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| “ | It's your fault! If it wasn't for you, Kaori would've been mine! DAMN YOU!! | „ |
| ~ Hiyama demonstrating his hatred for Hajime and obsession with Kaori. |
Daisuke Hiyama is a major antagonist from the web-turned-light novel, manga and anime series Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest.
A former associate of the series main protagonist Hajime Nagumo, Daisuke was both Hajime's classmate and foremost bully. Shortly after the class was transported to the parallel world of Tortus, Daisuke attempted to kill Hajime, hoping to garner the attention of his love interest Kaori Shirasaki. This attempt failed, prompting Daisuke to try an alternative method which also failed. Following this second failure, Daisuke's treachery was finally exposed and he paid for it with his life.
Outside of the various book adaptations (web-novel, manga and light-novel) Daisuke is a major antagonist of the Arifureta anime series. He was a major antagonist in the first two seasons, having been killed by Hajime at the end of the second season. For his televised appearances, Daisuke's voice was provided by Minoru Shiranashi (same as Baius D. Hoelscher) in the original Japanese version and Orion Pitts in the English dub.
Overview[]
The first antagonist to be introduced, Daisuke Hiyama was the main bully within Aiko Hatayama's class. He hated Hajime, the class otaku, because Daisuke's crush, class idol, Kaori Shirasaki, in-turn had a crush upon Nagumo. Together with his three cronies, Daisuke set out to make Hajime's school life as miserable as possible, an act which the quartet would continue to do following the class’s transportation to the parallel world of Tortus.
Like the rest of his classmates, Daisuke was "chosen" by Ehit, the God of this new world, to serve as one of humanity's guardians against the Demon Forces of Garland. Daisuke did not care about any of this, because his sole concern was obtaining Kaori's affection. Uninterested in the well being of his classmates, the affairs of this new nation or the safety of the world's inhabitants, Daisuke only ever worked to further his own selfish agenda.
Although he was neither the strongest or wisest villain in the story, Daisuke's actions would nevertheless have a major impact upon the final fate of Ehit, Tortus and his classmates, especially his rival, Hajime Nagumo. When the "Heroes" undertook their first adventure into the Great Orcus Labyrinth, a perilous situation arose which left Hajime exposed and alone. Recognizing a golden opportunity to dispose of the man he considered a rival for Kaori's heart, Hiyama tried to assassinate Hajime, in a way that could not be traced back to him.
Although the attempt originally appeared successful, Daisuke's actions would instead transform Hajime into a powerful being, later known as the "God Slaying Demon King". Ruthless and all powerful, Hajime used his new-found abilities to defeat Tortus' true enemies, whilst also saving the majority of his classmates and ultimately, allowing the survivors to return to home to Japan. Daisuke Hiyama however would not be among them.
After his original plan failed, the-would-be-murderer descended further into villainy. With a bit of help from some of the other villains, he eventually betrayed humanity, selling his classmates out to demons, whilst making another attempt to claim Shirasaki for himself. Unfortunately for Daisuke, he was caught in the act by Hajime. Having had quite enough of Hiyama's treachery, selfishness and delusions of grandeur, Hajime killed the man that had tried to murder him, putting a permanent end to Daisuke's twisted-yet-delusional ambitions. Thus, the man who could have been a hero would henceforth be remembered across two worlds as a traitor and as a vile excuse for a human being.
Appearance[]
Daisuke had an average build and was one of the taller members of his class. His eyes and hair were both brown, bordering on red. Hiyama was a perpetual frowner, who was mostly shown looking either bored or disinterested. Although capable of feigning emotions, Daisuke only ever truly smiled when talking to Kaori or hurting somebody, usually Hajime.
Like the rest of his classmates, Hiyama was originally summoned to Tortus in his school uniform. Within a couple of days, he had traded these clothes in for a set of armor provided from the Kingdom of Heiligh's royal treasury. From that day onwards, Daisuke would wear a set of purple, black and orange leather armor with a fur lining. His main weapon was a long-sword, which was also gifted to him by the Kingdom. Both the armor and weapon were destroyed during his short fight with Nagumo in the Battle of Heiligh.
Personality[]
Daisuke Hiyama was a sadistic sociopath, with a few psychopathic tendencies and no redeemable qualities. Although he considered himself a brave, strong universally loved warrior, Hiyama was actually a selfish, amoral coward who picked on the weak to cover up his own failings and flaws. An arrogant, narcissistic, callous, lazy, ruthless and extremely perverse individual, few people could stand to be around him.
Like most sociopaths, Daisuke was incapable of affection or effectual bonding. He never demonstrated empathy or concern for his classmate's feelings, not even his crush or so-called friends. Aside from teasing and insulting them, Daisuke was not afraid to manipulate his schoolmates, on and off the battlefield, to get what he wanted without consideration for anyone.
Prone to explosive outbursts, Daisuke was not a patient or strategic individual. Despite committing some high-profile crimes, most of Daisuke’s actions were spur-of-the-moment and impulsive. He had no regard or concern for the long-term consequences and whenever things did go bad he would either fall back on his "allies", constantly blame somebody else for what happened or try to run away leaving the others behind as "expendable meat shields".
