Mugetsu Shinsei

A visual representation of Mugetsu Shinsei.

### Voice Reference

Simon the Digger (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd22Qa7gqRo

## General Info

### Aliases

"Beast of Georgia""Mugsy"

"Mug"

### Relatives

Unknown FatherUnknown Mother

Ryutsume Shinsei (Foster father)

### Power(s)

Weapon SummoningAura Control

Demonism

## Status

### Affiliation

Remnant (Current)Roethsburg Eight (Current)

Ryutsume Shinsei (Former)

The Alliance (Former)

Sanguine Marauders (Former)

Iron Talon (Former)

Drachen's Strike Team (Former)

### Occupation

Remnant Operative (Current)Iron Talon Operative (Former)

## Other

### Character Theme

Boku no Hero Academia S2 OST - "Jet Set Run"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htl9NYmCo2k

> *"I told you, I'm **winning** this." ~ Mugetsu to Jinoga during the Roethsburg Siege.*
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> *“I’ll get stronger. I'll get more power, more skill, more resolve! I'll get more and more, until you won’t have to hold back on me anymore! **You can count on it!**” ~ Mugetsu to Ashura, after his defeat by the latter.*
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**Mugetsu Shinsei**, real name **Mugetsu Shinsei-Gremory**, is a Super previously affiliated with the faction of Sanguine Marauders. He is an ex-student of Gremorion Academy, before finding out about Ray Mygerion's true goals and defecting to the Iron Talon and becoming part of Orphans of Infamy. He was found as an abandoned newborn and raised by Kagayaku Shinsei, a legendary martial arts teacher. He first appears and is a central character in Dominance: The Next Generation.

## Appearance

Mugetsu is an adolescent male of a lean build and tall stature. Standing at 6'4", Mugetsu is the tallest of the Orphans of Infamy. His hair is long, flowing and red-auburn in color, but before the Darkbane Arc it was rough, spiky, unruly, and short-cut with two bangs that came down either side of his face. His eyes are a deep, almost sparkling gold, with a faint but noticeable glowing blue outline due to his aura, but are also somewhat slanted in appearance, making him appear as if he's somewhat agitated even if his expression is neutral.

He has three large, diagonal scars on his upper abdomen and chest, complimentary of his training in Antarctica, where he was attacked by a Polar Bear and critically wounded, as well as a large, circular scar on his lower torso from when Jin'Oga impaled him during the battle of Roethsburg. His skin is an almost pale white, due to his American heritage. He wears a black Gi with red rings around the wrist area and the shoulders, and white Japanese kanji in the centre of the back, translating to "Spirit".

Notably, Mugetsu is never seen wearing any shoes, preferring to walk around barefoot. This is likely due to cultural reasons, or he simply does not like wearing any footwear.

In his Kurotama form, Mugetsu gains black, flame-like markings on his face, torso, arms and legs, and the sclera of his eyes become pitch-black, whilst the iris and pupils become a blood-red.

## Personality

Mugetsu is usually quick-to-anger and hotheaded, scalding anyone and anything he finds 'stupid', and snapping at those he finds annoying, particularly those who are extremely hyper or peppy. Only living with his master and his friend Bastion Himmel for most of his life, Mugetsu is also very antisocial and introverted, starting off with only having a select few friends, most notably Bastion Himmel and Chance Ramirez, the latter of which he shares a heated rivalry with, and usually prefers to spend time alone, writing in his journal. His sometimes arrogant nature can make Mugetsu become impetuous, especially during battle.

It can be assumed that his brash and cold personality is not only due to his trouble with being social, but also because he was suddenly thrust into war, when all he wanted to do was see the world and learn to master his powers.

However, despite his often times cold nature, Mugetsu is still a valiant person at his core, often times putting himself at great risk and rushing into battle without hesitation in order to save his comrades and protect those he loves on the lines of battle. Though most of the time he is skilled and calculating in battle, when it comes to his friends and family being endangered, he will often abandon strategy if it means saving them.

