Ikeuchi

Ikeuchi (池内) was a young man who is a part of Sayaka Koyanagi's group.

Appearance
Ikeuchi is a young man with bowl cut short red-brown hair and square-rimmed glasses.

In his monster form, his head transforms into a surveillance camera.

Personality
Ikeuchi is a coward who would let easily be controlled and manipulated by others. He only cares about himself and Chihiro's safety, even if it means betraying others. He has shown to have an obsession with Chihiro, stalking her using his abilities. Whenever Chihiro wants to get closer to Suichi, Ikeuchi gets extremely jealous and irritated. He doesn't trust anyone and often blames others for the dire situation they get in.

Plot
Claire Aoki had found Ikeuchi's number and group images from the dead Sudo. Realizing Sudo was threatening Ikeuchi to server him, she approached him and made him introduce her to the group. Fearing that Claire and Shuichi had killed Sudo, meaning they are stronger, he introduced her to his group and they were accepted.

When Chihiro and Shuichi went out looking for Chihiro's wallet, he followed them. Seeing Chihiro getting naked and entering Shuichi, made him jealous as he loved Chihiro. A bit later, he showed what he had recorded to Claire, who then went looking for Shuichi and Chihiro.

When Shuichi demonstrated his powers, Ikeuichi realized they didn't kill Sudo, as Sudo was cut in two, but instead of revealing Tananori, Shuichi explained they just found Sudo's dead body.

During the initiation into Konayagi's group, Ikeuchi got extremely jealous when Chihiro pet and complemented how cute Shuichi's transformation is since she loves animal. As he was following Chihiro and Suichi going to the mountain to search for her wallet, he got extremely mad when he witnessed Chichiro striped naked and got into Suichi. He became suspicious when Shuichi and Chihiro returned after survived being attacked by a strange hunter, stating that Chihiro was put in danger because of Suichi.

Afterwards, Ikeuchi began to stalk Shuichi at school and photographed Suichi and Nana talking, but was found out. He confronted Suichi demanding to reveal the secret power both he and Claire were hiding. The Koyanagi gang decided to go to the location of where they suspected the alien spaceship crashed, hypothesizing that must be where all the coins would be, and came across the previous site where Sanbe and Suichi/Claire fought. Ikeuchi's suspicion of the pair grew significantly. They soon encountered Madoka's group and got surrounded. After a brief conflict and with two Koyanagi members injured, Madoka offered them a deal in which they would all work for him to gather the coin, in exchange he would put them under his protection and grant their wishes. However, to repent the crime of hurting one of Madoka's friends, one of them must be sacrificed, or they would all be killed.

Ikeuchi began to freak out and started rambling on how they had no hope of beating Madoka and his gang. Claire suddenly said how brave Ikeuchi was for offering himself, since he had the courage to bring it up. Ikeuchi retorted that was not his intention, and slowly walked away as Claire and the group reprimanded him for thinking of sacrificing one of them. He later came across Claire asking Isao to grow the oleander across a wide area. Realizing her intention to set the flowers on fire to release the toxic smoke, Ikeuchi ran to Madoka begging to let him and Chihiro joined the clan, only to have Koyanagi's hair wire across his neck strangled him to death on the spot.

In the manga, Ikeuchi didn't die due to Koyanagi's hair wire. He then found dying Madoka, and after a small talk, the gang leader decided to give Ikeuchi 100 coins, calling him 'a shitty guy.' He then appears in the battle of Honoka and Shuichi, attacking merged Shuichi and Honoka because he didn't want to live in a world where the main character saved him. Then he used these 100 coins and merged with Honoka, receiving all of the darkness power. Ikeuchi lost the battle and died.

Power & Abilities
As Ikeuchi got his wish granted, in his monster form, he can turn his head into surveillance camera, which allows him to scan and visually observe the area around him, though the range is limited and does not alert him of dangers. He can also record anything and distribute it to external memory or internet.

Chihiro Yoshioka
Ikeuchi loves Chihiro, but he doesn't have the courage to tell her. Instead, he stalks and records her using his abilities. He believes that Chihiro should only fall in love with him, and care about no one else but her safety. When Chihiro becomes closer to Shuichi, he gets extremely jealous and accusatory towards Suichi/Claire. He stalks Shuichi at school to find evidence that the later is a playboy/flirt to show to Chihiro. Ikeuchi is willing to sacrifice the Koyanagi group if it means Chihiro and he live.

Etymology

 * The surname Ikeuchi means "pool, pond" (池) (ike) and "inside, within" (内) (uchi).

Trivia

 * Ikeuchi was the only one in Sayaka Koyanagi's group to die by the latter's hair choker when he attempts to betray his pact with Koyanagi.
 * Ikeuchi often engages in Voyeurism with his abilities. His main target is Chihiro