"Unfortunately, I am not learned. What I have is just aestheticism."
- — Manabu Soutouin
Manabu Soutouin (
Personality[]
He is shown to be a very cheerful and carefree kid. he loves to take on missions as the leader of the Pretty Boy Detective Club!
Appearance[]
Manabu is a young boy with a small stature, spikey blue hair, thick eyebrows and big blue eyes. He is shown wearing a modified version of the Yubiwa Academy uniform, consisting of a dark green vest indentical to the blazer except without sleeves, worn over a white shirt with black cuffs and a black collar with a dark purple tie with a design reminiscent of the night sky. He also wears black and white striped pants and blue shoes with black shoelaces. While crossdressing, he wears a striped black and white skirt instead of the pants, black thigh high stockings and wears a long wig with the same color as his hair, styled in two long twintails.
Manabu's manga redesign is quite different from his original design, appearing slightly older, with his blue hair longer to the right side, and with two ahoges. He is shown wearing the uniform blazer over his shoulders, and lacking the tie, with the upper buttons of his shirt left undone. While crossdressing, he wears a shoulder-length wavy wig left untied, and dresses in the female uniform of Yubiwa Academy, but wearing a ribbon instead of the tie.
Background[]
Abilities & Equipment[]
Quotes[]
- (Manabu's pet phrase) "Unfortunately, I am not learned. What I have is just aestheticism."
Trivia[]
- Manabu's first name means "study" or "education", and is a part of the word for "aesthetics" (
美学 , Bigaku). - Manabu's last name, Soutouin, means "double-headed temple".
- Manabu's title, Manabu the Aesthete, like the other titles of the members of the club, is composed of a word specific to the character which begins with the kanji 美, meaning "beauty", followed by the character's name in katakana.
- Manabu's appellation, Leader, as is the case for the other pretty boys, ends with the kanji 長, meaning "leader" or "chief".
- Manabu's nickname, Kogorou, is a reference to Kogorou Akechi, a fictional detective created by Ranpo Edogawa also appearing in his Boy Detective Club Series, the direct inspiration for the Pretty Boy Detective Club.
- This nickname derives from the fact that he is a 5th year elementary school student, as the kanji making up the name Kogorou mean "small", "five" and "son", where "small" is the first kanji in the word for "elementary school": (小学五年生→小五)
References[]
- ↑ Pretty Boy Detective Club: The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone, 2. Four Men and One More
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Bishounen Navigation
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Works
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| Novels | Main Series: 1. Pretty Boy Detective Club: The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone • 2. The Swindler, the Vanishing Man, and the Pretty Boys • 3. The Pretty Boy in the Attic • 4. The Pretty Boy Traveling with the Brocade Portrait • 5. The Moving Tale of Panorama Island • 6. Pretty Boy on D. Hill • 7. The Pretty Boy Chair • 8. The Pretty Boy in Green • 9. Pretty Boy M • 10. The Pretty Boy Lizard (Light Volume) • 11. The Pretty Boy Lizard (Dark Volume) Extra Novels: 1. The Pretty Boys in the Rue Morgue | |
| Manga | Volume 1: Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 • Chapter 4 Volume 2: Chapter 5 • Chapter 6 • Chapter 7 • Chapter 8 Volume 3: Chapter 9 • Chapter 10 • Chapter 11 • Chapter 12 • Chapter 13 Volume 4: Chapter 14 • Chapter 15 • Chapter 16 • Chapter 17 • Chapter 18 Volume 5: Chapter 19 • Chapter 20 • Chapter 21 • Chapter 22 • Chapter 23 | |
| Anime | Episode 1 • Episode 2 • Episode 3 • Episode 4 • Episode 5 • Episode 6 • Episode 7 • Episode 8 • Episode 9 • Episode 10 • Episode 11 • Episode 12 | |
Characters & World
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| Yubiwa Private Academy | Pretty Boy Detective Club: Manabu Soutouin • Nagahiro Sakiguchi • Michiru Fukuroi • Hyouta Ashikaga • Sousaku Yubiwa • Mayumi Doujima Others: Kowako Towai • Kodaki Kawaike • Odoru Soutouin • Kinshirou Yokuya • Wana Naganawa • Mugi Ootsumugi • Tousen Itsutsuki • Kyuuya Hitou | |
| Twenties | Rei • Twelve | |
| Kamikazari Middle School | Rai Fudatsuki • Kinshirou Yokuya • Bunny Girl | |
| Archery Girls' Academy | Kiraki Kagaya • Shiruba Miruki • Shichisei Tanabata • Jibika Meguchi | |
| Gojuunotou Academy | Bisaku Mimasaka • Masaka Mimasaka | |
| Camel | Sakazuki Norama | |
| Others | Kyouko Okitegami | |