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The Man (Abuku)
The Man or The Man in the Closed Room is the main protagonist of the music video "Abuku" by Yorushika (ヨルシカ - あぶく). He is a man that wakes up in a small room trying to find a way to escape as an assailant repeatedly tries to kill him.
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| The Man, The Man Trapped in the Room | |
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| Origin | |
| Origin | ヨルシカ - あぶ |
| Creator | n-buna (Words and Music), suis (Vocal) |
| First Appearance | ヨルシカ - あぶ |
| Actor | Takuya Kinohana |
| Characteristics | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Pronouns | He/Him |
| Sexuality | Heterosexual |
| Age | Unknown |
| Birthday | Unknown |
| Height | Likely 175 cm |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Ethnicity | Japanese |
| Status | Alive |
| Alignment | Neutral Good |
| Archetype | Survivor, Looper |
| Occupation | Unknown |
| Time Period | Modern Day |
| Language | Japanese |
| Combat Style | Street Fighting |
| Homeworld | Earth |
| Relationships | |
| Affiliations | The Viewer |
| Enemies | The Killer |
Background
| This dropdown contains the synopsis of The Man in the Closed Room’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise! |
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The man wakes up in the small room confused and looking around. Then a hooded assailant enters in and kills him and he wakes up again. He's at first confused that maybe it was just a dream but it keeps happening. After realizing he's in a loop, he tries to find different ways to break out and repeatedly fails, nearly ready to give up, he throws his shoe at the TV and notices there's someone watching him. He breaks through the TV and brings out the viewer, asking them to help him. Though the viewer is shot, he escapes from the room, with the viwer taking his place of being in the time loop. |
Name Meaning
He has not official name, thus he was given this name to represent the situation he's in.
Appearance
General Description: A man with a fair complexion and a neutral expression. He has short, dark brown or black hair that is parted and slicked back. His eyes are light-colored and obscured by glasses. When the TV is broken he looks more realistic in style rather then the stylized animation with the TV not broken.
Clothing/Outfit: A light brown or tan suit jacket and matching trousers. A white dress shirt underneath. A dark tie with a pattern of red and brown shapes. Black dress shoes.
Accessories: A pair of round, white-framed glasses.
Personality
- Calculating and Planning: The man tries to find ways out of the loop, doing things such as, covering his eyes in one loop to see if he can understand the feel of the room[1] to move around in the darkness to counter the killer[1].
Goals
- Get out of the room and stop getting killed (Succeeded).
Relationships
The Killer
The Man does not know why The Killer is trying to kill him. He just knows the killer will shoot him no matter what he does. Even when he tries giving up the killer shoot shim[1].
General Information
Name: Unknown
Fan Names: The Man & The Man Trapped in the Room (As that's the entire premise of the music video)
Origin: ヨルシカ - あぶ (Abuku)
Overall Series: Yorushika's Music Videos
First Appearance: ヨルシカ - あぶ (Abuku)
Company: Yorushika
Creator
- Words and Music: n-buna
- Vocal: suis
Actor: Takuya Kinohana[2]
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Pronouns: He/Him
Handedness: Likely Right-Handed
Age: Unknown
Birthday: Unknown
Time Period: Modern Day
Timeline: Main Timeline
Homeworld: Earth
Residence: Unknown Room
Story Role: Survivor, Looper
Legacy: Local Legacy
Influence: Personal Influence
Language: Japanese
Ethnicity: Japanese
Religion: Unknown
Classification: Regular Man, Man Trapped in Room
Species: Human
State of Being: Regular
Physiology: Humanoid Physiology
In-Universe Creator: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown (Seems to be a business man from the suit)
Combat Style: Street Fighting
Affiliations: The Viewer (But runs away when they're shot)
Enemies: The Killer
Height: Likely 175 cm (If its based off the actor's actual height)
Weight: Unknown
Status: Alive
Date of Death: Repeated Number of Times in the Video
Alignment: Neutral Good
- Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
- Level of Potential: Fixed
- Description: Hasn't had any real statements to showcase anything beyond the standard potential.
- Limitations: Standard limitations.
Archetype: Survivor / Looper
Codex Statistics
Grade: B
Tier: 10-B. 9-C with Bat
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Power Source: Unknown (Seemingly the room however since once he escapes the next person that dies in the room is put in the loop[1])
Attack Potency: Average Human level. Bone level with Bat
Durability: Average Human level
Striking Strength: Average Human Class
Lifting Strength: Average Human Class
Travel Speed: Average Human Speed
Attack Speed: Average Human Speed
Reaction Speed: Average Human Reactions
Stamina: Average
Range: Standrd Melee, Extended Melee with Bat
Intelligence: Average Intelligence
Knowledge: At least Expert level (The man tries to find ways out of the loop, doing things such as, covering his eyes in one loop to see if he can understand the feel of the room[1] to move around in the darkness to counter the killer[1]. Attempting different plans after the previous one fails[1])
- Weapon Usage
- Preparation (Prepare sdifferent ways[1] to try and counter the killer[1]. Attempting different plans after the previous one fails[1])
- Loop Immortality (The man is in a loop[1] where he instantly goes back to the chair the minute he dies[1], he also keeps the memories each time[1])
- Fourth Wall Manipulation (During one of his loops when he had enough he noticed[1] the viewer through the TV finding someone to help[1] and pulls them into his world[1]. Interestingly through breaking the TV in the next loop with The Viewer, the tv stays broken despite time looping back[3])
Bat
- Description: A bat used by the man that he found in the room.
- Usage: Uses his bat to attempt to fight against The Killer. When that doesn't work he tries to use it for things such as breaking the light in the room[1].
Notable Techniques
Chair Loop
The man repeatedly resurrects in the chair everytime he dies, with this he can try different strategies to try and break out of the room.
Other
Standard Tactics: The Man will try and attempt different strategies to stop his opponent.
Weaknesses: The loop will not work if he is not killed[1].
Trivia
- There a case in the music video where it's hinted that there's a viewer before he throws the shoe. When the Killer shoots at him it causes a crack in the TV[1], though the man doesn't notice as he's shot after this.
- Through attempting to individually count, it seems he died about 46 times in the video before eventually finding a way out[1].
- The song is used for the anime Liar Game's opening, unlike the music video dealing with a dude in a loop, liar game has to deal with people use deceit to steal money from others to avoid crippling debt.
Gallery
Battle Records
1 - 46 - 0
- The Killer - Final Attempt at Escaping[1]
- Conditions: This was his 47th attempt.
- Location: Unknown Room
- The Killer - Attempts Escaping[1]
- Conditions: He attempted 46 times before eventually escaping.
- Location: Unknown Room
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