User:Izurureure

"The truth is, they hated me. I was a burden to them. They tried to cover it up. They repressed those feelings for years, but in the end they broke. After that, there was no going back. They told me they didn’t want me."

- Isuzu Sohryu

Isuzu Sohryu [ 惣流 依鈴 Sohryu Isuzu ], better known as Isuzu Saya [ 小夜 依鈴 Saya Isuzu ] or Rin [ 鈴 ], is a member of the Japanese band, Blast. Although Isuzu Saya occasionally acts harshly and violently, she has a kind heart and is a loyal friend. Abused and disowned by her family, Isuzu continued on with life in Meguro, Tokyo. Despite her difficulties, Isuzu "polishes the shards of her dreams" and is determined to become a successful musician.

Appearance
Isuzu is a beautiful curvaceous, young woman with a fair complexion, sharp, gradient blue eyes, and dark hip-length hair. She also have a beauty mark on the side of her eye

For the most part, she is seen wearing her hair down, but will opt to style it in either low buns or ponytails whenever she wants her hair out of the way. She would later wear nape-length hair styled in a wolf cut. In addition, she would dye her hair with teal undertone highlights underneath.

Isuzu usually likes to wear dark-colored, revealing clothes, some of which have a goth influence on them. The accessories that she wears along with her outfits are mostly from Vivienne Westwood. Her nails are long and shapely, usually painted red; in the past she painted them black. Isuzu paints her toenails red as well. She usually wear a black mascara, a pink eyeshadow, and a pink lipstick. Isuzu has enviably long lashes and only has one piercing in each of her ears.

At school, she wears the standard Keio University uniform and a brown schoolbag with a guitar keychain attached to it.

Personality
Isuzu is stubborn and finds it difficult to express her true feelings to others. She does not like being looked down upon or told what to do as she wants to be viewed as an adult. She is aggressive and can be very opinionated. However, this personality is a front that protects a very vulnerable and insecure girl, a side which the viewer sees in her dreams or thoughts.

Isuzu possess a sarcastic, apathetic attitude, Isuzu does not put much emotion into her words. She loves teasing others and is quite dry-humored. Isuzu generally tends to smirk before teasing or performing her antics towards others, delighting in placing them in uncomfortable situations. She can be proud and facetious but has a nice, joyful and cheery part of her

Though Isuzu can also be sharp-tongued, wielding words as a weapon just to lash out at the world for the cruelty she experienced. She doesn’t hesitate to say things that will hurt people, but she doesn’t say anything to protect herself either. With the possibility raised upfront, Isuzu also does not shy away from displaying a manipulative side.

After suffering from constant abuse and abandonment from her parents in her childhood years, her self-worth and trust in people were destroyed badly. Although she'd blame herself for her own suffering and that she came to believe that her parents wouldn’t have hated and abandoned her if she wasn't a “bad” child, she grew majorly depressed as a result. Although, she claims that she does not care about the conflict inside her family. Unlike Izuna, she lacks ambition and only wants to do well in her studies to obtain an easy life. Due to her upbringing, Isuzu grew up without knowing what a real family is, and never truly cared about anyone except for Kagura, Kyo, and Yuki, that is. Isuzu shows surprisingly little emotion when discussing her sister's death, suggesting an emotional detachment to people she knows. She may also keep her friends away at an arm's length.

Later on, Isuzu is revealed to be a lonely girl, shut away in an apartment on her own. With high expectations of herself, Isuzu thought how her older sister was a once-in-a-century genius and so she could not live up to these expectations. Whilst Takumi was the only reason she remained sane, in the end, he had also abandoned her, and that shattered Isuzu’s resolve to form bonds with others. When Kagura and Yuki offered to take care of her after seeing the mess in her apartment, she pushed them away, claiming that they are only there to use and exploit her. Isuzu’s lack of faith in others caused her to believe that she can only rely on herself, as there is no one else to trust. Because of this, she believes in people less overall and is more negative about matters.

Although she still doesn’t like to show herself emotionally open and her aloof and sarcastic personality remains, she grows openly protective towards Hachi. She is also noted to be quite dishonest with her feelings, rarely shows her real feelings.

Background
As a child, Isuzu was overshadowed by her older half-sister for being the genius prodigy that her father wanted, which caused her to never be acknowledged. Isuzu's mother, however, would frequently reassure her that they lived in a happy home and that they adored her dearly, never fighting or being angry with one another.

Isuzu, who although loved her parents deeply, began thinking their behavior was similar to being in a play, and such, she innocently questioned if they really were happy and if there wasn’t anything that made them sad. This made her mother consequently begin to scream and break things all over the place, questioning her for whose sake they had been pretending for.

Following this, it is revealed that both of Isuzu’s parents hated her; she was a burden to them, but they tried to cover it up and repressed these feelings for years before they broke. Isuzu blamed herself for her newly broken family, and even though her parents regularly had mood swings and abused her as well, Isuzu always held onto the hope that they would be able to go back to the “loving” family they once were.

