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blueepink07 · 7 months

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Yuno and Ketsueki-gata

(character analysis, relationships and short vampire parallels)

In the first voice drama, when Es asks Yuno some information about her, she starts telling many details, that, at first sight, seem to be a scene of amusement, to highlight Yuno's bubbly facade.

"Es: Milgram exists to reveal the crimes of you, prisoners, and to hand down the appropriate judgement. For that reason, talk to me for a bit.

Yuno: Okay! Let’s chat. Let’s chat!

Es: First—

Yuno: Firstly, I should introduce myself or something, right? Yuno Kashiki. Eighteen years old. I’m a high schooler. Born on the 2nd of September, I’m a Virgo. My blood type’s O."

Stating your name, age and current occupation, even the zodiac sign seem quite appropriate when somebody asks you to describe yourself. However, what stuck to me was the blood type. Why something that is used for medical purposes, it's so important that Yuno decided to say it when she talked about herself?

Well, in Japan, many people believe the blood type reveals your personality and relationship compatibility. This is known as Ketsueki-gata and, despite not being scientifically proven, it's used a lot in Japan!

Blood type O - Yuno's personality

"Type O people have been linked to characteristics such as confidence, determination, resilience, and intuition, but they are also supposedly self-centered and unpredictable."

Although, Ketsueki-gata it's not really proven, I think it describes very well Yuno's personality!

Confidence - Yuno feels sure on herself and her thinking, as proven many times. When stating her opinion about Milgram to Es, she calmly explains her reasoning, linking with her dislike for people who judge their peers for not going with the flow, doing things different.

People who intrude in other people's affairs generally do that, because they lack something, out of jealousy. Their low self-esteem needs to be fueled somehow and seeing individuals who have it better, provokes them into commenting and insulting, trying to make others feel bad as well.

Yuno, disliking these type of people, means that she is quietly proud of what she can do and achieve. If she lacks something, she will try to find it and have it (the warmth), without intruding in other people's business or displaying jealousy.

Determination - when Yuno realized that she is being perceived as an innocent and weak girl, it made her upset and disappointed. She never tried to convince Es that they shouldn’t consider her guilty, but when her personality was at stake, Yuno had to take action. Her second MV and VD explain very well her views about how she is considered to be, showcasing her determination to change our opinions.

"Yuno: That’s true. [stretch] Even if I was scorned by you, I would have been okay with being told I wasn’t forgiven. I don’t believe I’m not in the wrong. I’d accept it.

Es: …

Yuno: Despite that, you arbitrarily assumed things about me and sympathized with me. Even though all I did was make a rational decision of my own free will."

Teardrop:

"Caressing me with your “Good girl”

Who needs your self-righteous pardon?"

Resilience - "the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness."

I think we don't give enough credit for how Yuno can keep to be so calm, considering the circumstances. Milgram is a magical prison with lots of weird stuff happening, the biggest concern being the unknown and the mysterious atmosphere this location has. Despite that, from the moment she arrived here, Yuno has never expressed her fears and concerns. She started to analyse every person in the facility, making assumptions of what might happen or what is currently happening.

If in the first trial, Yuno kept her bubbly facade, not only to get along with everyone, but also, because she felt genuinely happy being around them, in the second trial, her intentions has changed. She no longer finds Milgram a promising place to find warmth, trying her hardest to find solutions to escape from it, to go home.

Yuno observing the personalities of the other prisoners:

"Yuno: Hm? I won’t particularly change. Ah, I see, because Haruka changed a lot, right? Ah, men sure do change when they’re with women."

"Yuno: Really? If you ask me, Kotoko is someone I would never want to make my friend, though. She’s the type who picks a conclusion from the very beginning and won’t actually talk with you."

Yuno's assumption of her existence in Milgram prison:

The fact that Yuno questions it, shows that she thought hard about her existence in prison.

Even thought she isn't given an answer, Yuno still manages to find a new information. The fact that Es doesn't know either.