These factors made Daisuke incorrigible and beyond either redemption or reason. As Hajime pointed out during their final confrontation, for all his selfish whinging and whining, Hiyama had done nothing reputable, choosing to remain the pathetic, self-centerd individual he had always been. Unable and unwilling to fix himself, even in his final moments, Daisuke paid the ultimate price for his choices.
Powers and Abilities[]
After being summoned to Tortus, Daisuke and the rest of his classmates received a blessing from Ehit, the God of Humanity. Aside from some universal enhancements, the students were each gifted with a number of different skills, allowing them to serve a unique role within the Hero party. In Daisuke's case his blessing matched that of the Light Warrior class. As an added bonus, the students were told that Ehit's gift not only gave them an advantage over their demonic adversaries but also made them more powerful than the average adventurer in this new world.
However, despite this, Hiyama was the weakest among his classmates after Hajime's transformation and arguably the weakest character in the entire franchise in general. A complete slacker and coward, Hiyama refused to train or make any significant effort, and in battle, he always sought only enemies even weaker than himself and always left all the hard work to his colleagues. All this made him fall behind the others, without developing any significant skills, knowledge and experience needed to reach your full potential.
Despite constantly mocking the others for their supposed weaknesses, by the time of his death, Daisuke was greatly overshadowed by the rest of his contemporaries. As the weakest member of the Hero party, Hiyama only managed to achieve something due to a combination of good luck, help from his more powerful allies and the element of surprise. Without any of these benefits however, Daisuke was ultimately no stronger than an average villain and in the end was swiftly eliminated.
The following table lists the known skills that Daisuke Hiyama possessed, as well as a number of distinguishing characteristics, which served to both benefit and hinder his progress in Tortus:
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| Arrogance | Weakness | Due to his high opinion of himself, Daisuke believed that he was much stronger than he actually was. As such, he didn't feel the need to train or better himself, which eventually caused him to be overshadowed by the rest of his classmates. Not that he would ever admit it. |
| Cowardice | Weakness | One of the main reasons Daisuke thought he was stronger than he was, was because he only ever went after low-level enemies or people who could not fight back against him properly. Whenever Hiyama met an opponent that he could not intimidate or incapacitate, he was completely helpless. In situations like that Hiyama would either run away or more commonly wait for the stronger and more coordinated heroes to finish off their opponent.
As a further demonstration of his cowardice, Hiyama rarely attacked another human or monster without backup. This usually involved the other members of his gang or the rest of the Hero Party, |
| Ehit's Blessing | Strength | Like the rest of his class, Ehit's blessing gave Daisuke greater strength, speed and endurance than the average adventurer in Tortus. As added bonus, Hiyama also gained the ability to learn additional skills/spells much quicker than a person born in Tortus would, which meant that he could level up faster.
Although not confirmed, it is implied that Ehit's blessing also increased Hiyama's durability and pain threshold. During his final battle with Hajime, Hiyama sustained fatal injuries that would have surely killed any normal person. Yet despite having his bones shattered and his organs ruptured, Daisuke only succumbed to death after his body was literally torn apart by a group of ravenous monsters. Unfortunately, Daisuke took this blessing at face value and automatically assumed that it made him better than everybody else. As such, he did nothing to improve himself, causing his overall performance to suffer and paled in comparison to his allies. |
| Lack of empathy | Weakness | Since Hiyama was a sociopath, he could not relate to his associates on an emotional level. As a result of this, he felt no compassion towards any of them and was unable to form any true attachments or bonds with his allies. Because he only ever insulted and hurt people, most of his classmates viewed Hiyama as an ally of necessity rather than a true comrade. Even the other villains held him in contempt and once Daisuke was of no further use to them, they ditched him without a moment's hesitation. |
| Low Intelligence | Weakness | Daisuke has frequently proven that he is brash and impulsive, rather than calm and composed. As such, Hiyama has often found himself in situations that could have been avoided, if he had just taken a moment to think about what he was doing. |
| Magic | Strength | Another gift granted to him by Ehit. Daisuke was one of the few students lucky enough to granted access to more than one type of magic. He possessed an aptitude for both fire and wind magic.
However, like the rest of his gifts, Daisuke automatically assumed that this made him more powerful than he actually was. As such, he knew only basic spells like fireball and did nothing to learn more advanced spells, which may have been beneficial down the line. |
| Manipulation of his peers | Both | Hiyama was a reasonably accomplished actor, who was not afraid to put on a big performance to get what he wanted. For the most part, Daisuke used this skill to trick his classmates into thinking that he was both stronger and more intelligent than he actually was. This allowed him to get away with some of his more heinous actions because it made the others fear what would happen if Daisuke turned his wrath upon them. Daisuke did also utilize this ability later in order to trick his assassination targets into lowering their guard.
Like everything else on Hiyama's skill tree, however, this ability had its limitations and not everybody was fooled by this ability. Perceptive people like Shizuku Yaegashi could see through his act. Those that knew Daisuke's true personality, such as Hajime Nagumo were also not fooled by what he said. Last but not least, a few people, like Eri Nakamura were simply more sinister and manipulative than he was. Thus, they were able to get Daisuke to do their bidding rather than the other way around. |
| Swordsmanship | Both | Although he was no match for some of the other members of his unit, under Knight Commander Meld's guidance, Hiyama became a proficient swordsman. After just a few months of training, Daisuke was able to best the Vice Commander of the Heiligh Knights in single combat. This was an impressive feat, considering that his opponent has several years of combat experience under his belt.
