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Ryu Natsume

NAME
Ryu Natsume

JAPANESE
棗 リュウ (Natsume Ryuu)

MC NAME
Compla Daimao (コンプラ大魔王)
"Remember okay, I'll punish you if you don't
remember!"

BIRTHDAY
"Let's make it April 1"

COLOR
#D3CF46

CHARACTER INFO

AGE
(Publicly) "I'm 800-years-old~"

HEIGHT
"Taller than usual"
173 cm (~5'8")

BLOOD TYPE
"Thick and syrupy"

PROFESSION
"I'm a bartender-in-training~!"

HOBBY
"Fun stuPs"

WEAKNESS
MORE
"Ryu-kun doesn't have anything like weakness~!"

TRAUMA
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VOICE ACTOR
Natsuki Hanae (花江 夏樹, Hanae Natsuki)

TWITTER
@ryukunkawaii
Nayuta Yaton… Characters Shiki Ando Kana

FAVORITE FOOD
"The one that crackles and pops" (assumed to be
popping candy)

SPECIAL SKILL
Pro.le
"FlyingGallery
across the sky"

“
If it's fun then anything's /neee!

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Pro-le

“
Yaho~ everyone~! Are you perhaps reading
this because you want to know more about
Ryu-kun? Too bad~ Because Ryu-kun doesn't
know anything about Ryu-kun either,
absolutely doesn't know anything! On the
contrary, want to tell me instead?
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
A

RYU'S SELF INTRODUCTION

A childish but mysterious rapper and member of

The Cat's Whiskers. Ryu was found by Naoakira
prior to the series. He is currently under Yohei's
tutelage, training to be a bartender. Ryu is also
good friends with Hokusai from Akan Yatsura.

Appearance

Ryu is a slender male with pale skin and purple

eyes. He has white hair that is cut in an
asymmetrical fashion with an undercut and is
tied at the back. He wears baggy clothes that
are a loose Kt for him. He wears an asymmetrical
black shirt with blue collar revealing his belly. He
also wears a pair of blue suspenders with
orange stripes and a cat paw brooch is pinned at
the right suspender.

On top, he wears a loose-Ktting white jacket

with thin black stripes with matching pants of
the same color. His pants are cut on the right
side and kept suspended with the use of
garters. Ryu wears a lot of cat-related patterns,
as he has a cat patch on the left side of his
pants and wears a pair of white loafers with
cats. He also wears a white studded choker with
a cat pendant, skeleton bracelet and an anklet.
Ryu is heavily pierced and has multiple piercings
on both of his ears, one eyebrow piercing,
tongue piercings, and he also has his belly
pierced. He also has several tattoos on several
parts of his body.

In his Exhibition Show outKt, Ryu wears a

cropped white shirt with light pinstripes and
purple trim. The shirt is lined with a colorful
pattern of green, orange, and pink cat
silhouettes on a chartreuse background, which
can be seen on the lapel and sleeve cuPs. He
also wears dark purple suspenders with a
lavender stripe and the same black and green
cat paw brooch on the right-hand suspender. A
similar strap also hangs from his right-hand
sleeve. On his bottom half, he wears matching,
loose-Ktting pants as well as what appears to be
the bottom half of his cropped shirt, which has a
large cat head with a halo on his left-hand side.
For shoes, he has black loafers with a purple
midsole and a lime green outsole with a cat paw
print where the ball of the foot it. He retains his
accessories from his default outKt, including his
bracelets, collar choker, and piercings.

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Background

(The following section contains spoilers. Please

read with caution)

Over the course of the Krst Paradox Live

competition, Ryu's background is mostly kept a
mystery because he does not seem to
remember much of his past. He recalls living "in
a big home with white walls" with many people.
[1] The details of how he came into Naoakira and
Yohei's care is also unclear, but he was taken in
before Shiki was.[1]

In Voice Drama "FATE", Ryu is revealed to have

been a subject of phantometal experimentation
at the same Alter Trigger facility as Itsuki and
Rokuta from 1Nm8, who remember him as
"Zero". Ryu does not remember his identity as
"Zero" nor does he recognize Itsuki or Rokuta
from the past.

At one point in TCW's part of the Hidden Track

"MEMORY" novel, about 9 years before the main
canon, young Ryu escapes from the facility and
ends up near a hospital, where he encounters
Yohei after hearing him sing to himself. Ryu
explains he's looking for an older brother Kgure,
the only person who was kind to him in the
facility he came from. The person appears and
reunites with Ryu, though it's implied that Ryu
was eventually taken back by the facility. The
identity of this other person is unclear.

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Personality

Ryu is an eccentric, energetic person, often

saying nonsensical things and acting in a way
that can be bewildering or annoying to others.
Though he is unrestrained by social norms and
can come across as insensitive sometimes, he
seems to have no malicious intent and is
described as a kind person by Shiki and Hokusai.

There are times where Ryu is shown to have a

better understanding of his surroundings than
he lets on and seems to know things he
seemingly shouldn't be able to. For example, he
seemed to know what the adults were talking
about in Voice Drama "JUSTICE" despite not
being there, was able to Knd the Akanyatsura
kids and Shiki at Raimentei "with
electromagnetic waves" in Voice Drama
"Exhibition" Part 2, and gave a vague warning to
Hajun in Voice Drama "PRIDE", telling him he
"doesn't have much time left." This
foreshadowed Hajun's a^iction with metal
erosion later in Voice Drama "VIBES". When Ryu
is confronted or questioned, however, he often
reverts back to speaking in nonsensical, indirect
answers.

