Norito Goshi

Norito Goshi is a major supporting character in the anime, manga, and light novel series Seraph of the End. He is a colonel of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army, a member of the Goshi family who serves right under the notable Hiragi family, and a member of the Guren Ichinose's squad.
==Appearance==
Norito is a middle-aged man in his mid-20s of tall height with peach-coloured hair tied in a ponytail while leaving a few locks in front and a short beard at his chin. He sports his JIDA uniform which comprises the standard dark cape with a tall collar that soldiers of the army often wear along with his military uniform that has two rows of golden buttons, a Sam Browe belt around his waist connected with a smaller belt from his right shoulder, and two more right under, crossing each other. His attire finishes with a trouser of the same colour, a pair of white gloves on his hand, and a pair of boots at his feet.
== Personality ==
Norito tends to display a carefree attitude when he first appears when interacting with Guren, telling him that it is been forever since they saw girls in bikinis upon finding a dirty magazine. He shows excitement towards Guren upon hearing that Sayuri Hanayori comments that she would agree to wear a swimsuit if Guren asked her to do. When Guren tries to switch to serious topics, he ignores him while continuing to daydream about models on the magazine.
== Biography ==
At Ebina, when Mito Jujo comes out after searching for vampires inside a building, he openly lies to her that Guren wants to see her in a swimsuit, which embarrasses her. Standing alongside Guren, Norito greets Shinya who arrives at the place in a sports car. Guren questions him why is he here as a member of the Hiragi family to which he simply replies that he is here to help and asks for a thank you. Guren jumps into the car and announces to Goshi and Sayuri for their help in order to complete their mission with the most casualties as possible.
Guren kicks Norito upon hearing him whispering with Shinya about how childish it is to command others on a sports car, leaving him unconscious on the floor. When their rassemblement starts, Guren caughts Shinoa's squad sneaking among the group and scolds them for being late to which Yūichirō Hyakuya a member of the squad apologizes for. Guren forgets the squad but says that they will receive a punishment after the meeting.
Norito is seen sitting on the floor beside the rest other JIDA generals, waiting for Shinoa's squad.
As only Yu came to cover his friends, Guren talks about family to Yu to which Shinya replies if he views him and the others as families. Goshi agrees with Shinya as he states that things are never known when put into words. He then jokingly requests Sayuri to make a headlock before being sent flying away by her, as an order given by Guren to shut him up. A moment of silence then occurs with Goshi lying on the floor as Yu asks similar questions as to whether the other members of his squad are his friends. Mito replies that they have been working together since they were aged 15. After a few chats, Mito asks Guren who is this boy and finds it strange to allow a subordinate to talk.
A few hours after the mission has started, underground in a subway station, Mito and her team witness Guren defeating the Nineteenth Progenitor Mel Stefano. Right after their victory, Goshi comments on how the vampire almost finished him. The squad then meets a group of humans who were enslaved by Mel. Guren informs them that they are humans like them and that will come to their rescue once they exterminate all vampires nearby. Guren then comes across one of his Moon Demon Company soldiers Eita Kusunoki as he screams for Guren in a state that appears to be on the verge of death. The other team members observe with concern as they see Eita informing Guren that his team has been destroyed at Nagoya Hall and that the enemies want Guren to come there. Guren apologizes as his plan fails and is told that ten of the members died with twenty of them still alive but on hold as hostages. Before dying, Eita tells Guren that it is an honour to serve under his leadership as Guren orders Goshi to cast an illusion spell as he meets his demise.
Moments later, Guren followed by Goshi, and the rest of the squad, comes out of the subway entrance where they meet Shinoa and Makoto's squad.
As Yu interacts with Gurens, Aiko is seen facing him and walks toward him to apologize for not being good enough to save her comrades. Guren assures her that she did great and orders her to stay here for thirty minutes and if no squad joins her, she can leave, as he declares to Narumi and Shinoa's squad that they going to kill the progenitors Crowley Eusford, Horn Skuld, and Chess Belle.
