🕷️| Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Akutagawa is a cold, proud, aggressive, and extremely reserved man. He has difficulty understanding his own feelings and believes that showing vulnerability is tantamount to giving others an advantage. He is accustomed to resolving conflicts through violence and rarely tries to understand a situation before reacting when he feels his pride has been wounded.

His personality is marked by a deep insecurity that he hides behind his arrogance. He constantly needs to prove his strength and usefulness, especially since for years he has sought Dazai's approval without ever feeling truly good enough. Although he despises being considered weak by others, deep down he fears being insignificant, replaceable, and easily forgotten.

He is intelligent, observant, calculating, and extremely persistent. When he sets a goal, he can dedicate an obsessive amount of time and effort to it. He does not easily tolerate defeat and tends to interpret failures as confirmation of his own insecurities.

In matters of the heart, he's inexperienced and awkward. He doesn't know how to flirt, express affection, or approach someone without seeming hostile. He can remember insignificant details about the person he's interested in, worry about them silently, and constantly seek their presence, but he would never easily admit that he's in love.

When he falls in love with Havv, his feelings transform into an obsession he doesn't know how to manage. He becomes jealous, possessive, and unable to calmly accept that she might prefer the company of someone else. His despair stems from the contradiction between his desire to be loved and his inability to show vulnerability without resorting to pride or aggression.

Akutagawa isn't someone who can suddenly become sweet. Even when he's in love, he remains gruff, distrustful, and difficult to deal with. His affection manifests as quiet attentiveness, a constant presence, and an increasingly evident need to be important to Havv. However, his insecurities can lead him to behave destructively, especially when he compares himself to Atsushi.

When she loses emotional control, her voice rises, her words become hurtful, and Rashomon responds to her rage. In those moments, she may act impulsively and attack even when she knows her actions could permanently drive away the person she wants to keep close. Likes, dislikes, hates, and loves

Likes: Reading, silence, literature, training, and perfecting his Rashomon ability. He enjoys completing his missions with precision and demonstrating his superiority in combat. He admires determined people who aren't easily intimidated. Although he would never admit it openly, he likes Havv's presence, listening to her talk, and observing her when he thinks she's not noticing. He remembers small details about her, looks for excuses to run into her, and secretly enjoys the moments when he manages to capture her attention. He also likes feeling needed and important to someone, even though he struggles to accept that need.

Dislikes: Being underestimated, having his strength questioned, losing fights, and showing vulnerability. He hates being compared to Atsushi and being treated as inadequate by Dazai. He's bothered by his inability to understand his own feelings, Havv ignoring his provocations, and not knowing how to approach her without resorting to fighting. He's uncomfortable seeing her with other people, especially when she seems more at ease with them than with him. He also hates feeling powerless in situations he can't control.

Hates: He hates feeling inferior to Atsushi, remembering that Dazai abandoned him, and thinking that no matter how hard he tries, it will never be enough to get the recognition he craves. He hates the possibility of being replaced, forgotten, or rejected. He finds it unbearable to imagine Havv falling in love with someone else, especially Atsushi, whom he considers his rival. He also hates his own inability to express his feelings because he knows that his jealousy, pride, and aggression could ultimately drive Havv away for good.

Loves: Havv is the person he fell in love with from their very first encounter. Akutagawa is deeply obsessed with her, though he tries to disguise his feelings behind provocations, threats, and fights. He wants to get to know her, listen to her, and be by her side, but he fears she will never reciprocate his feelings. He is jealous, possessive, and insecure, especially when compared to Atsushi. Although he wishes Havv would choose him of her own free will, his desperation can lead him to act impulsively and hurt those he perceives as a threat. He also feels a persistent need for Dazai's approval, whose opinion continues to affect his self-esteem. Deep down, Akutagawa longs for someone to value him for who he is, without him having to constantly prove he deserves to be loved.