keronians with their own power, just so the leader can be a mixture of all of them. This is best explained with an example:
The Kanana Platoon has three members thus far.These members are Lieutenant Kanana, Lance Corporal Makuku, and Corporal Ne. Kanana is the negotiations expert, the icon head for the platoon. She isn't a very skilled fighter, but specializes in defensive magic. Ne and Makuku are the fighters, equaling out Kanana's weaknesses.
Makuku is the engineer and sniper. He spends much time in his workshop, upgrading the team's equiment, thus not communicating much with those outside of his platoon. He's skilled with the guns he makes and was trained specifically for using guns, thus not being very talented with melee. Kanana equals out his lacking social skills, and Ne equals out his poor close combat fighting.
Ne is the melee fighter and part-time mechanic. He is skilled with swords and fist fighting, easily fighting people up close. He spends much time training, ending up away from most people. He's  easily hurt by people who attack from afar though. Kanana equals out his social skills and Makuku takes care of long-range fighting.
Also, Ne and Makuku don't have the best defense, so Kanana uses her magic to defend them.
See how everybody depends on each other? Now, you can have multiple people who specialize in the same thing, they'll work together to help the others. (I'll be using these characters for the Mary-Sue Platoon, but that's just for the example.)
The 'Mary-Sue Platoon' on the other hand is quite the opposite. Ne and Makuku are fighters, each specializing in their own skills, while Kanana has all their skills plus more. She can shoot guns, fight with melee, make negotiations, use defensive magic, and more.
She completely gets rid of the need for Ne and Makuku at all. Now, there are some exceptions, such as, their are some veterans who are each skilled in their field, and they're teaching newer recruits by giving them experience a platoon.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Make sure your character's weaknesses equal out their strengths. Don't have mass amounts of abilities and little to none weaknesses. You can do the opposite, having many weaknesses and few strengths, but only if you plan on having your character improve on having more strengths. Having more downs than ups isn't bad, but it can be annoying if taken to far.

Hobbies: They have to have something they do other than work. Ne spends quite a bit of time working, but still has some hobbies, such as wood carving, cooking, sketching. I doesn't even matter if your Keronian's good at their hobby. Ne can't cook at all, but he still likes trying. But don't have your Keronian have a million hobbies. S/he can't collect stamps, butterflies, and leaves, cook, make crafts, go fishing, an play sports and expect to get any work done.

Relationships:  This is more of a tip than a guideline. It's much funner to have relations with other people's OCs than having your Keronian only associate with your OCs.
Like, my character Ne is dating someone else's character, so we have two separate personalities to have fun rping with.
My character Komomo has a fake family with a bunch of other people's OCs, which makes it much more fun to use my character.

I hope all this will help you make great OriKeros, and if you need, feel free to read through his tutorial again. Please tell me if there's something you think I should change, and I'll either comply or explain to you why it's staying the way it is. Feel free to ask any questions, I'll try to reply as soon as possible, and I'm glad I can help~^^ <3 <3 <3

Description
Guide to making Creative, Original, Decent OriKeros:

Note: I'll be comparing my OriKeros to the typical 'Mary-Sue'. So please, don't copy this tutorial for your character.

First off, let's start with some vocabulary you will be seeing through-out this tutorial.

OriKero: A combination of the words Original Character and Keronian.
Original Character: A character of any sort that you came up.
Keronian: An alien from the anime "Keroro Gunsou/ SGT. Frog".
Mary-Sue: A character with no flaws that's good at everything and that everyone loves.
Gary-Stu: Male version of a Mary-Sue.
Original/Originality: Something YOU came up with, by yourself. (It's okay to have a little help, but don't have someone else make it for you.)

Now the actual guide. It will be based of someone else's guide, which I will link to in the description.
I'll only be re-enforcing the essential areas for having an oc, but the actual template has brief explanations that help you make an in depth, well elaborated OriKero.

---

Name:  Your OriKero's name. Now please, try to stay away from names that just aren't original, like a Keronian based off of a Rat called Ratata (this was the best I could come up with, but you should get the gist.)
To give your Keronian a more unique name, maybe you could look up how to say 'rat' in another language, Japanese is an often used choice. Or just come up with something completely original.

Such as, My character Unmeimei's name originates from the foreign phrase "Unmei No Suna," which means 'Sand of Time', which holds some meaning to my character. So I took 'Unmei' and made it Unmeimei. You can do this however you wish, you can take any part of the word and use it, like I could have named him Sunana, it just depends on which you prefer.
You can also come up with something original, like my Orikero's name 'Komomo'. I was just combining letters, came up with that and though it was good~

Now, 'Ms. Mary Sue' name's her Keronian Sususu, which is just saying 'Sue' three times. Now, tell me, how original is that? Not very. Good names are the start to a good OriKero.

