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Sawada Tsunayoshi ([personal profile] not_mafia) wrote2013-05-14 06:27 pm

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Fandom: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Name: Sawada Tsunayoshi
Canon Point: End of Manga series!
History: Essentially the entire manga series.

I'll try to give something of a summary. Basically Tsuna is a boy who sucks at life and his mom wanted him to get better grades so she got this home tutor who, come to find out, is actually an infant hitman in the mafia. BUT WAIT, IT GETS BETTER! This tutor, named Reborn, basically forces Tsuna into a lot of wacky situations and makes him do things he wouldn't normally do by... shooting him in the head, which causes him to conjure a flame on his forehead and explode all of his clothes except for his boxers. And it makes him pretty much crazy and dead set on fulfilling whatever regret he had before he died! So naturally these great feats of strength and endurance, as well as his natural kindness lead him to gaining several friends. Oh, and he finds out he's the heir to the most powerful family of the Mafia, no big deal.

He then: fights several escaped convicts, fights with an elite assassination group over a bunch of rings, goes ten years into the future, goes into an all-out life-or-death struggle with a mafia faction only to find out they're actually his allies AND THAT WAS JUST TRAINING and by the way those rings they have are actually a part of a set of three sets that are keystone items that maintain the world's balance, and then he fights a guy who is essentially a sparkle princess demigod and in beating him pretty much saves the world, then he returns to his time, befriends a mafia family before said mafia family violently stabs them in the back, [gasps for air] whom Tsuna's group then get into a series of battles with, all because apparently the first gen Vongola (Tsuna's family) betrayed the first gen Simon (other family's family) except as they battle they realize that DIDN'T happen due to getting magical memories from back then which basically led to a huge crisis because one of the Vongola was a dick so the first gens went 'fuck it let's just let the later generations deal with this' THANKS GRANDPA, oh and by the way the guy who was a dick somehow kept himself alive through illusions (idk) and pretty much caused all of this so Tsuna and the mafia family made up and kicked his ass, and then finally there's basically a fight between all the cursed babies like Reborn to remove the curse EXCEPT THAT'S ALSO A LIE it's actually just to make the NEXT generation of cursed babies (part of the keystone sets) and Reborn's fated to die and Tsuna's pretty much developed Stockholm's syndrome for his abusive mentor (okay they're not that bad... maybe) so he grows a pair and comes up with a big plan that saves his mentor and then they figure out a way to make it so no more cursed babies have to be made and then the curse is removed on them except only partially so they'll just have to grow up again after already probably being alive for god knows how long WHATEVER.

And naturally at the end of the manga when this is all said and done, Tsuna still vehemently rejects the notion of being a part of the mafia and can't even bring himself to admit his true feelings to the girl he had at the very beginning of the manga. After four hundred chapters. Goddamnit Tsuna.

Personality: So Tsuna is a shonen in a shonen manga, so naturally he embraces all good shonen-y traits like the power of FRIENDSHIP (pretty much his core value), never giving up, being a fountain of optimism and other such shonen-y aspects.

... except haha at the beginning of the manga Tsuna doesn't embrace those two latter traits much at all. In fact, he's actually a loser mcloser pants who's perpetually socially awkward and fails at... everything, and he fails hard. The kid tried on a test and got like... a 16. Baby, no. So he sucks at life and he knows he sucks at life, too. He's branded with the nickname "No-Good Tsuna" and has pretty much really given up on making an effort towards anything. He's basically an average kid who hasn't really had the most luck in life and doesn't suspect that'll change anytime soon.

Enter Reborn who isn't taking his defeatist shit and basically forces him to do everything he's ever wanted to do and has been too afraid to, because he didn't want to try only to fail. And throughout the manga, Tsuna slowly learns that if he does try, he actually can succeed. One significant point in this process is during the future, when Tsuna attempts a new technique and ends up blasting himself into the wall. Reborn asks him if he can perfect this technique and Tsuna says "I don't know, maybe" before falling unconscious. Reborn notes with pride that this is the first time Tsuna has admitted a chance of success, where as before, his favorite answer to "can you do this?" would be "no, I can't". His crowning moment of improvement in this aspect is during the last arc of the series, in which Tsuna actively rallies up his allies in order to save his mentor-- a far cry from the boy who used to run at the slightest hint of trouble.

However, that isn't to say his confidence has miraculously gotten better, or that he's now a full-fledged leader. The potential is there, certainly, but even at the end of the manga, Tsuna still shies from the responsibility, power and reputation of his title. And by shies I mean vehemently rejects the offer to be the boss. There's still that inherent desire in him to avoid any conflict, a desire to simply enjoy a normal life with his friends.

