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* DespairEventHorizon: Learning that the teacher she always admired was a SerialKiller, who then tortured her for no other reason than giving her despair effectively left her in a catatonic state ever since.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Learning that the teacher she always admired was a SerialKiller, who then tortured and crippled her for no other reason than giving her despair effectively left her in a catatonic state ever since.
* BerserkButton: After Kageaki inaccurately calls him a servant of Rokuhara, Suzukawa's frustration at not being able to fight him properly give way to rage and inspires him to use use Shinkai's shinogi to splash his own blood on Kageaki's face guard, [[CurbStopCushion surprising and temporarily blinding him]].
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that the the only way to preserve the beautiful thing he loves is to kill them himself while they're still beautiful so the world can't defile and feast upon them. And he loves kids and their youthful idealism most of all.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their brutal takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that the the only way to preserve the beautiful thing things he loves is to kill them himself while they're still beautiful so the world can't defile and feast upon them. And he loves kids and their youthful idealism most of all.
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* GoOutWithASmile: He settles his duel with Ukyo Nagasaka and gets to die in the arms of Ichijo, the girl identical to his first love, feeling truly blessed as he goes.
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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: As he lies dying, he gives Ichijo the broken remains of the partial Tsurugi he had been using.
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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: As he lies dying, he gives Ichijo the piece of broken remains of the partial Tsurugi he had been using.Masamune he'd used in his final combat with Ukyo.
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* PowerFist: He managed to save a piece of the Masamune tsurugi, shattered when Ukyo Nagasaka detonated the seal on the mine. Though incomplete, it's enough for him to be able to form a gauntlet with a sword, which he uses to fight Ukyo.
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* RapeByProxy: '''WARNING: DO NOT READ!''' [[spoiler:In order to teach Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu to learn the meaning of despair he stabs Yuhi in the foot and forces him to watch as he amputates Konatsu's arms and legs then demands Tadayasu rape her on pain of having the same thing happen to him. When he can't become erect, he uses Shinkai's power to control fluids to move blood to Tadayasu's penis. Judging from the description of the act, he may also have been forcing his body to move as well. After this violation of pair is complete, he uses his power once more to make him urinate upon her. And then he cuts out Tadayasu's eyes anyway]]. Rather than despair, this [[ThePowerOfHate inspires something else]] in Yuhi.
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* RapeByProxy: '''WARNING: DO NOT READ!''' [[spoiler:In order to teach Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu to learn the meaning of despair he stabs Yuhi in the foot and forces him to watch as he amputates Konatsu's arms and legs then demands Tadayasu rape her on pain of having the same thing happen to him. When he the teen can't become erect, he Suzukawa uses Shinkai's power to control fluids to move blood to Tadayasu's penis. Judging from the Yuhi's description of the act, he may also have been forcing his body their bodies to move as well. After this violation of pair is complete, he uses his power once more to make him Tadayasu urinate upon her.Konatsu. And then he cuts out Tadayasu's eyes anyway]]. Rather than despair, this [[ThePowerOfHate inspires something else]] in Yuhi.
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* BaitTheDog: When the principal is berating Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu for endangering themselves by investigating Ritsu's disappearance and planning to suspend them (an act which would certainly lead to their families grounding them and thus cutting off their investigation), Suzukawa steps in and defends them for trying to help their friend, even using his own experience with the deaths of his family to sway the principal away from suspending them. He even helps them investigate, revealing valuable clues and insights that help reconstruct the events of Ritsu's disappearance and lead them to the place of her death...so he can kill them the way he killed her.
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* BaitTheDog: When the principal is berating Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu for endangering themselves by investigating Ritsu's disappearance and planning to suspend them (an act which would certainly lead to their families grounding them and thus cutting off their investigation), Suzukawa steps in and defends them for trying to help their friend, even using his own experience with the deaths of his family to sway the principal away from suspending them. He even helps them investigate, revealing valuable clues and insights that help reconstruct the events of Ritsu's disappearance and lead them to the place of her death...all so he can kill them the way he killed her.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that the the only way to preserve the beautiful thing he loves is to kill them himself while they're still beautiful so the world can't defile and feast upon them. And he just loves kids and their youthful idealism.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that the the only way to preserve the beautiful thing he loves is to kill them himself while they're still beautiful so the world can't defile and feast upon them. And he just loves kids and their youthful idealism.idealism most of all.
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* RapeByProxy: ''WARNING: DO NOT READ!'' [[spoiler:In order to teach Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu to learn the meaning of despair he stabs Yuhi in the foot and forces him to watch as he amputates Konatsu's arms and legs then demands Tadayasu rape her on pain of having the same thing happen to him. When he can't become erect, he uses Shinkai's power to control fluids to move blood to Tadayasu's penis. Judging from the description of the act, he may also have been forcing his body to move as well. After this violation of pair is complete, he uses his power once more to make him urinate upon her. And then he cuts out Tadayasu's eyes anyway]]. Rather than despair, this [[ThePowerOfHate inspires something else]] in Yuhi.
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* RapeByProxy: ''WARNING: '''WARNING: DO NOT READ!'' READ!''' [[spoiler:In order to teach Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu to learn the meaning of despair he stabs Yuhi in the foot and forces him to watch as he amputates Konatsu's arms and legs then demands Tadayasu rape her on pain of having the same thing happen to him. When he can't become erect, he uses Shinkai's power to control fluids to move blood to Tadayasu's penis. Judging from the description of the act, he may also have been forcing his body to move as well. After this violation of pair is complete, he uses his power once more to make him urinate upon her. And then he cuts out Tadayasu's eyes anyway]]. Rather than despair, this [[ThePowerOfHate inspires something else]] in Yuhi.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The ''last'' thing he expected was to confront a ''real'' musha who knew how to fight, and even with a boost from Ginseigo's egg and a couple of unexpected tricks, Kageaki and Muramasa eat his lunch.
