Shouta Magatsuchi

* Dragon Maid
* Beginning
* D-Period
* B-Period

> "You are not in control."
>
> — Shouta

**Shouta Magatsuchi** (真ヶ土 翔太, *Magatsuchi Shōta*), also known as Shouta Kaneki (カネキ翔太, *Kaneki Shōta*) is a ghoul. He is a supporting character in Dragon Maid. Now he is one of the main protagonists for Tokyo Ghoul Dragon Quinx (東京喰種トーキョーグール: ドラゴンクインクス, Tōkyōgūru: Doragon Kuinkusu). He is the son of the late Mr. Magatsuchi and Ken Kaneki's adopted son. He is the adoptive older brother of Ichika Kaneki. He is also a new friend of Tohru, now becomes her fiancé, and a good friend of Hina Amano and Hodaka Morishima. In Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, he is a young boy born into a family of mages in the modern world. In Dragon Quinx, soon after his parents died, he left his life from being a magician and chose to settle in Tokyo as a regular citizen. This had changed, however, until he had Conduit powers and a family of ghouls adopted and raised him (Kaneki and Touka), eventually enabling him to apply for Keio University, later transferred to Hokkaido University after moving to Hokkaido. Shouta's family, including Kobayashi were massacred by a ghoul right after Tohru and Kobayashi reconciled with Shouta from five years of being separated from each other, except leaving Shouta alive but unconscious, transforming him into a one-eyed ghoul and taking away his Conduit abilities. During his time visiting the world of the realms of the gods, he discovered that he is somewhat like Thor.

After joining Legion and his torture, he eventually became second in command after Elma. Earning the name **Tragic Hero** (悲劇的な英雄, *Higeki-tekina eiyū*).

A year after he defect himself from Legion and rejoins TLF, he was given leadership by the TLF and earning the name **Black Phoenix** (黒い鳳凰, *Kuroi Hōō*).

## Appearance

As a child, with purple hair and eyes, Shouta is an elementary school boy with both purple hair and eyes, his bangs reach well below his eyebrows. His appearance looks somewhat androgynous. After fleeing from Kobayashi and Tohru's place, he cut his own hair short, to prevent anyone from seeing him as a girl.

As an adult, with an average physique and height, Shouta has become a youthful man. His presence is like a young adult that no longer appears androgynous. He usually wears his True Hero clothing, consisting of denim jeans, a denim vest, a white hoodie, and a red flannel shirt. He has a choker with a blue gem given by Hina Amano convincing him to believe in luck, but he wears it on his left wrist instead on his neck. However, he gave it away to Tohru Kobayashi after he confessed how much he truly likes her during New Year's festival.

Shouta is showing a scratch mark on the back of his neck after the ghoul incident. He's sporting a black hoodie with a red zipper behind his zipper and a 'Genocide' title. His hoodie's bears a crimson phoenix. He has his chain weapon used for physical fighting, he keeps it wrapped around his wrist when not in use, and uses it to deliver devastating attacks by amplifying its strength with his current active power. At this young age, he has an ordinary athletic diagram when he is seen without any dress on, announcing that he may be a six-pack, causing individuals to be attracted by his appearance, particularly females. His look modified dramatically after his torture. His hair grew to be absolutely white and started out to grow purple lines that developed out of the crown. His facial appearance is simply like Kaneki, his adoptive father. Still wearing his black hoodie, Shouta wore a black sleeveless battlesuit when he was once not carrying it with gloves stretching above his elbows. He also has a tattoo on his left shoulder reminiscent of an ansuz rune. He additionally has a band tattoo providing “Descendant of Thor” (Whom he is presumed to be the descendant of Thor) in Nordic rune. Due to problems on controlling his kakugan manifesting on his left eye just like Kaneki, he wears a medical eyepatch. Shouta wears his black hoodie all the time, not changing it. He wears comfortable home clothing, which are his white shirt and dark grey trousers, when he goes to sleep at a hotel with Tohru.

During the A-Period, his hair returned to purple but given an extra shade of black at the tips. He also wears a business suit with a grey tie and wears rectangular glasses similar to Kobayashi's.

During the Great Dire War in B-Period, his hair returned to normal white as purple hair still remains in the crown. He also has an engagement ring on his right hand after Tohru plans to marry him after their journey. As a leader of the Kaneki faction, he wears a proper black trench coat which bears his 'True Hero' symbol at his back, featuring a grey phoenix which symbolizes his name 'Black Phoenix'.

Being part as Dragon, his hair lengthier and hung down below the chin, similar to the last time when he was young. He also appears to have flesh patterns underneath his eyelids, similar to Kaneki during his time as Dragon. His eyes became dragon like that both eyes appear to be reddish purple with dilated pupils.

Shouta's dragon form appears to be similar to Tohru but black, with black wings and a lava-red underbelly. His dragon height is much taller and bigger than Tohru. However, his dragon form somehow appears to have kakujas. His teeths are double-layered and his tail appear to be kagune-like style. Still in this form, both his eyes activates a kakugan.

Currently, his ghoul mask is Kaneki's mask that Uta gave him. It holds a lipless mouth with big, gnashing teeth, like the subdued beast in an asylum. A Frankenstein-like motif is invoked by the bolts poking out of his collar and the fact that he is an artificial ghoul.

## Anime depiction

Shouta in his younger daysShouta's full body appearanceShouta's kakuganShouta wearing his father's (Kaneki) maskShouta's white hair
## Personality

As a child, most of the time when being with Lucoa, Shouta is quite a shy person. He will run away in humiliation and suspect Lucoa of being a demon as Lucoa tries to seduce Shouta. Now as an adult, Shouta seems to have been a bright and very optimistic person. He is clearly often seen with a smile, it is hinted from Tohru that his smile brought her happiness, and he would do any favour his friends or family asked him to. He even states to Kobayashi that he wants to be a "good person".

