MAIN CHARACTERS
REN TENMA (蓮・天魔)
Age: 17 (at story start)
Height: 175cm → 183cm (grows as he ranks up)
Weight: 68kg → 78kg
Blood Type: AB (rare, like his dual inheritance)
Birthday: April 4th (Cherry Blossom season - symbolizing new beginnings)
Physical Description:
• Dark blue-black hair (shoulder-length, often tied back)
• Heterochromia: Right eye amber-gold (father), left eye silver-blue (mother)
• Lean muscular build
• Lotus birthmark on chest with demonic wings (glows during ability use)
• Numerous scars from training (fade as he ranks up)
Personality:
• Early Arc: Self-doubting, quiet, avoids confrontation
• Mid Arc: Determined, protective, carries burden of legacy
• Late Arc: Balanced, wise, merciful but firm
• Core Traits: Compassionate, analytical, stubborn when protecting others
Likes:
• Reading (mother's diaries)
• Stargazing (feels close to parents)
• Spicy food (only thing he can taste due to damaged senses from childhood malnutrition)
• Training alone
Dislikes:
• Being pitied
• Arrogant hunters
• Wasting food
• People sacrificing themselves for him
Hobbies:
• Sword maintenance
• Studying Gate ecology
• Cooking (surprisingly good at it)
Abilities:
• Starting: Kasuka na Hikari (Faint Light)
• Peak: Mugen Renge Taiyō (Infinite Lotus Sun)
• Manifestation Type: Hybrid Majutsu + Shokan
• Final Rank: Z-rank (Zettaikyū)
Character Arc:
Worthless orphan → Discovering heritage → Accepting burden → Surpassing legends → Creating new path
HIKARI TENMA (光・天魔) - The Radiant Emperor (Deceased)
Age at Death: 32
Height: 185cm
Rank at Death: SSS
Physical Description:
• Golden blonde hair
• Warm amber eyes
• Athletic build
• Always smiled
• Wore white and gold armor
Personality:
• Warm, compassionate, believed in redemption
• Protective to a fault
• Optimist despite seeing darkness
• Saw the best in everyone, even Yami
Ability: "Taiyō no Kōrin" (太陽の降臨 - Descent of the Sun)
• Light/Solar manipulation
• Could purify corruption
• Created miniature suns
• Healing properties in his light
Famous Feat:
• Solo-cleared the first SSS-rank Gate "Heaven's Fall"
• Saved 40 million people in Tokyo
• Held off 12 SS-rank Akuma simultaneously for 3 days until reinforcements arrived
Relationship with Ren:
• Left encrypted messages in his Reiki signature
• His final thought: "Ren… surpass us both"
• Appearance in Ren's dreams/visions
Last Words: "Yami… I'm sorry I couldn't save you. Ren… become the light that reaches even darkness."
SAYURI MUGEN (小百合・無限) - The Infinite Blade Empress (Deceased)
Age at Death: 30
Height: 170cm
Rank at Death: SSS
Physical Description:
• Long silver hair (braided during combat)
• Sapphire blue eyes
• Graceful, dancer-like movements
• Wore elegant blue and silver combat dress
Personality:
• Strategic genius
• Elegant but deadly
• Deeply loving mother
• Had a playful side with Hikari
Ability: "Mugen no Yaiba" (無限の刃 - Infinite Blade)
• Weapon summoning specialist
• Could manifest any blade she'd seen
• Created 10,000-sword formations
• Each sword had unique properties
Famous Feat:
• Solo-cleared 100 consecutive S-rank Gates in one month
• Created the "Mugen Sword Art" technique library used globally
• Defeated an SS-rank hunter in 3 moves using only a butter knife (to prove technique > power)
Relationship with Ren:
• Left diary scattered across dangerous locations (forces Ren to grow to find them)
• Each entry teaches combat philosophy
• Final entry: "My lotus, bloom magnificently. Show the world what grace and strength truly mean."
Last Words: "Hikari, I'll follow you anywhere. Ren, forgive us for leaving you. Live brilliantly."
YAMI TENMA (闇・天魔) - The Void King
Age: 46 (same as Hikari would be)
Height: 185cm (identical to Hikari)
Rank: EX (Chōetsukyū)
Physical Description:
• Jet black hair
• Void-black eyes (no visible iris, swallows light)
• Identical face to Hikari but never smiles
• Wears black and dark purple armor
• Aura makes reality distort around him
Personality:
• Cold, philosophical
• Believes might makes right
• Nihilistic worldview
• Obsessed with being acknowledged as superior
• Has warped sense of "love" for his brother (killing him was "freeing" him from weakness)
Ability: "Kyomu no Shihai" (虚無の支配 - Dominion of Void)
• Void/Nothingness manipulation
• Can erase anything from existence
• Nullifies other abilities
• Controls the space between dimensions
• Can delete concepts (distance, time, defense, etc.)
Famous Feats:
• Erased a city of 3 million people (Void Scar)
• Killed both Hikari and Sayuri simultaneously (both SSS-rank)
• Destroyed an international coalition of 50 S-rank hunters without taking damage
• "The Frozen Graves" - 7 SSS-rank hunters who challenged him, now preserved as warnings
Motivation:
• Born 3 minutes after Hikari (second twin)
• Was always stronger but got none of the recognition
• Loved and hated his brother equally
• Killed Hikari to "free" him from the burden of being weaker
• Believes Ren inheriting both bloodlines "proves" he was meant to be the original
Philosophy:
"Power is the only truth. Love, hope, compassion - these are lies the weak tell themselves. I loved my brother, so I gave him the truth through death."
Relationship with Ren:
• Views him as "the child who should have been mine"
• Monitors his growth with interest
• Left him alive as an "experiment"
• Final battle has twisted familial love ("You've become worthy, nephew")
Ultimate Technique: "Mugen Kyomu: Sonzai Teishi" (無限虚無・存在停止 - Infinite Void: Existence Cessation)
• Erases target from past, present, and future
• Victim never existed
• Only Z-rank Absolute Existence can resist