Benimaru

Benimaru has a short temper, would prefer to work alone or only with his squad, and can be somewhat disrespectful to many of his superiors. Despite this, he has a lot of faith in himself and in his brigade. He does not care about any other part of Tokyo other than Asakusa, not caring about the rules the Emperor has created, and proudly acts on his own agenda along with his brigade. He is an honest man, although sometimes honest to the point of being rude to others. Although Benimaru destroys buildings and houses in Asakusa when he confronts an Infernal, the citizens see him as a hero and benevolent. He seems to care about Asakusa and the people who reside there and is upset at having to end the life of someone he once knew and becomes very angry when misinformed. as evidenced by Kantarō's cause of death, which enraged him to the point of fighting the entire 8th Brigade

He is generally very calm and indifferent, even while purifying the Infernals, but when angered, he fights recklessly. He also has a passionate side that takes pride in his abilities and longs for opponents to give him a worthwhile fight. Benimaru is an original idealist of the country who prefers to be called Shinmon Benimaru and call others by their surnames rather than their given names. At the beginning of the attack on Asakusa, Benimaru was hesitant and unconfident about acting as a leader and taking control of the citizens, preferring to let Konro do the job, but after encouragement from his brigade, he eventually took matters into his own hands. Despite his indifferent demeanor, Benimaru is passionate about the value of free will and despises the dogmatic faith of the Holy Sun which preaches blind faith over human endeavor and despises the oppressive nature of the gods.

Benimaru is a young, well-built man of average height. He has light skin and neck-length, wavy black hair [5] that partially covers the front of his face. His right pupil is a red circle with a black dot in the middle, and his iris is also black; while his left eye has a red iris and a white X-shaped pupil, [5] reminiscent of the game of tic-tac-toe or the Japanese symbols of affirmation and denial. He normally wears a somber facial expression. Benimaru's outfit consists of a white t-shirt with a black vest over it, a gray kimono top (dark blue in the anime) that he only wears on his left arm, and the Special Fire Force uniform pants that he tucks into. inside him. his black boots. Previously, he wore black fingerless gloves and a black sweater, which wrapped around his waist.

Benimaru was an orphan before being adopted by Hibachi Shinmon, who needed an heir. Hibachi taught him everything about the Iai Shutō fighting style and all forms of it and was a strict teacher. Constantly belittling Benimaru for being a fool for his inability to use Sun Wheel properly due to his doubts and punishing him whenever he got into a meaningless fight. Benimaru needed Konro Sagamiya to communicate his teacher's good intentions through the man's brutal attitude. Even as a child, Benimaru was a member of the fire department and helped put the infernals to rest.