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[[MostTropersAreYoungNerds 24-year-old male]] AdultChild with professionally diagnosed AspergerSyndrome originally from the {{Seattle}} area. Graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in computer science with a minor in Japanese, and then studied Japanese in {{Tokyo}}. He is in the process of looking for a job.
Likes to play video games, mainly of the EasternRPG, ShootEmUp, PuzzleGame, and RhythmGame varieties. He's a very non-mainstream gamer by Western standards; he won't touch CallOfDuty, [[JohnMaddenFootball Madden]], or {{Halo}} with a ten-foot pole. Occasionally watches annie may as well, but never reads man gay (it's just not the same without CrowningMusicOfAwesome). Other hobbies are logic puzzles like sudoku and nonograms, as well as [[CaptainObvious reading and editing TVTropes]].
Has been lurking on TVTropes since May 2009 making a few edits from time to time, but did not become a full-fledged member until January 2011.
[[SelfReferentialHumor This page has a total of 157 links]].
Favorite games are:
* Bemani (at this time, mostly DanceDanceRevolution and Guitar Freaks).
* Many {{Cave}} [[ShootEmUp shmups]] (DeathSmiles, Mushihime-sama Futari, EspGaluda II, DonPachi series in particular)
* RaidenFighters. This was actually his [[GatewaySeries Gateway Shmup]] which showed him they can be fun and caused him to play stuff other than ticket games at arcades.
* GigaWing
* {{Touhou}} series; mostly the older ones.
* MetalSlug series (especially X and 3)
* TetrisTheGrandMaster series
* PanelDePon
* FinalFantasy series. Unlike [[BrokenBase most fans]], he likes both the old and new ones equally (except XIII; [[{{Sequelitis}} that one looks god-awful]]; though he even enjoyed XII). His favorite is [[FinalFantasyIV IV]] by a little, though it's close between several others.
* DragonQuest series, his favorite of them being DragonQuestVI. This fandom is surprisingly recent; never having taken the series seriously before, he essentially went on an ArchiveBinge in 2008 where he beat all eight main series games that existed at the time. He's since beaten [[DragonQuestIX IX]] too.
* SaGa series. For now, he's only played the original trilogy though. Many examples added for SaGa2.
* SecretofMana
* SeikenDensetsu3
* LaPucelle
* {{Disgaea}}
Started the following pages:
* {{Pang}}
!![=Tadaru=] and his life have examples of the following:
* AccentuatetheNegative: People have accused him of doing this.
* AcceptableHobbyTargets: He's gotten flak for watching [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] (and at one point, making them), and indirectly has gotten flak for some of his other hobbies (i.e. people point out how strange/nerdy it is to listen to video game music, and while not directed towards him, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he directs it toward himself]]).
* AdultChild: A couple other tropes here should confirm this.
* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Surprisingly, many people don't see anything off about him, even though he does have some visual symptoms of Asperger's.
* ArchivePanic: I have to watch 500 episodes to get up to date on this series?! Screw that!
* AsianandNerdy
* AsianDrivers: He was horrible when he started, and is still probably below average when it comes to driving.
* AspergerSyndrome: Professionally diagnosed as of 2002. He also has traits of [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD]] and [[SuperOCD OCD]].
* AskAStupidQuestion: He won't hesitate to respond with a sarcastic answer if you do.
* BerserkButton: Several. The main ones as of late:
** Asking him stupid questions, or asking him a question that he's just answered. See above.
** Similarly, being CaptainObvious while he's watching a TV show.
** Calling AspergerSyndrome a "disease". It sucks to have, but it's not a disease.
** Assuming Japanese-Americans can automatically speak Japanese.
** People complaining about [[ShootEmUp shmups]] [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].
* BornInTheWrongCentury: He graduated from college in March 2009. Enough said. Had he had been born even a year earlier...
** Ironically, he thinks he may have done better in a world before computers and the internet. Obviously he'd do horribly if he were suddenly warped back being used to using them, but if he were born before the ideas of them even existed, things may turn out alright. He'd probably be forced to be more social, and also wouldn't have to deal with information overload.
* BrilliantButLazy: His IQ is estimated to be in the 140s, occasionally 150s. For quite a while he had a sentence here referring people to the non-existent intro on his troper page, but that's no longer applicable. [[BlatantLies He'll think of a new example eventually]].