After the ghoul incident, Shouta is a very silent and expressionless young man, and it is said that he is absolutely traumatized after the ghoul incident. Yet he still seems compassionate to all, even to any of his human companions that he is closest to.

He can, however, become hostile to anyone attempting to injure his friend Tohru or his aunt and uncle, Hinami and Ayato. Shouta doesn't speak a lot, but with facial expressions to show whether he is happy or upset. Because of his friend Lucoa, whom often sedcues him, he start to dislike women with rather a flirtatious and seductive behaviour. He formerly gets along with her, but somehow ended their relationship. However, he doesn't show complete hatred towards Lucoa. As for Tohru, she is the only dragon that Shouta ever cares and trust because of how kind and wise she was.

Most of the time, Shouta is always isolated. It is seen that when he and the members of the Quinx are at a Minka, he is seen enjoying his coffee all alone outside, and when he is alone, and Tohru always likes to be next to him to aid his comfort. During his childhood days as a young magician, he often seemed to have no friends, only Lucoa. His classmates often sees her as his "older sister". He didn't communicate much with other people in his school until the day he gave up his life on sorcery. As Black Phoenix, Shouta became colder and much harsh to any of his comrades except Tohru. The way he fights is completely brutal and inhuman, he wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone if he must.

Later, Shouta returns his personality to be kind and warm-hearted.

Whenever Shouta is in his lucid state during a battle, he would always keep chanting Kaneki's name.

## Background

Born into a family of mages, Shouta has shown to possess enough knowledge on the arcane arts to attempt summoning a demon. However, aside from setting up the summoning ritual, he has yet to show the full extent of his abilities. However, at the age of 12 after his parents were killed by a D.U.P chief leader, Shouta is under the care of Kobayashi, his father's employee. At the age of 18, he moved to Tokyo and stayed there as a normal citizen, quitting his life as a wizard and works as a McDonald's employee.

This had changed when he became a Conduit, enabling him to possess superpowers and take revenge on the woman that killed his parents. In retaliation and with the help of Kaneki (Who later becomes his adoptive father) and another Conduit named Makoto Shichiro, he took D.U.P leader, Brooke Augustine into custody, disbanding the D.U.P, and liberating Tokyo from the D.U.P, which eventually leads him to rise in fame and popularity. After that, he is adopted by Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima, raising him as their son, enabling him to finally apply for Keio University.

Months being part of the Kaneki family, Shouta reconciled with Tohru and Kobayashi, whom they were searching for him for 5 years after he ran away from them due to some grieving history between them.

## Plot

### History

Shouta had rather a tragic history. In a flashback about 6 years ago, Shouta is born into a family of mages. He had spent 12 years of his life being a magician with his family before they were murdered by Brooke Augustine. Now orphaned, Shouta runs to Kobayashi and Tohru's apartment to inform them about his parents dead. While Kobayashi is talking with some investigators that she called in, Shouta mourns over the death of his parents. Meanwhile, Tohru comes over and puts him at ease as she hugs him. As Kobayashi is about to head off to her company, she request Tohru to look after him instead of Lucoa.

When Shouta watches the news about the D.U.P performing martial law in Tokyo, he is lying down on the sofa with the picture of his parents at his hand. Tohru then sits down beside him and places his head on her lap, stroking his hair. She states to him that "it'll be alright". The next day when Tohru brings Shouta to school, he confesses to her that he is in love with her because of her kind and wise nature.

One night, he went out to buy flowers for Tohru as he prepares to admit his feelings for her. However, he hears Tohru calls Shouta an 'idiot', which causes his heart to drop. Tohru and Kobayashi realized that Shouta heard what Tohru just said and they knew what they had done. Feeling crushed, Shouta packs up and runs away from them as Tohru tries to get Shouta back but failed.

For 5 years, he spent his life in Tokyo living alone. He soon befriends Kouki Shimura, who found Shouta all alone by the lake.

### When Smoke Meets Rain arc

Shouta quits his life as a magician and works as a McDonald's employee to earn his allowance so that he is able to enter a good university. He works in McDonalds' with his new childhood friend Kouki. While he works in his shift with Kouki, he meets Hodaka and Hina. He starts befriend with them after they knew about his kind nature and that he is at the same age as them. Right after his shift, Shouta meets Hodaka and Hina again, who decides to invite him to their night supper, in which he agreed. Shouta was introduced by Hodaka to Mitsuha Miyamizu and her husband Taki Tachibana. During their night supper, Taki and Mitsuha asks Shouta about his life and family. To avoid telling them about his parents being murdered by Brooke Augustine, he lied to them that his father died of cancer and his mother passed away way too early. He later then sings for them "Future Days" by Pearl Jam as he knows how to play the guitar (Kouki teaches him how to play the guitar).

After their supper, Hodaka insist on escorting Shouta back home due to the martial law in Tokyo. Suddenly, the boys witness the crash of a military truck transporting a rare species 'half-ghoul half-conduit'. Urged to help, Shouta attempts to help the detainee Taiko Ryuunosuke out of some rubble and, for his troubles, becomes a hostage in the resulting standoff with the riot police.

During the struggle, Shouta accidentally uses his power draining ability which he hadn't knew and absorbs Taiko's powers and falls unconscious. He was brought to the hospital and soon meets Kaneki. After discovering that Shouta has turned into a half-ghoul half-conduit, Kaneki told him that he must stay like this. After his discharge, Shouta went home and finds out that Hodaka is now in his contact. He suddenly felt nauseous and went to bathroom multiple times. He later discovered that he is a One-Eyed Ghoul. Terrified, he went to call Hodaka but doesn't seem to pick up. Unable to contact Hodaka, Shouta suddenly trips over a can and knocks out. He woke up on the next day, realizing that he was late for his shift. As a first offence, he was told to clean the store instead of working at the cashier. Right when he is cleaning the kitchen, he starts to drain smoke from one of the stove as Kouki noticed. Shouta starts to flee as Hodaka spots him and starts chasing after him. While Hodaka was chasing him, Shouta accidentally destroys a holding of a water containment and falls on Hodaka. Discovering his new-found power, a frightened Shouta manages to reach and save Hodaka. Although Hodaka tells him not to use his newfound superpowers, Shouta somehow uses them anyway to chase Taiko who unintentionally started burning Hina's house, attempting to save Hina who is trapped in the building.

