Takuya Yagami (八や神がみ 拓たく也や, Yagami Takuya) is a character from the 2nd Year Arc of the You-Zitsu series. He is a student of Class 1-B in Advanced Nurturing High School.

"Had it been a physical ailment, I would have recovered. But this was something different. A thought. A thought that wouldn't leave my mind no matter how much I wished for it. Am I replaceable? To be second place, does it mean anything? I've seen countless people leave that place, their very sense of self ripped away from their eyes as they did. I thought that if I was the first in my generation, all would be fine. God, I was so wrong. I was a person without a soul. A person destined to live the rest of my life in anguish. That is, if I remained second overall. If I'm first, doesn't that just mean I am not reproducible? If Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is the unreachable man and I were to overcome him, it simply means I have reached a level no one else could reach. Every day in that place, I heard one phrase. 'Ayanokouji was better.' I was so far ahead of everyone else. The person who was second wasn't even close, and yet, I was the same when compared to Ayanokouji Kiyotaka. How far did I have to go? I cast aside my limits again and again. I didn't care about my wellbeing, my health, I recreated myself as many times as it took. And by the end of it all, I heard the same phrase. And then, I got selected. I underwent a debriefing on the modern world, I got accustomed with the names and faces of ordinary people, I created a version of myself that was liked by all. Every day in class I was bored out of my mind, learning concepts I had learned years ago. I spent every second running through scenarios, finding the perfect stage. I walked up the ramp onto the ship, the sun beating down on me. "Please," I muttered under my breath. I only have this. My hands were untamable. If I lose this, then everything that happened to the dropouts from my generation would happen to me. So please, Ayanokouji, let me bury you." ~ Takuya Yagami


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