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** Suzukawa expected the little "lesson" he put on for the teens to have inspired crushing despair within Yuhi. Instead, it put him into a towering rage that actually led the teen to [[ThePowerOfHate physically attack him with such force that it knocked him on his ass]]. Yuhi then let loose a TheReasonYouSuck speech that throws him completely off-balance and drives the point about what a pathetic loser he really is and how badly his lesson failed home. Suzukawa can't even muster a proper counter-argument.
** The''last'' last thing he expected was to confront a ''real'' musha who knew how to fight, and even with a boost from Ginseigo's egg and a couple of unexpected tricks, Kageaki and Muramasa eat his lunch.
** Suzukawa expected the little "lesson" he put on for the teens to have inspired crushing despair within Yuhi. Instead, it put him into a towering rage that actually led the teen to [[ThePowerOfHate physically attack him with such force that it knocked him on his ass]]. Yuhi then let loose a TheReasonYouSuck speech that throws him completely off-balance and drives the point about what a pathetic loser he really is and how badly his lesson failed home. Suzukawa can't even muster a proper counter-argument.
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* ArrangedMarriage: After Ichihime turned him down, he ended up marrying an Emishi woman from a village in Fujikura, and seems to have been a good husband, despite never truly getting over his first love.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Downplayed example, he is in fifties but looks about ten years younger due to a youthful appearance being a racial trait of the Emishi. Though given their short life spans, he is positively ancient by their standards.
* TheRival: He and (now-)Captain Ukyo Naagasaka of Rokuhara have been bitter rivals in everything since their youth, particularly when it came to the love of Ichihime.
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standards, thus his body is more aged than a human of comparable years would be.
* TheOneThatGotAway: In their youth he and Ukyo Nagasaka vied for the love of Ichihime, who turned them both down. Although Yagenta eventually married and started a family, he never forgot her.
* TheRival: He and (now-)Captain UkyoNaagasaka Nagasaka of Rokuhara have been bitter rivals in everything since their youth, particularly when it came to the love of Ichihime.
* TheOneThatGotAway: In their youth he and Ukyo Nagasaka vied for the love of Ichihime, who turned them both down. Although Yagenta eventually married and started a family, he never forgot her.
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* DeathOfAChild: Both of them ends up killed in their sleep by Kageaki. And unfortunately, he hesitated when trying to deliver a fatal blow to Funa, leaving her writhing on the floor in agony pleading for help with him putting her out of her misery in the middle of an emotional breakdown.
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* DeathOfAChild: Both of them ends end up killed in their sleep by Kageaki. Kageaki thank to the Law of Balance. And unfortunately, he hesitated when trying to deliver a fatal blow to Funa, leaving her writhing on the floor in agony pleading for help with him putting her out of her misery in the middle of an emotional breakdown.breakdown.
* FlorenceNightingaleSyndrome: Fuki is implied to have developed a PrecociousCrush on Kageaki while helping him recuperate from his disastrous first battle with Fuma and Nagasaka.
* FlorenceNightingaleSyndrome: Fuki is implied to have developed a PrecociousCrush on Kageaki while helping him recuperate from his disastrous first battle with Fuma and Nagasaka.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: They are completely unfaced by having a giant robotic spider in their home and treats it like just another guest.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: They are completely unfaced unfazed by having a giant robotic spider in their home and treats treat it like just another guest.
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* TheRival: He and (now-)Captain Ukyo Naagasaka of Rokuhara have been bitter rivals in everything since their youth, particularly when it came to the love of Ichihime.
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* ChurchgoingVillain: He started out as one, despite the Rokuhara's unofficial crackdown on Christianity, and claims to still be so, even saying he goes to church once a week. It turns out this is a front, though. He actually found meaning in [[StrawNihilist a different sort of faith]]. Or lack thereof.
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* ChurchgoingVillain: He started out as one, despite the Rokuhara's unofficial unofficial-but-very-real crackdown on Christianity, and claims to still be so, even saying he goes to church once a week. It turns out this is a front, though. He actually found meaning in [[StrawNihilist a different sort of faith]]. Or lack thereof.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The ''last'' thing he expected was to confront another musha, and even with a boost from Ginseigo's egg and a couple of unexpected tricks, Kageaki and Muramasa eat his lunch.
* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves to keep the world from making them rot and die. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves to keep the world from making them rot and die. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The ''last'' thing he expected was to confront another musha, a ''real'' musha who knew how to fight, and even with a boost from Ginseigo's egg and a couple of unexpected tricks, Kageaki and Muramasa eat his lunch.
* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief thathe should destroy every the the only way to preserve the beautiful thing he loves is to keep kill them himself while they're still beautiful so the world from making them rot can't defile and die. feast upon them. And he just loves kids and their youthful ideals. idealism.
* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that
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* TragicVillain: If his country hadn't been taken over and ravaged by a pack of evil lunatics and his wife and child hadn't been killed, he'd still be the good man he pretends to be.
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* TragicVillain: If his country hadn't been taken over and ravaged by a pack of evil lunatics conquerors and his wife and child hadn't been killed, died slow, horrible deaths before his eyes, he'd still be the good man he pretends to be.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Downplayed example, he is in his late forties but looks much younger due to being a racial trait of the Emishi. Though given their short life spans, he is positively ancient by their standards.
