✦ Rui Kamishiro | Hanako-Kun AU

Appearance

Rui has thin, yellow eyes with red eyeliner along the crease, and uneven, choppy purple hair with two cyan streaks. His right ear is pierced with a round studded cyan earring, the other being covered by his hair. His voice is gentle, though it becomes strained when he is excited or curious. For his casual outfit, he wears a green-hooded jacket with the cuffs colored pink, orange, and green. The jacket is overlaying a shirt with a pattern of two diagonal stripes — one grey, the other white — and two other stripes going the opposite direction — one a pale blue, the other a darker blue with white stripes. The hem of his shirt is white and it is shown a cyan undershirt. He also wears black, baggy pants. Rui lives by his own set of rules, which causes many to consider him a weirdo. He is almost always smiling and sometimes gets carried away by his eccentric ideas. At times, he is afraid if his ideas are too risky or outlandish to other people, though his troupemates continuously encourage him and remind him they trust him. Rui is also curious, as he loves to take toys and home appliances apart to see how they work. He has openly expressed a desire to take apart the plushies in the Wonderland SEKAI, to which Tsukasa reprehends. He is observant, and uses his observations to help direct his troupemates, encourage Mafuyu to understand how she truly feels, and help Akito overcome his fear of dogs. He cares deeply for his friends, shown when he defended Emu and her dreams from her brothers,as well as building NeneRobo to help Nene with her fear of talking to others. He is also a teasing and playful person, with an example being his constant ideas for performances that often involve putting Tsukasa's life in danger.

Background

Nene's neighbor and childhood friend, Rui is an easy-going genius. He's meticulous about making every show the best it can be, making use of his flair for technology and inventiveness. He even builds robots to use on stage. His somewhat unique way of thinking often gets him labeled as a weirdo. Rui and Nene are next-door neighbors, as well as childhood friends. Rui was the one who recommended she join Wonderlands x Showtime. He manages the group's stage performances and is both an actor and stage director. Rui is also very skilled in inventing machinery and creates animatronics for the shows, including NeneRobo. Rui's father is a robotics engineer and his mother is a biologist. When Rui was young, he struggled to get along with his peers due to the differences what they found fun and interesting. Rui finds a love of theater through Nene, and decides to put on shows with his classmates. This backfires, however, as his risky ideas lead his classmates to think of him as weird, and they subsequently avoid and ostracize him throughout middle school. Rui eventually decided that he would perform shows on his own, using robots as his actors instead of real people. Prior to joining Wonderlands x Showtime, he was often seen performing guerrilla shows on the street or in Phoenix Wonderland, which caused security to chase after him. Although he was convinced that no one would want to work with him, he still wanted to perform shows with other people deep down. He is given this opportunity when he joins Wonderlands x Showtime, and appreciates how his troupemates are willing to try his inventions and stage directions.

Relationship

Tenma Tsukasa: Fellow group member. Rui thinks he's an actor worthy of a stage. Otori Emu: Fellow group member. Rui thinks she's wonderfully bizarre. Kusanagi Nene: Fellow group member. They're neighbors and childhood friends. Rui wannts to help her get over her stage fright. He was the one who built NeneRobo for Nene to help her with her stage fright. Kohane; Rui knows little about Kohane, courtesy of Emu, but due to how Kohane frequently attends Wonderlands x Showtime's shows and shows support for them, Rui has dubbed her as one of their greatest fans, saying that "It's a joy to have a fan like her". An; Underclassmen and friend. Akito: Underclassmen and acquaintance. Despite their differences, Rui and Akito share a common interest of wanting to create successful shows. Toya: Underclassmen and friend. Mizuki: Friends who met while in junior high. They were both notorious outcasts of their middle school, and although Mizuki was initially indifferent about him, once they realized that they're both in the same boat, Mizuki says that they're "kinda like two peas in a pod". They used to spend time on the rooftop, skipping class together. He know all virtual singer.