Makoto Shichiro

**Makoto Shichiro** (シチロウ誠, *Shichirou Makoto*), is a Conduit. He is the supporting character for Dragon Quinx and one of the main protagonists in When Smoke Meets Rain novel.

## Appearance

Shichiro is a bespectacled young man with dark brown hair. He always puts his hood on from his jacket and brings a backpack wherever he goes. He wears a red shirt consisting of 'Heaven's Hellfire' logo.

## Personality

Shichiro is a shy young teenager who gets frequently bullied in school. Also, he is more often likes to be in indoors, as well as being engaged with his favourite video game 'Heaven's Hellfire'.

## Background

Very little was known about his background, but it is known that he is the son of a congressman in Tokyo.

## Plot

### History

Frequently bullied at school, and with no real control in his life, Makoto retreated into one of his favorite games, Heaven's Hellfire.

There, he found solace as he could summon angels to protect the weak and demons to punish the bullies. But one day, only a year after a comet had crash landed on Itomori, a bully pushed Eugene too far, causing his powers to awaken and create a giant demon which attacked the people around him.

After the incident, he was quickly tracked down by the Department of Unified Protection, led by Brooke Augustine and locked away in Curdun Cay for six years. During that time, Augustine took advantage of his powers to create holographic foes to teach other Conduits how to fight, all the while taking steps to prevent Shichiro's constructs from saving him.

### Escaping to Tokyo arc

After a Conduit bailed himself out of Curdun Cay, it causes a couple of Conduits to escape too which includes Shichiro. Shichiro made his base of operations in the Koto City of Tokyo where he made a pest out of himself manufacturing Angels to harass the D.U.P.

### When Smoke Meets Rain arc

His war against the D.U.P. eventually attracted the attention of Hodaka Morishima and Shouta Magatsuchi who crossed the bridge in search of him before he was ambushed by Augustine and her D.U.P. Troops. Just as Shouta was about to be taken into custody, one of Shichiro's angels swooped in to save him and carried him off into the other side of the city, Koto City. There, Shichiro made contact with Shouta and helped him locate convoy's full of people the D.U.P. identified as the escaped conduits from Curdun Cay.

Shouta stopped the convoy before Shichiro knocked him out with his angels and began swooping up the people released from the convoys, but only to free them from their restraints and release them back into the city as "normal" people. This caught the attention of the two boys, who tracked him back to his hideout and defeated him. While Hodaka wanted to call the police on him, Shouta vouched for his innocence and instead proposed an alliance.

Shichiro was able to locate the base of operations of local gangs who were kidnapping the conduits to sell them back to the D.U.P. Shouta stormed the bases with Shichiro becoming progressively bolder as he sent his angels to help Shouta, culminating with showing up in person in his "He Who Dwells" form to defeat the D.U.P. forces sent to collect on the deal.

### The Final Battle arc

Shichiro is later re-captured by the D.U.P. and taken to their island base off the coast of Tokyo alongside Kaneki. The two cheer Shouta on during his battle with Augustine and were freed by the sudden collapse of the island, swimming back to shore the two reunite with Shouta and join forces for the final attack on the Tokyo News Station/Converted D.U.P. headquarters flying to the top floor in his giant form.

There, Shichiro helps Shouta defeat Augustine by throwing several Blast Cores into the News Room, which accelerates the development of his new Concrete powers to the point that where he's able to take down Augustine, restrain her, and take her to the authorities. Shichiro, along with Kaneki and Shouta, help start a new age of peace between conduits, ghouls and humans.

### Dragon Quinx arc

2 years later after liberating Tokyo from the D.U.P, during the Bloodshed Period, Shichiro meets Tohru Kobayashi. Shichiro asks about her relationship with Shouta, as he heard that Tohru and Shouta has romantic feelings for each other. Tohru confessed that she fell for Shouta after he states that he'll be lonely without her, which Tohru really felt bad for after hearing Shouta's parents had died.

## Relationships

### Shouta Magatsuchi

Shichiro deeply respects Shouta. Initially, the two fought after Shouta infiltrated his hideout which Shichiro warns him not to. However, things had changed when Shouta convices Hodaka that Shichiro is able to help them defeat Augustine and help free captured Conduits who escaped Curdun Cay.

### Tohru Kobayashi

Not much interaction is shown between the two of them. Shichiro met Tohru when she is looking over the destruction caused by Shouta who has transformed into a dragon. He asked her about her relationship with Shouta as he had heard about the two falling for each other.

### Elma Joui

The two first met after her defection from Legion. When Elma asks him about Shouta, he only states that Shouta is Tokyo's greatest hope. The two starts get along together as they promised to put an end to the Dire Ghouls.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Video Manipulation:** Shichiro is, without argument, one of the youngest and most powerful Conduits. As a master of Video, he has the ability to absorb artificial light and use it to create Hard-light Projections, basically holograms with a solid form. Although in theory he can create anything he wants, or is forced to in the training exercises arranged by Brooke Augustine, he draws inspiration from his favorite MMORPG Heaven's Hellfire. To this end, he summons a legion of both Demons to fight his enemies and Angels to protect the innocent, or himself, and summon a series of animated blades to both attack and pin his enemies to the ground. He can also transform into He Who Dwells, a massive beast of an angel, and rain down hell from above in the form of attacks from his angels and demons. He can also pull enemies to his own digital world.
* **Matter Manipulation:** Shichiro's holograms aren't limited to the creation of life. He's also demonstrated the ability to recreate matter that can be absorbed and manipulated by other Conduits such as Neon and Smoke, showing that his creations aren't just mere holograms but more like actual matter. He is also able to turn Shouta into video energy and bring him into the virtual world during their first encounter, as well as restore him to his natural state.

### Basic Conduit Abilities

* Shichiro possesses the innate superhuman strength, durability, and healing factor present in almost all Conduits. This is apparent when he is able to take direct hits from RPGs and high caliber gunfire without flinching, as well as being able to easily pick up and throw Core Relays with his bare hands. As well as casually punch through the reinforced glass of Augustine’s Tower, which could withstand missiles from D.U.P. helicopters without damage.

## Trivia

* Shichiro is inspired by the appearance and the powers of Eugene Sims from the game inFAMOUS Second Son.
* He is the first youngest Conduit in the series.

## Quotes

* To Shouta: "Yeah well, worst that can happen, they let me down again, I rain hellfire on their asses."
* To Elma about Shouta: "He's a good man, I like that dude. He is Tokyo's greatest hope. What more can I say about him?"