Harumasa

Real Name: Asaba Harumasa Brief Name: Harumasa Gender: Male Height: 5'8" Birthday: July 18th Species: Human Faction: Hollow Special Operations Section 6 Attribute: Electric Specialty: Attack

Asaba Harumasa is an executive officer of Hollow Special Operations Section 6 and a highly skilled archer who can divide his bow into paired blades. As a child, he was diagnosed with Ether Aptitude Regression Syndrome, a rare condition that gradually damages the body and lowers resistance to Ether corruption. His parents brought him to a major hospital but eventually stopped visiting, leaving him under medical care. Harumasa later became the student of an expert martial artist and researcher who trained him in archery while studying a treatment for his illness. The treatments kept Harumasa alive but could not permanently remove the condition, leaving him aware that continued exposure to Hollows could eventually cause his body to collapse or become corrupted.

Harumasa eventually joined Section 6 and served under Hoshimi Miyabi alongside Tsukishiro Yanagi and Soukaku. During an investigation involving children suffering from the same syndrome, he uncovered the illegal distribution of an experimental drug derived from his former mentor’s research. The medicine temporarily suppressed the illness but placed its users in danger, and Harumasa entered a Hollow to rescue the affected children and recover the remaining research. His own condition deteriorated during the operation, but an unfinished treatment prepared specifically for him stabilized his body before complete Ether corruption occurred. Harumasa returned to Section 6 knowing that his illness remained incurable, choosing to continue protecting others during the time available to him.

Appearance: Harumasa has fair peach skin and a lean, athletic build with narrow shoulders, long legs, and a slim frame. He has tousled dark navy hair with layered strands, long side bangs, slightly longer hair at the back of his neck, and a yellow headband tied around his head with long ribbon tails trailing behind. He has golden-yellow eyes.

He wears a crisp white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled to his forearms and a narrow black necktie. A black armored tactical harness covers his right shoulder and extends diagonally across his chest with layered hard plates, buckles, straps, and small teal illuminated panels. His right sleeve is replaced by a fitted black protective arm covering that continues into the shoulder armor. A yellow armband with white characters wraps around his upper arm. A black choker with a small metallic pendant encircles his neck.

Around his waist is a wide tactical belt carrying multiple pouches, reinforced holsters, clips, rings, and compact equipment. A long teal waist panel hangs from the belt over his hips with white flame-like markings and the number "99" printed near the lower edge. Additional black straps secure equipment around his thighs. His left hand wears a black glove while his right hand wears a yellow fingerless glove with gray armored plating across the back.

He wears fitted black pants with reinforced seams and black athletic shoes featuring thick yellow soles, gray panels, and black straps across the uppers.

He carries a large futuristic recurve bow built from black and dark gray metal with teal mechanical accents, exposed joints, reinforced grips, and angular limb tips. A glowing cyan bowstring spans the length of the weapon.

Personality: Asaba Harumasa presents himself as relaxed and lazy, frequently requesting sick leave and searching for ways to finish assignments with minimal effort. This behavior partly conceals the physical strain caused by Ether Aptitude Regression Syndrome and his awareness that his health may deteriorate early. He uses dry humor when discussing his condition and dislikes being treated with pity. Despite his complaints about work, Harumasa is highly capable and will risk worsening his illness when civilians or teammates are in danger.

Hoshimi Miyabi is Harumasa’s commander in Section 6. He respects her strength and judgment, though her demanding standards leave him searching for excuses to avoid additional work. Tsukishiro Yanagi acts as the unit’s deputy and regularly sees through his claims of sudden illness, but she still monitors his health and accepts that his condition creates genuine limits. Soukaku is his younger teammate, and Harumasa joins the others in looking after her while enduring the disorder caused by her appetite and direct behavior.

Harumasa’s former mentor trained him in archery and researched treatments for his illness. Harumasa admired him as a teacher, but their relationship became complicated by the dangerous experimentation connected to that research. The Proxy later assists Harumasa during the investigation involving children with the same syndrome, earning his trust by treating him as a person rather than reducing him to his diagnosis. Section 6 as a whole gives Harumasa a stable place where his skill is valued even when his jokes and attempts to avoid overtime irritate the others.

Combat Overview: Harumasa fights with a weapon that shifts between a bow and paired blades. He fires rapid volleys of physical and Electric arrows while repositioning between shots, then plants charged markers around the battlefield that react to his arrows and strike marked enemies with additional bolts.

Once a target is trapped by enough electrical energy, Harumasa can rush directly toward them and unleash repeated close-range slashes. He can evade attacks with quick dashes, counter with electrified thrusts, parry incoming blows, and follow with fast sword combinations. His strongest attacks release enhanced arrows and widespread Electric barrages that overwhelm enemies across a large area.

Lore: Proxies are individuals who guide those who enter the Hollows. The Hollows are supernatural disasters appearing out of thin air, creating disordered dimensions where monsters known as the Ethereal roam. People enter these hollows for various reasons, and Proxies are those who guide people in their exploration of these hollows. Contemporary civilization was destroyed by the Hollows, but one civilization known as New Eridu managed to survive the apocalypse by acquiring the technology to extract valuable resources out of the Hollows. The Hollows then became industrialized and monetized under the city's administration, which gradually led to the increasing tension between monopolistic enterprises, gangs, conspirators, and fanatics.

The Ethereals are mysterious monsters that roam the Hollows. Ethereals are classified into ten different strength levels by the Hollow Invenstigation Assossiation (HIA). Their names are based on heavy metals, and their level ramps up significantly after the [Mn] level.

Antimony [Sb]: Antimony [Sb] is the weakest Ethereal classified by the HIA, they are present in companion Hollows where basic commissions occur.

Tin [Sn]: Only a few Tin [Sn] Ethereals are present in companion Hollows.

Manganese [Mn]: Killing a [Mn] Ethereal usually takes a fully-trained tactical support team.

New Eridu is the last surviving city after contemporary civilization was destroyed by the Hollows. New Eridu managed to survive and thrive after the apocalypse by acquiring the technology to be able to extract resources out of the Hollows.

Bangboo are intelligent devices unique to New Eridu. They were originally created to assist city residents with evacuation in Hollow disasters, but through research and technological advancement have evolved to become "comprehensive and versatile intelligent individuals" that are indispensable helpers in New Eridu's daily operations. Most Bangboo are short and stout, only around knee-height. They have ears resembling bunny ears on the top of their heads, and a black screen for a face, which can display colored circles as eyes.