#Reisuke Hōjō

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This is my new favorite obscure official artwork from 2011.

This is just so amazing.

It's a special illustration that was done for volume 12 of the manga.

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This post provides such a deep and thoughtful analysis of how Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh serve as mirrors to Yuno and Yukki, highlighting their struggles and growth.

I love the analysis of Tsubaki’s parallels with Yuno, Reisuke’s mirror of Yukki, and how Ai and Marco’s relationship forces a change in Yuno and Yukki's dynamic.

The way their bond shifts, symbolized by the 'Genjoudaha' track, is such a powerful reminder that their growth comes through facing these distorted versions of themselves.

This deep dive really makes me appreciate the intricacies of the characters’ development.

How Diary Holders Fifth through Seventh Reflect on Yuno and Yukiteru

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the various Diary Holders in terms of how they reflect on Yuno, Yuki, and the Yunoteru ship. Many of the main duo’s opponents serve as something like Funhouse Mirrors for Yuno and Yuki, forcing them to face warped and/or exaggerated versions of their own traits and issues. I suppose that’s true of a lot of great antagonists in fiction, but I really think there’s something cool about how his story breaks those traits and issues up across multiple parties to create such a distinctive, memorable cast.

I think the most interesting and blatant cases of this come with Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh.

Tsubaki (Sixth) is pretty clearly a reflection on Yuno. Yuno may be cynical about the world and may think that her life lost all hope for a while there, but here she sees someone whose life has been even worse than hers. Someone who’s experienced worse versions of everything Yuno did. Yuno’s in a cage each night? Tsubaki is in her cage nearly 24/7. Yuno’s physically abused all the time? Tsubaki is physically and sexually abused all the time. Yuno has one thing left that gives her hope (Yuki)? Tsubaki has actually lost the last thing she had that gave her hope (the ball from her mother).

One of the fun things about this one is that when we (the readers/viewers) first experience the showdown with Sixth, none of this is clear. Yuno’s history and motivations are still shrouded in mystery, so it just seems like Tsubaki is a girl who had a shitty life and was warped to madness by it. I wonder if anyone who saw this story arc for the first time managed to predict that it was foreshadowing some of Yuno’s issues?

Reisuke (Fifth) serves much the same purpose for Yuki. Yuki struggles with seeing his parents’ relationship collapse into divorce, and then having them be absent from his daily life for a couple of reasons. Reisuke struggles with seeing his parents’ relationship collapse into domestic abuse, and then having them be absent from his daily life because they’re dead. Both Yuki and Reisuke put on a veneer of “not needing anybody” or “being independent/an observer,” sheltering themselves from making personal connections such as friends because they’re afraid of the emotional pain of losing them later. They both claim they like it this way, lying right in the face of the truth: That both are deeply lonely. Even the fact that Reisuke is a child reflects on Yuki’s relative innocence about just how dark the world can get, and it gives Yuki a nice wake-up call to learn about the kind of crap Fifth has already endured at a young age.

In the end, the only person who can defeat the warped reflection of Yuno is, of course, Yuki. The same is true for the warped reflection of Yuki: It has to be Yuno to who stops him. You can look at that a number of ways, but I think it’s saying that they need each other to save one another from themselves — they can each only overcome their issues with the other’s help.

Ai and Marco (Seventh) are probably the most on-the-nose of the “funhouse mirrors” in the whole thing: They show us a devoted, balanced relationship, and they naturally come in to bring us that right as Yuno and Yuki’s relationship is at its lowest point in the series. There’s no better time to make them face a devoted couple than when their own bond is most damaged. Not only does this arc push them back together, but Marco berating them for their comparative failings at the end of the arc winds up really shaking their dynamic up a lot. Over the next few chapters/episodes, we start to see both of our leads work to change the very things Marco called them out on.