* CakeEater: As far back as he can remember, he's always wanted someone several years older than him. possibly to justify him being the more immature one. He couldn't see himself dating anyone significantly younger than him. Thankfully he's 23 years old now, where it wouldn't look weird to date someone in their late 20s.
* ChallengeGamer: He aims for one credit clears (i.e. [[NoDamageRun beating the whole game without continuing]]) in [[ShootEmUp shmups]] and some other arcade games.
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:
** Will virtually always use default names if given in RPGs, if given. If a name's not given, he will often opt for [[spoiler: Fart]] due to a [[SelfDeprecation lack of creativity and/or maturity]].
** For virtually every ShootEmUp he has played significantly, he will always use the same ship/character. Usually tends towards fast with straight shots.
** Almost always picks the water-elemental starter in Pokemon. The only exceptions are if it's a subsequent playthrough, or he's trying to get all the starter Pokemon.
* CosmicPlaything: When he's depressed, he feels like one.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Being a fan of the SuperNintendo, having the same four colors and same four names for the buttons on the Xbox360 but in a different layout confuses him.
** He also [[{{Understatement}} doesn't really like it]] when a major website suddenly changes its layout.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: He wasn't far from the epicenter of the 2011 Sendai earthquake.
* FanNickname: [[spoiler: Farts]]book, for a certain social networking site. See ToiletHumor below.
** Take a wild guess what he replaces the "You" in Youtube with.
** [[RaidenFighters Raiden Far]]... you get the picture.
* FetishFuel: He's quite fond of {{Meganekko}}, and his favorite Japanese teacher...
* TheFireflyEffect: Thanks to how often his hobbies have died off, he's afraid of getting into ''any'' hobby that looks as if it's about to die or is dying, and will desperately try to replace any that he already has if they are.
* FragileSpeedster: Fits him to a tee. He even dresses very lightly, wearing shorts 9-10 months out of the year.
* FridgeHorror: He lived through the 2011 Sendai earthquake. The situation at the nuclear plant...
* GeniusSweetTooth: [[IGotBetter He's a little less of one now]]. At the very least he's given up energy drinks.
* GoodWithNumbers: He's quite skilled at mental math.
* GrammarNazi
* GratuitousJapanese: Justified, in that he has passed the JLPT N2 and recently took the [[NintendoHard N1]].
* GrowingUpSucks: So many people tell him this, and he wonders why he should keep living.
* HypeBacklash: Currently preventing him from trying Minecraft.
* IKnowMortalKombat: He can play real drums thanks to the {{Bemani}} game Drum Mania being very much like them.
* InternalizedCategorism: He's [[AcceptableHobbyTargets embarrassed by his hobbies]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal / IJustWantToHaveFriends
* KansaiRegionalAccent: He frequently uses parts of it despite never having been to that part of Japan yet.
* LonersAreFreaks: He's arguably both. Therefore true.
* MemeticMutation / RunningGag: He'd jokingly say "[[PrecisionFStrike (expletive)]] off <member>" to a member of an IRC channel he frequented (he does not really hate this member in any way). After doing this a few times, he changed it to the LighterAndSofter "shut up" which ended up becoming the meme. From there, he had it turned on him by [[Tropers/TsundeRay another troper in that same channel]], resulting in his handle. Now he uses it on anything that makes him upset, adding an "-aru" suffix onto the end of his target.
** And that member's usual response: "o"
** According to many people in the same channel, he's beaten it to death, but there just is no such thing as an OverusedRunningGag to him.
* MouthfulOfPi: He used to be able to recite 100 digits of pi. It's AwesomeButImpractical but mostly impractical, so he can't go that far anymore.
* NauseaFuel: [[WombLevel Womb levels]]. Possibly a result of FridgeHorror.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Averted, but now that it's happening to him, played straight. Just feels way [[ItsEasySoItSucks too easy]], and is quite scary in a way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: YourMileageMayVary. On average, people underestimate his age. Most people correctly estimate his age, but some people think he could pass for a high school student.
* RageQuit: It happens.
* SequelFirst: Since he was a bit too young for the original NES and started on the Super Nintendo instead, it's happened. Only the most {{egregious}} ones follow:
** As listed above, first Final Fantasy game was IV in the early 90s when he got into video gaming. He didn't play the original one until ''2004'', and the other NES ones until after that (II in 2005, III in 2007).
