Shuu Tsukiyama

Shuu Tsukiyama, also known as Gourmet, MM, Flower Man and Fireworks Man, is one of the main characters from the Tokyo Ghoul series.
== Charactah Account ==
Shuu Tsukiyama is the infamous Gourmet ghoul. He is a fourth-year student studying Social Welfare at the Department of Human Sciences at Haruna Gakuin University.
An eccentric man with opulent taste, his act as a gentleman and an intellectual, serves as a facade to hide a disturbed and narcissistic nature. As a ghoul, he displays his arrogance as a strong predator that seeks to devour the finest meals he makes of his 'prey,' so as to proclaim himself the top carnivore of the food chain. His interest in European literature and language is shown in his gestures and mannerisms, often peppering his dialog with borrowed English, French, and Italian. He shows great anger towards others who disrespect his taste in food; shattering a teacup in front of Kaneki during their date at the coffee shop when he remembered his encounter with Rize. Rize, while working at his Gourmet Club, believed that his picky eating habits made him seem more like a human than a ghoul, the worst sort of insult he could have received, and therefore Shuu bears grudges over Rize, calling her a 'pig' for ridiculing his taste for food.
Shue later fell ill and became extremely thin after being led to believe Kaneki was killed by Arima. After finding out Kaneki is in fact living on as the Investigator Sasaki Haise, his health improved drastically and he was motivated to bring back Kaneki's memories. When confronting Sasaki, he comes to the realisation that he enjoyed the time he spent with Kaneki, and cares for him deeply, to the point that he no longer thinks of him as just food- he accepts that Kaneki is living a better life as Sasaki even though it breaks his heart that he cannot protect him like he used to.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tokyo Ghoul
* Tokyo Ghoul Root A
* Tokyo Ghoul: "Pinto"
* Tokyo Ghoul:re
* Tokyo Ghoul:re 2nd Season
=== Light Novels ===
* Tokyo Ghoul
=== Manga ===
* Tokyo Ghoul
* Tokyo Ghoul:re
=== Video Games ===
* Tokyo Ghoul: Dark War
* Tokyo Ghoul: Jail
* Tokyo Ghoul:re Call to Exist
* Tokyo Ghoul:re Invoke
== Trivia ==
* In the first character popularity poll, Shuu was ranked third. In the latest, he came in at fifth.
* Tsukiyama means "moon mountain" and Shuu means "practice, study, collection."
* Shuu likes self-discipline, humans that are tempting (irrespective of age and gender), and new stimuli.
* Shuu's hobbies are sports, martial arts, playing musical instruments, and evaluating prey.
* When asked about Kaneki's battle suit, author Sui Ishida suggested that Shuu made it for him.
* In the artbook Tokyo Ghoul: zakki, Ishida revealed that Shuu was originally intended to be the main character of an entirely different series. However, he ended up using the character in Tokyo Ghoul instead.
** He had Shuu first appear together with Chie Hori in another work that he submitted for publication a decade ago.
* MM, Shuu's Ghoul Restaurant alias, coincides with his seiyuu's (Mamoru Miyano) initials.
* In the official omakes, Hinami calls Shuu "flower man" or "fireworks man."
* According to design notes, the library and room Shuu appears in while thinking about Kaneki in Episode 5 is his parent's manor.
* According to the Audio Drama, Shuu has a 73m² bedroom and an excessively large bed.
* In the same drama, Shuu claims his favorite method to calm himself down as a child was to play Chopin while screaming at the top of his lungs.
* According to the second Audio Drama, Shuu becomes easily intoxicated when drinking and is (unsurprisingly) a very loud, emotional drunk.
* Ishida revealed that Shuu could play the piano so well he could make a decent living out of playing in jazz bars.
* Shuu's birthday, March 3rd, coincides with the nationwide festival, Hina-matsuri.
* In Tokyo Ghoul Trump, Shuu is featured as the "Ace of Diamonds."
* As a child, Shuu expressed guilt over eating humans. His father reassured him that any human being eaten by him would feel honored.
* As a child, Shuu frequently played football (soccer) with his father and was apparently a prodigy at the sport.
* Shuu greatly resembles his mother, who passed away while he was still very young.
* As a child, Shuu composed a song on the piano for his father called "Papa's Glasses."
* At the Kotobukiya Event, an exclusive pamphlet was made for Shuu's official CCG file. The Gourmet is filed under report number 150919-27004.
* Shuu's hair is depicted as an ultramarine violet instead of light blue in the anime.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Shuu Tsukiyama at Tokyo Ghoul Wiki
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