#akafuku

[miyuranran]

His name is Akataro.

[hanamaruko3]

“Akafuku" is a famous Japanese confectionery. It is made of soft rice cake and red bean paste. I often bought it as a souvenir on my travels. The main store is located in the precincts of Ise Jingu Shrine. I would like to eat freshly made one someday. @akafuku.official #apple #ipad #applememoapp #applepencil #todayatapple #watercolor #赤福 #akafuku (赤福・本店) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn16HH8SW2T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thebruno65]

EVERY SINGLE character in Danganronpa that has a same/similar name with another character from the same franchise (PART: 2)

[shockersalvage]

Salvage Showcase: Jutaro Akafuku

To end the year, for the minor novel side of things, we got the 'lightest' main antagonist in the Danganronpa series, yet one who acts as quite the foil for Makoto Naegi nonetheless: Jutaro Akafuku the villain of Makoto The Secret File: Makoto Naegi's Worst Day Ever!!

Credit to @drmedicsgamesurgery for the pic above and giving permission to use it! Jutaro lacks an official design, so in this instance he's being represented by the salaryman looking fella getting grappled by Tengan.

Fun fact: The salaryman design is actually Tokuichi Towa's beta look before UDG's story went through some major changes and de-badassifed Tokuichi into who he was now.

Summary

Jutaro's role in the story is straightforward. Jutato is a thief that's been blessed with good luck. However, Jutaro himself despises said luck and wants to prove he can do without such fortune. As such, he grew up to become a seasoned thief that makes intricate plans for his endeavors. However, in spite of this, he often gets into situations where good luck bails him out anyway.

One day, after stealing a load of gems from a jewelry store, Jutaro (posing as a businessman) wanted to make a getaway on a bus. However, Makoto Naegi (who wanted to return a phone to an old man he met), enters said bus and accidentally blows Jutaro's covers via ripping open the bag he used for his heist and spilling out his gems.

Thus, this leads to Jutaro holding the bus at knife point, and pressuring the driver to put the jewels back into another bag. It's then that the Old Man attacks Jutaro and tries to restrain him, but Makoto's luck makes it so that the bus winds up driving forward and winds up freeing Jutaro. Taking the bag with the jewels, Jutaro escapes the bus and steals a mail bike.

Unfortunately, for Jutaro, due to a stray juice can Makoto dropped earlier in the story, the bike topples over and explodes - knocking out the thief and getting the thief arrested in the process.

Jutaro is a calm, intelligent and crafty thief that, even when his plans go awry, he is usually able to work within such issues. Being a criminal, he also has no qualms in threatening people into doing what he says or just to save face, albeit much of his threats are (internally) just bluffs meant to install fear into people. He despises luck, including his own fortune, and believes the most laid out of plans triumph over chance - but is willing to admit that it does play a factor into his career, even if he hates it. His defeat by Makoto's misfortune was said to give Jutaro a new sense of fear towards the concept of luck.

Rundown

In the Secret File's theme of Luck and Agency, Jutaro is another twist on good luck being quite detrimental in the Danganronpa verse. Jutaro is essentially a less extreme, yet still notable, case in DR where a character's blessing or talent winds up being a hindrance to their development overall.

In this case, Jutaro's is a look into what happens when a person can never really 'lose' in life. No matter what Jutaro did, up until he met someone to counteract his own luck, everything works out for him. Essentially, meaning nothing he did would ever have any meaningful consequences as he always wins, even when he shouldn't. For a person who thrives on a challenge - the idea that no matter what you do, you'll be bailed out and never 'fail' is a curse. A curse that can lead to people resort to immoral and/or dangerous means just to feel something. In this case, Jutaro chose to be a thief and risk his life on complicated plans just to see if his own agency dwarfed, essentially, an inevitable result. Such a concept is not new to the series, and his character even reflects on the main antagonists and Masterminds of DR1 and 2, Junko and Izuru - both of whom suffered from a similar situation like Jutaro. Not in terms of luck, mind you, but similar in terms of their 'blessings' (intellect & talent compared to fortune) preventing them from enjoying life - and just as similar in that they went down dark paths to achieve stimulation. It's just Jutaro's limit is, thankfully, thievery instead of becoming a mass murderer XD