Armed with nothing but a chain and his underdeveloped smoke powers, Shouta chases Taiko into the D.U.P.'s custody. Unfortunately, the D.U.P.'s leader Brooke Augustine, the same woman who killed Shouta's parents, uses her Concrete powers to brutally interrogate Shouta, and threatens to move on to his friend and other nearby witnesses if Shouta doesn't tell her what he is hiding. Shouta seemed familiar with that voice, but couldn't recognize clearly who she was. He then confesses to being a conduit, but Augustine doesn't believe him, as he claims he "caught" the "Conduit Bug" from Taiko, which isn't possible. She knocks him out cold and continues interrogating Hina and knocks her and Hodaka out as well.

### Arrival to Minato City

When Shouta finally wakes up two weeks later, he learns from Hina that the she and other people who witnessed the incident two weeks ago were injured by Augustine's cement daggers, attempting to learn what really happened between Taiko and Shouta. He learns from Hodaka that the people around are all dying, and that the only way to save them is to use Augustine's Concrete power to remove the daggers.

Realizing from his encounter with Taiko that he can absorb other Conduit's powers, Shouta convinces Hodaka to take him to Minato City where Augustine's forces have chased down the other remaining Conduits, and absorb her powers to undo what she did. Arriving in Minato City, Shouta soon learns that the D.U.P. have effectively taken over the entire city completely and their ranks are bolstered by Forced Conduits, lesser conduits who wields a small portion of Augustine's powers, and although he tries he can't absorb the weaker powers.

A couple of days later, the boys learn of a ghoul serial killer wielding a very strong kagune and decide to hunt him down; both to stop his killing spree and absorb his ghoul powers or kagune to help with the final confrontation with Augustine. Investigating the murders, the brothers discover the victims are all "Ghoul hunters", instead of random people, as the media have made the rest of the city believe.

They soon learn that the ghoul is the same man Shouta met in the hospital, Kaneki, one of his visitors, and he is seeking to avenge his best friend's death at the hands of the Ghoul Hunters. Shouta chases Kaneki down and defeats him, draining his Rc cells in the process. Shouta convinces Hodaka to let Kaneki work with them to both dismantle the D.U.P.'s and the dealers' operations.

### Koto City

After learning that Augustine is directing the bulk of her force into the other side of the city called 'Koto City', Shouta makes his way across the rainbow bridge which was occupied by the D.U.P. There, he encounters Augustine and confronts her, and she forces him to use his new ghoul abilities to fight her higher ranked thugs. After defeating the thugs, Shouta is captured by Augustine and nearly taken into custody, when he is rescued by an unknown creature who drops him off to the other side of Tokyo.

Once there, Shouta is contacted by a fan of his named Makoto Shichiro, who directs his attention to a D.U.P. convoy carrying civilians suspected of being Conduits. In the process of stopping the convoy, Shouta is knocked out for several hours and soon learns that the suspects have fled into the city where they are being rounded up by angel-like creatures. Hodaka disguises himself as a suspected conduit and is swooped up by an angel.

Using the GPS of Hodaka's cell phone, Shouta locates the Angel's hideout, even when Shichiro desperately warns him not to go there. While exploring the hideout, he learns that, rather than being kidnapped, the victims are being helped out of their restraints and released into the city. Being sucked into a Video game world, Shouta is confronted by "He Who Dwells" and, after a brutal fight, defeats the giant Angel who is revealed to be Shichiro, Shouta's "fan" who led him to the convoy.

Shouta, due to his greed, absorbs his powers and talks with Hodaka about letting the boy go, pointing out that he was rescuing the people the D.U.P. took and not hurting them. Shouta convinces Shichiro to help him defeat both the D.U.P. and the local gangs who are rounding up the local conduits to sell them back to the D.U.P.

### Battle on Concrete Island arc

Later on, Shouta is surprised to hear his allies question him about a rampage he was on downtown. He soon realizes that it wasn't him, but the other Smoke Conduit, Taiko, who escaped from D.U.P. custody. After chasing Taiko down again, Shouta convinces him to help him against the D.U.P. Taiko informs him that his allies, Shichiro and Kaneki, are both in D.U.P. custody in the makeshift D.U.P. base, at an island off the coast of Tokyo.

The trio, Hodaka, Shouta and Taiko infiltrate the island, but Shouta is soon lured into a trap by Taiko who is revealed to be the D.U.P.'s ally. Because of Taiko, Shouta and Hodaka are beaten and nearly captured by Augustine, who attempts to encase them both in concrete while they're dangling off of the edge of the base. Hodaka sacrifices himself to prevent Shouta from being captured, prompting a fight between Augustine and an enraged Shouta, who possessed a forbidden ability that cause him to go on a rampage.

After the fight, Augustine collapses the island and Shouta washes ashore and proceeds to hunt down Taiko who is now on the run from both of his former allies. During the chase, Taiko explains, and later proves, that the D.U.P. had his daughter hostage, prompting Shouta to reluctantly spare Taiko's life on the condition that he never sees him again.

### Final Battle arc

Shouta meets up with his allies and together they agree that it's time to put an end to Augustine's chaotic plans. Using the information with which Taiko provided Shouta, he is able to create a gap in the Tokyo news station/converted D.U.P. headquarters and together with Shichiro and Kaneki assaults the building, making their way through the outside of the building and defeating the D.U.P. Soldiers.