As mentioned before, Mugetsu is typically a skilled fighter in battle, and tends to plan several moves ahead of his opponents. He often adapts to his opponent's fighting style through strategy, though due to his relatively straightforward abilities, he can often have trouble adapting to those possessing strange abilities and fighting styles or those who are simply more powerful fighters than him. However, despite his skill, he is not infallible to his emotions during combat - Mugetsu's tendency to push himself above and beyond his limits during especially intense encounters can lead to him biting off more than he can chew, leading unfavorable situations.

During the events of Dominance: The Next Generation, Mugetsu matures as the story progresses, as he eventually becomes a lot less hotheaded and introverted, making several friends during the storyline, making more developed strategies before rushing into battle, and developing into an overall kinder and calmer person. This is shown after he returns from having his body taken over by Kurotama for three years, and though he is still hotheaded and temperamental, he has overall more respect for his friends and allies. However, his antisocial nature still persists, and he has trouble making friends with those outside of the Orphans of Infamy.

He has a notably sombre outlooks on his actions, blaming himself for the current state of Chance Ramirez and his team, and seeks to redeem himself not only for harming his comrades, but for killing and harming thousands of innocent people during his time as Kurotama. How he intends to do this is currently unknown.

## Story

### The Forsaken Child

Mugetsu was born on the 14th of march, 2037. He was abandoned at birth by an unknown couple at the base of Mount Fuji, Japan. He was left to die there, to succumb to the cold night. Not to his knowledge, it was at this time a heavily injured Kurotama, who had just finished slaying his brethren, took refuge in the newborn child's body. By an amazingy morbid stroke of luck, it was because of this that the hermit living on top of the mountain, the Old God and legendary martial arts mentor Kagayaku Shinsei sensed a dark energy coming from the base of the mountain, and decided to check it out. Had Kurotama not inhabited Mugetsu at this moment, he would never have been found, and would have frozen to death at the base of the mountain.

Kagayaku, prepared to vanquish whatever beast he would find, was surprised that such an presence could originate from a newborn child. Though he did not like the idea of accidentally taking in a demon, he hated the idea of leaving a newborn, human child, someone who was born lower on the natural food chain of life than he, to freeze to death. So, Kagayaku took the boy in, and raised and nurtured the child for many years.

#### **The Prodigy**

When Mugetsu reached the age of 10, Kagayaku started teaching him in a mixture of lethal and non-lethal martial arts styles, most prominently judo, taekwondo, aikido, and muay thai, with minor tidbits of boxing and Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu. Along with that, Mugetsu's master trained him in the art of sword play, training him in both kendo and European sword stances. The training was quite harsh, Ryutsume often scolding or Mugetsu if he did not get a technique correct. However, this training has led to Mugetsu becoming a profound martial artist, his skills much above adult black-belt martial artists and most Supers.

### Gremorion Academy

At age 18, he became a student of Gremorion Academy, and joined the Sanguine Marauders faction, but soon after he found out about Ray Mygerion’s true intention, he defected to the Iron Talon rebellion, along with the rest of the main cast, and posed as one of the core fighting members of Drachen's Striketeam.

#### **The Massacre**

During the Gremorion Academy Incident, Mugetsu was waiting in the bleachers of the Gremorion Academy's fighting arena when the shooters came through. He was responsible for downing several shooters before the rest retreated. During this time, Lucille Gremory had ran to K.S. Ghaston's cell, demanding answers from him. K.S. told Lucille that, according to the Void, this was all a part of Ray's plan to absorb the Void by using human souls as conduits for a Voidic rift so that he may pass through to the Void unharmed. Lucille and Kid reyaled this info to Mugetsu and Bastion, who decided they needed to team up with the only ones who had the power to match the Alliance, the Iron Talon. Kid told the group of a massive I.T. stronghold in the city of New Amber, and immediately began making their way there, picking up Zira Gale and Chance Ramirez along the way.

On the way to New Amber, the Orphans stayed at an abandoned lodge on a hill just a few miles away from the city in order to get some rest, the city set ablaze by the ongoing conflict between the Iron Talon and the Alliance. However, the Alliance had ordered their ships to fire upon civilian households outside the city to prevent outside threats from coming in, and late into the night, the Orphans were awoken by artillery fire tearing apart the lodge. Barely making an escape, they decided that the safest bet was traveling to New Amber under the cover of night. And so, the unlikely heroes set foot once again towards the burning city of New Amber.

