Oji Hoshino

**Oji Hoshino** (星野 王子, *Hoshino Ōji*) is a character in Battle in 5 Seconds After Meeting series. He is a third year high schooler. He is also an observer in the program and of the sixth team.

## Appearance

Oji is a young man with short messy dirty-green hair that is swept to the left side and red-brown eyes.

## Personality

Oji is very attached to Yuri Amagake, which was a result caused by Yuri giving him a handkerchief. He quickly became obsessive over her. Going to lengths, such as stalking her and even deciding to end his life by jumping off a building, taking Yuri down with him.

During the Second program, he refused to interact with the other 4 on his team due to the fact he believed he wouldn't be able to see Yuri anymore. Seeing Yuri in the final battle, he states on how he knew that he would be fighting her, mentioning how it was fate and wanting to marry her. That irritates Yuri greatly, in which Oji invites her to punch him to her content. He appears to pay no mind to her distaste and objections of him.

## Plot

One day, after Oji was beaten, Yuri Amagake offers him a handkerchief, which causes him to fall for her and start stalking her. As she doesn't accept his "love", Oji decides to end his life and jump from a building. By chance, Yuri sees him and even though she realizes its him, she still decides to help him out. He believes and invincible thread connects them to bring her to save him, but he still ends up jumping and taking her down with him.

He later wakes up on a new place and along with Yuri is place in a testing program. During the second program, he is teamed with four others, but he refuses to talk and just hides in the corner. During the team battle, after four of the battles are over, the final battle between him and Yuri Amagake is announced and Oji comes out of the dark corner stating he knew he would be fighting her. Seeing him, Yuri instantly gets angry, blaming him for her situation right now and wanting to beat him right away. Oji comments its must be fate they are brought together and wants to marry her, which only annoys Yuri more. Stepping on the ring, Oji invites Yuri to punch him as much as she likes as his ability makes him tough as steel. In a moment, Yuri closes the distances and punches him out of the ring.

**THE FOURTH PROGRAM**

He later appeared in the 4th program as an Observer, the 6th observer. He made a deal with his team to provide them information about the Calamity in exchange for their help in protecting Yuuri. Through Oji's interference Akira managed to quickly deduce the weakness of the Observers. He plays the role of bait in Akira's plan to corner and kill Leonhardt.

During the Calamity he demonstrates that he can use two abilities simultaneously such as the Sniper from Claire and the 5 times from Yuuri. At the end of the Calamity he is shown standing on the rooftop of a nearby building.

## Ability

* **Handcuffs:** These handcuffs serves to seal Oji's ability. When the red light turning in green signals, it means that the lock has been released. Five seconds after it turns green, you will regain the use of your hands as well as your abilities.

#### **NEIGHBOR**

隣人(リンじん) lit. Rinjin

* **Description:** Share abilities with the ones you monitor.
	+ Oji is able to copy the abilities of those he is focused on. He is able to copy multiple abilities at the same time.
	+ **Shared Abilities are (in chronological order):**
		- Turning himself as tough as steel
		- Wrath of God
		- Sniper

## Etymology

* The name **Oji** means "prince" (王子).
* Oji's surname **Hoshino** means "star" (星) (**hoshi**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).