Age: Now, we don't know the exact life span of Keronians, but they have said it's much longer than the average human's. So, instead of saying how old they are year wise, I'd recommend using the scale on Kum0m0's guide, which is:

Infant - Child - Teen - Young Adult - Adult - Elder

But keep in mind, when picking your Keronian's skills, don't make them a super smart child or an exremely strong elder without having them dedicate the appropriate amount of time into that skill.
Now, it's just impossible for a child to be super strong, they haven't had enough time for their muscles to grow. They can be strong for their age, but only if you have them dedicate the amount of time necessary. Such as, they would have to work out at minimum of six times a week, for a few hours a day to become extremely strong. There is no way they can be strong by sitting around all day eating junk food and watching tv.
Like, my character Ne dedicated much of his childhood to learning how to quickly solve problems, and a large portion of his teenager years to learning how to fight with swords. Because of this, he didn't learn other skills, such as socializing, painting, any sort of animal taming. It's okay for your character to have a natural knack for something, like Ne's always been good at fist fighting, because that's how his body was built. But you can't be gifted at everything, like Ne's not very good at socializing, because he didn't need it.

'Ms. Mary-Sue, on the other hand, was born good at everything, and sat around doing nothing her whole life and is still great at everything. It's okay for your Keronian to sit around all day, but they won't be good at very much.

Gender: Male, Female, or Agender. Or others. Gender's weird.

Species: Keronian, you can make up variations of the Keronian species, such as Nekonians, or the numerous races many dA users have come up with. But please, don't make a Mary-sue race.

Emblem: Try to be original, or pick something that has to do with the character. We don't want big, strong Keronians walking around with flowers and hearts on them, unless there's a reason, like he's part flower, or something.

Platoons: A platoon is supposed to be made up of Keronians that equal out each other's flaws, so that they can effectively get stuff done. There's no point in having a group of Keronians with their own power, just so the leader can be a mixture of all of them. This is best explained with an example:
The Kanana Platoon has three members thus far.These members are Lieutenant Kanana, Lance Corporal Makuku, and Corporal Ne. Kanana is the negotiations expert, the icon head for the platoon. She isn't a very skilled fighter, but specializes in defensive magic. Ne and Makuku are the fighters, equaling out Kanana's weaknesses.
Makuku is the engineer and sniper. He spends much time in his workshop, upgrading the team's equiment, thus not communicating much with those outside of his platoon. He's skilled with the guns he makes and was trained specifically for using guns, thus not being very talented with melee. Kanana equals out his lacking social skills, and Ne equals out his poor close combat fighting.
Ne is the melee fighter and part-time mechanic. He is skilled with swords and fist fighting, easily fighting people up close. He spends much time training, ending up away from most people. He's  easily hurt by people who attack from afar though. Kanana equals out his social skills and Makuku takes care of long-range fighting.
Also, Ne and Makuku don't have the best defense, so Kanana uses her magic to defend them.
See how everybody depends on each other? Now, you can have multiple people who specialize in the same thing, they'll work together to help the others. (I'll be using these characters for the Mary-Sue Platoon, but that's just for the example.)
The 'Mary-Sue Platoon' on the other hand is quite the opposite. Ne and Makuku are fighters, each specializing in their own skills, while Kanana has all their skills plus more. She can shoot guns, fight with melee, make negotiations, use defensive magic, and more.
She completely gets rid of the need for Ne and Makuku at all. Now, there are some exceptions, such as, their are some veterans who are each skilled in their field, and they're teaching newer recruits by giving them experience a platoon.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Make sure your character's weaknesses equal out their strengths. Don't have mass amounts of abilities and little to none weaknesses. You can do the opposite, having many weaknesses and few strengths, but only if you plan on having your character improve on having more strengths. Having more downs than ups isn't bad, but it can be annoying if taken to far.

Hobbies: They have to have something they do other than work. Ne spends quite a bit of time working, but still has some hobbies, such as wood carving, cooking, sketching. I doesn't even matter if your Keronian's good at their hobby. Ne can't cook at all, but he still likes trying. But don't have your Keronian have a million hobbies. S/he can't collect stamps, butterflies, and leaves, cook, make crafts, go fishing, an play sports and expect to get any work done.

Relationships:  This is more of a tip than a guideline. It's much funner to have relations with other people's OCs than having your Keronian only associate with your OCs.
Like, my character Ne is dating someone else's character, so we have two separate personalities to have fun rping with.
My character Komomo has a fake family with a bunch of other people's OCs, which makes it much more fun to use my character.

I hope all this will help you make great OriKeros, and if you need, feel free to read through his tutorial again. Please tell me if there's something you think I should change, and I'll either comply or explain to you why it's staying the way it is. Feel free to ask any questions, I'll try to reply as soon as possible, and I'm glad I can help~^^ <3 <3 <3