Characters/Yuki Yamaguchi
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| Surname Name | Yamaguchi Yuki |
| Birthday (Age) | April 20th (Late 30s) |
| Type of Character | Side |
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| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Eye Color | Dark Purple |
| Height | 5′ 9′′ (175cm) |
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| Affiliation | Biker gang (formerly) |
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Yuki Yamaguchi is part of the Side Cast of in Lessons In Love. Yuki is a former gang member, ex lover of the Yamaguchi clan leader and recovering drug addict. She’s also Yumi’s mother and Kaori’s aunt.
Background
Yuki was born to unnamed parents, who owned a candy store at which she worked when she was a kid. During high school, she dropped out to join a biker gang and roamed the city with very little to her name. This changed when she was assaulted by Yakuza goons, which she managed to beat up using an iron pipe she managed to grab. After she dealt with them, their leader, the heir of the Yamaguchi clan, apologized for their behavior and tried to woo her out of fear. Between her only clothes being tethered and the promise of an easy life, she agreed to his offer and lived in the Yamaguchi estate for years.
During her time there, she got addicted to drugs and was high most of the time, a state her husband took advantage of and she got pregnant with Yumi, which she only realized two months later. She gave birth to her, but, according to Yumi, she still got high most of the time and neglected her daughter. Years later, she left the estate to get away from everything, leaving Yumi behind.
At some point, she decided to get clean and went into rehab, managing to overcome her addiction a few months before the events of the game. Sensei met her for the first time during Everything Horrible, but he didn’t knew her identity at the time and learned it some time later from Yumi during A Place Like This.
Characteristics
While her past as a gang member and drug addict might suggest that Yuki is a terrifying and short-tempered woman, she is actually calm during most of her interactions. Her calmness can be formed due to her life experiences and her life as a former drug addict. Due to this, she’s also unfazed by everything around her and doesn’t see a lot of things as worrying or as bad as people make it out to be. She has her suspicions about Sensei, but doesn’t seem to mind it that much, she also has nothing against violence if used against someone who deserves it and is generally cool with everything as long as it isn’t too harmful for others.
While she is mostly unfazed by everything, she still shows a lot of empathy and understanding towards others and tries to become a better person. She’s ashamed of her past and tries her best to not fall back into her old ways, which includes her rehabilitation and her searching and getting a job to become self-reliant. She also shows great care for people she likes and even shows her motherly side with both Io and Tsuneyo. Both of these facts also apply to Yumi as she regrets abandoning her and also tries to support her with her endeavors and to be there for her, knowing that Yumi doesn’t want to even see her.
Relationships
Sensei
Yuki and Sensei have a neutral relationship. Yuki’s fine with Sensei spending time with her, but she isn’t fond of his attempts to flirt with her despite her constant reminders that she isn’t interested in anyone right now. She’s also aware of him being very close with his students, but has no solid evidence so far. She also assumes that he has a deep relationship with her daughter, despite Sensei’s insistence that this isn’t the case, though she doesn’t seem to mind as long as he treats her kindly.
Yumi
Yuki’s daughter. After everything she did to her, she accepts all the hatred Yumi has for her and fully understands why she doesn’t want to see her. She still cares about her life and is proud of her great development, including her physical development.
They only had two meaningful interactions, one being their meeting in a convenience store, where Yumi vented her frustrations and yelled at her for her past behavior until Yuki shut her up when she acted disrespectful towards Sensei, and when Yuki visited the estate to talk with her, which was the first civilized conversation they had after a long while.
Kaori
Yuki’s niece. Yuki was under the impression that she passed away after her tragic accident, so she was shocked to meet her without warning during Butterfly Facts. Learning that she’s actually alive and has no family left, she started to spend more time with her so Kaori has more people in her life she can rely on. While her unusual way of speaking confused her at first, Yuki got used to it very quickly.
Io
Yuki is a regular at the bathhouse Io’s aunt owns. Because she frequently visits the bathhouse and is the kind of woman Io doesn’t inherently despise, Io and Yuki have a decent relationship to the point where Yuki cares about her well-being.
Sara
Yuki applied for a job at her bar and was hired as a barkeeper, making Sara her employer as of Sweet Vermouth. Both seem to have a good relationship since they treat each other with respect during work and sometimes spend time outside of it, even letting Sara bathe with her at the bathhouse.
Yumi’s Father
Yuki spent many years at his estate, but not because she liked him but because he allowed her to have an easy life in exchange for a few personal favors. Some time after giving birth to Yumi, she left him and traveled through the city, apparently having cut contact with him. She still keeps his family name, because it gives her some influence in his clan.
Memorable Quotes
Trivia
- Yuki has a tattoo on her entire back, portraying a snake dragon with water flowing down it’s body like a waterfall.
- The tattoo is unfinished as it lacks the color inside the design, but, so far, she doesn’t have the money to finish it since she can’t use her status as the clan leader’s lover to have it made cheaper.
- Before she decided to turn her life around, Yuki only managed to hold an apartment for 3 months at most.
