Mitsuru Husbando

Mitsuru is one of the main characters in DARLING in the FRANXX series. He is a former Parasite with the codename "326" of the Thirteenth Plantation, where he was partnered in boy-girl pair with Kokoro to pilot a FRANXX called Genista. Previously, he was the partner of Ikuno and the pilot of Chlorophytum. Overtime, Mitsuru underwent a significant change and developed an intimate relationship with Kokoro. They had a wedding ceremony but were punished by having their memories altered. Despite this, upon learning she was pregnant with his child, they reconciled. Together, they have four children: a girl named Ai who resembles Kokoro, a boy who also takes after her, another girl who resembles Mitsuru, and an unborn child. Mitsuru has a very clean and proper appearance with sharp features. He has vert paon (piercing deep green) eyes and was 165 cm, originally being the second shortest stamen between Zorome and Hiro. He wears the standard stamen uniform. Due to having a risky injection when he was a child, his health has been fragile and it briefly worsens after he pilots Strelizia once, requiring him to take medication. He has olive-brown hair which he wore slicked back. In Episode 16, after he asked Kokoro to cut it, his hair is shorter and a bit rough-cut. Prior to the haircut, and when it wasn’t slicked back, it was thicker and longer, and the bangs nearly covered his eyes. When he has become an adult, Mitsuru grew taller and went back to having his hair slicked back, though it is slicked more to the side rather than completely slicked back. He wears a black and white attire, and his wedding ring. As a child, Mitsuru was quite reserved and shy, but appeared to be very happy when he received a name from Hiro. He strongly looked up to him and would always follow him around. His admiration towards Hiro at that time made him want to pilot a FRANXX together with Hiro someday if he came back alive from a very risky injection to become strong enough to pilot. Hiro happily accepted his offer. However, Hiro forgot about their promise due to having his memories erased, and since Mitsuru was unaware of that, it shattered his faith in people and himself as well. Mitsuru is full of pride and came to develop a strong arrogant, hammy, and cynical personality. He hates being pitied and Kokoro cites that he never liked leaning on others for support. Aloof and blunt, Mitsuru often had little to nothing to with his comrades unless fighting together, often looking down on his comrades and having little to no use for Ikuno. Mitsuru was also always depicted as being very closed off and always brushed aside any attempts from people to get to know him. He didn't have any interest on other people as well, so he didn't particularly bother with them. He also believed that discussing previous human civilization to be unimortant to the point he didn’t care to know why humans stopped having children and he didn’t need to live for the sake of others but to fulfill his duties as a parasite. He was initially very cold, harsh and held disdain towards Hiro for supposedly breaking their promise of piloting FRANXX together. He would berate Hiro and at the same time try to surpass him, boasting that he has always been better at piloting a FRANXX at him, to the point he would even get cocky. Due to the broken promise, Mitsuru made it his goal to surpass Hiro in everything, including piloting with Zero Two once. However, as he became overcome by the power he felt, he succumbed to a brief moment of cockiness and violence, in which he brutally slaughtered countless klaxosaurs and paraded how he was more suited as her partner than Hiro. When he was left severely wounded by riding with her, he was deeply traumatized and became afraid of her, to the point he avoided her. Despite his calm and composed exterior, he is deeply scared, as he convinced himself that whatever expectations he would place on others and others would place on him, would be let down. He didn't want to believe in anyone again because he was afraid of being let down again. He also believed he was incompetent and had a severe lack of self-confidence due to everything that had happened with his failed attempt to ride with Zero Two, and his general feelings of inadequacy in comparison to Hiro. However, after being supported by Kokoro who helped him regain his fate in others and himself, as well as helping him begin to lean on others, Mitsuru underwent a significant change. With Kokoro’s support and learning it wasn’t Hiro’s fault for breaking their promise, Mitsuru began to slowly become more mature, considerate and kind to his comrades, and he begins to smile more. Initially uninterested in romance, he begins to fall in love with Kokoro after they become partners and her honesty inspires him to change his own perspectives. Like all the kids, he didn’t know how to express his feelings due to his sheltered upbringing and he is deeply confused when Kokoro makes a sudden pass at him. However, once he takes the time to think about it, he realizes he loves her and admitts all that matters to him is that she is happy. After becoming a couple, he becomes very affectionate and devoted to her, to the point he starts to share her desire to have a family and he is more than happy when they decide to get married. After their memories are erased during their wedding, he is shown to be less stoic and cynical than previously but agrees to partner with Kokoro out of necessity to pilot Genista. However, he begins showing more emotion towards her when he experiences painful flashes over saying her name. He also grows concerned when she starts getting ill in Episode 22. Although he is shocked when he learns she is pregnant with his child, he develops a new sense of responsibility and a strong desire to protect his unborn child, which extends towards Kokoro as he witnesses her struggle with the options of abortion or keeping the baby. After concluding that the baby is more important to him than being a FRANXX pilot, Mitsuru advocates for Kokoro to keep the baby, explaining their child has given him a reason to live and he is finding himself growing attached to Kokoro. He also believes they can rebuild their relationship and find what love means as long as they are together, showing that he kept his wedding ring as proof of his commitment. After they reconcile, he becomes overly attentive and concerned for her, and seeing his newborn daughter for the first time brought Mitsuru to cry out of joy. The birth of their daughter ultimately brings them closer together. They are able to form a genuinely happy marriage and had three more children together. As a husband and father, he is shown to be loving and doting towards Kokoro and their children.