#tsuyoshi abe

"Now I understand. It's not that you're trying to measure the value of life. You don't want to have to decide the value of life."

Nobuaki Kaneko- Hatter

Nijiro Murakami- Chishiya

Tsuyoshi Abe- Kuzuryu

Keita Machida- Karube

Kento Yamazaki- Arisu

Yuki Morinaga- Chota

Dori Sakurada- Niragi

Sho Aoyagi- Aguni

Shuntaro Yanagi- Last Boss (looks so good with hair)

Compiled by me, @thee-yunatic-pixie, and nakagawis .

PART 1: THE FACE CARDS CITIZENS (Kuzuryuu, Kyuuma, Mira, Shirabi, Lisa, Matsushita, and Komoyama)

1. KEIICHI KUZURYUU (K♢) is THE DODO

Note: There's a Hayatou Doudou in the manga but his role in it is based on Alice.

Kuzuryu, the rare lawyer who upheld equality in life and games, is The Dodo, the extinct bird who led a caucus-race of fair opportunities.

Character origin: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

2. GINJI KYUUMA (K♧) is THE GRYPHON

Kyuma, the philosophical artist whose nudity shocked Arisu & co., is The Gryphon, the wise singing mythical creature whose half-lion, half-eagle appearance amazed Alice.

Character origin: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

3. MIRA KANOU (Q♥) is THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

Mira, the neuroscientist- psychiatrist who wanted to save Arisu through croquet mind games, is the Queen of Hearts, who invited Alice to croquet and never really executed anyone.

Character origin: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and a nursery rhyme (1782)

4. ISAO SHIRABI (K♤) IS THE RED KNIGHT

Shirabi, the merciless mercenary who battled Aguni and targeted Arisu & co., is The Red Knight who battled The White Knight and targeted Alice on the chess battlefield.

Character origin: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871)

5. LISA (Q♤) is THE RED QUEEN

Note: In the Alice books, the Red Queen and The Queen of Hearts are two different characters.

Lisa, the athletic woman who pursued Arisu in a game called Checkmate, is The Red Queen, the sprinter queen who wanted Alice on her side in the Looking-Glass chess battlefield.

Character origin: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871)

6. ENJI MATSUSHITA (J♥) is THE KNAVE OF HEARTS

Matsushita, the hypnotist who cheated at his own game through cookies, is The Knave of Hearts, who conspired with unknown persons to steal The Queen's jam tart.

Character origin: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and a nursery rhyme (1782)

7. AMON KOMOYAMA (J♢) is HUMPTY DUMPTY

Komoyama, the balding representative of gambling syndicate who boasted his skills and got killed, is Humpty Dumpty, the egg-like creature (symbol of a fallen monarch) who thought that it was clever and fell to its death.

Character origin: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) and a nursery rhyme (1870)

TO BE CONTINUED...

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