Nomoto Yuuya/Synopsis

## History

### Killing Bites Destroyal Arc

Upon agreeing to be a driver for a couple of past colleagues who invited him to meet girls, Yuuya finds himself in a rape situation after the group chooses to abduct a high school girl into their van. Yuuya becomes hesitant to continue driving but becomes pressured by Houjou after being reminded by him that he is an accomplice in this crime. Hearing the assault being committed from behind, Yuuya stops the van and apologizes to Houjou for not being able to go through with this offense. Yuuya then becomes shocked after the abducted girl comes out from behind the van to tell him to continue driving to a certain destination and advises him to not look behind her to see the bodies of his dead colleagues.

After arriving at a junkyard, Yuuya comes out of the driver's seat feeling sick to his stomach and becomes frightened to see a mountain of dead bodies in front of him, much to his wonder as to what he has gotten himself into. After running away in panic, Yuuya looks to see a vacant area in the junkyard and a man who tells him that the space is a ring, and the junkyard is the perfect private place to throw away unwanted things such as dead bodies. Yuuya begs the man for help as he explains to him his situation about how an abducted girl managed to kill his colleagues, which told him enough to clarify to him that the girl is a therianthrope, a hybrid between a human with the abilities of an animal. After unintentionally badmouthing him for not believing in his words, Yuuya causes the man to become angry and witnesses him transforming into a lion, introducing himself as Brute Leo. Yuuya is then saved by the abducted girl from being attacked by Brute Leo but has his life wagered by her in order for the conditions in her Killing Bites match against Brute Leo to be set, much to Yuuya's objection. Confused as to what was about to happened, Yuuya receives an explanation from the girl, being told that she is about to fight Brute Leo in a duel called Killing Bites and that his life will be spared if she wins. Yuuya doubts that she will be able to win against such a monster but becomes shocked to see the girl transforming similarly to Brute Leo. Yuuya then watches from the sidelines as the girl named Uzaki Hitomi, known as Brute Ratel, wins against the undefeated Brute Leo with a single slash attack. After the match is over, Yuuya willingly takes Hitomi to his apartment to treat her wounds and has her sleepover for the night.

The next day, Yuuya accompanies Hitomi to a dessert restaurant to meet with Shidou Reiichi, her guardian and the director of the Killing Bites Administration Bureau. Reiichi then explains to Yuuya the concept of Killing Bites and hands him a money filled briefcase to assign him to be Hitomi's investor for the upcoming Killing Bites tournament, while also assigning Hitomi to be his bodyguard until then. Later, Yuuya goes out to retrieve a few items ordered by Hitomi but is attacked along the way by Brute Raudi who demands to know the location of Brute Ratel. Hitomi then appears to confront Raudi but has her fight interrupted by the unsuspecting arrival of another Brute named Okajima Ichinosuke who has come to ask for Hitomi's help in becoming a player for the Ishida Zaibatsu in the next Killing Bites. At first Hitomi denies the request but happily changes her mind after Yuuya shows her a text he received from Shidou about agreeing to cooperate.

After having his leg injury by Brute Raudi looked at at the hospital, Yuuya has Hitomi accompany him to his college, which leads to her chasing after a Brute named Nakanishi Eruza while exposing her battle mode to everyone around, including Yuuya's friend Moriyama who confronts him after believing that Hitomi is a cosplayer. Yuuya goes along with this misunderstanding to cover up her identity as a therianthrope and asks for Hitomi and Eruza to comply with Moriyama's Manga Research club's request in cosplaying for them. Afterwards, Yuuya heads back to his apartment while Hitomi is taken by Eruza to a dessert restaurant to discuss private matters. He then shockingly finds Tani Yuugo, Brute Leo, and the chairwoman of the Mitsukado Zaibatsu, Mitsukado Youko, in his room to request that he withdraw from the Killing Bites Destroyal due to the risks of putting Hitomi's life in danger. Despite being informed by Youko on how dangerous the Destroyal will be, Yuuya believes that it would be best for him to consult with Hitomi on whether or not they should participate or not since he believes that Hitomi will punish him severely if he were to act on his own. After Hitomi makes her return to the apartment, Yuuya is dragged by her to another location to discuss their plan for the Destoryal.

