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HyperanthropismPlot

What should the wishes of a homeless man be? What should he hope to do?What can he accomplish? Is he too far down in society to do anything? Is he toopowerless to cause change? Everyone in life gets numerous chances to turneverything around. In every second of their lives, we make decisionssome life-changing. Regardless of all else, theyre responsible for their choices and what theygive up in the process. So for this homeless man to choose to accept this task onlyhe can do, hell face much more life-changing decisions, with the hopes to set theillusion of the past, the cruelty of the present, and the lonely future right.

Its the always-bustling town of Tokyo on May 31 st of 2010. Its the 5-yeardeath anniversary of Takamasa Yaharis parents, but mourning now is one of thelesser problems. Nearly broke, he was just about satisfied with just $30 to spend,but once realizing how pathetic it is to be so happy with just this much, he yearnedto do more in life. In the middle of this existential crisis, the 22-year-old bum isconfronted out of the blue by a woman from the future. She claims to knoweverything about him, partially because hes apparently famous. The man wasobviously skeptical, but after being dragged 60 years into the past by the woman,he has no choice but to accept it and he agrees to do as she says.

His mission sounds simple enough, but winning the hearts of three uniquely difficultwomen wont be a breeze. Ones a lady unhappy with the approaching arrangedmarriage, and puts up a smiling front. Anothers a rich and successful, butinconsiderate and arrogant company president. The lasts an abnormallyintellectual, highly insecure, and deathly antisocial hikikomori. What is this middle-aged future woman plotting with all this? And if just surviving in the present ishard enough, what makes him believe he can make all the correct choices to gettheir hands in marriage and change their lives for the better?

Characters [Male; February 29, 1988 (22); Present] Back when

Takasama was 17, he was an out-going and sarcastic comedian. He liked assistingothers and believed he could make everyone he knows happy. Everyone admiredhim for his prudence. After his parents disappeared that same year 5 years prior tothe beginning of the story and he believed they had been kidnapped and killed, hedropped out of high school and quit college.

He managed to live off some money for almost 3 years; however, once he waslegally allowed to drink, he spent all his fortunes on them and became more andmore interested in clubs and parties. He became broke in less than a year.

Now living on the streets with no friends, family, or self-confidence, he grew evenmore sarcastic, but often for rude reasons. He thinks he has lost all respect forhimself and others, but once he was given a chance by an older woman to live lifewith more meaning and purpose, he doesnt pass up the opportunity to help 3

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different women in different time periods overcome the obstacles in their lives.However, he had just been a bum not too long ago, so hes a little rude and maybemore self-centered, not to mention nearly broke. His disconnection from regularsociety made him slightly antisocial and often left him in awkward situations.Despite this, he tries his best be prudent again and make all the correct choices tochange their lives for the better.

[Male; April 5, 1991 (19/79); Present/Future] The best friend of Takamasa in his time periods present. Hes a guy who doesnt want to spend moreenergy on doing things that are unlikely to help him any more than needed. Hesaccepted his life as a broke and homeless man living on the streets, but since it istough to survive this way, he befriends Takamasa, whos in the same situation.

They often just share what theyve gathered and sometimes barely make it by. Theyve been on the streets together and helping each other ever since Armajikibecame homeless that he nearly considers Takamasa a brother.

He frequently enforces his views on Takamasa so he could give up hope of livingnormally to focus on surviving as they already are, although hes often ignored. Forthe most part, Armajikis comical and supportive of when Takamasa tries to dothings to get by as it is, but he acts cold whenever Takamasa brings up or justsuggests life as a normal middle-class guy. This has been especially true around thebeginning of the story, and Armajiki has been acting even ruder in response. Hetries his best to get along with Takamasa and tries to support him for the most part,but his proactive attitude just doesnt fit with Armajikis hertare personality.

[Female; ???; Future] A woman who looks like shes in her 30s andmarried. She comes off a little eccentric and socially awkward, but thats becauseits rare to find her in any mood that isnt ecstatic or determined. The fact thatshe says shes from the future and that it is Takamasa Yaharis duty to marry thesethree women in different time periods also contributes to the strange stares shegets.

She appears one month in Takamasas time period while he was still just a poorman living in garbage. After revealing that shes from the year 2068 and that shewas here to give Takamasa is mission, he starts to ignore her, but she waspersistent and forced him 60 years back. She says that his husband nicknamed herIkutodam for some special reason, but she doesnt plan on saying anything elseabout herself to Takamasa. Her birth name, real age, and family are hidden fromhim.

