[At first glance, Takeda Ittetsu might seem like an unassuming, even harmless sort of man. He's earnest, and bright; cheerful, sincere, apologetic, and frankly hapless at times. He's easily flustered and often has to fall over backwards to clarify the meaning of his words. He's an eager and open personality that tends to seem far younger than he actually is, thanks to a baby face and guileless air to match. If you only knew him as a neighbor, or in passing from the local grocery store, there wouldn't be much about Takeda to make you stop and think—he's a mannerly presence in professional clothes, always smiling, always on the phone, always busy and hurrying to attend to whatever workaday civil service job seems to keep him busy.
But then, appearances can be deceiving. Takeda's more educated on that than most. His sweet smiles may not be deceitful, per se, but they do hide secrets. The information he has goes far beyond intelligence gathered from years spent working as an adviser to the National Security Bureau, which is the job that drew his attention to Karasuno in the first place. That was before the inspiring fledgeling gang drew his loyalty away from the government altogether...and kept it from there on out.
As a weapons trader and supplier, Takeda has connections both in and out of the country. Favors called in and doors banged down, conversations begun, relations forged; that's the nature of his work for Karasuno. There's nothing he can't make happen, given enough time and patience and determination. Takeda's no mobster, himself, but that hardly means he's a man to be trifled with. After all, whether or not you're affiliated with his favored family of Karasuno, the channels Takeda keeps open often mean the difference between a make and model of weapon being available in Japan in the first place, or a law passed, a trader's interest withdrawn, that leaves everyone in the underworld without a means of getting their business done. He's made it possible for younger gangs to claw their way up in the place of longstanding families that no longer managed petty crime and put the community's best interests at large. Takeda does what he can to stack the deck in worthy upstarts' favor, in lieu of effecting bureaucratic changes himself.
Even if you haven't heard of him personally, there's a good chance Takeda's heard of you. He probably even knows exactly what incentives you need, to get you willing and interested to do business. The danger in Takeda is not that he has any capacity for managing criminal violence himself (he doesn't), but how he's made himself well-liked and indispensable to many, many people that do. Takeda is persistent, and he knows everybody—if he's not busy working on something to help with Karasuno's affairs, then he's probably knocking on your front door for the third or fourth time this week, smiling and asking for favors. And it's on your own head if you think to turn him away.]
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But then, appearances can be deceiving. Takeda's more educated on that than most. His sweet smiles may not be deceitful, per se, but they do hide secrets. The information he has goes far beyond intelligence gathered from years spent working as an adviser to the National Security Bureau, which is the job that drew his attention to Karasuno in the first place. That was before the inspiring fledgeling gang drew his loyalty away from the government altogether...and kept it from there on out.
As a weapons trader and supplier, Takeda has connections both in and out of the country. Favors called in and doors banged down, conversations begun, relations forged; that's the nature of his work for Karasuno. There's nothing he can't make happen, given enough time and patience and determination. Takeda's no mobster, himself, but that hardly means he's a man to be trifled with. After all, whether or not you're affiliated with his favored family of Karasuno, the channels Takeda keeps open often mean the difference between a make and model of weapon being available in Japan in the first place, or a law passed, a trader's interest withdrawn, that leaves everyone in the underworld without a means of getting their business done. He's made it possible for younger gangs to claw their way up in the place of longstanding families that no longer managed petty crime and put the community's best interests at large. Takeda does what he can to stack the deck in worthy upstarts' favor, in lieu of effecting bureaucratic changes himself.
Even if you haven't heard of him personally, there's a good chance Takeda's heard of you. He probably even knows exactly what incentives you need, to get you willing and interested to do business. The danger in Takeda is not that he has any capacity for managing criminal violence himself (he doesn't), but how he's made himself well-liked and indispensable to many, many people that do. Takeda is persistent, and he knows everybody—if he's not busy working on something to help with Karasuno's affairs, then he's probably knocking on your front door for the third or fourth time this week, smiling and asking for favors. And it's on your own head if you think to turn him away.]