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Japanese Ruikasa AU's: A Comprehensive (?) Guide

There are a lot of Rui/Tsukasa AU’s 類司 (派生/derivation or パロ/parody, or both sometimes) in the Japanese fandom, this is a showcase of almost all of them.

A note that the order of names in the ship matters a LOT in fandom spaces in the eastern side, you’ll often, if not always, find artists’ socials with 🎈🌟左右固定 or 🎈🌟🔄❌ in their bio or in their profile cards. All will be in Rui/Tsukasa order here. Listed in romanized alphabetical order.

Rui and Tsukasa need no introduction if you are already familiar with this game, but if you aren't, Rui and Tsukasa are characters from the rhythm game Project Sekai: Colorful Stage ft. Hatsune Miku (Brand New Your World). They’re from the Unit WonderlandsxShowtime, members of a freelance theater troupe with the goal of bringing smiles to the entire world with their performances. They’re also classmates and are often referred to by their classmates as the “Oddball 1, 2 Finish” (or “Weirdo Wombo Combo” as the official English localization goes) because they are a pair of show-passionate weirdos. They’ve also blown up a few things at their school more than once but that’s another story! We continue with the actual AU's!

DanToru・団トル

団長・トルペ Danchou/Torpe

From Rui and Tsukasa's gacha cards and play Wandasho made on Tsukasa's focus event On the Stage of Dazzling Light. In the event's play, Danchou (Rui) is a Band Leader (translation of Danchou) from an orchestra who saw potential in Torpe (Tsukasa), a pianist that had issues showcasing his piano skills in front of others.

GakuKo・学コ

学者・コック Gakusha/Kokku・Scholar/Chef

From Rui and Tsukasa's shop cards in Emu's focus event Our Happy Ending. I've seen this AU being called “RPG” or “Kirapika” on the western side.

GalaPie・ギャラピエ

ギャラクシー・ピエロ Galaxy/Piero・Galaxy/Pierrot

From Rui's trained Colorfes Endless Imagination and Challenges and Tsukasa's trained gacha card, A Phoenix Seen in Those Blurry Eyes, from his focus event Towards the Phoenix at the Sky's Edge. Using "Galaxy" to refer to Colorfes Rui comes from his card's costume name, Galaxy Dark Suit. Sometimes also called GalaKura・ギャラクラ (Galaxy/Clown).

GashaKori・がしゃこり

ガシャドクロ・狐狸 Gashadokuro/Kori

From Rui and Tsukasa's trained gacha cards on Rui's focus event A Once-In-A-Lifetime Pandemonium!? Referred usually as “Yokai” on the western side.

GunHina・軍雛

軍師・雛 Gunshi/Hina

From Rui's trained gacha card Twilight's Brilliance from his focus event Heat Up! Kamiyama High Cheering Squad! and Tsukasa's trained gacha card Big Brother's Agony from Saki's focus event The Tenma Household's Hinamatsuri. Referred usually as “Tactihina” on the western side.

GunRyuu・軍龍

軍師・龍神 Gunshi/Ryuujin

From Rui's trained gacha card Twilight's Brilliance from his focus event Heat Up! Kamiyama High Cheering Squad! and Tsukasa's trained gacha card Man of the Joyous New Year from his focus event A Brand New Year! Lion Dance Robot's New Year's Show!. Referred usually as “Tactiqilin” on the western side.

HakaPega・博ペガ

博士・ペガサス Hakase/Pegasus

From Rui and Tsukasa's characters on Petit SEKAI #2 "Fight! Neneger V". Rui plays as Ruidouji Hakase (類道寺博士・Professor Ruidouji) and Tsukasa plays as Pegasus The Shining (ペガサス・ザ・シャイニング). Despite its silly beginnings, most works I've seen regarding this AU are filled with angst.

JohnWen・ジョンウェン

ジョン・ウェンディ John/Wendy

From Rui's trained gacha card and Tsukasa's shop card in Emu's focus event Amidst a Dream, Towards the Shining Stars. Their names come from the famous fanon interpretations about the characters they're representing from "Peter Pan" in their trained cards.

KaiHami・海ハミ

海賊・ハミングバード Kaizoku/Hummingbird・Pirate/Hummingbird

One of the original AU's that I still see sometimes. Both of these come from outfits, Rui comes from April 2021 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled “Elegant Pirates” and Tsukasa comes from 2021 Half-Anniversary Limited Outfit titled “Hummingbird”.

KaiRomi・怪ロミ

怪盗・ロミオ Kaitou/Romeo・Phantom Thief/Romeo

Another OG. Rui comes from a July 2021 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled “Phantom Thief” and Tsukasa comes from his trained gacha card I'm the Leading Actor! from Mizuki's focus event KAMIKOU FESTIVAL!. He's called ‘Romeo’ because he plays the role of Romeo in a Romeo and Juliet inspired battle royale play. I've seen it called PhantomRomi on the western side like. once.

