Akatsuki

**Akatsuki** is a high-ranking demon, one of the last ones still active, and the head of the Red Carnation Estate. He is one of the main antagonists of the series. He especializes in physical damage attacks.

He is a subordinate of Makka, along with Renmu.

## History

Akatsuki once served the Demon King as one of the 12 Demon Commanders. However, after the fall of the Demon Empire and the corruption of most of the low-rank demons, he then became the leader of the Red Carnation Estate as the last heir of the demoniac forces.

## Appearance

Akatsuki appears as a short demon boy, with pale blue complexion and grey eyes with long eyelashes. He has long and spiky silver hair tied down into a ponytail. He also has sharp teeth and a small horn poking from the right side of his forehead that is often covered by his hair. He has a built physique compared to his physical age.

Akatsuki wears a blue robe with white fur trim on the edge of the hood with dark blue sleeves and over navy pants with bronze cuffs. Sometimes, he wears a blue cloud-patterned kimono with zori slippers.

Akatsuki carries a morphing pole with a lamp attached on it as his weapon. It can transform itself into various forms, such as a sword, an axe or a scythe, following his needs.

Akatsuki is always emotionless and serious, sometimes showing bits of rage or worries towards Make

## Personality

Akatsuki is rather apathetic and cold-blooded, not showing any emotions towards anyone. He doesn't hesitate to kill his targets and strictly follows his master's requests. The only person who Akatsuki really cares about is Makka, his fraternal sister and sole friend.

In battles, Akatsuki have a passion in bloodshed and slaughter. Using all his weapons, he can slash and cut through nearly anything, switching between pole-arms and axes to get a effective and perfect target-kill.

Akatsuki cares about Makka the most, as she was the one who rescued and helped him when he needed, as a human. He often hunts special goods just for her.

Akatsuki doesn't have a special liking for anything but meat. His favorite thing is going hunting

## Abilities and Powers

Akatsuki has superior physical abilities and superb fighting skills, having received a good amount of demon blood and special training and enabling him to fulfill any wish or request of the former Demon King. However, being a demon, sunlight exposure is deadly to him, his main weakness.

* **Superior physique:** As a demon, Akatsuki has superior physical abilities including enhanced strength and resistance, despite her petite size. He also received a significant amount of Blood from the Demon King itself, enabling her to fulfill any wish or request of his Lord.
	+ **Immense strength:** Akatsuki wields an immense strength as a demon, breaking the normal physical restrictions of humans such as pain or stamina.
	+ **Enhanced regeneration:** Akatsuki has superior regeneration skills and heavy damage resistance.
	+ **Immense speed:** Akatsuki has a superb speed even compared to other high-rank demons, due to both his light physique and fighting training. It helps him to target-kill his targets fast and stealthily.
* **Immortality:** As a demon, Akatsuki can live for centuries without having his body to degrade. However, sunlight is his main weakness along with massive damage to his core organs, such as heart and brain.

### Lunar Reaper Style

Akatsuki always carries with him a long pole with a lamp attached on it that possesses magical transformational abilities. Using it as his main fighting tool, by changing its form by the needs, Akatsuki attacks its targets with a series of heavy physical attacks and cosmic-powered magical spells.

* **New Moon:** the Lunar Pole takes the form of a shadow-cloaked sword, that Akatsuki uses as a sword-fighting against his enemies.
* **Waxing Crescent:** the Lunar Pole takes the form of a light-cloaked scythe, that Akatsuki swings against his enemies.
* **Full Moon:** the Lunar Pole takes the form of a light-cloaked sword, that Akatsuki uses as a sword-fighting against his enemies.
* **Wanning Gibbous:** the Lunar Pole takes the form of a light-cloaked heavy axe, that Akatsuki swings against his enemies.
* **Bloody Moon:** the Lunar Pole takes the form of a blood-made long scythe, that Akatsuki swings against his enemies.

## Trivia

* Akatsuki name (暁月) means "daybreak, dawn"
* Unlike other demons, Akatsuki wasn't devoted or even respectful to the Demon King, but because of his competency and his "interesting personality" according to the demon lord itself, he was permitted to do so.