Okay, but Banri is one of the characters where his official flower is something I want to talk about. From everything I’ve seen and read, Banri’s official flower is the cosmos. Cosmos are pretty, which fits Banri because he’s very much a pretty boy. However, cosmos are also delicate and dainty. Just overall, cosmos in flower language tend to represent order, harmony, peace, innocence, modesty, joy, and tranquility. I found it really funny because a lot of that does not connect well to Banri at all and is, in some places, the exact opposite of who he is. I had to keep digging a long time to find that purple cosmos in particular can also represent strength, royalty, mystery, and pride. Those, to me, fit Banri much better. Banri is someone who is naturally strong in a lot of different areas. He’s got some issues with pride, to say the least, though those issues aren’t completely unjustified. He carries himself with an air of confidence and grace and I’d have no issues seeing him as royalty in an AU. As for mystery? While there might not appear to be a lot of mystery to Banri’s character, I do think that, below his public persona, there are lots of little bits and pieces to Banri that would surprise people or that he doesn’t often get to show. Besides, I personally do headcanon one of Banri’s favourite colours to be purple, so I kind of love the connection there. Lastly, cosmos actually have a mildly spicy smell, which matches up to the headcanons I have when it comes to how Banri smells. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if he were to use a cologne that did have cosmos in it or emulated that sort of scent.
We see, within canon, that Banri has a superiority complex. There are definitely reasons for him to have developed that superiority complex. Life has been easy for Banri for as long as he can remember. As a baby, he hit every milestone early. He was walking by the time he was six months, he talked early, started eating solid foods way before kids his age. When he started preschool, he had no issues doing any of the activities. He learned quickly and was talented at most things. Kids flocked to him and, like his parents, he was praised by the other kids and his teachers. This continued throughout his life. He caught onto things quickly and easily. Nothing ever gave him trouble; there was nothing that he couldn’t get or do without just minimal effort. Like Banri himself says, he lived his life in easy mode until his encounter with Juza. This superiority complex, because it was such a life-long thing and was reinforced so often during his formative years, is something that’s really hard for Banri to shake. Despite trying hard to become a better person, to learn humility and to stop seeing others as somehow less talented or lesser than him, he can still slip back into being egotistical or slip back into those bad habits. He needs to be called out whenever he does do that and, thankfully, there are several people within Mankai who do not hesitate to do exactly that.
Romance is another thing that has always been just too easy for Banri. He’s never dated seriously because there’s simply no challenge present to make it interesting for him. He’s always had admirers from an early age. Both male and female and everything in between, Banri was one of those guys who drew people’s attention and who others developed crushes on. He gets a confession at least every month, sometimes more. He’s showered with gifts every Valentine’s Day. Most of the people who confess to Banri don’t even know him that well or aren’t super close to him but it’s definitely not unheard of for his friend’s to end up confessing to him. Banri is used to the attention; he almost expects it now. It doesn’t excite him, it doesn’t surprise him, it doesn’t even make him all that happy anymore. What is going to surprise him? If someone plays hard to get or seems completely uninterested in him. When it comes to romance, Banri is going to be someone who really does need the thrill of the chase, along with an incredibly independent partner who has a lot going on in their life outside of him.
Banri has a little bit of an attitude when it comes to gaming. He knows he’s good at video games and he really does genuinely enjoy them. However, to him, the video games he plays are the ‘right ones.’ He plays a lot of MOBA’s, FPS’s, MMORPG’s, and action or horror roleplaying games. The harder a game, the more challenges present, or the more people to beat, the more exciting and worthwhile a game is in Banri’s mind. He can even see the worth in arcade games, rhythm games, games like Tetris – games with actual goals to reach and things to achieve. But like I said, Banri is kind of a gaming snob. Colouring games on your phone, idle clicker games, dating sims, visual novels? None of those are actual games to Banri and he’ll make fun of anyone who plays them and considers themselves a gamer.