The soundtrack of the anime series spells this out nice and clear: The track “Genjoudaha” is introduced in a couple of the combat scenes with Marco and Ai teaming up against our protagonists. After Seventh is out of the story, we hear “Genjoudaha” a few more times in the anime — now used when Yuno and Yuki are working together to attack Eleventh. Yuno and Yuki’s relationship literally takes on the musical theme introduced by Marco and Ai’s relationship, telling us clearly that Yuki and Yuno’s relationship has irrevocably changed to match the equality of Seventh’s. (“Genjoudaha” means “Changing the status quo,” by the way. Initially, you might take that to refer to the the idea of one of the 12 Diary Owners being two people, but ultimately it’s just one more way the shift in the Yunoteru relationship is driven home by this music.)

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Watch out with these kind of anime characters, they have similar features:

Cute appearance, cute pink cheeks, green clothes, hair color, sadistic thoughts...

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This post is a fascinating dive into the meanings behind the names of Mirai Nikki characters!

It's always interesting to see how their names reflect their personalities or thematic connections to gods and myths.

For instance, Yukiteru's name being related to 'glowing snow' feels spot-on with his often fragile, emotional nature.

And I love the insight into Yuno’s name, especially the 'always after you' part—it's so fitting for her intense obsession with Yukiteru.

I also didn’t realize that Ai’s name means 'beautiful love god', which fits her Venus-inspired persona so well.

Thanks for sharing these details—they add a deeper layer to the story and characters!

Future Diary – diary holders’ name meanings

While taking notes for a Future Diary fanfic, I got curious on the characters’ names. Most of the name meanings can be found at the Future Diary Wiki, but some kanji meanings on their names are not listed on the “Trivia” section of their corresponding articles. 

I also used Google Translate to get approximate definitions both from Chinese and Japanese languages. For the Western names, I have a dictionary on hand.

(L/N – surname; F/N – first name. Japanese surnames are written before the first name.)

Amano Yukiteru (天野 雪輝; First)  Based on Jupiter. *

L/N “heaven” (天) and “field” (野); means “belongs to the sky”. F/N “snow” (雪) and “bright”; (輝) means “glowing snow”.

Gasai Yuno  (我妻 由乃; Second)  Based on Juno. *

L/N “I” (我) and “wife” (妻), respectively; combined, means “my wife”. F/N “by” (由) and “is” (乃). It means “always after you”.

Uryū Minene (雨流 みねね; Ninth)  Based on Minerva.  *

F/N (みねね) possibly a diminutive of Minerva, or a derivative of Minna (من) meaning “the gift of God” in Arabic. L/N “rain” (雨) and “flow” (流). It means “falling raindrops”. 

Hiyama Takao (火山 高夫; Third) Based on Vulcan.

L/N “fire” (火) and “mountain” (山); “volcano” if combined. F/N “towering” (高) and “husband” (夫).

Keigo Kurusu (来須 圭悟); Fourth) Based on Mercury.

L/N (来須) means “coming soon”. F/N (圭悟) means “the precious announcement”.

Hōjō Reisuke (豊穣 礼佑; Fifth) Based on Ceres. 

L/N “rich harvest” (豊穣). F/N “thanks” (礼), “to help someone” (佑) Interestingly, the second kanji looks very similar to “祐” meaning “help of god”.

Kasugano Tsubaki (春日野 椿; Sixth) Likely inspired by the Roman goddess Proserpina **, or maybe after Apollo.

L/N “spring” (春), “day” (日), “field” (野) F/N (椿) means “camellia”, a flower sometimes associated with death.

Mikami Ai (美神 愛; Seventh)  Based on Venus

L/N “beautiful” (美) and “god” (神). F/N “love, affection” (愛)

Ikusaba Marco (戦場 マルコ; Seventh) Based on Mars.

L/N “battlefield” (戦場). F/N another form of Mark, meaning “hammer, a male, sprung from Mars.

Ueshita Kamado (上下 かまど; Eighth) Represents Vesta.

L/N “up” (上) and “down, under” (下), perhaps referring to a seesaw. F/N “furnace” (かまど)

Tsukishima Karyūdo (月島 狩人; Tenth) A nod to Diana.

L/N “moon” (月) and “island” (島) F/N “hunting” (狩) and “man” (人)

John Bacchus (or John Balks; Eleventh) Represents Bacchus. **

L/N Named after Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, better known as the Greek god Dionysus F/N John means “the gracious gift of God” from Hebrew.

