Izaya Orihara

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he claims to love all of humanity, with the exception of Shizuo Heiwajima, a classmate. Izaya has the appearance and charisma of an intelligent, confident person, and he fully lives out these characteristics. He claims to love humanity as a whole and enjoys putting people into miserable or chaotic situations and then observing and analyzing their reactions. He has a fundamental, almost supernatural understanding of human behavior and is able to determine and recognize people's thoughts, allowing him to predict their reactions with very high accuracy. He is also cunning and nevertheless has a charming character trait, although he is not interested in women and women are not interested in him. Izaya has a very funny and mocking personality, Izaya never firmly chooses a side but rather "plays both sides" so that whichever side wins, he can take advantage of it. Although Izaya "loves" all people