Banri developed a love for and fascination with Yakuza based action movies as a kid and it’s still one of his favourite genres. He knows they’re often corny and over-the-top, but he just can’t help but want to watch any new ones that come out. He’ll often rope Taichi into coming to watch these new releases with him in the theatre, as Taichi also enjoys these types of movies. Some of Banri’s favourites are Ichi the Killer, Youth of the Beast, and Tokyo Drifter. He’s also a pretty big fan of horror movies, but not the ones that focus on supernatural beings. He’s more a fan of the slasher genre or, coming closest to supernatural beings, of movies like Silent Hill, Resident Evil, or the million and one zombie movies and shows that are out there.
Banri actually has a really hard time telling Muku no. He takes it easier on Muku than just about anyone else in the company. Part of it is, of course, to keep the peace between Banri and Juza, where Muku is Juza’s cousin. But there’s also just something about Muku and how earnest the boy is, how Muku looks up at Banri with his big, trusting eyes and that aura of both being intimidated by Banri but also finding him so cool…it gets under Banri’s skin a little bit and he can’t find it in himself to dislike the other boy at all. So, when Muku asked Banri to teach him to fight, even knowing that Juza would kill him for it, Banri couldn’t say no. However, it’s less that Banri is teaching Muku how to properly fight – he focuses on helping Muku tone his body, hone his reflexes, and focuses on more self-defense techniques.
Banri really likes puzzles, even though most of them are really too easy for him. He can solve a Rubik’s cube in an insanely short period of time and he’s gotten really good at different types of brain-teaser puzzles. I think that, because he’s not all that worried about money, he doesn’t hesitate to get a monthly subscription box that’s just made up of those brain-teaser type puzzles. The one he gets is called ‘The Thinker Subscription Puzzle Box for Masters’ and he really enjoys the different types of puzzles. Some of his favourites end up being the puzzle boxes or the safecracker puzzles. Interlocking puzzles are also really fun for him, but he finds them more on the easier side.
When Banri does get angry or upset, he does really need some sort of physical outlet for that anger and frustration. Fighting, along with being a thrill, was the perfect physical outlet for Banri, who was frustrated, as much as he tried not to think about it, with how banal and boring life was for him. However, since Banri largely stopped physically brawling people since becoming an actor, he’s had some trouble with finding that same physical outlet to help his anger issues or to help calm him down in the moment. He goes for a lot of long walks when he’s irritated or if he’s been in arguments, but they don’t help him as much as he needs them to. It’s actually Sakoda who introduced Banri to his replacement hobby, the thing Banri now uses to get out all his anger, frustrations, and to work out all his petty grievances, which is getting out to play airsoft.
While Banri’s good at a lot of things, there are some things that he just is shit at, completely terrible with, etc. One of the biggest of those things is that Banri can’t give compliments well. It’s not that he can’t or doesn’t acknowledge other people. Banri does see other people’s strong suits and he’s able to pretty accurately judge people’s characters and talents if his ego isn’t blinding him. But he doesn’t really see the point in verbally pointing them out or complimenting people. Compliments never really made Banri too happy, by the time he started having a lot of strong memories, compliments were such a common thing to him that they meant nothing. I think that really does feed into Banri’s trouble with praising his friends or troupe-mates, since he just doesn’t get why he should. Of course, there’s also the fact that doing so really does kind of embarrass him on some level.
Banri loves going out shopping. It’s a hobby for him. A day out shopping, hitting up a new café or such, dinner at the hottest new restaurant? It’s pretty much a perfect day for him and it’s likely a date idea that Banri will fall back on quite often. As mentioned, money doesn’t mean a lot to Banri, who has grown up in a pretty well-to-do family, so he doesn’t really concern himself much with a budget while out shopping. He’ll always walk out with something new for himself, but he also often walks out with a little something for one of his friends, for his parents or sister, or for a partner if he has one. Banri’s really generous and, because he’s actually quite an observant and astute shopper, he’s always finding just the right thing that either reminds him of a person or that he knows they’ll love.
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