PLAYER
[journal]
lavaliere[age] 25
[previous characters] Edward Elric, Rolo Lamperouge, Sugata Shindo
[character journal]
whoreticultures CHARACTER
[series] Deadman Wonderland
[full name] Minatsuki Takami
[age] 17 (aged up to 18)
[gender] Female
[canon point] Chapter 9; before her fight with Ganta
[reference]
Wiki link[personality]
Minatsuki's personality is one of contradiction. When the reader and the main character of the series first meets Minatsuki, one is lead to believe she is a sweet, shy, and caring individual.
Her room is filled with flowers that she has been tending ever since arriving in Deadman Wonderland. When upset, tears form in her eyes and at several points she has to be saved by Ganta, the main character. Each time she is saved, she blushes as if she is embarrassed but pleased that Ganta cares for her. Even as they sit and become acquainted, she talks to Ganta about her brother and her past. About how she was nearly raped by her father and how her brother protected her. She pleads to Ganta and soon the main character is willing to do anything to protect her or keep her from fighting.
This personality, however, is a facade. One that she uses to lure others into a false sense of security. As soon as Ganta and Mina go for a walk through the halls of Deadman Wonderland, Mina uses her shyness and her "weakness" to make Ganta believe that the sudden collapse of pipes from above was an accident and not one she caused to purposely hurt him. Here, it's only hinted that she is responsible. But later, when we see her in the Carnival Corpse, a death match between Deadmen (or individuals able to use their blood as weapons), she reveals that she had been playing the entire time, using Ganta's "virgin white knight thing" against him and that she found it "fucking disgusting". From here, Mina shows nothing but a cruel and sadistic side, one seeking to bring utter ruin and suffering upon Ganta. Why? Because she wants to get off on it.
Even when her brother arrives to protect her, she continues to display this cruel side to Ganta. The sweet and innocent side reappears if only in front of Mina's brother, Yoh. But Yoh soon realizes the truth. That all along the person that had killed their father had been Mina (Yoh had believed he was responsible) and that she had been lying for so long.
She explains the reason for her lies and for her choices is due to the lies she had been told and because humans are disgusting, hypocritical creatures with filthy hearts. And what she hates more than people who lie and show it on their faces is people who lie and put up smiles. To Mina, there isn't a single person in the world worth trusting. This is all due to an incident ten years before, when an earthquake that shook Tokyo threatened Mina and her mother's lives. But rather than save Mina, as one would think a mother would do, Mina's mother leaves her daughter behind, forever skewing Mina's view of the world.
Her hatred is strong and twists her desires as well. Minatsuki seeks the ruin of those around her, finding sexual pleasure in hurting others. She even finds no qualms with using her own brother as a shield to protect herself, saying that her brother's stupid face might make her cum. As she puts it, everything is worthless unless it gets her off, though it's likely that this too is a front for Minatsuki. One created by her inability to trust, which Ganta soon shatters.
During their battle, Ganta refuses to fight against her in a way that would damage both of his "friends" and soon finds a way to knock Mina out, but not without confusing Mina. He says that even if he's being used, he still considers Yoh to be his friend. And he tells Mina that if she doesn't trust anyone, lies and hurts others, the only person she's hurting is herself. With this leaving Mina surprised, Ganta headbutts her and knocks her out, effectively winning the fight.
After this, Ganta (as well as her brother) becomes the first person she can put trust in and continues to prove his trustworthiness to Mina, something that continues to confuse and befuddle her. She initially describes it as an "XXX worthless feeling", but gradually, she begins to open up more and more. She drops the sweet and innocent facade around her new friend, but still gains pleasure from harming others. It's a slow change, but with time, Minatsuki begins to be more open around others as well, her demeanor changing and softening until she no longer uses the coarse language she once did.
[orientation]
Despite Deadman Wonderland being a series that doesn't emphasize romance and despite the fact that Mina's character is rather contradictory, there is one aspect that is quite clear. Mina is expressed as rather heterosexual, if sadistically so. She shows interest not so much in the man she is pursuing but the chance that she can see him horrified or hurt. She finds pleasure in seeing guys suffer, especially Ganta and her brother, leading the reader to believe that Minatsuki is heterosexual.
[appearance]
Mina is rather short and petite for her age, something she uses against others in order to lead them into believing she is weak and gentle. Her hair is long, past her shoulders, and often tied into braids. Mina's clothing is also delicate, in hues of pinks and purples. Often, it is lacy or dainty, much like her body. Her ears are pierced, an important detail, because she usually rips out the earrings in order to activate her branch of sin.
Aged up, Minatsuki would be a little bit taller, a bit more developed. Though normally her breasts aren't large, they would be a bit bigger, helping her appear less "loli" and more like a woman.
Oh, and canonically, Mina has her tongue pierced. My headcanon says she has her clit pierced too lmfao....
[wish] to find someone she can trust (though, she won't admit to having this wish)
[requested house] Normally I'd ask for Satouzuke or Kagayaku for her, but since I have characters in those houses already? Idk, pick for me.
[misc notes]
If not for the jade bracelets of Ukiyo, Minatsuki would have the ability known as a "Branch of Sin". This ability involves the free flow of blood and using it as a weapon. Mina's is the "Whip Wing", where she combines the blood flowing from her ears, after she rips out her earrings, with her hair to form whips she can control with a flick of her head.
SAMPLES
[sample 1#]
[ The video clicks on to show a scared and frightened young girl. Her yukata is slowly slipping off her shoulders and she's doing her best to hold it up as tears form in her eyes. There's a pause as a blush forms on her cheeks and she looks away from the camera. The perfect picture of a shy and frightened young girl. ]
P-Please... could someone... help me? I... I'm a such a t-terrible person... I've gotten lost, s-so please...
[ She gives the camera another shy and pleading look. One that says "I'm ready for the taking, just come save me." Inwardly, she's seething. Angry. And ready to rip apart the first guy that might piss her off. Her thoughts are far from as innocent as the expression on her face or the words on her lips. ]
This is the most XXX bullshit place ever. Someone better fucking help me and it better not be some shithead pervert either.
[sample 2#]
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