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delinquentkun) wrote2016-09-20 11:23 am
delinquentkun) wrote2016-09-20 11:23 am
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Name: Shinagawa Daichi (“Yankee-kun”)
Series: Yankee-kun to Megane-chan / Flunk Punk Rumble
Canon Standing: Manga chapter 179.
Age: 18
Birthday & Astrology Sign: 2nd April, Aries.
Arcana: The Chariot.
Personality:
Shinagawa is always willing to help other people out of a jam. Okay, he's not exactly willing to help anyone when they're in trouble but that doesn't mean he won't try.
Shinagawa Daichi starts out as a typical high school delinquent. He’s too lazy to take part in school trips and events, easily irritated by anything and everything, and would rather spend his time smoking in a bathroom stall than attending class. It’s obvious from the get go that Shinagawa just wants to be left alone; he has no clear plans for his future and isn't interested in making any. Even the other students are content to let him sit in his own stall all day. The author even joked that no one dares use that stall in case something bad happens to them. It isn't until he meets Adachi Hana that Shinagawa even considers opening up to his classmates.
After being forced into a more active role in high school life, Shinagawa appears to reform quickly - he no longer spends his time hiding out in a bathroom stall and seriously cuts down on the cigarettes. These changes build up as the chapters progress and before long Shinagawa is running for Student Council Vice President. But even before that, there are moments when it becomes clear that there is more to Shinagawa than bleached hair and a bad attitude.
Like I mentioned earlier, there’s a side to him that is eager to help out those in need. This covers all range of problems from convincing a hikikomori to return to class, giving relationship advice to a guy who tried to beat him up in chapter one and even going all the way to Shibuya to reunite a wayward daughter with hernot really suicidal father. But Shinagawa doesn't help anyone without complaining about it. He's far too tsundere for that. He makes sure that people know that they are to blame for their problems and rarely explains his true motives behind helping others. In fact, he spends so much time bitching at the people he helps out that it's a wonder anyone puts up with him long enough to see what a nice guy he can be.
Shinagawa's helpful nature becomes more apparent after he’s elected Vice President of the Student Council. He’s still an irritable jerk with a short fuse, but his efforts to help others become more active than reactive, suggesting he has matured somewhat – even just a little – from his early days of yelling openly at people he ends up helping. His effort to change feared delinquent Akira Kitami into a friendly guy – which doesn't end in much success – is something he does without being asked, for example. And he pretty much stalks Sakura Miyagi to make her see that she is capable of her responsibilities during the school cultural festival and preventing her own expulsion.
It’s worth noting that Shinagawa never reveals his motive for helping Miyagi. As far as she knows, he just wants her to come to school so that he won’t be left to deal with their shared workload all by himself. Even Shinagawa initially tried to get Miyagi to return to school so that she could handle all the work while he attended a cultural festival at another school. In the end, the fact that he never even considered looking for a replacement for her, despite her stead fast refusal to come to school, shows that attending the Aosuji Academy cultural festival was much less important to him than preventing some girl he just met from being expelled.
But there's more to ol' Yankee-kun than bitching at people for a chapter or two and then helping them out. When something catches his interest, Shinagawa becomes fiercely dedicated. Whether it's becoming addicted to a MMORPG or taking charge of a sports team made up of the school's least athletic students, if Shinagawa is into something then he’ll give it his all. The latter example, acting as Leader for the Red team during the sports festival, shows just how dedicated Shinagawa can be: he motivates around sixty mismatched students into working together to take on the much more skilled White Team. He even goes out of his way to arrange extra training sessions at night, visiting each and every student's parents to make sure they are okay with late night practise sessions.
Shinagawa's eagerness to take on the role of the leader isn't without its downsides, though. See, the boy has an ego the size of a blimp. He brags about getting 20% or so on tests simply because he is able to outperform Adachi. Never mind the fact that two of his close friends always score higher than him. This has remained a feature of his character since the early chapters of the manga. In the early days, for example, he took charge of the gangs first field trip and attempted to force everyone into doing what he wanted to do because that's the right way to spend a field trip. They wanted to do the usual touristy things like sightseeing and hitting up souvenir shopping, but Shinagawa wouldn’t let them because he didn’t want to. In the later arcs he encourages the other characters to praise him for coming up with obvious plans and solutions to various problems. Then there was the time he made his underclassmen treat him like a lord because he was bored and had nothing better to do.
But just because he can be a jerk to his friends doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy. He’s a jerk, sure. But he’s a loyal jerk. Shinagawa's loyalty is best seen through his drive to protect Adachi during a later story arc. When Adachi is being targeted by The Big Four, an infamous group of delinquents, Shinagawa doesn't think twice before heading straight on over to their school in order to crack some skulls and set some records straight. He doesn't even bat an eyelid when he ends up fighting his best friend Nermia, the strongest member of The Big Four, to protect Adachi.
In a similar fashion to Adachi being a moron who doesn’t need glasses at all, Shinagawa takes on his titular role of a yankee only to slowly be revealed as the exact opposite of this character archetype. He isn't super violent, he only fights to protect himself and his friends. He isn't even offensive as he will go out of his way to help other people, sometimes even forcing his help upon them. Even his short temper and bad attitude don't fit the typical delinquent role as they never get in the way of helping people out or making friends.
Backstory:
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan @ Wikipedia, and here is the character section.
Shinagawa at the fandom wikia.
Canon Powers:
The power of being a total dumbass! Okay, nah really he doesn’t have any. He’s an ordinary high schooler who’s good at fighting.
Canon Weapons|Items:
Nada.
