Suguru Geto

Appearance.

Suguru is a tall, slender man with long black hair partially pulled back behind his head and the rest of his hair flowing down his back. He has small purple (light brown in anime) eyes and bangs that sometimes cover his left eye. The lobes of his ears are large enough to fit quite large round earrings (purple in color). As a student, Suguru wore the usual uniform of a Magic College. Disguised as a Buddhist monk, Suguru puts on the appropriate attire. Over the black yukata robe, he puts on a golden-colored kashaya robe. His monastic attire is complemented by white tabi socks and dzori sandals.

Personality. (1)

Suguru Geto hated non-shamans, usually calling them "monkeys". He believed that shamans were the highest race and the next stage in the evolution of mankind. He was smug and extremely condescending towards ordinary people, using fake identities to lure vulnerable people who were cursed. Suguru considered non-shamans disgusting enough that he sprayed himself to disinfect the "monkey stink". He believed that monkeys had only two roles associated with him: monkeys collecting money and monkeys collecting curses. If they didn't fulfill their roles, Suguru was happy to let the curses kill them without any remorse. Unlike them, Suguru cared deeply about his fellow curse masters, calling his commanders family. Each of them still worships Suguru for putting shamans as a race in the first place, and hopes that he would become the king of the shaman world. Suguru was even polite to shamans, although this was usually expressed under one of his fake identities. He pretended to have befriended Yuta Okkotsu with the full intention of killing him in the future and insulted one of his friends shortly after expressing friendship.

Personality. (2)

Suguru explained to Yuta that shamans live in a paradox where the strong rule over the weak. Shamans live by serving non-shamans without any gratitude. Humanity has prevented its own evolution, and in order to ensure the survival of the species and completely eradicate curses, humanity must create a world consisting only of shamans, destroying all non-shamans. After defeating Yuta's classmates, Suguru cried and expressed the joy he felt seeing the young shamans working together to protect each other. With a crazy smile, Suguru screamed and declared that this was exactly the world he dreamed of. Geto claimed that he did not want to kill Yuta, but he had no choice for the future of his vision. Fighting with Yuta, Suguru explained how stupid, in his opinion, it is for people to create the concept of gods when shamans already exist.[11] He believed that monkeys did not want to acknowledge the existence of higher physical beings, and was disgusted by their pompous existence.[12] After that, Satoru met with his former best friend and confessed that he trusted Suguru so much that he did not kill the potential of young shamans.

Personality during college studies.

As a student at a Magic College with his best friend Satoru, Suguru initially believed that shamans existed to protect non-shamans. Satoru argued that Suguru should not be proud of his righteousness, and applying reasoning to magic is stupid. Their clash in ideology caused them to argue and clash heads when they were young people. In those days, Suguru was a much kinder and more decent young man, especially compared to Satoru. He understood the importance of manners and decent behavior for a shaman. In his opinion, Satoru behaved too rudely.[16][15] Despite the fact that Suguru and Satoru disagreed from time to time, they both remained best friends. They encouraged each other to be the strongest and were confident that they could achieve anything as long as they had each other. However, after the death of Riko Amanai, everything began to change. The followers of the Star Religious Group applauded her death, and this deplorable act did not leave Suguru. He decided not to kill them because shamans must have a reason to kill. Suguru tried to maintain his ideology, but over time his path became increasingly unclear. Satoru became the strongest alone, and Suguru began to go on more dangerous missions alone. He felt trapped in an endless cycle of exile and consumption. Eventually, he began to doubt for whom he was committing these heinous acts, and remembered the non-shamans from the Star Religious Group. That day, he saw a disgusting evil and still decided to protect them, which he later regrets, calling them "monkeys" for the first time.

