Just wanted to compare the Draw Sword Guild's casual outfits
So Goto Ryuji, Hoshino Minoru, Fujishima Tatsumi, and Kei seem to wear pretty much the same outfit with the only difference being the red designs on the black jacket
It's hard to tell with Izawa Ippei, but it looks like he might have something similar to the others. Ishida Mari's jacket has shorter sleeves, and Kumamoto Atsushi doesn't have the red patterns and has designs on his inner hoodie, but they all follow the same theme to the others, just with minor differences
Shimizu Akari and Tanaka Kenzo deviate more with Shimizu Akari wearing a pink hoodie, and Tanaka Kenzo wearing just a tank top but he matches the color schemes of most of the guild
And then there's Tawata Kanae
I'm pretty sure she just wears what she wants, and nothing can stop her
(Headcanon that the more off their clothing is from the typical outfit (what Goto Ryuji is wearing), the more chaotic their personality is. Not sure about Tawata Kanae though)
this time, the draw sword guild, definitely not my favorites :)
goto ryuji:
his sword is really cool, actually. a very nice ruby red. i think he would have a long sword and short sword (kind of like the daisho, a matched pair of japanese swords). otherwise, he would just use his hands. or his teeth. i think he just doesn't really care too much about how it's done, as long as it gets done
sugimoto reiji:
it's not stated in the manhwa what class he is, so i head canon him as an assassin because i think there's only one or two that are canon. so, i think he would have a dagger for short-range kills, and kunai and shuriken for long-range kills (slightly inspired by genji from overwatch's kunai and shuriken setup - the green even matches his usual suit...)
tanaka kenzo:
his fists suit him as a tank-esque fighter. if not that, then brass knuckles (slightly inspired by seo seongun from lookism... beloved...) also i just think he likes to get hands on with things, if him during the jeju arc gives us any clue what his fighting style is like
tawata kanae:
i think a two-sided spear or scimitar would be cool. she also has double blades as it is, so i think she just likes working with two instead of one. higher level of efficiency and all
as i was adding photos... i realized... what this was inspired by... lmao
yeah. that fits her for sure
fujishima tatsumi:
i think he would use things more for looks rather than efficiency, so anything cool or unique... a scythe seems up his alley. something like ruby's scythe (especially because it also works as a gun - and i think the engineering mind i've head canoned for him would love to fiddle with that and make it abysmally powerful)
ishida mari:
i headcanon him as a ranger because i think there's literally only taegyu otherwise. so he would use a compact bow as his main weapon (inspired by the chiron form of the coronacht bow), but he also uses a rapier. he strikes me as a rich kid that studied abroad in london and learned fencing (i know it's really specific but those are just the vibes i get)
shimizu akari:
she has her giant golden battle axe. i also think she would know boxing, so she has short-ranged hand-to-hand combat down
kumamoto atsushi:
he doesn't really need a weapon, since he has a strange fighting style, and i headcanon he transforms like yoonho. but... something blunt, like a mace or a club. maybe nunchucks? or something similar to the playful cloud weapon from jujutsu kaizen?
hamada kei:
they're an ice type mage, so they have a varied attack pattern, but i think they would like a bowstaff or a baton (inspired by nami's clima tact from one piece. it even has the bonus of controlling the weather through temperature - which kei can... sorta do, lmao). something to easily knock-out any monsters that get near them so they can run before they throw up. really, it's more of a back up weapon, since they would take anything out before it got too close to them (inspired by this video!)
izawa ippei:
the actual canon assassin. well, i headcanon he likes collecting all sorts of weapons and learning how to use them, but his go-to would be something slightly ranged, like a spear (inspired by maki's from jujutsu kaizen) or a scythe (i think something simple like the one from soul eater would suit him best)
hoshino minoru:
i also headcanon him as an assassin (i mean, look at that raid outfit - you can't tell me that's not built perfectly for stealth and a better range of motion!), but more short-ranged and borderline fighter style. i think he has a sickle for quick chain kills, and an old dagger for sneak kills. (sickle is directly inspired by percy jackson and chronos' sickle, but i don't think we ever got to see it in a movie, but something along these lines would fit well. dagger is more of the hunting/gutting knife from the hannibal nbc series)
well... that about wraps it up! i tried to get more visuals from media this time instead of just googling the weapon type from the internet. there are some pretty cool weapon designs already out there, unique ones that always catch my eye. i just like weapons a lot lmao
From the wiki, it says “She is a very talkative person.” Which, isn’t a lot. But most of Japan’s Hunters didn’t get much screen time. What we do know about her – she was in the Alpha team with Goto Ryuji and Minoru Hoshino. Also, the manhwa draws her as being shorter than them. Don’t know if that detail was in the novel, but I’m going to use it.
