Yuuji Kazami (風見 雄二, Kazami Yūji) is the main protagonist of Grisaia no Kajitsu. He is a second-year student at Mihama Academy who is known as "Ace number 9029", receiving this name after his master, a former assassin for a Japanese government agency and black ops employed by Ichigaya, passed away. Growing tired of his aimless existence, he desires a normal school life. He is characterized as cool, philosophical, and minimalist, maintaining a realistic outlook on life. Though he occasionally relies on orthodox military methods, Yuuji considers himself cowardly and prefers to plan and scout before taking action. He disguises himself as an exchange student from Canada at his new school and is a physically fit young man.
Appearance[]
Yuuji is a good-looking and somewhat intimidating young man with short black hair and sharp black eyes. Due to a lifetime of physical training, Yuuji is athletic, although his body is covered with scars from his career as an operative.
Personality[]
Yuuji is a cold and reserved guy who is inured to a lifetime of violence. He usually doesn't care about people's opinion and is known for his sardonic humor. Yuuji admits that he isn't a brave person, and often prepares contingencies prior to engaging the enemy. He likes to read books, a habit that was ingrained into him by Kazuki Kazami and Asako Kusakabe.
Due to the PTSD which stems from his childhood, Yuuji has trouble with killing any living things. This is also partially to do with the "safety pin" Asako placed on him to keep him from killing. While this "safety pin" remains intact throughout the majority of the series, it is shown that the command can still be overridden to some degree. During his time deployed by the Marines, Justin Mikemayer was able to temporary override the command, allowing him to kill as a mean of protecting his comrades. Also, during Amane Suou and Makina Irisu's bad ending, it is shown that if the "safety pin" is being "fiddling around" too much, it may "come loose and fall off" as a result.
Yuuji employs violence sparingly and rarely inflicts excessive harm on his opponents. He desires a civilian life and is weary of all the violence in his life.
Yuuji admired his elder sister Kazuki, although he was also a bit envious of her. Kazuki loved Yuuji immensely because it pained her to see him denied of parental affection. Yuuji's life was shattered after Kazuki's accident. Afterwards, Yuuji developed feelings for his master, Asako. She helped him overcome his trauma and developed an intimate bond with him. Asako was fond of Yuuji but she declined him because of her deteriorating health. Asako's death was too much for Yuuji.
Background[]
Ever since Yuuji was born, he was neglected by his parents where Ryouji Kazami despised him for lacking any obvious talent and Satoko Kazami was weak-willed. The only person in his family who treated him well was his big sister, Kazuki Kazami. As his parents treat Kazuki very differently, he came to view Kazuki as a god. It was also around this time when he first met the cheerful Sachi Komine. The two quickly become friends, although Kazuki became displeased with this.
After the news of his sister's death in a bus accident, his father fell into depression and became an alcoholic. He started to subject his son and wife to more intense abuse. Unable to cope, his mother decided to move out with Yuuji. However, after a year, Yuuji's father finds his way to their house and tries to rape Yuuji's mother. Yuuji, after being smacked in the face by his father, takes a bottle of wine and smashes it on his father's head, killing him instantly. Yuuji's mother tells Yuuji to run to the train station and wait for her there. However, Yuuji went back to the house against his mother's instruction. He discovered his mother's corpse as he bumped into her body, which is now hanging from the ceiling.
Later, he was taken in by a common buyer of Kazuki's paintings, Heath Oslo, under the alias of Rei Kirihara. Here, he was often made to dress up as Kazuki and molested. After killing one of Oslo's colleagues for abuse, Heath became aware of Yuuji's potential as a child soldier. From then, Yuuji started his training at a desolate terrorist academy for an undefined amount of time, where he was relentlessly harassed by other children. From time to time, he would be given a private lesson in knife and hand-to-hand combat from Oslo himself, prompting more bullying from the other children as Oslo's favorite child. He became close to Marlin, a girl attending the same academy. However, this friendship was cut short when Yuuji was made to fight in a deathmatch with her as part of the "graduation exam". Although Yuuji was seriously injured and lost the fight, he did not lose his life as Marlin treated his wound. He later learnt of Marlin's death, which causes him to believe that any women who associates with him will always die. He was later given a second chance at the graduation exam by taking an assassination mission, which he managed to swiftly carry out. He returns to Heath and is assigned to various assassination missions and drug experimentation.