Once again, however, Daisuke only ever did the bare minimum when it came to sword training. His skills were rudimentary and his style of attack involved either catching his opponents off-guard via a sneak attack or charging straight in to finish them off with one hit. Since Daisuke did not learn any other fighting styles, if either of these strategies failed, he left himself both vulnerable and exposed. Without his sword, Daisuke was completely helpless in combat. |
Relationships[]
Family[]
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| It is unclear what relationship Daisuke had with his parents or extended family. Mr and Mrs Hiyama however, clearly loved their son and were devastated to learn of his death. They did not appear to be aware of Daisuke's true twisted nature. After returning to Japan, Hajime confessed to Daisuke's parents that he was responsible for their son's death but refused to explain the circumstances behind Daisuke's demise. As a result, Mr and Mrs Hiyama viewed Hajime as a murderer who got away with his crimes.
Seven years later, the couple attempted to avenge their dead son by trying to kill Hajime in retaliation. The attack failed miserably, but Hajime, realizing that the Hiyamas were misguided and misinformed, chose not to kill them. Instead, Hajime (with a bit of help from Aiko) finally told the couple the truth about what happened. Upon hearing the full story, Daisuke's distraught parents called off their vendetta and never bothered Hajime ever again. | |
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Allies[]
| The God of the New World | |
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| The immortal god of Tortus, Ehit summoned Daisuke to the parallel world, because he could not transport his original target (Kouki Amanogawa) solo. Despite this, Ehit found common ground with Daisuke. Like the youth, he enjoyed toying with people and manipulating their lives. For this reason, Ehit granted Daisuke (and the rest of his comrades) a blessing and waited to see how they would use his "gifts". Ultimately, Ehit found Daisuke's villainy to be very amusing and through his agent, Noint, offered the light warrior an opportunity to work for him once the demons won the Battle of Heiligh.
Daisuke found this offer intriguing and fully intended to take it up. However, his death at the hands of Hajime and Freid Bagwa's beasts prevented him from doing so. Although Ehit could have intervened to save Daisuke's life, he chose not. After seeing how easily Daisuke was beaten, the evil God's opinion changed from interest to disappointment and ultimately disgust. Writing the boy off as a worthless failure, Ehit left Hiyama to rot. | |
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| Eri Nakamura was a classmate of Hiyama's, although they do not appear to have interacted much before their summoning. Upon entering the new world, they trained together and eventually joined the main Hero Party' as a necromancer and light-warrior respectively. Like the rest of their colleagues, Eri accompanied Kouki and Commander Meld into the Orcus Labyrinth, where she witnessed Hiyama's assassination attempt on Hajime Nagumo.
As a secret psychopath with sinister intentions for her classmates, Eri used this information to her advantage. Approaching him in secret, Nakamura told Hiyama what she had witnessed and threatened to out him as a murderer if he did not agree to help her. Knowing that everybody would believe Eri over him, Daisuke reluctantly agreed to this request but fortunately, it was some time before Eri came to collect on their arrangement. Knowing that Hiyama had finally lost Kaori to Hajime earlier that day, as her partner had always dreaded, Eri approached the light warrior with another deal. With honeyed words, the silver-tongued necromancer told her "comrade" that if he helped her, she could make Kaori his forever. Daisuke immediately agreed to this proposition and over the next few weeks, helped Eri slay several knights and palace staff. This bolstered Eri's zombie army whilst weakening the Kingdom of Heileigh's defenses against Freid Bagwa's upcoming invasion. When the attack began, the traitors revealed their treason, capturing the Hero’s Party and slaying Kaori Shirasaki. Thinking that they had won, Eri, as part of their arrangement prepared to turn Kaori's corpse into Hiyama's ever-loyal zombie slave. Before she could complete the spell, Hajime arrived, incapacitated Hiyama and rescued Kaori. Thinking that she still held the upper hand, Eri betrayed Hiyama, valuing her life over that of her pawns. She reneged on their deal, offering to resurrect Kaori for Hajime instead. Hajime, however, was not interested in her dirty bargains and proceeded to slaughter Eri's entire army, before pointing his pistol to the necromancer's temple. A split second before the synergist could pull the trigger, Daisuke launched a retaliatory attack diverting Hajime's attention back to him. Seeing no reason to return the favour, Eri used the opportunity to put some distance between herself and Hajime. She then stood back and watched on callously as Daisuke Hiyama met his brutal end, allowing the former bully to experience betrayal for himself. | |||||||
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The Bastard Four
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| Reichi, Shinji and Yoshiki were Daisuke's "friends" and partners in crime. According to Hajime, they all had nasty personalities and unrequited crushes on Kaori. Thus, the trio willingly helped Hiyama, whose feelings were stronger and more pronounced to torment and harass Hajime. Despite their comradery Kondou, Nakano and Saitou appear to have possessed greater morals and common sense than Hiyama.