Canon Allies:
Megane-chan and the rest of the old Student Council. Nah, I’m kidding. He’s got nothing like that.
Canon Baggage:
Clothes, phone, cigarettes, contact lenses. Nothing too fancy.
Name: Shinagawa Daichi (“Yankee-kun”)
Series: Yankee-kun to Megane-chan / Flunk Punk Rumble
Canon Standing: Manga chapter 179.
Age: 18
Birthday & Astrology Sign: 2nd April, Aries.
Arcana: The Chariot.
Personality:
Shinagawa is always willing to help other people out of a jam. Okay, he's not exactly willing to help anyone when they're in trouble but that doesn't mean he won't try.
Shinagawa Daichi starts out as a typical high school delinquent. He’s too lazy to take part in school trips and events, easily irritated by anything and everything, and would rather spend his time smoking in a bathroom stall than attending class. It’s obvious from the get go that Shinagawa just wants to be left alone; he has no clear plans for his future and isn't interested in making any. Even the other students are content to let him sit in his own stall all day. The author even joked that no one dares use that stall in case something bad happens to them. It isn't until he meets Adachi Hana that Shinagawa even considers opening up to his classmates.
After being forced into a more active role in high school life, Shinagawa appears to reform quickly - he no longer spends his time hiding out in a bathroom stall and seriously cuts down on the cigarettes. These changes build up as the chapters progress and before long Shinagawa is running for Student Council Vice President. But even before that, there are moments when it becomes clear that there is more to Shinagawa than bleached hair and a bad attitude.
Like I mentioned earlier, there’s a side to him that is eager to help out those in need. This covers all range of problems from convincing a hikikomori to return to class, giving relationship advice to a guy who tried to beat him up in chapter one and even going all the way to Shibuya to reunite a wayward daughter with her
Shinagawa's helpful nature becomes more apparent after he’s elected Vice President of the Student Council. He’s still an irritable jerk with a short fuse, but his efforts to help others become more active than reactive, suggesting he has matured somewhat – even just a little – from his early days of yelling openly at people he ends up helping. His effort to change feared delinquent Akira Kitami into a friendly guy – which doesn't end in much success – is something he does without being asked, for example. And he pretty much stalks Sakura Miyagi to make her see that she is capable of her responsibilities during the school cultural festival and preventing her own expulsion.
It’s worth noting that Shinagawa never reveals his motive for helping Miyagi. As far as she knows, he just wants her to come to school so that he won’t be left to deal with their shared workload all by himself. Even Shinagawa initially tried to get Miyagi to return to school so that she could handle all the work while he attended a cultural festival at another school. In the end, the fact that he never even considered looking for a replacement for her, despite her stead fast refusal to come to school, shows that attending the Aosuji Academy cultural festival was much less important to him than preventing some girl he just met from being expelled.
But there's more to ol' Yankee-kun than bitching at people for a chapter or two and then helping them out. When something catches his interest, Shinagawa becomes fiercely dedicated. Whether it's becoming addicted to a MMORPG or taking charge of a sports team made up of the school's least athletic students, if Shinagawa is into something then he’ll give it his all. The latter example, acting as Leader for the Red team during the sports festival, shows just how dedicated Shinagawa can be: he motivates around sixty mismatched students into working together to take on the much more skilled White Team. He even goes out of his way to arrange extra training sessions at night, visiting each and every student's parents to make sure they are okay with late night practise sessions.
Shinagawa's eagerness to take on the role of the leader isn't without its downsides, though. See, the boy has an ego the size of a blimp. He brags about getting 20% or so on tests simply because he is able to outperform Adachi. Never mind the fact that two of his close friends always score higher than him. This has remained a feature of his character since the early chapters of the manga. In the early days, for example, he took charge of the gangs first field trip and attempted to force everyone into doing what he wanted to do because that's the right way to spend a field trip. They wanted to do the usual touristy things like sightseeing and hitting up souvenir shopping, but Shinagawa wouldn’t let them because he didn’t want to. In the later arcs he encourages the other characters to praise him for coming up with obvious plans and solutions to various problems. Then there was the time he made his underclassmen treat him like a lord because he was bored and had nothing better to do.
But just because he can be a jerk to his friends doesn’t mean he’s a bad guy. He’s a jerk, sure. But he’s a loyal jerk. Shinagawa's loyalty is best seen through his drive to protect Adachi during a later story arc. When Adachi is being targeted by The Big Four, an infamous group of delinquents, Shinagawa doesn't think twice before heading straight on over to their school in order to crack some skulls and set some records straight. He doesn't even bat an eyelid when he ends up fighting his best friend Nermia, the strongest member of The Big Four, to protect Adachi.
In a similar fashion to Adachi being a moron who doesn’t need glasses at all, Shinagawa takes on his titular role of a yankee only to slowly be revealed as the exact opposite of this character archetype. He isn't super violent, he only fights to protect himself and his friends. He isn't even offensive as he will go out of his way to help other people, sometimes even forcing his help upon them. Even his short temper and bad attitude don't fit the typical delinquent role as they never get in the way of helping people out or making friends.
Backstory:
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan @ Wikipedia, and here is the character section.
Shinagawa at the fandom wikia.
Canon Powers:
The power of being a total dumbass! Okay, nah really he doesn’t have any. He’s an ordinary high schooler who’s good at fighting.
Canon Weapons|Items:
Nada.
Canon Allies:
Megane-chan and the rest of the old Student Council. Nah, I’m kidding. He’s got nothing like that.
Canon Baggage:
Clothes, phone, cigarettes, contact lenses. Nothing too fancy.