soft-spoken and articulate, eichi presents himself with the general elegance of someone raised in high society. he generally emotes with various shades of faint smiles regardless of situation, and treats most situations with an airy lack of gravity and general interest, with a preference for the wild and unpredictable. very little breaks his cordial demeanor, and, should something upset him, he would rather tuck that away at his breast and return the favor tenfold later. he is inclined toward childishness in regards to how easily he is entertained, and how petty he can be.

beneath his politeness, eichi is both ruthless and loving. he will fall short of no machination to gain what it is he wants, but his underlying motivations are largely good— he wants to create a better future for the generations that succeed him and his peers, so those younger will not have to suffer the way their predecessors have. however, what makes him so contentious among his peers is that eichi always opts for efficiency: being terminally ill, eichi has very little time and very little experience with the world, and so he chooses the fastest—the fastest being often the cruelest—path from A to B, as well as the path that offers him the most entertainment.

kind, eccentric and easygoing, kanata is the type of person that goes about life at his own pace. he generally has a calm demeanor, rarely finding himself genuinely angry, and generally being friendly towards the people he interacts with. he also happens to be surprisingly tactful regarding the emotions of others, picking up with little difficulty when someone is upset.

initially he feels like a distant person to most, being perceived as "mysterious" by his ryuseitai juniors for a while, and struggling to really get along with them. however, as time goes on, kanata begins to feel a lot more at home in ryuseitai, and it's notable that despite his isolated upbringing he seems to genuinely love to be with other people, especially ones he cares about, having a caring part of himself that always prioritizes making others happy, even if it means hiding away his own problems and dealing with them all by himself. this attitude of his can be worrying for his friends, however, which is why he is called out on this tendency by kaoru during aquarium, and thus ever since does his best not to go overboard and worry others like that.

also, because of everything that happened in his youth, he does not dream of anything too grand but instead appreciates the simpler things in life, such as being together with the people he loves and living on as a human, instead of the living God his family made him to be. This upbringing also influences the way he deals with his emotions, since he often does not know how to properly handle them or what to do with them.

my favorite artist at the moment is abuse-ken. their songs are absolutely magnificent and i highly recommend listening to all of them. many of the songs have common leimotifs and compliment each other. see: kill and goodbye my country; dogdog and iesu. my favorites are listed below, along with my playlist.

every year or so, i make a personal playlist that represents "me" for the year. they tend to reflect my personal feelings about myself and the world, or may be songs that i simply love a lot, or maybe i consider them integral to being a part of me! it really just depends--they're all in there for a different reason. you can check them out if you like, but this is just a good place for me to keep track =]