After being found drugged in the basement of Heath's mansion by Asako Kusakabe, she took him in and he started his new life. He refers to Asako as his "Master" after her death because neither "mother" nor "caregiver" suited her. He succeeded Asako's job as a 'cleaner' for the 'Company', and was feared in the underworld with the name of ace number '9029'. As the time passed, he wished to attend a normal school life, so he contacted Chizuru Tachibana, the principal of Mihama Academy, who is also his acquaintance. He transferred to Mihama Academy under the pretext of a 'returning-to-his-country student from Canada'. To the other five girls, he did not inform them much about his own identity. Because of a trauma in the past, he hates to take the train (his mother told him to go to a train station and left him there for hours) and tries to use other transportation as much as possible.
Plot (Visual Novel)[]
Grisaia no Kajitsu[]
At the time when Yuuji came to Mihama Academy, though he had received a train ticket from JB, he walked 175 km from Yamanashi Prefecture instead. As he carries an enormous bag walking around the area, he was found suspicious by the local policeman, who stop him for questioning. As this is happening, a woman scream for help as a handbag thief ran in their general direction. Despite the thief's attempt to get away, Yuuji easily intercepts and restrains him. However, this forces the policeman to take him into custody for questioning, despite thanking him for the assistance.
Grisaia no Meikyuu[]
The Cocoon of Caprice[]
In order to finalize a document detailing his past, He was called into the main office at Ichigaya by JB for an interview. He saw his old instructor on his way to the office and had a small chat with him. The instructor offer him a job in his field, but Yuuji declined the offer. Once he reached JB office, she was already in the process of reviewing Yuuji's personal record. She claimed that despite the existence of these record, the "professor underground" has requested a highly detailed report from the person himself. Yuuji agreed and started telling a story of his detailed past.
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Once the interview process finished, he travels back to Mishima Cape. However, he was stopped on the way by a call for a special mission. The man introduced himself as Adam, and he brief Yuuji with an assassination mission, omitting many details from the plan. The target of the assassination is the supposed terrorist "Ethan Glow".
Once Yuuji set-up at the sniping spot, "Adam" started abusing Yuuji verbally, presumably trying to coerce Yuuji into killing. However, when Yuuji zooms onto the target, "Ethan Glow", it was revealed that the man's true identity was Heath Oslo himself. Upon seeing him, Yuuji broke down mentally and presumably collapsed. A mysterious voice appears which orders "Adam" to take Yuuji into the custody. His name appears in the news later that night, reported to be part of a terrorist attack.
Grisaia no Rakuen[]
Anime Special[]
Grisaia no Kajitsu[]
- Yuuji didn't appear in Yumiko Sakaki's arc and Makina Irisu's arc.
- On Michiru Matsushima's arc, Yuuji and Michiru had a date on the beach, but it was revealed to be Michiru's dream and Yuuji for an unknown reason was inside the bathroom with her.
- On Sachi Komine's arc, Yuuji was washed by Sachi during his bath time. Sachi got turned on later and focused on washing his 'abdomen', but revealed to wash a shower head later.
- On Amane Suou's arc, Yuuji and Amane has a date on a shrine where he later hits her head for thinking something perverted.
- On Kazuki Kazami's arc, Yuuji did a doctor roleplay with Kazuki. Kazuki later baited Yuuji to molest her for her satisfaction, but the mood got off when a bell rang. It was taken during Yuuji's childhood year.
Grisaia no Meikyuu[]
During the time when Yuuji was still a kid, Kazuki Kazami took him to her school and introduced him to her basketball teammates. When the girls wanted to spoil him, they made a lewd accident instead and made Kazuki pissed despite how she looked calm and kept on drinking her tea. At night, Kazuki took a bath with him, kissing his lips in the act of 'cleaning' the girl's mess and possibly about to have sex with him as she said 'let's continue on the bed' in the ending.