Of course, we can't go into analysis without discussing his role as a lucky foil to both Makoto and even Nagito (who does have a mention in this book). Jutaro serves as another anti-Makoto. Logical, yet is at the whims of good luck, while Makoto is more emotional and at the whims of bad luck. Jutaro is presented as coolheaded and competent in face of seemingly misfortune, while Makoto is left frustrated and even bumbling. They even compare in normalcy to each other, with Jutaro just being a typical thief against Makoto's typical student archetype. On the surface, it seems clear that Jutaro would have the better end of the deal - and usually he does. But, this is where the book's message comes in. Jutaro, while he acknowledges luck coming into play for him, actively disdains and fights against it by planning extensively and even when it does work out for him, it's begrudging acceptance at best. In contrast to Makoto who, while he is exasperated by his lot in life, thanks to the Old Man's advice, he is willing to just roll with it and accept it's just a 'thing' that happens -even trying to live with it in a way. Think of it like 'being grateful for what you have' sort of deal. Because Jutaro despised and took his luck for granted, it failed him when he needed it the most and in the most humiliating fashion, whilst with Makoto, his luck eventually did throw him a bone for his troubles by not only stopping Jutaro, but even getting accepted into HPA through such unlucky events.

Concerning Nagito, Jutaro can be considered the 'moderate' to his 'extreme' luck. Nagito's luck has him ping-ponging between extreme good and extreme bad all the time, in contrast to Jutaro's which is usually on 'moderately' good. Likewise, both are lucksters that, while frustrated with their talent, do accept and take advantage of it for their own endeavors - usually immoral. However, how they differ is also very clear: Nagito acts out with intent to gain a good, Hopeful, result at the expense of himself and the 'talentless'. Jutaro is purely self-serving and doing this out of means of proving his skill beyond fortune.

Personal Thoughts

Jutaro is a good antagonist for the short story, and I loved how he was a good foil luck-wise for Makoto!! He's not as radical as Nagito was, but he didn't need to be as he served his role as an anti-luckster well in his own right. I love the concept of someone with good luck just abusing it or, in his case, having good fortune in his corner to commit crimes. It's a great spin on things, and made for an enjoyable read. Kind of makes me wonder what it would be like if he had a cameo in DR3 or there another short story detailing his life during the Tragedy. Would be super fun!~

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Anyways, this ends the last Showcase of 2024! I hope for all who reads these that they have been a fun read through! I'd be glad to continue this in 2025!!

[greeen-monster]

Akafuku Mochi

Ise City, Mie Prefecture🇯🇵

[spookyscaryships]

A Yandere!Jutarō Akafuku (Ace Attorney: Ultimate Justice) moodboard with themes of thievery and obsession

Requested by: no one

- Mod Stare

[valence-e]

My GAME THEORY for IS5 is that it's going to be based on Higashi, going through war grounds between South and North, probably have some sort of psychedelic mind shit going on as well since IS love that for some reason.

[lovesick-syrup-selfships]

One of my friends recently showned me this Ace Attorney/Danganronpa Crossover thing called Ultimate Justice and just,,,,,

Oh sweet jesus the things I want this man to do to me I just,,,,,,, hoohohohohoh Why do all the hot people have to be so terrible.

[genoskissors]

Daily Danganronpa Fun Fact #157

In a short booklet explaining how Makoto ended up being selected into Hope’s Peak Academy, there is another character who is shown to also have a similar luck cycle to Nagito and Makoto, Jutaro Akafuku.

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Toshiya's insta story.

Kaoru gave everyone Akafuku mochi (Famous Ise sweet) as a present in Mie.

[miyuranran]

[abadsmile]

Luck in Danganronpa and Makoto’s luck

Luck is an interesting force. It has multiples definitions and exist inside the world of Danganronpa. Before entering in details about luck in Danganronpa, especially the luck of Makoto, I have to define its definitions.

Luck can be seen in multiples ways :

- Luck can be seen as the phenomenon and belief that defines the experience of improbable events, especially improbably positive or negative ones.

- It can be defined as events or circumstances that operate for or against an individual.

