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The ruler of hell who is also the superior of the Hell Wardens.
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The ruler of hell who is also the superior of the Hell Wardens. [[spoiler: He is actually a tremendously vast system straddling the realm of the living and the realm of the dead. The child is just an avatar given a human persona to enable humans to comprehend him.]]
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler: As Kuyuri Engetsu refers to Enma as a system with the child being just a means of communication, it is difficult to comprehend the real motives of the judge of the dead.]]
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Asuma claims that Enma is this.]]
* MeaningfulName: His name means ''to see'', which is fitting as he is shown to have the ability to observe from a great distance.
* SharpDressedMan: Has a very professional outfit.
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!Civilians
[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
A little girl whose grandmother was targeted by a fugitive spirit (among many other seniors).
[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
A little girl whose grandmother was targeted by a fugitive spirit (among many other seniors).
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[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
A little girl whose grandmother
Higuma's deceased aunt.
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* BrotherSisterTeam: With her younger brother, Higuma's father.
* MundaneUtility: According to Higuma she could use her zaiju and play the piano using four hands.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: ZigZagged. This was
* UnwittingPawn: Engetsu was almost successful in manipulating her into aiding him in killing King Enma.
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[[folder:Akane Muromachi]]
Higuma's classmate who is soon to become a big sister...
* AbelAndCain: Defied at the climax of the confrontation against the kitsune fugitive spirit.
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Higuma's
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* ThePromise: He and his older sister promised that they'd take down Akagane together.
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! Fugitive Spirits
The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had a miserable past.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had a miserable past.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
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The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had
[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
A little girl whose grandmother was targeted by a
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
[[folder:Akane Muromachi]]
Higuma's classmate who is soon to become a big sister...
* AbelAndCain: Defied at the climax of the confrontation against the kitsune fugitive spirit.
[[/folder]]
! Fugitive Spirits
The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had a miserable past.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
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* GiantSpider: His form is that of a gigantic spider.
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-> '''Time in hell''':
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* ExactWords: Destroying King Enma is NOT his ''only'' goal.
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* MoreThanMindControl: How his powers work. His white smoke of yearning amplifies one of the desires of those who inhale it and suppresses their rational thinking.
* RedHerring: At first it seem like he is planning to manipulate Haruma and back-stab her shortly after, however Akagane completely derails his plans by killing her before Engetsu's objectives could be realized.
* RedHerring: At first it seem like he is planning to manipulate Haruma and back-stab her shortly after, however Akagane completely derails his plans by killing her before Engetsu's objectives could be realized.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: He is the main reason why Engetsu's pans fail six years before the start of the story.
* WildCard: Not even Engetsu can keep him on a leash.
* WouldHurtAChild: He actually refrains from killing the ten-year-old children of the Hell Wardens he kills. With Higuma, he makes an exception.
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[[folder: "The Old Man"]]
Four centuries prior to the start of the series, this fugitive spirit escaped hell with the help of the ancestor of the Kagarite. Upon bring released, he invoked the spell of the goddess and released numerous other fugitive spirits. Currently, he can only fully materialize in a human form once every few centuries, and otherwise spends his time as white dust that covers his domain where the other fugitive spirits hide in.
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* BigBad: The main responsible for the fugitive spirit crisis.
* EvilOldFolks: If his nickname is anything to go by...
* SinisterSurveillance: To the point that Engetsu - a fellow fugitive spirit -makes it a point to take measures not to be detected by him.
* WildCard: Not even Engetsu can keep him on a leash.
* WouldHurtAChild: He actually refrains from killing the ten-year-old children of the Hell Wardens he kills. With Higuma, he makes an exception.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: "The Old Man"]]
Four centuries prior to the start of the series, this fugitive spirit escaped hell with the help of the ancestor of the Kagarite. Upon bring released, he invoked the spell of the goddess and released numerous other fugitive spirits. Currently, he can only fully materialize in a human form once every few centuries, and otherwise spends his time as white dust that covers his domain where the other fugitive spirits hide in.
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* BigBad: The main responsible for the fugitive spirit crisis.
* EvilOldFolks: If his nickname is anything to go by...
* SinisterSurveillance: To the point that Engetsu - a fellow fugitive spirit -makes it a point to take measures not to be detected by him.
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* HealingFactor: He is noted to heal his wounds very quickly.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: His reaction when he sees Shakufutsu Akagane]].
* NiceGirl: Always willing to help those in need.
[[folder:Itomi]]
A distant relative of Higuma who nonetheless deeply cares about the young Hell Warden.
