He's the CEO of the Ichinomiya Group and owner of the Tres Spade Hotel where you work. He's the leader of the Black Market Auctions and he bought you.
He's arrogant and bossy.
Your response should only be 'yes' or 'okay' and you must answer within 5 seconds.
"You belong to me."
Eisuke is the first guy I played from KBTBB and (not going to lie) I picked him because he's hot with a killer look. And I love him! 😍
He's a typical rich guy who does whatever he wants and expects people to just shut up and do what he says without question. His cold and arrogant demeanor can turn you off or just straight-up hate him. I'm don't mind his personality as much as his story arc progresses.
He's a typical rich guy who does whatever he wants and expects people to just shut up and do what he says without question. His cold and arrogant demeanor can turn you off or just straight-up hate him. I'm don't mind his personality as much as his story arc progresses.
He's a very controversial character because he has an equal balance of people who just love him and people who hate him. Some people hate him because he's cold and bossy towards the MC and she's a pushover (to be honest). He's what you call a 'stuck-up king' 😆 (the MC called him that in one of the special stories, not me).
Most people would have cut him loose just after reading his main story but I've stayed with him right from the beginning. (I'm currently waiting for Season 6 of his story to be released in the English version). The reason I'm sticking with him for this long despite people not a fan of him for his overbearing personality because ~ like every other character in the Voltage Inc. universe ~ while most of his personality doesn't change, his character does evolve into a better person.
Some people may disagree with me on this because his bossy and cold demeanour doesn't change much since the first season. But he's definitely mellowed out and he starts to treat the MC better. ~ Besides, if they suddenly change his personality into a whole different person then he's not Eisuke anymore 😏.
I've read all of his stories, including a few of his POVs, and I can say for sure that (while most of his 'negative' personality doesn't change much, just mellowed out) he's feelings for the MC becomes stronger each season.
From the beginning of his route, he's portrayed as the arrogant, cold and bossy guy who values little of people's feelings. He doesn't like to explain or give a reason for his actions. His friends know him enough to say he "never does anything without a reason".
Evident in his main story, he can be a good guy but he just chooses to not show it and it caused the MC to misunderstand him. I gather he just doesn't want people to expect too much 'kindness' from him.
He doesn't have a split personality but rather 'a two faced mask' is more the correct term to describe him. In front of a business partner or guest, he present himself as a friendly businessman 😀 but in front of the auction managers and the MC, he reveals his true self 😒.
As his route progresses, he starts to value the MC's feelings and he really cherishes her ~ in his own stuck-up way 😝. He's the kind of guy who doesn't tell you what he feels unless he thinks it's necessary to. But he'll show you through his actions.
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From the beginning of his route, he's portrayed as the arrogant, cold and bossy guy who values little of people's feelings. He doesn't like to explain or give a reason for his actions. His friends know him enough to say he "never does anything without a reason".
Evident in his main story, he can be a good guy but he just chooses to not show it and it caused the MC to misunderstand him. I gather he just doesn't want people to expect too much 'kindness' from him.
He doesn't have a split personality but rather 'a two faced mask' is more the correct term to describe him. In front of a business partner or guest, he present himself as a friendly businessman 😀 but in front of the auction managers and the MC, he reveals his true self 😒.
As his route progresses, he starts to value the MC's feelings and he really cherishes her ~ in his own stuck-up way 😝. He's the kind of guy who doesn't tell you what he feels unless he thinks it's necessary to. But he'll show you through his actions.
Yes, Eisuke stays arrogant the entire route only because he's confident in his abilities to solve everything. Who doesn't like a confident guy? 😋 Some people might not like him but I do. Correction- I love him! 💓
He usually carries himself confidently but he is prone to feel anxious and scared at times, especially when the MC is in danger.
Each season, they face a lot of challenges and dangerous situations that put her life at risk and you can see how desperate Eisuke tries to save her (and he always succeeds), and how far he's willing to go for her.
The MC in this game (or at least in his route) is by far ~ how do I put this? ~ probably the most gullible MC I've ever played 😣. The guys may belittle her at times and I hardly blame them, she's easily fooled and way too honest for her own good. Her responses and reactions to some things - at times - make you want to slap your forehead. Times where you think 'Are you stupid?' or 'Why state the obvious?'
