Editing Tell Kawai

{{Infobox character
| headers          = true
| image            = KawaiTell.png
| en_name          = Tell Kawai
| ja_name          = {{Ruby|合|か}}{{Ruby|羽|わ}}{{Ruby|井|い}} テル
| romaji_name      = Kawai Teru
| birthdate        = August 8<ref>[[Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Saikyo Battle Royale!! Let's Go! Go Rush!!]] guidebook</ref>
| age              = 
| gender           = Male
| favorite_food    = 
| organization     = [[Kappa Heavenly Cleaning]] (manager)
| school           = 
| tournament1      = [[Galaxy Cup]]<ref name="ep72>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|72|ref}}</ref>
| result1          = Ninth
| deck             = [[Kappa]]
| anime_debut      = {{Episode|GO RUSH!!|4|ref}}
| appears_in_anime = ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]''
| ja_voice         = {{voice actors|ja|Kengo Kawanishi}} <ref name="voiceactor">https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/yugioh-gorush/chara01/</ref> 
| en_voice         = 
}}

'''Tell Kawai''' ({{Ruby|合|か}}{{Ruby|羽|わ}}{{Ruby|井|い}} テル ''Kawai Teru'') is a character in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!]]''. He is an alien who comes to [[Mutsuba Town]], and has a connection to [[Yuhi Ohdo]], having been the alien who stole his [[Earthdamar]].<ref name="ep4">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|4|ref}}</ref>

==Design==
===Appearance===
[[File:TellKawai-Full.png|thumb|125px|left|Full-body view of Kawai in his drenched human form.]]
<div style=float:right>{{multiple image|align=right|direction=vertical|width=225|image1=TellConceptOne.png|image2=TellConceptTwo-Full.png|caption2=Reference sheets depicting Kawai in his human form and his true form.}}</div>
When Kawai first appears he is constantly drenched in water. He resembles a pale-skinned human with lank dark green hair that reaches his neck and has a fringe styled into a point hanging over his orange eyes, which have ovular irises and slitted pupils. He has pointed ears and slightly webbed hands. Kawai wears a white labcoat over a grey jumpsuit with a blue collar and an unusual silver diadem, with the traditional arms being an ornamental arrow shape; the diadem is held on his head by a metal plate fitting over the top of his skull.

In his true form, Kawai wears dull green protective clothing and darker green gloves and boots, with a silver beak-like mask covering his mouth. This mask can be removed and can open to allow Kawai to drink when necessary.

===Personality===
Kawai thirsts for knowledge; once he finds a subject he deems interesting enough for study, he obsessively pursues it. His own physiology reacts to this desire; his consistent secretion of water was due to the lack of satisfaction he found in his failure to unravel the mystery of the [[Earthdamar]]. However, when Kawai finds a new object of study in the form of [[Yuhi Ohdo]] himself that promises results, his body ceases the secretion. Kawai himself thirsts for water despite being constantly soaked, keeping bottles on hand both to drink and pour over his body.

Kawai is willing to undertake questionable methods in pursuit of his research, but also proves to hold to his word; after being defeated by Yuhi in a [[Rush Duel]], he relinquished the Earthdamar without argument and even urged Yuhi to ingest it, though it is unclear how much of this was due to his newfound desire to study Yuhi.

===Etymology===
Kawai's name comes from the Japanese word for "parched"; "kawaita".

==Biography==
===History===
Kawai encountered [[Yuhi Ohdo]] on [[Earth (planet)|Earth]] in [[Mutsuba Town]], defeating him in a [[Rush Duel]] with his defensive tactics and stealing the [[Earthdamar]] from him.<ref name="ep4">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|4|ref}}</ref> Kawai was driven to take the Earthdamar due to his belief that it was the mystery of the greatest truth in the universe, but the more he studied the substance, the more questions arose in him and his thirst for knowledge became more parched. Kawai's body began secreting water in response to this, leaving him in a constantly drenched state.<ref name="ep5">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|5|ref}}</ref>

===First Arc===
Kawai was bathing in the river outside the [[Mutsuba Heavy Machinery Garbage Collection Site #8]] one day. Unbeknownst to Kawai, Yuhi saw him bathing, though Yuhi was forced to abandon pursuing Kawai.<ref name="ep4">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|4|ref}}</ref>