KemoKemo・ケモケモ

ケモ・ケモ Kemo/Kemo

Can also just be called ケモ (Kemo). From Rui and Tsukasa's shop cards in Shiho's focus event Resounding Twilight Parade.

KuroShiro Yuri・黒白百合

黒百合・白百合 Kuroyuri/Shirayuri・Black Lily/White Lily

From Rui's trained gacha card The Words Thrown at Me from Mafuyu's focus event At This Festival Tinged With Twilight and Tsukasa's trained gacha card Backstage Encouragement from Minori's focus event Scramble Fan FESTA!

A tiny note: 黒白 is read as "kuroshiro", but 白百合 is read as "shirayuri".

MadoShuva・マドシュヴァ

マッド ソーサラー・シュヴァリエ Mad Sorcerer/Chevalier

From Rui's trained gacha card An Abrupt Ordeal from Touya's focus event Never Give Up Cooking! and Tsukasa's trained gacha card **A **Sudden Trouble Meeting!? from his focus event The Gentleman Thief's Thrilling White Day!? Referred usually as “Sorcevalier” on the western side, an interesting switch up from the Japanese version.

Mahou Gakuen・魔法学園

Magic Academy.

Sometimes called 魔法学校 (Mahou Gakou) Magic School. Both come from 2023 2.5 Anniversary Limited Outfit titled “Magic Academy of Sekai”.

NikoEri・にこエリ

にこやかな悪魔・エリート悪魔 Nikoyaka na Akuma/Elite Akuma・Smiling Devil/Elite Devil

This is very specific. The names come from the characters Rui and Tsukasa play in their performance in At This Festival Tinged With Twilight's event. Rui plays the "Smiling Devil" and Tsukasa plays the "Elite Devil". Rui here is using the March 2023 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled "Devil move heart" and Tsukasa uses November 2021 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled “EVIL ONE” because I've seen them represented with both outfits. Mostly “EVIL ONE”.

RozeOu・ロゼ王

ロゼ・王 Roze/Ou・Rose/King

From Rui's trained gacha card Fantastic Planner from Touya's focus event A Song of Vows for You, Dressed in Pure White! and Tsukasa's trained gacha card The Outcome of a Choice from his focus event Wonder Magical Showtime!

Cyber・サイバー

From Rui's trained gacha card and Tsukasa's shop card in Rui's focus event Backlight Lens Flare. The name is a short form of the event's commisioned song, サイバーパンクデッドボーイ (CYBERPUNK DEAD BOY)

SanShou・参将

参謀・将校 Sanbou/Shoukou・Staff Officer/Officer

From Rui's trained gacha card and Tsukasa's shop card in Rui's focus event Revival my dream. 将校 (Shoukou) can be Officer or General, no official translation.

ShiraNaka・白中

白藤・中山 Shirafuji/Nakayama

I'm using Rui and Tsukasa's trained gacha cards on Tsukasa's focus event A Story Where You Are The Star, since this AU came from there. In the event's play, Nakayama (Tsukasa) is interpreted as a cynical and spiteful editor, Shirafuji (Rui) just works at a bookstore.

I can't find the fanart that started it all, but this one by HIA portrays the most used fanon rendition of them.

ShoKoma・書狛

書生・狛犬 Shosei/Komainu・Scholar/Guardian Lion-Dog.

Both of these, again, come from outfits. Rui comes from September 2022 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled “Kaisetan” and Tsukasa comes from November 2022 Mission Pass Men's Outfit titled “Divine Messenger”.

Uchuujin・宇宙人

Aliens.

From Rui's shop card and Tsukasa's trained gacha card in Emu's focus event perspective for smile.

Zozo1・ゾゾ1

From Rui's and Tsukasa's illustration from the collaboration between ZOZOTOWN and Project Sekai. Illustrated by Akakura. Sometimes the hiragana ぞ1 is used. Abbreviated even more as ゾ1.

Zozo2・ゾゾ2

From Rui's and Tsukasa's illustration from the second collaboration between ZOZOTOWN and Project Sekai. Illustrated by fuzichoco. Sometimes the hiragana ぞ2 is used. Abbreviated even more as ゾ2.

[saitoakirachan-fangirls]

Japanese fandom abbreviations are so funny because they really went Wonderland x Showtime -> Wondershow -> Wansho. Same with ship names like RuiTsukasa -> Ruitsuka -> Rutsu (or ritk if using roman letters). It's a race to shortening it as much as possible

(for context, wansho is ワンショ and rutsu is ルツ when written in japanese. Often it will be written in half width characters like this ﾜﾝｼｮ and ﾙﾂ. I suspect it has something to do with how full width counts as two characters on twitter)