Finally, Shouta confronts Augustine in the building's newsroom. There, Shouta states that he knows that Augustine is the one who murdered his parents but does not reveals to her that he is their son. He also knows that she had set up the Conduit's escape to keep the D.U.P. in existence. Augustine then explains her true motives: she has been capturing, but never killing, Conduits to prevent them from being killed by irrational civilians, like they were in the pre-D.U.P. bloodbaths.

To this end, Augustine attempts to convince Shouta to help her regain the public's trust, and help her save more Conduits around the globe. However, Shouta doesn't care about Augustine's excuses, and decides to take her down and expose her. Without fully developing his newest powers, Shouta is almost beaten by Augustine, who has nearly seven years of experience with hers.

Thankfully, Shichiro is able to throw several Core Relays into the room, with which Shouta is able to become powerful enough to slowly wear down Augustine's monster form and capture her. As Augustine watches him use her own power against her, Shouta finally reveals to her that the parents whom she had killed was his, as he swore that this was for revenge. He eventually quotes her: "Yeah. I'm told that hurts."

### Finale

With Augustine captured, Shouta is able to expose the D.U.P.'s operations globally. As Augustine is hauled away by authorities, the crowds, finally free, cheer. Shouta implicitly note the irony of a government figure being "taken down by a gamer, a father, and a retired magician". Shouta's actions set off a "Second Age", where Conduits, Ghouls and humans *can* coexist without any of them going rogue. Shouta also comments that the Conduits of Curdun Cay and the Ghouls of Cochlea (who were falsely accused of being dangerous) were also free to live as they see fit.

That said, Shouta himself had some unfinished business to attend to, now that he'd gotten the power he needed. He returned to the hospital to heal the people of the injuries Augustine inflicted upon them. After curing the injured victims, Shouta celebrate Hodaka's life, who soon declares to be his 'brother', by giving him a graffiti memorial atop of a billboard. When finished he takes one good look, and almost in tears says, "I love you brother, and I'm sure we're gonna miss you." With that, he sets his paint can down and walks away.

Returning back to the hospital, he meets Kaneki together with his wife Touka. Kaneki states to him that he told his wife about everything, which include his orphaned life of wanting to have a family again and the brave things he did for Tokyo. Shouta felt grateful for the news. Fortunately, knowing that Shouta wants a family, Kaneki reveals to him that he and Touka decides to adopt him as their oldest son. Shouta starts to break in tears as if that is what he wants all of his life after 5 years on being an orphan. The trio embraced as Shouta starts calling Kaneki and Touka "Father" and "Mother".

### Epilogue (The Start of Dragon Quinx) arc

Months on being involved in his new family, Shouta plans to move house into Kaneki's home. Thanks to their help, Kaneki and Touka helps Shouta carry the boxes of his furnitures and belongings into his new home and lived there. Soon after they had done putting Shouta's things in place, Kobayashi and Tohru came to visit their place to see Shouta. As soon Shouta is being called downstairs, he told Kaneki that he "didn't invite guests". He then reunites Kobayashi and Tohru, whom they were searching him for 5 years after going through a grieving history with them. Tohru starts to break in tears and embraced Shouta. As Kobayashi are interacting with Kaneki and Touka, Tohru went over to Shouta to hold his hand but failed as he reluctantly walks away. Shouta entered into his room and sobs, while Tohru approaches him and apologizes for what she had said. She eventually calls herself a "stupid dragon". Knowing that the guilt is too much, Shouta forgives her.

After their reunion, Kobayashi and Tohru prepares to leave the Kaneki's household. Before they do so, Tohru gently touches and stroke Shouta's cheek, telling him that she'll "see him later". The next day, Tohru and Kobayashi visits Shouta once again, with Tohru embracing him once more. Kobayashi tells Kaneki that she plans to move in with them so the two could spend most of their time with Shouta after all he had been through.

## Relationships

### Kouki Shimura

Shimura is Shouta's new childhood best friend. The two often stands up for each other whenever they are in need. After Shouta ran away from Kobayashi's apartment, he encountered Shimura when he was by the lake. The two became friends as they worked in McDonalds' as an employee.

5 years later after Shouta liberated Tokyo from the Federal Government Agency called the 'Department of Unified Protection', Shimura praised him as a hero. Thanks to Shouta's new adoptive family's help, both he and Shimura are able to attend for Keio University.

After Shouta reunites with Tohru and Kobayashi, Shimura heard the news, presumably from Hina. Shimura would often ask Shouta if Tohru was his long-time girlfriend, which causes him to be annoyed as he denies.

### Tohru Kobayashi

Shouta had never interacted with Tohru before. However, it is the first time the two interacted in Dragon Quinx. When Shouta was sobbing uncontrollably over the death of his parents, Tohru comforts and hugs him to ease his sorrow. He starts to have affection for her, he attempts to confess his feelings for her but by praising her saying "precious".

However, his heart shattered after witnessing hearing Tohru called Shouta an "idiot", eventually leading him to run away in sadness and anguish as he moved to Tokyo and being adopted by Kaneki and Touka five years later, not hoping to see both Tohru and Kobayashi again. After five years, he unexpectedly met Tohru and Kobayashi who found him (After seeing him in the news). However, he stayed away from Tohru and ignored her for what she had said before, but does not see her and Kobayashi with hatred. As Tohru starts blaming herself a 'stupid dragon'. He finally forgives her as he knows that she felt very miserable. Tohru states to him that she'll try her best to cheer him up. Shouta deeply cares about Tohru, he sees her like she is part of his family. Besides Lucoa, Shouta is in love with Tohru because of her kind and wise nature, but doesn't wish to admit to anyone that he does. Whenever he is feeling depressed, Tohru will comfort him by giving him hugs and laying her forehead on his, which he is greatly eased by her loving comfort.

