Keitaro Gentoga

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**Keitaro Gentoga** (幻燈河 螢多朗, *Gentōga Keitarō*) is a young man with a spiritual constitution, the tutor of both Yayoi Hozuki and Ai Kamiyo and the childhood friend and boyfriend of Eiko Hozuki.

## Appearance

He has black hair and brown eyes. He wears a glove on his right hand due to the curse imbued in it.

## Personality

Keitaro is a cowardly young man who strongly prefers to keep his life away from anything that is cursed and paranormal, unlike Eiko and her cousin. He experiences panic in various situations, such as when his girlfriend engages in reckless driving or when Yayoi enters the phone booth rumored to be haunted by a malevolent spirit. Despite his cowardly nature, Keitaro is shown to be very concerned for the people his cares for and is willing to dived straight into danger for their sakes.

## Synopsis

Keitaro possesses the ability to sense spirits and is a spirit magnet due to his spiritual constitution. Prior to two years, he unintentionally subjected himself and a childhood friend to a curse when a spirit became entangled with him. This gave him the special ability to see spirits in middle school which resulted in his strong dislikes toward anything supernatural-related. He also became fearful to come in contact with the public and locked himself in his room in order to prevent the entangled spirit from hurting anyone,

He eventually recovered with the help his childhood friend, Eiko, and his relatives and was able to return to a normal lifestyle just a year before the story. Even though he is used to being with society, he is still stressed with interacting with strangers. He accepted a tutoring position only to discover that his girlfriend's cousin is the student, Hozuki Yayoi. Upon first glance, he is reacted out of fear due to the Yayoi's strange appearance and the doll in her possession. His fear only worsens when he learns that she has the same ability to see curses as him and is dabbling heavily in the occult. However, upon learning from Yayoi that his curse can be exorcised, he resolved himself to aid Yayoi and her cause in hopes to learn a way to cure his condition.

## Powers & Abilities

**Spiritual Awareness & Attraction**: Keitarou can feel the presence of supernatural beings, and his presence attracts supernatural beings, even Yayoi who can see supernatural beings is often ignored.

**Immense Life Force** - Keitarou possesses immense life force that surpasses that of an average human being. During the visit to Abe no Seimei's shrine, Yayoi states that the life force that envelops around Keitarou is similar to that of a god's. This claim holds true when even the revered Abe no Seimei states that Keitarou's life force surpasses that of his in his prime. During the confrontation with Kouran and Tenku, whilst possessing Keitarou, Abe no Seimei was able to fully unlock Zenki's and Goki's potential utilising Keitarou's immense life force.

**Trained Body and Mind**: in order not to be easily possessed, Keitarou was taught by his grandmother to exercise and meditate regularly, because supernatural beings have difficulty possessing people with healthy bodies and minds, as a result, Keitarou is quite athletic, able to run around the altar, then carry Yayoi while escape from the pursuit of malicious god and spirits.

## Equipment

Keitarou is a host to two divine level Shikigamis, namely Zenki and Goki.

## Etymology

* **Gentouga** means "magic lantern, slide projector" (幻燈) (**gentou**) and "river, stream" (河) (**ka**/**ga**).
* **Keitarou** means "firefly" (螢) (**kei**), "many" (多) (**ta**) and "melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful" (朗) (**rou**).

## References

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