### Alliance-Iron Talon War

#### **Burning City of New Amber**

Upon arrival to New Amber, Mugetsu, Bastion, Chance, Lucille, K.S. and Zira began making their way to the heart of the burning city. Before long, they got into a brief confrontation with the overwhelmingly powerful Yellow Diamond, who was more than prepared to dispatch of the team then and there. However, he was stopped by his superior, Alistair Pain, one of the highest ranking members of the Iron Talon. He let the Orphans explain their intentions. Seeing use in a group of decently powerful Supers, Alistair lead them to the Iron Talon's main facility within New Amber - which just so happened to be housing the leader of the Iron Talon and the arch nemesis of the Alliance itself, Dreadnaught.

After making an introduction, Dreadnaught introduced the Orphans to one of his most trusted commanders, Commander Drachen, along with Drachen's personal assistant Dragon. Making their way to Drachen's safehouse in the city, the group finally managed to get a good night's sleep. However, they were awoken early next morning to find out that, under the executive order of Gary Mygerion, the two Alliance airships stationed in the city were going to destroy New Amber.

Not long afterwards, an Alliance dropship landed near the safehouse, and Alliance ground troops began funneling out. Immediately pouncing into action, the team tore through the fireteam. Afterwards, Bastion would teleport the team up into one of the ships, the Orphans being tasked with finding Gary Mygerion on one of these ships and eliminating him. Before they did so, however, they encountered Trent Gremory, a cousin of Lucille. They did battle with the speedster, however Mugetsu eventually managed to out-speed him and tripped him over, pinning him up against a wall. The group had no time to interrogate him, however, as he pulled out a pistol and fired it into the side of his head, ending his own life in order to prevent the team from extracting secrets from him.

After letting Lucille pay her respects to her fallen relative, they entered the captain's deck of the ship, where they found Gary Mygerion sitting in the captain's seat. Drawing his blade, Bloodedge, he did battle with the Orphans. Initially, he dominated the team with his masterful control over gravity, however, Drachen had an ace up his sleeve. With the Orphans distracting the Mygerion, Drachen warned them to move and, after doing so, fired a massive heat beam from his chest, sending Gary flying out of the ship. Unfortunately, Drachen's attack made a major breach in the ship's hull that sent it cruising down towards the city. Bastion teleported aboard the second ship, killing the captain and manning the controls whilst Lucille manned the controls of Gary's ship, using the ships' Void drives to teleport them to Greenland, where Drachen had given them the coordinates to an Iron Talon base stationed there. With this, the Orphans turned the ships towards the ground and quickly leapt off, causing the ships to crash and burn. Shortly thereafter, they began making their way to the Greenland base.

#### **Battle of Calgary**

During the battle with the War Boys that took place in Calgary, Mugetsu fought with the monstrous Orcish Warchief Bloodbasha. However, their battle was stopped when the Visarian Syndicate began to enroach on the battlefield. With the War Boys and Iron Talon agreeing to team up, they did battle with the forces of the Visarian Syndicate.

Mugetsu, along with the rest of the Orphans, was tasked with boarding the Visarian's main airship, the Argos. On the Argos, the Orphans engaged in combat with Ventigox and Reese, two of Donovan Vale's bodyguards. After defeating the pair of bodyguards, the Orphans made their way past them to the captain's deck, where they met Donovan and his two top bodyguards, Yamato Nobunaga and Suchima Nobunaga. However, Donovan stated that the only reason he seeks to fight is because he wishes to use Calgary as a safe haven for civilians affected during the Alliance-Iron Talon conflict, and instead offers to join forces with the Iron Talon. Seeing the advantages of a powerful new ally with world connections, they agreed. With two new factions on their side, the Iron Talon were set to make their move upon Roethsburg.

#### **The Spellplague**

After the Alliance-Iron Talon War and the defeat of Ray Mygerion, Mugetsu and Kurotama became insane due to the rapid disappearance and rebirth of the Void, and went missing.

