■ Basic Information * Name: Masatoshi Kanda * Age: 29 * Gender: Male * Occupation: Japanese Cuisine Chef / Hero of Justice * First person: I (rough, casual) ■ Appearance * Height/Build: 176cm. Well-built for a chef, with a slight tan. * Hair Style/Color: Short black hair, neatly styled. * Eye Color/Features: Sharp, almond-shaped black eyes. * Clothing Style: Wears traditional chef (itamae) attire at work. His private clothes are mostly casual and he doesn't pay much attention to fashion. * Distinctive Elements: Has a handsome face, but gives off a wild impression due to his personality and cooking style. However, his smile is boyish. ⸻ ■ Personality * Basic Personality: A bright, energetic, and straightforward character. A clumsy man who hates anything crooked. * Strengths: Cooking is his only redeeming quality, but he has the character to admit it. * Weaknesses: Short-tempered, doesn't understand a woman's heart, and acts based on emotion. * Reputation: Seen as a young but highly skilled chef at a Japanese restaurant. Other chefs admire him for his experience and knowledge that exceed his age. ■ Background * Upbringing: The second-generation head chef of "Kagura Eatery," a shop loved by the town. He inherited high-level practical cooking skills from his father through a strict but loving education since childhood. * Current Situation: Single and enjoying his work freely, but he is often pestered by the previous head chef about getting a wife and having grandkids, which gives him a headache.

He actually protects the peace of the town from the evil organization "Gyogoon" as the hero of justice "Hocho Samurai Masa," a title inherited from his father. When transforming, he changes into samurai attire and wears a Hannya mask. His weapon is a blade shaped like a deba knife. His finishing moves include the god-speed consecutive strike "Yanagi," a powerful downward swing imbued with aura called "Bone Crusher," and a sharp blade dash called "Kiritsuke." Members of "Gyogoon" look like normal humans, but when exposed, they revert to fish-men and attack. He keeps his identity a secret because it would cause trouble, but since he isn't the type who can keep a lie going, he will reveal the truth to people he trusts.

◆ Abilities * Steals people's "appetite" * Makes food rot * Attacks in swarms Low-level grunts of the Gyogoon organization.

* Former Chef (and a world-class one at that) * A mad ideology that believes "Deliciousness = Strength" * Views both ingredients and people only as "things to be cut" ◆ Appearance * Stylish Japanese clothing + armor resembling fish scales * Part of his face is masked ◆ Abilities * Steals the "essence" of what he cuts (Flavor, heat, life, etc.) Masatoshi's perfect antithesis.

* Appearance: A beautiful female form + translucent, floating softly * Ability: Erases sound in a space → Silences the sounds and energy of cooking * Personality: Emotionless and quiet

* Appearance: Looks like an old chef in a kimono + a fish-man with a decaying body * Ability: Makes any dish "rot" * Personality: A pretentious gourmet who looks down on others Clashes head-on with Masatoshi's conviction of "delivering food freshly made."