History Characters / ChoujinX

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!![[spoiler:Batista Hoshi]]

A mysterious individual responsible for a drug that forces those with aptitude into becoming choujin. Currently allied with the Tower of Mourning. [[spoiler:He is later revealed to be the younger brother of Yamato Mori's second-in-command, Sandek Hoshi: Batista Hoshi]].

* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Sandek's Abel. They actually used to get along quite well, but they ended up going down two very different paths in life.]]

* {{Irony}}: After jumping in during Tokio's battle with a chaosified Palma, Azuma goes straight in for the kill and attempts to put her down before she can cause any collateral damage from those nearby. When Tokio responds with horror, Azuma criticizes him for not following the keepers' guidelines handling chaosification. This is in spite of the fact that Azuma himself awakened to his powers as a choujin under similarly violent circumstances.

!!Keepers

[[folder:Arthur One]]
!!Arthur One
!!!Sand Choujin

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Yamato Mori's Chief Administrator.
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* MrExposition: He delivers a lengthy monologue about Sora's action during the War of Nanasu in chapter 38.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Arthur's shown to have a pretty good head on his shoulders, taking Tokio's constructive criticism of his plans pretty well and agreeing to adjust them.
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* CantTakeCriticism: Actually averted. Despite Azuma being a [[{{Pride}} rather prideful]] who is [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex extremely self-conscious with how other people see him]], he's surprisingly receptive to critcism. When Sandek talks to Azuma in chapter 24 about his personal failings, Azuma takes it with zero hesitation, making it clear that he doesn't blind himself to his own flaws. Furthermore, [[spoiler:Ely's willingness to call him out on his behavior is indicated to be a big part of why Azuma develops romantic feelings for her.]] While Azuma ''is'' prideful, it's largely based on his father's lessons to him that he ''needs'' to take the right path in life, and he needs to take accountability for when he does screw up, even if it's not easy for him.

* CelibateHeroine: Downplayed. While Ely is very open about having a crush on Sandek, she makes it clear that romance is generally something she treats as secondary to whatever her immediate concerns as a keeper are. [[spoiler:It's probably part of the reason why Ely doesn't seem to pick up that Azuma has feelings for her.]]

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: While Azuma seemingly has his life figured out, under the surface he's filled with insecurities, particularly over wanting to remain as Tokio's personal hero and not be left in his own friend's shadow.

* FreudianTrio: Tokio, Ely, and Azuma are all {{foil}}s to each other. A major point of focus in the development of all three characters is how their ideals and decision-making processes change, and as such the three of them can be mapped onto the .

** One could '''also''' argue that Tokio is the Id, Azuma is the Ego, and Ely is the Superego. Tokio is very much TheDitherer, basing most of his decisions on spur-of-the-moment hunches rather than on any sort of established principles. When he does have to make a decision that he's forced to think long and hard on, Tokio oftentimes gets hung up on being too scared to make a decision at all. Ely, by contrast, has a defined worldview and set of principles from the get-go. She doesn't really need to think on whether something is right or wrong. If something goes according to her principles, she'll do it. If not, she won't do it. Her worldview, although it works wonders at stopping her from getting bogged down with indecision, also lacks a ''lot'' of nuance, leading Ely to somewhat ignore a lot of the messier implications of her decisions. Azuma is kind of in the middle where he certainly places a lot of importance on having principles, but it's clear that he's still figuring out what exactly he wants those principles to ''be''. While he does more-or-less try to stick with whatever principles society tells him, he's noticeably not that consistent about it either, and will decide to go against them in more messier personal matters. This is probably best seen in how all three of them respond to their experiences at the Tower. [[spoiler:Tokio is ''very'' split on whether or not to believe Zora, saying that BothSidesHaveAPoint, yet has no idea which side to pick over the other. Ely, after seeing the casualties created by Zora, sticks to her guns and goes against her and refuses to even entertain anything she's saying. Azuma is sort of in the middle. He agrees with Zora ''at first'', but after seeing that Zora is flat-out insane, he quickly goes back on it.]]

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: [[spoiler:When meeting with Zora, Tokio comes to the conclusion that both Azuma and Ely made good points on whether or not to take Zora's power and that they should have a discussion with the rest of Yamato Mori before making a decision. Unfortunately for him, Zora is ''not'' looking to negotiate.]]

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Decidedly both Ely and Azuma, with both of them receiving major focus and with [[TheHero Tokio]]'s relationships with both of them being a core part to who he is and how he develops.

* FreudianTrio: You could honestly argue it going either way.

* ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler:Ely doesn't seem to notice that Azuma is into her, with her expressing confusion as to why Azuma acts [[CrazyJealousGuy so insecure]] with her in regards to other guys, [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Tokio]] in particular. It also applies to cases outside of herself, as she doesn't seem to notice Palma's blatant crush on Tokio until Sandek literally spells it out, despite having literally walked in on Palma trying to make out with Tokio in his sleep. Justified, as romance isn't really something Ely focuses on as she views it as secondary to more immediate concerns.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: As a result of her short height, Ely can easily seem like a child at first glance. However, she's actually the same age as Tokio and Azuma.