- Or simply the force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts or abilities.

- It can even be viewed not only as a phenomenon but also as an inexplicable supernatural force which some individuals can benefit from birth

It’s the last definition that is consistent with how luck is presented in Danganronpa. Luck as defined previously, is a supernatural force that exist inside the Danganronpa universe. As Celeste said « that luck is built into every human at the moment of conception. Like a computer program». She explicitly said to Makoto in her first free time, that she considered luck as « a power which can overwhelm any strategies ». As we know there is 5 characters who have supernatural luck :

- Makoto Naegi

- Nagito Komaeda

- Celestia Ludenberg (Taeko Yasuhiro)

- Jutaro akafuku

- Izuru Kamakura

What is interesting is how these characters act faced to their luck and how it impacts their lives and their emotional well-being. There is a concept that tackles this a bit deeper which is « moral luck ». Also known as ethical luck, it’s a philosophical concept that refers to the possibility of happy or unhappy events occurring in a person's life regardless of their actions or choices. In other words, moral luck is related to the question of how fair or unfair life is. What is important for my analysis, is not the concept itself but his implications and consequences on people. I know that luck in Danganronpa isn’t based on moral luck but luck in Danganronpa impacts the behavior of people who have luck which is tied to moral luck which itself is linked to the question of just and unjust.

Most of these users have supernatural luck who act differently depending on the characters but one character here have luck not in their everyday life but in games. That person is Celeste. She has supernatural luck when it comes to gambling and considers that luck is her main « power » that allows her to win. Despite all of that, she has the most normal luck among the others lucky characters which is a reflect of how « ordinary » she is, as even her luck can be considered as more normal than the others.

I won’t talk about Izuru Kamakura as luck didn’t impact him at all. What impacted him was the fact that he knew everything and had every talents which bored him and enabled him to cause havoc in order to not be bored.

Now that we have settled this, I can talk about the others right ?

For Makoto, Nagito and Jutaro, luck is an important factors to themselves.

Nagito Komaeda

With Nagito, we’ve seen how luck has played a major impact in his life. His luck functions like a pendulum that swings to extreme bad luck and extreme good luck. So much that he even came to despite it, as that luck was the reason of why all his unfortunate events came to be. The example that illustrates it, is the loss of his parents. Indeed he lost his parents when their plane was being hijacked. Both the hijacker and his parents died because of a small meteor which crashed into the airplane, leaving him to be the only survivor with him inheriting the fortune of his parents. That’s also while seeming to be obsessed with talent, in reality, he isn’t, in the contrary, he despises talent as talent is often considered to be based on luck which is again, something that he dislikes as it caused him great misfortunes.

We saw his ideal world in 2.5 Danganronpa, where talent doesn’t exist, where everybody is equal. He basically due to his luck, has lost meaning in his life so in order to cope, he developed a strong unhealthy faith in hope in order to find meaning. As he said in the chapter 5 of Danganronpa, he wanted to be « the protagonist ». What he truly wants is meaning into his life and to have hope in order to still push forward into life. Though he hates it, he uses his luck for his purpose and goals. Even though, it seems to be uncontrollable, his luck functions as a cycle, as a pattern which is predictable and usable for Nagito as seen multiples times in Danganronpa Goodbye Despair.

Finally, his luck caused him to not let people near him as he is self-aware of his luck and knows the consequences of it. Even if he doesn’t want to be alone, his luck forces him to be alone. That’s why he put distances with most of the cast but especially Hajime with which he harbors romantic feelings. He doesn’t want him to die because of his luck.

Jataro Akafuku

With Jataro, luck is an important factor of his life. He is the main antagonist of the short novel « Makoto’s secret file » . However, Jutaro himself despises said luck and wants to prove he can do without such fortune. As such, he grew up to become a seasoned thief that makes intricate plans for his endeavors. However, in spite of this, he often gets into situations where good luck bails him out anyway. He wants to prove that it’s him that does the trick not his luck. He wants his own efforts to be rewarded. In a a way, he echoes the others mastermind of the series like Junko and Izuru. Their talent is the cause of their bad behavior and evilness. While Junko’s and Izuru’s talents burdened them to a greater extent, Jutaro’s luck burdens him in his every day life. He is someone that tries to defy fate, tries to defy his luck despite using it.

