Misuto Kiriya

Appearence: Misuto is an adult male of below average height and build. He has shoulder-length teal hair and ice-blue eyes.

He wears a gray-sleeved, black and gold parka with a broken zipper and the hood typically pulled up, and a matching pair of baggier pants similar to jogging sweats. On the crown of the hood there is mirroring symbols of a crescent moon, with a star in between them; on the left breast, there’s a decal of Baphomet, and a jagged shape on its back, vaguely resembling an "M." Beneath the parka, Misuto wears a dark grey sleeveless shirt, black tights, purple sneakers, and a silver bracelet on his left wrist. He is occasionally seen carrying a white umbrella, which he uses for combat.

Personality: From his first encounter, Misuto presents himself as insensitive, foul-mouthed and dangerously snarky. He has a very dismissive attitude and doesn't show interest in things that don't personally affect him or his goals. He has little regard for personal boundaries and is not above laughing in people's faces. Additionally, Misuto thinks very highly of himself, and because of this often ignores conventional politeness and couldn't care less to acknowledge honorifics when speaking to others. Because of his disdain for humanity, he sees the average person as beneath him and frequently compares them to "peasants." Along with his harsh nature, he is also extremely talented at making the most of the little he has, often relying only on his powers and wits to accomplish his goals, despite having little in terms of support or general resources.

While normally presenting himself as calm and laid-back, when he is opposed in any way he lashes out in brief fits of rage which occasionally end in violence, alluding to his truer emotions. Beneath the surface, Misuto hates humanity to its core and wants nothing more than to wipe all of it out. It's because of this that he harbors no guilt or remorse when harming, or even killing innocents, often reveling in sadistic glee at the deaths of his victims. Misuto can also display the proper emotions (pity, sympathy, kindness, etc.) to elicit trust in others, allowing him to gain their weaknesses by pretending to support them, then using those weaknesses against them.

However, in defiance of his immoral actions and twisted personality, Misuto is not incapable of truly expressing emotions like love and compassion. He formed a close, possibly loving relationship with Hinoe Shinozaki, valuing her above even himself. His interactions with her are the only instances where he shows any genuine kindness, and it's the deaths of her and his family that pushed him over the edge in the first place, driving him down a road of vengeance that he would refuse to stray from, and would ultimately lead to his death.

Background: Misuto’s grandfather created the Yagura society, but it had fallen to ruin. His ancestors who had no spiritual abilities to speak of were persecuted as heretics.

As such, the Book of Shadows was to be left in the hands of a group of Black Magic practitioners known as Martuba’s Tomb. His grandfather had stolen it and entrusted the tome to the Shinozaki family. Those around him thought him insane and burned his house down.

Misuto’s father and mother had taken their own lives, leaving Misuto behind. No matter where Misuto went, there would always be people tracking him down, breaking his windows, cursing his family’s name, and it had gotten old very fast for him.

After his parent’s deaths, reporters would swarm his house day after day. Despite all of the bad in their lives before his parents passed, Misuto remembers them as kind people who never cursed the world. Every day at three, they gave him a piece of gum to chew on despite having hardly any money. It had always made him happy.

Trivia: The insult that Misuto uses most frequently, "peasant," ( 一般人 / パンピー pānpi, lit. commoner ) is an outdated slang term that was popularized in the 1970's and early 1980's, but is seldom used today.

It was popularized by a quiz show that aired exclusively in the Kansai region on Kansai TV, suggesting that Misuto may be originally from that area rather than Fujisawa, Kanagawa where the main cast lives.

Misuto refers to himself as "the last Misuto," suggesting that he was named after an ancestor or immediate family member.