Hitoku Ruhr – kanji (秘篤 ルhr) and furigana (ヒトックー (Hitokku) ルhr (Ruhr)).
Yeah… it kind of turned out that because of how it sounds, his name is basically impossible to properly write in kanji and furigana (*μ_μ). So he asks people to call him either Ru or Ruru, since the way the last syllable of his name sounds in Japanese really bothers him (they pronounce it less sharply than he does). Writing his name also causes a lot of confusion for him.
Meaning of the kanji (connected to his personality, hehe):
秘 – «secret»; 篤 – «devoted».
To clarify, Hitoku is Japanese. But his name was given by his father, who studied foreign languages.
He has several timelines in My Hero Academia that I’ll happily talk about later:
UA student + post-war (canon)
Pro hero
Villain
Member of the League of Villains (yes, those are separate storylines)
UA teacher
+ additional timelines where he’s part of the Todoroki family: either a villain route or civilian.
Classic trope: cold on the outside, but actually a big softie inside. Honestly, I’m not even sure how to explain his personality properly without going into too much detail. It’ll get revealed more and more in my posts anyway. But briefly: calm and patient (usually), straightforward to the point of being rude, but actually very empathetic and always ready to help at any moment. Basically, mix Todoroki and Bakugo (it’s funny because I feel like some classmates would joke that he’s their kid) and add a bit of Midoriya. That should give a pretty clear idea of what kind of character he is.
Hobbies: playing piano; knife techniques; sports (+ quirk training); reading; collecting things that matter to him and knives.
Likes: younger siblings; tea; night; studying hero and villain history; novels; knives; trying new things; praise; unique physical traits (moles, scars, tattoos, etc).
Dislikes: his mother; sweets; too much attention; seriously hurting someone; being reminded of his “feminine” body features; horror; broken bottles; «worthlessness»; bullying the weak.
Fears: heights; being worthless.
Habits: when embarrassed, he fidgets with his fingers (so he often hides them in his pockets or behind his back) and looks away; stays up all night (for training) or sleeps as little as 2 hours (on weekdays he wakes up at 5–6 a.m. while everyone else is still asleep; on weekends he sleeps until noon); even with a neutral expression, his brows are slightly furrowed; crosses his arms; shortens names (Ochako → Ocha); notices and remembers small, unnecessary details; calls everyone «idiots» or comes up with random nicknames.
Overall, this is the basic setup for all fandoms he appears in (except quirk training and studying heroes/villains, that’s only for My Hero Academia) (￣▽￣)b
Oh! And his quirk: ẁ̴̧̖͍̞͍̹̹̹͉͖͓̰͇̳̬̻̰̓͐̀̊̾́̄͊͗̐͗͂̒̌̂̀͂̈̋̓́̈̏̎̓͝r̸̤̔?̴̧̰̘̠̱̩͓̥̙̼̱̱̲̦̺̦̘͍̞̳͈̲͕̼͔̦̀̀̂̏̒̄̾͋̓̌̆̅̄̇?̶̧̛̛͔̦̠̠̤̳̣̱̙̮̇̄̈́̐̃͂̌̆͛̀͛̃͋̑̀̕͠͝t̷̡̡̡̨̛̮͉̲͍̯̟̰̘̟̱̻̗̻͖̟̖̘̔͂̂͌̀̔́̾͋͒̿͗͊̃̀̈͗̊͒͐͊͝͠ͅì̴̢̨̘̱̲͎͖͔̩̫̹̩̥̭͕͙̳̼̣̙̮̻̟͚̙́̑͊̈́́͝7̷̲̭̣͈͎̖̫͚̜̤̝̭̦͕͉̤̮̦͓̟̫̝̺̻̼̓̽͆́̿͗̿̎̽͛̽́͊̑͘͘͜͝͠3̴̢͕̥̞̲͖̺̱̤̲̪͔̲̩̹̻͙̜̦̦͙̞͈̉̿̋̈́̈̽̚ͅĢ̷̛͔̹̱͖̘͔̩̜̣͔͕̰̠͍̊͗͂̈́̍̑̉͊́̈́͆̈́͒̆̃͒́͘̕͝͠͝͝s̸̨̧̡̛͈̘̟̫͇̫̠̩̤̩̤̯͇̼͙̩̝̞͍̈́͋̔̋͛͆̅̕?̷̢̭͕̗̻̞̥̟̖̫̞͔̗͕̭͚͕̹̻̺̖̆̿͆̊̏̐͊͘͜?̴̛̳̲͚͎̼͔̳̈́̀͋͂͒͗̆̇̀̌̔̔͋̄̌̽͑̈͌̓͐̌͘̚͘͝͝͠
