Black Paradox Headcanons (Junji Ito)

Taburo

the reason why he is so self-centered is because as a kid he was forced to prioritize everyone over himself, but in doing so he's forgotten how to prioritize other people without getting reminded of his childhood

secretly a people pleaser

the prettiest sleeper, like he just always looks perfectly content while sleeping or resting

doesn't cry easily

learns the curse words in other languages and usually that's all he'll willingly learn

prioritizes personal autonomy above all else, also prioritizes other people's personal autonomy over anything else

immediately cries or gets sent into a rage if he gets hit or injured

definitely has whole entire concerts in his room, shower, anywhere where he can be alone

got bullied as a child for having his tan skin

drinks out of a wine glass no matter what, even if it's something as boring and mundane as water

will NOT wear goggles if he goes to the pool, claims that "It looks rediculous, plus I can see under the water just fine" was confirmed that he does look rediculous in goggles when Pii-tan pressured him into wearing them "just once"

if he isn't craving that food he will NOT eat it

has the most intense cravings ever, and usually at the worst times of the night, so if he wants pizza it doesn't matter if he has to drive all the way to tokyo or if he has to make it himself, he'll get that damn pizza no matter what

has a horrible sleep schedule from waking up and going to bed at 3:00 am before the sun's even up, always makes the others upset or concerned

has no idea how to act around people that he genuinely cares about or likes, so he just turns into an awkward mess

has an amazing poker face and always wins at any game that he plays with other people because they genuinely have no idea which card or move he'll play next

can just cross his eyes at will, has creeped Dr. Suka out before

turns into a literal corpse while sleeping, he can drop his heart rate to zero and doesn't breathe at all while sleeping, has gotten him into trouble multiple times before and has been taken to the hospital after the others mistook him for being dead

secretly very expressive even if he tries to hide it

very forgetful, like he'll write down something that he needs to do, and then forget it less than 2 minutes later, or he'll be told to do something and unless he's reminded will just never do it

broke his arms trying to do a pull up while in middle school (he didn't do it correctly), threw up promptly and then never tried to do a pull up again even when he learned how to do it the right way

sort of chronically online, like if he has the chance at any given moment he'll probably be on his phone

makes random refrences to inside jokes that he's in on or some video/song/online quote that he saw online and it always confuses everyone around him

literally has no filter, like if he has something on his mind he'll just say it with no hesitation

doesn't think too much before speaking, so sometimes he'll just say the most out of pocket stuff without even realizing that he even had those words in his thoughts

only learned english so that he could fully curse out Dr. Suka and the others without them ever understanding

sometimes he'll just be in his room all day listening and pacing to music while making elaborate scenarios in his head

can perfectly imitate something weather it's drawings, voice, or a facial expression

doesn't show his face on social media because he doesn't want people to judge his talents by his looks

literally says "um" or "like" or "literally" in any given sentence even if it makes no sense

at some point for almost 4 months straight he would end his sentences with nothing but "or something" and it peeved everyone around him because he would use it like grammar

has arthritis and the worst misophonia so he's angry all the time because he can't move around without any pain and then has to be met with the sound of chewing and breathing

will play any song that comes to his mind even if he's in the middle of something or it has nothing to do with his mood like he'll be in the middle of a mental breakdown from realizing that he's technically dead and then go and play gee by girls generation

gets very caught off guard if anyone uses his real name when they only know his online persona, or the other way around when the use his screen name but they're his loved ones

casually trauma dumps/jokes about his life being "like an anime protagonist" and acts confused when people are surprised when he tells them what happened to him in the past year

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