** Played the GB SaGa games in ''reverse order''.
** Played PuzzleBobble when it was new, in the mid 90s. Didn't play BubbleBobble that spawned them until 2002.
** Surprisingly averted with the {{Mother}} series; all three of them were out by the time he got into it.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Averted oh so hard. He hates and is terrible at chess and any similar games, especially {{Go}}. He's even tried to learn how to play the latter, but these types of games are simply not compatible with his brain at all.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Eventually he wants to make it to the Kansai region, which is much harder than the Kanto region in terms of Japanese language difficulty. It's a non-standard dialect and they tend to speak much faster.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He will occasionally find effeminate-looking men attractive.
* TheBGrade: He was one when he was younger; [[IGotBetter He got better]] [[YourMilageMayVary depending on your definition of "better"]]. Now he's happy with any grade that's at least a B; for [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Classes]], [[strike: at least a C]] any passing grade.
** He failed the JLPT N1 by '''two fucking points'''. He needed 100/180 to pass; he got 98. [[AtomicFBomb FUCK EVERYTHING]].
** However, he very much plays this straight when it comes to RhythmGames; for instance, in DanceDanceRevolution when his AA would have been a AAA if he had gotten one fewer Great.
* ToiletHumor: He uses it [[strike: occasionally]] [[strike: sometimes]] [[{{Understatement}} frequently]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by him one night:
--> (someone else says "fart")
--> '''Tadaru''': You mean I'm not the first one to say the word "farted" tonight?
* [[BilingualBonus Trilingual Bonus]]: English (natively), Japanese (JLPT N2 confirmed, see [=TheBGrade=] above), Spanish (studied in high school and have seldom used it since; I probably shouldn't even say I know it by now).
* VaporWare: So many unfinished programming projects that are stinking up his hard drive.
* UnconventionalLearningExperience: For many years his listening/speaking ability in Japanese has been lacking compared to other areas. [[AspergerSyndrome I]] [[LonersAreFreaks wonder]] [[SarcasmMode why]]? Watching the Japanese equivalent of [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] fixed this.
* {{Yangire}}
* YourMindMakesItReal: He's feeling earthquakes that aren't actually happening.
!!o
[-''This space reserved for [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment (friendly)]] abuse by fellow tropers.''-]
You should come hang out in the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=hw5hynd1e7nf5wcqx9b2g9ye&page=29 shmup thread]]. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
...you and your puzzle games that I thought no one besides me knew about. :P ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
* Which one? ~{{@/Tadaru}}
** ''{{Pang}}''. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
用意はよろしいですか？ ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
Likes to play video games, mainly of the EasternRPG, ShootEmUp, PuzzleGame, and RhythmGame varieties. He's a very non-mainstream gamer by Western standards; he won't touch CallOfDuty, [[JohnMaddenFootball Madden]], or {{Halo}} with a ten-foot pole. Occasionally watches annie may as well, but never reads man gay (it's just not the same without CrowningMusicOfAwesome). Other hobbies are logic puzzles like sudoku and nonograms, as well as [[CaptainObvious reading and editing TVTropes]].
Has been lurking on TVTropes since May 2009 making a few edits from time to time, but did not become a full-fledged member until January 2011.
[[SelfReferentialHumor This page has a total of 157 links]].
Favorite games are:
* Bemani (at this time, mostly DanceDanceRevolution and Guitar Freaks).
* Many {{Cave}} [[ShootEmUp shmups]] (DeathSmiles, Mushihime-sama Futari, EspGaluda II, DonPachi series in particular)
* RaidenFighters. This was actually his [[GatewaySeries Gateway Shmup]] which showed him they can be fun and caused him to play stuff other than ticket games at arcades.
* GigaWing
* {{Touhou}} series; mostly the older ones.
* MetalSlug series (especially X and 3)
* TetrisTheGrandMaster series
* PanelDePon
* FinalFantasy series. Unlike [[BrokenBase most fans]], he likes both the old and new ones equally (except XIII; [[{{Sequelitis}} that one looks god-awful]]; though he even enjoyed XII). His favorite is [[FinalFantasyIV IV]] by a little, though it's close between several others.
* DragonQuest series, his favorite of them being DragonQuestVI. This fandom is surprisingly recent; never having taken the series seriously before, he essentially went on an ArchiveBinge in 2008 where he beat all eight main series games that existed at the time. He's since beaten [[DragonQuestIX IX]] too.