### **Darkbane Arc**

#### **Clarkesville Incident**

After gathering up most of the original members of his former striketeam, as well as conducting years of searching with Chance Ramirez, and gaining the help of Volker Stahlwulff, Bastion Himmel and the newly reformed Orphans of Infamy headed out on a mission to Georgia, US, where possible sightings of Kurotama had been reported. After arriving ther and eliminating the Darkbane scout Demise, Chance attempted to pinpoint Kurotama's location, but failed to do so. However, it wasn't much longer until Kurotama sensed Chance's own energy from the other side of the town. Interested by the possibility of a powerful opponent, Kurotama let out his own Aura, allowing Chance and Bastion to target his location. As the group got closer to Kurotama's location, they noted that the air began to feel somewhat heavier as they got nearer, confirming Kurotama's presence. Just before they entered the radius of Kurotama's Aura, the group split up into different sub-groups: Volker and Bastion on the support, with Chance, Lucille and Zira on the attack.

They entered Kurotama's Aura radius, the raw amount of supernatural energy enough to cause them to feel pins and needles. Chance and Lucille decided to lure Kurotama out even further, both releasing their powers in order to attract him. Soon after, the Void-kin appeared, the group preparing for battle.

Chance was the first to attack, lobbing a sphere of Aura at Kurotama, who avoided it with ease and appeared behind Chance, claiming that their 'friend' was no longer there, and that he (Kurotama) had taken over his (Mugetsu's) body. The battle was hard-fought, but Kurotama dominated the team as they began to suffer from exhaustion.

However, it was then that the Lance of Adam, still floating in the Void after the death of Ray Mygerion, began to sense this fight. The Lance contacted Chance telepathically, informing the boy that it had chosen him to be his new Champion. The Lance came forth from the heavens, and Chance grasped it in his hands, awakening a vast well of power within the boy. This newfound power was enough to match Kurotama in power, however, Chance was still learning to control such raw energy, and was still being overwhelmed by Kurotama's superior prowess. So, he called upon Lucille, and assisted her in awakening her own godly powers, unveiling the true form of the Warhammer of Eden. Lucille used this power to launch a massive sphere of holy fire, a torrent of flames engulfing Kurotama.

This caused his power to waver for a moment, allowing Mugetsu's soul to restrain Kurotama's energy long enough so that Bastion could teleport to him and force him into an illusion, causing the Voidkin's presence to be repressed back into Mugetsu's subconscious. Kurotama had been sealed once more, but the fight had left the team injured and exhausted, and Chance had lost his right arm, left leg, and an eye due to wielding the Lance's power.

#### **Recovery and the Revenants of Black Watch**

Days after the battle, Mugetsu awakens shortly after Chance, finding himself in the Aftershock facility. He is greeted by Bastion and Aftershock leader Helena Gremory. After briefly conversing with the two about what had happened during his time of unconsciousness, he attempts to stand, only to find out that his muscles and joints had been severely damaged due to Kurotama using so much energy during the Clarkesville battle.

Using crutches to assist mobility, the young man was spotted by Chance in the halls of the facility. Chance, still not recovered from the battle or the mental trauma of losing his extremities, launched into a fit of rage and berated Mugetsu, blaming him for his injuries. Mugetsu makes no moves to defend himself, seeing himself responsible for Chance's condition, and simply lets Chance vent off his rage before going to the cafeteria.

Some time later, the facility was laid siege to by the Revenants of Black Watch, a secretive and powerful organization tasked with maintaining balance on Earth. Their objective was to capture those responsible for the Clarkesville incident, the Orphans. Refusing to submit to another power, the Orphans fought back against the Watch, Mugetsu wearing an exosuit supplied to him by Aftershock. The Orphans were initially decimating their ground forces until an intervention by two Black Watch captains - Gonzalo De La Cruz and Anguis Giovanni. With Chance taking on Gonzalo by himself, Lucille and Mugetsu did battle with Anguis. Recognizing Mugetsu as Kurotama, he lashed out in rage at the boy, who used his enraged and predictable attacks against him to defeat the captain. Though both captains had been defeated, they were still faced with the threat of an even larger force of Black Watch invading. They conversed with Gonzalo, who made them an offer- they were to do trial with the Council of the Watch, and meet them at their court within 24 hours.

At the end of the trial, the Black Watch ruled that the Orphans can live and go to Hellas, however they had to be supervised by one of their members, a 16 year old child named Samson Bellamy.

## Equipment

**Graphene Katana:** A temporary katana blade created by Mist Vaultfreak for Mugetsu to use in the absence of his Skysteel.

