Habaki Sakagami

* Pre-Timeskip
* Post-Timeskip

**Habaki Sakagami** (坂上覇吐, *Sakagami Habaki*?) is the main protagonist of the *Shinza Banshou* series. He is the founder and president of the Yorozuya, as well as a highly-skilled Gudou God, having fought in the Joui War in the past. During the war, he became known as the **Akayasha**, (literally meaning "Red Yaksha", a kind of demon in Buddhism and Hinduism) due to his powerful swordsmanship, powerful psychic abilities, demonic appearance, red clothing and red hair.

## Appearance

Habaki is a very handsome young man with fair skin and a fairly muscular build despite the number of sweets he eats. He has naturally spiky hair, which causes him no end of distress. His scarlet red hair is in a perpetually messy state, which is sometimes exaggerated into a frizzy afro when Habaki's hair is hit by extreme heat. He bordeaux-colored eyes and wears red-eyeliners under them.

His standard outfit consists of a brown yukata with a yokai pattern on it, worn so that his arm only goes through the left sleeve and the right half droops down over his obi. On his droopy sleeves, he has white leopard fur on them. Underneath, he wears dark green chestplate and a red kimono with purple linings on the v-neck. He also wears Geta sandals which appear to add about half an inch to his height. It is shown that he has a closet full of replicas of this outfit, so whenever it gets destroyed he can appear in the next episode or chapter with a new one. All in all, his outfit suggests an air of laziness and may be a reflection of Habaki's own personal sense of style, though it is revealed that his usual attire is actually the school jersey for the Zunborans

## Personality

Habaki is a cheerful and lively man who loves being noisy, and is friendly to all members of the Eastern Expedition. Though they see him as a lovable idiot.

Habaki is also extremely lazy. He is often seen wearing a dumb expression on his face and spends his days lounging around reading Shounen Jump whilst imparting wise and sage-like advice to his younger employees, even though he doesn't actually know what he's talking about most of the time. Due to his poverty and unwillingness to do mostly anything, he is always behind on his rent and often runs away when Otose, his landlady, comes to collect the payment. He often blows all of his savings on Pachinko and other gambling games, which Ren and Rindou often scold him for. However, even though he is lazy, Habaki is quite dedicated to his job and tries to help people with the best of his abilities (usually in a very strange and twisted way). He is sarcastic and unattached but he values connections more than anyone in the series. For the most part, Habaki is content with hanging out with his friends. However different aspects of his personality emerge depending on the situation. In the more comedy arcs he is characterized as cowardly and sarcastic, but in serious arcs he is a unwavering and will die for someone who he cares about. He very much enjoys, joking, being passionate, and arguing about stupid stuff so he and his friends at the end of a day can have a good laugh.

He is a very confident individual, facing adversity without fear, even if he has no grounds to build his confidence upon. Though he is rational, and has a viewpoint built upon a strong foundation of common sense.  While he's the butt-monkey of his squad, Habaki has shown to be rather perceptive, noticing abnormalities in Edo or in Madara's mental world and making rather crafty ideas during his fight with the Tenma.

Habaki's past continues to influence who he is and how he acts. He admitted to Umibozu in Episode 42 that he believes that having a loving family is all someone really needs in life, due to his lack of a family during his childhood. He is very respectful of the memory of his teacher Yoshida Shouyou due to his actions (the arrest of his teacher is one of the main reasons he joined the Joui War. The other was to protect his friends who also joined the war). When Jiraia called himself Rindou's teacher and yet harmed her both emotionally and physically, his ideal for what a teacher was supposed to be resulted in Habaki becoming enraged and taking his anger out on Jiraia.

Even in the battle with a strong enemy, he has his heroic character that scrambles his will, shouts his belief and is accepted. He is not afraid to resort of cheap tactics in order to achieve victory, such as blinding his foe with sand.

The more comical stories depict Habaki as a coward, attempting to leave behind many of his friends to save his own life. However, he is willing to risk his life for anyone and he is shown to be extremely caring towards his friends and has killed Naraku members, terrorists, and Amanto to protect them. He is extremely frightened of ghosts, but will usually deny their existence so that he doesn't look like a coward. His fear of the supernatural is shared by Hijikata and usually results in quite a few comic interactions between the two.

He has many childish personality traits despite his age, and has even called himself a "child in a man's body." One such trait is his insatiable love for sweets, which has placed him at risk of getting diabetes several times. His favorite food is chocolate parfait and he loves chugging down strawberry milk whenever he gets access to it. He also is repeatedly shown to have difficulty expressing his emotions and often disguises his true feelings under a cold outer layer; for example, when Umibouzu arrived to take Kagura home, he inadvertently made Kagura feel hurt and rejected by telling her to leave with him, despite having the best intentions for her.

