Sei Handa

Sei Handa, also known as Seishuu, Sensei, Junon Boy, Wimpy Bean Sprout and Expert, is the main protagonist from the Barakamon series.
== Charactah Account ==
Sei is a 23-year-old calligrapher who is forced to move to the Goto Islands on the western most edge of Japan after causing a scandal by assaulting a respected art critic. In Goto, he tries to focus more on his calligraphy and to take time to understand himself and find his passion.
Sei is a stubborn man who is easily irked or frightened. However, after he spends some time, and really begins to open up to a person, he can be fun to be with. He is really passionate about his work, sometimes to the point of self-seclusion and exhaustion when he is inspired for a piece. This, along with his 'city-slicker' attitude, often leads to him being taken care of by the other villagers on the island who help him by bringing him food or reminding him to relax and have fun every once in a while. His friend Kawafuji even describes him as a handful who needs to be looked after from the shadows. He is also extremely prideful of his work, to the point where he punched a respected art critic who criticized his work, which was what caused him to be sent to the countryside in the first place. This aspect of him is also shown when he fell into a depression after losing to Kosuke, an 18 year old newbie. He is also enthusiastic about calligraphy in general, taking it very seriously and lecturing those who do not take it as seriously as shown when he tried to teach Naru, Miwa, and Tamako calligraphy so they could finish their homework. After some time passes, he becomes more humble in his skills and even apologized to the old director for his previous assault on him.
It is implied that this comes from his strict upbringing. It was mentioned that he and his parents didn't get along, and how his parents were so strict they didn't even let him eat candy or have a pet growing up. For quite a while, he even believed that his parents didn't like him and were being strict not out of love, but because they wanted him to become a calligrapher like his father. While on the island, he begins to realize that his parents were strict because they cared for him and his well-being. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Barakamon
* Barakamon Specials
* Barakamon Specials Episode 0
* Handa-kun
=== Manga ===
* Barakamon
* Handa-kun
== Trivia ==
* Sei loves cats although he is allergic to them.
* Sei is considered very handsome, with even Naru Kotoishi referring to him in the beginning as Junon boy, which refers to a male who participates in a beauty contest in Japan.
** Despite being handsome, it is implied that he has never entered a romantic relationship before and that he doesn’t feel attraction. He even states that because he was so focused on calligraphy he has never entered or wanted a relationship and therefore, he is the type of person who would die alone, suggesting that he’s aromantic asexual.
* In Episode 5. Sei seems rather clumsy as he continually slipped on rocks as he was walking down to the beach.
** Since episode 5, he has become hooked on eating konomon (pickled daikon radish).
* Sei says he doesn't like kids but always seems to take good care of them when they need help and the kids on the island seem to like him.
* Sei doesn't like ghost stories and bugs.
* Sei can't cook.
* Sei was oblivious to being very popular in school and his name was well known to other schools as well.
* Though his expression seems to portray that of a concentrated and thoroughly thought out individual, Sei is a rather impatient and impulsive man that often doesn't plan through things, usually not even noticing the contributions others make towards his cause, as shown various times throughout the series.
* When Sei had decided to become a proper calligraphy teacher for the islanders, he had cut many ties including those with his family's and Takao Kawafuji's help. However, he immediately went into a slump after he realized his father had been paying for his rent and none of the kids wanted to join his school because of his under-planned tuition fees. Kawafuji later came by to assist him with the business portion despite having had a fallout with Handa for quitting his company.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sei Handa at Barakamon Wiki
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