Kawai's condition made operating his laundromat business difficult as any clothes he ironed were soaked faster than he could dry them. After an unsatisfactory wash, Yuhi arrived to scold Kawai for his work, unaware Kawai was the manager of [[Kappa Heavenly Cleaning]], and Kawai dropped Yuhi into his laboratory after Yuhi challenged him to a [[Rush Duel]] to retrieve the [[Earthdamar]]. He met with Yuhi downstairs, agreeing to his terms but setting the condition that Yuhi would remain in his custody so he could study the Earthdamar further. As they prepared to Duel, Yuhi's [[Duel Disk]] failed to work due to having been mixed with his laundry, though [[Valvelgear]] transformed into a Duel Disk for Yuhi. Yuhi's twin sister Yuamu and [[Yudias Velgear]] arrived as well; Kawai was intrigued to learn the Ohdo twins were in the company of a [[Velgearian]]. Kawai used his defensive tactics against Yuhi again, seeing success despite being surprised that Yuhi had changed his Deck, and he almost defeated Yuhi with "[[Kappa Emperor River Slider (anime)|Kappa Emperor River Slider]]", but Yuhi activated "[[Jointech Bumper (anime)|Jointech Bumper]]" to stop him. However, Valvelgear had trouble activating the Trap Card, Kawai noting the paradoxical claim Yuhi had made of losing his Rush Dueling ability with his Earthdamar and then Rush Dueling to retrieve it. To his shock, Yuhi claimed he wasn't alone and had 8.88 million comrades (the Velgearians aboard Valvelgear) and was able to successfully destroy Kawai's monsters with "Jointech Bumper". On his next turn, Yuhi [[Tribute Summon]]ed "[[Jointech Rex (anime)|Jointech Rex]]"; Kawai was prepared to counter it with another "[[Kappa's Gas (anime)|Kappa's Gas]]", but Yuhi used the effect of "Jointech Rex" to destroy his Trap and defeat Kawai in a [[One Turn Kill]]. Kawai was struck by Yuhi's passion, shifting his obsession to him and ceasing his secretion of water. He returned the Earthdamar to Yuhi, but [[Zuwijo zir Velgear]] stole it before Yuhi could drink it, and Kawai took the chance to leave while the [[UTS]] employees were distracted.<ref name="ep5">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|5|ref}}</ref>

Kawai watched a live presentation of [[Learning the Fun Way - Ultimate Go Rush]] on a TV in the street, eventually moving to a [[Ramen Hut]] to watch the Duels there.<ref name="ep8">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|8|ref}}</ref><ref name="ep10">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|10|ref}}</ref> He watched Yudias' Rush Duel with [[Chupataro Kaburagi]] and the use of the Earthdamar to materialize "[[Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan (anime)|Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan]]" in the physical world, observing the Earthdamar was stronger than he'd thought. He left the restaurant after the Rush Duel, grimly noting the power was an avatar of ruin that would lead them to darkness.<ref name="ep10">{{Episode|GO RUSH!!|10|ref}}</ref> Becoming aware that Zuwijo would use the Earthdamar at [[Mutsuba Tower]], Kawai bathed on a nearby building to watch the event and was interrupted by [[Manabu Sogetsu]] and [[Nyandestar]] or [[MIK (organization)|MIK]]. Kawai cryptically alluded to Zuwijo's intention to use the Earthdamar again, claiming aliens had seen things humanity couldn't imagine.<ref name="ep11">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|11|ref}}</ref> He left his bath while Yudias Rush Dueled Zuwijo atop Mutsuba Tower, the latter using the power of the Earthdamar to materialize his "[[Voidvelgr Requiem (anime)|Voidvelgr Requiem]]" and clad himself in it, and visited [[Mutsuba Heavy Machinery]] to inform [[Asaka Mutsuba]] of the events.<ref name="ep12">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|12|ref}}</ref>

As the Earthdamar's power materialized Kawai's "[[Kappa Avenger (anime Rush Duel)|Kappa Avenger]]" he explained to Asaka (after some prompting to be concise) that Zuwijo was transmitting the effects of the Earthdamar across Mutsuba Town and the soul of its origin, Yuhi, had been drawn into "Voidvelgr Requiem", though Kawai wasn't sure what would happen to Yuhi. Kawai accompanied Asaka on [[EX6]], her [[Heavy Cavalry]], to Mutsuba Tower, where Asaka carved a portion of the tower away and extracted the Earthdamar, successfully stopping it from materializing more monsters, though "Requiem" remained materialized with Yuhi's soul trapped inside. Kawai noted to Asaka that Yuhi's soul could remain trapped inside "Requiem" if it wasn't destroyed during the Duel, though fortunately Yudias was able to do so and defeated Zuwijo.<ref name="ep13">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|13|ref}}</ref>

