Futoshi

Futoshi
Kanji	フトシ
Code	214
CHARACTERISTICS
Status	Alive
Gender	Male
PROFESSIONAL STATUS
Classification	Parasite
Affiliation	Thirteenth Plantation
Occupation	FRANXX Pilot (Stamen)
Partner	Ikuno Kokoro (former)
FRANXX	Chlorophytum Genista (former)
MEDIA
Anime	Episode 01
Manga	Chapter 1
Japanese	Hiroki Goto
English	Blake Shepard

Futoshi is a character in DARLING in the FRANXX.

He's a Parasite with codename "214" of Thirteenth Plantation, where he's partnered in boy-girl pair with Ikuno to pilot a FRANXX called Chlorophytum. His original partner was Kokoro, while his original FRANXX was Genista.

Appearance

He has a hefty build and a kind face. He is quite tall, being the second tallest next to Goro. He has short auburn-brown hair that hangs lightly over his forehead. His thick, stumpy eyebrows and round, playful eyes give him an approachable quality. Often seen by others as "fat", becoming the butt of many jokes on the subject. Usually he is holding some article of food when lounging around the barracks.

Personality

He's optimistic and does things at his own pace, he is also surprisingly sensible and openly voices nearly anything that comes to mind. He gets along with everyone and has a friendly demeanor. He takes his promises seriously and cares for his squad mates. Even though he broke down when Kokoro ended their partnership he was quick to forgive her and supportive of her decision.

History

Like the other members of his unit, Futoshi was raised in the Garden and lived there until being moved to Cerasus: The thirteenth plantation.

Relationships

Mitsuru

Futoshi and Mitsuru's relationship is up int he air right now. They have had several conflicts all with Kokoro directly being the reason and his desire to protect her. From an hostile tones to Futoshi punching him. Futoshi doesn't seem to like his stand off attitude that he has had for most of the series. He does appear to see him as a comrade though. This is seen when he quietly congratulated Mitsuru when finally able to power the Gentista back up during the battle with the Klaxosaur in episode eleven. He also got a promise to protect Kokoro from that point on.

Kokoro

At the beginning, it is shown they have a positive and friendly relationship towards each other. This continues even as he flirts with her. She doesn't appear to mind it at the beginning. Although as his feelings grow and he continues to be to honest, Kokoro does start to appear to become flustered by them, as seen in Episode 8 "Boys x Girls", where he tells her in front of everyone that he has always thought her beautiful. Leading up to Episode 11 "Partner Shuffle", his feelings have grown to the point were he asks her to promise they will remain partners forever, as he promises her the same.

When she asks to attempt a partnership with Mitsuru this blindsides and devastates him. But he rebounds remarkably fast basically forgiving her within hours. He even makes an attempt to assure her and give his support for her decision.

He is very protective over her and this has made him attack Mitsuru twice and attempt to get a promise form him to protect her, which he eventually gets. He doesn't realize that his feelings were love until after everything in "Partner Shuffle" had calmed down.

So far there appears to be no further fallout from her decision to end their partnership.

Hiro

They seem to have a good relationship. Futoshi is the first to ask about Hiro's health after his second time piloting with Zero Two.

Zero Two

He is weary of zero Two at first but warms up toward her with the rest of the squadron, and highly regards Zero Two's involvement valuable to the squad.

Goro

They appear to have a friendly relationship.

Zorome

Zorome seems to like teasing and poking fun at Futoshi a lot, but they're good friends and often play with each other.

Ikuno

They are currently partners.

Etymology

Futoshi's nickname may use some of the numeral's readings from his real name "Code:214": fu from 2 (二 (ふ) , fu), to from 10 (十 (とお) , tō) and shi from 4 (四 (し) , shi). Futo can be written in kanji "太", which means fat or thick, in what's most likely also a reference to his appearance.

Appearances

DARLING in the FRANXX appearances
Episode 01	Episode 02	Episode 03	Episode 04	Episode 05	Episode 06	Episode 07	Episode 08	Episode 09	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12
Episode 13	14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18	Episode 19	Episode 20	Episode 21	Episode 22	Episode 2	Episode 24

Quotes

"Don't call me "fat"!"—Futoshi

"Hurting a girl is the worst thing a man can do!"—Futoshi

"I'll just eat it so it doesn't go to waste."—Futoshi

"I wonder If I'll be able to fight properly."—Futoshi

Gallery

Official character design

Key Visual