Stanford

Stanford and Mitsuo don’t often talk about how they met, though they go way back, Stanford is a carpenter and architect and the younger brother of Stanley and Staniel, a trio of triplets. He was an unexpected bonus to a mother who was expecting twins and had gone overboard, explaining not only the pattern of the trio's names, but why Stanford’s name doesn’t quite match up with the others.

Stanford is an almost comically stereotypical looking carpenter, he is taller than Eric and Walker, though still dwarfed by Mitsuo, about six-foot 1 inch, 186 centimeters, he has wide shoulders and slim waist, his long straight hair parted in the middle, large ears, and soft gray eyes. He has passing obsessions over female teen-pop idols, and goes to any concert he can, as they fade away, he moves onto the next up and coming 20-something pop-teen idol shows her face. He is a great street fighter, second only to Mitsuo, and he will go absolutely psychotic if you damage his van; for which their gang is named.

He is always willing to help others but waits till Mitsuo extends his hand first. Stanford was a fighting addict in his youth but has mostly grown out of it, he is an exceptional power house though. He was also a very proficient fist fighter, and could hold his own against five men in an ambush, his skills are second to Mitsuo, though Eric and Walker had the advantage of being insane and being willing to literally Molotov Cocktail people.

Anep had the privilege of being the only one to ever to accompany Stanford to a concert, Stanford jams with Anep, drove him around in his van, things nobody else was privileged too, on the other hand, Stanford has a typically laid back and reserved attitude, he is, to a degree, emotionally distant, making him so hard to read, though he does go out of his way to make Anep feel included and welcomed, even if Anep occasionally annoyed him.

Most people know little about Stanford; only knowing that Mitsuo and Stanford go way back, to middle school at least, before they both dropped out of high school at 16. Stanford and Mitsuo were both fighting addicts back in the day. Stanford is a fanboy of whatever pop idol happens on the scene at the time; even being able to speak japanese so he can fanboy over the songs; when their careers ended after just a few months, he moves on; just as enthusiastically, to the next sensation.

He has the largest collection of music of anyone in the gang, and though he finds Mitsuo’s taste for Korean-Pop terrible, he loves to groove out with Anep, treating him like a younger brother. Stanford is laid back, but gets second hand embarrassment from Walker and Eric's anime fanboying along with their occasional bouts of antisocial behavior, but unlike Mitsuo he does not harbor a private reserved obsession with them; he is not happy that Eric and Walker replaced the dented side door with one covered in an Anime Mural, but also refuses to paint over it. He does occasionally read the manga they leave in his van.

The van is Stanford's one major obsession, and he flies into a rage should it be damaged by anybody intentionally or otherwise; only second to his obsession for his current pop idol. Stanford openly tears up at pop concerts and his home is filled with ‘bling’ he bought at the one’s he’s attended in the city. He was once prepared to kill a man for damaging some memorabilia of some washed-up pop idol he kept in his van; only being stopped by his friends.

A fighting addict in his youth, this has mellowed out not only thanks to his pop obsession but to Mitsuo's influence upon him. Stanford is an extremely proficient driver, and can hold his own against five men in an ambush, though Eric and Walker have the advantage of being insane and being willing to literally Molotov Cocktail people.

Anep has the privilege of sitting shotgun in Stanfords van, being taken to a concert by him, and jamming with him, but Stanford is also typically laid back and reserved; emotionally distant. Sometimes Anep annoys Stanford, but he also enjoys his randomness and energy; he is very hard to read but does his best to make people feel included and welcome. Stanford and Anep share their thing for pop, and J-pop.

Stanford is good with his hands, helping the gang deal with damage to the abandoned warehouse on the edge of town, along the dirt road, and also helping them set up for events held there. Though he’s straight he’s more in love with his van and impossible to reach pop idols than any woman; he never dates, though some girls in the gang have acted as his beard by pretending to be his girl when he goes and visits his family.