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* ShyFingerTwiddling: Fuki wrings her hands when nervous. Unfortunately she does this while in the middle of toweling the sweat off Kageaki's chest wound. It's quite painful.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: BeautyEqualsGoodness, but all beauty is ruined and destroyed by this wicked world, so Sukuzawa must kill everything he finds beautiful before it can fade or be defiled.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: BeautyEqualsGoodness, but all beauty is ruined and destroyed by this wicked world, so Sukuzawa must kill "save" everything he finds beautiful by destroying it before it can fade or be defiled.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: The ''last'' thing he expected was to confront another musha, and even with a boost from Ginseigo's egg and a couple of unexpected tricks, Kageaki and Muramasa eat his lunch.
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* InadequateInheritor: Kageaki notes what a shame it is that such a famed tsurugi should happen to end up in the hands of a guy like Suzukawa.
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: BeautyEqualsGoodness, but all beauty is ruined and destroyed by this wicked world, so Sukuzawa must kill everything he finds beautiful before it can fade or be defiled.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that it was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so to keep the same thing can't happen again.world from making them rot and die. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
* EvilStoleMyFaith: First Rokuhara viciously took over his beloved Yamato and devoted its resources to conquest instead of the people, then his wife and daughter died due to a lack of food and medicine. Slow, painful deaths because the only thing he had left was hope that God would spare them. Now Suzukawa doesn't believe in ''anything'', least of all hope.
* EvilStoleMyFaith: First Rokuhara viciously took over his beloved Yamato and devoted its resources to conquest instead of the people, then his wife and daughter died due to a lack of food and medicine. Slow, painful deaths because the only thing he had left was hope that God would spare them. Now Suzukawa doesn't believe in ''anything'', least of all hope.
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* TragicVillain: If his country hadn't been taken over and ravaged by a pack of evil lunatics and his wife and child hadn't been killed, he'd still be the good man he pretends to be.
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I'd better practice what my spelling/grammar corrections preach.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that he was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that he it was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves kids and their youthful ideals.
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* SuperSenses: Downplayed. His sharp eyes are mentioned a few times, and Yuhi says he can read a book from the other side of the classroom.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this this corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away while he was powerless to stop them. From that he was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves children.
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* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this this ugly, corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away in suffering while he was powerless to stop them. From that he was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves children.kids and their youthful ideals.
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* BaitTheDog: When the principal is berating Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu for endangering themselves by investigating Ritsu's disappearance and planning to suspend them (an act which would certainly lead to their families grounding them and thus cutting off their investigation), Suzukawa steps in and defends them for trying to help their friend, even using his own experience with the deaths of his family to sway the principal away from suspending them. He even helps them investigate, revealing valuable clues and insights that help reconstruct the events of Ritsu's disappearance and leading them to the place of her death...so he can kill them the way he killed her.
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* BaitTheDog: When the principal is berating Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu for endangering themselves by investigating Ritsu's disappearance and planning to suspend them (an act which would certainly lead to their families grounding them and thus cutting off their investigation), Suzukawa steps in and defends them for trying to help their friend, even using his own experience with the deaths of his family to sway the principal away from suspending them. He even helps them investigate, revealing valuable clues and insights that help reconstruct the events of Ritsu's disappearance and leading lead them to the place of her death...so he can kill them the way he killed her.
* ChurchgoingVillain: He started out as one, despite the Rokuhara's unofficial crackdown on Christianity, and claims to still be so, even saying he goes to church once a week. It turns out this is a front, though. He actually found meaning in [[StrawNihilist a different sort of faith]]. Or lack thereof.
* DrivenToMadness: He started out as a good man who loved his country and his wife and child, but was forced not only to watch Yamato being vitiated by the Rokuhara Shogunate after their takeover, but his wife and child died before his eyes because Rokuhara-caused food and medicine shortages weakened them to the point where they were killed by a simple flu. Falling into despair, he came to believe this this corrupt world (as exemplified by Rokuhara) ruins and devours everything beautiful and that he should have killed his family while they were still beautiful instead of watching them wither away while he was powerless to stop them. From that he was an easy jump to the belief that he should destroy every beautiful thing he loves so the same thing can't happen again. And he loves children.
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* JapaneseChristian: He is one, despite Rokuhara cracking down on Christians and claims to have found solace in his faith after the deaths of his wife and child. [[ChurchgoingVillain He even claims to still go to church once a week]]. It turns out this is a front, though. He actually found meanining in [[StrawNihilist a different sort of faith]]. Or lack thereof.
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* MoralDissonance: Yuhi notes that using the tragedy of his family to manipulate someone who has nothing to do with it (i.e. the afore-mentioned principal) is a pretty ignoble thing to do for such an upstanding man. Later it turns out he's not so upstanding.
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The young homeroom teacher of Yuhi's highschool. His charsima and modern teachings makes him loved by his students, but he sometimes slips criticism towards the government, hiding a deep resentment for the Rokuhara Shogunate, which is responsible for the death of his entire family. He's also concerned by Kazama Ritsu's disappearance, before joining the three students in their investigation once word of their shenanigans began to spree.
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The young homeroom teacher of Yuhi's highschool. high school. His charsima charisma and modern teachings makes him loved by his students, but he sometimes slips criticism towards the government, hiding a deep resentment for the Rokuhara Shogunate, which is responsible for the death of his entire family. He's also concerned by Kazama Ritsu's disappearance, before joining the three students in their investigation once word of their shenanigans began to spree.
