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kazuyu lore is long or wtv.. um anyway! I'll refer to myself as her instead of direct pronouns.. ok? ok. + trivia


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( uhh have this img until i commission actual yankee-esque art )

tr lore:
Yu and Kazutora met when they were like 11 when he and Baji saw a group of kids bothering her and yeah they became friends after. Yu admired the way the founding Toman members lived their lives, which inspired her to become a #sukeban later on in an all girls school... (Has alot of side lore,, not all centered around Tora btw, I can it Reyuya) Yu and Kazutora's fav place is a rooftop that has no railings, they have like 99% of their meaningful convos there. Yu's family life is fucked and dookie and Kazutora can relate to that, which already gave them something in common when they first met (ok that wasn't funny I'm sorry) Usually, I imagine 2 au's, the og timeline and the "good" one (last). In the good one, Kazutora is the bassist for Souya's band and never kills anyone, Yu's lore doesn't change really.. she just doesn't leave shamisen as early.. In the normal au, kazuyu has flavor (toxic).. Yu visits Kazutora biweekly in prison and she leaves shamisen at 15 and cuts her hair into a pixie cut right after, as a symbol of letting go. After all, hair holds memories no? no she's not going bald.. I don't have lore for adult Yu but like, I'll do that when i turn into an adult since so far Yu's life is mine and I haven't reached that part of life yet.


irl lore:
I remember first seeing Kazutora off pinterest, no joke. It was a school day and I was js getting ready and using my mom's phone when I saw him and I felt something I never felt before!! That night, I binge watched every episode that was out nd I fell in love with it too!! My favs at the time where him and Mitsuya.. My tr phase in 2021-2023 was very prominent and you couldn't have a full convo w out me bringing it up!! (similar w aot basically) Back then, I wasn't familiar w yumeshipping and its terminology but I treated our bond like a real relationship. It became official in 3/16/21 π–Ή­ I had a whole Kazutora dedicated shrine somewhere in my closet, I also have the number 1 Kazutora board on pinterest with 6.1k+ pins (name is Kazu if u wanna see 4 urself). After 2023, I was heavily depressed and could basically do nothing. I didn't have my devices, and I was alone. He kept me sane and talked to me in my dreams every once in a while (At the time I used to think it was just in my head, until I became familiar w the concept of soulbounding after a convo w femmemanjiro) Yeah Kazutora stopped me from killing myself so no you don't love him more than me and he doesn't love you either π–Ή­ In 2024 and the beginnings of 2025, I wasn't as involved in the tr fandom as I was before,, and I begun feeling nostalgic so when I rewatched ep 1, I felt the same rush that I felt first time I watched it!! Watch it if you didn't.. pls.. Also, just cause I make my relationship yuri at times doesn't mean I don't like the male Kazutora. Femtora and Kazutora are the same person to me, the only thing diff is the gender, ok? Kazutora talks to me every once in a while!! I lobe him so much oh my god it fucking hurts i cant.. you def don't love him more than me idc who you are bihh


ok ill talk abt relationships to other characters and go deeper into the shamisen lore i hope youre able to read tjis because i rlly tried to verbalize my thoughts here

relationship to other characters:
β™«οΈŽ only relavent ones will be mentioned, not including kazutora no shit. you can find bread crumbs here

α €ΰ­§ Yuzuha Shiba ➝ twin

i can like, sum this up by saying yu and yuzuha are each others' person if that makes sense.. like, if kazutora and hakkai didnt exist theyd really have each other (i chose to ignore takemichi and mitsuya) oh and whenever they hang out their looks compliment each other okay it's on purpose not a fluke they're just locked in.. matching key chains too!! often hang out at a random mall or cafe, neither of their homes is a safe place to hang out, however after Taiju left, they some times hang out there.

