Takuma Furukawa

**Takuma Furukawa** (古川 たくま, *Furukawa Takuma*) is one of the characters in *My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* series, written and illustrated by Mashiro. He is the ex-boyfriend of Akane Kinoshita.

## Appearance

Takuma is a tall guy, towering over Akane. His light brown hair has a slightly unkempt look to it, which is due to the style of his haircut. He has bangs that fall down to the middle of his forehead and some on the left side of his face, framing it nicely. During the Forest Of Savior offline event, he opted for a casual yet stylish look by wearing a light blue polo shirt with a faded blue undershirt and a t-shirt underneath it all. To complete his outfit, he chose to wear jeans and sneakers which added an extra touch of coolness to his overall appearance.

## Plot

### Background

Takuma had developed feelings for someone else while playing the game Forest Of Savior, which he had introduced to his ex-girlfriend, Akane, during their time together as a couple. Despite not fully understanding the game, Akane would occasionally spend money on it just to spend more time with Takuma. However, one day Takuma mustered up the courage to tell Akane that he wanted to break up with her because of his newfound feelings for someone else. This left Akane feeling hurt and confused as she thought that Takuma might have been cheating on her even while they were still together.

## Chronology

### The First Meeting Arc

 ***Main Article: The First Meeting Arc***
Takuma breaks up with Akane in public, confessing that he loves someone else. Akane's friend Momo reacts surprisingly to the news and finds it ridiculous that Takuma wants his expensive equipment back from Akane. She advises her to move on and not mope around all day. However, Akane finds it difficult to be energetic after the breakup.

Akane logs onto an online game called *Forest Of Savior* that she used to play with Takuma but realizes he has removed her from his friends list. While playing alone, a player named Yamada asks if she is hunting for the Seer Stone. They have a conversation where Yamada seems uninterested in her problems.

Later on, Akane sees an announcement for *Forest Of Savior's* one-year anniversary event nearby and wonders if Takuma and his new girlfriend will attend as a couple. She asks Momo for help shopping for clothes and getting a makeover so she can make him regret replacing her with another girl.

At the event, Akane bumps into someone and falls down but is helped up by a man who seems uninterested in her rambling apology. She realizes he is Yamada from the game but when she calls out to him, he asks who she is instead of replying.

Yamada and Akane meet at an event for the online game *Forest Of Savior* after having previously interacted in the game. When Takuma and his new girlfriend approach them, Takuma ignores Akane and only pays attention to Yamada, whom he admires as a professional gamer. Feeling ignored, Akane introduces Yamada as her new boyfriend to make Takuma jealous.

After the event, Akane and Yamada go to a pub where she talks about her feelings for Takuma while Yamada responds bluntly. She also learns that he is not interested in romance despite his good looks. When she realizes her clothes are dirty and her foot is wounded from tripping earlier at the event, Yamada leaves briefly to buy band-aids for her.

The next day, Akane wakes up in Yamada's house wearing only a tank top and jeans. She has a hangover and hears a voice coming from where Yamada is sitting by his desk with his gaming setup. He excuses himself when he notices she has woken up.

She is confused and asks if they had a one-night stand, but Yamada explains that he helped her when she was drunk and puked on her dress. Akane feels embarrassed and leaves quickly. Later, she realizes that she lost a necklace Takuma gave her and thinks it might be at Yamada's house. While playing an online game with their guild master Ruri-chan, Yamada unexpectedly logs on, causing Akane to feel stressed about the situation.

Akane had a nightmare about Takuma, who sent her a gift containing his new girlfriend. Her friend Momo brushed it off and changed the subject to Yamada. Akane was preoccupied with the necklace Takuma gave her and ignored Momo's inquiries. Momo expressed concern about Akane always putting her boyfriend first, but Akane gave up on her remarks.

As she left a cafe, Akane saw high school girls confessing to a popular classmate. She was reminded of being dumped by Saito in high school. The guy responded that he was in a rush to respawn in a game, leaving everyone dumbfounded. It turned out to be Yamada, who forgot about Akane.

Yamada wanted to return the heart necklace that Takuma gave Akane but accidentally broke it. He remembered that they lived near each other and hoped to meet at the train station. Akane planned on throwing away the necklace but Yamada chased after her with an umbrella during heavy rain before walking away on his own side of the street.