After Daisuke recklessly endangered their lives in the Orcus Labyrinth, resulting in the apparent death of Hajime, the trio temporarily ended their friendship with him. They rekindled their friendship, however, once Daisuke "apologized" for his actions. Later, when Kaori announced her intention to leave the Hero Party, the quartet attempted to manipulate her and Hajime into letting them the latter's party. This earned them a veiled threat from Hajime, who told the group that the only reason he wasn't going to punish them for their past misdeeds was because they were not worth the trouble. After Hajime left, Reichi, Shinji and Yoshiki decided not to cross Hajime any more. A few weeks later, the trio finally realized what kind of person Daisuke was. When Eri ambushed the Hero’s Party, with her zombie army, Shinji and Yoshiki could only watch in horror as Nakamura murdered Reichi in cold blood, transforming him into one of her puppets. Minutes later, Hiyama assassinated Kaori, revealing that he was in league with Eri, leaving his surviving "friends" to be slaughtered alongside the rest of their classmates. Fortunately for the duo, Hajime arrived shortly afterwards and Hiyama paid the ultimate price for his selfish misdeeds. After the battle, Nanoko and Saitou were both left extremely traumatized. Present for both Hajime's story and Daisuke's unceremonious funeral, the duo finally realized that Daisuke had never considered them his friends and that they had never really known him. Writing Daisuke off as both a "scumbag" and "traitor", Saitou and Nakano, who were more upset about their failure to save Reichi, decided to turn over a new leaf. Now learning from their experience, they made amends with Hajime and became some of his staunchest supporters while Hajime refer them as "the annoying". | |
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| The Apostle of Ehit | |
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| Daisuke only met with Noint once before their respective deaths. In a brief meeting before the Battle of Helleigh, Noint told the light warrior that his actions had pleased her master, who wished to extend an offer for a future partnership. Shortly afterwards, however, they were both killed by Hajime. | |
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| Supreme Commander of the Demon Army | |
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| The Commander of the Demonic Forces, Freid Bagwa was the sworn enemy of the Hero Party and humanity. Despite his genocidal desires towards them, Fried was prepared to work with Eri and Daisuke for his benefit. Apart from this, Freid showed no interest in either of the teenager's schemes and only agreed to work with them because it would keep the heroes busy and thus, give his army an advantage during the Battle of Heiligh.
Freid never interacted directly with Hiyama and felt nothing for the boy. The Demon Commander was present when Daisuke met his downfall but, like Eri, did nothing to help him. Seeing no further value in Daisuke, Freid allowed his beasts to devour the defeated light warrior, leaving the teenager to his self-inflicted fate. | |
Enemies[]
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| Hajime Nagumo was the bane of Daisuke Hiyama's existence. Recognizing Kaori's feelings for the young otaku, Hiyama, whilst ignoring his own failings, blamed Hajime exclusively for his inability to win Shirasaki's affection. In retaliation, Hiyama (with assistance from the other members of the Bastard Four) set out to make Hajime's academic life as miserable as possible. His efforts were largely successful, as Hajime dreaded school and being around Kaori. Since he was too weak and kind to stand up to his tormentors, Hajime attempted to avoid Kaori, but nothing he said or did would deter her, and thus Daisuke's abuse continued.
Daisuke's harassment worsened when the class was summoned to Tortus, where Hiyama and his comrades frequently used Hajime for target practice under the pretext of training. Then, two weeks after their arrival, as the students prepared to undertake their first mission (within the Orcus Labyrinth), Hiyama spotted Kaori entering Hajime's room wearing a negligee. Whilst the meeting between the priestess and the synergist was purely platonic, it still enraged Daisuke, as it confirmed Kaori's feelings for Hajime and how Nagumo could win Shirasaki's heart without any effort. Thus, when Hajime put himself in mortal danger to save his comrades, Daisuke Hiyama seized his opportunity. When the class faced the Behemoth on the 65th floor, Hajime stayed behind, using his abilities to keep the beast tethered to the collapsing bridge, whilst the other students covered his retreat. Before Hajime could reach safety, however, one of the fireballs redirected itself towards him, knocking the young synergist back onto the now shattered bridge, where he fell to his apparent death. Whilst the rest of the class was left shocked or traumatized by the event, Daisuke, still blaming Hajime for everything, (secretly) celebrated the demise of his rival and how he had (essentially) gotten away with murder. Four months later, however, Hajime was revealed to have survived the assassination attempt, when he rescued Daisuke and the other members of the Hero Party from the Demon General Cattleya. Now a monstrously overpowered killing machine, Hajime had also dispensed with his previous kindness, compassion and morality, showing no mercy to his enemies. Daisuke was understandably horrified by this development, but when Kaori announced her intention to leave the Hero's Party to accompany Nagumo, he still tried to manipulate Nagumo. Hajime, however, saw through Daisuke's fake apology. Although he could have exposed Daisuke's treachery, Nagumo instead forced Hiyama to back down by indicating that he knew what had really happened all those months ago. Hajime only spared Daisuke because he considered him not worth his time or effort, a decision he would soon regret. When the hero and the villain were reunited during the Battle of Heiligh, Hajime found Daisuke clutching Kaori's lifeless body, the light warrior's sword still embedded in his companion's back. Furious, Hajime smacked Daisuke across the arena, badly injuring him. As Hajime rescued Kaori and defeated Eri's minions, Hiyama foolishly attempted to retaliate. In response, Hajime subjected his former tormentor to a savage and brutal