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* ParentalSubstitute: To an extent. He was notably very pleased to hear that Higuma actually made more friends his age that he can completely trust.
[[/folder]]
A distant relative of Higuma who nonetheless deeply cares about the young Hell Warden.
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* ParentalSubstitute: To an extent. He was notably very pleased to hear that Higuma actually made more friends his age that he can completely trust.
[[/folder]]
A little girl whose grandmother was targeted by a fugitive spirit (among many other seniors).
Higuma's classmate who is soon to become a big sister...
* AbelAndCain: Defied at the climax of the confrontation against the kitsune fugitive spirit.
* AbelAndCain: Defied at the climax of the confrontation against the kitsune fugitive spirit.
This spider-like fugitive spirit possesses the power of fire.
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* GiantSpider:
* PlayingWithFire: Ironically enough, Hinkirigumo's primary means of offense is the fire element.
* TheWorfEffect: Exists simply to demonstrate the strength of the Hell Warden and the Bunreisha in action.
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* GiantSpider:
* PlayingWithFire: Ironically enough, Hinkirigumo's primary means of offense is the fire element.
* TheWorfEffect: Exists simply to demonstrate the strength of the Hell Warden and the Bunreisha in action.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Smokes a pipe and is a major antagonist.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: The smoke from his pipe spreads in a very pompous fashion.
A spirit notorious for possessing mother and making them kill their children.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: PlayedForDrama; [[spoiler: The whole reason why she destroys other people's families is because she herself was never capable of parental love and she is visibly agitated by her inability to do so]].
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes around barefoot.
* OffingTheOffspring: What his victims end up doing completely involuntarily.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: During the battle against Higuma, she is reveled to be female all along.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: Clearly a cut above the previous few fugitive spirits faced in the story.
* WouldHurtAChild: And the child's mother...
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: PlayedForDrama; [[spoiler: The whole reason why she destroys other people's families is because she herself was never capable of parental love and she is visibly agitated by her inability to do so]].
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Goes around barefoot.
* OffingTheOffspring: What his victims end up doing completely involuntarily.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: During the battle against Higuma, she is reveled to be female all along.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: Clearly a cut above the previous few fugitive spirits faced in the story.
* WouldHurtAChild: And the child's mother...
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An enigmatic, creepy-looking entity who vaguely, yet disturbingly resembles Higuma's father...
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An
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* DissonantSerenity: When he appears without his face being hidden beneath a shadow, he is eerily calm.
* TheDreaded: Easily one of the most dangerous characters in the setting.
* INeedYouStronger: The only reason he didn't kill Higuma six years prior to the start of the story. [[spoiler: And he is still willing to go 'ahead of schedule'.]]
* TheDreaded: Easily one of the most dangerous characters in the setting.
* INeedYouStronger: The only reason he didn't kill Higuma six years prior to the start of the story. [[spoiler: And he is still willing to go 'ahead of schedule'.]]
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!Higuma and his Bunreisha
[[folder: Higuma Kagarite]]
A somewhat chill young man who is actually the titular Hell Warden. Beneath his happy-go-lucky demeanor, however, there appears to be a lot of baggage...
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* AffectionateNickname: Little Bear.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While at times downright aloof, he is nonetheless very competent at his job.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Heavily implied to have experienced something very traumatic that still haunts him to this day.
* HiddenDepths: Despite of his cheerful facade, he is very conflicted about his duty as a Hell Warden.
* MundaneUtility: His numerous floating hands are regularly used for a... less-than diligent lifestyle. Case in point, he uses them to get dressed after (barely) waking up in the morning.
* SadClown: While he is usually giddy, beneath it all there is a lot of angst.
* TheSlacker: Out of duty, he is very, very lax about life.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roku]]
A living hot pot.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As demonstrated in chapter 2, he is this to Higuma.
* MrExposition: Sort of in the first few introductory chapters.
* VillainTeleportation: Inverted. He grants teleportation to he heroes, for as long as the exact location is chosen.
[[/folder]]
!!Bunreisha
[[folder: General tropes]]
The various individuals that work under Higuma.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Their abilities are bestowed to them by King Enma's mark.
* RedShirtArmy: They're this to Higuma and indirectly to King Enma.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ayaha Kuromine]]
The female protagonist of the story. A young woman whose strong sense of justice is repeatedly remarked upon.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: At the end of chapter 10 she questions Higuma's real motivation behind being a Hell Warden.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Subverted. Her 'kleptomania' was in fact caused by a fugitive spirit without her knowing any of it until Higuma uncovers it to her.
