Young Arataka Reigen is a promising competitive figure skater, but he has one flaw : his skating style is not Beautiful. Reigen debuts in a time where judges critique routines mostly on technique, and how elegant it is. He does not take this criticism well, often getting into tiffs with coaches about what should be ‘the focus’ of his performances. Cue Misty’s idea of him pushing too hard, trying too much, which results in an accident which breaks his leg and his career early.
Fast forward: Reigen coaches an up-and-coming figure skater Shigeo Kageyama. Times have changed, and judges are more receptive to emotionally driven skating in a modern audience. Plot twist : Reigen’s still teaching Mob how to deal with his emotions in this au, this time via finding Mob’s own style of skating. Reigen’s crazy-out-there-what-the-fuck-are-you-doing skate style helps Mob open up and experiment with his own.
Reigen wasn’t a particularly restful sleeper until Serizawa moved in, and would regularly fall out of bed. When he got a plain futon, he still somehow managed to wake up halfway across the floor, tangled in his covers.
Reigen is a freaking klutz, and it only gets worse when he forgets to eat. Mob has to make sure that he doesn’t get low blood sugar before they have to walk somewhere…
Occasionally, Reigen suffers from vertigo. He is not good with heights.
When Reigen falls, he is the king of playing it off like it’s no big deal, usually rolling back to his feet and continue to talk without missing a beat. (This particularly freaked out Serizawa the first time he saw it happen, because Reigen insisted on ignoring him asking fifty times if he was okay)
Much in the way that he always eats/drinks things before they have a chance to cool, Reigen is short-sighted about things around the office that stick out at precarious angles. It doesn’t matter how many times he bangs his knee on the filing cabinet, he will never, ever move it.
