This page covers the natives of the Utsutsu country. This country and its people represent the Meiji-Shōwa period.
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In General
- Most Writers Are Writers: All characters in this country are either novelists or poets.
- No One Sees the Boss: This country deserves a special mention, as it would have averted this if Itō Hirofumi wasn't scrapped from the game.
- Schizo Tech: This country is the most technologically developed in Hinomoto, and given the size of the world, it's a little weird to see this nation with its Westernized architecture and modern transportation among a bunch of agricultural feudal lands. Don't they ever export their technology?
Natsume Sōseki
Akutagawa Ryūnosuke
- Adaptational Personality Change: Aside from his profession, he doesn't have a whole lot in common with his historical counterpart. The real Akutagawa had an extremely disastrous life that culminated in a bleak worldview expressed in his works and eventually death by suicide; this guy is a selfless and affable gentleman with a positive disposition.
- Affectionate Nickname: "Ryū-chan" by Dazai.
- Coat Cape: His long coat is left draped over his shoulders.
- Cool Big Bro: He manages to have Atsushi go gaga over him, though he doesn't seem particularly bothered by this. He is generally a friendly and brotherly guy who enjoys giving guidance to inexperienced authors.
- Does Not Like Spam: Tororo, sticky grated yam.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Dazai.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Even among the Utsutsu guys with their Western clothing, he stands out as the most neatly and elegantly dressed of them all.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Amberjack teriyaki; Truth in Television.
- Western Zodiac: Pisces (March 1).
Nakajima Atsushi
- Artistic License – History: The real Nakajima Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke never met and had no noticeable impact on each other's literary career.
- Curtains Match the Window: He has brown-grey hair and matching eyes.
- Does Not Like Spam: Shiso.
- Fanboy: Of Ryūnosuke, to the point of being referred to in his profile as his "stalker" and knows nearly everything about "Akutagawa-sensei".
- Speech Impediment: He stutters more often than not. "Ha-Hajimemashite! Yo-yo-yo-yoroshiku!"
- Stalker with a Crush: Being described as this in the official profile is enough, but the way he talks about Ryūnosuke has some rather noticeable
homoerotic undertones.Atsushi: Ah, sensei is as cool today as ever. - Trademark Favorite Food: Japanese confectionery.
- Western Zodiac: Taurus (May 5).
Edogawa Ranpo
- Does Not Like Spam: Leek.
- Hime Cut: He has the unaltered hairstyle, straight hair, frontal bangs and side locks and whatnot, which adds to his gentlemanly appearance. The style is made very clear in his Yin Namidaame, both Awakened Kugutsu and normal Kasōsai forms. Averted in his Yin Kasōsai form in favor of a side-swept look.
- High-Class Glass: Yin Kasōsai form.
- Kimono Fanservice: The normal and Yang Kasōsai, Yang Namidaame and both Awakened forms of his Kugutsu skin. Especially the Yin one.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- Mystery Writer Detective: He's basically what happens when you take that trope and turn it into a character. He is obsessed with mysteries, at one point hiding Sōseki's cat and preparing a riddle for him to solve.
- Sadist: According to his in-game profile, he has a sadistic writing style and his books are absolutely scary and grotesque. Keep in mind that this is a nice and easygoing guy.
- Sherlock Homage: He wears the infamous hat in the Yang Awakened form of the default skin.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Steamed dumplings.
- Western Zodiac: Libra (October 21), and fits the "justice-doer" personality type.
Nakahara Chūya
- Berserk Button: Being called "tiny" or any variation thereof, even when the person saying that is obviously not talking about him. At one point, the heroine calls him fudemame, meaning "an avid writer" and he is pissed thinking she called him mame – a bean.
- Distressed Dude: For most of the main Suigetsu story in which he and later Teika are caught trying to pick an old man's wife's hydrangeas.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: He's frighteningly easy to piss off; all it takes is the word "small" or its synonyms within his earshot.
- The Napoleon: He's 156cm tall and perpetually grouchy about it. He's stated to often wear padded boots to hide this, so it means he's probably even shorter than he appears in the picture shown here.
- Starter Mon: He is available to select for free after clearing the tutorial.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Leek.
- Western Zodiac: Taurus (April 29), and is artistic (for being a writer) and stubborn.
Masaoka Shiki
Voiced by: Muo Hattori
Rarity (Base): Medium
Element (Base): Light
A gentle, soft-spoken, chronically ill haiku poet who enjoys baseball despite his poor health. He is best friends with Sōseki.Rarity (Base): Medium
Element (Base): Light
- Cloudcuckoolander: He's noted by the heroine to probably function on the same frequency as Sōseki's, as he seems to be the only one understanding Sōseki's bizarre talk and being able to carry on a conversation with him about such topics.
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: He seems to play tsukkomi to Sōseki's boke.
- Does Not Like Spam: Bean sprouts.
- Incurable Cough of Death: The illness he's suffering from, which gives him constant coughs and even Blood from the Mouth. It is said that his death is just around the corner, but since Nobody Can Die in this game, he's probably not going to actually meet his demise any time soon.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: His pretty light blue eyes that emphasizes his gentleness.
- Japanese Pronouns: Ore. Note that in the media, this pronoun is usually not used by soft-spoken men.
- Kimono Fanservice: His Yang Namidaame form.
- The Medic: His special skill creates heart-marked tiles.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Persimmons; Truth in Television.
- Victorian Novel Disease: Despite his illness, he is still pretty, can play sports just fine and isn't spared by Nobody Can Die.
- Western Zodiac: Libra (October 14).
Mori Ōgai
- Coat Cape: He wears his coat like this, though he doesn't have the personality commonly associated with it.
- Curtains Match the Window: He has brown hair and brown eyes.
- Fourth-Date Marriage: At the end of his Yang route, he asks the heroine to come with him to another award ceremony as his wife and she accepts. Keep in mind that they just met a little more than one award ceremony ago. It is unknown whether they actually marry later.
- Genius Slob: He may be a successful writer, but his apartment is a big mess. This isn't helped by the fact he thinks being disorganized is okay because "nobody dies."Sōseki: (sees his apartment for the first time) Has a storm gone through here?
- The Glasses Come Off: In one epilogue of the Yin route of his Valentine's Day story, he asks the heroine to take his glasses off before he has sex with her.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: "Vita sexualis!" in the middle of battle, anyone?
- Mad Doctor: He fits the trope to some extent, as his in-game profile states he used to be a doctor, yet seeing his childish personality and the fact he doesn't exactly have the best hygiene…
- Sweet Tooth: He enjoys sweets a lot.Shiki: (in his Romanesque story) I'm not like Ōgai who thinks it's okay as long as it's sweet.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He likes sweets in general, but his favorite food is manjū chazuke; Truth in Television.
- Western Zodiac: Aquarius (February 17), and is also a bit of a Cloudcuckoolander.
Kitamura Tōkoku
- Verbal Tic: His speech almost always ends with a tilde or a star.
Ishikawa Takuboku
Dazai Osamu
- The Alcoholic: He enjoys drinking, and considering his personality, it doubles as Drowning My Sorrows.
- Death Seeker: Of course he won't die, given the nature of the game, but come on, this is Dazai Osamu.
- Does Not Like Spam: Eggplant.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Akutagawa.
- No Social Skills: A generally closed-off guy who can't understand others and fails at social connection, which contributes to his generally fucked-up state of mind, but somehow finds a best bud in Ryūnosuke.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Three things he likes to consume the most: broken-grain nattō, alcohol and tobacco.
- Western Zodiac: Gemini (June 19).
