Paws Prints

A brief look at shinigami and Asato's canon abilities...

Shinigami in Yami no Matsuei have many powers that are given to them, so that they can do their jobs. When the dead spirits become shinigami, they are given “bodies” again to walk among the living. They need to eat though, or these bodies won’t hold together, leaving them as spirits again. They are invisible to humans unless they shift their energies to be seen and touched. Along with regeneration powers, shinigami are swift and can fly. There are additional abilities that individuals can have, but those are the basics. They can also make contracts with shikigami spirits from Gensoukai to call to their aid. These are gods or spirits that can be summoned. Typically, shinigami get one or two shiki because you must convince the spirit that you are worthy of handling them. Tsuzuki, however, has twelve of the most impressive shikigami that all willingly following him. As the spirits dwell in the Gensoukai though, Tsuzuki cannot call on them, unless they are in the game.

Tsuzuki is a special case Guardian of Death. On top of the normal powers of the shinigami, he also has his abilities that he had in life. He possesses impressive strength, able to nearly punch through bulletproof glass in one strike. He has amazing stamina, battling against a demon general and not getting tired, and his agility and reflexes are inhuman. The demon lord Ashitarote wants Tsuzuki for his spiritual power, which seems to be abnormally high for even a shinigami. Muraki says that his DNA isn’t human, finding demon and something else, but his actual origins have yet to be revealed. A glimpse of a darker side of him is seen when he watched Mariko die after subconsciously summoning Suzaku out of self preservation. It was only for a moment, but he unleashed a monstrous scream before a large explosion erupted beneath him, completely demolishing the infirmary wing.

Ofuda magic is Tsuzuki’s specialty besides shikigami. In Yami no Matsuei, Ofuda is a spirit type magic, and Tsuzuki is the best Ofuda Practitioner in the Ministry of Hades. Ofuda in the series is used by drawing off one’s own spiritual energy and using it to bind or reject spirits. There are spells one can use by chanting incantations. These can do anything from force a soul out of its body, release a spell on someone, or put a soul back in its body. To raise a barrier or bind a spirit, you write the spell on a talisman, fuda paper, or chant it to appear on a blank fuda. Tsuzuki has familiars in the form of white birds that are birthed from folding a fuda into origami birds and breathing part of his own spiritual energy into them. They are messengers and tracking spirits that answer only to him, unless designated otherwise.

Tsuzuki’s Ofuda fighting style is boiled down to his spiritual power. When he conjures up his energy, his spiritual power charges a talisman. Once he releases or the spell has been used up in the talisman, it burns up like tissue paper in a purple flame. As long as he doesn’t release his talisman, the power will be at his disposal. Tsuzuki can also raise barriers and conceal things with his talismans. He also has shown the ability to release bursts of energy from himself when angered without using a talisman, and it tends to be very destructive. The closest thing to a weapon he has is an Ofuda Whip. This is a line of talismans held together with his spiritual power. He can use it to strike, but it doesn’t cut as it is made of spiritual power. It can be parried, if one doesn’t give it the chance to coil. It can also be used to bind and seal the spirit of the victim ensnared within, making powers reduce to nothing and possibly force unconsciousness. The whip can also work to raise a large barrier if needed, but it would require a great deal of Tsuzuki's spiritual power to hold it.

Tsuzuki has a terrible habit of shielding people that can’t defend themselves. He can’t stand the sight of seeing innocents brought to harm, and he would rather take an attack unprotected than let a helpless person get hurt. He is also a very trusting person, wanting to believe people are good. It hits him very hard when he is proven wrong, either bringing him to tears or stirring him to rage. As powerful as he is, he does not like to use it unless he absolutely has to because he is so spiritually strong. He hates the thought of killing, going as far to bring a building down on himself and Muraki because he felt it was the only way to bring things to an end. He has trouble seeing copious amounts of blood, especially when it’s splattered everywhere. It brings back haunting memories of his past that tend to unnerve him for a while before he collects himself. The most frightening thing Tsuzuki always tries to run from is himself. He fears that he is only a murderous beast at his core, no matter how much he tries to be a good person. Those that care about him say that because of his strong sense of conscious he is more human than most. His most humorous flaw is his odd sense of smell. It would seem he can eat anything without getting sick, but his cooking suffers because of it, giving those that eat it food poisoning. His drinks however seem to be just fine though, thankfully.

Okay, now that the lecture has ended, let's get to the parts that you get to play with...

Asato as The Right Hand of Death...

Shinigami

Ofuda Magic

Ghost Mode

Asato as the beast within...



Now that the boring information is over with, onto the questionnaire! Thank you very much for reading over all this information. I know it's a lot because I had to type it all. I can only imagine reading it was tedious, too.

1] Ofuda magic holds power over anything with a life force: ie - a soul, spirit, living energy of some kind. Should you come into contact with a spell, there are some that don't require a fuda paper so see above, would your character be affected? If not, please explain why, so Asato can grasp what is happening.

2] As Asato is actually a guardian spirit, he is able to interact with spirits and ghosts. If your character is a spirit or has a spirit form, would Asato be able to touch you? See you? In reverse, should he vanish into Ghost Mode with is pretty much pure energy, would your character be able to sense him?

3] Should Asato snap and go on one of his psychotic rampages, would your character be able to defend themselves, or would they be able to restrain him? Remember that his spiritual energy is unstable at this time.

4] Lastly, as a Guardian of Death, if your character is undead, please tell me here if you don't want him to notice. He would only be able to sense this if he used an Ofuda spell of some kind, but I like to give ask for permission sake.

If there is anything else you want to add about your character you think are relevant or questions for clarification, feel free to put it in your comment as well. Thank you again for taking the time to make our CR more fun!

Jaden the Inujin