Akane is lying in bed thinking about Yamada's kind gesture of giving her an umbrella and returning her broken necklace. She receives a delivery of old belongings from her mother, who is converting Akane's old room into an exercise area. Her friend Momo helps her clean up and finds the broken necklace and Yamada's umbrella. Akane decides to throw them away along with all the other things Takuma gave her.

### Romantic Comedy Operation Arc

 ***Main Article: Romantic Comedy Operation Arc***
While looking at Akane sleeping, Yamada remembered a time when he unclipped her hair while she slept. Suddenly, the doorbell rang and Takuma, Akane's ex-boyfriend, was standing outside.

Takuma arrives at Akane's apartment, but Yamada answers the door. Takume then introduces himself as a big fan of Yamada then Yamada asks why Takuma is in Akane's apartment. Takume then realizes that Yamada must be Akane's real new boyfriend, but he doubts their relationship because Yamada has never posted a woman on his social media accounts.

Takuma reveals that he came to return the bento boxes that Akane had given him and to check on her after their breakup. Yamada assures him that she is doing well and offers to let him see her, but Takuma declines and leaves. After Takuma leaves, Akane wakes up and thanks Yamada for handling the situation. He returns her hairpin and admits that he unclipped it while she was sleeping for no reason. Before they can talk more, Eita calls Yamada, leaving Akane confused.

### Post-Time Skip Arc

 ***Main Article: Post-Time Skip Arc***
When Akane arrived at the train station, Yamada was waiting for her and helped carry her luggage. While she briefly went to the restroom, she saw her ex-boyfriend Takuma happily chatting with the girl he replaced her with. However, Akane brushed it off and headed back to Yamada. As they waited for their train, Akane felt a strange sense of fatigue and remembered a sweet moment where Yamada gave her a necklace while they were decorating a Christmas tree together at her house.

## Relationships

### Non-familial

#### Akane Kinoshita

Akane was Takuma's ex-girlfriend. Takuma was the one who introduced her the game Forest Of Savior and made her play the game with him even though she wasn't a gamer and not particularly tech-savvy. Despite this, Akane was an understanding and supportive girlfriend who made an effort to learn the game and even spent money on it just to spend more time with Takuma. She would also surprise him with homemade meals from time to time during their relationship.

However, when Takuma broke up with Akane and confessed that he had feelings for someone else, he felt uneasy about how things ended between them. So, he decided to visit her and brought all of the lunch boxes she had made for him in the past as a way of easing his guilt. But when he arrived at her apartment complex, he saw Yamada there which made him believe that Akane might have been telling the truth about her and Yamada being a couple during his initial meeting with Yamada at the offline event for Forest Of Savior.

#### Akito Yamada

Takuma is a huge fan of Yamada and follows him on every social media platform that he has. He's also aware that Yamada is an FPS pro gamer who used to livestream his gameplay. When Akane claimed that she was Yamada's girlfriend, Takuma didn't believe her at first and thought it was just a random joke.

During the Forest Of Savior game offline event, Takuma had the opportunity to meet Yamada in person for the first time. To his surprise, he found out that Yamada was also playing the same MMO game as him, even though he was known for being an FPS pro gamer. Yamada explained that playing MMO games like Forest Of Savior were just a breather for him from his usual gaming routine.

#### Eri

Takuma started dating Eri after breaking up with Akane, which made Akane think that he might have been cheating on her even when they were still together as a couple.

## Etymology

Takuma's name are written in broken in three syllables *“TA-KU-MA,”* with three hiragana characters in it (たくま) which has no particular meaning. Nevertheless, it only contains two characters when written in kanji 拓真 (たくま) .
 **拓 (TAKU):** means expand, open, support;
 **真 (MA):** means real, genuine.
While Takuma's username is broken in four syllables *“FU-RU-KA-WA,”* but only two kanji characters - 古川.
 **古 (FURU):** means old;
 **川 (KAWA):** means stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical.
## References

*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Anime: Episode 1.
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 1 (Page 16).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 20 (Pages 5-6).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 20 (Page 7).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 20 (Pages 6-9).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 2 (Pages 7-10).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 20 (Pages 4-5).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 2 (Page 9).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 20 (Pages 3-4).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 2 (Pages 4-6).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 2 (Pages 6-9).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 2 (Page 15).
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Anime: Episode 1.
*My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999* Manga: Chapter 1 (Page 16).