People who hate Eisuke would ask 'why is she with someone like him?' and here I am thinking why is he with her? She's not the worst MC - just gullible. And I blame the writers for that.
I wouldn't say Eisuke and the MC are perfect individuals on their own. She's too gullible and he's ~ well, a complicated fellow 😩 ~ but I think they are perfect together and they complement each other well.
The MC supports him emotionally and accepts him for who he is. She also goes out of her way to try and understand him. Every other woman in his life before her only stayed with him for his looks and money. Never stuck around to get to know him like she does.
Eisuke, in turn, does everything he can to make her the happiest woman alive and protect her from the dangers around him. He's always thinking ahead of their relationship and tries to secure their future together.
Communication is one of the big problems I've noticed Eisuke fails to grasp in his route. The MC is usually the one to teach Eisuke about communicating their feelings to each other. And not all the time does he come out with his feelings.
Whenever something's troubling him and the MC senses it, he's go-to move is to have sex to distract her. And it always works! Like what the hell? 😖 This is one of those moments you slap your forehead because she's so easy!
I find it a little baffling how Eisuke never learns to tell her when there's a problem and tries to deal with it himself. It makes sense, in his world nothing is ordinary and people are always trying to kill him so he doesn't want to worry the MC.
His refusal to let her know anything makes her constantly worried and when she eventually finds out, she - never fails - gets herself into trouble. It's pretty ironic how he always says she loves getting into trouble and I'm like; "She's always getting into trouble because you never tell her anything!"
So yeah, Eisuke is not always good at communicating. He won't tell her unless she pushes his buttons and gets him to understand how worried she is. So it's a little frustrating how this part of him never changes 😡. The writers try to win you over with his motive behind his secrecy being he only wishes to protect her 😩.
Another aspect of Eisuke is that he doesn't always tell her how he feels. He usually keeps them to himself because he's not used to expressing them. When they first went out, the MC was very insecure about the relationship because Eisuke never said: "I love you" to her. He still had his groupies around him so she wasn't sure about his feelings for her were genuine or if he was only using her to pass time.
In the epilogue, we learn he's never actually told a woman he loves her so it never occurred to him that he had to say it.
Even after learning this, he doesn't say it as often as the MC does but he's feelings for her are the same. The words "I love you" become special to him and he only says them in private. Even then, it's still rare. I personally find this sweet 😊. Some men say "I love you" all the time and don't mean it. When Eisuke tells her it's always genuine and he only says it in front of her.
As his route progresses each season, he becomes more affectionate with his feelings for her and he can be unexpectedly sweet. He's probably one of the most sexual out of all the bidders 😳 and it's only when in their private time does he whisper sweet nothings to her.
In Season 3, we learn Eisuke can't stand boredom and is always up for something exciting. He got bored of Dubai so he expanded his hotel to London because apparently, it's where all the fun and exciting things happen.
I find it unusual for Eisuke to want unexpected things to happen in his life 😕. Usually, you'd want your life to be smooth sailing after a situation but Eisuke is the opposite. It's not to say, he's looking for trouble, more like he's looking for non-life threatening challenges in life.
According to the MC, he's a "deeply lonely person who craves attention and stimulation" so it explains why he keeps saying her No. 1 priority is him. He's lost his family at a young age so he doesn't remember the love of family. She gives him all the love he could ask her and he's never bored with her.
She complements him in ways he can't like how she can freely express herself while he can't. He normally maintains a poker face and the usual smug but with the MC he can express other emotions and the guys notice this.
She's everything he isn't and it's pure. Her bright personality complements his hardcore exterior and she understands him well enough to see every part of him. That's why she's always putting so much effort to make him happy and Eisuke returns all her love by doing things he would never do for anyone. One example is wearing her hideous knitted jumper she gave him for his birthday 😂.
I wouldn't necessarily say that Eisuke is an abusive person. He's what you call a jerk who doesn't like to show his real emotions if not in front of the MC.
In his POV from Season 3, it explains why Eisuke has a warped sense of marriage and family 👪 and it came from his upbringing. His tragic family history definitely played a part in developing this particular view of thinking. He knows family are "people who are connected forever by blood" but he doesn't know how else does it connect them with each other 😔.
In his own interpretation, he doesn't think Akira is his father because they are not related by blood. Akira is his biological father's benefactor who adopted him and loves him as his own but Eisuke kept him at a distant for many years because of his own misconception. Another reason for this happened in his childhood 😢.