In fact, Tsuna would never have gotten into any conflict at all if it weren't for his friends being in danger. Tsuna actually hates fighting and has often dragged his feet through training. It isn't until he realizes that his and his friend's lives are in danger that he actually willingly fights-- willingly being used loosely. The Ninth boss commented how Tsuna "always fought with a furrowed brow and his fists clenched as though in prayer"-- as a boy whom detested violence, he wasn't fit for the violent mafia world at all.

And that really could not be closer to the truth. Aside from hating conflict, Tsuna is a caring and forgiving boy. Countless times he has befriended people who had come close to killing him, which, miracle of miracles, actually ended helping him out rather than ended up with him getting stabbed in the back. He worries constantly over his friends, and if there's ever a time one of them is feeling down or upset, he wants to help them out. It could be something like a change in routine to take a friend's mind off family conflicts, or taking a doggy bag to them to make sure they're able to eat healthy if the circumstances may prevent them from doing so otherwise.

Have I mentioned the forgiving part? Tsuna is ridiculously sympathetic towards his enemies; he refuses to ever finish a person off (with the exception of Daemon Spade who was an asshole that lived way past his time anyway) and even expresses concern for them their situation is uncertain; in the case of a trio of boys who'd severely wounded him and his friends, and one of them actually possessed his friend's bodies to use them against him, Reborn mentions to the two of them that he would always ask what had happened to them or if anything new came up whenever they broached the topic. It doesn't matter what they've done, to Tsuna and his friends or otherwise, he's always willing to forgive and forget. It may be a stretch to say that he befriends them all, but in any case, all of those people eventually end up becoming helpful allies.

Tsuna is what his friends like to call extraordinarily ordinary. Though he may be heir to the most powerful family and is one of the most powerful people in the series, he has an affable, dorky sort of personality that makes him easy to relate to; a "real" person who has doubts and insecurities and would prefer a mundane life despite his strength and position. With his kindness and forgiveness he has the potential to become something truly great, once he gets over his fears... and, of course, once someone actually kicks his butt into doing it.

Skills | Powers: Shonen lasers.

Typically, Tsuna is your perfectly average boy. I'm sure despite his perpetually lean and scrawny adolescent body he's built up quite a bit of muscle and is probably deceptively strong for someone of his age and stature. Not to say that that's really much strength at all, just... more than you would expect!

The one ability he does have is his Hyper Intuition. It's used in one of three ways:

1) In battle, it's something like a psychic ability. It allows him to predict physical movements of his enemy if he's fighting against a human (or human enough; it's been shown to work on wretched experiments that used to be human, and also works for those who have human-like movements, so it'd probably work on any humanoid). It's not explicitly stated, but most likely, he needs to be in one of his special forms in order to use hyper intuition in this way.

2) Tsuna can tell if he's being exposed to illusions. Again, he needs to be in one of his forms for this part of his hyper intuition to be activated.

3) Both in and out of battle, this ability works passively as what is more or less a sixth sense. An incredibly spotty sixth sense that works whenever is convenient for the author. He can pick up on when people are lying or being dishonest, or he can tell if something is "off" about a situation or about a way a person is acting. So basically kind of like an empath. For example, his hyper intuition had to be sealed when he was going through a test and one of his friends had been replaced by an imposter because he almost immediately figured out something was different about them. Again. Spotty-- Tsuna definitely doesn't catch every lie he's heard (I don't know how many he's caught canonly-- probably not more than 5 times in a 400-chapter series) and sometimes, even when it does work, he just writes it off as a strange feeling. You'd think he'd learn, given how helpful it's been to him, but you would not believe how ridiculously naive this boy can be.


In order for Tsuna to actually be of any use properly fight, he needs to go into Dying Will Mode or Hyper Dying Will Mode. The most obvious indicator that Tsuna is in one of these forms is the flame that is emitted from his forehead, which grows or shrinks depending on his strength.

Dying Will Mode is a form which "externally removes body limiters." In other words, he suddenly has physical capabilities that would make any athlete weep in envy. Strength, speed, and endurance are all greatly enhanced in this form. Generally, one enters this mode in one of two ways: by consumption of a singular dying will pill, or by being shot by a dying will bullet (in the forehead, specifically!). However, since Tsuna has been shown to be able to go into Hyper Dying Will Mode on his own, he could reasonably do the same for this mode. His personality changes dramatically, as he becomes loud, energetic, and rather extreme and reckless as he stops at nothing to achieve whatever regret he had last before he was shot.

Hyper Dying Will Mode (HDWM) is a form which "releases internal limiters, therefore releasing a person's hidden awareness". It puts extreme pressure on the body, making it feel "as though it were breaking". Strength, speed, and endurance are also greatly enhanced in his form. In addition, Tsuna can use the manga's equivalent of a life force in the form of flames. To enter this mode, one must be shot with a Criticism shot, or ingest two dying will pills; however, Tsuna accumulated enough experience to enter the form on his own. HDWM enhances Tsuna's senses and temporarily reduces his insecurities, causing him to be calm and collected, and even cocky. He has a buttload of abilities unlocked in this form and I am not even going to attempt to list them all. So here, have a useful wikipedia link once again.