Hirasaka Yomotsu (平坂 黄泉; Twelfth)  Refers to Pluto.

L/N “flat” (平) and “slope” (坂)  F/N (黄泉) in Japanese mythology his name is a reference to Yomo-tsu-Hirasaka, a slope that descends into Yomi, the underworld

Bonus: Akise Aru (秋瀬 或)

L/N “autumn” (秋) and “rapids, shallows, torrent [Jap], set [Chinese]” (瀬) F/N “or, either, maybe, perhaps” (或), likely an allusion to his apparent mysterious character.

* – Capitoline Triad god counterpart ** – Non-Dii Consentes

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Come up with playlists inspired by the 12 Future Diary holders.

Here’s my take on playlists for the 12 Future Diary holders, each capturing their essence and story arcs:

Yukiteru Amano (The Random Diary)

'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Green Day

'Stressed Out' by Twenty One Pilots

'Wake Me Up' by Avicii

'Faded' by Alan Walker

2. Yuno Gasai (The Yukiteru Diary)

'Saccharine' by Jazmin Bean

'Toxic' by Britney Spears

'This Little Girl' by Cady Groves

'RED love' by Faylan

3. Takao Hiyama (The Murder Diary)

'Psycho Killer' by Talking Heads

'Paint It Black' by The Rolling Stones

'This Is the New Shit' by Marilyn Manson

'THIRD/Antares Cr302' by Aki Hata

4. Keigo Kurusu (The Criminal Investigation Diary)

'Sound of Silence' by Simon & Garfunkel

'Somebody That I Used to Know' by Gotye

'The A Team' by Ed Sheeran

'In The End' by Linkin Park

5. Reisuke Hōjō (The Hyper Vision Diary)

'Kids' by MGMT

'Creep' by Radiohead

'Kids With Guns' by Gorillaz

'Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men

6. Tsubaki Kasugano (The Clairvoyance Diary)

'Frozen' by Madonna

'Lilium' by Grissini Project

'Bring Me to Life' by Evanescence

'Cries of Avici' by Aki Hata

7. Marco Ikusaba & Ai Mikami (The Exchange Diaries)

'Shut Up and Dance' by Walk the Moon

'Love Me Like You Do' by Ellie Goulding

'Young and Beautiful' by Lana Del Rey

'7th Heaven' by ChouCho

8. Kamado Ueshita (The Propagation Diary)

'Happy' by Pharrell Williams

'Imagine' by John Lennon

'Pocketful of Sunshine' by Natasha Bedingfield

'All Star' by Smash Mouth

9. Minene Uryuu (The Escape Diary)

'Survivor' by Destiny's Child

'Unstoppable' by Sia

'Heads Will Roll' by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

'Bomb (English ver.)' by AleXa

10. Karyuudo Tsukishima (The Breeder Diary)

'Who Let the Dogs Out' by Baha Men

'Take Me Home, Country Roads' by John Denver

'Eye of the Tiger' by Survivor

'Counting Stars' by OneRepublic

11. John Bacchus (The Watcher Diary)

'Everybody Wants to Rule the World' by Tears for Fears

'The Final Countdown' by Europe

'Seven Devils' by Florence + the Machine

'Herrscher' by Yōsei Teikoku

12. Yomotsu Hirasaka (The Justice Diary)

'Hall of Fame' by The Script

'Hero' by Skillet

'Ghostbusters' by Ray Parker Jr.

'Holding Out for a Hero' by Bonnie Tyler

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Yukiteru Amano: Ok, so asking Yuno about her parents wasn’t a good idea. She's been crying in the bathroom for an hour, and she won't come out...

Yuno Gasai: *sobbing uncontrollably on the bathroom floor*

Reisuke Hōjō: *clearly feels bad for Yuno*

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Future Diary – diary holders’ name meanings

While taking notes for a Future Diary fanfic, I got curious on the characters’ names. Most of the name meanings can be found at the Future Diary Wiki, but some kanji meanings on their names are not listed on the “Trivia” section of their corresponding articles. 

I also used Google Translate to get approximate definitions both from Chinese and Japanese languages. For the Western names, I have a dictionary on hand.