Makoto Naegi

Now, Makoto. The luck of Makoto is based on unfortunate events that ends up being lucky for him. While he is aware of his bad luck, he seems to not be that self-aware of his good luck. As said by Junko in Danganronpa 3, while Nagito’s luck can be predicted, Makoto’s luck is unpredictable and not logical and thus impossible to predict even for Junko who is the ultimate analyst. In Makoto’s secret file, we discover how Makoto was accepted into Hope’s speak academy. We see how his bad luck affects him in his daily life. For instance, when he started to do a detour, he met one of his classmates and played at rock paper scissors with him and others people that he didn’t know, he lost so he had to go buy stuff at the

groceries. But all the stuff that he bought is too heavy so it begins to fall from because of the plastic grocery bags broke. Then after recollecting all the drinks and foods, he remarks that one drink is not there and ended up searching for it until he met with an old man drinking one of the drink he bought at the grocery store.

As we can see he suffers from a severe bad luck, not extreme like Nagito, but it keeps adding up. Bad luck is something that Makoto undergoes even before Hope’s speak so we can guess that having bad luck is not weird for him even though those instances of bad luck that he surely had, were small in comparison of what happened in this short novel. So he must have complained in the past like he did. So it’s there that moral luck plays his role. Based on what we have seen, Makoto’s bad luck is unfair as it doesn’t depend on him but on external factors. Some people will complain that life is unfair and will tend to feel discouraged, helpless and hopeless, which is the case of Makoto in that situation.

Makoto secret file :

This is just not my lucky day. For the past, like, half-hour, bad things have constantly been happening. Why me? Why now? Is it karma or something?” ~ (Makoto)

His complaint is … totally fair. It’s what a normal person would have done if these events would have happened to them and Makoto is a normal and ordinary person so it’s a normal reaction, right ? Despite his optimism, he can get frustrated at times and feels that the world goes against him.

However here what the old man says to Makoto :

« In short, no one has any control over their fortune. As hard as we might try, as skilled as we might be, we can’t fight fate. Nothing good can come of either leaning too hard on luck or resisting it. Whether our luck is good or bad, all we can do is accept it for what it is. That’s the conclusion I’ve drawn after all these years », the old man said, nodding in approval of his own words. ~ (Old man)

These words are important, very important to Makoto’s character as it resumes the way, he deals with different situations, how he reacts to these various situations. The old man says basically to not relying too much on luck or trying to resist it as it’s a force that cannot be controlled. Relying too much on it and it can come back to punch you behind your back like Nagito does in GD or try resisting it and you will always be pessimistic and wait for the worse so it will affect your mental health just like Jutaro that tried so much to resist it that he decided to become a thief so as to make intricate plans so as to not depend on luck.

So accepting luck as it is, is the better solution and that’s what Makoto agrees to the words of the old man after the old man left.

However, something the man had said had struck a chord with Makoto: “Accept it for what it is,” he had proclaimed, almost preachingly.He had a point. There was no benefit in letting yourself get dragged around by an incomprehensible force of nature like luck, and getting angry or crying about it wouldn’t change anything. In which case, just giving up and accepting it as part of life was probably the best option. Leave the unpleasant memories for the past. Dragging them around like a ball-and-chain was just dumb. That notion made Makoto feel just a little bit better about himself. “Yep,” he said, “that’s what I’ll do.” ~ (Makoto)

In here, subconsciously, Makoto decides to not despise his luck and try to live with it. Which is funny as he is the only one out of the three people who were impacted by their luck to not hate his luck. But he is also the only one who isn’t self-aware of the final result of his luck which is good fortune, so he doesn’t lean on it like Nagito and Jutaro. His acceptance to luck whether it is bad of good also can explain for a major part of his passiveness when it comes with interacting with people. I won’t explain further as I think I may over analyze it.

