Tora Ranbō

Tora's profile card.

Tora is a rival in *Heartbreaker: The Visual Novel*, and the antagonist of Episode 10.

Tora bonds with Kouhai after getting hurt in a street fight, and realizing that Kouhai reminds her of someone...

## Appearance

Tora is a caucasian girl born & raised in Japan to American immigrant parents. She has long-ish orange hair with streaky black tips, fiery orange eyes, and an athletic figure. She is always seen dressed in atypical delinquent attire, but wearing geta sandals which are clearly a size too big. She is not a regular smoker, but does so to appear more intimidating. During the time of Episode 10, Tora has a plaster on her nose - The reasons for this are unknown.

She wears her hat to add to her overall visage, and her finger & toe nails are painted "tiger orange".

At Kareji, Tora wears her sleeves just above her elbows, and her blazer unbuttoned. She does not wear a shirt, instead wrapping her chest in wide sports tape and letting her tie hang loose. She uses the same sort of tape on her forearms & wrists. Her trousers are torn at the knees from repeated fights, and she wears a red shirt tied with sleeves around her waist. Tora wears the standard Kareji gloves.

Tora is not seen in casual clothes during summer.

For her casual winter outfit, Tora wears a red vest with jagged white trims, and a white scarf. She wears an open black & grey coat that stops at her knees, sleeves rolled back to just under her elbows, and black leather gloves with steel spiked knuckles and white wrists. Tora's breasts also appear larger without the sports tape binding them. She wears blue denim jeans that are even more torn than her uniform trousers and are clearly not the right size judging by the waist, and a large white belt with a copper buckle.

## Personality

Tora is a violent delinquent who grew up in a poor household, feared even by pupils of other institutions. Most of the time, they know her simply as "that scary American girl". She has narrowly avoided prison time after getting into dozens of fights with street punks and school bullies over the years, and having put multiple people in hospital.

She seems to be driven by a burning rage and sense of justice deep within her heart, that can only be tamed by Kouhai's sweetness & light.

Something within Tora stirs when meeting Kouhai, the only person in a long time who she hasn't been able to let her anger loose on.

## Trivia

* Tora's given name in romaji is pronounced like the Japanese word for "tiger", while the surname is pronounced like a Japanese word for "violent".
* The kanji for the Ranbō family name comes from 嵐 meaning "storm" and 紡 meaning "spinning". Referring to Tora's anger & frustration.
* The kanji for Tora's given name comes from 留 meaning "stop" and 乎 meaning "question mark", as in "stop and ask questions".
* Tora is based on the tsundere archetype.
* Tora's uniform was largely inspired by common delinquent tropes in manga & anime.
	+ Her overall appearance was inspired by Ranmaru Rindō from *Binbōgami ga!* and Lisa from Kira Kira Pop Princess.
* The belt on Tora's hat is designed as a reference to the flag of the USA, due to her heritage.
	+ The same can be said to a lesser extent for her red, white & blue winter outfit.
* Her winter outfit might be changed in the final game.
* Tora will have what is perhaps the bloodiest optional death in the game.

## Notes

* As with many parts of *Heartbreaker*, several "Japanese" names in this project were chosen using not only literal or phonetic puns, but also a variety & mixture of *-on,* *-yomi,* *nanori* etc. readings for kanji that would not be typically used for names in reality, a common technique in Japanese fiction; It is important to remember that *Heartbreaker* takes place in an alternate timeline that - while closely mirroring our own - contains several differences in its fictional history. Good-faith attempts have been made to create semi-believable names (with some artistic licence for fiction & entertainment's sake), but any suggestions for better names and / or kana & kanji should be sent to: AbyzouDev@gmail.com