Kazuichi Souda

Souda is a friendly and easy-going guy to be with. He always strives to do the right thing and what's best for his allies. His main flaws are the fact he isn't exactly the brightest and that he could be quite gullible at times.

## Power, Abilities, Stats Inventory

Despite no longer being part shark, he's worked hard to get his swimming ability to what it once used to be, perhaps even surpass it. He does need the help of equipment to breathe underwater, but he has the rest of the factors under control. He is also quite proficient in martial arts combat.

### Stats:

* Ninja training: +2 to CQC
* Great physical shape: +3 to speed/strength
* Aquatic Roots: Additional +1 to physical actions while in water
* Can't stand the heat: -1 to physical actions under intense heat. +1 damage taken from intense heat attacks.
* No more shark senses: -2 to perception
* Still gullible: +2 to charisma/deception/mental attacks against him
* Take your distance: -2 to ranged combat (will include using his shark gauntlets for long range).
* **Strong Jaw:** d7+2 damage from bite attacks. Opponent's counter is d20 against this. Souda takes extra +1 damage from his own failed counter.
* **I Will Survive This Time (Special):** Upon reaching 12 HP or lower, CQC and Speed increase by +2.

### Inventory:

* Artificial gills
* Tonfas
* Shark Gauntlets (Made for delivering heavier hits and also serve as grappling hooks to deal with distant obstacles/opponents).
* Angler Fish Head Light

## Character Backstory

Souda is one of the many transfers from the city of New York. He was a lone half shark mutant in the waters until he was found by Aoi Asahina who he nearly ate because of his uncontrollable shark instincts. After that getting resolved, he became part of a heroic group called "The Teen Titans" where he did his best to do the right thing, but of course, his shark instincts sometimes made that very hard to do so. His team, however, didn't want to give up on him which helped him get through the tough times and find temporary solutions to his problem.

The transfer to the world of BW happened when he and Aoi were being overwhelmed by anti-mutant forces and had to hide away underwater to escape them. They suddenly ended up resurfacing near the harbor of Japan.

## Storyline:

### Season 1:

Souda was glad to be in a new world free from the racism he had to suffer, but little to the knowledge of the others, he was faced with an even bigger problem: He was chosen to partake in the game of Original Sins as the Original Sin of Instinct. He couldn't bear to let his close friends find out about this so he kept his distance from them most of the time which was one of his biggest mistakes... One day at the harbor, he was ambushed by Sunny and a corrupted Asriel, something that was organized by Legato to get rid of him. He didn't go down without a fight though and nearly killed Sunny in the process, but was outnumbered and outmatched in the end which lead to his untimely death. He was later revived at the end of Season 1 when the sin game was finally put to an end.

### Season 2:

Souda once again took the name of "Shark Boy" in the Hero Association, mainly being in charge of seaside missions where he fits best. He helped take on large aquatic threats such as the Deep Sea King and an entire crew of Crocodile pirates. When the World Martial Arts Tournament was coming up, he had an idea of organizing a team of aquatic creatures, convincing both Donatello and Kyoko Kirigiri to join him. They went as far as the semi-finals, but ended up losing to Team DragonZ who they put up a good fight against despite the difference in power between them.

## Fun facts/Trivia

* Kazuichi Souda is from the second official Danganronpa game.
* Being part of the Teen Titans, Souda was meant to represent Beast Boy which is even shown now by his overall goofy personality.