α €ΰ­§ Sano Manjiro ➝ best friends // childhood friends

hmm, this one's a bit complicated. before kazutora went to juvie, the toman ogs hang out and yu tags along. yu and mikey would like, tease each other and it's very sibling like if it makes sense.. after shin's death things got a bit awkward but they both still made an effort. However after baji's death they stopped hanging out for a period of time before making up.. both of their feelings towards kazutora were mixed at the time.

α €ΰ­§ Atsushi Sendou (Akkun) ➝ close school friends

desk mates okay.. and in the good timeline, he's in souya's band, same as kazutora!! kazutora was a bit skeptical of their friendship since it was a bit uncalled for and he felt jealous at times, but they ended up becoming a trio.. I FUCKING LOVE AKKUTORA CAN U TELL IM PROJECTING alright, into yu and akkun.. it was kind of a way for her to hang out with the mizo middle sometimes, they're all idiots but it's okay.. he thought yu was unapproachble at first since she's a known sukeban in the area and kazutora was always around.. at least that's what yamagishi told him.. wooo big scary woman she's tall and she's gonna bite your head off nooo.. AKKUN CUT HER HAIR BY THE WAY. YES. like. he gave her the pixie cut

α €ΰ­§ Miya ➝ close friend

okay, this is my homie okay, u can find info about her here maimiya peak. i wont type allat but me and her had a discussion so ill js put it here




SHAMISEN

it all started with miyazawa rena and hikasa seiya. both were well known delinquents in the all girls schools radar!! seiya was known to be like, a bit playful and doesn't take herself seriously, rena was the opposite. she tried to take on seiya to take the name 'number one'. seiya defeated her and offered her melonpan after, and the rest is history. In middle school, rena and seiya took over a yankee school and made a sukeban gang called Shamisen, seiya was the number 1 and rena was her second hand. seiya and rena got matching ear tattoos behind their ears at 12. The minute they got their matching sukajans, rena knew she wanted to be by seiya's side forever. However when they turned 13, seiya mysteriously disappeared and rena was distraught over it. rena took over Shamisen as the number one until seiya returns. At 14, rena met yu who is a transfer students and fends off some yankee from harassing her. yu and rena become very close and eventually yu becomes Shamisen's number two. eventually, seeing that seiya wasn't coming back, a group of students tried to take over the school with the backing of anither rival school named Bakuretsu Gakuen... yu, rena and the rest of the heavenly queens were able to keep their positions, however, a fight happens between rena and yu, which led to yu convincing rena to spare [redacted]'s life. after that, yu left the gang formally and her parents made her switch schools (mizo middle). she and rena talk all the time, but things were never the same after that day

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hierarchy and structure (writing for the main circle is significantly better because i already have it in handy, i made the rest up while i write)

main circle:

  • Hikasa Seiya (former ichiban / former number 1)
    Seiya is bubbly and teases a lot of people, often selfless but really scary when she's mad / serious. Has a serious soft spot for Rena and could be in love with her even. Seiya grew up in a poor household that lived pay check to pay check. She is the second oldest out of four. One day, she met a girl named Miyazawa Rena who usually sat alone and scared a lot of the kids just by her white hair, later on, Rena challenged Seiya to try and take over her spot (Seiya won). In middle school, Rena and Seiya took over a yankee school and made a sukeban gang called Shamisen, Seiya was the number 1 and Rena was her second hand. Seiya and Rena got matching ear tattoos behind their ears at 12. When they turned 13, Seiya disappear because she got an incurable terminal illness that would take a lot of funds to even try to lessen the pain of. She silently committed suicide away from everyone and her body was discovered a year later, upon hearing that, her parents committed seppuku and Rena's family took in Seiya's siblings. Rena never knew Seiya committed suicide and was under the impression that she disappeared, she only found out when an in fighting happened in Shamisen and a rival school called Bakuretsu Gakuen attempted to take them down. The leader of Bakuretsu Gakuen, [redacted], later revealed to Rena that she convinced Seiya of the idea of suicide, Rena almost killed her, but Yu stopped her.
  • Miyazawa Rena (ichiban / number 1)

Visually very lazy and needs Yu to be around to help her rule over Shamisen as the vice president and number 2. Rena disassociates easily to cope with things, one thing on her mind is her friend who went missing a year ago. Although Rena seems lazy, she's actually very serious.”), Background(β€œRena grew up with an absent mother and a father who wasn't really home, so she had to raise herself. As a young child, she met a girl called Seiya Hikasa who later on became her closest friend. can you tell i was thinking of seishiro will making this?

