Heisuke Okami

Heisuke Okami (大神平助, Ōkami Heisuke) is one of the three protagonists of My Boy in Blue. He's a young man considered a nuisance in the neighbourhood and at his high school, who is entangled with local delinquents. This makes him seem cold and cruel at first, but in reality, he is a troubled, but kind and well-meaning teenager from a broken home. He goes out of his way to help his beloved ones, even if his methods are at best unconventional at first.

He's also in love with Kako Motoya, one of his first real friends in high school.

Appearance
Heisuke is a rather tall young man, standing a bit taller than Kota Sagano. His hair is dyed grey, his natural hair colour being black, and he has brown eyes. His ears are pierced.

At Oto he often opted out of wearing a blazer, cardigan or tie with his uniform, leaving him with only his dress shirt and a pair of pants and sneakers. He would sometimes wear a t-shirt underneath the dress shirt.

Once he switched schools however, he seemed to start wearing a more conventional uniform, sometimes even wearing the school cardigan.

Personality
Heisuke has a bad habit of acting before he thinks. He did not seem to care what happens to him, as long as the people he holds dear are safe- moreover, he is very protective of many people in his life, such as his mother, Kako and Yui Sendo. As he matured, he was shown to be able to think more clearly in high stress situations, such as when he saved Ichika Nagakura and Yui at Oto Children's Care Home during the knife attack, prioritizing them over Kako, who had been left behind, and trusting that the police would save her instead. Despite this highly logical choice, he still seemed to have blamed himself for not going after her, as seen by his interaction with Kota. He was also highly relieved when Kako got out of the building unharmed, showing how worried he was of her, despite his somewhat calm outwardly demeanour.

Heisuke gets embarrassed easily, especially in regards to showing his admiration and gratitude for Kota, after having hated the man for a long time.

Heisuke is afraid of water, and cannot swim.

Background
Heisuke's mother, Akari Okami, was only 16 when she had him, so she never finished high school. Additionally, Heisuke's father died soon after he was born, and as such, he comes from a low-income family and never had a proper father figure in his life. Sadly, Akari has a tendency to fall in love with horrible men, who have ended up using or abusing her or Heisuke in one way or another. At some point during his childhood, Akari and Heisuke were forced to live with his grandmother, and he was very close with her. He ended up promising his grandmother that he would go to high school and finish his studies.

Out of all of Akari's relationships, her marriage to Natsuhiko Sendo ended up having the biggest impact on Heisuke's family unit, as he gained a step sister, Yui. The two still consider each other as siblings after Akari and Natsuhiko broke up, but Heisuke did not interact with Yui in high school, as he did not want her to get a worse reputation through him, as he was already invovled with the local delinquents at this point. Because of his gang activities, he has had multple run-ins with the police, and his opinion on was police is horrible. He especially did not like Kota, for multiple reasons.

Relationships
An in-depth overview of all Heisuke's relationships can be found here.

Kako was Heisuke's first real friend in high school, and Heisuke ended up falling in love with her. The two are very close, and Heisuke is quite protective of her.

He is also best friends with Jiro Nagakura, and the two are shown supporting one another in multiple different instances.

As mentioned before, he and Yui consider each other siblings, and the two resemble each other in their reactions and personalities.

Despite the rough start on their relationship, Heisuke and Kota are quite close- Heisuke considers Kota his rolemodel and Kota often goes out of his way to help Heisuke.

Despite everything, Heisuke has a very loving relationship with his mother.

Quotes
(To Kako) "I'm not into making the girls I like cry."undefined

Trivia

 * According to his first character page, the kanji in his surname are frequently misread as "Ogami", instead of Okami.undefined
 * He has a complex about his teeth and wants to get them fixed once he's saved up enough money.undefined
 * He's particularly good at housework, especially cooking.undefined
 * According to his second character page, his birthday plants are sweetpeas, sakura, etc.
 * The meanings of these are "Fresh start", "Spiritual beauty", etc.