===Second arc===
To Kawai's annoyance, [[Asaka Mutsuba|Asaka]] relinquished the [[Earthdamar]] to [[MIK (organization)|MIK]], lacking interest in the substance.<ref name="ep25">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|25|ref}}</ref> [[Zuwijo zir Velgear|Zuwijo]] and [[Mitsuko Hiramori]] later visited Kawai with [[Yudias Velgear|Yudias]], who had been transformed into a shirt-like form, and they used the equipment in Kawai's lab to extract Earthdamar sap from the humid air, before splashing it over Yudias. Zuwijo asked Kawai to deliver Yudias back to UTS, and Kawai did so, meeting [[Galixon Tazaki]] at the door and delivering Yudias in his own name.<ref name="ep24">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|24|ref}}</ref>

Kawai's repurposed MIK antenna detected [[The☆Lugh's spaceship|an asteroid]] approaching the solar system, so he visited Asaka to inform her of the development and grumbled over the waste of the Earthdamar, but Asaka reminded him she didn't care about the substance and ordered Kawai to reveal why he had visited.<ref name="ep25" /> Asaka and Kawai boarded [[Heavy Cavalry|EX6]] after [[Space Treasure|a spaceship]] took off from [[Mutsuba Town]], Kawai noting it had long been rumored to be buried beneath the town. The truth proved considerably more dramatic, as the entirety of Mutsuba Town had been constructed above [[Vali-Valivelgear|a Velgearian spaceship]] buried beneath the ground, and the larger ship also took off. Pursuing the Space Treasure, Kawai and Asaka assisted Yuhi in rescuing Yuamu from the ship, catching the twins in the bucket of EX6.<ref name="ep26">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!|26|ref}}</ref>

==Deck==
Kawai uses a '''[[Kappa]] [[Main Deck|Deck]]''', focused on defensive tactics and cards based on the [[wikipedia:Kappa|kappa]].

{{Decklist|
|normal monsters = 
* [[Hyosube (anime Rush Duel)|Hyosube]] x2<ref group=Notes name="darknessblasthamut73">A second copy of this card is [[Send|sent]] from the top of Kawai's [[Main Deck|Deck]] to the [[Graveyard]] by the [[effect]] of "[[Demolition Meltdown Dragon Darkness Blasthamut (anime)|Demolition Meltdown Dragon Darkness Blasthamut]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 073|episode 73]].</ref>
* [[Kappa Avenger (anime Rush Duel)|Kappa Avenger]] x2<ref group=Notes name="darknessblasthamut73"/>
* [[Kappa Rapper (anime)|Kappa Rapper]] x2
* [[Psychic Kappa (anime Rush Duel)|Psychic Kappa]] x2<ref group=Notes name="darknessblasthamut73"/>
|effect monsters = 
* [[Kappa Emperor River Slider (anime)|Kappa Emperor River Slider]]
|normal traps    = 
* [[Kappa's Gas (anime)|Kappa's Gas]] x2<ref group=Notes name="rex5">A second copy of this [[face-down]] card is [[destroy]]ed by the [[effect]] of "[[Jointech Rex (anime)|Jointech Rex]]" in [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 005|episode 5]].</ref>
* [[Sunbathing Kappa (anime)|Sunbathing Kappa]]
}}

==Duels==
{| class="wikitable card-list"
|-
! scope="col" | Opponent(s)
! scope="col" | Episode(s)
! scope="col" | Outcome
|-
| [[Yuhi Ohdo]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 004|4]] || Win (flashback)
|-
| [[Yuhi Ohdo]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 005|5]] || Lose
|-
| [[Asaka Mutsuba]] || [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 073|73]]-[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! - Episode 074|74]] || Lose
|}

==Trivia==
* Kawai is based on the [[wikipedia:Kappa (folklore)|kappa]], a kami from Japanese folklore.

==Other appearances==
{{Character other appearances}}

==References==
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==Notes==
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{{Tell Kawai pages}}
{{Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! characters}}
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