Amy Kirio

## Amy Kiriwo

* Student
* True Self

Amy Kirio is a former third-year student in Babyls Demon School and the former representative of the Magical Apparatus Battler. While his demon ranking is Beth (2), and he is considered a physically and magically weak demon, he was the mastermind behind the attack during the Battler Party and the main antagonist during that time.

Despite his harmless appearance, Kirio enjoys seeing people in despair and plots to destroy Babyls. He is an executive member of Baal's movement to eliminate the current system in the Demon World.

## Appearance

Kirio has short turquoise hair parted down the middle and eyes of the same color. He has a beauty mark under his left eye. He has pointed ears, purple nails, and asymmetrical horns, and wears ear cuffs. The horn on the right side of his head is larger than the one on the left, as he broke it as a child.

He wears the standard boys' school uniform, a short white cape around his shoulders, a pair of large circular glasses, and a choker with a stone that stores magical energy, which he received from Baal.

## Personality

Despite appearing gentle, meek, and smiling all the time at first, it is later shown that he can be quite cunning and manipulative.

He is also extremely perverted and sadistic in nature, deriving pleasure from others' pain and suffering against their will. He enjoys it so much that he'll go to great lengths to cause suffering to his victims and even revel in his own misfortune, as shown when Iruma ruins his plans.

He is one of the few considered as "Returned to Origins."

## History

When he was a child, Kirio's magic power capacity was measured and found to be none, which worried and disappointed his family as their household was known for its notably high power capacity.

He was then sent to Demon Children's Garden, an elementary correctional institution that raises and exerts full control over young demons. There, he experiences a strict and harsh environment as he is told he is dirtying his family name and is bullied for it. Amidst the negativity in the garden, he met and befriended Yumeko Culus, who was just around his age and was similar to him in terms of grades. She let him touch her charm, her grandmother's earring, which she said would make him feel more cheerful. However, the bullies took it and threw it off the cliff. Kirio managed to catch it with his barrier, but it broke as he lost focus, and the earring fell while Yumeko watched in despair. After the incident, she quit the Garden while Kirio was forced to remain by his parents.

The despairing face Yumeko made remained in Kirio's mind, which made him realize how much he liked seeing such expressions. He even mentioned feeling a thrilling ecstasy the first time he saw it. Afterward, he became determined to see more faces of despair.

## Synopsis

### Battler Events Arc

Kirio was walking along the corridor when Iruma crashed into and strangled him. Iruma immediately let go and apologized, to which Kirio assured him he was fine. Kirio notices Iruma's ring and says it must've reacted since it and his choker were made of the same material. While talking, two freshmen pass by and complain about the mess. At first, they panicked a bit when they noticed Kirio was an upperclassman, but when they saw his badge, one freshman hit him, and then they walked off laughing.

Iruma asks why the underclassmen are so rude, to which Kirio explains he's still a Beth (2) despite being an upperclassman and has weak magical energy. He also tells Iruma of his dream to someday create a magical tool that can be used by demons like him, who has little to no magical power and then walks off.

Kirio reencounters Iruma after an explosion from a failed experiment. Kirio then invites Iruma to look around the room of the Magical Tools Research Battler, where he showed some of the tools, including Gabu-ko. Iruma found shattered pieces and began assembling them, while Kirio recalls it broke when Iruma crashed into him. After assembling the heart-shaped spare part, Kirio was amazed, and Iruma told him how he became good at assembling things. Kirio then activates Gabu-ko with the part Iruma fixed and emits a light that fascinates Iruma. Kirio explains the use of Gabu-ko and how magical energy is important in the Demon World and even in school since a ranking system makes the distinction between low and high ranks clear.

Iruma relates to it as he also naturally doesn't have magical energy and is also a Beth (2) and asks if he could join the battler. The next day, Iruma visits him along with Alice and Clara, and the three join the battler.

During the Battler Party, Kirio, Iruma, Alice, and Clara, decided to put on a fireworks show as their presentation. Unbeknownst to everyone, Kirio was planning on destroying the school with a magically amplified firework ball, hoping to destroy the school and its students to see the faces of despair among its students and the parents attending.

On the eve of the Battler Party, while preparing for their presentation, the school was suddenly encased in a barrier created by Kirio's magic supplemented by his necklace (which stores magic). This led Iruma to confront Kirio in his secret room, after which Iruma foiled his plans by throwing the firework ball into the air with max power from his ring. After his plan was foiled, Kirio calmly surrendered to the teachers and the police department.

