Brandon Aiko

“Heh, you think I’m easily defeated; I’ll show you what I can really do!” Brandon in his fight with katana devil

Brandon Aiko (ブランドン 青木 Burandon Aiko) is a public safety demon hunter working within makima’s special squad. He is contracted with a devil known as greed.

## Appearance

Brandon is a short, young man (5’2”/157.48 cm), normally wears a red overcoat that fits his slim body. He has short, light turquoise hair, which is pointing up when he has his favourite red bandana, when he is not wearing the bandana, his hair reaches his ears. His eyes are a crimson red, with yellow outlining his pupils, he has a scar stretching from his left cheek to the bottom of his neck. His usual attire consists of his red bandana, a red overcoat, a white shirt, a pair grey jean, and a black tie.

## Personality

Brandon is perceived to have a cold demeaner, who shows no signs of remorse when he defeats a devil, saying the reason is “I don’t care about the lives of those devils and they don’t care about our lives,” when he was asked why. He says he prefers to be left alone so he can concentrate on his own problems – he does not care about anyone else’s problems unless it is a devil putting their life in danger in an instance like that, he says ‘your lucky to be alive.’ Brandon is very much prone to outright ignore a person if their problems can be solved with a simple yes or no.

Brandon, despite being called out for not caring about people's wellbeing he is actually very caring if a person is having a mental issue, in any case that happens he will make a bowl of noodles for them hand it to them and tells them to tell him what is wrong. Though while a cold person he finds curiosity in mysterious things. Because of this, some say he is a very curious individual, who takes interest in puzzles, mysteries, and such. This may be true.

He tends to yell at thin air – or so people say. Brandon can be found either mumbling to, talking to, or shouting at “thin air,” most of the time, when in fact he is only conversing with his devil friend. He finds it easier to listen to his devils’ mental issue’s usually concerning this devils’ tendency to steal things and nobody is sure why. Brandon is very protective over his bandana (Greed usually uses it as a mean of communication with Brandon without being seen). People find it weird why he shouts at thin air and do not bother asking him to explain. No one know his bandana is the only way to talk to his devil because he says he wears it for style.

Because Greed has stolen the powers of both Denji and power, it was considered that the pair of them would hate him but they do not. But due to being friends with his contracted devil, it is almost expected that he and Aki Hayakawa would have different views. Despite wanting to be friends with Aki, his hatred towards devils is a barrier for his respect towards him. They have opposite ideals and Aki tells him not to run into battle make things a bit worse although Aki has some level of respect after Brandon saved him from an attack that could have killed him.

Brandon, on the battlefield however, is said to be a vastly different person, being far more cynical against his enemies. He completely disregards whatever Aki Hayakawa has told him to do and would rather “get it over with,” before things escalate further. Some say he might only be like this because he would rather take care of the devil because he prefers to make things quick and get back to what they were doing (much like Denji). Brandon is also very observant, despite not caring about people’s problems, when in a mission or fight; he would take every tactical advantage. Brandon has gone to extreme lengths to protect his friends, his most notable would be his fight against katana man, where he willing put his body in front of an attack meant to be the final blow for Denji, before he pulled Denji’s cord reviving him and healed back the damage he took, then when katana man was about to deal a hit on Aki that could of killed him, Brandon deliberately pushed Hayakawa out of the way of the attack which managed to leave a permeant mark on Brandon and even though Greed’s rapid regeneration made it so he would survive the wound, the scar would stay to this day, Brandon values the lives of his friends more than his own.

## Abilities

### **Demonic theft**

Brandon can steal the strength and souls of humans adding the strength of the human to his own and the abilities of other devils. Should Brandon steal the power of another devil he gains that power and can choose if he keeps the power or give it back, should Brandon keep the power, then the devil who originally had that power will regain it after an hour of losing their power if Brandon gives it back then the power returns to them instantly.

* **Chainsaw hands:** after Greed took the abilities that belonged to Denji, Brandon gained the ability to summon chainsaws that protrude from his hands.
* **Blood weaponry:** after Greed took the abilities that belonged to power, Brandon gained the power to create weapons out of blood.
* **Rapid regeneration:** after Greed took the abilities of an unknown devil, Brandon gained the power to rapidly heal wounds and get rid of scars. However, the scar Brandon has on his neck and left cheek is as he says ‘a special occasion.’