Rin Hyuga

* **Overview**
* Gallery
* Synopsis
* Relationships

* Post-Timeskip

## Personality

### Pre-Timeskip

Rin was best described as hardheaded, strong-willed, passionate, and impulsive, which are attributes of both his strong determination to protect mankind and, eventually, his equally strong determination to escape the Walls. Even as a young child, he was so intent on joining the Hunter Association that he argued with and shouted at his mother, referring to the people in the village as "silly" and comparing them to complacent livestock.

Rin cared deeply for his friends and family, risking harm and even death in order to protect them. As a child, he took on larger boys who bullied Glenn Reed and, more tragically, he attempted to lift the rubble that crushed his mother during the zombies assault in Tokyo. Rick was also capable of displaying violent behavior in defense of people he did not even know. This was highlighted when he attempted to rescue Megan Greene by brutally slaughtering two of the human traffickers who had captured her.

### Post-Timeskip

After the timeskip, Rin becomes typically calm, smart, and a good friend and father-figure, but he will often stubbornly cling to his strong personal moral code, which has resulted in numerous bad calls and extra stress within the group. Rin's greatest fault, perhaps, is his uncanny ability to place responsibility on himself and set for himself goals that are impossible to reach. Despite his faults, his combat skill and general care for all members of the group have led him to be looked up to, and allowed him to take the leadership role within the group. Rin is strongly non-religious, admitting to never have been much of a believer and instead puts his faith in his family and the group members around him. He also appears to view religion and belief in God as an interference and waste of time.

Relying on his former police skills and survival tactics, Rin has evolved into a battle-hardened survivor who will protect his family and group without question. In many ways, Rin has become exactly like Kiryuu; being ready to destroy a threat, living or dead, without a moment's hesitation, not trusting anyone except for his group, and knowing that with the world the way it is now, there are very few good people left and if you don't fight for your survival, then you will die. In addition to acting like Kiryuu, Rin has displayed similarities to other primary antagonistic stands that he has encountered and killed (or who other members of his group have killed) in the past, particularly the Jailbreaker, Alpha, Killer-T, and most recently Pseudo (who is currently alive). However, unlike the aforementioned enemy survivors, Rin retains some of his humanity and honor for the sake of his family and friends, and looks to his friends for guidance in making sure that he doesn't completely lose his sanity and devolve into another antagonist. This is in direct contrast to these other antagonists, who have almost completely sacrificed their humanity in favor of personal survival by any means necessary, and who exert unchallenged power and control over other survivors and give into their worst inclinations for their own benefit, rather than the benefit of others.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Rin's greatest asset prior to receiving his abilities was his vast knowledge of fundamental hunting skills and tactics. Rin studied hunters for years and is able to apply that knowledge during crisis situations in a practical manner. His immense bravery and desire to become a hunter were also important factors in giving him the mentality to protect others. Before gaining his Stand from his father, he took on the Colossal Zonbi and rescued Kenji because of his boldness and application of heroic skills, something that deeply impressed the Hunter Association.

Upon training with Renji Hyuga, Rin inherited Armageddon from him and was granted the ability to harness a stockpile of powerful energy. He can move faster than the eye can see and take down an enormous zonbi in a single punch, but the physical backlash at the time prevented Rin from being able to fight properly or compete with his peers on an even playing field. Even so, he still possessed impressive physical durability, and his drive allowed him to withstand the drawbacks of Armageddon for the most part.

**Gifted Intellect**: Rin has proven to be exceptionally intelligent on many occasions, displaying both keen observation and analysis as well as adept intuition and resourcefulness. His grades were among the highest of his class, showing that his Grandstand training rarely interferes with his studying. Rin's intelligence has probably been a more useful asset to him than Armageddon so far.

Rin is a quick learner, which has helped him figure out most Armageddon's mechanisms in a short span of time and work around its limitations. While some of his moves have been directly inspired by Renji (if not, outright copied), the majority of Rin's moves and techniques were all conceived by him during sudden sparks of inspiration, proof of his creativity.

### Grandstand

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**Armageddon** (ハルマゲドン, *Harumagedon*?): Rin's stand is a Fifth-tier Grandstand, with a basic reach of over 20 meters from Rin's body, but with incredible strength, speed, and precision. It is one of the most powerful Stands featured in the series.

It's overwhelming physical prowess in every basic characteristic, save for range, coupled with Rin's own cleverness in combat, allows Rin to repeatedly prevail against many Grandstand users even without the usage of any special ability. In addition, Rin's discovery of its energy-stockpiling ability only made it all the more formidable in combat.

Armageddon possesses immense strength, being able to throw a truck carrying Daren Kotojo and two girls out of the path of an Jeep with one hand, later pulling the same truck out of a canyon with only a car as a counter-weight, and destroy large artificial androids within seconds.

Armageddon boasts phenomenal speed. It was able to intercept a bullet fired from point-blank range, briefly whilst he was using Catalyst Fist, and is stated to exceed the speed of light.