onslaught, which left the traitorous student's body completely broken. Once it was over, the two men exchanged their final cursing words with each other. In typical fashion, Daisuke stubbornly denied any wrongdoing, selfishly stating that this was all Hajime's fault and that he should never have been born. Hajime was unaffected by this and retaliated by saying that Hiyama brought it all upon himself, by choosing to remain a weak, selfish, and worthless bully jerk who continued to walk down a self-destructive path. Hajime declared to Hiyama that he was nothing but a born sore loser and always has been. When the unrepentant and dismissive Daisuke cursingly vowed to kill Hajime, Nagumo's already exhausted patience finally ran out. Having had enough of Hiyama's evil excuses and delusional beliefs, Hajime gave the boy who'd tried to kill him a taste of his own medicine, by launching his former bully out of the arena, and into the city, where Freid Bagwa's horde was waiting hungrily upon on his corpse as well brought an end to Hiyama's delusions of grandeur for good. After the battle, Hajime informed the rest of the Hero Party and their allies about Daisuke's previous actions thus destroying his already tarnished reputation forever. In the aftermath, nobody, outside of Daisuke's family, would ever mourn or miss him. | |
| "Hell would have to freeze over before you'd manage to do anything worthwhile with your miserable existence"
Hajime sums up Daisuke's character, shortly before killing him: Arifureta, Volume 6. | |
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Kaori Shirasaki[]
Daisuke has been smitten with Kaori since middle school and wanted her to be his girlfriend due to her obsession of Shirasaki based on her looks. Despite his best efforts however, Kaori has never given Hiyama so much as a second glance. Daisuke (accurately) believed that this was due to her having feelings for Hajime, but this was only part of the truth. Unlike Hiyama, Kaori is a genuinely kind and all loving person. She is fully aware about Daisuke's cruel, jealous nature although she (like everybody else) underestimated the full extent of his villainy. Kaori is also somewhat aware about Daisuke's mistreatment of Hajime, which only verifies her negative opinion of her would-be courtier.
After Hajime's fall into the Orcus Labyrinth, Hiyama became even more possessive of Kaori, giving anybody that approached or spoke to her dirty looks. Kaori meanwhile, largely ignored Daisuke, treating him only as an ally of necessity. When Hajime was revealed to be alive, Kaori left the Hero Party without a moment's hesitation, despite Hiyama's pleas. After she had gone, Hiyama finally realized that Kaori was never going to reciprocate his feelings. Although he did initially consider giving up on her, fellow traitor Eri Nakamura managed to convince Daisuke that if he helped her, she would make Kaori his for all time. Agreeing to her terms, Hiyama ultimately (and literally) stabbed Kaori in the back, when she returned to aid the Hero Party during the Battle of Heiligh. Only Hajime's timely intervention prevented Kaori from dying or becoming Daisuke Hiyama's loyal undead slave. He proceeded to kill Daisuke not long afterwards, putting an end to any delusions or ambitions, the latter may have once had for her.
Following Daisuke's death, Hajime was able to resurrect Kaori (with a little help from both Yue and Tio), placing her soul in Noint's lifeless body as a vessel. Shortly afterwards, Kaori would hear about the full extent of Hiyama's betrayal from Hajime. Causing the sweet girl to lose all of her sympathy for Hiyama. From that day onwards, Kaori, who would later go on to marry Hajime and in spite her usually kind nature, made it clear that she now completely hates Daisuke Hiyama and will never forgive him for what he did. Her marriage to Hajime could also be seen as an affront to Hiyama's legacy.
Hajime's Party[]
Daisuke only met Hajime's companions on two occasions before his death. Firstly, when they saved him and the others from Cattleya during what was supposed to be a routine excursion into the Orcus Labyrinth. The second was during the Battle of Heiligh, where they witnessed the aftermath of Hiyama's attack on Kaori, along with Daisuke's subsequent demise.
During the first encounter, Yue dropped water on Hiyama's head, when the latter would not stop blabbering about Hajime's survival. There was an implication that Hiyama was attracted to Yue, but this faded away after seeing her cold attitude and a romantic moment that she had with Hajime. Later, when Hiyama tried to grab Shea at her ears, after she and Yue refused to talk to him, he was kicked away by Yue, then shot in the head with a rubber bullet by Hajime. Hiyama made no further effort to interact with any of the girls following this.
Yue, Shea and Tio were all aware of his previous mistreatment of Hajime. As such, they all hated Daisuke and did their best to protect both Hajime and later Kaori from his duplicity. They were not successful in this regard, since Daisuke almost succeeded in killing Kaori. Fortunately, Tio was able to use her magic to help Hajime resurrect Kaori, ensuring that Daisuke died in vain. Like everyone else, they did not object to the brutal way in which Daisuke Hiyama's life was ended and expressed no sympathy for him.
Kouki Amanogawa[]
Daisuke always compared himself unfavorably to Kouki, who was extremely talented at both academics and sport. It is implied that Hiyama also viewed Kouki as a rival for Kaori's affection, but acknowledged that he stood no chance of bullying Amanogawa the same way that he did with Hajime. Fortunately for Daisuke though, Kouki was an extremely gullible person, who refused to see the bad side of people, even when their vile nature should have been obvious.
Hiyama later used this to his advantage. When the rest of the class began harassing him following the events in the Orcus, Daisuke put on a big performance in front of Kouki, feigning remorse and regret for what had happened. Buying the act, Kouki accepted Hiyama's apology, taking him under his wing as he told the rest of the students to back off. Although he would not hesitate to call Amanogawa out on his foolishness, Daisuke was subsequently struck by Kouki for his own protection. The former not realizing that he was being used, Amanogawa ultimately came to view Hiyama as both a trusted comrade and a friend.