Her response is actually very interesting...

"Hm... If you don't know, then It's fine."

Although, it would have been easier if Es answered her question, Yuno will continue to find information that might prove her assumption. This dialogue feels like Yuno is saying: "It's fine if you don't know, I will continue to search the answer anyway."

Currently, we don't know whether Yuno managed to improve her knowledge about Milgram prison, but I think in trial 3 she will be very interesting! She is a character that adapts very quickly and is capable to stay calm even in the most stressful situations!

Going back to the topic, since I mentioned Yuno's belief that she might not be alive and because we are talking about blood type personality, I think now it's the best time to introduce the vampire parallels! (then I will continue my character analysis!)

"Vampire: a dead person who comes back to life and sucks blood from other people at night"

Yuno who thinks she's dead, came back to life in Milgram. When thinking about her question and her cover song, it really feels like she perceives herself as a vampire. Died and revived in prison, spent her life to find and feed on heat (a parallel for how vampires need blood to survive, while Yuno needs warmth) to warm her cold soul and body.

Her soul -> when she talks with the people she finds interesting/considers her friends; it makes her happy, basically gives her warmth in her heart. Yuno describes how she liked the atmosphere in prison at the beginning of the first trial:

"Yuno: Yes, it was fun! They may be murderers, but they’re interesting people! It puts me at ease, in a way, that we’re all people lacking in something."

Her body -> when she was embraced by the people she worked for, Yuno felt a temporary warmth that made her, for a short while, cheerful.

Moreover, I think it's really interesting that Yuno is the only prisoner who asks for an extra blanket. Having no one to embrace her or hug her leads to Yuno asking for an item that might provide more warmth!

Is there anything you would like to request for?

("Vampires in fiction are almost always colder than they were before they turned. This most likely originates from the fact that vampires are essentially living corpses, or it may be due to evil being cold.")

Also, Yuno gets more warmth at night, the same as how vampires are more active during that time of the day!

Intuition - Yuno uses it a lot during interactions, both in Milgram, but also in her compensated dating. For Yuno to understand quickly the person in front of her, she can't spend time using her logical thinking to analyse their personality. It would take too much time, and it wouldn't be very useful. Yuno senses the vibe that person gives and tries to match them in order to be of their liking.

How do you choose what casual clothes to wear?

Intuition comes from learned experience. Yuno has a lot of knowledge when it comes to how people act and react, depending on the circumstances.

In Milgram, the biggest victim of Yuno's intuition is, funnily enough, Kazui! Every lie and reason behind it doesn't get unnoticed by Yuno!

(1)

"Yuno: Uh-huh, I see, I see…that’s a total lie, right?

Kazui: Haha…Give me a break here. You sure don’t make things easy for people, Kashiki-chan."

(2)

"Yuno: Haha, we both lie, don't we? The difference is the reason for lying. Kazui-san, you lie to protect yourself, because you're important to yourself. For me, no one is particularly important. That includes myself as well."

Self-centered - A person can be self-centered when it comes to work or a field, but the most generous person you have ever seen with the right people. Yuno is both caring and selfish. She cares about Mahiru and constantly helps Shidou into healing her. When it comes to Muu, though, she acts cold. In her birthday timeline post from last year, Yuno tells Muu to celebrate herself, not wanting to bother with her special day, despite being available during that time.

"Mu: Boo, how boring. You seem to be free, you can celebrate for me. Go on, celebrate.

Yuno: Wow, what a pain. I’m reading the atmosphere properly and keeping quiet. Well, you just go and have fun with Haruka. In the corner somewhere so you’re out of everyone’s way."

Moreover, during her VD, she tries her best to make us understand that the reason why she decided to participate in compensated dating is not because of a sad backstory, but for her own selfish needs.

And remember, self-centered is not always a bad trait! It can also mean to be independent and not care about the others' opinions, which, sometimes can be a good thing! Yuno doesn't care about what vote she has, because, at the end of day, it will not change her!

