Rei Sakuma/Eichi Tenshouin

**Rei Sakuma/Eichi Tenshouin** is a relationship between Rei Sakuma from UNDEAD and Eichi Tenshouin from Fine.

## Relationship and notable canon moments

As Eichi was the head of the school/Ex-Fine and wanted to destroy the oddballs, which Rei was apart of, They have a lot of history. They didn't get along at first at all due to what Eichi was making them go through. In the past/war era, they were at their worst state, then being more of work partners/rivals in the ! era to then roommates and even friends in the !! era.

***• quotes from element***

**Rei:** Ahaha. Don't talk to me so casually, gloomy bastard. --

**Eichi:** And that is why you can't win against me. You Five Oddballs are monsters. Monsters beyond human understanding. Super geniuses.

-- **Eichi:** Sakuma Rei. You are both a noble man of character and a mighty, peerless heroic figure who tampered with even the domain outside. But it's only in shounen manga that a single hero can save the entire world. You have to die for the sake of love. Your very love for people means that you can't abandon anybody, and you will be crushed to death by everything you burden. You will be mangled by love — and you will be poisoned to death by it. ... oh dear. If you don't go now, you're going to miss your flight. For the sake of the people in far off countries who love and adore you... you should hurry, Mr. Hero ♪

( Eichi clearly wants to provoke him and wants there to be some sort of fight where rei/the oddballs lose because in the end he knows he will win. its still v important because he calls Rei a "hero" as if Rei had intentions to stop him. He wants rei to be his rival...)

**Rei:** Tenshouin Eichi-kun, yeah? ... since long ago, you were on "this side". Even if you spend your whole life trying to do so, I doubt you'd be able to find any dear, irreplaceable friends... 'cause you trampled on and killed all the potential candidates.

( THIS is actually the line thats supposed to be hidden in the anime when rei whispers in Eichis ear.)

***• summer vacation***

Summer vacation compared to element is so good because of the time skip and how different they act towards each other. Rei has expressed his hate for Eichi in the past reminiscence stories and not wanting to be compared to him but its different here. the story is *fine* and UNDEAD spending their time in a vacation spot for a live and the two get along quite well here compared to other stories. summer vacation is such a notable story for them and a turn point because they both agree on seeing each others as equals but remaining rivals.

**Rei:** "My soul is a lonely one, so I’d like for you to become my playmate for an eternity, if possible… so live long and prosper, Tenshouin-kun."

the use of the word playmate and how Rei notes that he has a "lonely" soul is notable because its basically him declaring that Eichi is his only "playmate"/rival.

they have many newer scout/idol stories together now where they mostly bicker about smaller stuff. Rei does have a winter voice line where he expresses he's care for Eichi hoping he doesn't fall sick due to the weather. Which is pretty big considering how much tension they used to have in the past.

## Trivia

* Rei has called other characters his partner but he has an ongoing theme with Eichi and the discussion of rivalry
* both of them having ! scouts that were right after each other ( Angels ending at 5/14/2018 and Devils starting at 5/14/2018 )
* theres multiple references in the game referring to Eichi's "angel' character and Rei's "devil" noting from the gachas stated above and they are often called "Angel", "God", " Saint" / "Devil", "Demon", "Demon King", by other characters/the game. Characters have also stated that they both come from both heaven and hell. their personalities kinda differ from the symbolism as many see Eichi as the actual evil in the story vs how many characters love Rei and appreciate his help. + Eichi has been called satan before ( by Rei and other characters) too so its kinda funny.
* besides the angel/devil symbolism, they have a lot of sun/moon references as well! in summer vacation Rei makes a comment how he mistook Eichi for the sun. Since Rei has a vampire act, he often has a lot of dark night/moon references in cards or voice lines.
* A better pair would even be star and moon as the game has made stars a big part of Eichis character with his solo being "Shining Star" and Reis being " Bloody Moon Vampire". For Rei, “Saku” (朔) in his last name refers to the first day of the lunar month, which begins with a new moon. (1) Eichi's last name **Tenshouin** consists of three characters which mean "heaven/heavenly, sky, imperial" (2)
* they are currently roommates along with Aira Shiratori.
* they both have a more formal way of speaking
* They are *supposed* to have matching keychains that Aira bought for the 3 of them.
* Both Eichi and Rei have been mean to their units pretending dangerous people were stalking Tori/attacking UNDEAD in order to make them improve their acting skills in *Fist of the Shangri-la Idol* and *Hidden Beast* respectively.
* Rei had to send his coffin back to Yumenosaki because Eichi didn't let him keep it inside their dorm.
* There is a divider between both of their beds. In the new **2022 screen lines** Rei asks Eichi if they should get a new one and Eichi recommends a thicker one in order to avoid to see each other faces when they wake up. During 2023 new year scout ***Lucky SCRAMBLE*** Rei was having a day full of bad luck and the divider he had with Eichi fell.
* They represent black and white contrast along with their units, which appears in their idols stories called ***Black and White Teatime*** (Eichi's 3\* idol story) and ***Black and White Wartime*** (Rei's 3\* idol story). Curious enough UNDEAD and fine 2022 song events changed their colors so UNDEAD wore white for Kaoru's event and fine wore black for Yuzuru's one.