ttm ranking based on how much i like his character

ttm plays pathetic, mentally ill self-victimizing scumbags really well! his acting in this one immediately made it one of my favorite movies OAT. i love yamazaki even though i reallyyy shouldn't.

ohhh koichi takagi the pitiful failure you are.... same as the above one but even MORE mentally unwell! fantastic!! the dance scene was really fun too ttm was cute as hell in it

very fun, charming yakuza. enjoy his flamboyant outfits (especially the one in the club scene) and his bond with reiji.

same as above except even more focused on the relationship between hiura and reiji.

same as UAR. hong kong capriccio barely features hiura though.. :-( additionally i kind of wish his prosthetic was treated more like... a disability? maybe too high an expectation for a gag manga adaptation but i would've liked him breaking one of his prosthetics to be more impactful but he just gets a new one immediately... i dunno, again probably too much to ask for a gag manga adaptation. just something i thought might've been cool but that's probably more suited for fanfiction...

Is Ikegami the best pedophile in fiction? No but he's still funny

another fun, charismatic yakuza just like hiura in mogura no uta. his energy is so over-the-top and infectious you almost forget he's obsessed with a girl he met when she was a kid. Bonus points for ttm covered in sweat and blood!

asakura is the most "he's just like me fr!!" character i've seen ttm play so far. i too fantasize about killing people when i have a migraine. i really enjoy him and his little (dare i say obsessive) compulsions (that dare i say are disordered).

this placement will probably change when i rewatch postman blues. sawaki is a very sweet and compelling character but i don't really have anything to say about him.

dangan runner isn't really a character focused thing i feel? so i don't feel like i should put takeda any lower or higher than this. ttm plays him well and he works for the kind of film dangan runner is. Bonus points for ttm covered in sweat!

incredibly forgettable role sorry.... i really struggle to remember that ttm played the guy. it was alright. he did his job.

probably a hot take but i do not like osuke. maybe this'll change when i finish the show (on episode 8 out of 11) but i really struggle to sympathize with him and i don't want him to end up with sakurako either. He's pitiful but unlike takagi and yamazaki it's really tiring to watch here. oh my god osuke STAND UP. FOR ONCE. i think the reason it's so unbearable is because you're supposed to root for osuke. i don't wanna root for this guy! with takagi and yamazaki you aren't rooting for them at all, sure they're the protagonists but it's not like you want everything to turn out okay for The Murderers. with osuke though you're supposed to want him to get the girl. everything is set up for him to be a sympathetic character and He just isn't!! He's a coward and I can't stand him!!