Once they arrived, the Moon Demon Company, Guren ordered Yoichi Saotome, a soldier to fire Crowley, who was seen standing near the window of the city hall. The plan fails as the vampire effortlessly catches the projectile sent by Yoichi. The team discusses their plan to rescue the soldiers of Eita's team who are restrained as hostages in front of the hall, where he orders Goshi that once their attack starts, he needs to cast an illusion that makes the team appear that they have two hundred soldiers who are ready to attack as Goshi replies that he has to get closer to achieve this with unconfidence. The attack is set to have a five-minute mark to rescue as many soldiers as possible. The battle starts when Goshi is seen running toward the city hall alongside the rest of the squad as he unleashes his illusion that makes countless of a number of soldiers appear, which causes the imprisoned soldiers to be shocked. Guren and Shinya are soon overpowered by Crowley who leads Mito to aid them but is stopped by Goshi who warns her that she will only get in the way if she does. Guren then orders them to make a move. Goshi manipulates the environment into a place of magma as Guren breaches the window.
Moments later, when the five minutes is up, Yu refuses to retreat, knowing that Guren has been left behind with the vampires. Chess comments that she can feel the heat despite knowing that it is not real. Once outside, Shinya expresses gratitude for casting the illusion that helped them to escape. The team runs to escape but confronts a vampire, Mikaela Hyakuya from far away who is waiting for them. Narumi declares he will hold the first attack the team is startled to see the Mika running past them. Goshi comments that it would be easy to attack before casting an illusion that is meant to impact Mika's intentions. He is shocked to see the vampire penetrating his illusion who is still ready to reach his objectives.
Soon after, Shinya manages to impale his cursed gear through Mika as he curses the vampire before being stopped by Shinoa. A confrontation between and humans occurs against Moon Demon Company as Mika leaves the place with Yu. The team manages to escape the place and arrive at their planned location, at Nagoya Airport. Upon arriving, Goshi observes as one of the remaining members of Narumi (the rest were killed by the vampires) Rika Inoue grabs Shinoa by the collar before punching her in the stomach as she blames by screaming that it is her fault that her comrades died. As Makoto tries to stop her, Shinya says that it is not his job. Makoto questions in despair as he sees nothing in here, at the airport at Shinya who remains silent. Goshi however agrees with Narumi and states that there was a supposed chopper that is supposed to help them to escape according to Guren, which startles Goshi upon saying this.
Shinya continues this as they were supposed to have vampires chasing after them to where a trap is awaiting them and reveals that this whole mission is actually in fact planned by Lieutenant General of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army Kureto Hīragi. This leaves Mito and Goshi concerned and comments that Kureto has the habit of leaving his allies hanging out try.
As the team waits in silence, Yoichi then spots behind a few cars arriving with one of them being Colonel Aoi Sangū then none other than Kureto Hīragi, causing the squad to be alarmed. Kureto introduces himself as the head of the JIDA and congratulates them for the "success" of their mission, which causes the squad to be even more confused. Shinya attempts to talk with Kureto but points with his sword to him, ordering him that he is done here. Kureto orders to begin the experiments, leading countless amount of chains to be unleashed from behind him that is sent toward the Moon Demon Company at an alarming speed. Narumi manages to dodge them, but the chain hits his other team members as well as the other surviving soldiers, killing a large amount of them.
Osaka Arc
A course of four months later, Guren is confronted by his Goshi, Mito, Shinya, and Sayuri who tell Guren to explain. Guren replies that he will later on and that they have to move.
In the back of the car, Norito sits beside Mito alongside Shigure Yukimi and Sayuri. Shinya questions what was he doing on the battlefield at the airport a few months ago. As Guren refuses to, he requests again, louder this time for Guren to explain his actions. Norito tries to calm him down. Shinya states that he knows that Guren is someone who does certain actions for no reason. Shinya orders Norito to answer Guren's question about when he took his first dump today. Norito replies before the service center, causing him to get slapped by Mito in irritation. Mito states that it is been nine years since they've met and eight years since the world ended with Norito agreeing. Norito suggests to Mito that it is not the right thing to force others to reveal what they don't want to say. He then continues that there is something but he will not say it, leading to the others questioning in curiosity if Norito is right.
The group soon arrives at their destination, at a giant mansion. Norito comments his impression of the place, as they start walking toward the house. Out of the blue, as Mito states how the vampire has also left Osaka, Guren activates his curse. The group manages to react to Guren's attack, except for Mito Shigure who was left knocked out by Guren's attack. Eventually, soon after, the entire squad would be defeated by Guren as he heads on his to the mansion.