Sōsei Akabane

* Casual
* Transformed

**Sōsei Akabane** (赤あか刎ばね 創そう星せい, *Akabane Sōsei*?) or more commonly known as **Red Keeper** (レッドキーパー, *Reddo Kīpā*?) is the main antagonist of the *Ranger Reject* series. He is the leader of the Dragon Keepers and Red Battalion.

## Appearance

He has black eyes and hair which is Styled, he also wears the standard Red Battalion Uniform.

## Personalities

He is shown to be very casual and friendly towards everyone including Dusters*[citation needed]*, but if he feels like something needs to be done he will not hold back.*[citation needed]* This is shown to be a facade however. He is an incredibly vain man, and at multiple points throughout the story, acts purely for the spotlight. Almost everything he does, he does to make himself seem better. It's only when prying eyes aren't present that his true, and much more ugly personality rears its head. Just as an example, he has killed two of his assistants for "incompetence", a potential red keeper and almost killed Suzukiri because of her snide remarks. He is the complete opposite of what he portrays himself as being.

## History

Akabane should at the very least, be one of the first Red Keepers as apparently he was voted the 1st in the best boss rankings for 10 years*[citation needed]* and acts very familiar with the Dusters unlike his fellow Rangers.*[citation needed]*

Akabane led the group of Red Rangers that cooperated with Green Battalion to investigate a report that all of the animals at Milky Way City Central Wildlife Park had been eaten by a Monster. He did not participate in the battle against the Monster swarm that was subsequently uncovered, as his missing Divine Tool meant that he had to manually change into his uniform and the battle concluded before he was finished. While the other Rangers departed the area, Akabane stayed behind to change back into his civilian clothes. Footsoldier D followed him and took the opportunity to stab the oblivious Red Keeper in the back, killing him with apparent ease. Since Pink Battalion took control of the scene to cover up the Monster attack, it is presumed that Akabane's body was eventually discovered by them, as by the time of the next Sunday Battle the Rangers had arranged for someone to impersonate Akabane and hide his death from the public.

## Relationships

### Jin Himura

He trained Jin Himura in the past*[citation needed]* and has a seemingly good relationship as Akabane was thinking about handing off his position to Himura and even acknowledged his improvement before murdering Himura after he started crying.*[citation needed]*

## Abilities

Much of his strength has yet to be shown but he was able to hold off D with little effort*[citation needed]* and was able to hit a giant metal ball a great distance with only his strength and a metal pipe while comparing the ball to a Tee-ball.*[citation needed]*

## Trivia

* Similarly to other rangers, part of his name means a color which in his case means **Red** (赤あか , ***Red***?)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Ranger Reject* Manga —  Volume 1  Chapter 2 (p. 27-29).
2. ↑ *Ranger Reject* Manga —  Volume 1 [[ | Chapter 24-29]].
3. ↑ Ranger Reject Manga —  Chapter 80 (p. 3)
4. ↑ Ranger Reject Manga —  Chapter 81 (p. 7)
5. ↑ Ranger Reject Manga —  Chapter 82 (p. 15)
6. ↑ Ranger Reject Manga —  Chapter 83 (p. 11)