When they are in a coffee shop, he was asked by Tohru if he is single which made him flustered and easily disturbed of getting flashbacks during the time when he was with Lucoa. In B-Period, he finally confessed his feelings for her saying that he truly loves her. Knowing that she is still in love with Kobayashi but unexpectedly, Tohru admits her feelings for Shouta, stating that she likes him too. She places an engagement ring on Shouta's finger (Once used to be Tohru's and Kobayashi's engagement rings), stating that she will marry him to fulfil Kobayashi's promise.

Another example is when Tohru and Shouta are at a hotel room, Tohru explained to him why she likes him, she stated she promised Kobayashi to keep guard of him. However, as she knows that Shouta wants Tohru as her soulmate, she explained her deep feelings for him. She states that whenever he smiles, it brings her happiness. Shouta starts to cry saying "I'm so lonely without you". Tohru realizes how much she mean to him and felt touched. The two of them embraced as Tohru starts to weep as well. As he solemnly lamenting from all the painful past he had been through, Tohru and Shouta consummated their relationship after she gave him his first kiss, in which eventually having Shouta crying and apologizing to Tohru after their sex. During the wedding ceremony of Akira and Amon, Tohru handed him a sacred ring that belongs to a Greek God, the ring features a phrase 'sic parvis magna' (*meaning: Greatness from small beginnings*). Shouta had no idea if it is okay to fall in love with Tohru even though he likes her at the start. Back in TLF headquarters, he was informed by his sister that Tohru has a child, in which he was surprised. He does not believe it until Tohru reveals to him that she is pregnant. He start feeling regretful for making Tohru pregnant as he might 'hurt Kobayashi's feelings'. However, Tohru told him that Kobayashi wants him to live the life he wanted to have.

### Hodaka Morishima

Shouta met Hodaka when they were at McDonalds' and befriends him after being invited to their night supper. Fortunately, Hodaka is very caring for Shouta. When Shouta is traumatized after discovering that he has superpowers, Hodaka embraced him, trying to calm him down. As Hina was physically wounded by Brooke Augustine, Shouta and Hodaka journeys across Tokyo to get Augustine's power to heal Hina. Along the way, Hodaka asked if Shouta had a brother. Shouta, deeply saddened, stated that he had no siblings at all. Hodaka then tells Shouta that he will be his 'brother'.

When Hodaka and Shouta heads to rescue Kaneki and Makoto after being captured, Hodaka falls to his death, saying his lost words "I love you bro, take care of her for me". After Hodaka's death and healing Hina, Shouta made a memorial that dedicates Hodaka, saying his last words "*I love you brother, and I'm sure we're gonna miss you.*"

In *Dragon Quinx*, Shouta finds all the names in the register of the dead, but he finds that Hodaka's name is not there, considering that he may still be alive. He remembered Hodaka died in front of his eyes 2 years earlier but wondered why does his status says he is still alive. Wherever he is, Shouta trying to find out if he's still alive.

### Kobayashi

During his childhood days, as one of his father's employees, he is sometimes left under her care though this likely has more to do with Kobayashi's association with Lucoa rather than having anything to do with work. Immediately after his parents died, Kobayashi felt deeply saddened to hear his parents died. She starts treating him like a surrogate mother. After witnessing her and Tohru kissed, he runs away from them and does not wish to see them again.

However, they finally reconciled after five years as Tohru apologized to him for what she had done. After Tohru's apology, Kobayashi sorrowfully admits to him that it is her fault that led him into this dilemma and therefore offers him an apology too, in which Shouta had also forgive her. The two lived together happily as she joins in his new family. Shouta always sees Kobayashi like a stepmother, he is able to apply for Keio University with her help.

Kobayashi asked him why he doesn't talk with Lucoa anymore, he stated that he she can come over to visit him if she wants as long as she doesn't wear any skimpy outfits.

### Hina Amano

Shouta met Hina for the first time when they were in McDonald's. They continued their relationship as friends when she and Hodaka invited him to a night supper. After being injured by Brooke Augustine, Hina had high hopes for Shouta. After Shouta returns to Hina to heal her, she starts to adore him a lot just like how she adores Hodaka. After the death of Nagi Amano, Hina and Shouta both applied for Keio University as a freshman.

### Makoto Shichiro

Initially, Shouta and Shichiro fought when he infiltrated his hideout to find the conduit which Shichiro warns him not too. After Shichiro is defeated, Hodaka comes in to call the police on him. However, Shouta convinced to Hodaka that Shichiro can join forces with them to help save Hina and stop Augustine from continuing her rampage across the city. Not only that, Shouta also helps Shichiro to get him to interact in the real world and not spend the rest of "living in the cyber world".

### Amon Koutarou

Shouta trusts Amon a part, similar to his assenting father Kaneki. When Amon battled with Shouta for the primary time, Amon complimented Shouta’s fighting abilities, expressing that Kaneki had prepared him well. Amon is additionally concerned around Shouta as on the off chance that he is as well youthful to be a One-Eyed ghoul, in this manner asking him to be secured by Tohru. Shouta treats Amon the same way he had treated his cultivated guardians, he sees Amon like a third father to Shouta. He is exceptionally kind to Amon additionally exceptionally steadfast.

### Saiko Yonebayashi

Shouta seems quiet around Saiko. She often talks about life whenever she sees him, she would also threaten Shouta to kiss her just like when he was with Lucoa. Shouta neither likes nor dislikes Saiko but he seems to get along with her most of the time but not romantically.

### Ayato Kirishima and Hinami Fueguchi

Shouta loves his adoptive aunt and uncle very much just like any nephew would do. He always sees them as Kaneki and Touka. Shouta deeply respects his aunt and uncle just as how Ayato and Hinami loves him a lot. After telling Ayato and Hinami about the death of Touka and Kaneki, Ayato and Hinami fell into tears but still encouraged Shouta to not give up hope even though they’re gone.