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* BaitTheDog: When the principal is berating Yuhi, Tadayasu and Konatsu for endangering themselves by investigating Ritsu's disappearance and planning to suspend them (an act which would certainly lead to their families grounding them and thus cutting off their investigation), Suzukawa steps in and defends them for trying to help their friend, even using his own experience with the deaths of his family to sway the principal away from suspending them. He even helps them investigate, revealing valuable clues and insights that help reconstruct the events of Ritsu's disappearance and leading them to the place of her death...so he can kill them the way he killed her.
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* JapaneseChristian: He is one, despite Rokuhara cracking down on Christians and claims to have found solace in his faith after the deaths of his wife and child. [[ChurchgoingVillain He even claims to still go to church once a week]]. It turns out this is a front, though. He actually found meanining in [[StrawNihilist a different sort of faith]]. Or lack thereof.
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A childhood friend of Yuhi, whose family adopted him since several years. A huge tomboy at heart, she spends her time bickering with him and exchanging blows. She quickly joins him in his investigation for their friend's disappearance. She also has a huge crush on their history teacher, Suzukawa Ryobu.
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A childhood friend of Yuhi, whose family adopted him since several years.years ago. A huge tomboy at heart, she spends her time bickering with him and exchanging blows. She quickly joins him in his investigation for their friend's disappearance. She also has a huge crush on their history teacher, Suzukawa Ryobu.
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* WhatIsThisFeeling: She notes that somehow she feels calm and at ease whenever she's trapping Yuhi in a leglock. He says it's because she's crazy.
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* HyperAwareness: He's a ''very'' perceptive and intelligent person, even without his eyes.
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* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever Yuhi imagine her, she does that distinct Oh-oh-oh-oh. It's unclear if she really did this though or if it is just his imagination of her.
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* CuteLittleFangs: Demonstrates these when she's laughing...at least in Nitta's memory.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Judging from the way she's talked about, it seems she had a tendency to pick on her friends unmercifully, particularly Yuhi. However, she was still a beloved friend, implying this.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever Yuhiimagine imagines her, she does that distinct Oh-oh-oh-oh. It's unclear if she really did this though or if it is just his imagination of her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Judging from the way she's talked about, it seems she had a tendency to pick on her friends unmercifully, particularly Yuhi. However, she was still a beloved friend, implying this.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever Yuhi
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* FangsAreEvil: His sideways open mouth portrait shows a canine notable portraits show canines notably longer than the rest of his teeth, and he's a serial killer of teens.
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* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: While he is a regular homeroom teacher, he is prone of slipping into political tracts in his lectures as a result of his betterness against the Rokuhara.
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* BrokenAce: Was once one of the best crux racers around but eventually had to retire as his age started to catch up to him. This rendered him bitter and blindly determined to have Misao accomplish what he couldn't in his stead, even if he has to resort to murder or make a deal with Ginseigo.
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* TheBusCameBack: After vanishing from the plot after chapter one she returns during ''Nemesis'' as the pilot of Guts Eidar.
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* BlindSeer: While he lost his eyesight, in a way he gained a new kind of vision, able to not only determine Muramasa's identity as Yuhi's killer, but even determine in a vague sense why she killed him.
* BreakThemByTalking: Unintentional example, but his words towards Muramasa about how he won't forgive her for her role in Yuhi's death comes within inches of breaking her her spirit, the very same thing that keeps her existence together.
* TheBusCameBack: After being blinded in chapter 1 he disappears from the plot before returning much later in Muramasa's route where the two meet.
* BreakThemByTalking: Unintentional example, but his words towards Muramasa about how he won't forgive her for her role in Yuhi's death comes within inches of breaking her her spirit, the very same thing that keeps her existence together.
* TheBusCameBack: After being blinded in chapter 1 he disappears from the plot before returning much later in Muramasa's route where the two meet.
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!! Kamakura City
[[folder:Konatsu Kurusuno]]
!! Konatsu Kurusuno
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A childhood friend of Yuhi, whose family adopted him since several years. A huge tomboy at heart, she spends her time bickering with him and exchanging blows. She quickly joins him in his investigation for their friend's disappearance. She also has a huge crush on their history teacher, Suzukawa Ryobu.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Ultimately loses her arms and legs after the incident with Suzukawa.
* BreakTheCutie: She's left utterly broken by the experience of her teacher torturing her by the end of the first chapter, leaving her bedridden.
* ChildhoodFriends: She has known Yuhi ever since he was adopted by her parents at a very young age.
* DespairEventHorizon: Learning that the teacher she always admired was a SerialKiller, who then tortured her for no other reason than giving her despair effectively left her in a catatonic state ever since.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Played very darkly as Guts Eidar drops from the sky from having spent all its fuel, this mysterious foe is revealed to have been Konatsu alongside three others causing Kageaki to try in vain to save her. He then is left to examine the remains to his full horror, asserting that they were truly the heroes and he the villain.
* DramaticUnmask: The reveal to her identity as the pilot of the head section for Guts Eidar comes from the faceplate cracking open revealing her face to Kageaki who immediately recognizes her.
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: Her final words in ''Nemesis'' are simply words full of spite and hate aimed at Kageaki as she falls to her death.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: It is heavily implied she has feelings for Yuhi, in spite of their tumultuous relationship.
* PsychoSerum: It is heavily implied that the reason she and the others that made up Guts Eidar were so unhinged was due to them being pumped so full of drugs meant to boost their physical traits that they couldn't think straight.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: During the ''Nemesis'' Arc, she becomes downright insane and is out for Kageaki's blood.