Because of this, Eisuke plagued himself for years thinking had he not got the talent to run a business, Akira would have never adopted him. He never confronted Akira to find out if this is true so he built a wall between him. With the MC's help, he was able to confront Akira to learn the truth that Akira adopted him because he truly loves him as his son.
This was never addressed in 'Proposal' but the main reason Eisuke 'proposed' to the MC first time is because he wanted to provide security for her. Since 'Twist of Fate', someone has been targeting him and because he could be killed at any moment, he preparing for the worst-case scenario and wanted to leave his assets to her so she would lead a comfortable life.
He initially arranged to have $80 million transferred to her account when Kenzaki pointed out it would bring unwanted attention to her. Also, the Ichinomiya Group would not think lightly about him giving his assets to a woman with no relations to the Group. So he thought the best way for him to secure her future without being questioned is for them to be married.
From this incident, Eisuke finally learns his lesson not to keep things from the MC because she was put into a life-and-death situation. ~ It's upsetting up it took him five seasons to realise it but he's finally there 😩.
However, in 'Forbidden Choices', he kept another secret from her again despite his promise not to anymore. ~ Mind you, he feels guilty about it too 😟 ~ To fool his enemies, he had to pretend to act coldly towards her and he makes up for it by being sweet later in his suite (whether it was him or the imposter being cold to you).
It's important to note, Eisuke does feel guilty about keeping this secret from her. Feeling guilty is rarely seen in any of his stories (or probably since his main story) and for the first time, he worries about what she thinks of him breaking his promise to her.
The MC is about the only person important to Eisuke, the only person he would entrust her life to is Soryu. Before he left to go on his 'business trip', he asked Soryu to secretly protect her from his doppelganger (in case he got violent from her or she figured out the truth) and even gave him the key and access code to his suite.
Another time he entrusted Soryu to protect her was in 'Living Together' after they found a listening device in her pen. He asked Soryu to take her back to the Ice Dragon's place until he got off work to take her home.
Since 'Hidden Choices', Eisuke seems to have developed some sort of trauma after the incident that almost got the MC killed. He's constantly reminded of that night on the helipad when he found her lying there and it haunts him.
The helipad scene and the hospital scene (in his POV) were some of the rarest moments where he truly felt useless because he couldn't do anything to save her. In 'Forbidden Choices', he was willing to commit a crime when he saw her bandaged ankle, believing the doppelganger hurt her.
Because of his trauma, he always feeling or touching her (by that I mean sex 😳) to make sure she's really alive. I think it really affected him after this incident so he's more precious with her now.
Season 6 of his route has yet to be released and I'm sure there's more to his character development so I'll probably update this post or make another post. I'm really interested in where his story arc is heading and I really can't wait for Eisuke and the MC to get married soon. This had been dragged out for way too long and I think it's about time they bring his story to a close soon.
I really recommend Eisuke's route if you don't mind the ore-sama type. His character may be off-putting at first but he does get better. Even if it's little by little. Each season plot gets better and it gets pretty intense. The only story I don't recommend is Season 4 'Engagement Cruise' and trust me you won't enjoy it. Honestly, you wouldn't be missing much if you don't buy it.
Happy playing!
Each season, they face a lot of challenges and dangerous situations that put her life at risk and you can see how desperate Eisuke tries to save her (and he always succeeds), and how far he's willing to go for her.
The MC in this game (or at least in his route) is by far ~ how do I put this? ~ probably the most gullible MC I've ever played 😣. The guys may belittle her at times and I hardly blame them, she's easily fooled and way too honest for her own good. Her responses and reactions to some things - at times - make you want to slap your forehead. Times where you think 'Are you stupid?' or 'Why state the obvious?'
People who hate Eisuke would ask 'why is she with someone like him?' and here I am thinking why is he with her? She's not the worst MC - just gullible. And I blame the writers for that.
I wouldn't say Eisuke and the MC are perfect individuals on their own. She's too gullible and he's ~ well, a complicated fellow 😩 ~ but I think they are perfect together and they complement each other well.
The MC supports him emotionally and accepts him for who he is. She also goes out of her way to try and understand him. Every other woman in his life before her only stayed with him for his looks and money. Never stuck around to get to know him like she does.