### Ken Kaneki and Touka Kirishima

Shouta profoundly cherishes his unused cultivate guardians rather like any child would do. He adores them so much as they see them as his previous guardians that passed on when he was young. Shouta is exceptionally caring for his foster mother, Touka and for his foster father, Kaneki. He’ll do anything for his cultivated guardians to fulfill them.

### Ichika Kaneki

As an older brother, he loves his younger sister very much just like how he likes Hodaka. Whenever he gets stressed or tired, Ichika will always be there to massage his back in order to reduce his stress.

### Shuu Tsukiyama

Shouta trusts Shuu a lot for receiving help from him while being attacked by abnormal ghouls. Shuu insisted to help Tohru and Shouta to recover his confiscated powers but they eventually kindly rejected his offer as they would do the quest on their own.

### Akira Mado

Shouta had a little complex relationship with Akira because he knows that her mother, Kasuka Mado, eventually killed his parents. During dinner, he seems to be kind to her when giving her food, but his feelings for her is not entirely like his father. Right after informing her about his family's death, Akira regretted for her mother's action and eventually embraces him with comfort. She also stated to him that Kasuka Mado is no longer her mother, making Shouta felt with survivor guilt.

### Riko Saikawa

Not much interaction was made between the two of them when they meet again face to face after 7 years, Shouta promised her that he would 'correct that mistake' for letting the Conduits take their own freedom by force.

## Psychological Issues

Like his foster father Kaneki, Shouta’s mental state undergoes extreme courses throughout the series. Shouta would at times refer to his actions as "we" or "us," albeit mostly while in a stressed state. Shouta personifies his feelings to an extent that they take the form of people existing within his mind. When meeting these mental constructs, Shouta enters a limbo-like state where he converses with them. Shouta initially only entered this state when he was under extreme duress or near-death and later included during calm settings for conversation.

After the death of his former parents (Mr. Magatsuchi and Saori Magatsuchi), he start to have dysthymia. Shouta is suffering from a disorder which causes him to cry often whenever he is depressed. Such as losing those he is closest to or felt incredibly guilty for what he had done something right or wrong. It is seen that when he was talking with Akira Mado about his family, he told her that it's his fault for surviving and that her mother should not be put to blame. With this disorder, he also suffers from schizophrenia, where he demonstrate uncontrollable emotional outbursts. Also he might sometimes get some flashback memories and hallucinations in which he may see a variety of personalities of himself or those whom had died (his family members).

## Powers and Abilities

### Ghoul Power Abilities

**Ghoul Physiology**: After inheriting the blood of a ghoul, Shouta has displayed a novel healing factor, similarly as a rinkaku kagune consisting of tentacles and increased physical power, the same as his foster father, Kaneki. Due to the hybrid vigor, Shouta's abilities are said to be more impregnable than those of a natural-born ghoul.