It’s also what Makoto did in Danganronpa THH. Here some example of that :

Danganronpa THH :

They all stared at one another, trying to gauge each other's thoughts. I could almost taste the hostility. And that's when it hit me. I realized the true terror hidden within the rules Monokuma had laid out. "You must kill someone if you want to leave." Those words had planted vicious thoughts deep within each of us. Each of us became suspicious of everyone else. We were forced to wonder, "Is somebody going to betray us?"

And that was how my new school life began... This school, which had come out of nowhere to raise my hopes so high... It's *not* a school of hope.

It's...a school of despair. ~ (Makoto)

Here’s another example :

Puhuhu... See? It opened right up! Isn't that crazy, though? Your door's the only one that doesn't fit quite right!

You're supposed to be the Ultimate Lucky Student, right? But look like you're not lucky at all!

Anyways, I suddenly don't feel like being here anymore. Bye! *leaves* (Monokuma)

H-Hey! Wait!

... Dammit... (Makoto)

He doesn’t complain at all. Being unlucky isn’t something that is said in all of these instances quoted.

Even if he did said « dammit », it’s not like before and complain like he did in the novel. In the contrary, like the old man advised him, he has accepted to be within the whims of luck, accepted for what it is. While luck isn’t named or talked much in this first visual novel, this short novel gave us an insight on how Makoto sees himself his luck and why he doesn’t talk much of his instances of bad luck inside the game. Even in Danganronpa 3, when we see class 78 locking up inside the ancient building, he still doesn’t complain when falling to the ground and instead thanks his classmates to help him. If the novel was made before THH, I wouldn’t have considered it but it was made after, as an addition to Makoto’s character. It was thought after that game, so I decided to use it after all.

Him accepting as it is also an explanation of why he is accepting to be ordinary despite his inferiority complex to the ultimate. As we have linked luck with talent when talking about Nagito, I can do the same with Makoto. While geniuses have to still work hard to be what they are, they still benefited a huge amount of talent so as to become an ultimate. It can be linked as being lucky as that talent comes from external factors not in control with the talented person.

Talent in Danganronpa is important as it draws the lines between people who are considered to be extraordinary and the others who are normal and considered useless. That’s why those who don’t have talent may view themselves as inferior to talented people and that’s the case of Makoto. During the last FTE with Chihiro, he clearly said that he has an inferiority complex

Chihiro last FTE :

Well, I guess so... For me, it's how forgettably ordinary I am.I've been made painfully aware of this part of me ever since I came here.The rest of you all have your ultimate abilities, but I don't have any kind of talent at all ~ (Makoto)

It’s something, a part of him that I say, he do not hate but also something that he can’t stand. This inferiority complex was much more shown in the first chapter of Danganronpa THH and it’s prologue. However, he has accepted it. Just as much he accepted it to not try resisting luck, he has accepted his normalcy like he said just after he expressed his inferiority complex :

I'm not sure I can... That's why I decided to just accept it. It's how I feel, and there's nothing I can do about it ~ (Makoto)

Indeed, just like luck, there is nothing that he could do about it and accept it. But there also a thing that I must explain : why his inferiority complex isn’t talked about after the first chapter ? While his inferiority complex is a part of his character, it’s not the main component of it. In addition, Makoto gives us an answer to in Chihiro last FTE, again :

And if I find myself thinking about it too much, I just find something else to do with my time.If I throw myself into something hard enough, I can forget about it for a little while ~ (Makoto)

It’s the explanation of why his lack of confidence, his inferiority complex isn’t talked much. After the first chapter of THH, what the goal, the objective that Makoto focuses on ? To hold the memories of the people who are dead and to stop the killing game at all cost. Being focused on doing that and on grieving on the death of Sayaka, it’s expected that his inferiority complex isn’t talked much, after all it’s not something that haunts him that much in contrary to Hajime. Himself said it that if he find something else to do with his time, he will throw himself in that something hard enough. That sentence also shows and hints us to his unshakable will and his never-ending will to persevere in this situation. Like said in that FTE, Makoto is someone if he puts his mind into it who is extremely stubborn on things that he holds dear and on things that he won’t back down, it’s in his nature.

