Jin Kougasaki

About Jin Kougasaki

Jin Kougasaki is one of Shiki's classmates at Rasetsu Academy, a serious and sharp-tongued fighter who wears a mask over the lower half of his face. His family was killed by the Momotaro, and his hatred for them drives everything he does, which puts him at odds with Shiki's softer instincts more than once. In battle his blood power and cool head make him one of the class's most dependable front-line fighters.

Appearance

Jin is a lean teenager who wears a mask over the lower half of his face, giving him a permanently guarded look that matches his personality. His eyes are sharp and unsmiling, his uniform worn with more care than his classmates manage, and in battle he moves with a cool, economical precision, the class's calm front line, where Shiki is its loud one.

Personality

Jin is blunt, disciplined and slow to trust. Where Shiki runs on heart, Jin runs on purpose: the Momotaro murdered his family, and revenge is the spine of his life. That focus makes him dependable and dangerous in a fight, and hard to reach outside one. His clashes with Shiki, over mercy, over recklessness, over what the war is for, slowly become the class's central friendship, built from mutual respect neither boy will say out loud.

Background & Story

Jin Kougasaki lost his family to the Momotaro Agency's hunting of Oni, and grew up with that loss as his compass. He enrols at Rasetsu Academy to become strong enough to pay the debt, and quickly establishes himself as one of the class's most dependable front-line fighters, his blood power wielded with a cool head. Through the battles in Kyoto and beyond, Jin's hatred is tested by the thing he did not plan for: classmates he would now stand in front of the way nobody stood in front of his family.

Powers & Abilities

• Blood Eclipse Release: Jin shapes his own blood into weapons for front-line combat, fighting with a precision and control that make him one of Rasetsu Academy's most reliable soldiers.

Key Relationships

• Shiki Ichinose: His classmate and rival in approach, Shiki's mercy against Jin's revenge, and, underneath the arguing, his closest partner in battle.
• Naito Mudano: His teacher, whose cold assessments Jin respects because Mudano never lies to his students about the war.
• Homare Byobugaura: A classmate whose fear contrasts with Jin's focus. In battle her giant is one of the forces his front line fights beside.

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