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Character
Name: Ryuunosuke Uryuu
Series: Fate/Zero
Timeline: After his discussion of theology with Caster in episode 13
Canon Resource Links: Type-Moon Wiki
Ryuunosuke has more canon information in the light novels, which can be found here. I've put together all of Ryuunosuke's appearances here.

Personality: Ryuunosuke can easily be summed up with the phrase "cool." Everything he does is centered around the fact that it's "cool." Killing women and children? Cool. Summoning a demon? Cool. Attempting to make a pipe organ from a living girl? Cool-- Actually no, that one failed.

Let's back up for a moment. Ryuunosuke is a murderer. He's always been fascinated with death; "if blood and screams in splatter horror had been at least a little more realistic, he wouldn't have become a homicidal maniac." Ultimately what he wanted was to understand death. Through the numerous murders he's committed he's not only learned the true nature of death, he's learned just how important life is. Ryuunosuke is very fond of his philosophies and won't hesitate to go into depth about them if asked.

Oh, but that doesn't mean that he's careless. He knows what he's doing is illegal and frowned upon by society. Ryuunosuke isn't stupid. The majority of the murders he's committed are still considered missing persons cases. He's very good at disposing of the bodies and removing any evidence he might leave. He has a good understanding of why he's not allowed to run around murdering people, but at the same time he can justify it in his own mind. That doesn't mean he feels guilty about what he's doing, however. Ryuunosuke enjoys killing and doesn't feel bad about what he's doing at all. He doesn't mind being compared to a demon - in fact, he seems to like the idea. So Ryuunosuke knows he's a horrible person. How does he feel about being thrown in jail or executed? Well, obviously he doesn't want to be caught - he does a good job of hiding the murders, after all. At the same time, he's prepared to face death if he is caught. He doesn't mind the idea of prison either. Hey, free food and lodging, right?

Ryuunosuke is very laid-back. He doesn't get angry at all during the course of Fate/Zero. He does get irritated and frustrated (usually at his own failings rather than anything anyone else has done), but he never gets angry. When he returns to his "workshop" to find it in ruins, Ryuunosuke doesn't get mad. Instead, he starts crying. He's usually a very happy and upbeat person, but the sudden mood-shift isn't unheard of. He sees himself as an artist when it comes to his murders - seeing all his hard work destroyed was heart-breaking for him. He doesn't take it as a personal attack, instead seeing it as an attack on the art itself. People simply don't appreciate his artwork; he understands this and accepts it for the most part. It's when things are actually destroyed that he reacts to it.

Mood swings aren't something Ryuunosuke experiences much in canon. For the most part he's very happy or excited. Even when he's in a more neutral state of mind he's smirking and seems quite pleased with himself. Ryuunosuke is a very emotional person though, and when he's happy, he's very happy. When he's upset, it's the end of the world. He can shift moods very easily, but it does take a lot to upset him - assuming you're not destroying his "art," of course. He's also very good at faking emotions and normalcy. He understands what constitutes as "normal" and he does his best to replicate it so that he doesn't draw any unwanted attention to himself. He does have to lie low, after all. He doesn't need anyone knowing just what it is that he does in his spare time. Ryuunosuke does quite a good job with this when he's not incredibly excited - once he finds something "cool," normalcy goes right out the window. He'll gladly shout about just how "cool" something is, even if that "something" is a massive monster about to destroy the city. You know, "cool" things like that. Ryuunosuke cycles through emotions very quickly; he recovers very easily after bursting into tears when he discovers that his "art" has been destroyed - and within five minutes he's getting excited and smiling again. He bounces back to happiness very easily because his emotions are very shallow. He doesn't mind, or even realize that this is abnormal.

As mentioned before, Ryuunosuke is quite clever. He can hide the murders very easily and takes pride in covering up his tracks. He's quite manipulative and enjoys tricking people into believing that he's normal. Making friends is very easy for him, even though the majority of his friends are on a very superficial level. Again, he doesn't mind. Ryuunosuke enjoys seducing women, so that he can kill them, of course. He's quite charming and respectful - the only thing that might give a woman pause is the fact that he doesn't always seem entirely sincere. Still, he's never failed to lure a woman back to his apartment and kill her, so Ryuunosuke's choice in women certainly says something. He relies almost entirely on his gut instinct when it comes to choosing women and so far he hasn't had any issues. This leads to overconfidence of course, and he'll probably start slipping up here in Johto.

So it's rather obvious that Ryuunosuke isn't normal. He acknowledges that he's a "demon" and he's doing things that are illegal, but he never says he's crazy. Ryuunosuke doesn't believe he's crazy, after all. He's just different. Just how crazy he is is up for debate, but Ryuunosuke certainly isn't sane by any stretch of the imagination. He's sadistic, cruel, cunning, manipulative, and clever; but he's also overly eager to discuss his actions and thoughts on murder. He hasn't slipped up yet, but he's getting sloppy. Ryuunosuke is a slave to what's "cool" and will do anything to maintain his image of "cool." In short, he's a serial killer who's a bit too excited about his "art"; he's an artist who specializes in blood-spatter; he's a sadist who believes he's a theologist. Ryuunosuke is a lot of things, but above all else, he's "cool."