A week later, Yuuya sits at the Killing Bites Destroyal players table along with the other Zaibatsu representatives as the game is about to begin. After Shinada Masanobu finishes his turn to move his piece, Yuuya is selected next to choose where he would like Hitomi to advance. Following Hitomi's hand signals through the monitor on where she would like to move, as per her plan before the tournament, Yuuya shocks everyone after moving her to an ideal spot, which leads her to fight and win against Brute Bear. After noticing on the board that Nakanishi Eruza (Brute Cheetah) is being pursued by Brute Gecko and Brute Cobra, Yuuya moves Hitomi to her location to provide support since he took into consideration her and Eruza's friendship, much to Hitomi's shock for being able to take the initiative without her say so. Yuuya is then laughed at by the audience for making such an idiotic move and is angrily scolded by Youko for dishonoring Killing Bites. After the camera crew arrives to film the fight, Yuuya becomes shocked to see Hitomi unable to combat against Brute Gecko but sees her switching opponents with Eruza. Switching over to Brute Hippopotamus' and Brute Crocodile's confrontation with Kido Takeshi, Yuuya becomes terrified from watching how strong Takeshi was in easily killing Brute Crocodile and believes that it would be best to have Hitomi rescue Ichinosuke.

However, after the game leads to a match between Brute Ratel and Brute Tiger, Yuuya worries for Hitomi's life as Brute Tiger prepares to fight seriously against her, which prompts Youko into trying to pressure Yuuya into moving Hitomi to get her out of the situation. Having confidence in Hitomi's abilities, Yuuya boldly makes the choice to pass on his turn to move her, much to Youko's and the other player's surprise. Shortly after, Yuuya shockingly witnesses Hitomi being knocked out by a sudden attack by Takeshi who was moved by Youko earlier to relocate to Brute Ratel's location. Yuuya then realizes that he was set up by Youko to have Brute Tiger stay in his current location by not moving Hitomi so that Takeshi could fight in a more comfortable territory. As a result, Takeshi, revealing himself to be Brute Pangolin, manages to take down both Brute Tiger and Brute Hippopotamus and prepares to move on to killing Hitomi. However, Takeshi is defeated by Hitomi after she regains consciousness and assumes a different transformation, much to Yuuya's surprise. The Killing Bites Destroyal then ends with Brute Rabbit's victory over Brute Cheetah.

A few weeks after winning the Destroyal, Yuuya returns to living his normal life but receives an unexpected text message from Hitomi, asking him to meet her in the junkyard where everything began. After meeting her, Yuuya thanks Hitomi for giving him the experience of standing up to himself for the first time and states that he has come to understand her Killing Bites philosophy. Hearing this, Hitomi interprets Yuuya's gratitude as a love confession, much to his surprise, and thanks him for everything he has done to help her. The reunion between the two then ends with Hitomi slashing Yuuya across the chest and leaving him to die as per Reiichi's orders. Upon his body being found by the Ishida Zaibatsu, Yuuya manages to survive his assassination attempt after the zaibatsu has him undergo Theriomorphosis Surgery, turning him into a crow therianthrope.

After being declared dead and secretly walking in on his own funeral, Yuuya developed a deep grudge against those who ruined his life, seeing as how the power of the Killing Bites Administration Bureau, after the organization had managed to legalize Theriomorphosis Surgery, has left him with no other chose but to keep himself hidden from his family and friends. While keeping a low profile for two years, Yuuya began plotting a vendetta against his enemies, starting with finding a therianthrope that would have the potential of defeating Hitomi in Killing Bites.

### Carrot Field Arc

At the auditions for therianthropes to become Brutes in Killing Bites, Yuuya blends in with the audience watching a match between a Beagle therianthrope named Inui Pure and a Tasmanian Devil therianthrope named Kuroi Tasuku. He then hears the sponsors criticizing Pure for having a weak animal hybridization and makes a comment to them, stating that only the one with the sharpest fangs will win in Killing Bites. During the match, Yuuya tries to support Pure by getting himself near the cage and giving her commands that allows her to overcome her opponent. However, due to Yuuya's actions being seen as violations of the rules, the two therianthropes end up being disqualified. As security starts to detain Yuuya, Son Seira makes her appearance to have him release by claiming that he was her relative. Yuuya apologizes to Seira for making a seen but tells her that he has completed his mission in coming to the auditions, which was to find a worthy therianthrope that could hopefully surpass Hitomi.

After the match between Inui Pure and Kuroi Tasuku ended, Yuuya decides to commence with his plans of starting a war against his enemies. He first looks for Kuroi Tasuku to find Pure and makes a deal with her that he will become an investor for both of them to become Brutes. Initially, Tasuku tries to scare him but notices his strong fearlessness and accepts his deal. After arriving to where Pure was at, he sees Tasuku beating up a corrupt government official and remarks on how Pure was so easily tricked by a scam. When the bureau official woke up, he threatens Yuuya with banishment from the therianthrope island by using his status but is threatened back by Yuuya after the man uses Shidou's name, stating that he would send a report to Shidou on the bureau official's abuse of power. The bureau official backs down to Yuuya's threat as Tasuku starts to think about his real identity. Yuuya then brings his attention to Pure on how he will provide her money for her to enroll in a public school and that he will arrange a match for her tomorrow. To get her ready, Yuuya trains Pure at the park using a dog whistle.

A few days later, Yuuya discovers that there is an illegal fight going on with his Brutes in a place on the outskirts of the city called Carrot Field. When he arrives at the scene, he finds Tasuku fighting Saino Teppei and immediately seeks out the person in charge to demand the fight to be stopped, only to find Pure alongside Inaba Ui, who was the person behind it all. Ui immediately recognizes him as the Ratel's sponsor in the Destroyale from two years ago. Yuuya then states that this happened a long time ago and it was no longer true. Before Yuuya could say anything else, he is confronted by Arimori Go and Lambert Ogata who wanted to hear in detail about Ui's victory. Yuuya then tells them that it was all just a fluke that Ui won, which causes them to become confused by his answer. Ui, out of fear of being unmasked, quickly drags Yuuya to a private place and explains the situation about her going along with the rumors about being a big shot for winning the undocumented Destroyale and begs him not to tell the truth to anyone about how she actual won. Deciding to taking advantage of her situation, Yuuya makes a deal with Ui, saying that he will keep queit if Ui arranged a fight between Pure and Oogami Riku. He then goes to confront both Pure and Tasuku for disobeying his orders and is told by them that the reason they are at Carrot Field is that they lost in a fight against Ratel at school. Yuuya understands where they were coming from but tells them that he would rather have them fight in a much bigger arena, which he was referring to this year's Killing Bites championship tournament, much to their shock. Though Tasuku thinks that Pure isn't ready for the tournament, Yuuya refers to Hitomi's phrase and tells Pure that she will find the meaning behind it in her upcoming match.

During Pure's fight, after realizing that she won't be able to win on her own, Yuuya decides to help her using his dog whistle to give her commands, which quickly impresses everyone around due to the remarkable improvement in her movements, reflexes, and attacks. Just by following her master's commands, Pure managed to take down a veteran opponent despite being an amateur, much to Yuuya's delight. After the victory, Yuuya congratulates Pure as she hugs him.

A few days later, during one of Pure's training sessions with Yuuya, the two are suddenly confronted by Hitomi, this being the first time that Yuuya and Hitomi meet after two years had passed. Hitomi demands to know how is alive since she was sure that she did not miss his vitals at the time. Yuuya exclaims that the hell he's living isn't worth being called life. Hitomi retorts saying that she too lived a hard life and that only made her stronger. When the atmosphere between the two becomes tense, after Yuuya speaks negatively about Reiichi, Pure decides to help them get along by telling Hitomi how much Yuuya liked her and how much he wanted to see her, which causes the two to blush. Lastly, Yuuya tells her that he will not stop until he has his revenge, which Hitomi replies that she will do anything at her power to stop him. After Hitomi makes her leave, Pure asks if Yuuya wanted to follow her. Yuuya says that it was not necessary because there are no words that can express his feelings towards her.