Grisaia no Rakuen[]
- In Yumiko Sakaki's arc, Yuuji was taken by Yumiko to hide with her. Since it was so sudden, Yumiko later got embarrassed and shouted on Yuuji on why even she had to hide with him.
- In Michiru Matsushima's arc, Yuuji and Michiru were dating in an arcade. Michiru was curious on a photo box and entered it with Yuuji. The machine somehow made Michiru do lewd stuff on herself and later on Yuuji. After they had left, it was revealed that it was Sachi's doing as she kept their photograph.
- In Milliela Stanfield's arc, Yuuji was molested with having his belt be licked all over by Millie. However, the fun got spoiled when Agnes entered and became angry towards Robert for being loud while playing his eroge during bed time.
- In Sachi Komine and Makina Irisu's arc, Yuuji was tied up naked and molested by Sachi and Makina as an act of lewd service for him by eating a strawberry, banana and cream cake, messing Yuuji's pants. After Sachi and Makina had left, Amane entered the room and was shocked to see Yuuji's bizarre state.
- In Amane Suou and Kazuki Kazami's arc, Yuuji appeared at the last second when Amane gave Kazuki her lewd massage. Amane was shocked and replied with 'want to join', then Yuuji hit her head with (possibly) a bucket.
Skills and Abilities[]
- Advanced Military Arts: Being taken in by Heath and later Asako Kusakabe, as well as serving at the United States Marine Corps, Yuuji has a vast knowledge of military arts and the mastery over them. His capability even surpassing both of his mentors.
- Expert Knife User: As a terrorist in-training, Yuuji was regarded as Heath Oslo's favorite among the trainees. As Oslo's favorite, Yuuji was personally trained in the art of knife fighting by Oslo himself on top of the normal regime that everyone has to take. This has made him a considerably skilled knife user, and by extension, a close combat fighter.
- Master Marksmanship: As a terrorist in-training, Yuuji was trained in basic usage of variety of firearms. As Asako's adopted child, Yuuji has furthered his training specifically in the sniper rifle. His own natural talent combined with Asako's teaching allow him to be a master sniper. Even before he received formal military training, Yuuji would occasionally take Asako's job as agent 9029 without anyone but JB becoming suspicious.
- Small Arms Proficiency: Although Yuuji is a known as a prolific marksman, Yuuji was also trained in basic usage of variety of small arms such as pistols and automatic rifles by both the terrorist organization and the United States Marine Corps. This is exemplified in Makina's Route where Yuuji shot and killed Kiyoka Irisu and many of her body guards with a pistol. In addition, during his assault and assassination in Oslo's Offshore military installation, Yuuji was able to fight and kill off many of Oslo's mercenaries with pistols. In the anime, Yuuji can be seen shooting a (presumably) SCAR-L CQC (FN MK 16 CQC).
- Hand-to-Hand Combat: Yuuji is extremely proficient in hand-to-hand combat. Yuuji can be seen multiple times fighting several people at once, whether that is with common thugs, corporate bodyguards, or even trained operatives from Ichigaya, Yuuji is a more than capable fighter.
- Guerrilla warfare: In Makina's route, Yuuji evades and ambushes Ichigaya Operatives using Guerrilla techniques such as constructing improvised explosives, neutralizing operatives one-by one, and originally attempting to beat Ichigaya in-directly through attrition.
- Peak Human Physique: Yuuji trained the hardest during his terrorist and military youth. His body even able to sustain injuries not commonly able to be withstood by the average human.
- Athletics: Although a majority of Yuuji's physical feats are due to his extreme conditioning, when Yuuji is younger, he was able to play a variety of sports and had generally good hand-eye coordination.
- Drug Tolerance: Due to the use of these in his training.
- Immense Sexual Stamina: Yuuji's "love" tends to dominate women with his constant unbeatable libido, even seasoned women like Asako or Milliela Stanfield are unable to keep up. In his youth at the beginning of his relationship with Asako, Yuuji had sex with her until she lost consciousness, over time he has learned to control his libido so as not to overwhelm women. The only woman who has an equal or even higher libido than Yuuji is Amane Suou.