He is also a lustful individual, who would give a night crawling to anyone, and does tend to harass his fellow Expedition members. Thus his bad habits with women are not completely trusted in the Eastern Expedition.

He refers to himself as ore. He is a highly informal individual, rarely, if ever, using honorifics, even with his superiors.

## Abilities

As he was raised in a Samurai family he is a skilled martial artist, and has an inhuman degree of strength, to such an exceptional degree that he was chosen to be the personal retainer of Rindou Koga on the expedition into Edo.

### The Almighty

Rosencreutz's primary magic is known as ****Pleroma**** (事象干渉(プレローマ), *Jishō Kanshō (Purerōma)*?, lit. "Phenomenon Intervention"), which allows him to perceive the 'quantum strings' that forms existence, which he can pull (or just think about what he wants to do) to manipulate reality. CRC observes all possible quantum realities and is able to choose which one happens, allowing him to manipulate all the probabilities. With this, He can neutralize attacks by establishing that he isn't fated to be hit by them and remove all obstacles by establishing that he is destined to overcome them. Rosencreutz can also change the result of an action or the state of an object into his own desired outcome, no matter how improbable. It is even possible to permanently alter the status of any living being or object to make an abnormal state their normal state, which makes any form of healing useless.

### Ain Soph Aur

****Ain Soph Aur**** (万象聖堂(アイン・ソフ・オウル), *Banshō Seidō (Ain Sofu Ōru)*?, lit. "Sanctuary of All Things In Creation"): A huge rose flower containing a silhouette of Mayuri at the center of the petals. Following the command to bloom, the flower constantly emits particles of light that instantanously kills anything that comes in contact with it. This goes for all organic and non-organic entities, such as robots or warships. This ability is described as a "light of absolute death" that "reduces everything to zero in the blink of an eye". CRC is able to impose death on abstract things like magic or energy. By ordering Anna Kingsford's attacks to die, he managed to nullify all of them instantly.

### Ain Soph

****Ain Soph**** (輪廻楽園(アイン・ソフ), *Rinne Rakuen (Ain Sofu)*?, lit. "Samsara of Paradise"): A large tree decorated with flowers and branches that pierce the sky and reshape the surrounding landscape into a monochrome, chessboard-like appearance. Within this area of effect, extended by the tree's branches and roots, Rosencreutz is able to freely manipulate and rewrite the laws of reality. He can neutralize attacks by establishing that he isn't fated to be hit by them, and remove obstacles by establishing that he is destined to overcome them. CRC can also change the result of an action or the state of an object into his own desired outcome, no matter how improbable. It is even possible to permanently alter the status of any living being or object to make an unnatural state their natural state, which makes any form of healing useless. Anyone who attempt to go against these laws will be erased from existence. He can give himself additional abilities, as well as manipulate the condition of his opponent's body. He can even use this power on incorporeal things like the air, laser beams, light or even other abilities.

He can also use his own force of will to impose the image of immaterial objects onto reality, allowing him to materialize an ethereal sword capable of slaying mythical beasts or a small village in the mountains. He can even violate causality itself, such as felling a tree despite not having the physical strength to do this.

### Antithesis

Pickingill's primagic is called ****Antithesis**** (完全反立(アンチサーシス), *Kanzen Hanritsu (Anchisāshisu)*?, lit. "Perfect Anti-Setup"), which enables him to designate any two targets and completely reverse anything that has already happened between the both of them. For instance, if Pickingill were to be greatly injured while fighting an opponent, he could reverse what occurred between himself and his enemy, simultaneously healing himself while grievously wounding his opponent. Pickingil is also able to use Antithesis to inverse the effects of an occurrence into forming the opposite results. All attacks and weakness are converted into healing and empowerment. He can violate laws of causality, such as felling a tree despite not possessing the physical strength to do it.

### Phantasmagoria

Like the Magic Gods, Aiwass is capable of applying and manipulating phases, granting it total control over the fabric of existence. It can warp reality, bring anything into existence, freely manipulate all existing things, and return them to nothingness when their purpose is extinguished. Aiwass claims that restructuring the rules governing atomic matter, going back in time to change the evolution and development of all life, and reconstructing the laws of the world would be easy for it to accomplish. It has the near godlike ability to control and alter anything tangible, even human bodies. While comparing itself to the Philosopher's Stone, it was stated that not only can Aiwass transform lead into pure gold, but it can change high-density nuclear waste into stable platinum. Other feats include removing a sword from its body and then crumpling it, and stopping a Demon-possessed Funa, in which he held her in place mid-air, transformed her weapon into a bird, turned her into a flower from which he then telekinetically ripped out the tiny demon inside, and incinerated it with pure white flames from his hand.

