CHARACTER PROFILE
Takuma Hasumi
- Primary work
- The Book
Takuma Hasumi (蓮見 琢馬, Hasumi Takuma) is the main antagonist of The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~, a light novel based on Diamond is Unbreakable.
He is a student residing in Morioh who finds himself entangled in a murder incident, prompting him to hunt for Josuke Higashikata and his friends after their investigation leads to him as a major suspect.
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02Appearance
Takuma is a teenager with a slender build. His hair is described as light-colored, with bangs covering his forehead. His eyes are narrow, sharp, and pitch black, almost perpetually cold like the void of space. His distinctive features are the horse-shaped birthmark on his right shoulder and several permanent red marks on his arms, which had scarred from his habit of continuously scratching them.↗↗
To hide his scratch marks, Takuma wears his black school uniform at all times to the point that it had become symbolic of himself. He also wears a set of three belts on his neck and earrings on his right ear. He constantly keeps a fountain pen in his chest pocket, a gift from the Crybaby Boy.↗↗↗
03Personality
Takuma is an aloof and immoral boy burdened by his memories and dedicated to avenging his mother.↗
His personality is heavily influenced by his eidetic memory and as he is cursed by the inability to forget, he is an especially cold and solitary person. During his youth, Takuma was a fairly normal boy, but as he kept remembering every bad memory between him and his comrades, the boy cut off all relationship with them.↗
Notably, Takuma sought to console a comrade nicknamed the Crybaby Boy from the abuse the latter suffered. Takuma is formal and doesn't try to be sympathetic with people. His only current acquaintance and friend is his sister, Chiho Futaba, with whom he still acts rather coldly. Takuma is utterly incapable of love, even toward Chiho. The only person he values is his mother, who took care of him and sacrificed herself for him.↗↗
04Abilities
Stand
Takuma's Stand The Book is a complete record of his personal life and makes anyone who reads the text relive a related event of Takuma's life.↗
Knife Throwing
Takuma is adept at throwing knives in order to kill. As he cannot easily murder with The Book, Takuma took it upon himself to learn how to attack from a distance outside of his Stand's range. He can determine the distance between him and a target, thus know how to throw his knife so it lands on the tip, throw multiple knives at the same time, and can play with them with his hands easily.↗↗
Lip Reading
Takuma is able to read lips and understand what people are talking about without hearing them. It enabled him to learn that Josuke was investigating him.↗↗↗
05Story
SPOILERS
Background
Takuma was once involved in a traffic accident when he was in grade 2. He was recalling classical music he heard in music class and found the music so familiar, yet he had no clue. During his concentrating, Takuma accidentally walked down to the road and got severely hit by a car. Though saved after a few days of coma, the crash left a scar on his right thigh root.↗
It turns out his ability made his life much worse, as he could never forget anything in his head, even those unpalatable scenes and experiences. Overwhelmed by the infinitely increasing memories and the horrible feelings, Takuma excluded himself in a single room in the orphanage and cut off all communication. When the memories still didn't stop emerging, Takuma started to hurt himself, mainly scratching his arms strongly.↗
By reading the distant past of himself from The Book, with the hints of the classical music and his annual nightmares, Takuma got to know Akari, who gave birth to him in a dingy place and dedicated her utmost to him for only 3 days, during which the classical music was played and left an impression on Takuma. Then a man came along with a woman, took him away and left him at the doorstep of a temple.↗
Takuma started to practice throwing knives when he was in grade 6. With the help of The Book, he soon mastered this skill no matter what kinds of knives he used. When Takuma was 13, on a winter night, he encountered the 12-year-old Chiho Futaba, Teruhiko's daughter, who was being entangled by a delinquent on her way of home leaving. Takuma then used a knife to cut off one of the delinquent's ears, saved Chiho and left.↗
The Book: 4th Another Day
When Takuma gets to know that his father's former lover Hanae Orikasa is searching for him, he makes his first move. He goes to Hanae's house, shows her his identity, and kills her with his car crash memory from his Stand, so her death would reach Teruhiko's ears. He then meets Chiho again at Thorn Parlor, a local public library Takuma likes to go, and develops a friendship with her.↗
It is mentioned by Chiho during their conversation that Takuma likes going to bookstores, second-hand bookstores, stationery shops, and libraries. He also visits a deserted house located in the farmland of east Morioh a lot for some fresh air in his own words. The house used to be Akari and her parents' home. Several years after Akari went missing, her parents died of illness one after another, hence the house being deserted.↗
At a day when Takuma is walking with Chiho, he is stopped by Josuke sitting near a pool in front of the train station, asking for the time. When Takuma looked at his watch, Josuke uses Crazy Diamond to loosen the watchband with a clip and make it drop into the pool, forcing Takuma to pick it up with his sleeves rolled up so that he can check Takuma's arms. Understanding Josuke's intention, Takuma picks up his watch without rolling up his sleeves, causing Josuke's suspicion.↗
As time goes by, Takuma and Chiho start a relationship, based on Chiho's growing affection to Takuma and her discovery of the truth that Takuma is actually the teenager who saved her from the delinquent with a knife during her home-leaving. Later, Takuma is invited to Chiho's home for dinner, getting the chance to confront his father, Teruhiko Futaba.↗
Takuma plans to leave Morioh, for he has achieved his goal here. Before he sets off, he wants to finish Chiho's manuscript at Thorn Parlor. However, Okuyasu finds Takuma and tries defeating him. Lacking experience of Stand battles, Takuma has a hard fight. Even though Takuma manages to defeat Okuyasu using his influenza memory, he is later chased by Josuke to the roof.↗
It is subsequently revealed that Chiho is pregnant with his child.↗
06Plot details
SPOILERS
Personality
Nonetheless, he is seen having a routine and hanging out in the same places, such as the Thorn Library or often visiting his deceased grandparents' house.↗↗
He had killed Hanae Orikasa with his Stand and sought to assassinate Josuke Higashikata when he learned that he was investigating the murder.↗↗↗
Profile details
Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (The Book)↗
Date of Death: March 2000↗
07Relationships
| Character | Relationship | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Teruhiko Futaba | Father | ↗ |
| Akari Hirai | Mother | ↗ |
| Chiho Futaba | Half-Sister | ↗ |
08Sources & attribution
- Takuma Hasumi
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (5)
- The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Chapter 4: Lacrimosa Open ↗
- The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Chapter 1: Kyrie Open ↗
- The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Chapter 2: Dies irae Open ↗
- The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Final Chapter: Communio Open ↗
- The Book ~jojo's bizarre adventure 4th another day~ Chapter 3: Confutatis Open ↗
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