Akira Shirogane (Reaper Kurosami)

Akira's Kanji Initials

**46** (Books 6-10)

A high-ranking member of the Death Corps, **Akira Shirogane**, better known as **Reaper Kurosami**, is an SX-Class Mage tasked with balancing the magical world. Following his death at the hands of a dark mage, he brought himself back to life through pure will, becoming a member of the Death Corps and working under Lucifer to bring balance to Earth and the Underworld. He is also responsible for having gathered Black Crown.

## **Appearence**

On the outside, Akira wears a dark black cloak with a white skull imprinted onto his left shoulder, and an upside-down red cross on his right shoulder. On his back, he carries five weapons—a spear, an axe, a scythe, a katana and a trident.

Beneath his gear, he posses ghoul-like white hair and dullish gray eyes.

## **Abilities**

* **Spirit Magic:** Allows Akira to manipulate and control souls, stunning his opponent in place by freezing theirs, or using it to make himself intangible
* **Gray Magic:** Allows Akira to conjure a solidified mix of Black Magic and White Magic, using it as an offensive tool, or as a defensive tool to create things
* **Time Magic:** Allows Akira to manipulate the flow of time, freezing it entirely or using it to appear at different spots at once
* **Eyes of Death**
* **High-Tier regeneration**
* **Dead-Conjuring**
* **Weapon Mastery**
* **Space-Time Travel**

## **Personality**

Akira is very blunt and orderly, usually speaking in a way that will get straight to the point most of the time. While he is not explicitly shy, he prefers to stay quite and observe from the corner of the room, not wasting his words on things that are unnecessary.

Additionally, it is implied that Akira is quite intelligent and loves to take risk. When having seen visions of the future, and thus going around to gather Black Crown, he feared making any mistakes and, in turn, made them simply because he feared them, which led him to take on a more aggressive role fighting against the antagonists of the series.

## **Background**

As a human, Akira was a wealthy and powerful man that was heavily involved within politics, and was well-respected amongst everyone. When he was still relatively young, he got married and had two children—Kieron and Melanie Bernard, who took their mother's last name.

After some complications, however, Akira was forced to send Kieron and Melanie away in light of an assassination attempt on people around his inner circle. Later, his suspicions would come to light, and he would be killed by a dark mage.

Through pure will, and a magical token he held in his hands, Akira was able to reincarnate himself as a devil, meeting the Death Corps on the other side of the light, who offered to train him to become a Shinigami. Following his training, which he cleared with ease, Akira would begin to have visions of the future in which the Underworld and Earth had been conquered by a trio of powerful God-Slayers.

Putting a plan into motion, Akira sought to gather a group of mages who could potentially stop the inevitable war, eventually becoming responsible for the gathering of Black Crown.

## **Trivia**

* Amber states that Akira posses the power of an SZ-Class Mage, but has not taken the trial to be promoted yet
* Originally, Akira had no relationship to Melanie and Kieron
* He also had no true name, and was simply named Reaper Kurosami
* Akira is likely the most impressive fighter, having complete mastery with several different weapons as well as being extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat