Nezumi

"*I wish to dream.*"

— **Nezumi**

**Tsugiyoshi Sumino** (墨野 継義, *Sumino Tsugiyoshi*), also known by his Zodiac name **Nezumi** (寝住, *Nezumi*), is one of the 12 Zodiacs of the anime series. He is the Zodiac of the Rat who prefers not to kill.

## Appearance

Nezumi wears a blue combat uniform made to look a rat. He has a white facial mask with rodent ears and carries a sword.

Additional images are provided in the below gallery for reference.

**Image Gallery**

## Personality

Nezumi is a teenager who acts more mature than his peers. He is rather pragmatic when he comes to certain situations like the Juuni Taisen and is curious about Misaki (Sharyu)'s mindset and views about pacifism.

Due to the nature of his ability, Nezumi sleeps a lot and often appears carefree.

However, he once confessed to Misaki that he often wonders if his efforts in fighting are worth it, as the young warrior often feels sick whenever he thinks about how carefree and unaware the high school students at his school are of the real conflicts in the world.

## Background

Nezumi is one of the warriors chosen for the Juuni Taisen.

In his private life, Nezumi attends a regular Japanese high school.

## Plot

Juni Taisen

He is first seen sleeping while the rest of the Juuni Taisen warriors arrive. After a while, he joins Sharyu, the Warrior of the Monkey, in alliance to peacefully end the Juuni Taisen but is soon interrupted when the battle begins.

In the end, Nezumi becomes the victor and wishes to forget everything that happened. He is last seen sleeping in class, content.

Juni Taisen vs Juuni Taisen Novel

In the Novel, Nezumi was killed before the battle even started by Aries. Aries then used his body to sneak into the Eastern zodiacs meeting place where she then used Nezumi's wakizashi to slice off Ox's head, killing the Ox.

## Skills & Abilities

### Weaponry

Nezumi's main weapon is a wakizashi, otherwise known as short katana.

### Abilities

* **The Hundred Paths of Nezumi-san:** This ability allows Nezumi to tamper with the realm of probability. He can carry out a hundred different choices at once, then select which becomes a reality. For example, if he were playing Rock-Paper-Scissors, he could throw a rock, paper, and scissors at the same time. Should he settle on a rock, then reality acts as if he never chose paper or scissors. If time is like a flowchart, he can test out one hundred of its forked paths, then select whichever route he likes the best. Most courses end up being mostly similar, and simultaneously experiencing one hundred potential realities comes with a massive mental burdenーin other words, it's exhausting. The discarded paths are remembered only by him (with some exceptions), but he doesn't have perfect recallーone hundred different experiences make for too much to retain completely.

* **Teleportation:(possibly)** After being chased by Snake’s headless body, Nezumi was able to successfully sneak into the Bank vault that Uuma had barricades himself without him noticing. Despite the vault having no other entrances/exits and Uuma having barricades the outside with everything he could, Nezumi was still able to enter without difficulty or Uuma noticing. In the manga, Nezumi later showcase the ability to disappear at will in order to leave the vault, hinting that he possibly possesses the additional ability to teleport.

## Trivia

* The only time he gets excited is when he's eating cheeseーno two pieces of cheese taste the same.
* He once had a crush that he tried to confess to using his ability, *The Hundred Paths of Nezumi-san*, but she rejected him in each possible reality.
* His name, *Nezumi (寝住)* means *"a rat that occupies the state of sleep."*
	+ *Ne (ね・寝)* means sleep. *Sumi (すみ・住み)* means to reside or dwell in (When used in a compound the *su* sound can be voiced *zu*). *Nezumi (ねずみ・鼠)* means rat.

## References

1. ↑ Juuni Taisen Light Novel, Page 235
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Juuni Taisen Light Novel, Page 236-237 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "Character Bio" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name "Character Bio" defined multiple times with different content
3. ↑ Juuni Taisen Light Novel, Page 255