* SaGa series. For now, he's only played the original trilogy though. Many examples added for SaGa2.
* SecretofMana
* SeikenDensetsu3
* LaPucelle
* {{Disgaea}}
Started the following pages:
* {{Pang}}
!![=Tadaru=] and his life have examples of the following:
* AccentuatetheNegative: People have accused him of doing this.
* AcceptableHobbyTargets: He's gotten flak for watching [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] (and at one point, making them), and indirectly has gotten flak for some of his other hobbies (i.e. people point out how strange/nerdy it is to listen to video game music, and while not directed towards him, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he directs it toward himself]]).
* AdultChild: A couple other tropes here should confirm this.
* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Surprisingly, many people don't see anything off about him, even though he does have some visual symptoms of Asperger's.
* ArchivePanic: I have to watch 500 episodes to get up to date on this series?! Screw that!
* AsianandNerdy
* AsianDrivers: He was horrible when he started, and is still probably below average when it comes to driving.
* AspergerSyndrome: Professionally diagnosed as of 2002. He also has traits of [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD]] and [[SuperOCD OCD]].
* AskAStupidQuestion: He won't hesitate to respond with a sarcastic answer if you do.
* BerserkButton: Several. The main ones as of late:
** Asking him stupid questions, or asking him a question that he's just answered. See above.
** Similarly, being CaptainObvious while he's watching a TV show.
** Calling AspergerSyndrome a "disease". It sucks to have, but it's not a disease.
** Assuming Japanese-Americans can automatically speak Japanese.
** People complaining about [[ShootEmUp shmups]] [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].
* BornInTheWrongCentury: He graduated from college in March 2009. Enough said. Had he had been born even a year earlier...
** Ironically, he thinks he may have done better in a world before computers and the internet. Obviously he'd do horribly if he were suddenly warped back being used to using them, but if he were born before the ideas of them even existed, things may turn out alright. He'd probably be forced to be more social, and also wouldn't have to deal with information overload.
* BrilliantButLazy: His IQ is estimated to be in the 140s, occasionally 150s. For quite a while he had a sentence here referring people to the non-existent intro on his troper page, but that's no longer applicable. [[BlatantLies He'll think of a new example eventually]].
* CakeEater: As far back as he can remember, he's always wanted someone several years older than him. possibly to justify him being the more immature one. He couldn't see himself dating anyone significantly younger than him. Thankfully he's 23 years old now, where it wouldn't look weird to date someone in their late 20s.
* ChallengeGamer: He aims for one credit clears (i.e. [[NoDamageRun beating the whole game without continuing]]) in [[ShootEmUp shmups]] and some other arcade games.
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:
** Will virtually always use default names if given in RPGs, if given. If a name's not given, he will often opt for [[spoiler: Fart]] due to a [[SelfDeprecation lack of creativity and/or maturity]].
** For virtually every ShootEmUp he has played significantly, he will always use the same ship/character. Usually tends towards fast with straight shots.
** Almost always picks the water-elemental starter in Pokemon. The only exceptions are if it's a subsequent playthrough, or he's trying to get all the starter Pokemon.
* CosmicPlaything: When he's depressed, he feels like one.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Being a fan of the SuperNintendo, having the same four colors and same four names for the buttons on the Xbox360 but in a different layout confuses him.
** He also [[{{Understatement}} doesn't really like it]] when a major website suddenly changes its layout.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: He wasn't far from the epicenter of the 2011 Sendai earthquake.
* FanNickname: [[spoiler: Farts]]book, for a certain social networking site. See ToiletHumor below.
** Take a wild guess what he replaces the "You" in Youtube with.
** [[RaidenFighters Raiden Far]]... you get the picture.
* FetishFuel: He's quite fond of {{Meganekko}}, and his favorite Japanese teacher...
* TheFireflyEffect: Thanks to how often his hobbies have died off, he's afraid of getting into ''any'' hobby that looks as if it's about to die or is dying, and will desperately try to replace any that he already has if they are.
* FragileSpeedster: Fits him to a tee. He even dresses very lightly, wearing shorts 9-10 months out of the year.
* FridgeHorror: He lived through the 2011 Sendai earthquake. The situation at the nuclear plant...