Unpredictable - Yuno, most of the time, is adjusting her personality based on who she is with! In the first VD, she is analysing Es and changes the way she speaks in order to be of their liking!

At first, she is childish and tries to play with Es, who she knows they are younger. When she realizes that Es is actually very mature for their age, Yuno starts to talk about more complicated topics, seeing that the prison guard will be more engaged into their discussion, if they are treated seriously.

Because of Yuno's habit to change her personality, she may come as unpredictable, being hard to read. In the second VD, she speaks with a playful voice for the most part. However, once she tells how the votes given by Es made everything worse and more complicated, she snaps.

Leaving Es speechless...

Relationships

Going to the next section (finally), the relationship between people with blood type O and other blood types!

People of O blood type match well with those with A and B blood type (in most cases, of course!)

Mahiru has blood type B and we know, based on the interactions, that Yuno and her are very good friends at the moment!

Also, Kazui, who has blood type A, is a good match when it comes to personality with Yuno. They both lie, the difference being the reason they are doing it.

However, something really interesting is how for two characters that share the same blood type A, Muu and Kotoko, Yuno expresses a particular dislike to them.

"Type O people are said to especially appear selfish to individuals with Type A blood."

Right now, we don't have information of how Kotoko perceives Yuno. However, we do know that Muu's dislike towards Yuno is mutual, as stated in the interrogation question. The fact that she started to act cold, for her, Yuno may appear more selfish, especially after what she said during her birthday.

Is there a prisoner you aren't fond of?

Dating

Why have I brought up the relationships part? Simple! In Japan, Ketsueki-gata is used in order to find the compatibility of two partners at the early stages of dating!

Considering that Yuno participated in compensated dating, she is very used to this kind of question! That’s why when she first presented herself to Es, Yuno told her blood type: out of habit and to show what kind of person she is!

Ending this with a short interpretation!

Type O can be transfused to any other blood type (A, B, AB). However, patients with blood type O can only receive blood transfusions from other people with blood type O. In a way, it feels like they help themselves, because they can't receive from any other blood type.

I think this highlights Yuno's loneliness and lack of warm. She gives warmth to other people, cares for them (the clients, her friends, Mahiru), but doesn't feel like she receives back the amount of attention and consideration she needs. In Teardrop, the high school Yuno is taking care of cat Yuno, there is no one else beside her. She only has herself to protect her cold and lonely self...

I hope I managed to give a proper and interesting analysis for Yuno's blood type! Considering that this is the month when Halloween is celebrated, I wanted to make something for Yuno that might fit a little in the spooky vibe! Vampires and blood type felt like the best option!

Thank you for reading!

#finally done!! Spent a lot doing this! I hope it will not flop lmao!#milgram #milgram theory #character analysis #blood type personality #milgram yuno #yuno kashiki #thoughts #halloween #milgramtober2023

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amugoffandoms · 7 months

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woah it's day one of milgramtober guys are you ready for my snippets

please enjoy haruka with candy corn and es, yuno, fuuta, muu, and mikoto joining him today :]

"U-um..." Haruka stares at the bowl of white, orange, and yellow triangles placed randomly on the common room table. "W-who brought this...?"

"Muu asked Es to get us something from overseas, like candy or something. Muu guesses they left it here." Muu picks up a piece and eats it.

"Pretty sure it's candy corn." Fuuta shrugs as he pops a piece of "candy corn" into his mouth. "I saw a lot of it online from people overseas."

"Oh, yeah." Yuno nods. "Some people used to give some to me."

Haruka tilts his head at the bowl. "Um... okay."

"Hey, wait. Haru, have you never had any candy corn?" Mikoto throws some candy corn into his mouth, some of it bouncing off his face.

"I've had cotton candy, is it like that...?" Haruka asks.

"Ehh, sorta..." Fuuta shrugs. "Here, just try some."

Fuuta picks up some candy corn and places it into Haruka's hand.

"If it helps, it tastes like vanilla." Yuno explains.

