Ryuusei

Ryuusei (りゅうせい, Ryuusei; "Ryuusei"), also known by the epithet "Usogui" (嘘喰い, lit. Lie Eater), is the main protagonist of Usogui. Known as a genius gambler, he is a legend among the underworld.

Appearance

Ryuusei has voluminous silver-coloured wavy hair, black eyebrows and blue-coloured eyes; he is assumed to have beautiful features. He is often seen wearing some form of formal attire.

After the events of the Tower of Karma Arc, Ryuusei started wearing a stylised eyepatch over his left eye after Suteguma Satoru damaged it.

Personality

Ryuusei's personality is very ambiguous and seen as neither good or bad.

During gambles, there are many instances where he intimidates and tosses around his opponents as if he is eating them. And even outside of gambling, he is prone to danger and likes to take risks in everything. His true feelings towards people are unknown and a mystery. However, he seems to treat people based on what he sees through his judgements. He shows his disgust towards people like Kaji's mother who selfishly trample on others, but on the other hand he shows kindness to people like Marco who have been living in solitude.

Ryuusei considers his friends and allies very important.

History

Ryuusei gained notoriety after quickly trampling members of the mysterious gambling organization, Kakerou, at the tender age of 15.^[2]

On November 20nd, 1998, he met Tsuchiya Takeshi at an old bookstore. Ryuusei, supposedly a collector of rare items, wanted The Prince Bee book that Tsuchiya had ordered. The two gambled for it and Ryuusei won. Tsuchiya started to follow Ryuusei in order to retrieve the book. Ryuusei promised to give it to him after he finished reading. Ryuusei gave Tsuchiya the nickname “Champ” and the two became fast friends.

Ryuusei defeated the son of the president of the SAKASA cooperation in a Kakerou match. In an attempt to re-gain what was lost, the president later challenged Ryuusei in a restaurant. They played a game involving guessing how the meat would stick to the clams and Ryuusei won. One of the president's allies was Sasaoka of the MPD. Ryuusei planted the idea of the L-file in Sasaoka's head, leading to the eventual birth of the Labyrinth Game.

During his time with Champ, Ryuusei notices Q-tarou at a casino.

On April 9th, 2001, Ryuusei challenged the Leader of Kakerou, in the "Surpassing the Leader" game; Ryuusei bet everything, while the Leader's position was on the line. The gamble was on how many air vehicles would fly through the surrounding area in 30 minutes. He bet that "some" air vehicles would pass, making preparations for 100 air vehicles to fly through the area beforehand. However, his preparations were read, and the Leader had gathered his Private Army. The air vehicles never showed up and Ryuusei ended up losing the challenge. His life itself become the Leader's possession, but then, the Leader didn't "feel like taking it", so Ryuusei's life wasn't collected at that time. From this challenge, Ryuusei lost everything, and disappeared for a few years.^{[citation needed]}

At some point, he bought the old bookstore where he and Champ first met.

Plot

Introduction

One day, Ryuusei met Kaji Takaomi at a pachinko shop, and Kaji helped him profit from the game. As thanks, Ryuusei assisted Kaji in getting rid of Kaji's loan sharks by "paying off" his debts. This encounter was the starting point of the many gambles Ryuusei and Kaji got involved in.

Abandoned Building Arc

Ryuusei and Kaji are invited to gamble with Q-Tarou. They are eventually brought to the abandoned building. Ryuusei wins the gamble, thus gaining all of Q-Tarou's money, the rights to the building and a Kakerou membership. Q-Tarou's kidnapped and abused son, Marco, also becomes Ryuusei's ally. Ryuusei entrusts the membership to Kaji.

Poker Shark Arc

Ryuusei gives the winnings from the game with Q-Tarou to Kaji, telling him to spend it. Predicting what Kaji will do, he eventually shows up to the casino where Kaji had gambled with Samemaru Nikaido. In the chaos caused by Rodem, Ryuusei takes control of Nowa Mitoshi's wheelchair and tells him to arrange a game for him.

Terrorist of the Abandoned Mine Arc

Ryuusei plays Hangman against the terrorist Sadakuni Ikki.

Labyrinth Arc

0 Yen Gamble Arc

Ryuusei has Kyara tail Kaji and finds out the 0 Yen Gamble is being held in the MPD. Ryuusei goes after Kaji loses. He wins the paper Labyrinth Game against Yukiide Kaoru.

Labyrinth of the Minotaur Arc

KY Declaration Arc

Tower of Karma Arc

Battleship Arc

Protoporos Arc

Ryuusei starts off in the Taper kingdom. His exclusive referee at the beginning is Ikon Jyuuzou.

Protoporos Nightmare Arc

Air Poker Arc

Surpassing the Leader Arc

Abilities

Mental Abilities

He has tremendous mental and psychological capabilities, able to think many moves ahead of his peers. He is reputed to be someone who possesses God's intellect and the Devil's calmness.^[2]

Physical Abilities

Ryuusei has noted himself that he is not gifted physically and is average at best;^{[citation needed]} he has been shown many times to have low stamina.^[3] Ryuusei is apparently a decent voice mimic, as seen when he imitated Kokonoe Tarou's voice during the Escape the Abandoned Building game.^[4]

Relationships

• Kaji Takaomi:
• Marco: Ryuusei's nickname for Marco is "Maa-kun."
• Kyara: Ryuusei refers to Kyara was his "first ally and companion."^[5]. He is very distraught over Kyara's passing.
• Champ:Champ is a very close friend to Ryuusei and Ryuusei goes through a lot of steps in order to get him back. When talking to Yukiide Kaoru, he takes responsibility for Champ's "death." He likes to repeat things he said to Champ in the past. Ryuusei bets everything on Champ during Air Poker, which ultimately pays off and allows the duo to claim victory.
• Yakou Hikoichi:
• Karl Belmont:
• Vincent Lalo: Ryuusei seems to have a grudge against Vincent for stealing his winnings and for causing the death of Kyara.

Notes & Trivia

• A running gag is his fondness for eating Kariume.
• He is apparently known as the strongest gambler in Kakerou's history.^[2]
• Ryuusei's given name, 貘, comes from the mythological Ryuusei, a tapir like creature that devours nightmares.
  • This is referenced through his kingdom in Protoporos being Taper (テイパー, referred to as "Tipa" in the fan-translation).
• Ryuusei's given name might also be related to the words "Ryuuseichi" (博打) and "toryuusei" (賭博), which both mean "gambling."

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