* GeniusSweetTooth: [[IGotBetter He's a little less of one now]]. At the very least he's given up energy drinks.
* GoodWithNumbers: He's quite skilled at mental math.
* GrammarNazi
* GratuitousJapanese: Justified, in that he has passed the JLPT N2 and recently took the [[NintendoHard N1]].
* GrowingUpSucks: So many people tell him this, and he wonders why he should keep living.
* HypeBacklash: Currently preventing him from trying Minecraft.
* IKnowMortalKombat: He can play real drums thanks to the {{Bemani}} game Drum Mania being very much like them.
* InternalizedCategorism: He's [[AcceptableHobbyTargets embarrassed by his hobbies]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal / IJustWantToHaveFriends
* KansaiRegionalAccent: He frequently uses parts of it despite never having been to that part of Japan yet.
* LonersAreFreaks: He's arguably both. Therefore true.
* MemeticMutation / RunningGag: He'd jokingly say "[[PrecisionFStrike (expletive)]] off <member>" to a member of an IRC channel he frequented (he does not really hate this member in any way). After doing this a few times, he changed it to the LighterAndSofter "shut up" which ended up becoming the meme. From there, he had it turned on him by [[Tropers/TsundeRay another troper in that same channel]], resulting in his handle. Now he uses it on anything that makes him upset, adding an "-aru" suffix onto the end of his target.
** And that member's usual response: "o"
** According to many people in the same channel, he's beaten it to death, but there just is no such thing as an OverusedRunningGag to him.
* MouthfulOfPi: He used to be able to recite 100 digits of pi. It's AwesomeButImpractical but mostly impractical, so he can't go that far anymore.
* NauseaFuel: [[WombLevel Womb levels]]. Possibly a result of FridgeHorror.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Averted, but now that it's happening to him, played straight. Just feels way [[ItsEasySoItSucks too easy]], and is quite scary in a way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: YourMileageMayVary. On average, people underestimate his age. Most people correctly estimate his age, but some people think he could pass for a high school student.
* RageQuit: It happens.
* SequelFirst: Since he was a bit too young for the original NES and started on the Super Nintendo instead, it's happened. Only the most {{egregious}} ones follow:
** As listed above, first Final Fantasy game was IV in the early 90s when he got into video gaming. He didn't play the original one until ''2004'', and the other NES ones until after that (II in 2005, III in 2007).
** Played the GB SaGa games in ''reverse order''.
** Played PuzzleBobble when it was new, in the mid 90s. Didn't play BubbleBobble that spawned them until 2002.
** Surprisingly averted with the {{Mother}} series; all three of them were out by the time he got into it.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Averted oh so hard. He hates and is terrible at chess and any similar games, especially {{Go}}. He's even tried to learn how to play the latter, but these types of games are simply not compatible with his brain at all.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Eventually he wants to make it to the Kansai region, which is much harder than the Kanto region in terms of Japanese language difficulty. It's a non-standard dialect and they tend to speak much faster.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He will occasionally find effeminate-looking men attractive.
* TheBGrade: He was one when he was younger; [[IGotBetter He got better]] [[YourMilageMayVary depending on your definition of "better"]]. Now he's happy with any grade that's at least a B; for [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Classes]], [[strike: at least a C]] any passing grade.
** He failed the JLPT N1 by '''two fucking points'''. He needed 100/180 to pass; he got 98. [[AtomicFBomb FUCK EVERYTHING]].
** However, he very much plays this straight when it comes to RhythmGames; for instance, in DanceDanceRevolution when his AA would have been a AAA if he had gotten one fewer Great.
* ToiletHumor: He uses it [[strike: occasionally]] [[strike: sometimes]] [[{{Understatement}} frequently]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by him one night:
--> (someone else says "fart")
--> '''Tadaru''': You mean I'm not the first one to say the word "farted" tonight?
* [[BilingualBonus Trilingual Bonus]]: English (natively), Japanese (JLPT N2 confirmed, see [=TheBGrade=] above), Spanish (studied in high school and have seldom used it since; I probably shouldn't even say I know it by now).
* VaporWare: So many unfinished programming projects that are stinking up his hard drive.
* UnconventionalLearningExperience: For many years his listening/speaking ability in Japanese has been lacking compared to other areas. [[AspergerSyndrome I]] [[LonersAreFreaks wonder]] [[SarcasmMode why]]? Watching the Japanese equivalent of [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] fixed this.
