Takt Asahina

* Game
* Anime
* Childhood

**Takt Asahina** (朝雛タクト, *Asahina Takuto*?) is the protagonist of the story. He and Destiny have formed a contract to eliminate D2.

## Description

**Game**

He is the protagonist of the game.
A conductor who has been sleeping in the depths of the Berlin Symphonica.
He is the one who conducts the Musicart and leads them to victory.

**Anime**

A conductor who signed a contract with the Musicart Destiny (Cosette).
He believes that "music comes first in everything".

## Appearance

By Takt is a tall, slender young man with pale skin, likely as a result of spending too much time indoors, a head full of black hair and hazel eyes. He wears black stud earrings in both ears. When Destiny transforms, his right arm disappears and his eyes change to match hers, turning light blue with a golden ring around his pupils and another golden ring in his iris. During battles where she uses too much of his life force, a red corrosion begins to spread across the right side of his face.

Before his contract with Destiny, Takt wore a black shirt, often untucked, over dark blue jeans and brown shoes, exhibiting a slovenly appearance. Once they got on the road he switched to wearing a grey long sleeve shirt, properly tucked this time, with suspenders over black slacks and black shoes. By the time they reached New York he was wearing a black blazer, a green long sleeved shirt and black trousers with brown shoes. The reason for the change in clothes may have been to hide the corrosion that at this point had covered most of his right arm and neck. In the final episode, part of his hair on the right side of his body had turned white due to the strain of Destiny using up his life force to fight Orpheus. By the end of the anime, the corrosion had spread to cover most of his face and his entire arm.

### Character appearance

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## Personality

Takt is mostly found to be blunt and outright unfriendly as when he put blame solely on Destiny for their failures and when he appears dumbfounded at the latter's otherworldly appetite. He also appears to be slightly selfish as he prioritized bringing music back to the world rather than eliminating the existence of D2s. He also does not seem to care about his surroundings, preferring to have only the necessary objects around him for survival. Minimal concern was shown from him when Cosette pointed out he had bugs in his food.

## Background

Takt was at his father's concert in Boston ten years ago when D2s attacked the concert hall, leading to over a 100 casualties including his father, Kenji Asahina. Shortly after, on October 14 2037, the Grand Maestro prohibited citizens from playing music. Losing his father, combined with his anger at the world for abandoning music, caused Takt to isolate himself in his soundproof garage where he would practice playing the piano for days on end. Fortunately, the Schneider sisters made a point to visit his home once a week to ensure he ate and cleaned the house, though he saw them, especially Cosette, as a nuisance more than a help.

Ten years later in July, Cosette showed up with a poster for the Symphonica Party, and encouraged him to sign up as it would be a good opportunity for him to perform in public. He declined, however, as he felt his music wasn't good enough to touch the hearts of people in world that had abandoned music. At some point, he heard sounds coming from the garage and was surprised to see that Cosette could play the piano (and apparently, had been practicing with his piano whenever he went to bathe or use the toilet). She once again encouraged him to play during the festival before leaving.

On August 16, 2047, the day of the festival, Takt came down to the garage to find it open, his piano having been taken to the park where the festival was being held by Anna and Cosette, much to his horror. His performance was slated for 6pm, though when he didn't show Cosette decided to begin playing in hopes he would arrive eventually. He does arrive late, but begins to play after Cosette surrenders the piano and even invites her to join him. Together they play an uptempo song for the festival, wowing the audience and even causing Takt to smile in contentment. Immediately after their performance however, the town is attacked by D2s. Takt is injured, but Cosette is fatally injured and falls unconscious after a few parting words. Distraught, he commands her to stand up and open her eyes. At this point her white stone pendant (a Harmonia Crystal) glows brighter as spectral rose vines emerge from her body. Takt looks down to see a female entity made of flames looking at him. She consumes his right arm and enters Cosette's body, forging their pact and transforming her into Destiny. She hands him his baton, and in a rage, be commands her to head out and eliminate the D2s attacking their town.

## Abilities

**Enhanced Strength:** Because Destiny is linked to Takt to the extent that she takes his life force every time they engage in combat, Takt is more physically capable and faster than any human while still being weaker than a Musicart.

**Enhanced Durability**: Takt can endure more punishment than most humans, having fallen from a single storey roof without any visible damage, survived direct hits from Hell, and can continue fighting even while Destiny drains his life force in combat.

**Shared Perception**: While it is unclear if this is an ability only he and Destiny possess due to their unique contract, he seems to be able to see what she sees and can even hear the static they emanate from Destiny's ears. This ability is not seen in use after Episode 1.

## Trivia

* He is the only son of the famous conductor Kenji Asahina, who passed away ten years ago.
* "Takt" translates to a bar/measure of music in German.

## Names in other languages

  Thai | แท็กต์ อาซาฮินา*Thæ̆kt̒ Xāsāḥina* | Transcription of "Takt Asahinā"

## External Links

1. ↑  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koki\_Uchiyama
2. ↑  https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Kotomi-Aihara/
3. ↑  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason\_Liebrecht
4. ↑  https://game.takt-op.jp/character/conductor/
5. ↑  https://anime.takt-op.jp/character/takt-asahina/