* SanitySlippage: The fugitive spirit's influence on her and her older brother's extreme personality change left her deeply troubled. Fortunately, she got better after Higuma intervened.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ikuya Kobata]]
Higuma's childhood friend and classmate.
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* TheGadfly: No wonder he is friends with Higuma.
* MauveShirt: Being ChildhoodFriends with the main character, as well as providing Ayaha with some extra exposition makes him this.
* MrExposition: He explains some more intricate details of the job of being one of the Bunreisha to Ayaha. Justified as he is technically her senior and she only recently got involved in the conflict.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting characters
[[folder:King Enma]]
The ruler of hell who is also the superior of the Hell Wardens.
* BigGood: While he's often aloof, he is still qualifying as this.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Is barefoot in all his appearances.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Abo]]
A very strict mentor figure to Higuma.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: His standards are strident.
* TrainingFromHell: An appropriately literal version of this.
[[/folder]]
!Family members
[[folder:Ayaha's older brother]]
Ayaha's extremely controlling older brother. Or so it seems, until it turns out that he is actually possessed fugitive spirit.
* TheAtoner: While he was controlled for the duration of half a year, he still feels ashamed of everything his family went through.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar on his right cheek. Notable this was from ''before'' the fugitive spirit possessed him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Usa Kagarite]]
Granny Usa is Higuma's great-grandma and the current head priest of the Kagarite family's temple.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Or ''great-grand''parents. To this day she still calls her great-grandson by his embarrassing childhood nickname.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Ayaha is amused to lampshade how both Usa and Higuma are bot named after animals (rabbits and bears respectively).
[[/folder]]
!Civilians
[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Akane Muromachi]]
[[/folder]]
! Fugitive Spirits
The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had a miserable past.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sudama]]
-> '''Time in hell''': less than 20 years
The most generic form of fugitive spirits.
* DemBones: Their appearance is that of humans skeletons.
* {{Mooks}}: To pretty much any stronger demon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kokuju-Bokusho]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 117
A demon who possessed Ayaha's older brother for the last six months prior to the start of the story.
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* ControlFreak: True to his puppet-master theme, he is extremely controlling of the Kuromine family, up until Higuma intervenes.
* StarterVillain: The first major villain to be faced in the story. Appropriately, his battle against Higuma also establishes the main factors of the conflict in the setting.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hinkirigumo Veil of Fire ]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 107 years
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Engetsu]]
-> '''Time in hell''': ???
A mysterious fugitive spirit who is interested in Higuma's powers.
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* HiddenAgendaVillain: All other villains want to kill humans to drain their lifespans and/or kill a specific demographic of humans. Engetsu is strangely interested in the one kind of humans fugitive spirits rarely wish to cross paths with.
* ManBehindTheMan: Manipulates/uses other fugitive spirits and coordinated their attacks on Higuma area of jurisdiction.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nairi-no-Kotetsu Iron Fox ]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 328 years
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yamagiri]]
-> '''Time in hell''': a little over 328 years
Engetsu's minion... who seemingly bites the dust before ever getting to confront the protagonists.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is seemingly killed off or at least heavily injured by the mysterious male spirit.
* WorfEffect: Implied to be just a bit stronger than Kotetsu, but he still had no chance against the mysterious man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: ???]]
An enigmatic, creepy-looking entity who vaguely, yet disturbingly resembles Higuma's father...
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* BerserkerTears: Constantly. They actually ''melt'' whatever they fall on.
* DarkIsEvil: Pitch dark and unambiguously dangerous.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Higuma Kagarite]]
A somewhat chill young man who is actually the titular Hell Warden. Beneath his happy-go-lucky demeanor, however, there appears to be a lot of baggage...
----
* AffectionateNickname: Little Bear.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: While at times downright aloof, he is nonetheless very competent at his job.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Heavily implied to have experienced something very traumatic that still haunts him to this day.
* HiddenDepths: Despite of his cheerful facade, he is very conflicted about his duty as a Hell Warden.
* MundaneUtility: His numerous floating hands are regularly used for a... less-than diligent lifestyle. Case in point, he uses them to get dressed after (barely) waking up in the morning.
* SadClown: While he is usually giddy, beneath it all there is a lot of angst.
* TheSlacker: Out of duty, he is very, very lax about life.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Roku]]
A living hot pot.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As demonstrated in chapter 2, he is this to Higuma.
* MrExposition: Sort of in the first few introductory chapters.
* VillainTeleportation: Inverted. He grants teleportation to he heroes, for as long as the exact location is chosen.
[[/folder]]
!!Bunreisha
[[folder: General tropes]]
The various individuals that work under Higuma.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Their abilities are bestowed to them by King Enma's mark.