Finally, the words of the old man and Makoto’s retrospection on himself after what said the old man, gives us another view on Makoto. He maybe naive but he isn’t an idealist. As he may be an optimist as said in Makoto’s secret file :

Makoto’s secret file :

His optimism, which allowed him to so readily switch gears emotionally, was one of Makoto Naegi’s positive traits. That said, he didn’t really have time to wallow in his misery—he was still in the middle of an errand. His friend’s group would almost certainly be expecting him any second now, which meant he needed to head into the store, get a couple bags that wouldn’t break, and hurry back to the park. ~ (Makoto)

He is someone who is able to accept things as they are and look at the bigger picture. While trying to deny the death of Sayaka the first time he woke up after falling to unconsciousness when he saw the corpse of Sayaka as she was someone that he was closed with and her betrayal, he ended up accepting it even if it hurtled him. Whereas Taka couldn’t accept that Mondo was the culprit and still didn’t vote for him at the end. He couldn’t accept that reality and tried to deny it which caused him to become a husk. Therefore Makoto accepts things as it is quickly and knows that there is still the possibility of someone killing people but he still try to trust his classmates after chapter 1 as he wants to believe in their goodness while accepting their bad.

Thereby, Makoto is in reality an optimistic realistic that while still accepting reality as it is, doesn’t give up and try to push forward for a better tomorrow, try to prevail despite his current reality.

[spicykaraage]

Tenipuri Complete Character Profile - Shuuji Tanegashima

[PROFILE]

Birthday: May 29th (Gemini)

Blood Type: A

Birthplace: Kyoto

Relatives: Grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, younger brother, younger sister, parrot

Middle School: Maikozaka Junior High School (graduate)

High School: Maikozaka High School

Grade: Third Year

Committee: Biology Committee

Strong Subjects: Psychology

U-17 Training Camp Position & Rank: Second String | Court 1 (temporarily) ➜ First String | No.2

World Cup Team: U-17 World Cup Japanese Representatives

Favorite Motto: “All things come from nothingness.”

Hobbies: Gun-shooting games, cruising, playing the werewolf game [TP]

Favorite Color: Light blue

Favorite Book: Fashion magazines where he’s on the cover

Favorite Food: Tebichi, gim (Korean seaweed)

Preferred Type: A girl he can have fun with at Disneyland

Ideal Date Spot: A night pool

His Gift for a Special Person: “I’ll pick out a nice bag and outfit for you☆”

Where He Wants to Travel: Touring the Mediterranean Sea on a luxury cruise ship

What He Wants Most Right Now: Earplugs ➜ A Ninebot One Segway [23.5]

Dislikes: Airplanes, people not paying attention to him [TP]

Skills Outside of Tennis: Swimming, communicating with hand signs [TP], arranging blind group dates [TP]

Routine During the World Cup: Swimming in the hotel’s pool at night

[DATA]

Height: 184cm | 6’0”

Weight: 71kg | 156 lbs

Dominant Arm: Right

Vision: 0.5 Left | 0.7 Right

Play Style: All-Rounder

Signature Moves: Halting Destruction Void

Equipment Brands:

Racket: MIZUNO F97 COMP

Shoes: MIZUNO WAVE TUSK3

Overall Rating: Speed: 5 / Power: 5 / Stamina: 5 / Mental: 7 / Technique: 6 / Total: 28

Kurobe Memo: “He is gifted with a wide field of vision and a good sense of intuition allowing him see through others’ weaknesses. He’s used to riding a Segway around, so his eyes are accustomed to moving at fast speeds. However, he is a bit of a moody person. He can improve a lot if he can be persistent enough to take matches seriously.” <Official Description>

[POSSESSIONS]

What’s in His Travel Bag [23.5]:

Snorkeling mask set: He also brought Kurobe’s Segway

[TRIVIA]

The Prince of Tennis II Official Character Guide: PairPuri Vol. 10 | Publication Date: 10/04/2011

He is shown to be on the cover of Men’s Non-No, a fashion magazine for young men

The Prince of Tennis II 10.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 09/04/2013

He is from an island in southern Japan

He came to Tokyo by boat since he dislikes airplanes

When he had taken a walk with Kimijima, he was scouted by an agency and is now a reader model for magazines

The Segway he rides around the training camp is actually Kurobe’s

Konomi intended for him to be a dependable character and named him after the guns used in “Seven Samurai”