Etymology[]
- The name Yuuji means "hero, manly" (雄) (yu) and "two" (二) (ji).
- It can also mean "Heroic, Two" and "Brave Second (son)" (雄二).
- Yuuji's surname Kazami means "wind, breeze, way, manner, blast/blaster, gale, gust, sirocco, method" (風) (kaza) and "see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible" (見) (mi).
- It can also mean "Wind, To see" and "To see the wind" (風見).
Trivia[]
- Yuuji claimed to have his first kiss with Amane Suou on the Anime Timeline. Ironically, he has done this with the other girls before in order (only according to the Anime Timeline).
- In chronological order, the people who have kissed Yuuji before were:
- Kazuki Kazami (during his childhood)
- Asako Kusakabe
- Yuria Harudera (JB)
- Michiru Matsushima
- Makina Irisu
- Amane Suou
- In chronological order, the people who have kissed Yuuji before were:
- During Yuuji's time at his "school" in America, he earned the title "garbage eater" for his reputation of being able to eat anything, no matter how terrible.
- Yuuji has had sexual experiences with different girls:
- His first time having vaginal sex was with Asako Kusakabe.
- In the final episode of the anime's second season, Yuuji somehow survives multiple cuts, a gunshot wound, a stab wound from a katana through the abdomen, and a nuclear blast.
- In the visual novel equivalent, he survived through all of the above on top of torn muscles, overdose effect from the booster and sedative drug side-effects, and possibly broken bones. He later mentioned that after the incident, it took him 6 months to recover enough for him to stand again.
- Yuuji says he's still living, while carrying the final words that Asako left him, in his words: "What was the point of keeping a piece of trash like me alive...?"
- Although later in Makina's route when they go to the grave where Asako is buried, he tells that the words Asako said to him just before dying were: "Sorry, Yuuji... ran my big mouth about teaching you how to live, but training you to do an ugly job in the shadows was the best I could manage..."
- Despite being known to have no driver's license, Yuuji is able to drive cars.
- It is hinted in Grisaia no Meikyuu's Cocoon of Caprice arc and in Grisaia no Rakuen's intro (visual novel only) that the significant events of all five routes in Grisaia no Kajitsu happened with the exception of entering a relationship with Yuuji and a few others:
- Sachi Komine and Yumiko Sakaki still use his last name (Kazami) while Makina doesn't call him Papa.
- Makina and Yuuji were not on the run, and therefore Makina was never employed by Ichigaya.
- Consequently, Yuuji never lost his right arm as he did in Makina's route.
- The Mihama Private Academy main building was not demolished as it was in Sachi's route.
- Consequently, Sachi's status as Yuuji's childhood friend was never revealed to the other Mihama girls until they start reading the document.
- The first two visual novels often set Yuuji as the narrator in most of the scenes (or other characters depending on the scenario). Some scenes from Grisaia no Rakuen however use third person perspective, even in scenes involving Yuuji.
- Girl's special episode on Grisaia no Kajitsu is the only special where there was no Yuuji appearance.
- It is unclear as to what country Yuuji served to during his time in the military and this is fueled by the general lack of explanation and inconsistencies regarding Yuuji's affiliations:
- In the opening of Grisaia no Meikyuu's Cocoon of Caprice arc, he is depicted as being deployed at a scene in Vancouver International Airport, in Canada. However, through the anime it is stated and assumed that he was trained in the United States. Despite this, Yuuji is officially considered as an "exchange student from Canada" as a backstory by Ichigaya.
- The organization "Ichigaya" of which Yuuji is affiliated with as a result of his relationship with his late mentor Asako, is implied to be a pseudonym for the Japanese Ministry of Defense based on the name of the organization coincidentally being the name of the location of the Defense Ministry's Headquarters. However it is alluded in the anime that "Ichigaya" and the Japanese government agency that Ichigaya is affiliated with are two separate entities, with the former most likely being a private espionage agency contracted by the Japanese, American, and Canadian(?) governments.
- It can be assumed that Yuuji was not actually affiliated with the United States Armed Forces as a Marine, but instead serving as a private military contractor on behalf of "Ichigaya" based on his unit's activities.