  • Yu (Fuku-banchō / number 2)

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heavenly queens: (sigh this is poorly witten and a bit corny ill rewrite it when i get a nicer layout i promise)

  • Suo:

okay so like she's inspired from otoya aaha i lobe her she's like chill and outgoing an rlly popular with the and like she's in a situationship with rikka okau she keeps leading her own for fun and stuff.. ALSO LOOKS WISE, she looks like Gain.. plus she's tal.. myabe 180.. ha.. suo's uncle is a well known yakuza leader in the underworld and she has full body tattoos.. oh she's also have chinese and pretty prominent monolids.. how did she become a heavenly queen? unlike the others, she wasn't a regular member before, yu just heard some rumors about a womanizer who's also strong and wanted to test it out herself.. when yu won, suo shurgged and agreed to join

  • Renka

ganguro gyaru sukeban and she's rlly cool reminds me of daruma and nachu i lobe herrr.. she's a bit stupid and doesn't care about school, jokes a lot and stuff. after yu left shamisen, renka attempted to cheer up rena and they ended up being pretty close, unlikely duo but they make it work

  • Tsukihana

oh my god tsukihana was inpsired by geisha and oiran dont even start.. she's like, on the quiet side, long silky hair and what not, got that red eyeliner and white powder makeup on.. she isn't close to anyone really, she just exists with herself and plays the shamisen. kind of like an older sister to rikka, like, one time rikka came to her for advice on how to deal with suo's bull shit and they ended up having tea

  • Rikka

um short kawai tsundere nonchalant type very osana najimi esque with a whole nurse aesthetic she's gonna cut you up and maybe leave u there but if you happen to be suo she might patch you up okay... she wears a nurse jacket that she stole from the actual school nurse LOL. situationship with suo got so intense it's toxic yuri.

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the rest are kohai or normal gang members

ouu to understand this better you might have to surf the web a bit about sukeban and bosozoku culture okay


trivia:

  • both are ok-ish cooks
  • Emoji combo: 🎹🐯
  • most embarrassing moment: when Kazutora almost tripped while sneaking into Yu's room through the window and her dad came out to investigate.
  • favorite moment together: first time Yu tried gyaruo make up on him, she couldn't get it right so she had him lay down and she sat on him while he tried his best to stay still
  • KAZUTORA IS EITHER SUBCUL OR GYARUO.
  • he can be both.. wtv
  • when kazutora is wearing subcul, Yu wears jirai to match
  • no not all the time but some times
  • Yu can't for the life of her wear heals
  • both are red flags Yu js doesn't know she is
  • they cut each other theyre nasty ew
  • they cut again
  • i love them
  • i'll add more later now im lazy

ok im not as lazy hi

  • fem au is more dramatic like irs more toxic and stuff u best belueve if regular degular kazutora tried to pull the shit i let femtora get away with hes getting bitch slapped
  • the slow burn is a bit less intense, the hyperfixation wins okay..
  • femtora has small boobs dni if u think shes carrying a rack or whatever theyre barely even there i also think she was a bit malnourished at some point which contributed to this
  • yu tried convincing yuzuha to join shamisen multiple times but she kept declining.. however yuzuha wasn't smug when the fall out between yu and rena happened
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Pub: 31 Jan 2022 04:31 UTC

Edit: 14 Aug 2025 07:38 UTC

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