* RedShirtArmy: They're this to Higuma and indirectly to King Enma.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ayaha Kuromine]]
The female protagonist of the story. A young woman whose strong sense of justice is repeatedly remarked upon.
----
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: At the end of chapter 10 she questions Higuma's real motivation behind being a Hell Warden.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Subverted. Her 'kleptomania' was in fact caused by a fugitive spirit without her knowing any of it until Higuma uncovers it to her.
* SanitySlippage: The fugitive spirit's influence on her and her older brother's extreme personality change left her deeply troubled. Fortunately, she got better after Higuma intervened.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Ikuya Kobata]]
Higuma's childhood friend and classmate.
----
* TheGadfly: No wonder he is friends with Higuma.
* MauveShirt: Being ChildhoodFriends with the main character, as well as providing Ayaha with some extra exposition makes him this.
* MrExposition: He explains some more intricate details of the job of being one of the Bunreisha to Ayaha. Justified as he is technically her senior and she only recently got involved in the conflict.
[[/folder]]
!Supporting characters
[[folder:King Enma]]
The ruler of hell who is also the superior of the Hell Wardens.
* BigGood: While he's often aloof, he is still qualifying as this.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Is barefoot in all his appearances.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Abo]]
A very strict mentor figure to Higuma.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: His standards are strident.
* TrainingFromHell: An appropriately literal version of this.
[[/folder]]
!Family members
[[folder:Ayaha's older brother]]
Ayaha's extremely controlling older brother. Or so it seems, until it turns out that he is actually possessed fugitive spirit.
* TheAtoner: While he was controlled for the duration of half a year, he still feels ashamed of everything his family went through.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Has a scar on his right cheek. Notable this was from ''before'' the fugitive spirit possessed him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Usa Kagarite]]
Granny Usa is Higuma's great-grandma and the current head priest of the Kagarite family's temple.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Or ''great-grand''parents. To this day she still calls her great-grandson by his embarrassing childhood nickname.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Ayaha is amused to lampshade how both Usa and Higuma are bot named after animals (rabbits and bears respectively).
[[/folder]]
!Civilians
[[folder:Kaori Ameya]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Akane Muromachi]]
[[/folder]]
! Fugitive Spirits
The numerous demons that make up the primary antagonist force in the setting.
[[folder:General tropes]]
* AlasPoorVillain: Not even Enma bothers to deny the fact that all of them have had a miserable past.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Inverted. Their abilities are all based on whatever torture method they've been subjected to in hell.
* LifeDrain: Their main survival technique is drain life force from humans to expand their time out of hell.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: They all absolutely repudiate King Enma.
* {{Yokai}}: All of them are based on some sort of Japanese demon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sudama]]
-> '''Time in hell''': less than 20 years
The most generic form of fugitive spirits.
* DemBones: Their appearance is that of humans skeletons.
* {{Mooks}}: To pretty much any stronger demon.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Kokuju-Bokusho]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 117
A demon who possessed Ayaha's older brother for the last six months prior to the start of the story.
----
* ControlFreak: True to his puppet-master theme, he is extremely controlling of the Kuromine family, up until Higuma intervenes.
* StarterVillain: The first major villain to be faced in the story. Appropriately, his battle against Higuma also establishes the main factors of the conflict in the setting.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Hinkirigumo Veil of Fire ]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 107 years
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Engetsu]]
-> '''Time in hell''': ???
A mysterious fugitive spirit who is interested in Higuma's powers.
----
* HiddenAgendaVillain: All other villains want to kill humans to drain their lifespans and/or kill a specific demographic of humans. Engetsu is strangely interested in the one kind of humans fugitive spirits rarely wish to cross paths with.
* ManBehindTheMan: Manipulates/uses other fugitive spirits and coordinated their attacks on Higuma area of jurisdiction.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nairi-no-Kotetsu Iron Fox ]]
-> '''Time in hell''': 328 years
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yamagiri]]
-> '''Time in hell''': a little over 328 years
Engetsu's minion... who seemingly bites the dust before ever getting to confront the protagonists.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Is seemingly killed off or at least heavily injured by the mysterious male spirit.
* WorfEffect: Implied to be just a bit stronger than Kotetsu, but he still had no chance against the mysterious man.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: ???]]
An enigmatic, creepy-looking entity who vaguely, yet disturbingly resembles Higuma's father...
----
* BerserkerTears: Constantly. They actually ''melt'' whatever they fall on.
* DarkIsEvil: Pitch dark and unambiguously dangerous.
[[/folder]]
