Name: Ryuichi Amano
Age: 17
Attends: Hope’s Pass High School
Positive: Quiet, Loyal, Thoughtful, Analytical, Non-judgmental, Neutral, Adventurous
Negative: Antisocial, Abrasive, Languid, Snarky, Greedy, Possessive, Manipulative, Apathetic, Moody
Likes: Books, reading, sweets, sleeping in
Dislikes: Waking up early, school, noisy places or people, crowds
Other than a few minor differences, Ryuichi is visually identical to Rantaro. The biggest difference is that Ryuichi doesn’t wear accessories, and he doesn’t have piercings, either.
Because of his awful sleeping habits, Ryuichi always looks tired, and he yawns a lot, too. He also rarely smiles, which ends up making him look either really annoyed or really bored.
Despite a fairly normal upbringing, Ryuichi quickly grew disinterested in school and started to rebel more. He skips class a lot, and kind of just does whatever he wants. If he isn’t hanging out somewhere on school grounds, he can usually be found in the library. There are also a lot of nasty rumors going around about him, and a lot of people are intimidated by him.
Ryuichi comes from wealth, and his parents have completely spoiled him rotten. He lives in his own apartment that his parents pay rent for, and he tends to have more money than he knows what to do with. He’s also somewhat greedy and is used to getting what he wants.
Ryuichi is apathetic towards life and has no interest whatsoever in mingling with society and its rules. He doesn’t want a boring life with a boring job but is worried that his life has no direction and that he does not have a future. He decides to join Team Danganronpa in order to make a change in his life, for better or worse.
My personal theory regarding pregame is that the audition tapes are real. I also believe that most, if not all of the cast’s pregame counterparts, have completely opposite personalities from their in-game selves. This is why Ryuichi seems like the total opposite of Rantaro. I didn’t have anything else to go off of when I was developing Ryuichi as a character, but writing a tsundere delinquent sounded fun.
Ryuichi is a special case, as Rantaro was a participant in both the 52nd and 53rd killing games. Because of this, all of my pregame threads take place before both killing games. I hope this isn’t an issue.