* {{Yangire}}
* YourMindMakesItReal: He's feeling earthquakes that aren't actually happening.
!!o
[-''This space reserved for [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment (friendly)]] abuse by fellow tropers.''-]
You should come hang out in the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=hw5hynd1e7nf5wcqx9b2g9ye&page=29 shmup thread]]. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
...you and your puzzle games that I thought no one besides me knew about. :P ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
* Which one? ~{{@/Tadaru}}
** ''{{Pang}}''. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
用意はよろしいですか？ ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
to:
Likes to play video games, mainly of the EasternRPG, ShootEmUp, PuzzleGame, and RhythmGame varieties. He's a very non-mainstream gamer by Western standards; he won't touch CallOfDuty, [[JohnMaddenFootball Madden]], or {{Halo}} with a ten-foot pole. Occasionally watches annie may as well, but never reads man gay (it's just not the same without CrowningMusicOfAwesome). Other hobbies are logic puzzles like sudoku and nonograms, as well as [[CaptainObvious reading and editing TVTropes]].
Has been lurking on TVTropes since May 2009 making a few edits from time to time, but did not become a full-fledged member until January 2011.
[[SelfReferentialHumor This page has a total of 157 links]].
Favorite games are:
* Bemani (at this time, mostly DanceDanceRevolution and Guitar Freaks).
* Many {{Cave}} [[ShootEmUp shmups]] (DeathSmiles, Mushihime-sama Futari, EspGaluda II, DonPachi series in particular)
* RaidenFighters. This was actually his [[GatewaySeries Gateway Shmup]] which showed him they can be fun and caused him to play stuff other than ticket games at arcades.
* GigaWing
* {{Touhou}} series; mostly the older ones.
* MetalSlug series (especially X and 3)
* TetrisTheGrandMaster series
* PanelDePon
* FinalFantasy series. Unlike [[BrokenBase most fans]], he likes both the old and new ones equally (except XIII; [[{{Sequelitis}} that one looks god-awful]]; though he even enjoyed XII). His favorite is [[FinalFantasyIV IV]] by a little, though it's close between several others.
* DragonQuest series, his favorite of them being DragonQuestVI. This fandom is surprisingly recent; never having taken the series seriously before, he essentially went on an ArchiveBinge in 2008 where he beat all eight main series games that existed at the time. He's since beaten [[DragonQuestIX IX]] too.
* SaGa series. For now, he's only played the original trilogy though. Many examples added for SaGa2.
* SecretofMana
* SeikenDensetsu3
* LaPucelle
* {{Disgaea}}
Started the following pages:
* {{Pang}}
!![=Tadaru=] and his life have examples of the following:
* AccentuatetheNegative: People have accused him of doing this.
* AcceptableHobbyTargets: He's gotten flak for watching [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] (and at one point, making them), and indirectly has gotten flak for some of his other hobbies (i.e. people point out how strange/nerdy it is to listen to video game music, and while not directed towards him, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he directs it toward himself]]).
* AdultChild: A couple other tropes here should confirm this.
* AmbiguouslyAutistic: Surprisingly, many people don't see anything off about him, even though he does have some visual symptoms of Asperger's.
* ArchivePanic: I have to watch 500 episodes to get up to date on this series?! Screw that!
* AsianandNerdy
* AsianDrivers: He was horrible when he started, and is still probably below average when it comes to driving.
* AspergerSyndrome: Professionally diagnosed as of 2002. He also has traits of [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny ADHD]] and [[SuperOCD OCD]].
* AskAStupidQuestion: He won't hesitate to respond with a sarcastic answer if you do.
* BerserkButton: Several. The main ones as of late:
** Asking him stupid questions, or asking him a question that he's just answered. See above.
** Similarly, being CaptainObvious while he's watching a TV show.
** Calling AspergerSyndrome a "disease". It sucks to have, but it's not a disease.
** Assuming Japanese-Americans can automatically speak Japanese.
** People complaining about [[ShootEmUp shmups]] [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]].
* BornInTheWrongCentury: He graduated from college in March 2009. Enough said. Had he had been born even a year earlier...
** Ironically, he thinks he may have done better in a world before computers and the internet. Obviously he'd do horribly if he were suddenly warped back being used to using them, but if he were born before the ideas of them even existed, things may turn out alright. He'd probably be forced to be more social, and also wouldn't have to deal with information overload.
