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| Ryuu | |
| Kanji | リユウ |
| Romaji | Ryū |
| Characteristics | |
| Age | 12-14 |
| Hair Color | Dark chestnut brown |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Professional Status | |
| Affiliation | Wistal Royal Pharmacy |
| Occupation | Pharmacist, Herbalist |
| Title | Court Herbalist |
| Personal Status | |
| Relationships | Garak Gazelt (mentor, parental substitute) |
| Friendships | Shirayuki Obi Zen Kirito Suzu |
| Debuts | |
| Manga | Chapter 5 |
| Anime | Episode 2 |
| Portrayal | |
| Japanese Voice | Yûko Sanpei |
| English Voice | Mikaela Krantz |
Ryuu (リユウ; Ryū) was Shirayuki's previous mentor as a royal pharmacist. When they met he was a 12-year-old genius pharmacist known by many in his field. When he gets absorbed in his work he won't hear anyone calling out to him. He has an incredible fascination with the interactions of poisons between competing plants, which made him start reading about medicinal plants in the first place.
Appearance[]
Ryuu with his shorter haircut.
Ryuu has short messy brown hair and aqua blue eyes. He normally wears baggy casual clothes suited for his age and a scarf. Some of his most often worn garments include knickerbockers with a fitted cuff, black hose or stockings and puffed boots. Once he moves to Lilias he wears the lined winter poncho given to him by Garak Gazelt frequently.
In Chapter 108, he appears with his hair cut into a shorter style. He states that his reason for cutting his hair is because he thought it would be easier to manage.
Personality[]
Ryuu has a mature, calm and apathetic personality. Due to his intelligence others tend to treat him as an adult rather than a child, or be unsettled by him and not know how to treat him at all. In addition he sometimes has a difficult time empathizing with others and understanding why they are showing strong emotions, which worries him and makes it even more difficult for him to socialize normally. Because of this seemingly cold personality he frequently unsettles people, and in combination with his research on poisons this has led to unfounded rumors spreading about him in the capitol. Ryuu isn't comfortable with everyone treating him like an adult, and it seems like he wasn't able to gain many friends due to this demeanor.
Since he was taken to the palace when he was very young, he was not able to interact with many kids near his age. Usually he just holes himself up in his office with work so he does not get much exercise. When he was with other children he didn’t act like one himself and didn't play with others. Due to his desire to be a better, more reliable and more easily trusted pharmacist he has professed his wish to "grow up soon" a few times throughout the manga. This seems to reflect his belief that he is not very strong in mentality and physicality.
However, after getting used to his life in Lyrias, he slowly warmed to his pharmacist partners and learned to interact and socialize with other pharmacists. He learned to be more observant and careful when dealing with other people. He talks more and even managed to make some friends in Lyrias. His social skills overall improved as he grew up. He is still quiet but he becomes less awkward and more natural when talking to other people. Furthermore, he learned to express himself more often and is getting more vocal with his thoughts.
History[]
At a young age, Ryuu was brought to the capitol of Clarines to study as he was known to be a prodigy in medicines concerned with herbs and plants. When Shirayuki passed the palace pharmacist entrance exam, Ryuu requested her as his apprentice. In Chapter 5 Ryuu is seen with Shirayuki picking herbs and talking about why he became a pharmacist. When they return a man enters and asks for medicine. When Ryuu hands him the medicine the man drops it and says his hand has no strength, Ryuu looks at him and then tells him to get the Chief pharmacist medicine and exits the room. Moments later after Ryuu left the man talks badly about Ryuu which makes Shirayuki mad and makes the man withdraw his previous statement, which Ryuu overhears and tells Shirayuki it is not something to get heated about.
During the Lilias arc, Ryuu accompanied Shirayuki to Lilias as a part of the training given by the chief pharmacist. During the widespread of the illness caused by the Olin Maris plant, Ryuu met Kirito, a boy around the same age as him, who brought a few children to the pharmacy for treatment over the illness. The two becomes close friends afterwards.
After returning from Lilias, Ryuu and Shirayuki were sent back to Lilias by Garak to investigate the Olin Maris plant and see if there's a way to make the plant retain its glow whilst making it harmless. Before, the two returned back to Lilias, Ryuu was called by Izana for an important discussion during which Izana stated his intentions of moving Ryuu to the Wilant castle after his research on Lilias is done.
During their second visit to Lilias, Ryuu told Shirayuki and Obi that his joints hurts a lot lately. It was later shown that it was simply a sign that he was growing up soon which was shown around at the end of the 10 month time skip. In Chapter 91, when Zen, Shirayuki and Obi took shelter inside a cave from a heavy downpour, they met Ryuu, Kirito and Lata who were on the same stretch of road searching for a place to stay until the rain stopped. When Zen saw Ryuu he was shocked to see that Ryuu had grown up since the last time he saw him.
After their success in the Olin Maris incident, not long after that, both Ryuu and Shirayuki received their orders from the Chief Pharmacist, Garak. Shirayuki was ordered to stay in Lilias and spread the new species of plant they managed to create which was a non-toxic Olin Maris with the new name, Phostyrias. Meanwhile, Ryuu was ordered to return to the castle in three months, much to Ryuu's surprise. However, he made the decision to stay in Lilias and he expressed his desire to join Shirayuki and Obi in their journey to spread Phostyrias all over Wilant.
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Quotes[]
- "But I'm still a kid... So it's weird." —To Shirayuki (about calling his name with a honorific).
- "...I like it when it's planted somewhere that's unsuitable for it, it doesn't bloom, and instead becomes poisonous. After finding out something like that happens among plants, I started to have an interest in medicinal plants." —To Shirayuki (about the Yura Shigure plant).
- "Maybe that's because my intelligence is so uncommon that people can't treat me like a child." —To Zen.
- "...It's all because I got to know you." —To Garak
- "Yes,I am still a child." —To Kirito
- "Um, today... No, starting tomorrow, I have to try harder." —To Shirayuki.
Trivia[]
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- Ryuu (隆) means "noble" or "prosperous". This refers to his status as a worker in the palace.
- He works very diligently, but when his concentration is broken he automatically falls asleep in "home position" under his desk in his office. Shirayuki tried lying down under there too, wondering if it was really comfortable, and was able to sleep peacefully.
- Ryuu has a specimen of Yura Shigure on his wall, whose petals have the same apple-red color as Shirayuki's hair. Yura Shigure also appears to be his favorite kind of medicinal herb. Ryuu says it's his favorite because "It's red and pretty".
- Ryuu seems to have low stamina and easily runs out of breath, although this may be because there is a long distance gap from the pharmacy court.
- He can't cook.
- Although he has a calm, focused and concentrated personality, once this is broken, he is easily flustered. He does not know how to deal with new occurrences.
- He ranked fourth favorite in the character poll.
- The term Ryuu also defines as "dragon".