The only person she had was Takumi, who often visited and treated her nicely to the point that Isuzu was willing to do everything he wants until Takumi eventually abandons her. One day, a middle-schooler Isuzu, who had grown so weak from her trauma and her parent’s abuse, downright collapsed in the streets. Takumi found her and helped to bring her to the hospital. When Isuzu awoke in the hospital, she was met with Takumi, and began to plead to be allowed to leave before her parents find out where she is, in a desperate attempt to maintain the shreds of a family life she still has. However, her mother suddenly appeared and told her that it would be better if she never saw her again, since she didn’t know how to love her anymore. This devastated Isuzu and as the doctor escorted her mother out, Takumi delivered a tongue-lashing about her selfish actions and demanded her to apologize to Isuzu. After this, Isuzu broke down in tears and thanked Takumi for standing up for her.

As a result of this incident, Isuzu grew depressed and would often shut herself up in her room. But whenever her negative thoughts overwhelmed her, Takumi would appear and take her out on walks, to eat, and to talk. He also frequently visited her when she was in the hospital. As the years went by, Isuzu gradually developed feelings for Takumi. When she began attending high school, they started a deeply emotional romantic and sexual relationship. However, Isuzu’s relationship with Takumi ended when he stopped visiting and writing letters to her.

Apartment
Apartment 706 is the apartment that Isuzu Saya lived in. Among its neighbors, the apartment (as well as apartment 707) has a reputation of nothing good ever coming from it. The apartment notably has a western style bathroom with a clawfoot bathtub in it. The clawfoot tub was the deciding factor for why Isuzu Saya wanted to move into the apartment. From apartment 707, Isuzu frequently visited her neighbors, Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki, who are also her friends. Isuzu's apartment is rather spacious for a single person, thus the other bedroom on the right side is essentially empty and only has one bed. Isuzu can cook rather well, despite the fact that she frequently uses too much salt. As Isuzu loses more energy to exert in other activities as her mental health worsens day by day, she spends much of her time alone in her room. Her room, on the other hand, is notably quite a mess, although she has been tidying up a little more since she first started seeing Shin.

Badminton
Isuzu is one of the few people in the badminton club that is able to play using both hands, giving her an edge over most opponents. She is a defensive player, skilled at continuing rallies, has high agility, and is good at determining whether a shot is out or not along with being able to read the situation. She instinctively attacks her opponent in places they're weak in and is good at attacking them mentally as well, robbing them of their stamina and their ability to think. This proves that her talent exceeds almost all the players in the club.

She is able to use five different shots from the same form: a shot with high spin that widely changes course, a shot with weak spin that loses speed slightly when it reaches her opponent, a straight smash, a drop shot, and a fifth she learned from an old teammate, Mizuta, known as the Hull-down Crossfire. Her second shot requires subtle control, and as a result she tenses up before she hits it, allowing her opponent to take advantage of it if they notice it. Her fifth shot is hit just above the net, traveling horizontally, and suddenly drops down near her opponent. It is hard to read the shot because the white shuttle blends in with the white net. Unlike Mizuta, she lacks the height and muscle strength to hit the Hull-down Crossfire properly, which she makes up for with a small jump, using the power from the recoil and correct timing to hit it. She is repeatedly shown to be able to enter a state of extreme concentration in which she senses her opponent's shots.

On the other hand, due to her short stature, she is weak in muscular endurance and stamina, and has a habit of squeezing her racket too hard when she plays unconsciously. She was previously weak mentally as well, being troubled with her own growth. She also can give an intimidating stare and aura to scare off opponents, which happens when she enters a state of extreme concentration or thinking something else bothers her, giving her the advantage in psychological warfare.

Etymology
*The name Isuzu means "fifty bells" or Rin [ 凛 ] meaning "dignified, severe, cold."

The name Sohryu [ 惣流 ] means "the sound of wind" *Her nickname is “Rin”, because that is an alternate reading of 鈴 [suzu], the second kanji of her given name; suzu translates to “small bell” in Japanese.

Trivia
*Isuzu goes by the alias Saya [ 小夜 ] rather than her own last name, Sohryu [ 惣流 ]. *Isuzu is 1/4 Japanese and 1/4 German (from her mother Kyoko Sohryu's side), although her nationality is American, as is, apparently, her father’s. *Isuzu’s mother was involved in a contact experiment and lost her mind as a result. *Until some point in 1994, Isuzu lived in Germany, where she met Takumi Ichinose. *Isuzu’s native language is German, and she tends to curse in German. *Isuzu was born to an American father, Luka Langley and a German-Japanese mother, Kyoko Sohryu. *Isuzu speaks fluent Japanese, but has trouble reading and writing kanji. *Isuzu had years of training starting from a young age to become a professional player in Badminton. *Isuzu’s flashy way of dressing is partially a rejection of the cute outfits she wore as a child. *She dislikes eating in front of people. **She hates most food and has a very little appetite. **Isuzu suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndrome. **Isuzu suffers from stomach ulcers, and her eating habits are sparse, probably due to her stress and trauma. **The only food she likes is anything strawberry flavored.

She doesn't like sleep, and never seems to want to sleep either. *Isuzu and Takumi gave each other their nicknames “Rin” and “Taku”, when their were children out of affection. *Shin gave Isuzu the nickname “Izu” *Isuzu hates hospitals and escapes every time she’s sent to one. *Isuzu is a very talented artist but doesn’t have much confidence in her artistic abilities. *She often has nightmares caused by the traumas her abusive parents and Takumi gave her. *Isuzu rarely raises her voice and only does so when she’s excited. *Isuzu gets restless when she has to sit still and often wants to move around and do chores like sweeping the floors.