Ryu Knds his lack of a trap reaction boring,

saying in Voice Drama "PRIDE" that he feels left
out and sometimes worries that it "deKnitely
means [he] couldn’t build a connection with
anyone." In Voice Drama "Exhibition" Part 2,
Hokusai also describes him as kind yet lonely,
stating "He is connected with everyone, but also
can’t connect with anyone… Ryu is lonely like a
stray cat, but…he is a wonderful boy…"

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Timeline

Timeline is from the Oecial Fan Book.

Age 0: Sprung from the cracks of a boulder

Age 5: 5 years old
Age 623: Winner of Pluto's Spinach Eating
Championship
Age 38: Successfully replenished the toilet
paper that was running out
Age 189: Graduated from humanity
Now: Indestructible!

Schedule

Start End Activity

Time Time

12AM 1AM Goodnight Ryu-kun

1AM 4AM Charismatic bartender

time

4AM 5AM Nighttime stroll

5AM 7AM Goodnight Ryu-kun

7AM 8AM Mornin'wakeupShikiCHOMP

8AM 9AM Breakfast for pets and self

9AM 10AM Bathtime

10AM 12PM Naptime for Ryu-kun

12PM 1PM Lunchtime with pets

1PM 2PM Playtime with pets

2PM 4PM Strolling with pets

4PM 6:30PM Enjoying a puzzle upside-

down

6:30PM 7PM Dinner with Master and

Shiki

7PM 9PM Ryu-kun's solo singing

9PM 11PM Charismatic bartender

time

11PM 12AM Goodnight Ryu-kun

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Relationships

Naoakira Saimon: His "boss". Naoakira

treats Ryu like his own son.
Yohei Kanbayashi: His "master". Yohei acts
as Ryu's caretaker and often scolds him for
his troublesome behavior. Despite having
Ryu under his wing as a bartender-in-
training, Ryu often makes bizarre and
disgusting combinations of drinks.
Shiki Ando: Shiki is often the target of
Ryu's peculiar antics. However, they have a
close friendship, and Shiki describes Ryu as
a kind person despite his eccentricities. Ryu
stays by Shiki's side during his trap
reactions, and there are times where he
feels remorseful for causing Shiki trouble,
such as when Shiki panicked during Ryu's
test of courage in Voice Drama "Exhibition"
Part 2, or when he felt responsible for
angering Nayuta and causing him to leave in
Voice Drama "Rooftop Friends".

“
Ryu-kun is strange, and I get troubled when
he sometimes does weird things, but in truth
he’s a really kind kid.

-Shiki, talking about Ryu in Voice Drama

"Exhibition" Part 2

Hokusai Masaki: Ryu is good friends with

Hokusai, and the two go on walks together
sometimes. Hokusai likes Ryu for his
eccentric behaviors and describes him as a
kind yet lonely stray cat. Ryu enjoys being
doted on by him and aPectionately calls him
"Fuu-chan".

“
He is connected with everyone, but also can’t
connect with anyone… Ryu is, lonely like a
stray cat, but…he is a wonderful boy…

-Hokusai, talking about Ryu in Voice Drama

"Exhibition" Part 2

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Character Hashtags

Translated hashtags from the character proKles

on the oecial website.

Regular Hashtags

# Ryu-kun's The Best

# Ryu-kun's So Cool

# Ryu-kun's Number One

Trauma Hashtags

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Phantometal

Ryu’s phantometal accessory is the Compliance

Tongue Piercing (コンプラ舌ピアス)[2]. It is
shaped like an X.

Compliance Tongue Piercing

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Appellations

Character What they What Ryu calls

call Ryu them

Self Ryu-kun
(リュウくん)

Naoakira Ryu (リュウ) Boss (ぼす, Bosu)

Yohei Ryu (リュウ) Master (ますたー,

Masutā)

Shiki Ryu-kun Shiki (しっきー,

(リュウくん) Shikkī)

Allen Ryu[3]
Compla
Daimou[3]

Anne Ryu[3]

Hajun Ryu[3] Mushroom-kun

(Kinoko-kun)[4]

Hokusai Ryu (リュウ) Fuu-chan (ふー

ちゃん)

Reo Maou[5]

Rokuta Rokuta[3]

Kenta Chihuahua-kun (チ
ワワ君)[6]

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Voice Trailer

Paradox Live（パラライ）ボイストレーラー Ver. 棗…

TRAP Voice Trailer (TL by @nikkitranslates on Twitte…

"OK, Roger! The charismatic bartender Ryu-kun is h…
"Ummm, let's see... I played with a lot of people within th

Etymology

The name Ryu is written in katakana (リュ

ウ), which has no special meaning. However,
when written in kanji (竜/龍), it could
possibly mean "dragon".
Ryu's surname Natsume means "jujube"
(棗).
Ziziphus jujuba, commonly called
jujube, red date, Chinese date, is a
species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn
family.

Trivia

Ryu does not get trap reactions, regardless

of how much he uses his phantometal.[4]
Ryu's oecial height is 173 cm, as revealed by
Planarico, the art director and illustrator of
Paradox Live, at CA BASE NEXT, a
CyberAgent Developer Conference by Next
Generations.

Sources

n. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Voice Drama "Exhibition" - Part2

o. ↑
https://twitter.com/paradoxlive_PR/status/
1213007086319263744
t. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Voice Drama "WILL"
u. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Voice Drama "PRIDE"
v. ↑ Voice Drama "Hokusai with Akan Cats-ura"
w. ↑
https://twitter.com/ryukunkawaii/status/145
3650781563875330?s=20

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