**Skysteel Type III - Kusanagi Special:** Mugetsu’s newest blade after losing his previous one during the underground battle with YD, a design of Cain. Differing from its predecessors, the Kusanagi Special takes the shape of a 92 cm (3 foot) long katana. Forged from a graphene alloy base, reinforced with yellow diamond and with an edge made from “divine steel”, the Kusanagi Special is easily the sharpest and most durable sword Mugetsu has ever wielded.

**Journal:** Mugetsu is frequently seen writing in a journal throughout the series. It is implied that Kagayaku gave him the journal as a parting gift before Mugetsu left for Gremorion Academy.

### Former

**Aftershock Exosuit:** A full-body exosuit made primarily of graphene and steel. Lightweight and incredibly durable, however it does slow Mugetsu down to the point where he is only able to travel at around 70 percent of his full speed. Given to him in order to assist his movements whilst he was recovering from the Clarkesville incident.

**Explosive Kunai:** A kunai with several explosive tags on the end, each one said to have explosive power equivalent to that of a grenade. Used for confusing enemies to perform a surprise attack or escape, simultaneously harming said enemies.

**Skysteel:** Mugetsu's original blade, the original Skysteel appeared to be a foot-and-a-half long ninjato (a straight-edged katana). The blade was made was made from an unknown but highly durable material that gave it a dull, bluish sheen, hence the sword's chosen name. It was lost during the battle with Ray Mygerion, when Mugetsu used it to pin the Red Tyrant to the surface of his planetoid in order to prevent him from escaping from Masque's cataclysmic final attack - destroying the blade along with the planetoid.

**Skysteel Type II:** A 45 centimeter (1.5 foot) long *wakizashi* blade constructed out of a highly durable graphene composite, given to him by Sylens International as a gift on behalf of their newly-forged partnership during the Darkbane arc. A replacement of his original *Skysteel* blade, notable differences - other than the change of blade style - include an updated, damascus steel-like finish on the blade, as well as the Japanese kanji for 'full moon' (満月, *Mangetsu*) inscribed on the left side of the blade near the base, and the Sylens International logo inscribed on the right side.

## Powers and Abilities

### Aura

Mugetsu's power is referred to as *Aura*, the ability draw upon the fractional power reserves of his demon, Kurotama. When doing so, a visible sky-blue halo of energy exudes from his body, hence the ability's title. Whilst drawing upon this power, Mugetsu's physical traits are boosted drastically, including his strength, durability, stamina, and - most majorly - speed. However, physical enhancement is not where the capabilities of Aura end - Mugetsu also has the capacity to *transfer* this energy into objects, enhancing their physical properties. For example, he can transfer Aura energy into a blade to greatly increase its sharpness and durability. This property of Aura transferal can even extend to living organisms; including people, as seen in his technique

**Enhanced Speed:** His deadliest - and defining - trait, Mugetsu is able to travel at incredible supersonic speeds, able to keep pace with Jinoga Yujiro, ranking him among the fastest characters in the series. Normally, Mugetsu is able to move between mach 4 to 5, though this limit can be surpassed through the use of his *Demon Gate Seal*. When using his super speed, Mugetsu is seen as a red-and-black streak due to the color of his hair and clothes respectively.

**Enhanced Strength:** Mugetsu has above average strength even when compared to most Supers, and has demonstrated his superhuman strength on multiple occasions, such as when he overpowered a polar bear with his bare hands, and sent men flying several feet with a punch unassisted by his super speed. He can also withstand several times Earth’s gravity for at least a minute, and even resist Mygerion Gravity Control to an extent, as demonstrated when he managed to struggle against Lance Mygerion's gravity pin. The impact of his strikes allows them to posses incredible penetrative capabilities, able to cleave through tank armor with a swift hand-chop and saw an armored man in half with a spin-kick.

**Enhanced Durability:** Due to his intense training, Mugetsu is able to withstand forces far above that of normal human’s and can take several blows from considerably powerful opponents before being taken down. He has taken what would be death blows to regular humans on several occasions, only to emerge with no more than a few minor grazes or bruises. With the use of his Aura, he is able to increase his durability drastically. However, with sufficient power, one is able to wear down his Aura barrier, or even break through it entirely, which will greatly fatigue Mugetsu on top of whatever injury he receives. Without his Aura, Mugetsu is still surprisingly durable, though he is much weaker and it is often when he is low on Aura energy that he sustains his most grievous injuries.

