Masachika Kuze (久世 政近, Kuze Masachika) is the main male protagonist of the series and holds the position envied by many boys, the seat next to Alisa. Masachika understands Russian at a native level, however, seems to speak only basic Russian at most, because of his paternal grandfather, who was a big lover of Russian culture and its language.
Background[]
When he was under the care of his grandfather back in elementary school, he was able to understand Russian due to his grandfather making him watch a lot of Russian movies, about 20 or so. Masachika himself has never been to Russia before, nor does he have any relatives who live there. He also never mentioned his ability to understand Russian at school, so the only person who knows of his skills is his little sister Yuki Suou in the neighboring class.
While on the surface, he may appear as a nobody, he contains a heavy past and many unresolved issues. He hides his lack of self-esteem which is often the reason why he is unable to respond to other people's feelings or his own. Many of the things he was taught and raised to assist him in life but also in becoming the next head of the Suou household; striving for his academics, the creative arts and such, were nothing but to simply earn him the praise he wanted to hear so badly, but in the end, ended up losing more, resulting in a guilty and heavy mind.
Appearance[]
Masachika has brown hair, brown eyes and is often seen in a disheveled appearance. He's usually seen wearing his school uniform. Despite his own opinion of his looks as 'painfully average', multiple of his peers and friends believe that he is quite attractive.
Personality[]
He's an unmotivated sloven student with a hobby of being an otaku, staying up late most nights. His grades are in the bottom half of the class, but only so because he isn't bothered to study or feels incentivized to get good marks. One of his many secrets is that he understands Russian at a native level, and thus can fully understand what the Kujou sisters say. He is carefree, all jokes, and messes around. Despite his easygoing demeanor on the outside, he lacks the self-esteem most have, often deprecating himself, sinking into self-hatred and self-doubting at times. He hides his more vulnerable and depressing side of him from everyone, only ever showing it at rare times and only to a few.
Despite his outside appearance of nothing note-worthy, Masachika is in fact quite intelligent, reliable and quick-witted, but generally tries to stay away from the spotlight, preferring to work in the shadows. Masachika is also excellent at communicating with others, either smooth talking his way, or provoking and getting his desired reaction out of people. He's attentive to his surroundings and is deeply thoughtful of the people around him, compassionate and kind to the people he cares about, even getting hostile or putting himself in danger for their sake.
Though most of the time he acts all nonchalant and cool, he can be consumed with overwhelming emotions, and just like Alya, can feel jealousy and possessiveness over the other.
Background[]
When he was under the care of his grandfather back in elementary school, he was able to understand Russian due to his grandfather making him watch a lot of Russian movies, about 20 or so. Masachika himself has never been to Russia before, nor does he have any relatives who live there. He also never mentioned his ability to understand Russian at school, so the only person who knows of his skills is his little sister Yuki in the neighbouring class.
Masachika was once a part of the Suou household, however, when his father and mother divorced he chose to leave with his father, Kyoutarou Kuze, instead of staying with his sister Yuki. As a result, the head of the Suou family, Gensei, removed him and Kyoutarou from the family name and forbade Masachika and Yuki to let anyone know that Yuki is his biological sister.
While he may appear like a nobody on the surface, he has a heavy past and many unresolved issues. He hides his lack of self-esteem, which is often the reason why he is unable to respond to other people's feelings or his own. Many of the things he was taught and raised to assist him in life but also in becoming the next head of the Suou household; striving for his academics, the creative arts and such, were nothing but to earn him the praise he wanted to hear so badly, but in the end, ended up losing more, resulting in a guilty and heavy mind.
Relationships[]
- Yuki Suou: As the role of an older brother, Masachika deeply cares for Yuki, often indicating his great familial love for her in various incidents. Despite the constant banter and playfighting occuring between one another, Masachika makes sure that Yuki is content with whats revolving around her life. Even though Masachika burdens his past, he never tries to show it around Yuki in order to keep the joyous atmosphere between the two. Yuki is considered Masachika's "otaku buddy", frequently engaging in otaku conversations and mentioning manga-like scenarios similar to real life events happening in their daily lives.
- Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou: His love interest
- Maria Mikhailovna Kujou: After meeting Maria in the student council, Masachika simply finds her a warm and lovely person. Due to Maria claiming that she has a boyfriend, he never sees her in a romantic light. It is later revealed that Maria's "boyfriend" is in fact the boy she met during her childhood, Masachika himself. Masachika on his end also has unresolved feelings due to the way they parted in the past. In the meantime, Maria has asked Masachika to respond to Alya's feeling first without revealing their shared past to he
Story of Joining Sora's Team[]
Kuze joined Sora's team with his friends and played a significant role in helping the heroes. Over time, he trained under them and eventually mastered the use of various weapons, including a gun, keyblade, bomb, sword, and spear
Class 3-E, along with Sora, Isogai, and the rest of the heroes—both official and unofficial members of Sora's team—gained extraordinary powers, such as absolute immortality, pain tolerance, immunity to viruses, looping, time travel, and more, after a visit to the Sea of Fragments where they received these gifts from Eua and other heroes. Kuze, with these new abilities, became a capable leader among them
However, during a moment when Alya and Masha were accidentally hypnotized in front of all the heroes, they began undressing, leaving everyone, including Naofumi, the heroes, Class 3-E, Leon Bartfort, Julius Hopfort, Nagumo’s classmates, Kousuke Endou, Yue, Tio, Shea, Aiko Hatayama, Atsushi Tamai, Ryutarou, and Shido Itsuka, completely shocked—especially Nagumo
Kaori compared the situation to Kouki Amanogawa's perverted behavior, thinking of him as an older brother figure with bad tendencies. Nagumo was relieved that Kouki didn’t have his own powers, as Nagumo would have killed him if he had tried to hypnotize Kaori, Shea, Yue, Tio, or Shizuku Yaegashi. This anger led Nagumo to lash out at Kuze, making Kuze fearfully obey him for having accidentally hypnotized Alya and Masha
Nagumo was particularly frustrated with Yuki, Kuze's younger sister, who he saw as just as troublesome as her brother. When she tried to influence Kuze regarding Alya and Masha, Nagumo angrily hit Yuki on the head for her actions, trying to prevent her from leading Kuze astray