Benjamin

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## Name

**Benjamin** (ベンジャミン, *Benjamin*?) is a side character, working as a secretary of the Star Bearers. His Living Doll is Ben.

## Appearance

Like the rest of the Shadow family, his whole body including his hair is black, and he appears to be a a silhouette of his "Face", Ben. Benjamin has a much larger physique than the other Star Bearers and Shadows. He has the exact same build and hair style as his Living Doll, Ben. He wears an old Victorian style brown, white collar coat with a green shirt underneath and white frills around his neck. He has grey slacks and black shoes.

## Personality

He is often seen working out with his Living Doll Ben. The huge physique he gets from this often scares people, but it has been shown that he's a kind person who cares about others. During his conversation with Louise, he mentioned that the reason why he works out is not to scare people, but because he wants to protect those he cares about.

## Plot

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### The Debut Arc

Benjamin was present at the Debut, welcoming the winners as a star bearer.

### Master Robe Arc

Benjamin gets mad at Maryrose for saying Christopher's name, taking her by her collar and informing to not say it again. During the conference meeting with Kate, Kate announces Christopher's name, Benjamin gets mad again and faces Kate, before Kate shutting the star bearers with Edward's manipulating them. During the part of delight, Benjamin uses his soot power on the living dolls to uplift their emotions.

Benjamin was working out when Louise spotted him. She talks with him about being an adult, when he noticed Louise's face, Lou, a bit pale. He tells her to take care of her face and suggesting that training is good for beauty also. After Lou starts working out, Benjamin tells Louise that it isn't good for the living doll to train alone, it must be done together, then working out with her. Later, she gets tired easily, Benjamin advices her to take care of her living doll mentally and physically.

### Inspection Arc

Benjamin visits Barbara to talk about the recent changes and party of delight. He says if they should do something about it, since Edward was coming to inspect the building. Later he tells Barbara that she doesn't need to worry about anything since he's her ally. During Edward's visit, Benjamin tells Kate to talk to Isabelle and Mirabelle about the special coffee, fearing they would have leaked the information.

At night, Benjamin was patrolling when he heard noises coming from the balcony, he finds Isabelle, Mirabelle, Douglas, and Sarah. He then gets mad at them and takes them out.

### Hunt on The Powerless Arc

In the dining room, Benjamin gets a visit from Louise, she wanted to know about soot powers, he tells her that Oliver manages the info. She later says to go to the training room together, Benjamin says it's closed and feels muscles are powerless now. Louise decides to help him socialize more.

Benjamin was taken with Louise to her team's hangout area. Ben was trying to talk and Louise controlling Ben's expressions using her soot power. Ben then gets up and leaves, he tells Louise it's no point if he doesn't change. She tells him how he gave her advice at muscle training to try every day. Benjamin seemed touched by her words, which caused him to smile.

### Soot Ivy Incident Arc

Benjamin amongst other soot power users were trying to fight off the soot ivy. Later on, they were captured by the soot ivy.

## Powers and Abilities

### Soot Power

Benjamin's soot power is mental type. It elevates the emotions of Dolls that inhale his soot making them act really energetic. The effects last for a bit of time even after leaving his range.

## Etymology

* **Benjamin** comes from the Old Testament of the Bible, and in Hebrew means “son of the right hand" or "son of the South".

## Trivia

* Ben and Benjamin are both into bodybuilding
* They allow Lou and Louise to workout with them in the starbearer's building

## Gallery

**Image Gallery of Benjamin**

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