"Oh... vanilla... um, okay." Haruka hesitantly picks up a candy corn from his hand.

The common room door swing open, spooking everyone inside a little.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

"Suu! You scared us–" Mikoto rubs the back of his neck.

"Does anyone know where I left that bowl?"

"The bowl of candy corn...?" Muu asks hesitantly.

"Yes." Es nods. "Do you have it?"

"Ah, we were eating out of it..." Mikoto nervously laughs.

"Oh." Es walks over to Haruka and picks up the bowl near him. Glancing inside, they sigh with relief. "Good."

"Huh? What was wrong with the bowl?" Yuno blinks as she looks inside and finds nothing.

"Oh, you better not have drugged these with some sort of sleeping thing or I swear–!!" Fuuta huffs and begins pacing around.

"No, I was worried Jackalope's fur had shed into the bowl. He mentioned putting the candy corn Muu requested into the bowl earlier, so I needed to make sure there was no fur..."

"E-eh??" Haruka stares at the bowl and at the piece of candy corn he's holding.

"You'll be fine, Haruka." Es stares with the bowl still in hand.

"Um... okay. I t-trust you..." Haruka slowly places a piece of candy corn in his mouth and eats it. "O-oh...!"

"Wasn't that bad, right?" Mikoto grins.

"It's... sweet." Haruka smiles softly.

"Well, of course it is. It's candy corn!" Fuuta almost throws his hands up before Yuno gives him a look and he grumbles. "I'm glad you like it, though."

"Muu is glad, too! Haruka never seems to smile anyways."

"Hehe... yeah... I like this." Haruka nods as he picks up a couple more candy corn from his hand to eat.

"Well, I'll leave you to it, then." Es places the bowl back down and turns back to the door.

"Hey, wait, Suu!" Mikoto waves his hand.

"Hm? What is it, Mikoto?"

"Come on, try some!"

"Yeah, we haven't found out if you like this, too!" Yuno nods.

"C'mon, the Warden can't be afraid of a little piece of candy corn." Fuuta smirks.

"Fuuta!" Mikoto groans.

"Kidding, kidding!" He throws his hands up in defense.

"Fine. Since you insist." Es walks back to the table and picks up a piece of candy corn. They look at it before eating it.

All watch Es as they eat it.

"...it's fine." Es mumbles.

"Hm...? Are you sure you're not trying to spare our feelings...?" Muu asks.

"I mean it. It's okay. It's not my favorite thing I'd snack on, but I guess I wouldn't mind it." Es shrugs.

"Well, since you're here." Mikoto places a hand on Es' shoulder. "Come hang out with us!"

"What–"

"I know you have work to do, but it's good to take a break." Mikoto looks at Es.

Es looks around the table. Everyone else seems to give their approval or don't seem to care (mostly Fuuta). Haruka is the only one not looking up. "What about Haruka?"

Haruka slowly breathes before looking up. "...I think it would be o-okay..."

The Warden was nice. They were nice. They had to be because they forgave Haruka, right? So, they have to be nice.

"See, everyone's letting you hang out with us." Mikoto grins. "So, take a seat!"

"Alright, alright..." Es sighs and sits down. "What are we going to do?"

"Well, I was thinking of throwing candy corn into our mouths, but that sounds boring..." Mikoto thinks.

"We could throw it into each other's mouths as a little game. Whichever team gets enough in each other's mouth gets the last piece of desert Mahiru makes for us tomorrow." Yuno suggests.

"Oh, you're so on!" Fuuta grins. "Yuno's my partner."

"Alright then! I wish you four the best of luck." Yuno grins back.

"Fine then. Suu is my partner." Mikoto slams the table, causing Muu and Haruka to almost jump back.

"I'm sorry, what–" Es stares at Mikoto.

"Um... I guess that leaves Muu and I together." Haruka glances at Muu, who gives him a soft smile.

"Muu thinks this will be fine, don't you agree?"

Haruka grins.

"Yeah...!"

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