Yuusuke surprises his co-adventurers repeatedly with his lack of care for others. He is open about only helping others because he has other goals (from Game Master) to accomplish. When he talks about battle and death, not a shred of empathy comes from him as he discusses who he can afford to have die while still accomplishing their goal.

What is even more unusual is that this attitude does not exclude himself. Yuusuke clearly has a list in mind of whose life is more valuable than his and why their contributions are more important. In recent episodes, he seems to start to care about others, just a tiny amount. Will he remain this calculating when it comes to lives, or will he begin to want others to live for his care for them?

It continuously comes up that Yuusuke hates just about all of humanity. When we first meet him, he seems to wonder why about going back to his world before he grasps the whole “dying if you don’t complete the quest” situation. In recent episodes, Yuusuke seems to dwell on this more, musing about how he dislikes anyone who is a human because that species kills out of malice and for convenience. Understanding this about humanity and others, Yuusuke seems to reject it all. But is he starting to make some real friends? What impact will that have on him?

Though it remains vague, Yuusuke has painful memories of his childhood that seem to be a launch point for his current emotional state. We have not been able to see what those memories entirely are yet, but it is clear that he has lost faith in people and himself.

Every ten levels, a player can roll for a new class, but with Yuusuke, it seems evident that some unknown party is putting their hand on the scale to throw the balance off of Yuusuke’s selection. Over and over, Yuusuke’s profession is both very rare and not suited to fighting. From first getting a farmer and then getting a chef, you would think the gag would stop there. Several more times, Yuusuke has these professions while every other party member gets something that can fight. Though it has been fun to watch, that does leave the question of who is watching Yuusuke.

Though all of the people swept up in this debacle have been different types of gamers (or similar), Yuusuke is puts all of that knowledge to work in his adventure. He is constantly thinking about just where the line is of the rules and how to work around them to his party’s advantage. He considers each person’s abilities and skills and tries to use them all to their most significant potential while keeping everyone alive. His creativity of using his culinary skills to slay enemies or using his farming equip to use a larger blade is the type that keeps the whole group improving.