+ Positive

Adaptable

    ↳  Pretty chill no matter the situation. Can adjust rather easily even if changes in his environment become drastic.

Helpful

    ↳  Whether you're close friends or met only a few hours ago, Tooru's more than happy to lend a helping hand.

Romantic

    ↳  The title wouldn't be his if he wasn't one, right? He's idealistic and tries to be as all-loving as he can be! A positive force to be reckoned with.

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= Neutral

Sociable

    ↳  Tooru likes to talk to people! While this can be seen as endearing to some, it might also come off as tiresome to others...

Passive

    ↳  Definitely not confrontational! He tries to work things out with everyone, but sometimes you need an extra push that he can't give.

Stubborn

    ↳  Once he's got his mind set on something, there isn't much that will stop Tooru from changing it! Of course, whether this is for better or worse...

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- Negative

Dishonest

    ↳  A trauma response; Tooru will often lie compulsively, but he'll usually say he's kidding after. He's working on this.

Indecisive

    ↳  Has a hard time making decisions; while he can be obstinate on the ones he does make, it takes him a while to even get there.

Gullible

    ↳  Tends to accept peoples' words no matter how 'off' they may seem. He has a good intuition, but he chooses not to follow it, and that usually ends up ... well ...

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        If there was ever a word to describe Tooru Hoshiumi, that word would be "flickering." A lot about him is eccentric: his mannerisms, his environment, the way he carries himself… While he is an overall cheerful person, there is always a feeling of incorrigible peculiarity those who meet him are often left with once it's time to bid their goodbyes. Nonetheless, the close second that comes alongside that "flicker" is the sentiment that Tooru is "positive." He does his best to uplift the people around him, even if he's only met them a few moments beforehand. An environment of understanding and care is conducive to smiles all around, after all!

       The one encompassing thing that influences the way Tooru holds himself is the concept of choice; the idea that love does not come naturally, but that it is a deliberate choice made by a person. To be loved by someone is to understand that they choose to love you; to trust in someone is to choose to believe in them. In this manner, everything that happens in Tooru's life is the result of multiple choices that string together to form the path of his existence.

       Ironically, Tooru is also a bit hypocritical in that sense; while he believes that choice is the one defining thing that allows people to live their lives as people, he is hilariously incapable of making decisions of his own. When faced at a crossroads, he wants to go down all ways, even if he is instructed only to walk down one. People often find themselves growing impatient as he deliberates—and perhaps it is for this reason that, ultimately, Tooru often has to walk down the road that he chooses alone. Still, once something is chosen, it is hard for Tooru to let go of it—even if it is not a particularly wise thing to do. While he can be a little wishy-washy with self-made decisions, if someone tells him to do or believe something, he chooses to stubbornly hold onto the words fed to him, even when they aren't entirely honest or trustworthy. Fundamentally, all of these choices and traits and actions boil down to one desire: he wants to feel accepted.

       In a sense, perhaps this gullibility is a subconscious way to atone for a habit he's unfortunately yet to let go of: in truth, Tooru is a compulsive liar. It's a trauma response he picked up as a teen, and try as he might, he's yet to shake it loose. While he is trying—lies will often be covered up by him brushing them off as harmless jokes or pranks, thus his vocabulary includes perhaps one too many "just kidding"s or "I'm joking"s—it's not something that can easily be dismissed, especially when he's still in the mental environment that caused him to start picking up the habit in the first place.

       Healing begins with the individual, but cannot be completed unless their environment is accommodating to their growth; so while Tooru is genuinely doing his best, he can't really get there if he has no circle of support to lean back on. Hopefully, in the near future, this is something that will be changed.

   A change that will happen by choice.