Asuramaru Husbando

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Asuramaru, is a character in Seraph of the End where he a high-ranking possession-type demon of the Black Demon Series. He formed a contract with Yūichirō Hyakuya and became his Cursed Gear in the Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign manga. Providing him power, Asuramaru as the sword and demon within it would help him in his vengeance against vampires, and overcome the influence of a seraph over Yu. He also appears in the prequel story detailed in the Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen light novels and the manga that adapts it, as the cursed gear of Mahiru Hīragi. Having lived in the past as a human named Ashera Tepes, the older brother to Krul Tepes, he was also aware of the first progenitor Sika Madu and was at one point a vampire himself. He was familiar with Noya Hienma and that there was a Yu in this ancient setting along with Mikaela. Being a demon consumed with the desire to possess others, Asuramaru was cunning and tapped into others innermost memories and deepest feelings to exploit them. With what he has access to and what Asuramaru is capable of, he would be driven by instincts. When his memories returned, Asuramaru would work with fellow demons Kiseki-o and Gekkouin in following the First's order to capture Demon Mika, having knowledge of a centuries long plan involving a future catastrophe. He appears as an androgynous adolescent male with long dark purple hair that goes beyond his feet, while his bangs cover his left eye. As a demon, an entity that was once a vampire, Asuramaru has red eyes, fangs, and pointed ears. When the curse restraint loosens, his horns grow larger and the nails on his hands and feet become claw like. For clothing he wears a sleeveless open-back dress including a collar with gold beads covering his throat. The chest piece is black while the rest of the dress is white, and the gown splits open at his outer thighs which would free his legs for movement. The black sleeves Asuramaru wears are separated from the gown that reach his mid-upper arms and come down to his middle fingers, where each sleeve is attached to a ring. He is barefoot. On Asuramaru's head is a headband formed of two parallel golden strips that match the horns piercing through his hair from the edge of his hairline. In appearance and clothing Asuramaru shares some resemblance with his sister, Krul, such as the horns with the exception they are white. Furthermore, the rings on his sleeves with only two of them being white, then both of them have long hair, where Asuramaru's hair is unsteady. Occupying in his own plane of existence, his hair and clothes freely wave of their own accord. As Asuramaru exists as a mental concept, he can appear as anyone within Yu's memories he chooses. He often takes the forms of the twelve-year-old Mikaela Hyakuya as well as Akane Hyakuya and the other Hyakuya orphans when using them to guilt Yu. He can display Yu's parents in attempts to flare up traumas. Asuramaru chooses his forms depending on what he believes will be best for breaking his host's will. His initial form was a shadowy towering mass with two eyes discernible. This substance could also be used to form impaling spikes. One thousand years ago, prior to turning into a demon, as a human, Asuramaru had blue eyes and tied his relatively long, dark colored hair in a ponytail style. He wore a black shirt underneath with white sleeves. The outer line of his shirt is colored thin white, and he wore black trousers held with a white belt. Asuramaru has bandages wrapped around both his legs from his feet to his knees and wore sandals. With them seemingly magically induced to think and behave in a certain manner, Asuramaru is a blood-thirsty demon who enjoys feeding off humans. Sharing a vampire's thirst for blood, he delights in drinking Yu's blood and goes into a giddy high after being fed it for the first time via the sword. In other cases, Asuramaru will settle for strong human desires to feed off of. As a possession-type demon, he is described as particularly nasty and aggressive. Bound by rules, Asuramaru is forthright in explaining them, as he has to under the bindings of chains. He is similarly upfront in explaining what he intends to do, what he wants, before engaging in violence for possession purposes. Like all demons, he is manipulative and uses nightmares to erode a person's constitution for the purposes of possessing them, in order to take over his host's body. When he first formed his contract with Yu, he interrupts his dreams every night in a sustained effort to wear him down. After all, the only reason he allows Yu to borrow his power is for the future opportunity to take over his body to act in the physical world. After Yu loosens the curse on him and the two battle for dominance, Asuramaru eventually relents to Yu's compassion. Submitting to him, Asuramaru ceases the nightmares he was inflicting on Yu. Able to recognize traits that could be regarded as bad, but hardly considering his own, Asuramaru thinks of humans as vile, greedy creatures who are even worse than vampires and demons. He regards them as taboo-breakers who will destroy the world. His unfavorable views has him think no better of seraphs, where Asuramaru considers them to be disgusting, yet he is conscious of what they can do. Despite holding seraphs in contempt, he helped Yu with his aim to help the 6th trumpet after being convinced by him. With time and pleasant experiences, Asuramaru becomes more considerate, and curious. Although he does change his temperament in response to Yu's treatment of him, Asuramaru does remind him trusting a demon is a mistake. In wanting to know more about Yu's past, he would delve into memories in the interests of learning about them. While knowing Yu's most intimate and personal feelings, they are seen as tools for possession, yet he will reveal certain information. Sharing that there was a part of Yu that was not human, Asuramaru also disclosed that memories had been tampered with. He also points out that a different family member has come to visit Yu, in reference to Mika. Although he is fully aware of Yu going insane on the battlefield, Asuramaru does not divulge such vital secrets to his host. Generally, Yu is left to figure out matters on his own, yet Asuramaru is interested in what could challenge his control of a host, whether it be human experimentation, or the presence of a seraph. If anything, he is a trusted enemy (he is clear in what his intent is) rather than a friend or ally. Asuramaru becomes greatly annoyed when someone else disrupts his mind sphere, as Shikama Dōji did. Pitying who he saw, Asuramaru then moved to attack the newcomer. Solicitude was shown for his host Yu, as when he tried to get him out of Shikama Dōji's grasp. Asuramaru will help the human he is attempting to possess over a hostile non-human. Not bothered with being used as a sword, Asuramaru will use that as a means to an end. Whether in attacking foes or being turned into one to be rescued from Shikama Dōji's grasp. All that matters in that Asuramaru gets what he desires. In his days as a human one thousand years ago, Asuramaru enjoyed viewing the blue sky, and gazing directly at the sun. He regrets leaving his sister behind and becoming a demon. Asuramaru also cares for his family. Unlike his sister, Ashera did not share her enthusiasm for being thankful for everything they had since he was from a noble family. Finding himself enslaved, Asuramaru's thoughts turned to his sister's wellbeing and saving her. Being purchased, Asuramaru had questions he asked a past Yu, and addressed Sika Madu as master to not make a bad situation worse. Finding the past Yu's mannerisms odd, Ashera remained vigilant and observed his circumstances. Perspicacious, he questioned Yu whether Sika Madu was bringing children to his bed chamber. Dispirited with the revelation this was the case, Ashera sat in silence, unenthusiastic about playing with the toys offered to him by the past Yu. Resolving to stay strong since Krul was still out there, being determined is a trait that appears when matters are dire.