[Male; February 1, 1930; Past] Takamasas grandfather whosupposedly disappeared the day his wife died and child kidnapped. Takamasa andIkutodam meet with him on May 31 st , 1950. He provides a home for the two andhelps them get Takamasa married with Marisa Eve. There werent any actualpictures of how he looked like, but when the two time travelers confront him, hes

just a seemingly more successful and younger version of Takamasa. The twosappearances are nearly identical, but the main difference is that Sekomu is well-groomed and handsome, while Takamasa still looks like a bum.

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In the year Takamasa and Ikutodam go to in the past, 1950, Sekomu was just a 20-year-old college student living alone in a small but comfortable house. Hes anaverage student who seems even more intelligent than Takamasa himself. Hismain, largest, and most important flaws are that he has selective mutism andmajorly indecisive. Hes poor at making choices, and some speculate that this is thereason his wife was killed and his child was taken from him.

Hes relatively kind and moral, which would make any girl he liked fall for him, butsince he was mute to anyone but family and teachers, the girls often leave.Although he was obviously suspicious of Takamasas and Ikutodams reason forbeing here, he went along with it despite the lack of proof. He helped outtremendously in getting Marisa and Takamasa married. After the marriage, Sekomuwants to join him and Ikutodam in their mission to marry the three girls fromdifferent time periods.

[Female; March 11, 1931 (19); Past] Marisa is a beautiful young ladywho seems excited for her arranged marriage, almost to the point of mentioning herfianc in every other conversation. She brags about him so much because shethinks its an honor to have such a successful man marrying her. Shes appears togenerally be a happy-go-lucky, clumsy, and out-going person, which catches thehearts of many men. However, when in stressful situations alone, she becomeshopeless and depressed. She depends on people most of the time and doesnt maketoo many decisions by herself, so she often goes along with whatever is going on,despite it negatively affecting her as well.

Marisa is seemingly the average successful Shinto priests eldest daughter andshrine maiden. Meaning she has a kind nature, usually very responsible, and moralmindset. Shes slightly extroverted and can come across as over-confident inherself, even though shes so clumsy. However, it is said that if anyone were to seeher when shes put on the spot without anyone to help, that image is torn and theycan only see her as an irresponsible child.

When Takamasa meets Marisa on May 31 st , 1950, she is still a 19-year-old studentat Sekomus college. She seems to act more kind and cute towards Sekomu, butas hes mute to her, he cant say anything in response. She talks about her fianc alot more to him as well, often even exaggerating things more than when talking toothers.

[Male; October 30, 1931 (18/78); Past/Present] Usually just known as Tsun (or Tsun Tsun by his fiance Marisa), he is seen in public asthe perfect man. His reputation is spotless, and Marisas complimenting of himboosts his social standing even more. Hes to marry Marisa Ese and become evenhigher in society, due to how high Marisas family is already. Since both familiesagree that they would complement each other well, they arranged a marriagebetween Marisa and Tsun.

[Female; April 21, 1990 (20); Present] Poniko Aaa is the presidentof one of the most successful and richest companies in Tokyo. Shes usuallyarrogant, but keeps her cool and calm state. Shes very often seen as rude, as if shes better than everyone else. Her beauty is quite clouded by her professional

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look and demeaning attitude. All her choices benefit her most, and so others gethurt as a result. She claims to not be interested in men because theyll hurt hermore than help in the end.

When Takamasa is put to the task of getting Poniko to marry him, its obviously amatch hard to even dream of. Due to probably the largest gap in society betweenthem in Tokyo, she naturally responds by ignoring all his kind acts. The hopelesseffort is almost goes to waste, but Poniko realizes how much more this will benefither than before. She acknowledges Takamasa as an asset, and they end updating. However, she has no intention of liking him. How over-the-top shes doingthings is like she just wants to be seen as arrogant.

[Female; May 31, 2029 (21); Future] Mafurako is typically seenhidden in clothing, as if embarrassed for her skin or actual figure to be visible. Herintelligence is higher than most above average IQs, but that couldnt be gatheredby talking to her, since shes anthrophobic and a hikikomori. She lives in her housemaking a living from home. Since she has nothing much to do outside of the house,shes mostly devoted to her job as an inventor, author, and game designer. It wouldbe unbelievable for her to have friends in real life, and maybe online as well.

Even in the house, she wears extremely heavy clothing, but thats mostly becauseshe keeps it freezing to prevent all her electronics from overheating. There isnt anydecoration at all, and everything thats in there is related to her work or surviving.Despite not going out much, she keeps a pretty and cute appearance, but nobodyreally knows that since she wears so much clothes.

Its initially impossible for Takamasa to approach her, but after finding a way tocontact her, even though not in person, he must rely on her getting morecomfortable with him. Her personality isnt shown at all during the conversations, sohaving a lasting talk isnt common.

[Female; ; Future]