Gaku Yashiro

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## Guile Villain

### Alias

The Murderer
The Kidnapper
Manabu Yashiro
Manabu Nishizono
The Killer
Mr. Yashiro

### Allies

Satoru Fujinuma (falsely)
His brother (formerly)

### Powers/Skills

Manipulation
Genius-level intelligence
Charisma
Political influence
Murder methodology
Torture methodology

### Goals

Kill his brother and get away with it (succeeded).
Get away with his serial killings for as long as possible (succeeded for a while, but ultimately failed).
Kill Satoru and Kumi (failed).

### "Evil is Cool" Zone

Planning to kill Kumi by poisoning her IV bag even though she had leukemia.
Nicknaming himself "Nishizono Manabu" and leading the investigation to kidnap Satoru and kill him.

### MEH or Most Evil Actions

Killing Satoru's mother Sachiko.
Attempting to kill Satoru and Kumi, the latter of whom was a defenseless child who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Spending years murdering many children and framing somebody for his crimes.
Killing his own brother to get away with it.
Luring a girl into a shed and manipulating her to remain silent before killing her.
Kidnapping Kayo Hinazuki and committing sexual offences against her before killing her indirectly.

### Crimes

Serial child murder
Torture
Kidnapping
Assault
Mutilation
Incrimination
Stalking
Burglary
Usurpation
Vandalism
Pedophilia
Familicide
Rape by proxy
Conspiracy
Animal cruelty
Sexual harassment
Terrorism
Trespassing
Arson

### Type of Villain

Manipulative Serial Killer

**Gaku Yashiro** (In Japanese: 八代 学, **Yashiro Gaku**) is the main antagonist of the manga series *ERASED*. A respected teacher and later politician, Gaku Yashiro is also a serial killer who mainly targets children. He is the archenemy of Satoru Fujinuma, the main protagonist.

## His Cool and Evil Rankings

### What Makes Him a Guile Villain?

* During Satoru's coma, he stopped killing girls, but not out of remorse, he did it because he was bored and possibly to lay low, showing how manipulative he is.
* Going by the alias "Nishizono Manabu", he leads the investigation trying to capture Satoru, and in an attempt to further incriminate Satoru, plus he tries to burn Airi alive by setting her house on fire while she is inside.
* When Satoru was in the hospital, while he is keeping a low profile, he also plans to kill Kumi, who is the latter diagnosed with leukemia, by poisoning her IV bag.
* He admitted his murders following his defeat to reduce his death sentence to a life sentence, but he didn't do it out of remorse but only just to "save" himself, although he deserved it for all the murders he done, but gave him a fate worse than death.
* He is somewhat tragic since his older brother abused him greatly and forces him to be an accomplice in his crimes, but this doesn't justify any of his unforgiving actions as a serial killer and it was shown that he already had disturbing desires in the past which only pulls up more red flags.

### What Makes Him Evil?

* His brother convinced him to lure a girl to a shed and manipulated her to remain silent about the incident.
* Yashiro enjoys watching his brother raping young little girls monthly, and getting the "thrill" he wanted out of his life by getting the chance to manipulate the girls.
* He dumped a box of baby hamsters into a jar of water. Hours later, he was thrilled after seeing one of them survived, plus named the surviving one "Spice" as his pet.
* Killed his brother after he accidentally killed the victim and planning to frame him for it, and made his death looks like an accident, regardless his brother deserved it for raping those innocent girls.
* Although he felt loss when Spice died, it is only because he didn't have anything else to entertain himself.
* After murdering his brother, Yashiro started his life of crime by manipulating and murdering people.
* As an elementary school teacher, he lured neighborhood children to isolated areas so he could murder them.
* When confronted by his fiancé, who believed Yashiro had something to do with a recent child death, he pushed her out of a window to make it look like she committed suicide from too much stress.
* Kidnapped a 10-year old girl named Kayo Hinazuki, took pictures of her half-naked body, threw her into a freezer, then sprayed her with a water bottle until she slowly froze to death.
* When confronting Satoru Fujinuma, not only would Gaku kill Satoru, but he would also kill himself.
* Pinned the murders on a local food delivery worker, Jun "Yuuki" Shiratori, getting him arrested and put on death row.
* In 2006, he not only married the daughter of a politician, but also killed said politician to steal his position as county lawmaker.
* Over the years, he murdered dozens of children and always framed somebody else for his crimes.
* He is responsible for the death of Sachiko Fujinuma, the mother of Satoru. After knowing Sachiko could incriminate him, he brutally stabs her to death, then framed her son Satoru for it, but fortunately, thanks to a Revival, he got sent back in time right after that to stop one of Yashiro's crimes.

## Trivia

* So far, Gaku Yashiro is the only villain from *ERASED* to be a Guile Villain.
* Only the manga version of Gaku Yashiro counts as a Guile Villain, because it is debatable whether the anime and TV show adaptations of Gaku Yashiro stand out, because most of the murders are offscreen and his manipulation and charm seems questionable in the anime and live-action Netflix series.

## External Links

* Gaku Yashiro on the Villains Wiki
* Gaku Yashiro on the Pure Evil Wiki