Talk:Tasuku Ryuenji/@comment-16755587-20140111202850

So I have a few theories, actually. SPOLER ALERT FOR EPISODES 1 AND 2 if you haven't watched them yet. Tasuku seems to know Gao somehow, because he agrees to a fight with him and keeps giving him that oddly pleased smile. In episode 2, he gives Gao his one and only ace card even though, in theory, Gao's a stranger that he just met. Even if he is a rival, why would you give your strongest card to someone you're competing against? I found it strange until I watched the ending animation.

The first episode, if you recall, shows this shrine in Gao's house. There's a picture of a teenager who looks like he could be Gao's older brother or older cousin. Gao's dad looks over at the shrine right after Gao's sister says that she really loves the Sun Fighter. Also, the ending theme song shows an image of Tasuku as a kid, looking really sad and beaten-up.

So my first theory is that Gao's brother (or whoever he is) was the Sun Fighter before Gao. He saved Tasuku from his bullies and showed him the path to strength and confidence by giving him the one and only Blaster Bla-- I mean Gargantuan Punisher. Because he's dead, Tasuku is trying to repay all the things Gao's brother did for him through Gao, and gives Gargantuan Punisher to him as his way of "returning it" to Gao's brother.

My second theory is that Gao saved him from bullies when they were kids, and Tasuku secretly admires Gao and feels like he owes him. Tasuku wants to help Gao for once by teaching him Buddyfight.

My final theory is that Tasuku is a time traveller like Homura. He's trying to save Gao, who saved him from bullies in another timeline, from the coming of Walpurgisnacht. The red eyes that show up when Gao is given Gargantuan Punisher are actually Kyubey.