* {{Tsundere}}: Behind her tomboyish and violent manners, she really cares about her circle of friends to the point of sticking with them despite the danger.
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[[folder:Tadayasu Inagi]]
!! Tadayasu Inagi
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Another childhood friend of Yuhi, and a huge fan of mecha racing cruxes. Born in a wealthy family, he dreams of becoming a racer himself and training for some time with this goal in mind. Like Konatsu, he joins Yuhi during his investigations, being more of a smooth-talker and assertive than him.
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* CareerEndingInjury: At the end of the first chapter, Suzukawa, aware of his dream to be a pilot, proceeds to gouge out his eyes in order to teach him despair.
* ChildhoodFriends: Alongside Konatsu, he's one of Yuhi most important friends, who knows him since childhood.
* EyeScream: Ends up having his eyes cut out by Ryobu despite having done everything he asked for.
* TheSmartGuy: In spite of his laid back appearance, he is someone who studies hard in order to one day be able to acquire a racing crux of his own. As such, he often takes the role of as the brains of the group.
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[[folder:Ritsu Kazama]]
!! Ritsu Kazama
The [[LovingBully (sort of)]] missing friend of Yuhi, Konatsu and Tadayasu. She's known as a loud and obnoxious girl with a mean streak, very strict on the school rules, but is considered a dear friend in spite of it. Her disappearance at the very beginning of the story causes her three friends to search for her whereabouts.
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* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever Yuhi imagine her, she does that distinct Oh-oh-oh-oh. It's unclear if she really did this though or if it is just his imagination of her.
* OffWithHisHead: According to Yuhi, she was killed via decapitation.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The whole reason to why people suspected something had happened with her was due to her despite being a delinquent, she was always very punctual and would never miss class. So when she never showed up at school, everyone immediately became worried.
* PosthumousCharacter: While Yuhi and his friends try to find her, wondering what have might have happened to her, in truth she was dead before their search started with the only info on Ritsu being from other characters.
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[[folder:Ryobu Suzukawa]]
!! Ryobu Suzukawa
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The young homeroom teacher of Yuhi's highschool. His charsima and modern teachings makes him loved by his students, but he sometimes slips criticism towards the government, hiding a deep resentment for the Rokuhara Shogunate, which is responsible for the death of his entire family. He's also concerned by Kazama Ritsu's disappearance, before joining the three students in their investigation once word of their shenanigans began to spree.
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* AuthorTract: InUniverse, he has something of a habit of letting his bitterness against the Rokuhara Shogunate seep into his school lectures.
* BreakThemByTalking: Goes on to try and teach the children despair by having a lecture on how easily people can abandon morals with the right incentive and then having them commit to it. Yuhi ends up [[ShutUpHannibal not having any it however]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tortured both Yuhi and his friends without a hint of emotion or restraint, all to present them with despair.
* DealWithTheDevil: When it becomes clear that he is losing his duel with Kageaki he begins asking for more power with Ginseigo then appearing before him, granting his craving. Though it ends up being for naught in the end as he burns through the remainder of his bodies calories, causing him to freeze and be easy pickings.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Once it is clear that he is not right in the head and is far more cruel than he presented himself, his glasses are made opaque to highlight them as he tortures Yuhi's friends while he is ForcedToWatch.
* HopeSpot: Applies this trope as a means of psychological torture against Tadayasu, giving him the hope that his future might be spared if he does what is asked of him only to then rip it away anyways, all to teach the kids despair.
* ManipulativeBastard: Him helping the three friends in their investigation was simply a means to him to lure them to his hideout where he could kill them.
* MaskOfSanity: While seems like a cool headed teacher most of the time, it all hides a dangerously unstable mind.
* MrExposition: His status as a school teacher also serves a way to introduce the key concepts of musha battles to the reader.
* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: While he is a regular homeroom teacher, he is prone of slipping into political tracts in his lectures as a result of his betterness against the Rokuhara.
* SerialKiller: He is the one responsible for the disappearances in town and has so far killed four young people, and is about to make it seven.
* StarterVillain: He is the first villain encountered in the story, and as he is fairly weak by most metrics he ends up simply being a simple workout for Kageaki.
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[[folder:Misao Oji]]
!! Misao Oji
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A new pilot participating in Kamakura's racing Grand Prix, which involves racing cruxes instead of tsurugi. She's the young daughter of Oji Suguru, a former regional champion in Yamato.
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* BadassDriver: She is a racing crux operator, so it kinda comes with the territory that she would be good at it.
* BlindedByTheLight: As part of a joint plan between her and her father, she has Avenger angle itself in a certain way causing the sun to reflect off it, blinding the rival racer using the Ultima, causing a fatal crash that also took out part of the audience stands, killing several innocents.
* BrotherSisterTeam: She and Suguru are actually brother and sister, with her working to help achieve his goals.
* EmotionlessGirl: She hardly ever emotes or shows emotion except when her father is involved.
* ExtremeDoormat: when it comes to her father she will do anything he asks of her without complaint, regardless of its moral, ethical or just self preserving issues.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: At first they are presented as father and daughter, it is revealed that they are actually brother and sister, separated by several years and having different fathers.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: It is revealed that she and Suguru are actually siblings, separated by enough years to be mistaken as father and child.
* TheQuietOne: A girl of few words and often seems lost in her own world.
