Shuichi Kagaya

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Appearance
A slav

Personality
At the beginning of the story Shuichi is kind and timid both in and outside school. He is also really self-conscious about his ability to shift and is also terrified of it. As the story progresses he becomes much more cold, serious and out-going, accepting his ability and trying to comprehend and improve it.

Plot
Shuichi was speaking with the principal, turning down the principal recommendation. He was living a normal school life. Later Mifune came to him to tell him that she was chosen to receive the principal recommendation. She realized Shuichi had turned the offer, but he told Mifune that she earned it herself. Later while playing on his phone, due to his great smell, he smelled a fire and went to see. As he smelled a girl inside, he thought it won't have enough time to call for help, so he transformed into a dog mascot. He entered the building and broke the wall to save the girl and left her on the ground.

On the next day, he realized he lost his phone and arriving at school he smelled the girl he saved, who was holding his phone. She saw him transforming into a monster and wanted to speak with him. At the school roof, he tried to deny he was a monster, but the girl, Claire, pushed him down from roof. While falling he transformed and then jumped back on the roof. She then started questioning him what was he and threatening she will reveal his secret. But Shuichi had no idea, and told her, he just transformed one day. On the way to her home, she introduced herself and showed him a coin she found, but Shuichi didn't know anything about it. In her apartment, she explained she was looking for her sister, who was a monster like him.

Power & Abilities
When transformed he gains peak human physical abilities: Greater strength, greater agility, greater endurance, a very good sense of smell (even stronger than a dog's). Also some of his power works as well in his human form but the quality of the abilities is weaker. Shuichi might gain some sort of immortality when transformed as when his head was ripped of his 'neck' he was still alive while transformed but as the alien told him that it was a good choice not to transform back to his human appearance as he would have died on the spot.

From what is known for the moment his abilities are to sustain a "host" when transformed, furthermore increasing his abilities further but, the one that is inside can also control him to some extend depending on the person or the "compatibility" of the pair. The more aligned Shuichi and his partner are in their goals, the more powerful the monster form becomes, becoming more resistant to physical attacks (including intense fire breath) and gaining greater speed and reaction times. This "alignment" has the potential to use the other ability described below, in which the pair becomes a single, more powerful being. The host is also protected to some extend from attacks but when the attack is to strong then the host might suffer some damage, also Shuichi still fells pain in this form, it might be reduce to some extend ( seems that inside of the suit is very hot and has some slimy property in it ).

When he transforms he appears to gain some sort of gun, a revolver that seems to appear only when he is transformed and disappears when he goes back to his human form. The revolver might hold about 6 bullets in total, without more spare bullets and having a strength similar or even greater to that of an anti material rifle, being able to incapacitate an angered Elena with two shots (one in the leg and one near the shoulder). The weapon can also be used by anyone as long as it still has ammo. The size of the weapon is rather larger than a normal revolver as a person would need to use both hands to hold it, not like Shuichi that can use it with just one hand. The gun also is too strong to be used by normal humans as they might destroy their arms in the process if they dare to use it.

Another ability that Shuichi owns that is discovered some time later, only works if it meets some requirements. The requirements might be related to the compatibility between the pair and/or near state of death of both of them when they are together. This ability lets both of them become "one", as it says they literally become a single being that is much stronger and also looks different retaining similarity's to both of them, first the appearance of the body of the host and second a beast like appearance of the original body. The combination of both might have some secondary effects to 'their sanity' and might act as a wild beast in search of blood and carnage and such state only last as long both consciousness have the same goal. As both become 'one' they end up sharing their memory's, or at least the one that was inside Shuichi gains his memory's as he seems not being able to remember what happens. The previously mentioned gun, changes as well, from being a revolver it changed to 2 smaller pistols from what could be seen on the first use of said state. Yushioka describes this ability as being incredible and unique, and as the only way to defeat Hodoka.