Yugo Kakitani (垣谷 ユウゴ Kakitani Yūgo?) is a character in the Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song. He is one of the major deuteragonists throughout the series
Appearance
Personality
Plot
Yugo's first hatred for AI was due to the fact that they perform multiple actions which can be seen as part of their mission. This results in his piano teacher's death, who happened to be an AI in Yugo's early life.
Later on, the emergence of Toak, an Anti-AI organization gives vent to his sympathy. This organization aims to remove all the AIs from having the same right and treatment as humans, and Yugo decides to join them, as he is unable to resolve the conflict in his teacher's last words. It is during his time with Toak that he meets Diva, who saves him multiple times throughout the series.
AI Naming Law Arc
Yugo is seen with Toak during his first operation to assassinate Aikawa Youichi. He is trapped inside the building when Matsumoto locked down all the hallway, and almost die after Matsumoto triggers the bombs that have been installed below the construction. However, he is saved by Diva. Yugo is triggered with the fact that he is saved by AI once again upon facing his past. After the assassination failed, the group leaves and Yugo reflects on what happened while holding the collar that his teacher once wore.
Sunrise Fall Arc
The Toak members led by Yugo infiltrated Sunrise Space Hotel, with the suicide mission to crash the hotel to the ocean and make the foundation of mistrust towards AI. He has Elizabeth - an AI he picked up at a waste pile 7 years ago, replaced Estella to gain control of the ship. During the process, he recognizes Diva, the AI who saved him 15 years prior and decides to find her to get an answer of why she saved him, but is unable to do so as Elizabeth injects him with a dose of sleeping drug and her wish for him to live on. Yugo wakes up inside an evacuation ship, listening to the voice of Estella's and Elizabeth's singing as the two of them fall to their demise.
Metal Float Arc
Upon attacking the Metal Float with the objective to shut it down, Yugo and the other members of Toak get attacked by the AIs from the unmanned island. A few members survive, and Yugo once again meets Diva after 5 years the previous Singularity took place. Seeing Diva as just one of the bust AIs who won't follow orders like what he thinks of Elizabeth, he questions her of what her true objective is, only to get the same response like what he heard from his teacher. Realizing the situation they are in, Yugo decides to put conflict aside and help her as she happens to have the same target with him this time.
Ophelia's Suicide Arc
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