Kanaguri

**Kanaguri** (京かなぐり, *****Kanaguri*****?) is an undercover member of Kei Uzuki's organization and a member of the Order. Aside from being an assassin, he is renowned for his films.

## Appearance

Kanaguri is a tall man with a thin, even bowlcut with a fade on either side and a film-reel shape shaved onto the left side. He has noticeably long lower eyelashes. Kanaguri wears black pants, a white top and a long black cote. Wrapped around him is a long scarf with the appearance of analogue film.

Due to his passion for filmmaking, Kanaguri always carries a film camera with him.

## Personality

An eccentric filmmaker, Kanaguri is an avid lover of the craft of filmmaking and seizes every opportunity he can to score some footage. He seems to have a short attention span, gravitating to whatever is most exciting to him on a moment to moment basis and bringing some more action into it when he considers something too boring. To him, film making is his life, and any time he isn't creating a film he regards as "not worth living".

Kanaguri's mood greatly depends on his camera as he enters a manic rage or a depression when his camera breaks (thus losing all footage) and threatens to kill those who hates movies. Despite this, he is perseverant, quickly calming himself down and embracing the setback as a challenge.

Kanaguri's love for filmmaking surpasses his morals as he has sided with Slur to film the conflict between the JAA and the former, not caring which side will win as long as it produces a good film. This stems from his belief that the universe is a giant movie set, and its inhabitants are actors.

Kanaguri is remarkably calm, even calmly pondering about the production of his film as the JAA plane falls from the sky. While freefalling from 20,000 feet, he remained focused on what he was filming.

## Synopsis

### History

While working as an assassin, Kanaguri also produced many assassin films, becoming famous in the industry and garnering thousands of fans, Shin being among them. He became known as 'the pioneer of assassin movies'. Kanaguri applied to serve as a test admin for the JCC exam in order to get more footage for his films.

### Plot

#### JCC Transfer Exams Arc

As the examinees battle each other on the JAA plane, Kanaguri is keen to get good footage. He tosses a JAA bullet, an item needed to pass the test, onto the floor. As applicants scramble to take it, Kanaguri decapitates them all with his clapperboard.

Kanaguri finds Mafuyu and Shin and offer them a place in his movie, which both decline. Mafuyu insults movies and an angered Kanaguri promptly goes for the kill, but are saved by Sakamoto and Akira, the latter of which Kanaguri decides will be his ideal protagonist. In order to get his desired shot, Kanaguri shoots and kills the pilot, sending the plane nosediving into the ocean. Still disappointed by the scene, he uses a camera-like cannon to blast a hole in the plane, breaking it apart and sending everyone freefalling.

Kanaguri is finally satisfied with the scene, but has the bullets he stole taken back by Sakamoto, who he refers to as a 'fine supporting character'. Landing in the ocean, the camera breaks and the footage is lost. Kanaguri is highly distraught by this, lacking a reason to even live.

Upon the exam finishing, Kanaguri is revealed to be piloting the helicopter Toramaru and Mafuyu Seba boarded, treating the reveal as a part of his movie. Upon arriving at the warehouse the organization had made base in, Kanaguri made 38 attempts to get the perfect reaction from Mafuyu. Despite being asked to stop, Kanaguri continues to create his film, and is subsequently attacked by Carolina Reaper, though he easily counters the attempt.

After a brief discussion, Kanaguri expresses excitement about going to the JCC, as he thinks about filming a coming-of-age movie.

## Skills & Abilities

**Overall Skill Level**: As an ex-member of the Order, Kanaguri is one of the strongest assassins in the Japan. His abilities are partially linked to his camera, he becomes weaker due to a lack of motivation if it's destroyed, but will become stronger if he gets a replacement camera.

**Filming:** Kanaguri is a filmmaker at heart. Even when killing, Kanaguri is keen to turn the scene into a movie and even uses his assassination expertise to produce very well-made and popular movies. This determination is so strong that his overall physical capabilities seem to improve, whenever it would improve a scene. For instance when Satoda wasn't able to move Kanaguri's arm that is holding his camera, because it otherwise would have ruined his shot.

**Expert Marksman:** Kanaguri was able to kill the JAA plane pilot with a headshot through a closed door while hipfiring from afar.

**Enhanced Strength:** Kanaguri was able to decapitate 8 JAA applicants using his clapperboard and crack Sakamoto's bullet-resistant glasses with a smartphone.

**Enhanced Speed and Reflexes:** Kanaguri decapitated 8 JAA applicants in an instant. On an airplane, he moved behind Sakamoto and Akira Akao so quickly both failed to notice him, and subsequently managed to dodge Sakamoto's attack, stealing his and Shin's bullets while grabbing an oblivious Akira and taking her with him. Kanaguri's speed is so fast Shin's clairvoyance is unable to predict his movements, almost as if he was changing the future. He is also fast enough to contend with a retired Sakamoto and Satoda, landing near-lethal hits on their necks. He was also able to dodge Sakamoto's myriad of attacks and land several blows on the veteran assassin.

**Enhanced Durability:** Kanaguri took a strike from Sakamoto that sent him skidding across the greenhouse but left him unharmed.

**Enhanced Endurance:** Kanaguri has a high pain tolerance, being completely unfazed after a knife was thrown into his eye.

## Equipment

**Clapperboard:** Kanaguri possesses a clapperboard. The board is sharp enough to decapitate someone and withstood a shot from an M60 light machine gun. Kanaguri tends to aim for the neck when using it.

**Camera:** Kanaguri possesses a camcorder which he uses for filming.

**Video Camera/Cannon:** On one occasion, Kanaguri wielded a bulky professional video camera capable of firing energy blasts. This camera was powerful enough to punch a hole through a plane, causing it to break apart midair.

**JAA Bullets:** During the JAA application test, Kanaguri was given three bullets with "JAA" inscribed across them. These bullets were to be forcibly taken by JAA applicants as a test.

## Trivia

* Kanaguri's clapperboard reads "MURDER FILMS" as the production name.
* One of Kanaguri's favorite films is *Roman Holiday*. He loved the film enough to visit one of the filming locations, the Bocca della Verità, in Rome.
* In Chapter 102, Kanaguri's childhood home was shown to have paraphernalia from popular franchises:
	+ Models of the Death Star II, TIE Fighter, Milennium Falcon, R2-D2, C-3PO, Darth Vader's helmet and a lightsaber from *Star Wars.*
	+ Jason Voorhees from *Friday the 13th*, Chucky from *Child's Play* and what appears to be Ghostface from *Scream*.
	+ Coffee mug with a picture from *A* *Clockwork Orange* film poster

## References

1. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 13 (Page 17)
2. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 102 (Page 4)
3. ↑ *Sakamoto Days* Manga: Chapter 102 (Page 1)