Hiyama ultimately, repaid this kindness and trust by not only betraying Kouki, but by stabbing his long time friend and love interest Kaori Shirasaki in the back right in front of him. Furious, Kouki wanted to execute Hiyama, but was prevented from doing so by his injuries and the sheer number of enemies. Fortunately, Hajime would take care of the deed for him. In spite of his own justice driven attitude, Kouki did not call Hajime out on the brutal way in which the villainous Daisuke's life was ended, at least not at first.
As the story progressed however, Kouki (like Daisuke before him) began to grow increasingly jealous towards Hajime's superior strength, usurpation of his position as leader/the hero and all attentions he'd receive from numerous women (Yue, Shea, Tio, Kaori and Yaegashi). Ehit eventually used this to his advantage in the Frost Caverns of Schnee, getting Kouki's doppelganger to convince him to attack Hajime. As the two men battled, one of the things that Kouki criticized Hajime for was the brutal way in which he had dispatched Daisuke Hiyama. Although he no longer considered Daisuke a friend or ally, he still believed that the traitor should have been tried for his actions, whilst stating that what Hajime did was straight up murder. Unimpressed, Hajime proceeded to thrash Amanogawa, whereupon he told his defeated adversary that it was that same naive, self-serving attitude that had almost allowed Daisuke's treachery to succeed. Though he was convinced to spare him, Hajime warned Kouki that if he did anything like this again, he would suffer the same fate as Hiyama.
Classmates/Fellow Heroes turned Enemies[]
Outside of his gang, Hiyama has a negative relationship with most of his classmates. Although he considered himself one of the most popular students, in reality almost everybody despised him. Aware of his true nature and feelings for Kaori, the rest of the students view Daisuke as an eerie pervert and dislike him for his selfish behavior. The only reason that no-one has called him out on his mistreatment of Hajime is because they too dislike Kaori's association with the otaku and do not want to bring Daisuke's wrath down upon themselves.
Despite this, after Hajime fell to his apparent death in the Orcus Labyrinth, the whole class unanimously turned upon Hiyama and started to harass him. They only stopped when (the unrepentant) Daisuke put on a big show, causing Kouki to intervene on Daisuke's behalf. Now under Kouki's direct protection, Hiyama continued to look down upon and mock his fellow heroes, especially those that refused to fight following Hajime's "demise".
When Daisuke finally revealed his true colors during the invasion of Heiligh, his classmates' initial shock quickly turned into righteous anger. Many of them wanted to get Hiyama for what he'd done to Kaori, but were prevented from doing so by their preexisting injuries, exhaustion and the sheer magnitude of enemy forces. Fortunately. Hajime soon arrived and the class watched as Daisuke received his comeuppance. Since they never liked him, nobody came to his aid as he was devoured by the monster hoards, nor do they condemn Hajime for the brutal way he dispatched Daisuke due to his betrayal towards them.
Following the battle and Kaori's restoration, Nagumo was convinced to give the others another chance to help him clear the remaining Labyrinths and destroy Ehit to save the world. As a demonstration of this trust, Nagumo told them the full story about his adventures and the secrets uncovered during said exploits. Once Hajime had revealed how he had ended up at the bottom of the abyss from the Great Orcus Labyrinth, the rest of the class finally realized that Daisuke had indeed been lying to them and always been a hateful, larcenous individual the entire time, which sealed their negative opinion of him. Although they were courteous enough to bury Daisuke Hiyama, it was an unceremonious funeral and those in attendance had lost whatever sympathy they once had. Since then, many of the students have stated that they will never forgive Hiyama for what he not only did to them, Hajime and Kaori, but also acting innocent for his ridiculous, deluded and blasely yellowbellied ego. Even after their eventual return to Japan, they continued to regard Daisuke as a creepy, foolhardy, entitled judas, who paid the ultimate price for his perverse desires with his life. Which, as far as they all are concerned, is exactly what Daisuke deserved.
Aiko Hatayama[]
Daisuke Hiyama was one of Aiko-Sensei's students. But she disliked his bullying towards Hajime and despicable lust for Kaori.
Hiyama doesn't care about Aiko in the slightest, having no qualms with her imprisonment by Noint and the Holy Church for the sake of his possessive delusions.
When Hiyama revealed his betrayal in backstabbing Kaori, Aiko-Sensei now completely lost her what pity she had for Hiyama and watched remorselessly as Hajime killed Hiyama by beating him to near death and later defenestrated him into a courtyard where he was fed alive to Freid Bagwa's monsters.
After his demise, Aiko revealed to Hajime that despite the fact that she will never forgive Hiyama for what he had done to both Nagumo and Kaori as well as the innocent, she wished that if Hajime hadn’t killed Hiyama, she could have tried to talk some sense into Hiyama, for him to atone for his sins. But she realized it was useless because Hiyama was beyond redemption and reasoning with him wouldn’t work due to him being blinded by his delusions of grandeur as well both his hatred towards Hajime and his ambitions for Kaori.
