Minato Fujita

Minato Fujita is a main character from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! RED''. They are a student of Duel Academia enrolled in the Osiris Red Dorm. Minato is a psychic duelist who wields a Fabled deck.

Appearance
Minato is short and skinny, with dark brown skin. Their dark auburn hair is short but shaggy, with the bangs falling over their left eye. They have dark violet eyes and are always wearing a black floppy newsboy cap. They wear the general Osiris Red uniform, including the red jacket, black shirt, and white pants, including brown shoes and a black choker with a cross symbol.

As a third-year, Minato wears the third-year's long red jacket.

Personality
Minato starts their time at Osiris extremely standoffish and even snappish, trying to actively avoid others. They are suspicious of others intentions and largely critical of those who try to go out of their way to act friendly, thinking of them as either faking it or trying too hard. They don't trust very easily, and it takes them some time to warm up to others, afraid that people will eventually simply turn on them.

Later on during their time at school, Minato loosens up quite a bit, becoming much warmer and supportive to the people they consider their friends. They're still uncertain about meeting new people without a buffer, but they have turned their snappishness into a razor sharp protectiveness, leaping very quickly to their friends defense when necessary.

Abilities
Minato is a psychic duelist, meaning they have the ability to give Shadow People physical form in the physical realm. They can give Shadow People enough energy to manifest in the physical realm for a short period of time, usually during the constraints of a duel. Minato has a particularly large store of psychic energy, enough that only merely touching an insubstantial Shadow manifests them. As Minato cannot see Shadow People themself, this means that accidentally running into an invisible Shadow will give them the sudden energy boost to appear for a moment.

Minato has a special connection to their three spirit partners, Fabled Topi, Fabled Lurrie, and Fabled Krus, who can draw directly from their psychic resources without touching them in order to manifest at will.

Etymology
Minato's first name is written with the kanji 皆戸, from 皆 (all) and 戸 (door). Their surname, Fujita, comes from 藤 (wisteria) and 田 (field).

History
Minato was born in Tokyo to parents who soon divorced early in their life. As a child, they were very close to their best and only friend Aimi. Aimi was more popular than Minato, and Minato often felt as though they were trapped in her shadow. When Minato's powers awoke, they accidentally used them during a duel with Aimi, and Aimi was injured. Aimi believed Minato had done it on purpose out of jealousy, and turned against them, even turning the rest of their classmates against them as well. Minato suffered through years of bullying and abuse, before finally escaping to Duel Academia.

Duel Academia Year One
Minato joined Duel Academia and was enrolled in the Osiris Red Dorm. They tried to avoid their fellow students, hiding in their room and fighting against any attempts by the others to befriend them. However, they soon became friends with Saki upon realizing that the other students of Osiris had gone through similar struggles at them, and for once, understood what they had been through. It still took them a long time to warm up to many of the other students, however, after a magic spell gone wrong, they temporarily swapped bodies with Nina, which further helped break down Minato's walls as they understood the struggles the other students had faced as well. Minato joined the mission to help find Saya's missing sister, and was one of the students to be kidnapped to another dimension by Armityle. By the end of the school year, Minato had accepted their place at Osiris Red and considered most of the students their friend.

Duel Academia Year Two
During their second year at Duel Academia, Minato was more at home with the rest of the Osiris Dorm. They spent most of their time with Saki and the other members of their friend group. During a courage test, they learned to summon their spirit partners, and discovered that they had a rare triple connection. They assisted during the war against Obelisk, and later with searching for the missing students. They discovered the secret tunnel from the library to the underground tunnel where the Three Phantasms were beginning to reform, and accompanied Judai, Nina, and Taro inside, after which they assisted in their, Nina's and Taro's escape.

Saki Yamaguchi
Saki is the person Minato cares about the most, as she was the first person they were able to become friends with after Aimi. Saki once annoyed Minato, when they thought Saki's attempts to reach out to them were to satisfy her own feelings. However, after realizing that Saki was genuine, Minato decided to give her a chance, and found that she wasn't as shallow as they'd thought she was. Minato very quickly began to view Saki as a loyal and genuine friend, and one of the few people who could even somewhat understand Minato's struggles. Minato often worries about Saki spreading herself too thin or withdrawing, and wants to be able to be as good a friend to her as they feels she is to them.

Nina Orlando
Nina is one of Minato's closest friends. Their relationship started out rather rocky at first, as Minato found Nina's exuberance annoying and her optimism unrealistic. They were initially annoyed to know that they were both psychic duelists, unable to understand how it was fair that Nina could be so happy when Minato had had to deal with so much from their powers. After an incident in which they magically swapped bodies, Minato learned that Nina actually dealt with more than she let on, and began to grudgingly respect her cheer, and consider her a good friend - if still a bit overwhelming and impulsive.

Miu Ueno
Miu is one of Minato's friends. They think of Miu sort of like a little sister, amused by Miu's sleepiness and her lack of interest or care for what others think of her, but also admiring her deep reserves of strength and self confidence.

Taro Inugawa
Taro is one of Minato's friends. They think of Taro as a genuinely kind person, and appreciate that Taro doesn't seem to have any hidden depths, making him both genuine and easy to read. They like Taro's exuberance but are thankful for his having slightly more restraint than Nina.

Hanako Kawaguchi
Hanako is Minato's roommate. They aren't particularly close, as they've drifted to other major circles, but they're amiable, and sometimes study together.

Akiara Tanaka
Akiara is a former classmate of Minato's. They went to the same middle school, and dealt with many of the same bullies. Minato was aware of her, but due to their own bullying, never made any attempt to reach out to her or help her. They still regret not trying a little harder to connect with her, but feel somewhat awkward around her and so still hasn't made much of an attempt to acknowledge their shared history.

Fabled Topi
Fabled Topi is one of Minato's spirit partners or ka spirits. Topi is mischievous and often giving Minato a headache by fluttering about with Lurrie where he shouldn't be, and bothering people while Minato tries to get them under control.

Fabled Lurrie
Fabled Lurrie is one of Minato's spirit partners. She is just as mischievous and irritating as Topi, and spends most of her time fluttering about pestering others with Topi while Minato tries to keep them under control.

Fabled Krus
Fabled Krus is one of Minato's spirit partners. She is small and nervous, and often seeking comfort from Minato. Minato coddles her a bit, often carrying her around like a child when she's in physical form.