Mari is in her mid-twenties, but people often assume she’s younger due to her height and youthful face. It’s not as bad now that she’s an S-rank Hunter and part of a famous guild, but not everybody recognizes her. It’s a good thing she doesn’t have a temper because she really doesn’t like being mistaken for a teenager.
She was in the alpha team with Ryuji, and if we assume that he strategically divided his Hunters up by skill/strength, then her and Minoru could be weaker than the other S-ranks. Ryuji may not grieve his guild members’ deaths, but they’re only useful to him while alive. So, he might have grouped together with the two weakest of the S-ranks in his guild, since he was the strongest and could keep an eye on them.
I see her as having a somewhat cheerful, but not bubbly personality. She doesn’t like to dwell on the negatives, preferring a more positive outlook on life while still being realistic. Her style of choice is casual clothing, preferring slightly darker colors. She doesn’t wear a lot of jewelry.
Maybe a slightly sarcastic sense of humor? Not prone to making dark jokes, but with her job as a Hunter, that kind of humor doesn’t bother her.
Likes science fiction, fantasy, and nature documentaries. Not into the horror genre.
Fame – The fame is so-so to her. She likes the positive attention, but the paparazzi is a pain.
Wealth – Mari is careful with big purchases, but often indulges when it comes to less expensive items. Food, books, clothing, music, and games.
Family – She has an older brother and her parents divorced after she graduated High School. It was upsetting at the time, but there wasn’t a lot of drama. Her parents had simply drifted apart.
Romance – Mari is not a super romantic person, but she’ll put in extra effort on birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries. She prefers to plan dates together, rather than one of them having to surprise the other.
Hobbies – Mari likes to go roller skating and ice skating. She listens to music and dances at home. Maybe if she wasn’t famous, she would find somewhere to go dancing. Not a crowded nightclub, though. She’s not into that kind of scene. But the fame makes dancing in public off putting to her.
Food – Mari knows how to cook, but doesn’t find it that fun. Mostly, she’ll get takeout and frozen meals, occasionally going out to sit down restaurants. She’s not interested in the fancy restaurants, preferring a better ratio between portion size and price. (She doesn’t like being charged a lot for small portions.)
She likes sweet and sour foods (both together and separate). Sour candies, lemonade, lemon slices with salt, sweet and sour apples.
Headcanon that with the exception of Goto Ryuji and Sugimoto Reiji (I imagine them being the oldest though), the Draw Sword members were introduced from oldest to youngest since we don’t know much about them (I don't think there's that much of an age difference between them though):
Izawa Ippei (Maybe he looks the way he does because he's usually the one to look after the others)
Ishida Mari (I'm just going to assume she looks young for her age. A lot of the Solo Leveling characters do honestly. Maybe it’s her height too)
Tanaka Kenzo (It's confirmed he's older than Akari at least)
Hoshino Minoru
Kumamoto Atsushi
Tawata Kanae (Minoru, Atsushi, and Kanae being around the same age kind of makes sense to me)
Fujishima Tatsumi (Nerdy younger brother vibes?)
Kei (You know how younger siblings tend to be taller than their older siblings? That's what I'm imagining for Kei)
Draw Sword teams during the Jeju Raid + headcanons based on them:
Alpha: Goto Ryuji, Hoshino Minoru, Ishida Mari
- Goto is protective of these two in particular. Minoru because yes (I think most people see Goto as his father figure, and so do I). Mari because she's not as strong as the other S-Ranks (She was the first out of the team taken out by Beru, so she's likely weaker than Minoru)
Bravo: Tawata Kanae, Kumamoto Atsushi
- Kanae's one of the few who's able to handle Atsushi if he goes into a frenzied state
- She's also one the few willing to put up with Atsushi being a coward despite being mad at him for doing so
Charlie: Fujishima Tatsumi, Shimizu Akari, Tanaka Kenzo
- Kenzo usually needs healing more than the others, so Akari had to go with him, but they have a tendency to argue
- Tatsumi was forced to go with them to keep the peace. He doesn't want to be with them
Delta: Izawa Ippei, Kei
- They might be close friends. They seem to have similar personalities, so maybe they have similar interests as well. Also, Kei might be the one of the few who can keep up with Izawa Ippei with the latter being an assassin despite Kei being a mage
- Kei also doesn't want to be around too many S-Ranks, so he wanted to be with just one other person
various headcanons that i forgot aren't actually canon pt. 3
the draw sword guild team, who definitely aren't my favorites
Firstly, I don't know why, but I made the jump of headcanon-ing Hoshino Minoru as Goto Ryuji's nephew. This isn't canon but I refer to it a lot, so I just wanted to clarify straight away this is not part of the manhwa!
