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Yuto is a central character in the first episode of the animated anthology Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, which adapts the one-shot story A Couple Clucking Chickens Were Still Kickin' in the Schoolyard. He is an alien being, part of an extraterrestrial force that has conquered Earth and now views humanity as a food source. His original form is that of a pale humanoid with glowing red eyes, a small horn on the center of his head, and pale blue skin. To blend in, he can transform his appearance to look like an ordinary human with beige skin.
Initially, Yuto behaves like any other alien predator, and he is responsible for killing an entire classroom of human students. However, he experiences a significant change of heart after this massacre. Instead of finishing off the lone survivor, a girl named Ami, he knocks her unconscious and later reinvents himself as a fellow human survivor. To hide from other aliens, Yuto and Ami disguise themselves as chickens by wearing large bird costumes and live in a schoolyard, surviving on food scraps.
Yuto's personality is defined by a stark contrast between his horrific past actions and his present motivations. He initially appears to be a cold and murderous creature, but he develops a philosophical and protective mindset. He makes the decision to safeguard Ami, even though he was the one who killed her friends. His actions are driven by a complex form of guilt and a newfound sense of moral responsibility, as he chooses to protect the last human he knows rather than consume her. This internal conflict places him in opposition to his own kind, who see humans as nothing more than livestock.
In the story, Yuto serves as Ami's reluctant guardian and the story's unlikely protector. He is a deutoragonist whose journey is one of unexpected redemption, though it is presented without any easy answers or forgiveness for his past. For a time, the two live a tense but peaceful existence, cared for by a kind-hearted alien student named Yohei, who questions the morality of eating humans. The fragile peace is shattered when Yohei discovers their secret and warns them of an impending threat: a new transfer student who enjoys eating chicken.
When the predatory alien arrives and attempts to devour Ami, Yuto is forced to reveal himself. After Yohei is brutally killed by a giant alien policeman who enforces the new world order, Yuto makes a final stand. He reveals to Ami that he was the one who murdered her classmates, a confession meant to frighten her into running away for her own safety. After she flees, Yuto transforms into his true combat form, a towering, muscular dark beast, and engages the giant policeman in a violent battle to buy Ami time. The story leaves the outcome of this fight ambiguous, with Yuto's fate ultimately unknown.
Yuto possesses notable shapeshifting abilities. His primary power is transformation, which he uses for both infiltration and combat. He can shift from his alien form to a perfect human likeness, and he also has a more powerful, monstrous form that is significantly larger and stronger, which he uses to fight the policeman alien. This transformed state has a visual resemblance to the true form of Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil, from Tatsuki Fujimoto's later, more famous work, Chainsaw Man.
Initially, Yuto behaves like any other alien predator, and he is responsible for killing an entire classroom of human students. However, he experiences a significant change of heart after this massacre. Instead of finishing off the lone survivor, a girl named Ami, he knocks her unconscious and later reinvents himself as a fellow human survivor. To hide from other aliens, Yuto and Ami disguise themselves as chickens by wearing large bird costumes and live in a schoolyard, surviving on food scraps.
Yuto's personality is defined by a stark contrast between his horrific past actions and his present motivations. He initially appears to be a cold and murderous creature, but he develops a philosophical and protective mindset. He makes the decision to safeguard Ami, even though he was the one who killed her friends. His actions are driven by a complex form of guilt and a newfound sense of moral responsibility, as he chooses to protect the last human he knows rather than consume her. This internal conflict places him in opposition to his own kind, who see humans as nothing more than livestock.
In the story, Yuto serves as Ami's reluctant guardian and the story's unlikely protector. He is a deutoragonist whose journey is one of unexpected redemption, though it is presented without any easy answers or forgiveness for his past. For a time, the two live a tense but peaceful existence, cared for by a kind-hearted alien student named Yohei, who questions the morality of eating humans. The fragile peace is shattered when Yohei discovers their secret and warns them of an impending threat: a new transfer student who enjoys eating chicken.
When the predatory alien arrives and attempts to devour Ami, Yuto is forced to reveal himself. After Yohei is brutally killed by a giant alien policeman who enforces the new world order, Yuto makes a final stand. He reveals to Ami that he was the one who murdered her classmates, a confession meant to frighten her into running away for her own safety. After she flees, Yuto transforms into his true combat form, a towering, muscular dark beast, and engages the giant policeman in a violent battle to buy Ami time. The story leaves the outcome of this fight ambiguous, with Yuto's fate ultimately unknown.
Yuto possesses notable shapeshifting abilities. His primary power is transformation, which he uses for both infiltration and combat. He can shift from his alien form to a perfect human likeness, and he also has a more powerful, monstrous form that is significantly larger and stronger, which he uses to fight the policeman alien. This transformed state has a visual resemblance to the true form of Pochita, the Chainsaw Devil, from Tatsuki Fujimoto's later, more famous work, Chainsaw Man.