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[[folder:Suguru Oji]]
!! Suguru Oji
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A now retired pilot who abandoned his dream of becoming the national champion due to his age, instead passing the torch to his daughter in the hopes of attaining what he didn't: Becoming the world's fastest pilot.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: He and Misao are siblings, working together to help realize his dreams.
* DealWithTheDevil: He is another one who has made a deal with Ginseigo, though he was able to mask it for the longest time.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: At first they are presented as father and daughter, it is revealed that they are actually brother and sister, separated by several years and having different fathers.
* LoopholeAbuse: The reason to why Muramasa was unable to find Ginseigo's egg during the race was due to it never having been implanted, Suguru had kept it in his pocket the entire time.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: It is revealed that he and Misao are actually siblings, separated by enough years to be mistaken as father and child.
* PromotionToParent: After their parents died, he took over the role of Misaos father due to the vast gap in their age and her young age at the time, to the point that she almost sees him as her real father.
* SanitySlippage: While it was questionable if he was all that sane to begin with, when Kageaki confronts him with the murder of the Ultima's pilot and several bystanders and the prospect of arrest he truly goes off the deep end and devolves into a giant MotiveRant.
* ShootingSuperman: At first he shoots Kageaki thinking he is just in a regular racing crux as they can't bloc bullets. However, even after he reveals Muramasa underneath all that extra armor, Suguru keeps shooting him even though a gun has no hope against a true tsurugi.
* TheUnfettered: He is utterly determined to have his daughter reach the world stage after he himself was no longer able to compete. And he will not shy any method to achieve this goal, be it using his daughter in sex trade, murdering other racers, or taking a deal with Ginseigo.
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!! Emishi
[[folder:Yagenta]]
!! Yagenta
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An Emishi who saves Kageaki's life in Chapter 2, living apart from the local village with his two daughters. He's an old friend and rival of Rokuhara Captain Nagasaka Ukyo, and allies with Kageaki in order to settle their lifelong dispute over their first love, Ichihime.
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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: As he lies dying, he gives Ichijo the broken remains of the partial Tsurugi he had been using.
* LoveTriangle: He was in love with an Emishi woman called Ichihime, the same woman Ukyo was in love with as well. This lead to quite the rivalry between them that persists to this day even though she dumped them both.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Ends up being something of a mentor figure for several characters, including Kageaki. He then get's killed taking an attack meant Ichijo.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Downplayed example, he is in his late forties but looks much younger due to being a racial trait of the Emishi. Though given their short life spans, he is positively ancient by their standards.
* TakingTheBullet: Takes a sword strike from Ukyo meant for Ichijo, though fortunately it was a shallow strike. The second time however he wasn't so fortunate.
* YoureInsane: When he sees just how twisted Ukyo's love for Ichihime is, he can only proclaim him mad. Ukyo doesn't deny it.
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[[folder:Fuki & Funa]]
!! Fuki & Funa
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fuki and Funa]]
The two young daughters of Yagenta, who quickly took an interest for Kageaki and Muramasa due to their stature and samurai-like aura. Fuki is the more reserved eldest sister, while Funa is the excitable and cheerful youngest sister.
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* DeathOfAChild: Both of them ends up killed in their sleep by Kageaki. And unfortunately, he hesitated when trying to deliver a fatal blow to Funa, leaving her writhing on the floor in agony pleading for help with him putting her out of her misery in the middle of an emotional breakdown.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being a child, Funa can say some insensitive things to others even if she didn't mean anything bad with it.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fuki is quite shy around strangers.
* SiblingYinYang: Fuki is calm and shy, Funa is energetic and outgoing. They form quite the contrast between each other.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: They are completely unfaced by having a giant robotic spider in their home and treats it like just another guest.
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!! Enoshima Island
[[folder:The Haya]]
!! The Haya
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[[caption-width-right:300:Takeshi Haya]]
A group of orphaned children living on the Enoshima Island met by Kageaki in Chapter 4, with its oldest member named Takeshi, who helps him investigate on the mysterious heat coming from inside the island.
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* MindRape: They all fall victim to the mind altering powers of Ginseigo.
* PromotionToParent: Takeshi, the oldest of the seven children have basically taken up parental duties after their father vanished, getting by thanks to fishing.
* ShaggyDogStory: After all the hard work Kageaki put in in trying to save them, they end up affected by Ginseigo's song leading them to kill each other.
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[[folder:Rokuhara Scientist]]
!! Rokuhara Scientist
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An unnamed scientist who works on a secret weapon for Rokuhara, in a hidden laboratory beneath Enoshima.
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* MrExposition: As the main manager of the Arahabaki project, he knows how to control it and is forced to explain it at gunpoint to George Gargett.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never revealed.
* SirSwearsalot: Pretty much each one of his sentences are littered to the brim with profanities and curses.
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[[folder:Konatsu Kurusuno]]
!! Konatsu Kurusuno
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A childhood friend of Yuhi, whose family adopted him since several years. A huge tomboy at heart, she spends her time bickering with him and exchanging blows. She quickly joins him in his investigation for their friend's disappearance. She also has a huge crush on their history teacher, Suzukawa Ryobu.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Ultimately loses her arms and legs after the incident with Suzukawa.
* BreakTheCutie: She's left utterly broken by the experience of her teacher torturing her by the end of the first chapter, leaving her bedridden.
* ChildhoodFriends: She has known Yuhi ever since he was adopted by her parents at a very young age.
* DespairEventHorizon: Learning that the teacher she always admired was a SerialKiller, who then tortured her for no other reason than giving her despair effectively left her in a catatonic state ever since.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Played very darkly as Guts Eidar drops from the sky from having spent all its fuel, this mysterious foe is revealed to have been Konatsu alongside three others causing Kageaki to try in vain to save her. He then is left to examine the remains to his full horror, asserting that they were truly the heroes and he the villain.