Reiji had a really long lasting emo phase. It kept going even when he was a hunter, and only stopped when he was promoted to vice guild leader. But he still has tattoos and piercings from back then, and it drives the team wild (they figure out he has his tits pierced and he never knows peace)
Tatsumi was in university to become an engineer. He tends to do random things whenever he gets bored. As in, dismantling the communal kitchen dishwasher and trying to "upgrade it to maximum efficiency," or taking apart various devices to try and "create a homemade roomba," and so on
Ryuji's lockscreen is an old, fat cat, and his homescreen is that same cat with kittens, and a rather excited young child. This has sparked rumors within the team that he has a kid (the kid is a very young Hoshino Minoru, his nephew)
One of Tatsumi's better hobbies is the trumpet, much to everyone's dismay. However, they realize Minoru is a heavy sleeper when Tatsumi attempts to play the Megalovania theme and Minoru just. Sleeps entirely through it
Kanae was going to be a tattoo designer/artist (I think being a tattoo artist requires a medical degree in Japan... but she would not care) and she still doodles designs in her spare time
Kanae also wants to have every inch of her tattooed, as a goal of hers, so she takes suggestions from the team (Kenzo and Tatsumi aren't allowed to suggest anything because they keep advising onigiri)
When Reiji created the team, he first hired Kenzo, Kanae, and Tatsumi. A tank and two fighters. He hires Mari, a ranger, and Akari, a healer after Tatsumi nearly dies doing stupid shit in the gates
Mari was a sheltered rich kid. The team takes it upon themselves to educate him on the wonders of 60 cent ramen packets (and other things as well)
When Akari moves in with her pet bugs, Kanae goes back to trying convince Reiji to allow her to have a pet python. Reiji doesn't budge, and for her birthday, Kenzo, Tatsumi, and Minoru all band together to sneak a python to her room (it goes about as well as you'd imagine, which isn't well at all)
Kenzo is terrified of bugs. At some point, Akari's millipede escapes. This is where their little rivalry begins
Ryuji doesn't really interact with the team a whole lot (at first), doesn't even attend the trainings. He's moved out of the offered room that comes with being a Draw Sword Guild leader. The kids are a little disappointed, because they've heard a lot about the Goto Ryuji, and barely get to see him outside of dungeons or gates
At some point, the Annual Guild Conference is held in Las Vegas. The entire team begs to go, because it's Las Vegas, and Reiji relents. Even Ryuji goes
Ippei and Mari are tied for being the shortest two on the team. Kenzo uses their heads as elbow rests a lot
Everyone tends to distance themselves from Atsushi a lot, since his fighting style is... dangerous. Kenzo is the only one who is really friendly with him, since he's so confident that he's stronger than Atsushi, so he can't ever kill him
Ippei is prone to insomnia, so it becomes a thing to just. Walk into his dorm room to bother him if you're up at 4 am, because he's most likely up as well
Kei isn't an insomniac, but they are a night owl, so they tend to run into Ippei in the communal kitchen a lot, and they become really good friends when they start playing Minecraft together
Akari discovers Ippei's old streamer videos. Even though he deletes them immediately, it's too late. She's clipped several videos of him getting jumpscared, or rage quitting, or doing something stupid, etc. They become reaction images in their groupchat
Tatsumi challenges him to speed-running Minecraft and loses terribly, but now they know Ippei didn't fake his speed-running videos. Tatsumi always challenges him at least once a month
Reiji urges Ryuji to participate in the team, which prompts Ryuji to choose Atsushi, Kei, and Ippei as potential hunters. Reiji recruits them immediately, but Ryuji still doesn't interact with the team much, to Reiji's disappointment
Ippei accidentally microwaves a fork one time in the morning after not getting any sleep. His expression did not change a single bit as the microwave caught on fire. "Oh no," has become an expression throughout the group
Atsushi, like Yoonho, is capable of shifting powers. He turns into a brown bear, but it's a really unstable shift. He's working on controlling it
(I chose bear because I think Kuma = bear in Japanese, so little brown bear boy!!! He's not little hes like 7 feet tall but you know what I mean)
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what would a groupchat look like for these 11 japanese S rank hunters? i don't know but it's been on my mind for forever, and i would sure like to find out.
anyway! new fic!!! yay!!! its only barely 2k words but still! hope you guys enjoy it, i wrote it in one sitting and decided to share because every fandom deserves a nice lil chat fic full of fluff (for now lmao)
