Ryuzo Takehara

"'A question without an answer is truth. Yet, people must continue to question themselves; it's their nature.' - Ryuzo Takehara"

Ryuzo Takehara (竹原 リュウゾウ, Takehara Ryūzō) is the estranged husband of Fusa Takehara and the father of Akiyuki Takehara.

Appearance
Ryuzo is a tall and larger light tan-skinned man with short, shaggy brown hair, brown eyes and a thick brown mustache.

Personality
Ryuzo is a rather serious and straight-forward man, despite living a rather cluttered life style.

History
Seventeen years ago, Ryuzo was a doctor for the Northern Government, taking part in the Battle of Barador. While there, he was tasked with experimenting with Hiruko. These experiments included injecting sample Hiruko into living things, most notably soldiers fatally wounded during the battle.

Biography
Ryuzo is first seen sleeping in his cluttered office once his son, Akiyuki Takehara, comes to bring him his lunch on his way to school. After Akiyuki seemingly wakes him up from a trauma related dream, he supposedly begins to prepare for a patient waiting outside.

He is then shown taking care of multiple patients later that night as a result of the Northern Government's attacks. During this, his wife, Fusa Takehara arrives, and while he initially assumes she has come to make their divorce official, she tells him that Akiyuki hasn't come home.

The following day, Ryuzo visits every hospital on the island, looking for Akiyuki, but to no avail. During this, he runs into Haru Nishimura and he tells her that Akiyuki has no right to make her worry as much as she is. That evening, he reviews some of his possessions from Barador and reflects on the war that is upon them.

Fusa Takehara
Fusa is Ryuzo's estranged wife. While they are not divorced, they do live separately.

Akiyuki Takehara
Akiyuki is Ryuzo's son who seem to have a well enough relationship, although Akiyuki is often seen as the one taking care of his father, instead of the other way around.

Quotes
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Etymology

 * Ryuzo's surname Takehara means "bamboo" (竹) (take) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).

Image Gallery
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