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Tatsuma Hiyuu

memories

Watching from a safe distance as a girl's corpse was pulled out of the river by authorities, the latest in a string of murders as the news reporters in the area are saying.

Helping his class at Magami High prepare for their own rendition of Romeo and Juliet... As his friends bragged about certain modifications they've made to the plot.

Discussing the proper pronunciation of the word "paparazzi" with Kyouichi due to Anko snooping on them.

Running into an apartment complex just in time to see zombies dragging away a man. The girl whose corpse he had seen is among them.

Passing by Inugami as he stares down the school rabbits, eating one of the carrots intended for them.

Jumping out the window to skip classes and fight some delinquents. From here to the 6:00 mark.

Here to 2:25 and then here to 4:23. Fighting Kureha Mibu for a bit and being very confused about the similar style and upset about the destroyed memorial before booking it.

From here to 17:28, just when Kozunu appears to stop him. Warnings for dismemberment, some eye horror, and partial nudity.

From the start to 0:35.

From here to 5:44. Chi You has begun. The golden dragon Kohryu and its Shadow have reappeared in the world, and it turns out Tatsuma is the Yang vessel to Ryuji's Yin.

From here to 5:35. Tatsuma and Kyouichi try to confront Ryouichi as Raito attempts to talk him down. Through the power of music, they almost kill each other.

From 0:00-0:37. His martial arts master apparently sent him to Magami high to bide his time for some purpose after he mastered everything...

From 8:29-8:54 - Kyouichi shows him the way to a ramen shop when they see a girl running past with a violin. Something about the girl pings him...

Memory of his father, Genma's fighting style.

From 3:35 to 5:24. Tatsuma and his friends stand around Aoi as she is bedridden in a hospital. A woman attempts to heal her with spirit energy and comes to the conclusion that she is comatose due to someone else having imprisoned her mind in their own mindscape. The only way to save her is to put a stop to the actual culprit.

14:23 to 14:43, starting up again at 16:15 to 17:23, in which Aoi shows Tatsuma her burn scars and explains how badly she wants to save everyone to spare them their suffering, and the feeling of being helpless against fate.

12:31 to 13:50, in which Tatsuma is made to identify the bodies of his foster parents as the coroner describes the injuries received prior to death. He overhears details about the culprit and dashes out to confront him.

From 21:00-23:08 (video is only available in the US for those with accounts over 18). Tatsuma and his friend Kyouichi are underground in the subway system being attacked by zombies, which they are mostly capable of battling as they are small fry, although Tatsuma will recognize one zombie as the girl he remembered previously. He specifically goes out of his way to catch her mid-attack and lay her down peacefully in spite of crashing into some railing in the effort. There is also this thing, the creature controlling the zombies, which Kyouichi deals a powerful blow to before Tatsuma follows to finish off in its highly weakened state. He does not, however, kill the spider that was the root of it all, since after destroying the body it returns to being simply that - a spider.

From 20:00 to 22:25, in which Tatsuma, overcome with grief at the deaths of his foster parents, goes to a skeevy club in search of the mastermind, tosses the bouncer across the room, and fights some people - before his friends intervene and he fights them instead. After he chucks Aoi into a desk, he realizes he's messed up and instead books it into the night, leaving her and Kyouichi behind.

Technically starts at 8:56 but his memory is actually from 9:08-9:30. Tatsuma's eating ramen with his friend and overhears some dramatic classical music playing on the radio and comments that it's nice.

From 19:05 to 20:19, but basically Tatsuma's friends were fighting a guy with lightning powers, and he was especially effective at taking down Kyouichi and Yuuya. In comes Komaki Sakurai with an assist using her archery! ...Even though the lightning powers guy still ended up overpowering them.

From 6:00 to 7:53 in which a man Aoi calls Kisaragi explains that they were attacked by demons, and demons are the creatures behind the recent murders in the city. He also explains reluctantly that there is a power called the Dragon Stream, a current of chi that may have been disrupted, leading to the resurgence of demons. At the end, he asks that they stay out of trouble.

NSFW on accounts of monster tiddy. From 18:28 to 22:10 - in which Tatsuma awakens to find himself caught up in shadow webbing in an old classroom along with Aoi, Komaki, Yuuya, and Kyouichi. Kyouichi is initially the only one conscious, though everyone quickly rouses as the shadows merge to form a monster... ghost... lady... She attacks Tatsuma who suddenly awakens to even more power than he was already born with, and that in turn awakens the others to their own powers. They fight her with mixed success until Kisaragi shows up to exorcise her - after which Tatsuma asks him just what's going on.

From 2:01 to 2:26 - in which Tatsuma, while on the train with a girl, offers her some snacks pulled out from the hood of his hoodie.

From 15:15-16:51, in which Tatsuma and Kyouichi investigate the fatal results of a crow attack and get some info from Anko. When asked why they're looking into it, Tatsuma comes up with "Shopping for underwear!" on the fly. Kyouichi is unimpressed with his attempt - but then realizes that Aoi is investigating and leaves to antagonize her for her choice.