When Hajime revealed Hiyama was responsible for his "fall" incident to everyone, Aiko-Sensei and her students lost what was left of their sympathy that they once had for Hiyama and completely wrote him off as a self-important slimeball after they finally realized that Hiyama has indeed lied to them and had always been a filthy villain this whole time, and that Hajime's fall was never an accident.
In After Story, Aiko-Sensei and Hajime revealed to Hiyama's family that Hajime killed their son but also revealed that Hiyama was a turncoat when he nearly destroyed Tortus causing his family to let his death be in vain and let go of their hatred towards Nagumo.
Quotes[]
| “ | Damn it! How is that ass still alive!? It... wasn't, supposed to be like this... | „ |
| ~ Daisuke cursing Hajime for surviving his murder attempt. |
| “ | Come on, say it. You've always preferred me to that good-for nothing, loser Nagumo, haven't you? I know I've always been better than him. YOU know, don't you? | „ |
| ~ Daisuke attempting to make Kaori his. |
| “ | NAGUMO! | „ |
| ~ Hiyama's breakdown before Hajime brutalized him. |
| “ | I'll kill you! No matter what ish takesh, I swear I'll kill you! | „ |
| ~ Daisuke Hiyama's final words to Hajime Nagumo, just moments before his death. Arifureta Volume 6, Chapter 4. |
| “ | No! Help me! | „ |
| ~ Daisuke Hiyama's final words in the anime. Season 2, Episode 11. |
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Trivia[]
- Daisuke Hiyama is one of the weakest and most hated characters within Arifureta (besides Kouki Amanogawa and Eri Nakamura).
- Chronologically, Daisuke was the first out of three members of his class to turn upon their classmates and betray the people of Tortus. The other two were Yukitoshi Shimizu and Eri Nakamura.
- Interestingly, Daisuke is the only traitor that fans consider to be truly evil. Shimizu was a terribly misguided, weak willed and traumatized young man, who was lured into villainy by false promises of power and fame. Eri on the other hand, was the victim of a cruel upbringing, which left her both mentally and emotionally unstable. Daisuke meanwhile, was repeatedly shown to commit all of his heinous actions willingly, despite knowing full well that what he was doing was wrong. Lacking the excuse the others had for their atrocities.
- Since Shimizu's trauma was originally caused by Hajime's fall into the Orcus Labyrinth, Daisuke can be held accountable for the latter's corruption.
- Daisuke Hiyama was the only traitor to be blackmailed into serving another one (Eri Nakamura), who in turn betrayed him before he could kill her.
- He was also the only traitor not to be offered an opportunity to redeem themselves. Although they both rejected it, Shimizu was offered a chance to repent of Aiko-sensei, whilst Suzu pleaded with Eri to turn away from Ehit.
- Interestingly, Daisuke is the only traitor that fans consider to be truly evil. Shimizu was a terribly misguided, weak willed and traumatized young man, who was lured into villainy by false promises of power and fame. Eri on the other hand, was the victim of a cruel upbringing, which left her both mentally and emotionally unstable. Daisuke meanwhile, was repeatedly shown to commit all of his heinous actions willingly, despite knowing full well that what he was doing was wrong. Lacking the excuse the others had for their atrocities.
- Hiyama was one of the five members of the Hero Party to be killed within the original story line and one of four that remained dead by the end of the series. In order the students that perished were: Yukitoshi Shimizu, Reichi Kondou, Kaori Shirasaki (resurrected shortly afterwards), Daisuke Hiyama and Eri Nakamura.
- Daisuke was the only member of this group to be killed/eaten by monsters after being beaten up savagely by Hajime. His death was arguably the most gruesome, as the others were either killed quickly after being shot, stabbed or in Eri's case exploded.
- Along with Shimizu and Kondou, Daisuke is one of the three classmates to be killed by Hajime Nagumo. although unlike the other two, Hajime did not kill Hiyama directly.
- Interestingly, Daisuke's parents were the only ones out of all of the deceased students' families that tried to avenge their son's demise.
- In very many ways, Daisuke Hiyama represents each of the Seven Deadly Sins.
- His obsessive "feelings" towards Kaori and his insatiable desire to possess her constitute lust, greed and gluttony.
- Hiyama's out-and-out hatred and jealousy of Hajime account for wrath and envy. Daisuke is also implied to be somewhat envious of Kouki, specifically his abilities and strength.
- As Hajime pointed out, Daisuke is a lazy/slothful person.
- Yet despite all of his flaws, Hiyama retains a biasedly vain and prideful opinion of himself.
- Daisuke Hiyama is categorized to Kouki Amanogawa, in personality and morals:
- They are both weak, selfish, hypocritical and incompetent dimwits with inflated egos.
- Both hate Hajime Nagumo and became his self-proclaimed rivals. As far as they've betrayed Nagumo, but both has failed in their weakly attempt to kill him and they were both easily defeated by the former instead.
- They're both very delusional when believing themselves to be very strong and capable warriors, they were both actually weaklings, though Kouki trained a lot which are still too weak to match Hajime, but Hiyama doesn't train to get stronger leaving him to become far too weak.
- They are both extreme dimwits as their only tactic was to foolishly charge up towards their enemies without even thinking. As a result their effortlessly defeats at the hands of Hajime Nagumo.
