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Yuichi Taira is a narcissistic student who stars in Episode 2. He is the fourth victim of Golden Bat.

Appearance[]

Yuichi is a young boy with brown hair and eyes. His smile is known to make him incredibly popular. He is designed as the image of a perfect schoolboy. He wears a red and yellow cap which bears "NY" (who means Nova York) on it, a blue shirt with white and light blue trimming, brown shorts, and white and black sneakers with white socks. He also wore a pair of golden inline skates before discarding them out of fear of being considered L'il Slugger.

Personality[]

Prior to the events of Golden Bat, Ichi was popular at school, and ran for class president. However he was extremely egotistical and always tries to get attention, usually by greeting people every chance he gets. He seems to have an extremely pleasant personality, but is actually sour and self righteous. This can be seen when he thinks Ushiyama Shougo is a disgusting pig, and confronts him behind the school. Ichi shows signs of being slightly unhinged, often fantasizing about more attention and praise. And he goes to unreasonable extremes to get his greatest desire.

Synopsis[]

Episode 2[]

His popularity crumbles, however, when he is suspected of being Lil' Slugger because he, too, has a red hat and golden skates. He only confides in his home tutor. He starts believing these accusations were started by Ushiyama Shougo, who is a fatter, less sporty pupil that is running against him for student council president. He confronts Ushiyama aggressively, and someone takes pictures of this and texts it to the whole class. Ushiyama defends him, much to his embarrassment. Meanwhile, the detectives continue to question Tsukiko who is now witness to two attacks. They also question Yuichi. Believing it would clear his name, Yuichi would have his popularity restored, but at his birthday party, only his mother and tutor turn up. On the streets, Ushi comforts Yuichi who just gets angrier, wishing Ushiyama to be the next victim, which he promptly becomes. Eventually Yuichi goes insane with egotistical delusions of reclaiming his fame and is also attacked by Lil' Slugger himself.

Episode 3[]

Yuichi survived the attack and was hospitalized due to a concussion. His tutor, Harumi Chono, visited his ward and he tells her that his name is cleared due to being one of Lil' Slugger's victims, thanking him for setting him free. This would set him on the road to humility.

Episode 5[]

Yuichi is seen walking with Ushiyama (who is holding a palm tree in a pot) in a flashback walking when Makoto Kozuka told the Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa about the time he stalked them (mainly Ushiyama) at an underpass.

Episode 6[]

He is seen running away from Ushiyama, both of them running past Taeko Hirukawa.

Episode 11[]

Yuichi and his mother are watching the anime featuring Maromi.

Episode 12[]

Yuichi opens his locker door, to see a toy palm tree (a gift from Ushiyama) inside, which shocks him. It is assumed that he isn't entirely keen on Ushiyama, despite wanting to be his friend.

Episode 13[]

He is still in the locker room, hiding between two lockers and clutching the toy palm tree in his hand as the Lil' Slugger (in the form of a black ooze) engulfs him as he spreads across the city. After Tsukiko accepts responsibility of her dog's death years ago, the amorphous Lil' Slugger is defeated and every single person he engulfed (Yuichi included) were saved.

In the end, after his encounter with the Lil' Slugger and his own personal dilemmas, Yuichi learns about humility, especially since he knows that there will be someone better than him. He and Ushiyama also became friends as his grudge against the latter is lifted.

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