16:34-17:58 - in which Tatsuma goes alone to speak with a spirit haunting the old school building, specifically a room that's been papered shut with warding talismans. He chats with her a bit about his experiences being able to see spirits, and sees her off as she passes on.

14:45-15:17 (only viewable in US) - in which Tatsuma asks about a student Kugayama from Homei high, the zombie victim he's seen before. He finds out that she's originally from Hokkaido and one of the best violinists around, and that she had a boyfriend named Kamiyogi. When she asks why he wants to know, he explains that it's out of academic curiosity... and then that someone asked him to... and then puts his hood up and says he's got to leave before beating a hasty retreat.

Not during these specific timeslots, but cw: nudity, suicide at parts surrounding these bits. 17:30-17:45, and then resuming again at 19:00-19:15. Tatsuma encounters a white and red-haired man on the rooftops while pursuing the Hole Lady, and the man forces him away from the others into a one on one fight. Tatsuma calls out to tell the others to go on without him and their match resumes, with the man demanding to know who he is even as he slashes at Tatsuma with a handaxe. Tatsuma remains entirely on the defensive the whole time.

13:05-13:19, and then continued at 14:12-14:22. In which Tatsuma, wanting to support his friend Aoi, jumps the gate to her house and is surrounded by guard dogs... only for them to surround him for licks because he's just too pure and good to attack, apparently. He has to get a pebble to hit Aoi's window so she can rescue him from the onslaught of affection.

10:12-14:17 - in which Tatsuma opens himself up to attack by Aoi, a dear friend who has been bespelled into evil by the villain Kozunu. He allows her to stab him, using the opportunity to try to speak with her through the spell to tell her that not only did he know she must have suffered thinking she couldn't protect people, she most certainly did protect them time and time again, and now he wants nothing more than to protect her in return. Kyouichi, realizing that Hisui means to kill Aoi, deflects his attack to allow Tatsuma this moment. Ultimately, it works, and the spirit possessing her thanks to Kozunu's dark arts leaves her. EXPLAIN: He's leaving himself open to attack by a friend, trying to reach out to her to understand her pain and stop her from acting in ways that will cause others pain as well.

14:55-18:20, in which Tatsuma and Kureha, both in some strange dreamspace in the air, are informed by their master that the fighting technique Tatsuma was taught was that of assassination, just as his father, a murdering brute used. His father was sacrificed by his very own friends to seal away an enemy and deserved it, for how many lives he had taken. His master then goes on to say that the reason Tatsuma was sent to Magami high was to kill those with the Stars of Fate, who are a blight upon the world, as killing was all he was good for. But because he became friends with them, his master tried to take out Tatsuma along with the Stars of Fate...

15:20-16:54, in which Tatsuma, Kyoichi, Yuuya, and Komaki all storm an apartment only to find three unconscious people in a hallway littered with binding seals. Pink smoke wafts out of the room of their target, and they find themselves in a dream world consisting of a corkscrew desert path, at the end of which is a couch seating a boy and their unconscious friend Aoi. The boy explains they are now in his dream world, and if they die there, they will die in real life - just in time for giant battered stuffed animals to knock them off their perch to the other corkscrew areas below.

14:43-15:35 - in which Tatsuma is on a date with a girl named Sayo and, after giving her a few gifts of those strawberry penguin items, they try out a photobooth. It's Tatsuma's first time, and he has no idea how to use it, but as they wait for the pictures to print they discuss the sweet peas she left at the graves of her parents, which are the same flowers her uncle and aunt grow - the family she is going to be moving in with.

abilities

Connection to the Dragon Stream

Spirit sight; he can see the souls of the dead, should they be present.

Spirit communication; he can communicate with spirits, so long as they are capable of speech (spiritually or vocally). He cannot understand spirits that are too beastly or unable to communicate (such as one driven mad beyond comprehension.

Dragon Stream augmented; he is able to willfully tap into the Dragon Stream for power.

Death sense; he can sense those who are going to die in the next few weeks, but only if he is physically near them. He does not necessarily know what he senses about them, just that something ‘pings’ him about their presence.

Heightened senses; he can sense and identify the people around him, even with his eyes closed.

Heightened jumping; he can jump really, really high.

Super strength; comes in handy for punching things really really hard. (Dragon Stream augmented)

Super speed; comes in handy for getting to demons really really fast. (Dragon Stream augmented)

Super jump; because being able to leap to the rooftops of skyscrapers is very important. (Dragon Stream augmented)

Sturdiness; prevents his body from breaking doing any of the above. Also comes in handy for tanking people cutting him open from shoulder to waist and other such injuries.

Exorcism; if equipped with the correctly made gauntlets, he can exorcise demons (and presumably aggressive spirits in general) by punching them.

items

His trademark blue hoodie.

Gloves - fingerless blue gloves that reach partway up the forearm.

A beaten penguin toy.

A pair of strawberry penguin keychains.

His gauntlets

appearance

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