Eisuke, in turn, does everything he can to make her the happiest woman alive and protect her from the dangers around him. He's always thinking ahead of their relationship and tries to secure their future together.
Communication is one of the big problems I've noticed Eisuke fails to grasp in his route. The MC is usually the one to teach Eisuke about communicating their feelings to each other. And not all the time does he come out with his feelings.
Whenever something's troubling him and the MC senses it, he's go-to move is to have sex to distract her. And it always works! Like what the hell? 😖 This is one of those moments you slap your forehead because she's so easy!
I find it a little baffling how Eisuke never learns to tell her when there's a problem and tries to deal with it himself. It makes sense, in his world nothing is ordinary and people are always trying to kill him so he doesn't want to worry the MC.
His refusal to let her know anything makes her constantly worried and when she eventually finds out, she - never fails - gets herself into trouble. It's pretty ironic how he always says she loves getting into trouble and I'm like; "She's always getting into trouble because you never tell her anything!"
So yeah, Eisuke is not always good at communicating. He won't tell her unless she pushes his buttons and gets him to understand how worried she is. So it's a little frustrating how this part of him never changes 😡. The writers try to win you over with his motive behind his secrecy being he only wishes to protect her 😩.
Another aspect of Eisuke is that he doesn't always tell her how he feels. He usually keeps them to himself because he's not used to expressing them. When they first went out, the MC was very insecure about the relationship because Eisuke never said: "I love you" to her. He still had his groupies around him so she wasn't sure about his feelings for her were genuine or if he was only using her to pass time.
In the epilogue, we learn he's never actually told a woman he loves her so it never occurred to him that he had to say it.
Even after learning this, he doesn't say it as often as the MC does but he's feelings for her are the same. The words "I love you" become special to him and he only says them in private. Even then, it's still rare. I personally find this sweet 😊. Some men say "I love you" all the time and don't mean it. When Eisuke tells her it's always genuine and he only says it in front of her.
As his route progresses each season, he becomes more affectionate with his feelings for her and he can be unexpectedly sweet. He's probably one of the most sexual out of all the bidders 😳 and it's only when in their private time does he whisper sweet nothings to her.
In Season 3, we learn Eisuke can't stand boredom and is always up for something exciting. He got bored of Dubai so he expanded his hotel to London because apparently, it's where all the fun and exciting things happen.
I find it unusual for Eisuke to want unexpected things to happen in his life 😕. Usually, you'd want your life to be smooth sailing after a situation but Eisuke is the opposite. It's not to say, he's looking for trouble, more like he's looking for non-life threatening challenges in life.
According to the MC, he's a "deeply lonely person who craves attention and stimulation" so it explains why he keeps saying her No. 1 priority is him. He's lost his family at a young age so he doesn't remember the love of family. She gives him all the love he could ask her and he's never bored with her.
She complements him in ways he can't like how she can freely express herself while he can't. He normally maintains a poker face and the usual smug but with the MC he can express other emotions and the guys notice this.
She's everything he isn't and it's pure. Her bright personality complements his hardcore exterior and she understands him well enough to see every part of him. That's why she's always putting so much effort to make him happy and Eisuke returns all her love by doing things he would never do for anyone. One example is wearing her hideous knitted jumper she gave him for his birthday 😂.
I wouldn't necessarily say that Eisuke is an abusive person. He's what you call a jerk who doesn't like to show his real emotions if not in front of the MC.
In his POV from Season 3, it explains why Eisuke has a warped sense of marriage and family 👪 and it came from his upbringing. His tragic family history definitely played a part in developing this particular view of thinking. He knows family are "people who are connected forever by blood" but he doesn't know how else does it connect them with each other 😔.
In his own interpretation, he doesn't think Akira is his father because they are not related by blood. Akira is his biological father's benefactor who adopted him and loves him as his own but Eisuke kept him at a distant for many years because of his own misconception. Another reason for this happened in his childhood 😢.
Because of this, Eisuke plagued himself for years thinking had he not got the talent to run a business, Akira would have never adopted him. He never confronted Akira to find out if this is true so he built a wall between him. With the MC's help, he was able to confront Akira to learn the truth that Akira adopted him because he truly loves him as his son.
