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[dragula]

[Name]: Daimon
[Age]: 26
[Contacts]:
♦ DW: daimonion
♦ AIM: yazooairspace
♦ Plurk: yazooairspace
[Timezone]: MST
[Other Characters]: Vyse, Guy Cecil



[Name]: Tohru Mutou
[Canon]: Shiki
[Age]: 18
[Gender]: Male
[Canon Point]: Just prior to being bitten (manga chapter 3, anime episode 4)

[History]: Tohru’s Shiki Wiki entry

Chapters from the original novel giving a little more on Tohru’s history and personality are here, and here.

[Personality]: Tohru is kind of like a shonen protagonist, without actually being the main character of his canon. He’s a friendly, cheerful, outgoing, and slightly oblivious young man. His demeanor is generally positive and he’s apparently charismatic enough to make friends with just about anyone without too much effort on his part.

Speaking of friends, we can’t talk about Tohru without discussing his friends, specifically Natsuno and Ritsuko. Natsuno considers Tohru his only friend, while Tohru simply considers him his best friend, or at least one of them. Ritsuko is a friend who Tohru has a huge possibly-requited crush on (it’s debatable whether she actually likes him or just thinks he’s adorable) and who keeps trying to teach him how to drive, with mixed results. He cares the most about those two people besides the members of his family.

However, he doesn’t make friends with everyone, and is sometimes only outwardly friendly. In the novel, it’s hinted that he finds most of the older people in the village irritating because they’re too obsessed with what everyone else is doing (or not doing), and he also pokes at Natsuno’s cold personality, telling him he’s smart, ‘but [he] could stand to be nicer’. He’s at least polite to people he’s not close to.

He also has an apparent disdain for following certain social rules and a bit of a stubborn streak. His preferred method for greeting Natsuno is to more or less drape an arm over or around him, he attempts to hug Natsuno on at least one occasion (even after a counter-attempt to keep him at arm’s length), and he just generally does not seem to care that personal space is a thing. When he met Natsuno for the first time and Natsuno refused to give him his first name, he eventually went to Natsuno’s parents to find out instead. He also actually got to know Natsuno in the first place because he insisted on fixing the flat tire Natsuno’s bike had, refusing to let Natsuno go until said tire was fixed (but amusingly not aired up)

Relatedly, Tohru is also sort of a slacker. Judging from a comment made by his sister, it’s not unusual for him to skip school in favor of playing video games, or disappear into his room for days...because of video games. He’s shown to not be the greatest at driving, since he is easily distracted and unable to pay attention to the road if he’s not constantly reminded to do so. This very likely applies to schoolwork, though it’s never explicitly revealed.

Tohru can also seem like something of a pushover at times, as he tends to go with the path of least resistance in any situation when faced with a choice. He has his opinions, of course, but he doesn’t often voice them if they conflict with the opinions of others. He’s quick to break up arguments between other people, either by physically putting himself in between those arguing or by attempting to distract the arguing parties with a different topic of discussion or jokes. He tends not to get involved directly in the arguments, however, preferring to remain neutral. In a way, this makes it easier for him to keep an optimistic outlook on life. It also makes him seem somewhat oblivious to problems, even though he’s really not.

Despite this, he doesn’t like making decisions that end up bad for others, or even for himself. Especially after his death, when he’s forced to choose between attacking Natsuno or having his entire family killed, and when he’s eventually forced to kill more people just to survive. Both scenarios upset him to the point of crying, as does an instance where the girl he likes chooses to die instead of kill others. Much of the time, he ends up forced into making the decisions, upsetting him even further.

[Abilities / Strengths & Weaknesses]: As far as special abilities go, Tohru doesn’t have any that a normal teenage boy wouldn’t have. The only talents he’s explicitly shown to possess are being able to play video games, fix bike tires, and drive (badly). Possibly looks good shirtless.

His weaknesses are naivety and the fact that he’s actually a giant coward underneath his happy. And that he’s a human without any special powers, that probably counts.

[Limited Powers]: Nothing to limit, he’s a normal human.

[Other Important Facts]: Nope

[Samples]: (These are all mine, just with a different account)
♦ Thread: Some older Test Sail threads
Recent test drive thread with Rouge
Recent test drive thread with Alex Rex
♦ Post:

Isn’t it strange that this book can record what I’m saying, but the locals have never heard of telephones and look at you weird if you try to explain electricity?

...Though they might be looking at me weird because I’m talking into a book.

[Or possibly because he’s wearing his pajamas, which consist of a t-shirt, drawstring shorts, and socks. There’s some rustling, then a huff.]

While I’m talking into...the book, does anyone else listening to this know how to sail a ship at all? Apparently I’m supposed to get one, and I...haven’t the slightest clue how to operate one...I don’t even have a full driver’s license yet.