Gaku Maruko

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“Who cares about you guys? We’ve never even met before, I’m sure as heck not gonna waste time worrying about you!” -- Official Website Gaku Maruko (丸子 楽, Maruko Gaku) is a student in the 2025 JRPG The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-. Gaku is a teenage boy with pale skin, red eyes and black, straight hair in a bowl cut with a parting in the middle. He wears a blue ensemble consisting of a paperboy cap frayed and torn at the back, worn out large capri pants and a short jacket over a white shirt with a blue mascot on the front, as well as black slippers. His clothes feature several patches of varying color, size and pattern, some of them in the shape of animals. His Hemoanima uniform has a white armband with the numeral 陸 (6). “A guy who’s true to his personal desires (to put it delicately). He’s a coward and always looking out for himself. However, there's something so refreshingly honest about his pettiness that it’s hard to hate him. Gaku’s also good at taking care of other people once he opens his heart to them.” - Official Website Description He views himself as the unluckiest person alive. He constantly laments how he got dragged into the whole “fighting invaders” mess and is very open about his disinterest in heroics or self-sacrifice and unabashed selfishness (after all, why should he waste time worrying about people he’s never even met?). A self-proclaimed coward, He prioritizes his survival above all else, rarely acting out of pure goodwill. Despite his blunt and self-serving nature, however, his pettiness and straightforward honesty make it hard to truly hate him. Even beyond his initial standoffishness, he has a surprising capacity for looking after others once he warms up to them. Beneath the grumbling and complaints, he’s very good at taking care of people, even though he’d probably never admit it outright. His thinking can be rather perverse, often making lewd comments or engaging in behavior that raises eyebrows, as pointed out by several girls around him. He also has a materialistic streak when it comes to romance, with his choice of partner often swayed by financial gain—he admits that he’d likely pick Kurara Oosuzuki, drawn more to her wealth than any emotional connection. Despite these flaws, he shines as the “life of the party.” Across all timelines, he’s consistently the one to organize group gatherings and events, ensuring that everyone has a good time. He takes pride in this role, enjoying the energy and camaraderie that come with hosting, even if he would never openly admit that it’s one of his redeeming qualities. He grew up in poverty, and has many siblings which he works multiple jobs to help provide for. Likes; Cooking. Dislikes; Poverty, working for free.