Yoshito Godou

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**Yoshito Godou** (五道 佳斗, *Godō Yoshito*?) is a soldier belonging to the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit. He is the aide-de-camp and is Kiyoka Kudou's right-hand man.

## Appearance

Yoshito has short black hair and hazel color eyes and round faceal features. He wears a standard black soldier uniform.

## Personality

Yoshito typically has a casual demeanor, giving the impression of being carefree and even a bit shallow.

## History

Yoshito is born in the Godou family. His father was the commander of the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit and an esteemed Gift-user, who was strong and adored by his men. Yoshito rebelled against having a father like that and studied abroad. Yoshito's father hounded talented Gift-user Kiyoka Kudou back in his student days to join the military. He wanted him to become the unit’s next commander. But Kiyoka wasn’t interested in joining the military, so he went on to study at the imperial university. Even after this, his father refused to give up and kept inviting him to join. One day, his father was killed in the line of duty. He was up against a fierce opponent, though he could have easily beaten him if he’d had Kiyoka at his side. The Emperor wound up ordering Kiyoka to help Yoshito's father, but he didn’t make it in time. The day his father died, all of the soldiers got out unharmed. When Yoshito returned from studying abroad, he was convinced Kiyoka was responsible for his father's death. Thanks to that, Kiyoka felt incredibly guilty, and he ultimately ended up joining the unit.

Yoshito still lives with his mother, in a home where a professional chef prepares fine cuisine for the family every day.

## Abilities

Kiyoka mentions that Yoshito is a capable Gift-user.

## Relationships

### Kaoruko Jinnouchi

Before Kaoruko was stationed in the Old Capital, Yoshito had been fairly close with her while they worked together at the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit station in the Imperial Capital. After re-stationing, they hadn’t been in touch for several years. After Yoshito became heavily injured to the explosion at a Gifted Communion base, she had come from the old capital to fill in for him. They met each other for the first time, when she came to the hopsital to see him after his injuries have improved enough for him to have visitors.

## Plot

### Volume 3

After the Special Anti-Grotesquerie Unit has received the order to immediately neutralize Gifted Communion followers activity in an abandoned temple on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, Yoshito heads there with his subordinates and orders them to encircle the temple. Upon his signal, they storm inside, but find it completely deserted. Suddenly, he hears a sizzling sound and spots a packed gunpowder with a lit fuse that hadn't been there previously. A moment later, the temple is consumed by a massive explosion.

### Volume 4

Yoshito suffered terrible burns in the explosion. He was admitted to a military hospital, which is part of the military headquarters’ facilities, equipped with cutting-edge equipment and the empire’s most skilled doctors of all different fields in permanent residency. His injuries are so severe that it takes a long time until he can have visitors. The doctors are trying every possible treatment they have. As a Gift-user, he is much hardier than the average person, so there is no risk of him dying, but his wounds are still in a terrible state. Yoshito's superior, Kiyoka Kudou is taking what had happened to him the hardest of anyone. His absence is also keenly felt in the unit. Given that he served as Kiyoka’s aide, he clearly has the strength to match. Kaoruko Jinnouchi is chosen by Kiyoka to fill Yoshito's shoes in his absence. Kiyoka's fiancée, Miyo Saimori, also worries about him, as he helped her out in a variety of ways up until that point, and he is one of the few acquaintances she has. However, his wounds are not something he could show to a woman, so he is holding off from letting Miyo Saimori visit out of consideration for her.

After some time passed, Yoshito is authorized to have visitors, which means that his condition has stabilized enough for him to see other people; he is on the mend. Because Yoshito has been stuck in bed for days on end, he’s bored out of his mind.

## Trivia

* The name **Yoshito** means "good, beautiful" (佳, *yoshi*?) and "Dipper" (斗, *to*?). His surname **Godou** means "five realms" (五道, *godō*?).
* In the novel and its adaptations, Yoshito is never called by his first name.
* Yoshito is a point of view character in the short story What Godou Saw, the epilogue of the third volume, chapter 4 of the fourth volume, and chapter 3 of the sixth volume of the novel.

## References

1. ↑  Novel, Volume 2 Chapter 3
2. ↑  Anime, Episode 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1  Novel, Volume 3 Epilogue
4. ↑  Novel, Volume 6 Chapter 3
5. ↑  Novel, Volume 5 Chapter 2
6. ↑  Novel, Volume 4 Chapter 1
7. ↑  Novel, Volume 2 Chapter 4
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1  Novel, Volume 1 Chapter 2
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1  Novel, Volume 4 Chapter 4
10. ↑  Novel, Volume 1 Chapter 3
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2  Novel, Volume 3 Chapter 2
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1  Novel, Volume 3 Chapter 4
13. ↑  Novel, Volume 3 Chapter 1