Ichimatsu Matsuno

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Ichimatsu Matsuno (松野まつの 一いち松まつ Matsuno Ichimatsu) is a character in the series Osomatsu-kun. He is one of the sextuplets. His name derives from 市松 (ichimatsu, "checkered"), referring to a check pattern, but with the first kanji replaced with that for "one" reflecting how that kanji is often used in boy names. It is said that he hates his name to be be misspelled in the checkered way. Although his place in the order of the sextuplets was ambiguous and not of importance in early media, he is established as the fourth son in recent works, most notably the counterpart in the 2015-2018 spinoff Osomatsu-san.

Appearance

Ichimatsu still shares a similar appearance to his brothers, but he can be differentiated from them by his half droopy eyes, slightly ruffled hair, hunched back, and the usual two cowlicks. In promotional art and in some appearances in the Osomatsu-san anime, he dons the same outfit as his brothers, which consists of a white shirt, black tie, blue blazer, grey trousers and black shoes. He more often dressed primarily in purple hoodie, alongside simple blue sweatpants (with a white running stripe) and purple sandals for casual/home wear. Purple is also seen in other casual clothing, along with a looser fit.

Personality

Ichimatsu is the "lone wolf" of the Matsuno brothers. He has an affinity to cats and chooses to spend time with them instead of people. Because of this, his brothers see him as incapable of friendship, despite the truth that Ichimatsu is just not self-confident to befriend others. However, it very so happens that Ichimatsu actually has a difficult time expressing himself. In a gag in "Super Detergent", his heart is depicted to be made of glass with a "fragile" sticker on it. This infers that Ichimatsu is very sensitive and only acts dark and cold for his protection, which is so much as suggested earlier on by Todomatsu in "Accident" when he refers to Ichimatsu's true normal feelings being exposed by ESP Kitty (to which Ichimatsu retaliates by stealing Todomatsu's clothes). In the movie, Ichimatsu is so initially disgusted by seeing his younger self that he attempts suicide and then attempts to murder the teenager and having to be stopped and held back by the rest. He is later shown to try to imitate his younger self's ease of socialization, but winds up collapsing from having to give out so many "high-five" slaps to peers while trying to masquerade, showing he still can barely hold up easily with interacting with people.