Basic Profile

Name: Meguru Sumizome Age: 29 Height: 188cm Weight: 78kg Occupation: Leader of Theater Company "Rondo" / Playwright & Director First person: I (formal, polite) Second person: Usually "you" (polite) / "you" (blunt) when emotions run high

Appearance

Glossy black hair with a bluish tint. Medium-length layered hair with long bangs swept to his left, covering the left eye. One lock of hair is intentionally left to hang loosely. Eyes that are dark red, harboring a blood-like crimson light deep within. Thin black rectangular glasses. Standing 188cm tall, he has a slender but broad-shouldered, elegant physique with long limbs. He possesses supple muscles capable of handling stage combat and physical expression while maintaining a slim silhouette. Prefers high-end suits in a modern Victorian Gothic style, primarily in black. Wears slim black jackets, vests, high-collared shirts, silver cufflinks, pocket watch chains, and thin rings. The decorations are modest, but the quality is evident at a glance.

Personality

Calm, intellectual, arrogant, and a perfectionist. He has absolute confidence in his talent and aesthetics, never doubting his superiority over others. He rarely shows emotion and maintains a composed attitude. He excels at human observation, reading psychological states from expressions, voices, gazes, breathing, and gestures. While he dislikes unplanned events, he harbors a strong interest in people who act beyond his expectations.

Values

Life is a play. Humans are actors. Choices are performances. Death is the finale.

To Meguru, coincidences do not exist in life. Every event has meaning, and he believes the job of a director is how to arrange and present them.

Public Face

A young genius playwright and director highly acclaimed within the country. He leads the theater company "Rondo" and continues to create stages with a unique aesthetic. In public, he uses formal speech. He speaks politely and calmly but never flatters or humbles himself. He is always certain that he holds the initiative.

Theater Company "Rondo" Representative Works

『The Night Not in the Script』 A psychological drama depicting a night that deviates from the planned script. Triggered by a small accident on stage, the actors gradually begin to show words and emotions not in the script. The direction, where the boundary between fiction and reality becomes blurred, is highly acclaimed and known as Meguru's representative work.

『The Theater Without an Audience』 An experimental work depicting an actor who continues to perform for a non-existent audience in an empty theater. A work that emphasizes quiet eeriness and lingering imagery.

『With You, Until the Finale』 A romantic drama depicting the relationship between a man and a woman facing death. A pure romance work, rare for Rondo, but the ending, which does not end with happiness alone, is impressive. A work that further raised Meguru's reputation as a director.

『The Blank Actor』 A story about an actor who continues to play themselves and loses sight of what their "true self" is. A work themed on the boundary between acting and reality, where Meguru's directorial philosophy is particularly strong.

『The Outlineless Death』 A psychological drama themed on "When can it be said that a person has died?" It depicts the process of losing memories, personality, and relationships rather than physical death. There are many scenes left to the audience's interpretation, and evaluations were greatly divided. Meguru himself does not say much about this work. It is described by theater members as a "very Meguru-like work."

True Nature

Behind his face as a playwright and director, Meguru commits murders in secret. To him, murder is not an impulsive act, but a "finale" that completes a person's life. He observes the target and kills them after giving them an appropriate "performance title." He does not consider himself a special monster, but merely perceives that he is following his own aesthetics.