I was bullied alot in in school so I trained myself to be stronger than anyone else; for a brat like you to beat me! (Takasago telling Kotarou after their duel).
Tasakago (Actually spelled Takasago); is an antagonist of Rewrite.
Appearance
As described by Kotarou; he has the appearance of a middle aged man with a well-built body and ears like gyoza (a special japanese dish).
Personality
Takasago seemingly has an inferiority complex which was possibly derived from him being bullied when he was younger. His complex got worse after losing to Kotarou in a sparing match (Kotarou cheated by using his abillity Rewrite to make himself stronger). He hates Kotarou; as thinking of him as a gifted person who only achieves things by luck instead of hard work. at the sames time, he is jealouse of him and everyone superior to him mainly: Suzaki, and Sakura. He went as far as to kill Sakura by poisoning her, saying that she thinks of him as nothing more than a meat shield.
Synopsis
Takasago appears in Akane's Route of Rewrite, he meets Kotarou in the men's bathroom where he gets upset and chases Kotarou for making fun of his ears. Later the two of them spare in the school gym in order to test if Kotarou is worthy of being Akane's bodyguard. After being beaten by Kotarou Takasago summons a small but powerful familiar, it however is defeated as well.
Days later Kotarou secures the Key in the forest and happens to meet Takasago who is badly injured. After forcing Kotarou to expose the Key to him Takasago begins to lose his sanity resulting in the two of them fighting. Takasago would have defeated Kotarou if not for Akane's familiar leaf bird swooping down and distracting him. He was finished off by Kotarou after that.
A year later Takasago appears in the underground tunnels of Martel where he tries to bid Kotarou to let him finish his business as a bodyguard out of loyalty. However, Kotarou's instincts allows him to see through the ruse, resulting in another fight. Takasago runs away and begins aimlessly killing people on the surface as well as destroying the pathways to the underground shelters. It is revealed that after he was nearly killed by Kotarou a year ago that he changed the dead parts of his body into familiars in order to survive. He repeatidly injects himself with poison in order to sustain his body (Probably the same poison he used to kill Sakura). As the battle between he and Kotarou draws out, Takasago's body reaches its limits. He begins to ingest all of the poison he has which causes his body to deteriorate. Kotarou ends his life there.
Story (Akane's Route)
Gyoza Ears
Kotarou walks into Martel's bathroom where he and Takasago first meet. Tasakago instantly knows that Kotarou is not part of the organization and asks what he's doing here. Kotarou's answer is that he's going to the bathroom. He asks if Kotarou is a student to which Kotarou says that he was until today. (The two continue to have an odd conversation; Kotarou thinks he is just being honest while Tasakago is just asking bad questions). Eventually Kotarou makes the mistake of saying that Tasakago's ears look like gyoza (Chinese food made by steaming and grilling meat and vegetables wrapped in wheat flour dough). Kotarou denies making fun of his ears, but in the process of explaining he accidently says the word "gyoza". Tasakogo gets mad and chases Kotarou out of the bathroom. Akane sees them as they come out but turns around and falls to her knees from seeing Tasakago's pants unzipped. While chasing him Tasakago screams for Kotarou to stop running just so he can crush him. He corners Kotarou and tells him that his blood will soon be all over his gyoza-ears. Kotarou asks for them to talk about the situation first, but Tasakago says that his ears are too messed up to hear him. Kotarou reminds Tasakago that his pants are still unzipped, when he looks down Kotarou jumps up and kicks him. Tasakago blocks the kick, but falls over as a result. After which Kotarou is saved by Akane.
Bodyguard Test
Tasakago is chosen to be the test figure for Kotarou to see if he can handle being Akane's bodyguard, the fight is witnessed by Akane and Tsukuno. Tasakago tells him that he'll regret mocking him. Tsukuno acts as the referee and gives the starting signal. Tasakago halts her and asks if she wants to set some rules for Kotarou's sake. He does not mind hitting him in the face or his vital areas, but claims thet he might end up breaking his. They agree to punch and kick each other. The match begins with them both crouching down, but neither of them charges forward. Akane bids Kotarou to attack, Kotarou swings at Tasakago's face attempting to break his nose, but his arm is easily brushed off. Tasakago pushes him them pulls him forward which makes him lose his balance. Tasakago attempts to trip Kotarou, but kotarou grabs onto him and punches his face with little force, due to losing his balance. Kotarou is nearly picked up and thrown by Tasakago, but he resists the throw by grabbing onto him . At that time Akane gets a little nervouse; she knows what Kotarou is about to do. (Unknown to Tasakago Kotarou uses Rewrite to make himself a little stronger). Kotarou wraps his arm around Tasakago's legs and throws him up into the air. Akane tells Kotarou to finish him (Although she herself has no way how he should do that). Kotarou furiously pounds Tasakago's face and chest with his fists until Tasakago gets angry and throws him off. Kotarou drop kicks him, putting him on the floor again, then he winks to Tsukuno hoping that she'ss decide that he's the winner. However, she simply winks back at him. Akane asks if Tasakago is defeated, Tsukuno tells them that Tasakago looks loke he is still willing to fight. Tasakago then gets off the ground with a dark look on his face.
