Iruma Suzuki

**Iruma Suzuki** (鈴木入間, *Suzuki Iruma*) is a 15 year-old human who was sold to a demon by his parents. Now living in the Demon World, he goes to a demon school and has to hide the fact that he is human. Iruma is also one of the candidates to become the next demon king.

## Description

### Appearance

Iruma has slightly long, spiky, cerulean hair which sports his signature ahoge. His hair is seen tied in a short ponytail during physical activities, as well as during his time as a member of the student council. He has large, round eyes with Egyptian-blue irises.

Iruma is usually seen wearing the traditional male school uniform of Babyls Demon School: an Olympic-blue jacket with a white stripe lining the edges, pockets, and cuffs (two stripes lining the cuff on his second-year uniform); matching pants with white stripes lining the ankles (two stripes here on his second-year uniform); a red bow adorned with a red demon-eye decoration; and dark-blue dress shoes. He also wears the golden Ring of Gluttony on the middle finger of his right hand.

When in his "Wicked Phase", Iruma's hair becomes smoother, points downwards, and gains a shade of purple along the highlights. His ahoge also points in the opposite direction. His eyes take a narrower shape, the tops of his irises display a magenta hue, and his pupils appear more like slits. His jacket acts like a cape, lacking the typical red bow, and the top button of his shirt is undone.this transformation is however temporary.

Since the Music Festival arc, Iruma's nails have been painted with dark nail polish.

Before his second year at Babyls, Iruma receives a feather earring from his mentor, Barbatos Bachiko, for reaching rank Hé (5).

### Personality

Because he spent so much time by himself in a hard and lonely education, Iruma is kind-hearted and doesn't like conflict. He cannot say no when people ask for favors, being especially weak to the phrases: *"Help"*, *"Please"* and *"I beg you"*. His upbringing also helped him develop a great defense, allowing him to dodge any attack aimed at him. He is a large eater, having starved most of his life and having little time to even enjoy the food he ate in the human world. He is pacifistic and dislikes using violence to solve problems, even against people who are antagonistic towards him. However, when he faces a difficult task, rather than fall into despair, he manages to pick himself up and find a good solution. His kind nature even extends to everyone in need of help or asking for one, as it is revealed that most of the faculty adore him as he often helps them with chores such as weeding.

Since entering the Netherworld, Iruma has constantly made an effort to not draw attention to himself out of fear others would devour him. Ironically, this has become impossible thanks to his grandfather, Opera, Alice Asmodeus, and him getting into various situations that make him stand out. Since then, he continues to grow more popular as the series progresses. All his efforts to survive also take a toll on him and use all his energy every day to survive. Over time he begins to lessen his guard in school and around his friends, learning to interact with others and (ironically) grow accustomed to the netherworld.

Because of his hard lifestyle, until he met Sullivan, Iruma never had a goal or ambition in his life. Because of that, he never attempted to do anything for himself and always did things for others out of a need to be useful to others. After meeting Ameri Azazel and learning to make a goal for himself, he decided to raise his rank in his class in an effort to better himself. After the Walter Park incident, Iruma decided his ambition is now to keep those close to him safe and better himself as a fighter.

Despite being male, Iruma has shown to have some traditionally girly hobbies which have surprised several characters. In his interactions with Clara Valac, he was more than willing to play any bizarre game she came up with or dress funny for her amusement. When he met Ameri and learned of her manga *First Love Memories*, he loved the books and was more than willing to read them to her and voice the characters. When he saw that Crocell Kerori was an Akudol, Iruma chose to put on a dress and wig to help her in her concert so she would not lose her fans (though he was later shown to be embarrassed from doing that, showing even Iruma has a limit to what he'll do). He was embarrassed to wear a dress when Kerori made him put it on again and even more when Ameri walked in seeing him wearing one despite trying to explain what had happened.

Having been abused, neglected, and unfairly treated by his parents his whole life, Iruma has a hard time understanding concepts of love and affection. Because of this, he remains oblivious of the newfound love and affection he has gained from Ameri despite her change in behavior around him, the speculated crushes that Clara and Kerori have on him, and the other female students in school when he was in his wicked phase. Although he does seem to acknowledge the genuine love and affection his adopted Grandfather gives him, he fails to see how Ameri remains shy in his presence, when they were alone on a balcony talking, on a date at the Aquarium, or when they were cooking together and she gave him cookies.

Iruma's biggest fear is that his friends find out he is actually a human, because he doesn't want to feel alone again. This makes him feel that he is not fit to the netherworld. However over the course of the story, he is capable of leaving behind this fear thanks to the support of Barbatos Bachiko and the advice from Amaryllis Asmodeus of not being strictly necesary to tell everything to his friends and it is better to hide a secret from then if it means to keep save their friendship. Iruma now is not afraid anymore and instead he truly appreciates the bond he has built with all of them.

After Alikred induced an evil cycle and personality alteration into Iruma, his entire persona and appearance changed. In this case, he becomes aggressive and ill-mannered, ordering Alice around like a servant and having Clara sit on his lap whenever he feels like it. He also proved to be charismatic and manipulative, though well-intended, as he managed to motivate the Abnormal Class to help him obtain Royal One for them by entering a battle of wits with Naberius Kalego and the other teachers to receive their permission for a new classroom change. He is more haughty, arrogant, and confident in himself but simultaneously, does not belittle others and respects the individual abilities of each of his classmates, even managing to use them to their greatest potential. Most importantly, his personality change did not extend to his inner kindness, as he wanted to improve the situation of his own class, who had the worst classroom and were treated poorly by the others and still helped the janitor and other faculty with their chores just as he had done previously. Iruma reverts shortly after obtaining Royal One, but is also willing to take on that personality again if it means helping a friend, like when he helped Kerori to win the Akudol games.

## Trivia

* As for how much Iruma's parents paid for him, it is not known.
* The Japanese spelling of the name "Iruma" (入間) is almost identical to the Japanese spelling of "human" (人間).
* At Babyls, he is registered without his surname. Instead of his Kanji name, his Katakana name is used (イルマ).
* Iruma is considered as the leader of the abnormal class of his classmates because of all his triumphs, as well as (or especially) during his Wicked Phase, of which they took the Royal One, and the challenging moments when at Walter Park.
* Iruma is seen as a seducer by the school. This is due to him having very good relationships with multiple girls around him. There are rumors about his seduction going around the school.
* Osamu refers Iruma as '*悪入間* (Evil Iruma or Irumean) when depicted on his wicked phase form.
* Osamu had made an artwork with Iruma's appearance as a demon on the day of the Devil (6th of June).