* DramaticUnmask: The reveal to her identity as the pilot of the head section for Guts Eidar comes from the faceplate cracking open revealing her face to Kageaki who immediately recognizes her.
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: Her final words in ''Nemesis'' are simply words full of spite and hate aimed at Kageaki as she falls to her death.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: It is heavily implied she has feelings for Yuhi, in spite of their tumultuous relationship.
* PsychoSerum: It is heavily implied that the reason she and the others that made up Guts Eidar were so unhinged was due to them being pumped so full of drugs meant to boost their physical traits that they couldn't think straight.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: During the ''Nemesis'' Arc, she becomes downright insane and is out for Kageaki's blood.
* {{Tsundere}}: Behind her tomboyish and violent manners, she really cares about her circle of friends to the point of sticking with them despite the danger.
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[[folder:Tadayasu Inagi]]
!! Tadayasu Inagi
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Another childhood friend of Yuhi, and a huge fan of mecha racing cruxes. Born in a wealthy family, he dreams of becoming a racer himself and training for some time with this goal in mind. Like Konatsu, he joins Yuhi during his investigations, being more of a smooth-talker and assertive than him.
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* CareerEndingInjury: At the end of the first chapter, Suzukawa, aware of his dream to be a pilot, proceeds to gouge out his eyes in order to teach him despair.
* ChildhoodFriends: Alongside Konatsu, he's one of Yuhi most important friends, who knows him since childhood.
* EyeScream: Ends up having his eyes cut out by Ryobu despite having done everything he asked for.
* TheSmartGuy: In spite of his laid back appearance, he is someone who studies hard in order to one day be able to acquire a racing crux of his own. As such, he often takes the role of as the brains of the group.
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[[folder:Ritsu Kazama]]
!! Ritsu Kazama
The [[LovingBully (sort of)]] missing friend of Yuhi, Konatsu and Tadayasu. She's known as a loud and obnoxious girl with a mean streak, very strict on the school rules, but is considered a dear friend in spite of it. Her disappearance at the very beginning of the story causes her three friends to search for her whereabouts.
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* NoblewomansLaugh: Whenever Yuhi imagine her, she does that distinct Oh-oh-oh-oh. It's unclear if she really did this though or if it is just his imagination of her.
* OffWithHisHead: According to Yuhi, she was killed via decapitation.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The whole reason to why people suspected something had happened with her was due to her despite being a delinquent, she was always very punctual and would never miss class. So when she never showed up at school, everyone immediately became worried.
* PosthumousCharacter: While Yuhi and his friends try to find her, wondering what have might have happened to her, in truth she was dead before their search started with the only info on Ritsu being from other characters.
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[[folder:Ryobu Suzukawa]]
!! Ryobu Suzukawa
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The young homeroom teacher of Yuhi's highschool. His charsima and modern teachings makes him loved by his students, but he sometimes slips criticism towards the government, hiding a deep resentment for the Rokuhara Shogunate, which is responsible for the death of his entire family. He's also concerned by Kazama Ritsu's disappearance, before joining the three students in their investigation once word of their shenanigans began to spree.
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* AuthorTract: InUniverse, he has something of a habit of letting his bitterness against the Rokuhara Shogunate seep into his school lectures.
* BreakThemByTalking: Goes on to try and teach the children despair by having a lecture on how easily people can abandon morals with the right incentive and then having them commit to it. Yuhi ends up [[ShutUpHannibal not having any it however]].
* ColdBloodedTorture: Tortured both Yuhi and his friends without a hint of emotion or restraint, all to present them with despair.
* DealWithTheDevil: When it becomes clear that he is losing his duel with Kageaki he begins asking for more power with Ginseigo then appearing before him, granting his craving. Though it ends up being for naught in the end as he burns through the remainder of his bodies calories, causing him to freeze and be easy pickings.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Once it is clear that he is not right in the head and is far more cruel than he presented himself, his glasses are made opaque to highlight them as he tortures Yuhi's friends while he is ForcedToWatch.
* HopeSpot: Applies this trope as a means of psychological torture against Tadayasu, giving him the hope that his future might be spared if he does what is asked of him only to then rip it away anyways, all to teach the kids despair.
* ManipulativeBastard: Him helping the three friends in their investigation was simply a means to him to lure them to his hideout where he could kill them.
* MaskOfSanity: While seems like a cool headed teacher most of the time, it all hides a dangerously unstable mind.
* MrExposition: His status as a school teacher also serves a way to introduce the key concepts of musha battles to the reader.
* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: While he is a regular homeroom teacher, he is prone of slipping into political tracts in his lectures as a result of his betterness against the Rokuhara.
* SerialKiller: He is the one responsible for the disappearances in town and has so far killed four young people, and is about to make it seven.
* StarterVillain: He is the first villain encountered in the story, and as he is fairly weak by most metrics he ends up simply being a simple workout for Kageaki.
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[[folder:Misao Oji]]
!! Misao Oji
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A new pilot participating in Kamakura's racing Grand Prix, which involves racing cruxes instead of tsurugi. She's the young daughter of Oji Suguru, a former regional champion in Yamato.
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* BadassDriver: She is a racing crux operator, so it kinda comes with the territory that she would be good at it.
* BlindedByTheLight: As part of a joint plan between her and her father, she has Avenger angle itself in a certain way causing the sun to reflect off it, blinding the rival racer using the Ultima, causing a fatal crash that also took out part of the audience stands, killing several innocents.
