Soubi Agatsuma

Soubi Agatsuma, also known as Beloved, is one of the main characters from the Loveless series.
== Charactah Account ==
A twenty-year-old art student. He is a former student of Shichisei Gakuen (often translated as Academy of Seven Voices), a school for fighters where Ritsu Minami was his teacher.
As ordered, Soubi contacted Ritsuka after Seimei's death. He introduced Ritsuka to the world of fighters and sacrifices, and told Ritsuka he would be his fighter. Although Soubi's "true name" is Beloved and Ritsuka's is Loveless, they fight as a pair, which is considered taboo. There is also a severe loss of strength, and in Soubi's case, his marking bleeds in battle. Since meeting Ritsuka, Soubi doesn't operate under the Beloved name, and effectively abandoned it altogether.
Soubi appears to know much more about Seimei and his cause of death than he will divulge. Despite Ritsuka's insistence that he tell him everything he knows, Soubi refuses. In volume 4 of the manga, he even says, "Seimei is my God." He openly declares that he lives his life by Seimei's orders, but still says he obeys Ritsuka's every order.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Loveless
* Loveless Specials
=== Light Novels ===
* Loveless
=== Manga ===
* Loveless
* Loveless dj - Mimi to Boku
== Trivia ==
* Soubi is sometimes looked down upon by fans due to his poor social skills when interacting with other characters in the series.
* In the anime character commentary(also known as SD Theater) featured in the Loveless Complete Series DVD Collection, Soubi has a habit of being extremely hyper and outgoing. This often results in Ritsuka questioning if Soubi is actually the "real Soubi". Soubi then replies stating that he doesn't feel the need to be serious since he is not required to take on his role as a Fighter during the commentary.
* In the third episode of SD Theater, Soubi claims that he is practically blind without his glasses; he says that he can't "see a lion that is two kilometers away" without his glasses. Ritsuka then objects saying people with normal eyesight can not achieve that level of eyesight either (with or without glasses). In conclusion, it is still questionable whether Soubi's eyesight is glasses dependent or whether his glasses are simply an aesthetic choice.
* Soubi and Ritsu share some similarities: they both smoke, they wear glasses, Ritsu takes an interest in pinning butterflies and Soubi is associated with the motif of butterflies, and at one time Ritsu had long hair like Soubi. It also mentioned by Ritsuka that Ritsu and Soubi talk alike.
* In one of the more recent chapters, Soubi has been revealed to be able to interfere with memories, as he uses his powers to make Hitomi Shinonome believe that she is meeting Youji and Natsuo Sagan for the first time when they transfer into Ritsuka's class. This has caused fans to speculate that Soubi may have been the one to cause Ritsuka's amnesia on Seimei's orders.
* Soubi is used to reveal much of the mechanics of a Fighter-Sacrifice pair. For example, Soubi is considered despicable by other Units for fighting for another Sacrifice after his own Sacrifice has died, and for not killing himself after Seimei died. Any damage inflicted on Ritsuka will be four times the normal damage as Soubi and Ritsuka do not share a name. The carving "Beloved" on Soubi's neck also bleeds whenever he battles because he is not battling for Seimei.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Soubi Agatsuma at Loveless Wiki
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