(L/N – surname; F/N – first name. Japanese surnames are written before the first name.)

Amano Yukiteru (天野 雪輝; First)  Based on Jupiter. *

L/N “heaven” (天) and “field” (野); means "belongs to the sky". F/N “snow” (雪) and “bright”; (輝) means "glowing snow".

Gasai Yuno  (我妻 由乃; Second)  Based on Juno. *

L/N "I" (我) and "wife" (妻), respectively; combined, means “my wife”. F/N “by” (由) and “is” (乃). It means "always after you".

Uryū Minene (雨流 みねね; Ninth)  Based on Minerva.  *

F/N (みねね) possibly a diminutive of Minerva, or a derivative of Minna (من) meaning “the gift of God” in Arabic. L/N “rain” (雨) and “flow” (流). It means "falling raindrops". 

Hiyama Takao (火山 高夫; Third) Based on Vulcan.

L/N “fire” (火) and “mountain” (山); “volcano” if combined. F/N “towering” (高) and “husband” (夫).

Keigo Kurusu (来須 圭悟); Fourth) Based on Mercury.

L/N (来須) means "coming soon". F/N (圭悟) means "the precious announcement".

Hōjō Reisuke (豊穣 礼佑; Fifth) Based on Ceres. 

L/N “rich harvest” (豊穣). F/N “thanks” (礼), “to help someone” (佑) Interestingly, the second kanji looks very similar to “祐” meaning “help of god”.

Kasugano Tsubaki (春日野 椿; Sixth) Likely inspired by the Roman goddess Proserpina **, or maybe after Apollo.

L/N “spring” (春), “day” (日), “field” (野) F/N (椿) means “camellia”, a flower sometimes associated with death.

Mikami Ai (美神 愛; Seventh)  Based on Venus

L/N “beautiful” (美) and “god” (神). F/N "love, affection" (愛)

Ikusaba Marco (戦場 マルコ; Seventh) Based on Mars.

L/N “battlefield” (戦場). F/N another form of Mark, meaning “hammer, a male, sprung from Mars.

Ueshita Kamado (上下 かまど; Eighth) Represents Vesta.

L/N “up” (上) and “down, under” (下), perhaps referring to a seesaw. F/N "furnace" (かまど)

Tsukishima Karyūdo (月島 狩人; Tenth) A nod to Diana.

L/N "moon" (月) and “island” (島) F/N "hunting" (狩) and “man” (人)

John Bacchus (or John Balks; Eleventh) Represents Bacchus. **

L/N Named after Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, better known as the Greek god Dionysus F/N John means “the gracious gift of God” from Hebrew.

Hirasaka Yomotsu (平坂 黄泉; Twelfth)  Refers to Pluto.

L/N “flat” (平) and “slope” (坂)  F/N (黄泉) in Japanese mythology his name is a reference to Yomo-tsu-Hirasaka, a slope that descends into Yomi, the underworld

Bonus: Akise Aru (秋瀬 或)

L/N "autumn" (秋) and "rapids, shallows, torrent [Jap], set [Chinese]" (瀬) F/N "or, either, maybe, perhaps" (或), likely an allusion to his apparent mysterious character.

* – Capitoline Triad god counterpart ** – Non-Dii Consentes

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Wow, your illustrations look so cute.

You're an amazing artist!

My school is in a school break and I got so bored so I decided to draw 12 future diary holders.

[non spoiler about true identity of 3rd + first appearance of 9th]

[spoiler about true identity of 3rd + another 9th design]

in the case that you guy wants a better (?) quality of each characters

1st - Yukiteru Amano

2nd - Yuno Gasai

3rd - Takao Hiyama

4th - Keigo Kurusu

5th - Reisuke Houjou

6th - Tsubaki Kasugano

7th - Marco Ikusaba & Ai Mikami

[+ Ai as a member of Omekata]

8th - Kamado Ueshita

9th - Minene Uryū

10th - Karyuudo Tsukishima

11th - John Bacchus

(He looks so goofy wth)

12th - Yomotsu Hirasaka

I don’t know if I will draw another important characters but I feel like I might not draw them :(

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