HOKKAIDO — In a genre-defying power move, new shonen protagonist Yusuke D. Wakamura hates his fucking friend group and doesn’t even care if they live or die.
“No, I don’t ‘fight for my friends’, or any dumb shit like that,” clarified Wakamura. “I do what I want, when I want. Imma do me, basically. If anyone wants to tag along on the adventure, sure that’s chill, just don’t expect me to bail your ass out with a last minute power-up. You’re on your own, nakama.”
Members of the supporting cast were less than thrilled to have to team up with Wakamura on this adventure to save the world.
“One of our buddies got killed by the main villain at the end of the last story arc,” said Shibata Tsuyoshi, a bookwormish mage-like character. “We were all expecting that to trigger some kind of emotional response in Yusuke, seeing his friend die at the hand of the villain, letting him progress into his ultimate final form. But no, it just kinda bounced off of him completely. It was kind of alarming, actually.”
The story’s villain, known only by the word ‘Hate’, was also surprised by Wakamura’s response.
“I mean, this is a textbook case of a guy who’s going to take a heel turn into becoming a villain, I’m calling it right now,” said Hate. “Part of me thinks I should just talk to him and try to recruit him into my ranks, but he honestly gives me the creeps, he’s a total sociopath. Like I get it, I’m a bad guy, but at least most of the bad guys get along with each other, you know? This guy would probably narc on me for wanting to kill god the second he got a chance. I can’t risk that, fuck him.”
At press time, members of the traveling party left Wakamura at a rest stop and ditched him on the adventure altogether.