**Enhanced Reactions:** Mugetsu's reactions are inhumanly fast thanks to his super speed, being able to perceive and react to storms of bullets, catch punches from physically enhanced opponents with a single fist, and avoid many objects traveling at supersonic speeds (like Veronica Ryoko’s sound-blades).

#### Derived Techniques

**Flickerstep:** The Flickerstep is a technique developed by Mugetsu after his initial battle with Jinoga. Mugetsu momentarily accesses a higher level of Kurotama's power, accelerating his speed to roughly twice its regular maximum, causing him to seemingly "flicker" from existence due to the massive speeds he travels at. This action causes a massive sonic boom. This technique is used to cover massive lengths of ground in an instant, though he is only able to sustain it for a split second due to the fatigue it causes him, and repeated use of this ability can cause great strain to Mugetsu's body, so he rarely ever uses it multiple times in succession. Mugetsu can also use it as a last-resort to dodge an attack he would not be able to avoid with his regular speed.

**Heaven-Crushing Pulse:** A special technique derived from the *Path of the Godhand* fighting style and Mugetsu's own Aura properties, in which Mugetsu gathers an immense amount of Aura into the palm of his hand, before striking the opponent, usually in the form of a palm-strike. As Mugetsu does this, he forcibly transfers the gathered Aura into his target's body. However, since Mugetsu's aura cannot exist within other living beings, it is forcefully expunged from the target at such a rate that their bodies cannot cope, and internal organs are torn to shreds; the sheer amount of Aura being forced from the affected target's body is enough to create a "pulse" of Aura as this happens. This attack is enough to rupture the insides of, or even completely tear apart of most people who survive the initial strike, thereby making it one of Mugetsu's deadliest. However, Mugetsu **must** successfully strike the center mass of his opponent in order for this to work, otherwise it is rendered ineffective, as seen when Yellow Diamond successfully managed to block the attack.

### Natural Skills, Abilities and Traits

**Expert Hand-to-Hand combatant:** Through vigorous training that started at a young age, Mugetsu has become an expert martial artist, making him a deadly opponent even without his weapons, able to perform various, bone-breaking techniques that can incapacitate and kill an enemy in an instant. He knows several hidden weak spots in the humans body, such as nerve bundles located in the neck and torso. He can also predict and avoid various attacks from enemies, as well as counter them with extreme skill and precision. Skilled in various fields of both lethal and non-lethal martial arts, Mugetsu has a wide array of fighting styles to choose from. Mugetsu's fighting style mostly resembles that of Muay Thai and other kickboxing styles, though he often utilizes techniques seen in Taekwondo for kicks, and BJJ, Judo or Aikido for grapples and throws.

**Expert Swordsman:** Mugetsu has been shown to wield his sword with superb finesse and graceful skill. Trained in both Japanese and European sword stances, Mugetsu is able to switch between fast-striking offensive stances to impenetrable defensive stances.

**Vast Battle IQ:** One of his greatest strengths, Mugetsu's skill and talent in the realm of combat is vast, even among the Orphans of Infamy. His intuitive mind when it comes to combat allows him to adapt to the fighting styles and patterns of his enemies, allowing him to come up with effective counter-attacks and strategies to best his opponent.

**Enhanced Endurance:** Thanks to his harsh training, most notably his training in Antarctica, Mugetsu’s stamina is leagues above that of a normal human’s. He is able to fight without rest for hours on end, and his body can go without being sustained by nutrients for around three times longer than a regular human.

**Advanced Recovery Rate:** Mugetsu has been shown to have uncanny recovery speed, often recovering from being staggered or winded in a matter of seconds. He is also able to recover from long-term injuries faster than most people, wounds that would usually take a regular person around a month or so to fully recover from only taking Mugetsu around one to two weeks to heal. This is one of Mugetsu’s most useful traits, as it helps greatly in battle, and even surprise enemies enough for him to launch a counter attack.

