Iji Kataiser
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Iji Kataiser is the protagonist of the eponymous indie platformer game Iji.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Originally just a regular young woman who visits a science facility with her little sister Mia, Iji loses consciousness after seeing a blinding flash of light on the sky. She reawakens several months later, finding her body cybernetically enhanced. Her brother Dan contacts her via radio and explains that an Alien race known as the Tasen is assaulting Earth.
After fighting (or avoiding) the hostile forces, Iji learns that the Tasen themselves are fleeing from another Alien race called Komato, who are planning to obliterate the surface of the planet through a so-called "alpha strike" in order to exterminate the Tasen. Depending on her choices throughout the game, Iji can either kill the Komato commander or convince him of sparing Earth, each with its respective consequences.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Lost, but believing this realm could be where her brother Dan is, Iji decided to go along with the Mania, arriving in time for 8chanmania XLV. Though she managed to defeat Waylon and EDF Ranger in the first two rounds, Iji found herself no closer to finding Dan.
Ironically matched up with Dan Murphy in the Quarterfinals, Iji put on an impressive showing, defeating everyone's favorite shitposting liquor merchant via a brutal piledriver crit. Still, despite finding a Dan, Iji was desperate to find her Dan, and moved onto the Semifinals, not knowing any other way to gain new information about her missing brother.
Standing opposite Johnny Slater, Iji put on one of the bravest performances the Mania audience had ever seen, resisting consistent offense from Slater. Defying numerous suplexes and powerbombs, Iji inched closer to victory, and possibly closer to finding Dan, until it all became too much, with Slater finally earning the 1, 2, 3, he needed. Heartbroken at the thought of not being able to find her brother, Iji offers a picture of Dan to Johnny, begging Slater to find him for her. With Johnny's loss in the Finals to Plum however, it is currently unclear whether Slater was able to gather and information on Dan's whereabouts, and whether he was able to relay anything to Iji.
Iji's repeated attempts to rescue her brother Dan during 8chanmania LX were met with brief success as she defeated Divayth Fyr, but her subsequent loss against Scuttlebug resulted in traumatic emotional injuries after the villainous gamebreaker used its meta-knowledge to point out that Dan already is dead.
