Towa

Appearance

Towa has hazel eyes and a pale complexion. He has messy looking short black hair with hazel streaks at the end, with long bangs that cover the right side of his eye. He has noticeable eyebags under his eye. He noticeably wears an eyepatch on his right eye, as a cause of that eye being lost. He has numerous scars running across his face (One across the nose to the left side, a small vertical one on his mouth, and another diagonal one on his chin). He is also hinted to have more scars on the rest of his body, from his neck all the way down to his ankles. He is said to be good-looking under, or even despite of, all of his facial scars. Others have commented on how he looks a lot like his mother, who is said to have been beautiful herself. According to Toono, he inherited his mother's "well-featured" face. However, the former feels like Towa has "ruined" it with his scars. His outfit appears to be entirely black. He wears a shirt inside a coat with crosses dangling from the tips of it, long pants and boots.

Personality

He is described as living in depravity and apathy, reacting only to things he finds interesting. His only hobby is painting. He always feels uncomfortable whenever the room is completely silent; thus he always keeps the TV on when he is alone in his own room. Towa doesn't have any solid opinion on his appearance, but he is aware of his appeal on other people. Towa believes that he is incapable of feeling love, let alone empathy for other people, but in reality, he can feel compassion and concern for those close to him, even if he isn't aware of it. Although he's not aware of the concept of love, nor does he understand what kind of emotion it is, it doesn't mean he's immune to harboring affection, or reciprocating someone else's affection for him.

History

Since a very young age, Towa—then Haruto Sakuragi—was prostituted by his mother to her clients. At around the latter years of his time in elementary school, he was cut by Takashi Ikuina, Kazuki Asakura, and Megumu Kirihara on the chest, shoulder blade, and collarbones, respectively. Because of his frequent injuries (which also affected his health), he was often examined and treated by Taku, who was specifically assigned to monitor his condition. Some time later, he was introduced to Mei Yuzuki, who was sold off to Euphoria by her mother. Mei befriended Towa, and later convinced him to run away with her. He agreed and the two made their attempt to escape, but were caught and dragged back to Maya's mansion. Towa was heavily punished for his disobedience, and he never saw Mei again afterwards. When he eventually realized the truth behind Mei's disappearance, he confronted Maya about it, which also marked the first time he ever stood up to her. Enraged at his defiance, Maya chased her son down the hallway with a knife in hand, attempting to kill him. They got caught in a struggle, and whilst defending himself, Towa reflexively pushed Maya off of him, only to belatedly realize that he sent her falling down the steps of a staircase. The mental shock from this act caused him to repress his memories, and he spent some time away from middle school as he recovered. Once he was able to resume his studies, his behavior had drastically changed. Where he was previously regarded as a model student, he had since slacked off and would drink, smoke, and most notably, have sexual encounters with other men in the school, to the point that he became a popular subject of rumors. His newfound promiscuity also earned him the nickname "Towa", which he had decided to officially adopt partly as a subconscious attempt to distance himself from his former identity.

History

Some time after his mother's death, he was approached by Sakaki, who introduced himself as a friend of Maya. After a while, upon being invited, Towa joined the Takasato Group, where he became acquainted with Madarame, who became his occasional sexual partner, and Kaga, who was his half-brother, and hung out with them often. After graduating high school, Towa started his painting occupation, to which he was then personally approached by Rei Izumi, who asked to be his art model, although their "euphoric session" didn't go as planned.