What's not listed but it is pretty central to his method of fighting-- Tsuna can use dying will flames to propel himself through the air. And hover. ....... and stick to walls. Somehow. I don't know, manga logic.

First Person Sample: Ah.. er.. is.. is it working? I've never used an iPad before...

[The screen shows a young boy with rather unruly brown hair. He taps at the screen uncertainly.]

Ah, I think it is recording... [And then he trails off when he realizes something.]

W-wait, what the heck am I talking in?! I don't know this language! --ow!

[He pulls back one of his hands and cradles it, and both of them are bloody. He seems a little more focused now.]

Ah, if... if there's anyone listening to this, um, I'm.. I'm by a dock or something, I just got dropped off by this weird guy and given a tablet. I.. I really don't have any idea what I'm doing here, and, uh... [He's rambling because of nerves, and it takes a moment for him to steel them again.]

Um, something, ah... happened to my hands, and... my chest, I think.. I'm kind of bleeding, so, um...

[And then he pulls back from the camera and gives an exasperated sound that's half a whine and half a sigh.] What the heck am I doing? I should be calling the police or something... How do I-- [And then he cuts it off.]

Third Person Sample: He's been abducted once. Really, it didn't even count, since it was just by his older brother figure Dino, who was testing his friends to see how loyal they were. Kind of startled the crap out of him, especially afterwards when he found out his friends had gone to an actual gang in the area to get him back, but at least even if he wasn't in a totally safe environment, he'd been with his friends. Together, they'd managed to overcome the gang and return home safely.

So waking up in a completely foreign place, his chest and hands aching, completely alone except for the cloaked figure on the boat is well, definitely a bit unnerving. At first it seems like his mind's in a fog, but as they get closer to shore, it sharpens and--

WHY ARE THEY IN A TINY BOAT ON THE WATER?

Tsuna bolts upright with a short, startled shriek. "Wh-what is--" His head whips towards the cloaked figure. "R.. reborn?!" It would be just like his home tutor to pull some stunt like this, really. But the figure doesn't answer, and... well, on second thought, it is a bit too big to be Reborn.

"Wh-who the heck are you? Where are you taking me?! --eh?" And then he looks down and notices his bloodied hands, and he startles backwards, nearly falling from the boat.

His voice is decisively less loud and alarmed, and this time, a little more on the side of horrified.

"Wh... what?"

That's when the boat comes to a stop, and he looks up at the figure that extends a bony hand. "Wh.. what the heck...?" He looks towards the city, confused and with a touch of panic begin to rise in him.

When he hears a voice in his head, he yelps and immediately scrambles out of the boat, staring back at the figure. "H-how-- did you just--"

Of course, it says nothing, only stares at him with those glowing eyes. He stumbles and falls back, staring for a moment, before his eyes uncertainly follow the pointed hand again. "Wh-what, I'm... supposed to go there? To.. T.. Tartarus?" That's what he'd said, right? I've never heard of a city called Tartarus before. What's going on?

He turns his head back. "Wait a mom--"

They're gone.

"Eh..."

Tsuna sits there for a moment in silence, stunned, and his scrambling mind tries to recollect its thoughts. Hadn't he gone to sleep in his bed last night?

...

And then he smacks himself on the forehead and laughs an uncertain, unstable laughter fraught with nerves. "Of course! This is just a bad dream! All I have to do is pinch myself and I'll wake up."

Pinch!

...

... did he not do it hard enough?

He pinches it again, hard-- OW okay that was definitely hard enough.

... But he's still here. And some of the blood on the back of his hand is dripping onto his arm.

"...ah..."

This...

This was real.

Oh-- oh fuck his hands are really bleeding.

With a sudden twist of panic in his stomach, he desperately wraps his hands in his shirt, only to see blood seeping through up over his heart. He looks around, and tries to keep his voice from wavering from fear too much.

"H-- hello? A-anybody?"

He looks back towards the dock, but of course, the figure left for good. He'd been so alarmed and distracted he didn't have the time to get seasick.

It-- said contact the others through the tablet or something, right?

He looks down at the tablet laying there and unravels one of his hands from the shirt, then bites his lower lip as he reaches for it.

Marks: This -- back of both hands. : : The design which appears on the back of his gauntlets in his powered form, it represents how his relation to the mafia has forced him into fighting.
This -- over his heart. : : The family sigma of the Vongola, this symbol represents how his connection to the mafia has put him and his loved ones in danger.