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Yuto Uemura is a voice actor and actor affiliated with the Himawari Theater Company. His representative works include "Bungo Stray Dogs," "Darling in the Franxx," and "Vinland Saga." He is a young voice actor who is active in a wide range of fields as a voice actor and actor, and it seems that the main characters in this work are dominated by young voice actors!
One day, "Yotsuya Yusuke" is suddenly summoned to the world of a game.
One day, junior high school third-year student Yotsuya Yusuke is suddenly summoned to the world of a game as the third player along with his classmates Shindo Iu and Hakozaki Kosue. In the world of the game, players hardly feel pain, and if the other players are alive, they can come back to life after a certain time, and the players are summoned to a death game where they must clear the clear conditions presented by the game master within the time limit.
An uncooperative man? "Yotsuya Yusuke" acts alone from the beginning
Yotsuya joined from the third week, but Shindou Iu was soon eaten by the boss and could not be revived, leaving Hakozaki Kosue, who was sickly and out of the fight, to work on leveling up alone, and when all his companions were captured by bandits in the fourth week, he quickly abandoned them and tried to clear the quest alone. However, this is because there is a premise that everyone can return alive as long as they can clear the quest. He sets the top priority and chooses to abandon his companions without any particular conflict if it means achieving that goal.
He's not uncooperative, he's just rational
However, he is not uncooperative. Yusuke abandons his teammates because he judges that doing so increases the chances of clearing the game, and usually cooperates to increase the chances of clearing the game. This is probably related to the fact that the players are almost immortal, but his judgment and decision-making speed are clearly less conflicted than ordinary people, and if he becomes a hindrance, he will take the initiative to discard himself. A man for whom the result is more important than the process.
All sorts of strange jobs! What is "Yotsuya Yusuke's" job in the game?
Yusuke's first occupation was "Farmer". He was knowledgeable about agriculture, but not good at fighting. Moreover, it was a rare occupation with an extremely low probability of becoming one, but his ability was good at farming, not combat, and it was not an occupation with the combat ability required for the quest. However, Yusuke acts alone to defeat weak enemies and earn experience points, and meets the conditions for changing jobs during the boss battle.
Note that the abilities of the occupation are carried over even if you change jobs, so the benefits of being a farmer will be demonstrated in another quest.
His job after changing jobs is chef
After achieving job rank 10 in the third week's boss battle (while fleeing in a hopeless situation), he once again changes jobs to a rare job, chef, which is not suitable for combat. However, since he had the skill to handle knives, he uses the bonus time after changing jobs (time stops for a few seconds after changing jobs, so he can use those few seconds to safely jump into the boss's arms) to rip open the boss's stomach and rescue the two people who were eaten. After that, he defeats the boss, even though it's a mess.
Furthermore, his job after changing jobs is Magician (Biology)
In the middle of the third week, he changes jobs to Magician (Biology). He learns a pseudo-recovery magic that increases the metabolism of living things and a magic that increases the persuasiveness of words. However, since he has become a magician, his physical abilities are lower than in his previous job. For Yusuke, who originally had no athletic ability, the decline in his athletic ability leads to a significant decline in his fighting ability, but he succeeds in saving the life of the female knight NPC Kahabel, who is seriously injured and near death, by using that magic continuously.
Furthermore, his job after changing jobs is blacksmith
In the fifth week, he repeatedly farmed to raise his job rank, and once again changed jobs to the rare job of blacksmith. Although his physical ability correction is not that great, he takes advantage of the fact that anyone can use the equipment he makes and works almost day and night at blacksmithing. As a result, the crossbow he created succeeded in supplementing the combat power of Yuka Tokidate and Kosue Hakozaki, who were not in the orc's fighting force, and greatly contributed to the completion of the quest.
A man who is generally very active
He has already changed jobs four times in the fifth week, and plays a central role in every quest. He may act alone or behave in a problematic manner that is a result of his twisted rationalism, but it is all directed towards the achievement of the quest, and once he decides to do something, he has extraordinary judgment and decisiveness to act without hesitation. Commonly, the characteristics of a psychopath include a lack of cooperation and a tendency to place importance on results, but he is not extremely self-denying, extremely cruel, or lacking in conscience, so he does not fit the criteria, and it may be more natural to think of him as a type of developmental disorder rather than a psychopath.
Pathological? Once he decides to do something, "Yotsuya Yusuke" shows incredible concentration.
Once he sets a goal, he will do it to the end, showing incredible concentration. In the first week, he calmly kills weak enemies and levels up. In the fourth week, he gets caught in a trap in the dungeon and is dropped into a deep rectangular space about the size of an eight-story building, but he lets his companions go ahead and escapes on his own despite being alone and without light, casts healing magic nonstop on a mortally wounded NPC, and in the fifth week, he devotes himself to blacksmithing day and night in order to increase his chances of survival, demonstrating extraordinary levels of concentration.
A slightly insane man
His mindset of doing his best to complete the quest and survive has been consistent since he first joined the game, and to achieve this, he not only works day and night, but also does things that would make others cringe if necessary, without hesitation. And no matter how hopeless the situation, he acts before giving up. His extraordinary decisiveness and the speed at which he puts it into action, as well as his willpower to move his limbs and act even when he feels despair, can be said to be insane.
I'll do anything if necessary
The really crazy part of Yotsuya Yusuke was especially apparent after the third week, when he was given a mission by the GM in the real world to "pick up a girl of your choice." He sneaks into a high school at night and encounters the fourth player, Yuka Tokidate, having nude photos taken by a classmate. In order to increase the success rate of the quest, i.e. to prevent the leaking of nude photos and to prevent suicide, he destroys all of the girls' smartphones without hesitation. This is the scene where the really crazy part of Yotsuya Yusuke is clearly shown.
Yotsuya Yusuke is not popular with his classmates, but he is popular with NPCs
Originally, he is quiet at school and does not show his true self to the players, so he is thought of as a reliable but dangerous guy who does not show his true feelings. However, surprisingly, he is liked by girls in the game. The reason for this, according to fellow player Hakozaki Kosue, is that in the game world, he shows his true self and interacts with people. In addition, in Tokyo, where he currently lives, he pretends to be quiet and distant, but in the countryside where he originally lived, he reverts to his very active personality. It is suggested that he has been hiding his shyness behind a mask due to a trauma he experienced right after moving to the city.
A man who is not trusted by others
Some people can notice his human charm if he shows his true self, but he is basically a character who builds a wall between himself and others. Although he is logical and good at explaining things, he never shows his true self, so even if his claims are correct, they sound suspicious, and he is hopelessly untrustworthy. It seems that those around him know that he looks down on everyone other than himself as stupid. If he were to play a werewolf game, he would be hung whether he was right or wrong.
【I'm Standing on a Million Lives】Yotsuya Yusuke Summary
As the protagonist of the work, he gives the impression of being a slightly psychotic and dangerous guy, but in reality he is a shy protagonist who just lives wearing a mask, and if you pay close attention to his abnormality and inner self, I think he is a very interesting character! He is a very painful and cool unique protagonist, so I would definitely like to see him in action in the anime! I'm Standing on a Million Lives is scheduled to start airing in October 2020!
