Taka Jiro

## Taka JiroDrake Agatsuma

> "In the end, there will be chaos, abomination will rise. This dystopian world, I'm going to make a change to it."
>
> — Taka Jiro

**Taka Jiro** (次郎タカ, *Jirō Taka*), also known as **Drake Agatsuma** (あがつまドレイク, *Agatsuma Doreiku*) is formerly a god, now a dire ghoul. He is the primary antagonist in *Tokyo Ghoul: Dragon Quinx*. He is currently the leader of Legion and the person responsible for slaughtering Shouta's family and Tohru's lover, including seizing Shouta's conduit powers. He also has the power to start the great war. Somehow Taka was known to be a god who causes destruction and rampage, he is also known to be a Conduit as he is able to absorb Shouta's powers completely.

Rumors stated that he is called the 'Undefeated Ghoul' who he hasn't been taken into custody or killed by any Ghoul Investigators. Inspired by Ken Kaneki's Black Reaper, he is dubbed as the Black Wolf.

As Drake Agatsuma, he played his role as a normal human and worked as a Magazine writer.

## Appearance

Taka is a young man with a lean muscular build and average height, he has a calm apathetic expression. He has a brownish-red hair and brown eyes. Whenever Taka goes berserk, his teeth starts to grow out sharp fangs just like Shouta. Taka's battle suit is similar like Elma's, but his sleeves are completely long, forming up a glove that covers his arm from shoulder to his palm.

As Drake Agatsuma, his facial expression appears to be kind and joyful, looking a little youthful for his age as he is seen by female customers as 'cute' and 'adorable'. Drake wears round glasses like Ichika as a magazine writer. He lost parts of his muscles, making him look young and having an average build.

## Personality

Taka is rather a ruthless leader as he does not care for anyone closest to him. During his childhood, he was raised to a family with an abusive father. His father frequently abused him daily as it causes him to have a drastic change in personality. After his father was killed by a dragon, Taka took his father's place as the leader for Legion. Sometimes, he wears his new legion uniform which consists of shoulder guards.

As Drake, Taka disguised as a normal human as he deactivate his kakugan in both eyes. He seems rather very kind and cheerful to any human he meets but his true feelings stated that he still hate humans.

During his battle with Shouta and Elma, Taka revealed to them that he had never loved his family and therefore, wishing that his family would be killed so that he is able to take his father's place, making him as the leader of Legion.

## Background

Taka was raised by a family of Ghouls. His father was rather very abusive to him due to his lack of obedience and selfishness. Before he was born, his father is a god, leading a human army to battle against the Chaos Factions. His father was soon killed by Tohru's father, Damocles, when Taka was 12 years old. Realizing how cruel the world is, he decided to destroy the Chaos Faction including in trying to destroy humans. To do this, he must disguise himself as a normal human, adopting the name Drake Agatsuma. Undergoing puberty, he starts to develop Rc cells which transform him into a Dire Ghoul.

## Relationships

### Yura Jiro

The two had a really complicated relationship with each other. Somehow his father is very abusive to Taka for doing silly mistakes like being late for home and talking to his parents without calling 'Dad'. Soon after his father died, Taka felt with joy and able to take his place as a leader of Legion.

### Eto Yoshimura

Taka is in love with Eto at first glance when they met. He doubtly confessed his feelings for her but eventually Eto kindly rejects his confession, but that did not angered Taka although he still likes her. The two work together as Eto works as a novelist and Taka (disguised as Drake) works as a magazine writer.

### Elma Joui

Upon seeing her, Taka really hated Elma for her annoyance, presuming that she is 'weak'. Right after seeing her skills, Taka eventually paid her his respect and ought to become leaders of Legion, becoming friends to hunt down Shouta and Tohru.

### Shouta Magatsuchi

Being responsible for taking his powers, Taka wished that Shouta should've stayed as a ghoul instead of being a Conduit so that he is able to ghoulify the entire population in Tokyo including making Conduits into half-dire ghouls, in other words, making Taka's 'dream come true'.

## Powers and Abilities

**Ghoul Physiology**: As a dire ghoul, Taka possesses a koukaku kagune along with increased physical capabilities. He is somewhat similar to Tsukiyama.

* **Koukaku Kagune**: Taka's kagune features a long blade coming out from his back. His kagune is like a greatsword which is capable of slicing and piercing.
* **Superhuman Regeneration**: Unlike any other ghouls, Taka was able to regrow any amputated limbs.
* **Superhuman Strength**: During his fight with Shouta, Taka was able to throw a CCG APC across with just one hand.

## Trivia

* From the creator, Taka was known to be handsome and cute. Even with his adorable smile, he is completely dangerous.
* Taka is seen as the same age as Shouta when he is as Drake Agatsuma. As Taka, he is 3 years older than Shouta.
* Taka has an addiction to drinking Sake and is somewhat alcoholic.
* It is not told from the novel but mentioned by the writer that Taka eventually dated Eto.

## Quotes

* To himself: "In the end, there will be chaos. This dystopian world, I'm gonna make a change to it."
* To Elma: "I don't give a fuck about what you say. You are brought to this organization to make everything here, this world, anew! Not joining with some shitty-ass humans and Conduits!
* To Kasuka Mado threatening her to obey him: "If you don't do as I say, I'll find your daughter and kill her. That's the cost."
* To Shouta: "Tch, "perfect"? "Perfect"?! Are you dead serious? This world is too cruel! Too much violation and suffering! This shithole... should change. Humans become Ghouls, Dragons become Ghouls and Conduits become Ghouls! Ghouls are dying, Shouta. If you don't join me, you and the rest of your family dies!"
* To Shouta: "Look at this world! Don't you think humanity suffered a lot? They need to change, this world needs to change! End all the suffering! These humans must evolve into a bigger, better and yet stronger one.