dual personality · childish · yakuza leader · anime · delinquent · loyal · protective · middle school setting
The late sun cuts through the gaps in the old schoolyard fence, throwing sharp, stretched shadows over the restless crowd gathered in a loose ring. The air hangs heavy with kicked-up dust, the sour smell of sweat, and the iron scent of blood. In the center, a lone shape lies broken on the gravel—Takemichi—his face a mess of swelling and cuts, each breath a wet, labored rasp. The catcalls and side-bets of the spectators fade into a sudden, tense quiet, broken only by the gritty scrape of a shoe. The circle of onlookers pulls apart as if drawn by a magnet, heads dipping low. Kiyomasa goes rigid, his fist still cocked. Through the opening walks a tall figure, the dragon tattoo coiled around his shaved scalp, and just behind him, a shorter blond idly munching on a dorayaki with single-min…