* BrotherSisterTeam: She and Suguru are actually brother and sister, with her working to help achieve his goals.
* EmotionlessGirl: She hardly ever emotes or shows emotion except when her father is involved.
* ExtremeDoormat: when it comes to her father she will do anything he asks of her without complaint, regardless of its moral, ethical or just self preserving issues.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: At first they are presented as father and daughter, it is revealed that they are actually brother and sister, separated by several years and having different fathers.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: It is revealed that she and Suguru are actually siblings, separated by enough years to be mistaken as father and child.
* TheQuietOne: A girl of few words and often seems lost in her own world.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Suguru Oji]]
!! Suguru Oji
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A now retired pilot who abandoned his dream of becoming the national champion due to his age, instead passing the torch to his daughter in the hopes of attaining what he didn't: Becoming the world's fastest pilot.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: He and Misao are siblings, working together to help realize his dreams.
* DealWithTheDevil: He is another one who has made a deal with Ginseigo, though he was able to mask it for the longest time.
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: At first they are presented as father and daughter, it is revealed that they are actually brother and sister, separated by several years and having different fathers.
* LoopholeAbuse: The reason to why Muramasa was unable to find Ginseigo's egg during the race was due to it never having been implanted, Suguru had kept it in his pocket the entire time.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: It is revealed that he and Misao are actually siblings, separated by enough years to be mistaken as father and child.
* PromotionToParent: After their parents died, he took over the role of Misaos father due to the vast gap in their age and her young age at the time, to the point that she almost sees him as her real father.
* SanitySlippage: While it was questionable if he was all that sane to begin with, when Kageaki confronts him with the murder of the Ultima's pilot and several bystanders and the prospect of arrest he truly goes off the deep end and devolves into a giant MotiveRant.
* ShootingSuperman: At first he shoots Kageaki thinking he is just in a regular racing crux as they can't bloc bullets. However, even after he reveals Muramasa underneath all that extra armor, Suguru keeps shooting him even though a gun has no hope against a true tsurugi.
* TheUnfettered: He is utterly determined to have his daughter reach the world stage after he himself was no longer able to compete. And he will not shy any method to achieve this goal, be it using his daughter in sex trade, murdering other racers, or taking a deal with Ginseigo.
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!! Emishi
[[folder:Yagenta]]
!! Yagenta
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An Emishi who saves Kageaki's life in Chapter 2, living apart from the local village with his two daughters. He's an old friend and rival of Rokuhara Captain Nagasaka Ukyo, and allies with Kageaki in order to settle their lifelong dispute over their first love, Ichihime.
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* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: As he lies dying, he gives Ichijo the broken remains of the partial Tsurugi he had been using.
* LoveTriangle: He was in love with an Emishi woman called Ichihime, the same woman Ukyo was in love with as well. This lead to quite the rivalry between them that persists to this day even though she dumped them both.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Ends up being something of a mentor figure for several characters, including Kageaki. He then get's killed taking an attack meant Ichijo.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Downplayed example, he is in his late forties but looks much younger due to being a racial trait of the Emishi. Though given their short life spans, he is positively ancient by their standards.
* TakingTheBullet: Takes a sword strike from Ukyo meant for Ichijo, though fortunately it was a shallow strike. The second time however he wasn't so fortunate.
* YoureInsane: When he sees just how twisted Ukyo's love for Ichihime is, he can only proclaim him mad. Ukyo doesn't deny it.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Fuki & Funa]]
!! Fuki & Funa
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[[caption-width-right:350:Fuki and Funa]]
The two young daughters of Yagenta, who quickly took an interest for Kageaki and Muramasa due to their stature and samurai-like aura. Fuki is the more reserved eldest sister, while Funa is the excitable and cheerful youngest sister.
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* DeathOfAChild: Both of them ends up killed in their sleep by Kageaki. And unfortunately, he hesitated when trying to deliver a fatal blow to Funa, leaving her writhing on the floor in agony pleading for help with him putting her out of her misery in the middle of an emotional breakdown.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Being a child, Funa can say some insensitive things to others even if she didn't mean anything bad with it.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fuki is quite shy around strangers.
* SiblingYinYang: Fuki is calm and shy, Funa is energetic and outgoing. They form quite the contrast between each other.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: They are completely unfaced by having a giant robotic spider in their home and treats it like just another guest.
[[/folder]]
!! Enoshima Island
[[folder:The Haya]]
!! The Haya
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[[caption-width-right:300:Takeshi Haya]]
A group of orphaned children living on the Enoshima Island met by Kageaki in Chapter 4, with its oldest member named Takeshi, who helps him investigate on the mysterious heat coming from inside the island.
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* MindRape: They all fall victim to the mind altering powers of Ginseigo.
* PromotionToParent: Takeshi, the oldest of the seven children have basically taken up parental duties after their father vanished, getting by thanks to fishing.
* ShaggyDogStory: After all the hard work Kageaki put in in trying to save them, they end up affected by Ginseigo's song leading them to kill each other.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rokuhara Scientist]]
!! Rokuhara Scientist
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An unnamed scientist who works on a secret weapon for Rokuhara, in a hidden laboratory beneath Enoshima.
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* MrExposition: As the main manager of the Arahabaki project, he knows how to control it and is forced to explain it at gunpoint to George Gargett.
* NoNameGiven: His name is never revealed.
* SirSwearsalot: Pretty much each one of his sentences are littered to the brim with profanities and curses.
[[/folder]]
