Shizuki

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* Human
* Battle
* 4-Koma

**Shizuki** (穏月) is one of the romanceable characters in Ayakashi: Romance Reborn. He belongs to the Twilight Faction.

## Profile

This snow spirit Ayakashi has sworn fealty to his master, Toichiro. Shizuki is well-read, logical, and takes great pains to remain efficient in all things. Despite his love of alcohol, his whole personality does a 180 when he has even a swig of the stuff... Koga and Toichiro are often left to pick up the pieces.

## Appearance

Shizuki is a pale-skinned man with light blue hair that is tied into a loose ponytail, with bangs hanging on the right side, and blue eyes. The hue of his hair changes depending on the weather and the season, but when he presents as a human, it's often a medium blue shade.

He wears a light blue layered top and a gold-trimmed white and blue haori over his shoulders, which has a golden snowflake pin on it. He also wears dark blue pants and similarly colored shoes.

## Personality

Shizuki’s personality is that of a beyond loyal valet, with twinges of coldness one would often expect of a kuudere. He’s very factual, calm and efficient in his efforts to help Toichiro, and often scolds him for the extents that he goes to tease others. He’s a very blunt flirt, but Toichiro calls him a womanizer (in one story he went as far to say “the enemy of women”).

He enjoys Rakugo performances and drinking, but drinking any amount of alcohol leaves him in a sorry state that’s a complete 180° from his usual demeanor. He’s quick to anger and otherwise acts in a somewhat reckless manner, even becoming more assertive and flirtatious, but remembers none of it once he sobers up.

## Biography

**Spoiler alert! Major spoilers beyond this point.**

Shizuki was abandoned when he was very young due to his status as a male.

Snow Spirits are primarily a female Ayakashi race, but occasionally a baby boy will be born into their ranks. They are seen as ill omens due to being inherently stronger than the females, so they're often abandoned shortly after birth to keep order in the villages they hail from.

The Senkitai took Shizuki in after the circumstances of his birth, making him an "official" member of their ranks. Keijiro, a Kitsune fox and Toichiro Yuri's uncle, used Shizuki as one would a tool because of his power. The Senkitai sent Shizuki to the Kitsune Village to kill the leader knowing he would fail, and there he met Toichiro. The village discovered that Shizuki was going to assassinate their leader and ordered him to be executed, but Toichiro interrupted and stopped them, taking him as his manservant.

Since that day, Shizuki came to be his loyal valet and vowed to protect Toichiro from, and even eliminate, those who stood in the way of his goals.

## Abilities

**Ayakashi abilities and power:**

* **Ayakashi Transformation:** He can change his appearance from human to Ayakashi and vice versa.
* **Snow Spirit Power:**  In his case, as a male Snow Spirit, he is more powerful and dangerous than the female Snow Spirits.
	+ **Water/Snow Manipulation:** He's able to freeze water or otherwise use it to make snow/ice.
	+ **Ice:** He can attack with ice, be it shards or spears. If the ice hits someone, they will freeze slowly and a kitsune's fire is the only known cure.
	+ **Cold Skin:** He has chilly skin, and is very aware of this.

## Relationships

**Toichiro Yuri**
He is Toichiro's ever-loyal manservant.

He respects the kitsune deeply and seeks to protect him, but often gets annoyed at his constant teasing and pranks against others.

**Koga Kitamikado**
He respects Koga as a person from Toichiro's past.

**Futaba Saotome**
When he speaks to Futaba, it's often to apologize for Toichiro's behaviors. Perhaps he has a soft spot for the girl...

**Oji**
Both of them go to see Rakugo performances.

**Gaku**
Shizuki and Gaku naturally don't talk a lot amongst one another, but he often wishes that Gaku wouldn't rile Toichiro up as he does. The resulting arguments are a bit much to handle.

### **Others**

**Kagemaru**
Kagemaru and Shizuku were comrades in arms, but since he left the Senkitai, they've become mortal enemies. Shizuki avoids the entertainment district of the Capital in an attempt to never see Kagemaru, and often voices his discontempt if he's made to patrol there. When they clash, however, it usually results in a heated fight. Kagemaru considers him a filthy traitor.

## Etymology

* The name **Shizuki** means "calm, quiet, moderation" (穏) (**shi**) and "moon" (月) (**tsuki**/**zuki**).

## Trivia

* When Shizuki drinks alcohol, he gets rowdy. Because of this, Toichiro Yuri and Koga Kitamikado are left to deal with him. He doesn't remember anything from when he was drunk.
* Shizuki is a womanizer, sober or not.