Homare Byoubugaura

**Homare Byoubugaura** (屏風ヶ浦 帆稀 (びょうぶがうら ほまれ)  *Byōbugaura Homare*) is an Oni and a student at Rasetsu Academy.

## Appearance

Homare is a short girl with pink shoulder-length hair and bangs. She has pink eyes and wears the standard Rasetsu Academy uniform. Whenever her horns are visible, they twist upwards like a ram's.

Because of her nervous nature, she is often seen fidgeting with her hands or hunched over.

## Personality

Homare is friendly and trusting, but incredibly shy and panicky. Due to her history of negligence and abuse at the hands of her parents, she sees herself as incapable and a burden to others, struggling to socialise with people as a result.

She is self-loathing and prone to depression, and suffers with crippling guilt after the murders of her sister, Sumire, and her father.

## Plot

* History

When she and Sumire were still young, their father removed them from primary school and prevented them for pursuing an education. Sumire would pick up textbooks in an attempt to continue teaching Homare, and took on work as a papergirl in order to save money for them both, although this would be confiscated by her father and gambled away.

Homare likewise tried to find word, first as a papergirl and then delivering milk, but was fired from each job, contributing to her lack of self-confidence.

In the face of their father's abuse, Sumire would intervene to protect Homare. During one of theses incidents, Sumire returned from work to find her father beating Homare and demanding that she find work as a prostitute. Making the decision to finally put an end to his abuse, Sumire used a kitchen knife to stab her father in the side but she was overpowered, and he fatally stabbed her in throat instead.

As she was bleeding out, Sumire momentarily developed horns from her head as she awakened as an Oni. The trauma of watching her death also triggered the awakening of Homare and, as Sumire's blood pooled on the floor, both sisters' blood mixed, and Homare entered a berserk state, murdering their father.
## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Despite Homare's lack of belief in her abilities, she was considered capable enough for admission to Rasetsu Academy and, like other Oni, she is able to cultivate a number of unique techniques by controlling and manipulating her blood in a process called Blood Eclipse Release.

Due to the massive output necessary for her technique, it is likely that her body produces more blood than even the average Oni.

* **Blood Titan**: In periods of high stress, an enormous blood puppet is produced which is capable of causing injury through a sonic scream, as well as typical physical attacks. Homare does not summon the titan consciously and is unable to control it, so it attacks indiscriminately while protecting her. Homare believes this to be a manifestation of Sumire Byoubugaura, whose Oni blood mixed with her own when their father murdered her, and she refers to the titan as "Sister".

## Relationships

### Sumire Byoubugaura

Given the abusive conditions in their household, Sumire took on the responsibility of protecting and providing for Homare. As the two could not attend school, Sumire started working as a young teenager and began saving money so that they could live independently and Homare could get an education.

Sumire verbally and physically intervened whenever her father targeted her younger sister. It was during one of these incidents that the situation escalated and Sumire made the decision to kill their father; however, she was overpowered and killed instead. The trauma of seeing her sister murdered subsequently triggered the awakening of Homare's Oni blood, who in turn killed their father.

Homare believes that she inherited Sumire's Oni power and that Sumire now exists as her own Blood Titan.

## References

1. ↑ *Tougen Anki* manga: Chapter 8 (p. 2)
2. ↑ *Tougen Anki* manga: Chapter 84 (p. 16)
3. ↑ *Tougen Anki* manga: Chapter 8