Aki Hayakawa

== Aki Hayakawa ==
=== Status ===
Deceased
Aki Hayakawa is a Public Safety Devil Hunter working under Makima's special squad. 
== Appearance ==
Aki is a young man with medium-length black hair that he usually wears in a topknot style (shoulder-length with long bangs when untied) and blue eyes. 
He often wears the Public Safety Devil Hunter uniform; a suit and tie. He also dons black earrings and usually carries his sword on his back.
== Personality ==
Aki generally appears to be a very stoic man who acts mature and sometimes blunt to the point of rudeness when he's with his fellow Devil Hunters, but he's actually fairly softhearted. He has a tendency to get attached to others easily, and hates to see people get hurt, especially his close friends. Unlike many of his associates, he was described by Himeno as being a "normal person", in the sense that he still grieves for those lost and has not became jaded enough to close his feelings off. Despite this, he's very determined and his primary motivation for killing the Gun Devil was revenge for his family. However, he is entirely willing to put his own life on the line to save other people, even if it gets in the way of his goals.
He doesn't like people who don’t take their job as Devil Hunters seriously or fight for a superficial and materialistic goal like money or, in Leo's case, to be able to touch some boobs, this being one the primary reasons he and Leo didn't get along initially. Aki is also ruthless, stating that he always makes sure the Devils he kills suffer in order to give them a slow and painful death. He can become intimidating with those he still doesn't trust enough, like when he threatened Leo by telling him that if he either betrays them or sides with other Devils, he would kill him without any hesitation. Despite being merciless, Aki still has some kindness with his fellow devil hunters, such as retrieving Leo's severed arm, taking Nyako to get medical attention, freeing Power and intentionally lying in his report to Makima in order to uncover the truth of the incident with the Bat Devil.
His air of cold detachment is a façade as he has been seen to cry over the deaths of his comrades such as Himeno and he grew to care for Leo and Power enough to try and forfeit his revenge goal in order to keep them safe.
Aki is afraid to lose those he deeply cares about. He told Kishibe that the reason why he wanted to leave the mission to kill the Gun Devil was because of the future shown to him by the Future Devil with Leo and Power suffering a painful and terrible death, and he was scared of that future.
At first, Aki was seen to despise Devils equally, not caring if they are Hybrids, Fiends or if they are evil by nature, to him all Devils were the same. He saw them as nothing more than tools they can replace at any time. However, Aki slowly began to bond with some of his partners loosing this belief, the best examples being Leo and Power.
== Relationships ==
=== Taiyo Hayakawa ===
Aki had a close relationship with his younger brother, Taiyo. Although it bothered him that Taiyo always had more attention from their parents than himself because of being physically weak and ill most of the time, Aki loved him and liked spending time together, something that is seen when he smiled right after his snowball fight with Taiyo and was looking forward to play with him. However, when he was starting to enjoy playing with his brother, the Gun Devil showed up and destroyed their house, killing both of his parents and Taiyo in the process. This incident motivated Aki to search for that Devil and kill him to avenge the death of his brother and parents.
=== Leo Hayakawa ===
Aki and Leo initially hated one another with their first mission ending up in a physical and verbal altercation, wherein Aki insults and punches Leo, only for Leo to knee him in the crotch and kick him while he's down. He thinks Leo is a simpleton, brutish, vulgar and too unthinking to continue in a dangerous line of work. Despite the fight, they continued to work together due to Makima's request. Also at Makima's request, Aki allowed Leo to move into his home and took care of him. After fighting alongside each other and living in the same household, Aki began to consider Leo a close friend and even a younger brother figure, although he still found him obnoxious at times.
=== Power ===
Aki and Power also had a less than positive relationship at the beginning, although perhaps not so much as with Leo. Aki disliked Power's vulgar and ungrateful attitude and found her extremely obnoxious. He also took in Power when Makima requested it and the two gradually warmed up to each other. While he seems embarrassed and annoyed by Power's constant escapades, he considers her a friend and a little sister as well.
=== Makima ===
Aki has a crush on Makima and seems to trust her deeply, although this could possibly be a result of Makima's powers of control. That explains why Aki can't recall his reason for liking her. Makima gives Aki orders to follow within Tokyo Special Division 4 and acts nice towards him as she does with everyone.
== Abilities ==
=== Antemortem Abilities ===
==== Physical Prowess ====
* Enhanced Reflexes: Aki has superhuman reflexes, being able to keep up with Katana Man and Devils.
* Enhanced Durability: Aki is quite tough as he managed to survive getting stabbed by Kobeni Higashiyama, only needing Power's help to close the wound. During his fight with Katana Man, Aki was kicked into a wall with enough force to crack it and was later cut in the chest.
==== Devil Contracts ====
* Curse Devil Contract: Aki has a contract with the Curse Devil which grants him a nail-like sword. In order for the contract to work properly, Aki must point the nail anywhere on his target's body; then saying the word "fire", the hand of the Curse Devil will appear and flicks the back end of the nail to inflict damage. By stabbing his enemy three times with the nail, Aki can summon the Curse Devil to seize the enemy and inflict massive damage upon them, potentially killing them in the process. In order to use it, Aki's life is significantly shortened.
* Fox Devil Contract: Aki originally had a contract with the Fox Devil. In exchange for feeding him part of his body, Aki could use his power in combat by raising a hand and saying the word "Kon", causing the Fox Devil's head to appear to instantly bite down on the target's body, swallowing him whole or tearing him apart. Aki lost the ability to summon him after he used the Fox Devil recklessly against the Katana Man.
* Future Devil Contract: After losing favour with the Fox Devil, Aki was taken to the Future Devil that is held prisoner by Public Safety and managed to gain a contract to use its abilities in exchange for letting the Future Devil live inside his right eye.
**Precognition: Aki had the ability to see a few seconds into the future. He used this to predict his opponent's oncoming attacks and plan accordingly.
**Summoning: Due to his contract, Aki could summon Future Devil by calling him. While the Devil says that Aki must say "The Future Rules" to make him come, this was not an actual requirement
**Control Devil Contract: Aki made a contract with the Control Devil, in exchange for his entire being he gained her power, however, as he was completely under her control, he was unable to use it
==== Skill set ====
* Swordsmanship: Aki is a proficient swordsman, wielding a sword as his primary weapon when fighting Devils. He is skilled enough to defeat multiple zombies and even keep up with physically superior opponents, such as Hybrids, with the help of his Devil contracts.
* Hand-to-Hand Combat: As a Devil Hunter, Aki received training in unarmed combat. He displayed decent skills in boxing, being capable of easily defeating a boxer far more muscular than him.