### Walter Park Arc

After the events of the Battler Party, Kirio was sentenced to two years in prison at Ouroboros Prison, located beneath Walter Park. He was released from prison by members of the Six Fingers during Iruma and his friends' trip to the park after the Six Fingers summoned three beasts to wreak havoc in the park above.

### Music Festival Arc

After the presentation of the Abnormal Class at the music festival, Kirio was waiting at his former club room in hopes of seeing Iruma. Instead, he was greeted by Alice; after having a short conversation, Alice attacked him as Kirio showed the eyes of those whom have succumbed to their Evil Cycle and had "returned to their origins," angrily asking why Kirio would want to see Iruma. Alice violently resisted, but Kirio slipped away after Clara entered the room.

Kirio and one of the Six Fingers, Wett, eventually left the school after meeting with the former Thirteen Crown, Amduscias Poro, to discuss the possible revival of Demon King Derkila.

## Abilities

**Barrier:** The Amy family's bloodline magic. It allows him to make invisible walls but will crack when he loses focus. Thanks to this ability, he has never been seriously injured from explosions, which makes it more of a defensive type, but he still pukes blood from the recoil.

At his strongest, he can also make a maze-like structure with it, moving the walls around in the process. The barrier can only be permanently broken by the power of a Yod class as it regenerates when damaged by lower classes.

## Relationships

### Iruma Suzuki

When Kirio and Iruma first met, they were on the path to becoming friends, as Kirio initially believed they were similar. However, things worsened after Kirio revealed to Iruma his history and desired to destroy Babyls with their project. To Kirio's surprise, rather than sinking into despair at the hopeless situation he helped create, Iruma did everything he could to protect everyone, showing Kirio that the two of them weren't as alike as he once thought. Despite this, Kirio still holds Iruma to a degree of admiration. Upon learning that Iruma is a human, Kirio becomes ecstatic at the thought of eating Iruma to make him despair. He also seems to take joy in the thought of exposing Iruma as a human to everyone around him, particularly Alice, due to his devotion to Iruma.

### Asmodeus Alice

Initially, the two were on good terms, but Alice was not informed of Kirio's sudden disappearance from the school after the Battler Party. After the Music Festival, when Alice is supposed to retrieve a feather from the club room, he suddenly sees Kirio and has a short conversation before attacking Kirio due to Kirio's eyes reflecting those who have "returned to origins," angrily inquiring as to why would someone like him (Kirio) want to meet Iruma. Now, Alice considers Kirio a threat to Iruma, making him his enemy.

### Baal

He is Kirio's senior and the founder of the Magical Apparatus Battler. Kirio sought him out as a child, hoping to look for other people like him. Baal took Kirio under his wing, taught him, and gave him gifts. Despite how 'crudely' Baal talks to him, Baal trusts Kirio and vice versa.

### Amy Ami

She is Kirio's mother and head of the Amy family. She seems to be disappointed in Kirio's lack of magical capabilities.

### Yumeko Culus

She was once his friend at the Garden of Delinquents.

## Trivia

* In demonology, **Amy** (also spelled as **Amii**, **Auns**, **Hanar**, and **Hanni**) is a President of Hell, having 36 legions of demons under his command. He can teach astronomy and liberal arts, give familiars, incite positive reactions from rulers, and reveal treasures. He is depicted as a flame before turning into a more human-like form, and according to many authors, he is also one of the demons that possess the futile hope of returning to heaven.
* Kirio speaks in a Kansai dialect (Kyoto-ben, to be more specific).
	+ However, according to the author's tweet, she calls it *Keihan-ben*, spoken by Kirio's family and others around their area.
* According to the author's tweet, Kirio likes lightly seasoned food such as tofu.
* His inmate ID number is 1313.
* Amy Kirio's name is officially spelled with a 'w' (Amy Kiriwo). However, the 'w' is very soft in Japanese, so the sound is virtually the same for English speakers.
* Amy Kirio's name was controversial early in the manga. However, manga canon and all official merch have used the spelling "Amy."
* The purple tassels on his cape are not, in fact, tassels but his gloves. According to the author's tweet, the holes on the gloves are there so Kirio can hang them on his cape. However, it also seems like there are more reasons for the holes.