Pickingill's primary magic is known as ****Marble Phantasm**** (空想顕現(マーブル・ファンタズム), *Kūsō Kengen (Māburu Fantazumu)*?, lit. "Fantasy Manifestation"), which he describes as the power to manifest "miracles" upon himself by connecting his will to the Sephiroth. This magic works according to the "clustering illusion" theory of probability. With it, he can materialize a tangible illusion and reconstruct the world through his imagination. Much like a mathematical metaphor that invloves drawing a white marble from a bag of black marbles with a one percent chance, Marble Phantasm can alter the probability and raise that chance to one hundred percent and definitely pick the white one amongst all of the black ones. Pickingill also suggests that the more improbable that a certain event is, the more likely Marble Phantasm can make said event a reality. As such, Pickingill can create any phenomena so long as it's within his own imagination and the scope of nature, as the same cannot be done with things that exist independently of the world, such as humans or animals. Pickingill states that Marble Phantasm is purely the unique ability to freely transform one's own surroundings to bring forth miracles into his line of vision.

By Pickingill's own accounts, conventional miracles are just the result of impossible or nigh-impossible events happening when they are needed the most. Because of this fact, whenever Pickingill appears to be up against nigh-impossible odds (e.g. in battle), Marble Phantasm allows him to succeed anyway regardless of his normal chances. Using this, he can alter probability as he likes to give himself any preferred outcomes. For example, if there was "a kingdom that will triumph, then be defeated", it would be possible to change the order of events, and thus the conclusion, to "a kingdom that will be defeated, then triumph". He can also manipulate the result of "being defeated" into "not being defeated". Pickingill claims that he could even survive a nuclear explosion without so much as a single scratch on him. If his foes attempt to hide from him, he'll find them immediately.

In addition to this, Pickingill can cause unlikely events to happen, such as objects randomly self-destructing, spontaneous combustion, or multiple meteorites falling from the sky. By materializing people's fear of being unable to destroy him into reality, Pickingill becomes basically invincible, with most attacks missing him and something as simple as throwing a pebble could cause a chain reaction of disasters to befall his opponents. He

In addition to this, Pickingill can cause unlikely events to happen, such as objects randomly self-destructing, spontaneous combustion, or multiple meteorites falling from the sky. These occurrences involve redirecting any environmental factors towards the target in a harmful manner, such as a raindrop hitting with the same force of a bullet, a lightbulb exploding in someone's vicinity or a falling leaf slicing off a person's hand. Some events may be caused by Pickingill himself, like throwing a pebble to trigger a chain reaction of disasters to befall his opponents. Pickingill also gains extreme luck and becomes basically invincible, with most attacks missing him entirely. He can even make any one of his own attacks hit their mark with immense accuracy.

He can also use his own force of will to impose the image of immaterial objects onto reality, allowing him to materialize an ethereal sword capable of slaying mythical beasts or a small village in the mountains. He can even transform the layers of the atmosphere within a corridor into a vacuum that eviscerates his target. He is able

### Nameless Glory

Pickingill's main magic is ****Synchronicity Wave Travelling**** (共時性周波旅行, *Kyōjisei Shūha Ryokō*?), which he describes as the power to travel the synchronicity freeway, controlling it to suit his every need. With it, Pickingill causes everything to shape in a way that best advantages him and his interests. This magic works according to the "clustering illusion" theory of probability. Much like a mathematical metaphor that invloves drawing a white marble from a bag of black marbles with a one percent chance, Pickingill can alter the probability and raise that chance to one hundred percent and definitely choose the white marble amongst all the black marbles. Pickingill also suggests that the more improbable a certain event is, the more likely he is able to make said event actually happen through synchronicity wave travelling, increasing his chances of succeeding even more than ever.

With this, Pickingill can make the impossible possible and alter probability as he likes to give himself any preferred outcomes. For example, if there was "a kingdom that will triumph, then be defeated", it would be possible to change the order of events, and thus the conclusion, to "a kingdom that will be defeated, then triumph". He can also manipulate the result of "being defeated" into "not being defeated". Moreover, Pickingill can turn layers of the atmosphere within a corridor into a vacuum that eviscerates foes or cause a nuclear explosion out of nowhere. He can also cause unlikely events to happen, such as having things randomly self-destruct, spontaneous combust, or multiple meteorites falling from the sky.

The most powerful application of Synchronicity Wave Travel allows Pickingill to grant people's wishes and take whatever he desires in return. He utilizes this to amass wealth, influence, and power by deceiving people into wishing for something so he can take whatever he chooses from them in exchange. With every wish Pickingill grants, the scope of his abilities grows. However, Pickingill's lifeforce is drained as a result of granting a wish, causing his health to rapidly deteriorate, although he gets around this by draining the lifeforce of the wisher.

