Josh Besson (Liar Exposed)

Joshua Daniel Besson Jr is the main protagonist of Liar Exposed and a Year 11 student in Perth Secondary School. He is the older adoptive brother of Zoe.
== Appearance ==
=== Manga ===
Josh is shown to have short and curly black hair, brown eyes and light skin. As his everyday wear, he wears a black hoodie over a black shirt, blue jeans and white shoes. He is shown to stand on average 16-year-old height and is taller than Zoe. 
=== Video Game ===
His video game appearance is a bit similar to her manga counterpart. However, he is shown to have the same hairstyle as his manga counterpart but he has blue reflections in his hair, brown eyes and light skin with freckles. He still wears the same outfit as her manga counterpart but with minor differences. His shirt which is underneath his hoodie is white and he wears black jeans. 
=== Teen Drama ===
The teen drama version of Josh combines his manga and video game counterparts. This time, he has the same hairstyle as his manga and video game counterpart but with longer hair, brown eyes and light skin with freckles. His height somehow remains the same. His usual outfit consists of a black hoodie over a white shirt, black jeans and white converse-like shoes. However, he has a wide variety of outfits in his wardrobe. His student uniform (although student uniforms weren't used in the manga and video game) consists of a white short-sleeved dress shirt with a red necktie, black trousers, white socks and white sneakers. His sleepwear consists of a grey shirt and black track pants. Due to being in the hospital in Season 2, he is shown to wear a typical hospital gown.
=== Anime ===
There is a huge major difference in the anime than in the previous instalments. Josh has curly brown hair and blue eyes and is confirmed to be Jewish, modelled after his voice actor, Troye Sivan. He still wears the same outfits in the teen drama and is tall in height. He still has light skin with freckles from the video game and teen drama. Josh originally had ocean blue eyes to match his teen drama counterpart's hair colour but his eyes changed to bluebell eyes to match his voice actor, Troye Sivan's eye colour.
== Personality ==
Josh is a gamer and a night owl and doesn't do well in school, unlike Zoe. However, he leaves a soft spot for her as the siblings have soft spots for each other. He is shown to not talk in the video game and only talk during cutscenes. In the teen drama, he can speak in full sentences without leaving out blanks like the manga.
Like Zoe, he doesn't like liars and he is sick of Kayla faking his mental health issues. Josh isn't as athletic and strong as Zoe but still cheers her on in every event. Josh is stated to only have 1 brain cell while Zoe has multiple. Josh usually keeps his anger to himself and isn't frustrated easily. He is also supportive towards Zoe and his other friends. He even deeply cares for her. He also goes with the flow with every situation and doesn't go against it like Zoe.
Although Josh deeply cares for his younger sister, he sometimes feels bad that he isn't there for her. This happened while he was in the hospital. Sometimes, he got his anger out with Kayla when it's usually Zoe who does that. Josh is introverted like his sister, Zoe and his cousin, Hayden. Josh has depression and anxiety. 
In the anime starting from Series 4, he acts as the father figure of the group. Even though he's not the oldest of the group. He shares more caring feelings towards the SG team and treats them like his own family. 
== Pre-Series Life ==
=== Manga ===
Josh was born in 2004 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He is of Chinese and Australian descent. He and his family found his adoptive sister, Zoe, in the trashcan while they were in the Philippines and later adopted her. He doesn't have an older sister. Unlike Zoe, he doesn't do well in class. He also gets along with his sister really well. Not much of his pre-series life was known and revealed in the manga.
=== Video Game ===
Not much of his pre-series life was known in the video game either. The only thing the players know is that Josh was born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia in 2004. There is also a change in his character in the video game, he is shown to be pure Australian instead of half Asian.
=== Teen Drama ===
Like the manga, Josh was born in 2004 in the Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He was raised alongside his mother, father, sister and adoptive sister in the outer suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. His sister, Addison, moved to Sydney, New South Wales a year before the series to attend university. Josh grew closer to his adoptive sister. Josh was born with dyslexia.
=== Anime ===
The anime takes place following the events of the teen drama. He still has dyslexia and he is of Jewish descent.
== Trivia ==
* In the manga, Josh is stated to speak in a pure Australian accent
** But in the video game, he doesn't speak much but only talks in cutscenes
** In the teen drama, Josh also speaks in a pur Australian accent like the manga
**In the anime, he speaks in the same accent like the manga and teen drama
* Josh also has telekinesis
** In the manga, he doesn't have telekinesis
** In the video game, he has telekinesis
** In the teen drama, he has telekinesis like the video game but they appear in Season 2 after getting sick
* Since the teen drama extends every element from the manga and video game, here are the things Josh can do in the teen drama but can't in the video game and manga
** Josh told Zoe about her past
** Since the teen drama is also a jukebox musical, Josh's vocal range is baritone
*** His singing voice is provided by Troye Sivan
** He also has dyslexia
**Josh's full name is revealed to be Joshua Daniel Besson
**Josh suffers from depression and anxiety and due to dyslexia, he's most likely going to get ADHD
**Josh's birthday is revealed to be on the 21st of May and his Zodiac sign is Gemini
**While described as tall in the manga and video game, his height is confirmed in the teen drama to be 6 ft. or 1 m 83 cm
* The anime also shows major differences to the character
** Josh has brown hair and blue eyes modelled after Troye Sivan
***Also the fact that Zoe Tria stated that Zoe and Josh would have their hair and eye colour swapped, this resulted in Josh having blue eyes and brown hair
** He's in Year 12, his final year of secondary school
** He is of Jewish descent
**He is named after his father
* Joshua is Hebrew for 'God is salvation,' Daniel is also Hebrew for 'God is my strength' (possibly named after another Why Don't We member, Daniel Seavey) and Besson is named after Why Don't We member, Corbyn Besson
**Josh having a Hebrew name might be the reason why he is of Jewish descent
* Josh's voice actor in the anime, Troye Sivan, is also from Perth, Western Australia
*Josh is stated to have his father's brown eyes and hair
**But in the anime, Josh has blue eyes which most likely came from his mother
**Similarly, Addison's debut in the anime shows that she has brown eyes and brown hair like her father
**However, Hayden has brown hair and hazel eyes which isn't a common trait for the Besson family which means it most-likely came from his mother prior to her death
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