* BrilliantButLazy: His IQ is estimated to be in the 140s, occasionally 150s. For quite a while he had a sentence here referring people to the non-existent intro on his troper page, but that's no longer applicable. [[BlatantLies He'll think of a new example eventually]].
* CakeEater: As far back as he can remember, he's always wanted someone several years older than him. possibly to justify him being the more immature one. He couldn't see himself dating anyone significantly younger than him. Thankfully he's 23 years old now, where it wouldn't look weird to date someone in their late 20s.
* ChallengeGamer: He aims for one credit clears (i.e. [[NoDamageRun beating the whole game without continuing]]) in [[ShootEmUp shmups]] and some other arcade games.
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome:
** Will virtually always use default names if given in RPGs, if given. If a name's not given, he will often opt for [[spoiler: Fart]] due to a [[SelfDeprecation lack of creativity and/or maturity]].
** For virtually every ShootEmUp he has played significantly, he will always use the same ship/character. Usually tends towards fast with straight shots.
** Almost always picks the water-elemental starter in Pokemon. The only exceptions are if it's a subsequent playthrough, or he's trying to get all the starter Pokemon.
* CosmicPlaything: When he's depressed, he feels like one.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Being a fan of the SuperNintendo, having the same four colors and same four names for the buttons on the Xbox360 but in a different layout confuses him.
** He also [[{{Understatement}} doesn't really like it]] when a major website suddenly changes its layout.
* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: He wasn't far from the epicenter of the 2011 Sendai earthquake.
* FanNickname: [[spoiler: Farts]]book, for a certain social networking site. See ToiletHumor below.
** Take a wild guess what he replaces the "You" in Youtube with.
** [[RaidenFighters Raiden Far]]... you get the picture.
* FetishFuel: He's quite fond of {{Meganekko}}, and his favorite Japanese teacher...
* TheFireflyEffect: Thanks to how often his hobbies have died off, he's afraid of getting into ''any'' hobby that looks as if it's about to die or is dying, and will desperately try to replace any that he already has if they are.
* FragileSpeedster: Fits him to a tee. He even dresses very lightly, wearing shorts 9-10 months out of the year.
* FridgeHorror: He lived through the 2011 Sendai earthquake. The situation at the nuclear plant...
* GeniusSweetTooth: [[IGotBetter He's a little less of one now]]. At the very least he's given up energy drinks.
* GoodWithNumbers: He's quite skilled at mental math.
* GrammarNazi
* GratuitousJapanese: Justified, in that he has passed the JLPT N2 and recently took the [[NintendoHard N1]].
* GrowingUpSucks: So many people tell him this, and he wonders why he should keep living.
* HypeBacklash: Currently preventing him from trying Minecraft.
* IKnowMortalKombat: He can play real drums thanks to the {{Bemani}} game Drum Mania being very much like them.
* InternalizedCategorism: He's [[AcceptableHobbyTargets embarrassed by his hobbies]].
* IJustWantToBeNormal / IJustWantToHaveFriends
* KansaiRegionalAccent: He frequently uses parts of it despite never having been to that part of Japan yet.
* LonersAreFreaks: He's arguably both. Therefore true.
* MemeticMutation / RunningGag: He'd jokingly say "[[PrecisionFStrike (expletive)]] off <member>" to a member of an IRC channel he frequented (he does not really hate this member in any way). After doing this a few times, he changed it to the LighterAndSofter "shut up" which ended up becoming the meme. From there, he had it turned on him by [[Tropers/TsundeRay another troper in that same channel]], resulting in his handle. Now he uses it on anything that makes him upset, adding an "-aru" suffix onto the end of his target.
** And that member's usual response: "o"
** According to many people in the same channel, he's beaten it to death, but there just is no such thing as an OverusedRunningGag to him.
* MouthfulOfPi: He used to be able to recite 100 digits of pi. It's AwesomeButImpractical but mostly impractical, so he can't go that far anymore.
* NauseaFuel: [[WombLevel Womb levels]]. Possibly a result of FridgeHorror.
* NoGuyWantsToBeChased: Averted, but now that it's happening to him, played straight. Just feels way [[ItsEasySoItSucks too easy]], and is quite scary in a way.