- They are both perverts who are obsessed of Hajime's lovers based on their looks (including Kaori, although Hiyama's was solely only on her). They both attempted to steal Hajime's lovers (In Hiyama's case only with Kaori, while with Kouki, all the lovers) but failed miserably, as their attempts were ruined by their own rotten character and both of them were easily overpowered by Nagumo though Hiyama was killed, while Kouki was spared (due to Kaori and Shizuku's sake) despite Kouki betraying Hajime.
- Although they're both similar, Kouki at least, felt remorse as he realized what he did was hurting both Kaori and Shizuku's feelings, while Hiyama on the other hand, lacked remorse and failed to realized what he has done, when he enjoyed tormenting weak and helpless people, showing just how heinously reviled he well and truly is.
- They were both disposable pawns to the main antagonist, Ehit because they were just too impotent and useless for his future conspiracy against Hajime Nagumo, his companions, and his classmates, and humanity.
- Though they were defeated by Hajime so easily, they both suffered a different fate, Hiyama was easily stomped and killed by Nagumo when he was horribly brutalized before later being fed alive to Freid's monsters, while Kouki was effortlessly bested by Hajime when he was thrashed about by the protagonist until he spared Amanogawa and give him a final chance to help him of killing Ehit, just for Kaori and Shizuku's sake, though Hajime wanted Kouki dead of bringing an end to his delusions.
- Hiyama is categorized of Baius D. Hoelscher in same series by both personality and morals:
- They are both arrogant, selfish, ignorant, vainglorious and perverted sociopaths.
- They are very cruel to those who are weaker than themselves.
- They are both cowards when they don't fight their own battles and let others fight their battles for them as well to provide protection from their pawns.
- They are obsessed of one of the protagonist's lovers based on their looks (Hiyama on Kaori and Baius on Liliana) and attempted to steal them from the protagonist only to fail miserably due to the stories Hero which cost them their own lives.
- They don't care about anyone beside themselves.
- They are also very delusional.
- Their deaths were contributed by Hajime Nagumo, Hiyama was savagely beaten up and thrown out into a horde of Freid Bagwa's monsters by Nagumo to be eaten alive by the demonic creatures that Hiyama was meant to defeat from his summon, Baius was beaten to death (beheaded only in anime) by his former slaves (the Haulia Tribe) who were freed by Hajime himself.
- As Hajime's former bully, foremost enemy and self-proclaimed love rival, Hiyama is categorized similar to other villains (who are the protagonists' weak, selfish, dimwitted, hypocrite, delusional, foolish, cowardly, unredeemable, perverted, incompetent, lustful, abusive , arrogant and paranoid self-proclaimed love rivals).
- Daisuke (and the other villains) started off to be stronger than the protagonist. However, he unintentionally made Hajime Nagumo the most powerful-but ruthless monster in the world.
- Daisuke (as well those villains) believing himself to be strong/intelligent. But neither of them turned to be true as he is a less than impressive dimwit (though in the anime. Hiyama is a lot weaker and stupider than the light novel franchise). He was also being used and later deserted by even more capable villains (mainly Eri Nakamura).
- Daisuke (like those villains) hold a lust on one of the protagonist's lovers, Kaori Shirasaki in attempt to get her to become his girlfriend which always failed, was more than willing to kill her if he couldn't get her to become his. But this foolish attempt has proved to be his downfall as Hajime killed Hiyama in cold rage.
- Daisuke (similar to others) is a coward when he refused to train or fight his own battles when relying on backup and letting those fighting his battles for him.
- When his final attempt to obtain Kaori failed, Daisuke (like those in the category) foolishly fought Hajime in attempt to kill him where Hiyama was easily defeated and later fed to Freid Bagwa's demonic beasts by Nagumo. Hiyama screamed and begged anyone to save him but no avail due to them hating him. His death has brought an end to whatever delusions/ambitions he has left of Kaori.
- After his death, Hiyama (and almost all who died) has a tarnished legacy when Hajime completely ruined his reputation causing his classmates to always remember of Hiyama's putridity, stained sins, and inflated sense of self instead of his supposed "heroisms".
- Ironically, Hiyama had contributed to his own demise as he attempted to kill Hajime only for him to return with immeasurable strength and ended up killing Hiyama in return when the last straw finally broke the camels back.
- In season 3, Hiyama was never mentioned or referenced in any of the episodes. This was most likely due to his treacherous actions in the previous season, the closest mention of Hiyama was when Hajime mentioned how Eri was mostly responsible for Kaori’s death.
- Daisuke Hiyama has committed the seven deadly sins:
- Pride: Extremely selfish and arrogant, Daisuke has an highly opinion of himself and is very vengeful when being put in his place by someone more superior than him.
- Greed: While not being obsessed with money, Daisuke has a greedy obsession with Kaori and wants to have her all by himself.
- Lust: Considering that he is a major pervert, Daisuke is so obsessed with Kaori and her appearance.
- Envy: Daisuke is shown to show signs of envy towards Hajime, when he betrayed him out of pure jealousy and attempted to ruin his life until Hajime retuned stronger and turned the tables on him.
- Gluttony: While not being obsessed with food, Daisuke has a hunger for Kaori's affection.
- Wrath: Daisuke has great hatred towards Hajime as he makes attempts to kill him on multiple ocassions.
- Sloth: Despite his skill and power, Daisuke is a coward who only saves his pathetic skin rather than sacrificing it.
External Links[]
- Daisuke Hiyama on the Arifureta Wiki.
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