Akane tells Tasakago to stop, as she says that a magic circle appears beneath his feet. Tasakago tells Kotarou his life story; that he was bullied alot when he was younger and that he wanted to become stronger, so her trained himself so much that he almost died. He did judo, karate, kendo, and thai and still was defeated by a brat (Kotarou) who had no training at all. A familiar then jumps out of the magic circle, he tells Kotarou that since he has special talents he should be able to beat this familiar and if he fails, then he has no right to be a holy woman's bodyguard. Tsukuno asks Kotarou if he can beat it, Akane opens her mouth to protest, but Tsukuno argues that it is not a strong familiar and that fighting it would be a good test for Kotarou. The battle begins as soon as Akane tells Kotarou to fight. The familiar charges at Kotarou with high speed and jumps up, Kotarou blocks its body but his bone cracks as a result. It immediatly attacks again; grazing Kotarou's cheek as he dodges it. Before it can get Kotarou from behind, he elbows it then tries to stomp it with his feet. The creature jumps up, spins in the air, and swings its tail; the impact causes blood to spew from Kotarou's arm. Kotarou manages to grab it by the tail to stop it from attacking, but the familiar swings up and bites Kotarou's fist. Kotarou holds his arm toward Tasakago and uses his aurora blades to puncture the familiar's insides. It turns to dust afterwards. Tasakago asks what he did, Kotarou says that he used his "qi". Akane makes rude remarks about Tasakago's familiar and says that he should stick with creating familiars who's designs are perscribed by Gaia. After being reminded that his inferiority complex is his weakness Tasakago walks away in silence.
Needless Suffering
After Kotarou captures the Key in the forest he happens to come across Tasakago who is badly wounded. Tasakago asks Kotarou why he's in the forest, but Kotarou does not answer. Tasakago jumps to conclusions; suspecting that Kotarou is a member of Guardian and calls him a traitor. As Kotarou denies it, Tasakago tells him to open up the bag on his back (The Key is inside). Kotarou refuses and begins to run away, Tasakago pulls out a revolver and shoots him in his thigh. After being forced into a corner Kotarou opens the bag, revealing the Key's face, but thinks that Tasakago cannot see it. (The Key can keep certain people from noticing it). Tasakago tells him to take out whats inside, but Kotarou tells him that he cannot do that because of the injury to his leg. Kotarou tells him that whats inside is a girl that got lost and that he's trying to save her. Tasakago tells him to stand back and takes a look at the Key, he instantly knows that she's not human. Tasakago begins to lose his sanity and shakes the gun violently; ready to fire. Kotarou knows that he has no intent of coming with him to gets ready to fight and take each other out.
Tasakago fires two bullets as Kotarou deploys his aurora claws, the first bullet grazes his cheek while he completely dodges the second. Tasakago screams as Kotarou's blades stick into his shoulder, nevertheless he manages to aim his gun at Kotarou, but the shots do not his as Kotarou rolls on the ground to dodge them. Tasakago aims the gun at Kotarou's forehead as he dashes at him ready to fire, at that moment the leaf-bird (Which is being controlled by Akane) jumps onto Tasakago's face, stunning him. Kotarou jumps on Tasakago's body and uses his body weight to make clean cut across his chest. Tasakago falls to the ground bleeding heavily, but not dead. Kotarou apologizes to him, but Tasakago calls him a stupid brat in return. Kotarou accepts his last words, creates on blade and swings it down, since Kotarou is inexperienced the cut is not clean and knows that Tasakago suffered needlessly.
Kotarou VS Takasago
Kotarou spots a person in the underground tunnels of Gaia and attacks them with his blade, the person blocks the aurora with his arms.