* OlderThanTheyLook: YourMileageMayVary. On average, people underestimate his age. Most people correctly estimate his age, but some people think he could pass for a high school student.
* RageQuit: It happens.
* SequelFirst: Since he was a bit too young for the original NES and started on the Super Nintendo instead, it's happened. Only the most {{egregious}} ones follow:
** As listed above, first Final Fantasy game was IV in the early 90s when he got into video gaming. He didn't play the original one until ''2004'', and the other NES ones until after that (II in 2005, III in 2007).
** Played the GB SaGa games in ''reverse order''.
** Played PuzzleBobble when it was new, in the mid 90s. Didn't play BubbleBobble that spawned them until 2002.
** Surprisingly averted with the {{Mother}} series; all three of them were out by the time he got into it.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Averted oh so hard. He hates and is terrible at chess and any similar games, especially {{Go}}. He's even tried to learn how to play the latter, but these types of games are simply not compatible with his brain at all.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Eventually he wants to make it to the Kansai region, which is much harder than the Kanto region in terms of Japanese language difficulty. It's a non-standard dialect and they tend to speak much faster.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He will occasionally find effeminate-looking men attractive.
* TheBGrade: He was one when he was younger; [[IGotBetter He got better]] [[YourMilageMayVary depending on your definition of "better"]]. Now he's happy with any grade that's at least a B; for [[ScrappyLevel Scrappy Classes]], [[strike: at least a C]] any passing grade.
** He failed the JLPT N1 by '''two fucking points'''. He needed 100/180 to pass; he got 98. [[AtomicFBomb FUCK EVERYTHING]].
** However, he very much plays this straight when it comes to RhythmGames; for instance, in DanceDanceRevolution when his AA would have been a AAA if he had gotten one fewer Great.
* ToiletHumor: He uses it [[strike: occasionally]] [[strike: sometimes]] [[{{Understatement}} frequently]].
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by him one night:
--> (someone else says "fart")
--> '''Tadaru''': You mean I'm not the first one to say the word "farted" tonight?
* [[BilingualBonus Trilingual Bonus]]: English (natively), Japanese (JLPT N2 confirmed, see [=TheBGrade=] above), Spanish (studied in high school and have seldom used it since; I probably shouldn't even say I know it by now).
* VaporWare: So many unfinished programming projects that are stinking up his hard drive.
* UnconventionalLearningExperience: For many years his listening/speaking ability in Japanese has been lacking compared to other areas. [[AspergerSyndrome I]] [[LonersAreFreaks wonder]] [[SarcasmMode why]]? Watching the Japanese equivalent of [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] fixed this.
* {{Yangire}}
* YourMindMakesItReal: He's feeling earthquakes that aren't actually happening.
!!o
[-''This space reserved for [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment (friendly)]] abuse by fellow tropers.''-]
You should come hang out in the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=hw5hynd1e7nf5wcqx9b2g9ye&page=29 shmup thread]]. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
...you and your puzzle games that I thought no one besides me knew about. :P ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
* Which one? ~{{@/Tadaru}}
** ''{{Pang}}''. ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
用意はよろしいですか？ ~{{@/TsundeRay}}
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** As listed above, first Final Fantasy game was IV in the early 90s when he got into video gaming. He didn't play the original one until ''2004'', and the other NES ones until after that (II in 2005, III in 2007).
** Played the GB SaGa games in ''reverse order''.
** Played PuzzleBobble when it was new, in the mid 90s. Didn't play BubbleBobble that spawned them until 2002.
** Surprisingly averted with the {{Mother}} series; all three of them were out by the time he got into it.
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** Played the GB SaGa games in ''reverse order''.
** Played PuzzleBobble when it was new, in the mid 90s. Didn't play BubbleBobble that spawned them until 2002.
** Surprisingly averted with the {{Mother}} series; all three of them were out by the time he got into it.
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* FinalFantasy series. Unlike [[BrokenBase most fans]], he likes both the old and new ones equally. His favorite is a toss-up between III, IV, VII, VIII, and X.
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* AcceptableHobbyTargets: He's gotten flak for watching [[LetsPlay Let's Plays]] (and at one point, making them), and indirectly has gotten flak for some of his other hobbies (i.e. people point out how strange/nerdy it is to listen to video game music, and while not directed towards him, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech he directs it toward himself]]).
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