* **Rinkaku Kagune**: Shouta's kagune is similar to Kaneki’s and it is portrayed in the anime as bright red, becoming a darker shade as it neared the tips. Shouta initially displayed his kagune in his fight against Tooru Mutsuki, possessing three tails which repeatedly slashing Tooru’s quinque before being knocked out, saving Tohru while having little control over them. After his torture, Shouta was able to produce four tentacles in his battle with a re-animated Yamori, which were capable of pinning down and overwhelming an incomplete kakuja. During the raid on Aogiri's lab, Shouta's kagune colour transformed into reddish-purple, albeit in an unstable mental state, and while he fought Kishou Arima, Shouta was able to manifest eight tentacles which are able to be shaped into small hands, which have an enormous range and destructive force enough to damage V14's pillars. After inheriting the blood of Kaneki, he is able to control and manipulate the shape of his kagune at will, and command the tentacles to process different tasks at once. He is also noted to have a better control over his kagune than natural-born ghouls. In his first fight with Kurona Yasuhisa, Shouta was able to shape his kagune into more intricate forms, and his kagune is greatly larger, with the potency of neutralizing Kurona's kakuja.
	+ **Dragon Form:** After undergoing a repeated cannibalism of Kakuja and Dire Ghouls, Shouta undergoes a transformation into a dragon-like beast transformation. His dragon form is somewhat like Tohru, a European dragon but in his scales are flesh reddish in colour. His jaw appear to be larger as teeth reach all the way back of his cheeks, enabling him to consume everything in his path. His dragon form appears to be the biggest than any dragons, causing him to be unstoppable.
* **Rinkaku Kakuja**: After constant cannibalization, Shouta has developed into an incomplete kakuja. In this form, Shouta was able to easily overwhelm any incoming attacks. While using his kakuja, Shouta goes into a mindless state, losing all aspects of his personality. His fighting style becomes that of a berserker, fighting without any regards to personal injury. In his last confrontation with Kishou Arima, Sasaki's kakuja was capable of completely destroying IXA and Owl, while maintaining his personality and sanity. In the fight against ghouls from the Oggai both clad with Arata armors, he was still able to inflict extensive damage on both investigators, requiring Koya to execute a suicide attack in order to create an opening against Shouta. When fighting Furuta, Kaneki's kakuja is able to turn the fight on its head and overwhelm Furuta, who only a few moments before, was beating him in a one-sided brawl, forcing him to activate his own kakuja. Shouta's first kakuja takes the form of two large tentacles resembling centipedes and a beak-like structure on his head. His second kakuja forms a carapace covering his whole face, and a kagune-like claw where his hand is. His third kakuja encases his upper half and forms a koukaku-like blade. The fourth version of his kakuja manifests as bulkier body armor with claws, and the carapace covering his face becomes similar to a one-eyed dragon with a fully fanged jaw. Upon being rescued from Dragon, Shouta's kakuja takes the form of a more form-fitting body armor, with intricate designs decorating it, in addition to wing-like structures on his back. He also has massive cross-shaped blades attached to them that he can swing around as close range weapons or extend long distances. In addition, he can use these as shields to defend against even the strongest of attacks.
* **Superhuman Strength**: As Tohru carries Shouta to rescue, Shouta uncontrollably kicks Tohru that throws her in great distances. Shouta was able to rip off a lamppost and threw it at a ghoul. When fighting a ghoul, Shouta forcibly knee kicks the ghoul causing it to damage its internal organs.
* **Superhuman Speed**: Shouta was capable of evading any incoming strikes. While he and Tohru are fighting against Miyamizu and Ryuunosuke, Shouta was travelling at an immense speed, making both Miyamizu and Ryuunosuke not able to track him. In his fight with Yukinori Shinohara, Shoute swiftly approached him from behind towards the end of the motion and performed an incoming attack by coiling his chain around his fist. Shouta has also shown the ability to parry Kasuka’s numerous Kagune attacks while facing him in the Arena. On his way to meet with Takizawa, Ayato, and Kurona for their infiltration of the TLF laboratory, Shouta was pursued by Elma, a dragon who had became an artificial one eyed ghoul and he dodged her trident attacks with extreme ease and swiftness while making his escape at the same time.
* **Superhuman Endurance:** During his battle with Elma, he had his body impaled by her trident. However, he is able to pull it out without any blood flowing out of his body in which he is able to overcome any wounds. Shouta was impaled multiple times by almost completely every weapon that his enemies use such as a Kagune or a quinque. Even in his near-death state, Shouta is able to regain strength from any physical injuries he suffers from. When he was transformed into a One-Eyed ghoul, his Rc cells gave him invulnerability to any physical threats, even though he is seen being stabbed, cut or impaled, including gunshot wounds. However, if he has any wounds that is too deep, his Rc cells could still heal his body but takes a lot of time. There is a slight chance that he could die.
* **Superhuman Regeneration**: During his torture at the hands of Yakumo Oomori, Shouta still has Conduit genes in his DNA even though his former Conduit powers are taken away. He is able to drain the electricity that Yakumo uses to torture Shouta, enabling him to possess his new ability, Electrokinesis. He survives his fight with Elma, and heals his injuries. He recovers from being consecutively pierced by Elma's kagune, as well as surviving an attack from Jin. In his final battle with the Taka during ‘The Second War’, he had rapidly regenerated his many fatal wounds whilst fighting him. By the end of the Dragon Arc, Shouta was able to regenerate wounds from Taka's kakuja, and later on heal his wounds from Dragon in rapid succession, allowing him to continue on fighting.
* **Immense Pain Tolerance**: Like Kaneki, Shouta possesses great tolerance to pain, evident during his fight with Naki when he twists and breaks his own arm in order to throw a punch, his only reaction being a faint smile. He is even able to power on through losing all of his limbs and devour the Oggai. When fighting Dragon, despite his prior battle to the death with Taka, as well as being overwhelmed by Dragon's radioactive energy sphere, Shouta was able to push through the pain and end the Second War.
* **Expert Hand to Hand Combat**: Shouta is extremely skilled in close combat after being trained by his uncle Ayato. With his four-tailed Kagune, he can easily overpowered a ghoul from attacking Hiroyuki. This is also proven when Shouta lands a strike on Elma with only his barefist, not using his chain.

* **Ghoulification Toxin Immunity**: After being consuming Kaneki’s blood during his torture, Shouta inherit the cells of his foster gather and has shown an extreme resistance, if not outright immunity, to the ghoulifying toxin carried by the creatures spawned from Dragon's oviducts. It is theorized by Tooru Mutsuki that this is a result of the multiple new organs Shouta has displayed since his rescue.

### Conduit Abilities

After undergoing ghoulification, Shouta currently lost all of his Conduit powers which consists of Concrete, Neon, Smoke and Video. However, Electrokinesis is the only Conduit power he inherited after his torture by reanimated Yamori.

* **Electrokinesis:** Shouta possesses this ability after his torture by a reanimated Yamori, whom he tortures him using electricity at a level of 1'000 volts. This gives Shouta the ability to channel lightning in and out of his body. He can use this to a variety of means, one notable example being its use in hand-to-hand combat. Shouta combines martial arts while electrifying his hands to fight his enemies. He can greatly improve the damage he can inflict by charging both of his arms with electric energy, and taking down almost any human in a single hit. Shouta's primary offensive ability was to fire an Electrokinetic bolt of lightning out of his hands and onto any target he had it aimed at just like Smoke. This bolt passed a current through any target, stunning enemies, electrifying bodies of water (thus killing anyone in it), or charging up electric devices. Several variations of this attack include: a continuous chain of lightning , a massive amount of energy concentrated into a single bolt, and a sniper-like bolt of electricity, shot while speeding up Shouta to a point where time appeared to slow down. This allows him to use electricity in order to generate magnetic and anti-magnetic effects. He can also charge himself with energy as he falls, creating a powerful explosion as he lands like a comet drop. With Electromagnetism, Shouta could perform several attacks with various uses. He could bind an explosive kinetic charge with Electromagnetism, sticking to any enemies, bouncing off walls, and exploding a few seconds after impact. He could also trap a massive explosive charge in a swirling rocket-like mass, that would explode on contact, and generate a shockwave that knocks targets into the air. Shouta could hover in the air using electromagnetism, and also grind through metal wires and railings. Shouta could also use magnetic tethers to throw vehicles and objects at enemies and could lift any object, even non-magnetic ones, and could even use it to lift and throw enemies. Shouta had the ability to form a defensive barrier that can protect him from harm through the use of electromagnetism. Also, Shouta possessed "touch-related" abilities, such as "leaching" an individual's neuro electric energy to instantly heal any body damage inflicted unto him, restraining a wounded individual with the use of electrokinesis and electromagnetism, and also healing a nearby injured individual back up their feet. He also possessed upgrades for most of these powers, with the general upgrade path being accurate and more inclined to damaging the opponent and leaving civilians unharmed. He also possessed a unique ability, to gain an endless supply of energy for 30 seconds. His lightning is powerful enough to destroy large buildings, bridges, attack helicopters and ships.
* **Superhuman Speed:** Shouta has the ability to run faster than light. With electrokinesis, he is much faster than possessing Neon.

