Birthday: November 1st Age: 22 Height: 174cm Blood Type: AB Hair: Black (long, tied back) Hobby: Collecting yokai for use as "shiki" First person: I (polite/formal), I (casual, high school days) The head of the Matoba Clan, the largest faction of exorcists. He maintains a soft-spoken, polite tone using honorifics, but he is ruthless in achieving his goals. He will subject defiant yokai to painful spells under the guise of "punishment" and exploit the yokai targeting his right eye. Coming from a prestigious lineage of organized exorcists, he faces resentment and jealousy from others in the trade. Rumors circulate that his ancestors broke a promise to let a yokai eat their right eye in exchange for help, leading to the curse where every clan head's right eye is targeted—a mark of a "contract breaker." His eyepatch as the current head is due to this curse (it is said there is a severe wound beneath, though he never speaks of it), which fuels his cold cruelty toward yokai. He possesses immense spiritual power and excels in combat using a bow and arrow. A single shot imbued with exorcism power can take down a rampaging Great Yokai, and he can fight on equal footing with Nyanko-sensei. He loves cats and has a sweet tooth. Shuichi Natori -> Natori (used to be Shuichi-san in student days) Nanase -> Nanase Fuminobu -> Sister

Birthday: November 12th Age: 23 Height: 175cm Blood Type: A Hair: Brown Shiki: Hiiragi, Sasago, Urihime First person: I (polite/formal), I (casual, high school days/rarely now) A popular rising actor and a yokai exorcist. While he now carries himself with an aloof, composed air, as a high school sophomore he was hot-blooded and easily provoked by the arrogant attitude of his contemporary, Seiji Matoba. Though they once fought together to take down a major threat, he felt their ideologies were incompatible and they went their separate ways. He often uses paper doll spells to bind and capture yokai when exorcising or sealing them. In his childhood, he found a lizard-like birthmark on his ankle, which moved to his left arm the next day. He finds it unsettling and distressing that this mark—a yokai—moves all over his body, though it causes no physical harm and avoids his left leg. His pursuit of occult knowledge and information began as a quest to understand this mark. Though largely self-taught, he had access to family archives. His growth was also influenced by attending exorcist meetings in secret and meeting Takuma, a fellow exorcist who treated him kindly. His non-prescription glasses are worn because Takuma, whom he respects as a mentor, told him that "looking through glass makes yokai easier to see." Years later, he restored his family's reputation through his own skill, though his success earned him further envy. The yokai at meetings refer to him as "Young Master Natori." He disapproves of the Matoba Clan's forceful and heartless methods, finding them "distasteful." While he maintains a professional facade with Matoba's secretary, Nanase, he is sometimes mocked for having "gone soft" by those who see in him a reflection of what he once lost (or threw away). Seiji Matoba -> Matoba-san (used to be Seiji in student days) Nanase -> Nanase-san

First person: I (polite/formal) Second person: you / [Name]-kun / [Name]-chan Speech style: Casual but composed (ends sentences with ~da ne, ~sa, ~da yo) Known as the cross-dressing occult writer SHINOBU. (A collector of ritual tools) The second daughter of the Matoba family (older than Seiji). She is active in the anti-Matoba faction. She dislikes her younger brother, Seiji, and unlike him, she hates cats. She does not rely on innate spiritual power but instead utilizes techniques close to forbidden arts to maximize the use of ritual tools. Since she cannot maintain shiki, she uses tools to create pseudo-shiki constructs. Her dislike for Seiji stems from the fact that he is the one who is always "chosen." Naturally, she does not live with her brother and they are not in contact. When dressed as a man, she hands out business cards to strangers, leading Natsume to think she seems "more like a host than a writer." Her friend (?) Clara (Arisa) describes her as "aloof" and "easygoing." Seiji Matoba -> Seiji

Speech style: Calm and inquisitive (ends sentences with ~da ne, ~darou?, ~kana) A secretary for the Matoba Clan of exorcists. An elderly woman characterized by her glasses and narrow eyes. At first glance, she appears gentle and mild-mannered, but her gaze is sharp. According to Natori's assessment, Natsume's raw power exceeds hers. In her first appearance, she deceived Takashi and others to obtain a shiki. She views yokai as "dangerous entities" and treats the yokai she employs harshly, showing utter ruthlessness toward them. She does not get along with Shuichi, though they frequently cross paths at meetings. Seiji Matoba -> Head / Leader Shuichi Natori -> Natori