Saigai

A piece of Saigai by ThePain99.

Saigai is a light-grey colored elemental stickman who possesses the ability of illusion shards, and was the third contender to sign up to the Blessed Tournament. He first goes up against the tamer Kazan.

### Etymology

Saigai (さいがい) roughly translates to 'disaster' or 'misfortune', which could have inspired his match-up against Kazan.

## Biography

Growing up as an orphan, Saigai lived on the streets with his older brother Kemuri. Kemuri tried to protect Saigai as much as he could and wanted him to be safe. but Saigai didn't see it that way. He saw Kemuri as a bind, he wanted to be free and live his own life. Due to this, he grew to resent his brother, and ran away from home during his teenage years. He then started stealing from the local markets in an effort to sustain himself (and secretly his brother). He was then captured by an elemental mob boss until Kemuri saved him. After this incident. Saigai at least grew respect for Kemuri. Saigai was then almost kidnapped again, which made the two brothers move to Arter. After his brother joined the tournament, Saigai followed suit with the goal to win.

### The Blessed Tournament

After entering the tournament, he faced against Kazan in bracket A1, which he was victorious, and mocked Kazan for not using his weapon properly, which in turn, led to Kazan's victory in the losers' bracket. Next up, Saigai went up against his brother Kemuri in bracket C1, who he won against, and congratulated his brother, to Kemuri's surprise. In bracket E1, he would unexpectedly defeat Arashi, and qualifies for the semi-final bracket, G.

In bracket G, Saigai fought against Oto. The two were even, but Oto came out on top. Upon losing, Saigai expressed frustration due to there not being 2nd place rewards, but is convinced by Kemuri to stay and watch the final bracket. Before the final round G0, Kemuri and Saigai were approached by Kurai to join them in their confrontation against Arashi, to which both the brothers accept.

## Personality

In his younger years, Saigai was shown to be hateful, and only valued physical power. He resented his brother due to him being stronger than him, and wanted to be stronger than him.

During the blessed tournament, he is disrespectful, and determined to show his superiority to the other contenders, especially his brother. In the end, he succeeds in overtaking his brother, which made him reveal that he did actually care about Kemuri to some extent. It can be deduced that he hides behind a rude facade to seem more tougher. Despite all of this, he is very tenacious in gaining power, and trains frequently.

## Abilities

Agility: Saigai is very fast and cunning, and uses his speed to its fullest advantage. In addition, he knows to utilize his environment well.

Illusion shards: Saigai can create illusion shards to use as sharp utensils, or to create illusions and reflect light. Saigai specializes in illusions, and uses them to decieve his opponents.

Psycho-illusion: Saigai's special attack surrounds the opponent with illusions of themselves to confuse them.

## Relations

### Kazan

Saigai looks down on Kazan for not using his ability to its fullest.

### Kemuri

Saigai always cared for his brother, but was scared of seeming weak to him, which led to his envy for Kemuri's strength. Later on after his victory against his brother, Saigai helped him up whilst congratulating him, which is the only time Saigai has shown care on-screen.

## Trivia

* Saigai likes to call himself a ninja.
* Saigai has Furformia (Head-hair).