During his stay in Johto, Ryuunosuke has mellowed out a bit more when it comes to killing. He obviously can't kill anyone in Johto and so takes other approaches to causing chaos. He's particularly fond of taking on Team Rocket missions, but he also does quite a bit of petty theft on the side. He's not completely content being unable to kill, but the Pokémon make up for it in some ways.

Strengths/Weaknesses: ✔ Ryuunosuke is a great actor. He's been pretending he's normal from a very young age and has a great grasp on how to act like he's normal. This carries over to acting in general; he's very good at faking emotions and pretending to be something he's not. Ryuunosuke knows just how cute he is and he'll abuse that for all he's worth. He can also make himself cry, which used to work wonders when he was younger.
✔ He's very good with the ladies. Ryuunosuke is cute, as mentioned above, and he can certainly be charming. Of course he usually uses this in order to lure young women back to his "workshop" where he can kill them, but that's just a minor detail that you totally don't need to worry about.
✔ He's also good with kids for the same reason. He's very friendly - to the point of being overly friendly with children. They tend to like him and he likes to cut them open them too! He used to have a bracelet made by Caster that allowed him to control children, but that was broken.
✔ Ryuunosuke makes friends very easily. He's always very eager and excited to meet new people. He likes being around others for the most part and enjoys spending time with people he likes. He doesn't usually keep friendships for too long due to moving around thanks to his little hobby of murdering women and children.
✔ While it really won't be of any use in Johto, Ryuunosuke is descended from a magus family. This (along with an ancient spellbook he found in his parents' house) enabled him to summon the servant Caster for the fourth Holy Grail War. He has the Magic Circuits that the other Masters have, though his were previously inactive and forgotten. He doesn't know much about magic at all, but his bond with Caster and the Command Spells he received allowed him to control Caster. The fact that he didn't is another matter entirely. Ryuunosuke still has the Command Spells on the back of his right hand, though again, they're useless in Johto.
✔ He's very technologically inclined. Ryuunosuke learns very quickly and is interested in technology. It's not something he really experiments with very often, but he used to take things apart when he was younger and figure out how they worked. He does come from 1993, however, so Ryuunosuke's technological knowledge will be a bit rusty in comparison to what Johto can offer.
✔ Taking things apart also applies to people; Ryuunosuke is very interested in how people and animals work as well. As a child he would harm animals to figure out how they reacted and that has only increased in severity with time. He has a rather expansive knowledge of how the human body works - most of it was gained through "research" involving cutting people up rather than studying books. For awhile Ryuunosuke studied to go into medicine, though he never actually completed his degree.
✔ He's a quick learner and is rather intelligent. Ryuunosuke can master things quite easily once he sets his mind to it.
✔ Ryuunosuke is quite creative as well. Granted, his "creativity" usually involves hurting people in the name of his "art," but who else would have thought to try to make a pipe organ from a human's organs? That didn't work, but the point does remain; Ryuunosuke tends to come up with bizarre ideas that could possibly be brilliant if they weren't so sadistic in execution. Speaking of the pipe organ, he's also musically inclined - it's another (less sadistic) art form he's interested in.
✘ Obviously, Ryuunosuke isn't normal. He's sadistic, crazy, and well-aware of it. While he is good at acting, he tends to come off as overly-enthusiastic and flat. He's only happy or excited around other people, which seems incredibly strange after awhile.
✘ Ryuunosuke is a slave to "cool." He'll sacrifice just about anything in order to do what he considers "cool." If he has to throw his friends under a bus, sure! If he has to out himself as a crazy, homicidal serial killer? Why not? All in the name of "cool."
✘ He's so laid-back it can actually be a fault; Ryuunosuke doesn't really care about anything other than what he considers "cool." While he does get excited very easily, this doesn't mean he actually cares. It's really only killing that genuinely excites him anymore, and even that loses his interest after awhile.
✘ Ryuunosuke has a difficult time getting attached to anything that isn't his "art." This includes people. The people he considers "friends" really don't know much about him and he doesn't connect to them the same way most people connect to one another. Ryuunosuke doesn't experience anger at all, which makes it difficult for others to really understand him. It doesn't help that he's crazy.
✘ Boredom is another major flaw of Ryuunosuke's. He gets bored with things very easily and this tends to lead to him acting out. Killing eventually started to bore Ryuunosuke, so instead of stopping, he found other ways to make it interesting. Thus the pipe organ. When his ideas don't pan out he gets very frustrated with himself and searches for even crazier ideas to try out. It's a never-ending cycle that inevitably leads back to boredom.
✘ The lack of magic hinders Ryuunosuke in the Holy Grail War back home. Because his summoning of Caster was imperfect, his Servant isn't very well-suited to the class he was summoned as. Ryuunosuke knows nothing about the Holy Grail War or magic in general, which left both him and Caster in a terrible position for the War. This doesn't have any affect on him in Johto, but it did lead to all the other Servants and Masters aligning against Ryuunosuke and Caster back home. If they show up in Johto, it's safe to assume they won't be very fond of him here either.