Yuu Otosaka

Yuu Otosaka, also known as One-Eyed, One-Eyed Grim Reaper, Reaper and Sister-Con, is the main protagonist from the Charlotte series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yuu is a high-school student who cheats in exams and others in order to gain the upper hand. He has the ability to take over another person's body for five seconds. After being tricked and manipulated into using his ability by Nao, he is forcibly transferred to Hoshinoumi Academy and paid to join the student council.
Yuu, at the start of the series, is a selfish, arrogant and narcissistic boy, who misuses his ability on a daily basis. It is implied that he is an academically poor student and hence needed to cheat to achieve top ranked grades; whether this is accurate or he simply saw it as easier than having to study is unknown, but Nao implies that his standardized test scores are low. Despite this, Yuu is clearly intelligent, being able to devise carefully calculated schemes to achieve his devious goals. He is also able to calmly analyze situations, shown during the base ball game in Moment of Earnest. Furthermore, considering the fact that he is able to memorise the answers of the smart students under 5 seconds he shows potential to be exceedingly diligent however he does not put his academic abilities and talent to use. While a master of his own crafts, Yuu isn't the best at socializing with others and is quite rude at the beginning of the story. He acts differently only when talking with his younger sister, Ayumi, with whom he tones down his personality and becomes more open and brotherly. It is also implied that he has a sister complex. While masquerading as a model student, he hides his narcissistic personality but occasionally starts laughing like a villain if his plan succeeds, even if others are present. Yū can also be perverted at times whenever he possesses a girl's body. He uses his ability to cause fights among people he dislikes and to cheat on tests by possessing smart students and memorizing their answers. He cares little for other people, including his classmates and strangers; he even orchestrates an accident to "save" Yumi Shirayanagi without any concern for the truck driver he possesses. The only exception to this apathy is his younger sister. Although he attempts to form a relationship with Yumi, when he leaves her behind after she fell while he was trying to escape Nao, it becomes clear that he only likes Yumi for her looks.
Yuu also loves to eat good food to the point of crying, the reason being that his sister adds pizza sauce to everything she cooks for him (even french toast). After being forced to transfer to Hoshinoumi by Nao, Yuu's personality slowly begins to change for the better. At first, he is clearly against using his ability for anything he doesn't want to and only does so after urging from Nao, though this changes as time passes. Although he dislikes Nao in the beginning, he feels sympathy for her regarding the situation with her brother and her difficult past, as well as her rocky relationship with other students. Throughout the series, Yuu acts as a comedic straight man whenever something bizarre or abnormal occurs due to the other members' antics. An example of this is his reaction to Jojiro Takajo's physical state after using his ability to get lunch from the cafeteria, or his reaction to Misa Kurobane's threats to burn things. He unknowingly begins to enjoy his time as a member of the student council, as evidenced at his excitement at winning the baseball match in Moment of Earnest. As of The Sound You Heard Sometime, he becomes a fan of the post-rock band ZHIEND.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Charlotte
* Charlotte: The Strong Ones
=== Manga ===
* Charlotte
* Charlotte The 4-Panel: Run Through The Seshun!
== Trivia ==
* Even with thousands, or likely even tens of thousands of looted abilities at his disposal (Memories to Come), Yuu frequently uses Telekinesis and Barrier as his go-to abilities during battle for offense and defense, respectively.
* Yuu has the same voice actor of Gin from Hotarubi no Mori e, Yuri Plisetsky from Yuri!! on Ice and the same English voice actor as Noctis Lucis Caelum from Final Fantasy XV.
* Yuu's Japanese voice actor and Nao's Japanese voice actress play the main characters of Hotarubi no Mori e.
* Yuu's surname might be inspried by Tomo Otosaka,a baseball player in Yokohama DeNa Baystars
* A running gag occurs whenever Yuu uses his power to take control of someone else, his body slumps forward in a humiliating pose where he's bent over on all fours,with his head face-planted and his rear protruding upward.
* Yuu often mentally snarks "another incomplete ability!", or "another half-assed ability" in the English dub, after learning about an ability's drawbacks.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yū Otosaka at Charlotte Wiki
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