Abilities. (1)

General skill level: Suguru Geto was one of the four shamans of Special Rank and was considered the worst of all the curse masters because of the level of danger he posed to humanity.[24] As students, Suguru and Satoru were considered the "strongest".[16] Suguru was able to handle experienced curse masters effortlessly.[25][26] His collection of cursed spirits was extensive and featured a wide variety of different abilities and roles in combat. Suguru was not too dependent on his curses and was a very capable melee fighter. During his time as a curse master, Suguru used his religious group as bait to collect thousands of cursed spirits. Within ten years, Suguru had become a greater threat to humanity than any curse of the time. With thousands of curses and several curse masters on his side, Suguru had enough power to declare war on the Magic College, the cornerstone of the shaman world. Suguru understood that, despite all his resources, he had little chance of defeating all the shamans of the Magic College. His tactical mind allowed him to trick them and isolate Yuta Okkotsu in the college itself. The true purpose of the Hundred Demons Night Parade was to kill Yuta and steal the Vengeful Spirit of Special Rank Riku Orimoto from him.[29] If his curses had not been shared between Kyoto and Shinjuku, it is believed that Suguru would have succeeded.

Abilities. (2)

The master of hand-to-hand combat: Most of Suguru's opponents believe that he will fight as a shikigami user and let his cursed spirits attack for him. Suguru uses this misconception about his technique to his advantage, allowing him to surprise opponents with his skill in hand-to-hand combat. Suguru allowed an armed man to come closer so that Suguru could strike him with fists, palms and hard slashing blows that could knock out teeth and leave the opponent in a bloody pile. High Tactical Intelligence: Suguru Geto has always been a brilliant student at the Magic College. If Satoru forgot the key points about Mr. Tengen and other details of their missions, then Suguru remembered and explained to him.[34][15] His intelligence showed up well in battle, he could always think one step ahead of his opponent. The older and more experienced curse master tried to outwit the manipulator of the cursed spirits and get closer, but fell into the trap of Suguru. Soon after Suguru became a curse master, he was able to capture the remnants of the Time Vessel Association and other like-minded religious groups.[38][7] This created a legal base for cursed people who came for exorcisms, allowing Suguru to absorb their curses or use them for money. During this time, Suguru was able to collect thousands of curses using this method. Thanks to the resources accumulated during a series of strategic moves, Suguru defeated the entire community of shamans of the Magic College. The Night Parade of the Hundred Demons actually declared war on the Magic College and lured all their shamans to Kyoto and Shinjuku. Meanwhile, Suguru infiltrated the Magic College to fight Yuta Okkotsu directly. He understood that his chances of winning were initially less than twenty percent, but he confidently calculated that by capturing Rika, he would achieve much more.

Manipulation of cursed energy.

Immeasurable Cursed Energy: Due to the nature of his technique, Suguru Geto's cursed energy feels slightly different than that of other shamans.[41] He understands well how the cursed energy and techniques in general work. Suguru is able to manipulate it to hide his remnants[42][37] or put cursed energy into weapons[43] among other uses. He is also able to easily read the flow of the cursed energy of other shamans.[44] Suguru is known for being able to manipulate thousands of curses at the same time, having large reserves of cursed energy.

Cursed techniques.

Manipulation of Cursed Spirits (呪じゅ霊れいい, Jurei Sjutsu?): As the name suggests, Suguru's technique allows him to control wandering cursed spirits. The dominant curses are absorbed into small black balls that Suguru must swallow orally to use.[45][37] He can also absorb the curses of other shamans if he kills the master first. Maximum: Uzumaki (Gokunoban・Uzumaki?): Maximum Technique — Manipulation of Cursed Spirits combines a huge number of collected curses into one powerful attack. Suguru used over four thousand curses in his technique at most during the climax of the battle with Yuta and Rika.

Barrier techniques.

Veil (帳とと, Tobari?): A kind of barrier that is created over a large area to hide everything inside from the outside world. Suguru can create veils capable of trapping shamans, and can do so over another, weaker shamanic barrier.

Equipment.

Playful Cloud (游游ん, Yū-Un?): A cursed Special-Rank tool that Suguru used to simultaneously fight Yuta and Rika. With this three-section staff, he effectively blocked, parried, and counterattacked both opponents at the same time.

Facts about Suguru Geto.

Because of the ability to collect and store curses in his body, Suguru's cursed energy is strikingly different from other shamans. The method of enrollment: Exploration. Specialization: Martial arts. Favorite food: Zara soba served on a woven bamboo tray. Least favorite food: None. The cause of stress: Taking on cursed spirits.