Ruffian

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Ruffian
Japanese	荒くれ者
Romaji	Arakuremono
Alternate Names	Tough Guy (Fantastic Days)
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Maroon
Professional Status
Affiliation	Kingdom of Belzerg
Class	Artisan Weaver
Job	Noble
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Debuts
Light Novel	Web Novel Chapter 1
Anime	KonoSuba Episode 1
Game	Revival of Beldia
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Tetsu Inada
English Voice	Imari Williams

The Ruffian (荒くれ者, lit."Rough Guy") is a yet-unnamed, burly man who frequents the Adventurer Guild of Axel.

Appearance

The Ruffian is a very tall, well-built man. He has a rough-looking face and sports a tall mohawk hairstyle, along with a mustache and beard. His attire consists of green pants with no shirt, white bracers, rose colored suspenders, a set of shoulder armour and metal-plated shoes.

Personality

Ruffian is the archetype of the roughneck who usually says the adventure trope dialogues. He is rude and stoic, and although the Ruffian is also easygoing and encouraging, hanging out in the Guild acting like a veteran adventurer, he is actually an Artisan Weaver and a noble.

History

In the anime, he was the first person whom Kazuma and Aqua spoke to after their arrival to the Parallel World and entrance to the guild hall, as he rudely questioned the duo about their strange clothes while he sat near the entrance with a drink. Upon hearing Kazuma declare his intent to go adventuring as well as fight the Devil King and his army, the Ruffian welcomed them before directing them to Luna at the reception counters, though on the following day he also warned Megumin against joining the erratic pair.

He continued to observe the growth of Kazuma and his party as they fought against and overcame various impossible odds like the Cabbages and Beldia, making all kinds of commentary monologues on the way. The Ruffian was also seen as a patron of the Succubus Cafe during Kazuma's first trip to the shop, and helped carry Megumin around after she was spent casting her first Explosion on the Destroyer.

Subsequent to Kazuma's arrest by Sena, the Ruffian also joined those spectating his trial. Monitoring how Kazuma later fought his way out of his predicament, he witnessed the birth of a legendary adventurer as he ran into Kazuma receiving his new sword at a blacksmith. When the party left Axel for Arcanletia, the Ruffian saw them off at the city gate, before commenting from afar following their return from the City of Water and the Crimson Demon Village. He also hung around the Guild giving comments about the locations Kazuma and his companions would head for during their adventures surrounding the magical stones and the cursed relic.

Hearing one day Kazuma whinging at the Guild about becoming a monk, unlike his party members the Ruffian encouraged him to try out different things while he was still young. Present too at the Guild when Kazuma's party was awarded the rewards from vanquishing Sylvia, the Ruffian's secret status also allowed him to naturally dine at a high-class restaurant where the up-and-coming Kazuma and Aqua once made a scene at, as well as receive an invitation from Alderp for attending the wedding ceremony between the governor and Darkness, though afterwards he went back to hanging around at the Guild.

Trivia

• The Ruffian appears in KonoSuba web novel as the one who lent Aqua money for the Adventurer Guild registration fee. Although he doesn't appear in the main light novel series, the Ruffian had a cameo in Volume 1 of the Limelight spin-off.
• His catchphrase, the initial welcome to Kazuma when they declared their intent to become adventurers, approximately translates to "Welcome to Hell's gate!", which he later used again for greeting Kazuma at the Succubus Cafe.
• While filling out his dream request form at the Succubus Cafe, the Ruffian put down in his occupation field "Artisan Weaver", which astounded Kazuma.
  • The Ruffian also put down in his name field "Potemkin the 4th", indicating that he might be related to the legendary noble Potemkin with who the Ruffian shares the same seiyū.
• He appears to bear an old wound that hurts during the rainy season.
• According to Luna, he usually pretends to be a veteran adventurer in order to persuade the rookie ones to give up.
• This character was also mentioned in the author notes of the Afterwards in Volume 17 of the light novel, suggesting that he was part of the battle at the Royal Capital against the army led by the Devil King's Daughter.