Bokutachi-san

"I thought your name was... Geoff."

> "***Oh, you've all been naughty children... uh ho ho ho~***"
> — Bokutachi-san, Kurisumasu Supesharu
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**Yume Bokutachi-san** (Japanese: 僕たちさん、 夢・僕たち *Bokutachi-san, Yume Bokutachi*) is the main antagonist of the Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls series.

He makes his first appearance in Episode 2 when he breaks into Hitoshi's house to abduct him, in which he is also shown to have a strong liking to Hitoshi.

## Appearance

He has short messy caramel-brown hair and is often shown with a shadow over the top half of his face. When his eyes are revealed, they are navy blue in color.

Bokutachi wears a long-sleeved turtleneck shirt, gloves, pants, and shoes, all of the same black color.

## Background

His first appearance was in Episode 2, where he was shown breaking Hitoshi's glass window to get inside his kitchen. The first thing he does is kidnap Hitoshi by carrying him to his blue-colored van and drives away to his secret lair.

While the duo, Raku-chan and Koneko-chan finish shopping at Kawaii underwear chan store, they heard Hitoshi screaming for help from inside of the van, so they both chased the van in an attempt to save him.

When the kidnapper arrived home, he planned to have "fun" with Hitoshi. Their eyes met, and Hitoshi couldn't help but to stare into the kidnapper's blue eyes. As Hitoshi is shown blushing, this is likely the moment when he fell in love with his kidnapper, suggesting a very rapid onset of Stockholm syndrome. The moment is interrupted when Raku and Koneko broke through the kidnapper's window to rescue Hitoshi. Raku and Koneko freed Hitoshi from the ropes and tied up the kidnapper.

After this incident, Bokutachi does not appear very often; however, he sometimes makes a few cameos in Hitoshi's daydreams, along with some minor appearances leading up to their reunion. In the final episode, Hitoshi confirms that he and Bokutachi have become a couple, which breaks Raku's "kokoro" (heart), consequently killing her.

Although Bokutachi made an appearance in *Kurisumasu Supesharu*, the Christmas special that occurred between Episodes 7 and 8, the subtext and reaction Hitoshi gives to seeing him in Episode 9 suggests that Hitoshi hasn't spoken to Bokutachi since Episode 3. If this is the case, the entire Christmas episode is most likely non-canon.

The 100k subscriber special cover of Dream's "Mask" reveals a shocking amount about Bokutachi's character. His mask, the darkness sometimes covering his eyes throughout the series, is metaphorically meant to block not just his eyes, but his outward emotions due to his unspecified mental illness citing him as "Normal じゃない" (*normal janai*, lit. not normal). While he wears the "mask", he is generally seen as happier than without it. His kidnapping may be a result of him lashing out at others or trying to cope with his problems, as his mask is seen constantly on him while committing crimes.

## Name Etymology

**Bokutachi** (僕たち) means *Us*, referring to his desires of being with Hitoshi. The TV Tropes website states that his name could be a pun on タチ, which is Japanese slang for the top in a gay relationship. However, this has not been confirmed.

His second name, **Yume** (夢) means *Dream*, which could refer to his dream of being with Hitoshi, or to be accepted. This theory is supported by the "Mask" music video, in which Bokutachi recalls his experience of feeling isolated from others. It could also be a reference to Dream the YouTuber, as he was the original singer of "Mask".

It is unclear whether Yume is his given name or surname.

## Relationships

### Hitoshi-san

Hitoshi is his boyfriend, and he and Hitoshi are shown to be deeply in love with each other ever since they first met.

Hitoshi and Bokutachi first met each other in Episode 2, when Bokutachi breaks into Hitoshi's kitchen by smashing his glass window with force and kidnaps him in an attempt to have "fun" with him. After Hitoshi's escape, he could not stop thinking about him and there are moments throughout the series that show Hitoshi fantasizing about Bokutachi at random times.

In Episode 10, they meet again in a random alleyway. Bokutachi tells Hitoshi "I've been waiting for you" before he disappears into the night, leaving behind only a mysterious note.

It is confirmed near the end of Episode 10 that Hitoshi and Bokutachi (mistakenly referred to as "Geoff" by Koneko) are actually dating, which causes Raku to die of heartbreak.

## Trivia

* Bokutachi makes a quick cameo appearance in Episode 8 (4:44 on Youtube) in the background, stalking Hitoshi.
* The 100k subscriber special reveals that Bokutachi may have attended the same school that Raku and Koneko did. In the video's thumbnail, silhouettes that resemble the girls' college designs can be seen standing to the left.

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