### Killing Bites Deathival: Preliminaries Arc

Yuuya is seen later in the crowd during the Deathival. After seeing that Pure is going up against Tiger, Yuuya decides that he will not simply stand by and watch her die, as he believes that she was yet not strong enough to take him on. After that, he warns Son Seira that he's going to the battle as well, but before he could so, Hitomi confronts him, saying that she will kill him if he does anything that could trouble Shidou's' plans, Yuuya then invites her to come with him stating that it was inevitable that he would go and not even her would be able to stop him, after that, he starts to transform in front of Hitomi which makes her very shocked.

Yuuya is only seen again after arriving at the place where Ui, Pure and Tasuku were, where the two former were fighting against Megatherium.  His appearance on the site left the three, the audience and the Killing Bites elite stunned by the fact that he was a rare hybrid. During the Deathival, Yuuya gives a glimpse of his power, using a partial transformation in his arms, turning it into wings, enabling him to fly over the battlefield to give commands to the Brutes on the ground, leaving both Ui and Youko impressed with how easily he controlled the hybrids and the efficiency of the strategies he devised.

During Hitomi's Battle against the Megatherium, right before she was about to be crushed by the giant beast, Yuuya saves her. After doing so, he tells her that he was truly happy that she was alive, hugging her while crying, although this could be part of his façade. At the end of the battle, after the dust settles down, Yuuya appears holding Hitomi on his lap after she passed out from exhaustion, wondering what to do. After a moment of reflection, he decides that he won't let her die regardless of what happens. Yuuya then takes off, flying Hitomi to a hospital in Tokyo, flying at high speed.

Yuuya is seen later talking to the doctor responsible for Hitomi. He's told that she would need a long recovery time and that there was no guarantee that she would recover completely. Yuuya accepts the situation saying that he would be Hitomi's arms and legs, helping her in whatever she needs.

Further on, after Hitomi awakes, Yuuya appears next to her offering her an apple to eat. Hitomi then complains about the hospital she is in, but Yuuya asks her to be mature and not to prolong her stay there. Hitomi then asks Yuuya to help her bathe, which makes him somewhat embarrassed, but when she says she'll ask someone else if he doesn't do it, he begs that she lets him do it, saying that he wouldn't let someone else touch her skin. Hitomi consents to his feelings, claiming that he was the only one she wouldn't mind letting touch her and that he, of all people, was the person she trusted most. Yuuya then closes the curtains and proceeds to bath Hitomi. During the bath, Hitomi starts to moan, while asking Yuuya to go faster and stronger, telling him not to stop, which made Pure, who was sitting outside the room, imagine that something else was happening.

Later on, Oshie walks into the room where Hitomi is, only to find Yuuya feeding her in the mouth, which made her extremely jealous of their intimacy, to the point of trying to attack him with a knife.

Later, Shidou goes to visit Hitomi at the hospital. During the visit, he demands that Hitomi participates on his behalf in the Sudden Death tournament, but before she could agree with anything, Yuuya interrupts their conversation, claiming that he wouldn't let her go even if it's him. Before he could say anything else, Hitomi punches him in the face, saying that she was not his property and wouldn't tolerate him speaking disrespectfully to Shidou, and offers herself to kill him if Shidou wanted. Shidou tells her not to harm him, because due to his influence on Killing Bites and his extremely rare bird DNA, hurting him would be a mistake and calls Yuuya to go and talk outside the hospital.

Upon leaving the hospital, Shidou tries to apologize for having ordered Hitomi to kill him but is surprised by Yuuya's punch. Yuuya then says that he doesn't care for himself, but about Hitomi, he asks Shidou how could he use someone as sincere and innocent such as Hitomi as his tool for whatever he wanted, Shidou then decides to explain what was missing in Hitomi, which was concern, and that was the reason why he made Hitomi live with him, and that the reason for his murder attempt was to give Hitomi a new level of concern. He also explains that if it weren't for Yuuya, both Pangolin and Megatherium would have easily killed Hitomi. At last, Shidou makes Yuuya responsible for taking care of Hitomi and says that if Yuuya wants to extend Hitomi's life span, he has no choice but to keep winning.