Ryūya
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| Gender: | Male |
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| Seiyū: | Nobutoshi Canna |
| Era: | Feudal |
Ryūya (Japanese: 柳也 - Ryūya) is a character in Air anime series.
Ryūya is a skilled, yet low-ranked samurai charged with Kanna's protection, Ryūya quickly befriended Kanna and eventually they fell in love. Unfortunately, after creating a diversion for Ryūya and Uraha, Kanna was cursed by Buddhist monks to live an endless cycle of reincarnation, suffering, and death. Ryūya dedicated the remainder of his life to finding a way to lift the curse, and though he never did, he had a child with Uraha in the hopes that their kin would eventually find a way to break the curse.
[edit] Movie version
In the Air Movie Ryūya is shown to actually be Kanna's lover and has no apparent romantic relationship with Uraha. He appears physically different from his TV incarnation, with darker hair and a generally more reserved personality; changes similar to Yukito's own movie counterpart. After learning of the punishment imposed on Kanna for falling in love with him, he helps her escape captivity, though he dies from a barrage of arrows soon after she takes flight. He also appears to be the source of Yukito's puppet controlling powers in the film while Uraha was the source in the TV series. Though the TV series never directly said that Yukito was the reincarnation of Ryūya, the film has Yukito make allusions to his former life and the guilt he carries from feeling that he failed Misuzu in their former life together.
| Media: | Manga(2004-2006) | TV series(2005) (list of episodes) | Movie(2005) | Soundtracks |
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| Main characters: | Yukito Kunisaki | Misuzu Kamio | Haruko Kamio |
| Modern era characters: | Kano Kirishima | Minagi Tōno | Michiru | Hijiri Kirishima | Potato | Sora |
| Feudal era characters: | Ryūya | Uraha | Kanna |
