Tokihito Sasaki

Tokihito Sasaki is a character in Phantom Tales of the Night. He is the first character introduced. 
== Appearance ==
All the iterations of Sasaki have short light hair and a skeletal midsection. He has no stomach or digestive system, so he can only pretend to eat. 
== Abilities ==
Sasaki's skeletal body is quite durable, and can be put back together. However, if his head is separated from his body by enough distance he loses concisenessPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 11 (pt.128).. 
== Iterations ==
=== First Sasaki ===
This is the earliest mention of Sasaki. He lives alone in the forest to keep his secret hidden from humans. Owner, who is at this time a woman, shares a spouse-like relationship with Sasaki. Up untill this point Owner had no use for a name, but after meeting Sasaki they realize the importance of one and decides they will "give it some thought."Phantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 11 (pt.151). Sasaki falls off a cliff and becomes separated from his head and so unable to put himself back together. Owner later finds him and brings him body to cremate. Afterword, Owner buries his bones, which make a strange whistling noise, in a hole in the mountains. Later on, a new Sasaki emerges from the groundPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 8 (pt.157-176).. 
=== Second Sasaki ===
In roughly the Meiji era, Sasaki is a writer, and is staying at the Saejima family estate in exchange for work. He and Saejima are quite close, and Saejima reveals to Sasaki the family curse. Sasaki uses this story for his manuscript, which later gets published. The book remains relatively obscurePhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 7 (pt. 36).. Owner gives Kudou Yoshitaka a copy in Enigma 32. This is how Kudou learns the past of Saejima and Sasaki. 
=== Third Sasaki ===
Sasaki works as a newspaper journalist during the Second World War. Due to his political writings, Sasaki is taken by the Special Higher Police and is killed. Before he is taken away, he tells Owner he wishes not to be a writer in his next life, because it always ends in deathPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 8 (pt. 26).. He is later shown dead in Enigma 54, as Owner arrived to late to his cellPhantom Tales of the Night Manga Volume: 11 (pt. 162).. 
=== Current Sasaki ===
This Sasaki is a high school student. He begins working at the Inn in Enigma 47. 
== Quotes ==
File:Sasakiart.jpg|Sasaki and Owner
File:Sasaki2.jpg|Sasaki in Enigma 1
File:SasakiTokihito.jpg|Full body illustration