In addition, Nameless Glory’s secondary application is called ****Mirror Lion**** (鏡獅子, *Kagami Jishi*?). By turning people's fear of being unable to destroy him into reality, Pickingill can stop the time of his own body, which in turn prevents any external interference from the outside world. Because Pickingill is physically separate from the flow of time, and therefore the world itself, he and anything imbued with his power aren’t beholden to the laws of physics which normally dictates how all matter should interact with its surroundings. This grants him freedom from gravity, wind resistance, and conservation of momentum. Using this, he can move at blinding speeds and leap to incredible heights. He also becomes nigh-invincible in this state, making it so whatever touches him is instantly vaporized, as seen when Aleister threw a spear at him, and it vanished on impact.

He can also stop the time of objects, including anything he's touching, wearing or even his own breath, which prevents the object from receiving any external interference while only allowing its influence on the world. He uses this on small objects such as dirt, sand, or pebbles, in order to transform them into deadly projectiles that pierce any and all defenses. As the time of these objects are stopped, the objects act as anomalies to the world, being cut off from the flow of time. Because an object under Mirror Lion's effect is unable to experience change or outside influence, it will pierce straight through any other object or person it comes into contact with. Even a mere gust of wind produced by his hand movement or his breath can be used to effectively create an invisible blade of air that can split the earth and sky apart, cutting down everything in its path without fail. He can even imbue people he touches with Mirror Lion in order to fling them away with impossible momentum that cannot be slowed, leaving cartoonish person-shaped holes in whatever they pass through. Furthermore, Pickingill is also free to manipulate objects imbued with Mirror Lion to his heart's content, turning a whole body of water into a rising pillar, and even manipulating the structure of buildings as if he was playing with a Rubik's Cube.

### Distortion

**Misogiharae - Yomotsugaeri** (禊祓・黄泉返り?) is Habaki's first Distortion, though it is different from all other Distortions, for it is not the result of Edo's Pollution. But rather originates from the Tumor's dual desires of "I don't want to die" and "I want to live".  This ability allows Habaki to take his opponent's Distortion, attacks, or an ability and use it to resurrect himself after he's "killed". Ritual Purification - Turning Over of the Afterlife. The energy born of this resurrection is reflected back to his opponent, or whoever he wishes to be struck. This "reflected" attack is unavoidable, as it twists causality so that being struck by the reflected blow is a "casual response to his own death".  This was powerful enough that he was able to return after being slain by Tenma Yato. Though it does have the detriment of having a great negative effect on his mental and physical states, as he still does die from such strikes. Placing a great toll upon his mental state.

Additionally, Pickingill can use his force of will to impose the image of immaterial objects onto those around him. He is able to manipulate the boundary between fantasy and reality, turning one into the other. Using this, he can turn a person's bones into cookies, make his body stronger than iron, stretch people painfully into liquid shapes or even manipulate weather. He can also create various elements and substances, e.g. creating lava, water, ice, or even creating a gigantic stone platform and steel pillars to use for offense and defense against foes and manipulate them as he sees fit. He can restructure the landscape to his liking, such as manifesting an enormous crevice. Moreover, Pickingill is also capable of creating real weaponry around himself, ranging from machine guns to missiles, in order to attack his opponent.

### Sakagami Heirloom

The ****Sakagami Heirloom**** (坂上の家宝, *Sakagami no Kahō*?, lit. "Family Treasure of Sakagami") is Habaki's main weapon. A sword passed down to Habaki by his mother. It has uncanny shapeshifting abilities and can change form depending on Habaki's situation. Beside its standard form, it can split into whip sword with 20 segments to supplement his range and defense, change into giant scissors to set up traps, morph into a dragon-headed cannon that shoots compressed spheres of ki, and finally, a giant scythe that reaps lives apart, unlocked from his determination to win against Yato.

This weapon has five separate forms:

* Sword/Base Form
* Whip Sword
* Giant Scissors
* Giant Cannon
* Scythe Form
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* **Form 1: Giant Sword** (大剣, *Daiken*?): The sword's base form, Habaki usually fights with this form.
* **Form 2: Serpent Blade** (蛇腹剣, *Jabara Ken*?): The sword can split into a whip sword with 20 segments to supplement Habaki's range and defense. Even Keishirou who's used to odd abilities couldn't easily escape.
* **Form 3: Giant Scissors** (大鋏, *Daihasami*?): The sword changes into giant scissors to set up traps.
* **Form 4: Dragon Cannon** (竜砲, *Ryūhō*?): First unlocked and used in the second fight against Ootake. The sword morphs into a dragon-headed cannon that uses Habaki's emotions as ammunition to shoot compressed spheres of ki. It boasts the highest attack power of all the forms.
* **Form 5: Execution Sickle** (処刑鎌, *Shokei Kama*?): A giant scythe that reaps lives apart, unlocked during the final battle against Yato. It excels at ensuring its target's death via decapitation, making it reminiscent of a certain guillotine.