## Weapons

**Chain:** The chain is a melee weapon used by Shouta Magatsuchi. Swinging the chain serves as Shouta's primary form of melee attacks and close combat. Because of its versatile nature when used in conjunction with Shouta's powers, the chain is an ideal weapon.

Shouta used three different types of chains throughout the anime;

* **Chains of Chaos:** This chain is forged by the Chaos Faction in which it is destructive and completely deadly, given by Tohru’s father, Damocles. When swung, it flairs out in a whip-like manner and produces trailing flames behind it that will cause a small smokey explosion when it comes in contact with its target. Shouta could create a meteoric strike in which his chain rains down magical meteors from the air down to his enemies.
* **Chains of Harmony:** This chain is forged by the Harmony Faction in which it is also destructive but it subdues enemies after one or two slashes, given by Elma’s grandmother, Telne. When swung, it flairs out in a whip-like manner and produces neon-like trails along with it that will create a neon-chain that will subdue its target. Shouta could create a subduing slash in which it enables him to subdue enemies in just one single slash instantly.
* **Chains of Glory:** The most powerful and inevitable chain forged by the Huldra Brothers. Shouta has the choice to either subdue or execute his enemies. When swung, the chain extends its length by creating an extra portion of the chain by magic. It also produces electric and fiery trails behind it. When slashing at an enemy, the enemy is knocked out but not killed yet after a single slash. Shouta could also deflect any incoming threat such as bullets or Ukaku kagune shards. Shouta’s Chains of Glory is equipped with different types of Runic attack, light or heavy.

## Trivia

* The name Shouta (翔太, *Shōta*) was meant for big and soaring.
* Shouta suffers from monophobia (fear of being alone) after being traumatized by the death of his family when he was young and his foster parents.
* Shouta adopted the name ‘Shouta Kaneki’ after his foster father, Ken Kaneki.
* Just like his father (Kaneki), Shouta has a habit of rubbing the back of his neck with his right hand when he is either embarrassed or hiding something.
* Shouta underwent the same torture method as Yamori and his adoptive father Kaneki, changing his personality. In *Tokyo Ghoul*, Yamori turned into psychotic killer who killed more for fun than to eat, Kaneki became cold and ruthless, but retained his desire to protect his friends. However, the torture helped fuelled up Shouta's rage as he desire to kill the person responsible for his family's death for the first time. He had never killed anyone before, Taka was his first target to kill.
* The reason Shouta's face is likely to be identical to Kaneki is that he had ingested Kaneki's genetic-containing blood, allowing his face to look the same as Kaneki as his hair turns white.
* Shouta is also dubbed as the "God of Thunder" from Thor in Norse Mythology.
* He lost his ghoul abilities in When Smoke Meets Rain after achieving Concrete and Neon.
* Shouta shares the same birthday date with the writer for *Tokyo Ghoul: Dragon Quinx*.
* Along the anime series, Shouta often sees hallucinations of both his former father, Mr. Magatsuchi and his foster father, Ken Kaneki.
* Somewhere in the story before the incident occured, Shouta reveals how humans are able to become a god.
* Shouta has an addiction with eating ramen and drinking coke and coffee.
* Shouta's chain weapon is an adaptation from the character Delsin Rowe from inFAMOUS Second Son.
* Shouta is voiced by Kensho Ono. English voiced by Troy Baker, who voices Joel in The Last of Us game and Delsin Rowe in inFAMOUS Second Son.
* Young Shouta is voiced by Kaori Ishihara, english voiced by Alison Viktorin.

## Quotes

* To his enemies: "You are not in control."
* To himself: "I am... a ghoul."
* To himself: "Many people die because they've suffered a hellish pain, and I was among those people. They die because they couldn't take in the pain, not getting used to it. I was the same, but not exactly. No matter how much I've suffered, I kept fighting, and fighting, and fighting, till the very end. Why should I die now to be free from the pain? No, I will be weak. Pain is the best tool for me to become stronger. I'm gonna keep fighting, and when the time has come, I'll be there to earn my freedom. I can finally set the world free from its suffering."
* To Tohru: "I am the reason why all of this had happened. If he hadn't found me at first, none of this would have happened."
* To Tohru: “If you put yourself in danger or at the brink of death, I will not hesitate to put my life on the line. I'm doing this for Kobayashi. And for her sake, it is my duty to keep you alive for her.”
* To Tooru in their first encounter: “Don’t you ever… hurt Tohru…”
* To Kaneki: “If I were you, what would I do?”
* To Shuu: “If only if they were still here, I would show them what kind of ghoul I had become.”
* To himself: “This world may be an appalling out. On the off chance that ghouls were to exist with people, conduits and dragons in this world, what’s the point of eating up blameless lives just for survival? I’m not like them, even if I am them.”
* To Tohru: “I can't keep living on like this..."
* To Tohru: “Tell me the truth... who am I? What am I?"
* To Yamori: “What you did to my father (Kaneki), you did the same to me.
* To himself: “I am not my father… who devours the weak… I… devour the strongest. Who will be the strongest than the strongest? I am! I fucking am!”
* To Tohru: “Tohru, I'm so lonely without you.”
* To Taka: “The cycle ends here… we must be better than this.”
* To himself: “I am… the One-Eyed King.”
* To himself: “I'm just like father, I’m not the protagonist of a novel or anything, I’m just a kid who does magic and possesses superpowers that no one understood. What I've become now, I must endure through this new life, my new self. And last but not least, if you were to put me as a lead role of a story, it will be… a catastrophe.”