### Transformations

#### **Kurotama**

As a Gremory, Mugetsu's body is host to a demonic entity, this one in particular being dubbed Kurotama. Kurotama is an incredibly fearsome and ancient entity that possesses the ability to absorb the souls of those it slays, fueling its own power and growing stronger with each enemy felled. Although Mugetsu's ability comes from drawing upon an extremely small amount of Kurotama's power, he is able to 'unlock' further amounts of his power via the use of the *Demon Gate Seal*, a magic seal imposed upon him as to ensure that Kurotama does not go haywire. However, Mugetsu only draws on further parts of his power as a be-all, end-all last resort, as unlocking even the first Demon Gate can wreak havoc on Mugetsu's body thanks to it not being acclimated to the vast increase in power.

While drawing from Kurotama's power, Mugetsu's gains an immense increase in all aspects of his physical abilities, rivaling the likes of even the most powerful Supers, being able to create canyons or cause massive structures and landforms to crumble in a single attack and easily accelerate to hypersonic speeds in the blink of an eye.

#### **Demonic Gate Seal**

Given to him by his master to control his inner demon, the *Demonic Gate Seal* is appears as a triangular seal with a circle at each of it's edges, and one in the middle with three lines connecting to it from each of the triangle's corners. Mugetsu can open "Gates" of the seal, allowing him to use portions of Kurotama's power without the risk of using up too much energy or Kurotama taking over. Each circle glows purple as another "Gate" is opened, and, depending on how many gates are opened, black, flame-like tattoos will engulf Mugetsu's body, and his eyes become red and black.

* **First Gate:** The top circle of the seal begins to glow blue, and Mugetsu's pupils become red while his sclera become black. In this mode, his physical abilities are enhanced somewhat. Due to using more power than what his body can typically handle, it puts a degree of stress upon Mugetsu's body, causing muscle strain and minor tearing with each movement.
* **Second Gate:** The bottom right circle lights up, and both the bottom right and the top triangle begin to glow a warm yellow. This time, black, flame-like markings spread up his arms and legs. In this form, Mugetsu's physical prowess is enhanced even further, but will cause severe muscle and ligament tearing, and even blood vessel rupturing if he strains himself, and burns through his Aura pool at an alarming rate.
* **Third Gate:** The bottom left circle, along with the previous two circles, begins to glow red. The flame-like markings spread to Mugetsu's face, and his Aura becomes pitch black. Whatever weapon Mugetsu happens to be holding in this state will automatically morph into Tsukuyomi. In this state, Mugetsu has access to 100% of Kurotama's power. However, maintaining control over Kurotama can lead to devastating effects on Mugetsu's body. This includes torn muscles, bursting blood vessels and in the most extreme of cases, it can lead to his bones deteriorating over time after he uses the Third Gate. Due to the immense power the Third Gate grants him, Mugetsu's body begins to use its very life force to compensate. This means that, for every second Mugetsu spends in his Third Gate, his total lifespan is shortened by a full day. As a fail-safe to prevent Kurotama from causing too much harm, Mugetsu's absolute limit of assuming this form is roughly five minutes before it automatically deactivates, meaning that he can have his life shortened by up to 300 days. Mugetsu is unable to use any of his gates for the next 24 hours once Third Gate has been deactivated.
	+ **Nisshoku:** Gathering all of his power into the palm of his hand, Mugetsu shapes the resultant energy sphere into a 6-foot long blade of pure black, a weapon dubbed *"The Eclipse Blade"*. Getting into an *iai* stance, there is a brief pause before Mugetsu bolts forwards, instantly accelerating to his full speed in order to cleave his target in two in a single, all-out attack. The destructive capacity of this technique is such that it is known to completely atomize those struck by it, and can cleave massive structures and landforms, including entire mountains, in two even if they are miles away. The cost of such destructive power is that it uses up every ounce of power Mugetsu has, and will leave him incapacitated and completely unable to fight for an extended period of time afterwards.

## Trivia

* Mugetsu is poetic Japanese phrase roughly translating to "Moonless Sky", referring to the fact that Mugetsu was found on the night of a new moon.
* Mugetsu is shown exhibiting characteristics of Survivor's Guilt after coming back from Kurotama's control, especially after Chance's meltdown towards him.
* Character Theme