Kamuki

**Kamuki** is the lead protagonist of Project Zertos. An estranged boy of a mysterious past taken in and trained by Oyaji, Kamuki's journey is followed for the majority of the series.

## Appearance

In his debut, Kamuki is a small but fit teen with white skin, black eyes and brown hair except a single stroke of white on his bangs. Whilst using zerto, Kamuki's eyes turn a greenish colour and sport black pupils.

Kamuki wears a green vest with a black hood, dark grey shorts, black tabi socks which lead into sandals and black wraps over each of his forearms. (although at first he has white bandages on his right)

## Personality

Kamuki is childish and cocky, certain of his abilities and ability to use them effectively in combat, but also polite and respectful to his seniors, as seen with his interactions with Oyaji. He tends to be startled and surprised at various points easily, or otherwise off put, but usually returns to composure soon after.

Whilst fighting, Kamuki is calculated but sloppy, talking to himself in monologues to plan ahead whilst attacking his opponent, all whilst keeping a straight face and serious demeanour.

## Synopsis

### Season One

#### **Episode One**

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Kamuki first appears some way into the Koplian's attack on the village, first saving a boy from the monster. Soon after, he begins preparing and then starts to fight the Koplian, putting to use his great acrobatics, kick-heavy fighting style and zerto abilities to overwhelm the creature, knocking it down momentarily. Not long after, the Z.T.F arrive and, after the Koplian recovers and tries to crush Kamuki yet again, quickly eliminate the Koplian whilst Kamuki watches. The episode ends as Kamuki is confronted and questioned about what he was doing there.

#### **Episode Two**

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Episode two starts where the last ended off, with Kamuki leaving into the woods after finding out that the food — of which he was originally sent to gather — was now being fed to a Goofyzor. Going home, Kamuki is confronted by Oyaji who questions what he was doing in the village, only to then tell him to eat first. Once done eating, the two talk about what had happened and Oyaji scolds Kamuki for down talking and underestimating the Z.T.F, much to Kamuki's chagrin as he tries asserting his victories over other Koplians of proof of his skills. Kamuki then asserts why he is doing all of this in vague terms, and Oyaji concedes, telling Kamuki to digest his meal and then go outside.

Oyaji then tasks Kamuki with delivering wood to a friend in the village, after which they would train, to which Kamuki does so. After arriving, dropping off the supplies and then returning home, Oyaji quickly surprise attacks Kamuki before prompting him to spar. The two begin to fight, with Kamuki using his small size and quick speed to try and overwhelm Oyaji to poor results. Oyaji then summons his staff, the two clash briefly once more before Kamuki whiffs an attack, leading to Oyaji knocking him unconscious with a hit to the head. The episode ends as Kamuki is seen resting.

## Abilities and Powers

**Hand-to-Hand Combat**: Kamuki's skill with bare-fist fighting is shocking for his age. Taught by Oyaji, Kamuki is an excellent fighter despite his rough edges and lack of awareness at times, able to use his impressive speed and acrobatic nature to quickly weave around and out of attacks before dishing out his own with full force kicks and strikes. Kamuki's fighting skills were put on full display in both the fight against the Koplian and the brief battle with Oyaji, with the boy being able to contend with the great beast (even though it was in its weakened state) and briefly hold up well against Oyaji despite his own speed and devastating attacks.

When paired with his use of fire, Kamuki becomes an all-together new level of threatening, when considering his level. Able to use the flames in conjunction with his powerful kicks to pull off immense feats of strength briefly, all whilst amplifying his speed to an even greater extent. This was seen clearest as he fought the Koplian, easily and effortlessly weaving around, over and under the beast whilst is tried to keep up, even landing blows of his own whilst passing by with immense speed.

**Zerto Control**: Whilst nowhere near as proficient as the likes of Oyaji or even Kyoko, Kamuki is an excellent user of zerto for combat purposes, wielding it in the form of emerald flames which he exhausts out of his legs. As said before, Kamuki synergises his flames with a kick-heavy fighting style which expertly uses his quick movements, allowing the boy to weave around whilst using immensely powerful attacks that cleave through the defences of his enemies: the Koplian in episode one being a prime example.

Although his zerto control is strong, it is also inconsistent. Throughout the fight with the Koplian, Kamuki's flames died out and snuffed, leading to unfortunate missteps which got him hurt.

### Zerto

Uniquely, Kamuki can only manifest these flames from his legs, and so has adapted a kickboxing-like fighting style which uses speed and his leg's strength instead of a general fighting style.

## Battles & Events

**Season One**

* Kamuki vs Village Koplian
* Kamuki vs Oyaji

## Trivia

* Kamuki's surname is a translation for "shade" in Japanese. (日陰 *Hikage*)
* Kamuki takes obvious inspiration from Shinra Kusakabe from Fire Force.
* In an early form of Zertos' story, Kamuki was intended to be a "Semi-Demon"; part human, part demon. This was entirely scrapped as time passed and Zertos' world was made.