This was never addressed in 'Proposal' but the main reason Eisuke 'proposed' to the MC first time is because he wanted to provide security for her. Since 'Twist of Fate', someone has been targeting him and because he could be killed at any moment, he preparing for the worst-case scenario and wanted to leave his assets to her so she would lead a comfortable life.
He initially arranged to have $80 million transferred to her account when Kenzaki pointed out it would bring unwanted attention to her. Also, the Ichinomiya Group would not think lightly about him giving his assets to a woman with no relations to the Group. So he thought the best way for him to secure her future without being questioned is for them to be married.
He absolutely meant no harm in 'proposing' because he genuinely did think about marrying her one day. His reason proved how much he loves her enough to want to secure her future in case something happened to him. It was his warped interpretation of family that made her hesitate on signing the Marriage Licence. And because he went the wrong way about it. 😩
In 'Scattered Cards', the MC figures she doesn't always want to just blindly follow what Eisuke tells her. Before, she puts her faith in him and believes he's capable of handling any situation without her help. She soon realises she doesn't want to let him keep babying her 👶 and protect her all the time. She wants to protect him as well and be useful to him and worthy to stand by his side. You go, gurl! 👊
She makes him understand that she wants to be his equal and not always protected behind glass. It's one of the rarest moments where the MC actually comes up with a tactical plan and saves him, so it's a big accomplishment for her. 👏
Her constant effort to have him to understand her really has an impact on him because he starts to lose his resistance to her 😁.
I'm not going to mention about Season 4's 'Engagement Cruise' because it was just horrible for his character's arc. So I've completely disregarded it 😤. The plotting was either random or rather just unnecessary.
You can read about it here but I wouldn't recommend you buy it 🙅.
In 'Hidden Secrets', Eisuke finally gets the answer he's been searching for his whole life. He finds out what happened to his father and where's he been this whole time. However, the situation becomes more complicated when he finds out his father was framed by a crooked politician and cop.
To protect the MC from getting too involved with a crime, he chose not to tell her everything that's going on ~ like always. It makes her feel uneasy when she thinks he still doesn't want to rely on her or trust her with these things 😩. She eventually finds out about his father through the news and it upsets her when she thinks he 'lied' to her about his father.
Since the situation is different from every other situation they've faced, he actually had a reason not to let her get too involved in it. But his mistake is not telling her what's going on because it led to consequences she had to bear.
Ya think? 😡
It scarred him to almost lose the MC, so now, he makes a promise to never keep any secrets from the MC anymore. Hopefully, he follows through.
It's important to note, Eisuke does feel guilty about keeping this secret from her. Feeling guilty is rarely seen in any of his stories (or probably since his main story) and for the first time, he worries about what she thinks of him breaking his promise to her.
The MC is about the only person important to Eisuke, the only person he would entrust her life to is Soryu. Before he left to go on his 'business trip', he asked Soryu to secretly protect her from his doppelganger (in case he got violent from her or she figured out the truth) and even gave him the key and access code to his suite.
Another time he entrusted Soryu to protect her was in 'Living Together' after they found a listening device in her pen. He asked Soryu to take her back to the Ice Dragon's place until he got off work to take her home.
Since 'Hidden Choices', Eisuke seems to have developed some sort of trauma after the incident that almost got the MC killed. He's constantly reminded of that night on the helipad when he found her lying there and it haunts him.
The helipad scene and the hospital scene (in his POV) were some of the rarest moments where he truly felt useless because he couldn't do anything to save her. In 'Forbidden Choices', he was willing to commit a crime when he saw her bandaged ankle, believing the doppelganger hurt her.
Because of his trauma, he always feeling or touching her (by that I mean sex 😳) to make sure she's really alive. I think it really affected him after this incident so he's more precious with her now.
Season 6 of his route has yet to be released and I'm sure there's more to his character development so I'll probably update this post or make another post. I'm really interested in where his story arc is heading and I really can't wait for Eisuke and the MC to get married soon. This had been dragged out for way too long and I think it's about time they bring his story to a close soon.
I really recommend Eisuke's route if you don't mind the ore-sama type. His character may be off-putting at first but he does get better. Even if it's little by little. Each season plot gets better and it gets pretty intense. The only story I don't recommend is Season 4 'Engagement Cruise' and trust me you won't enjoy it. Honestly, you wouldn't be missing much if you don't buy it.
Happy playing!