The Prince of Tennis II 23.5 Fanbook | Publication Date: 05/02/2018

After receiving the “Cessna Punishment” in Golden Age 137, he had been bedridden. The punishment had spurred his dislike of airplanes even further and now simply hearing the word “airplane” makes him anxious

He likes giving people nicknames. His nicknames so far: Ryoma “Ryoma-kichi,” Kirihara “Akafuku,” Kite “Kiteretsu,” Shiraishi “‘Nosuke,” Byoudouin “Chief,” Oni “Juu,” “Mr. Rabbit,” Kimijima “San-San,” Tohno “Atsu,” Ochi “Tsukki,” Bismarck “Bis-cchi”

He developed his dislike of airplanes when he was a child due to a toy airplane hitting him on the head while he was asleep

The Prince of Tennis 20th Anniversary Book: Tenipuri Party | Publication Date: 08/02/2019

He is described as a “flirt”

His ideal relationship is one where he and his partner focus on enjoying their time together

His catchphrase “chai” is a mispronunciation of “ciao” that he’s been saying since he was a child

[geometricalien]

If Riko never asked Furihata - instead, she asked either Kawahara or Fukuda to accompany Kuroko to the reunion with the rest of the GoM - would the crack ship be "Akashi × Kawahara" (AkaKawa) or "Akashi × Fukuda" (AkaFuku)?

This is a fascinating question and on the surface level, the answer is probably yes because Furihata, Kawahara, and Fukuda are all ordinary guys whose reaction to the force known as Akashi would likely be fear leading to the infamous chihuahua/lion dynamic that is their crack ship.

But I've also been formating a response to the question, would these two ships exist instead for the last couple of hours so I'll answer that as well.

My first question in response is: how important is this meeting to akafuri? Would it really change their ship? Because it is still Furihata who is put in the match against Kise's team. It's still him who would be put in first to guard Akashi (he's the one with most on court experience). I think his friends would have told him what happened and he would still trip. It's still him who makes that basket. The one thing left in the air is who Akashi sits with at Kuroko's party and it's left to individual contemplation: would he sit with the person who he terrified at winter cup stairs or would he be curious about a person he underestimated?

My second question is: from the personalities given to the three Seirin first years who is the most compatible? The thing that elevates akafuri from crack ship is Furihata being a point guard (and all the traits that come with that), his thoughtful observations (narration for the audience), and his appreciation for whimsy: being a romantic, love for books, his trainspotting hobby- things Akashi can relate to on one level or another. Kawahara has an appreciation for whimsy but that's it. And Fukuda, the one thing I can say about him is, he was in the anime alright (look at his fanwiki page its so sad 😞)

In conclusion, crack ship yes, fully realized ship I prefer playing with akafuri

Thank you for the ask!

[tabinoashiato]

朔日餅 Thuitachi-mochi made by Akafuku Honten

年に一度の限定もち、栗餅を求めて夜明け前から並ぶ人々。一口食べると、上品な甘さが口の中いっぱいに広がって、にんまりする美味しさ。

The first day of the month is called “tsuitachi” in Japanese, when people in Ise customarily rise early for a visit to the shrine, to offer thanks for the month past and to pray for good fortune in the future. This custom is referred to as “Tsuitachi Mairi,” meaning a pilgrimage on the first day of the month. To welcome these pilgrims of Tsuitachi Mairi, Akafuku started producing a special seasonal rice cake available only on the first of every month except January. Since the recipe changes monthly to reflect the season, each of the 11 Tsuitachi-mochi can only be enjoyed once a year. (https://www.kankomie.or.jp/en/report/detail_186.html)

https://www.kankomie.or.jp/en/report/detail_186.html

[mykimi2]

ブランドの袋を持ち歩くと広告になるからタダで出せっていうのは自意識過剰すぎん？通りすがりが持ってる袋見て自分もそこで買い物しようと思わんし、袋に注目するのってトーキョーだと551と赤福くらいよ。タダの所は元からコストのうちだし、コストからストックになった所は別の意味でめんどいと思う

The only places in Tokyo that pay attention to the bags are 551 and Akafuku.