About

A powerful information broker based in Shinjuku. A slender, beautiful young man who embodies the very definition of handsome. Neither a good person nor a villain, his principles of action are mysterious and full of enigmas. His hobby is stepping on girls' cell phones. ...Actually, it's observing humans. His inexplicable behavior stems from a unique philosophy of "loving humans" (though he does not include himself in this love for humanity). He loathes non-human entities, including Saika, and often subjects them to biting irony and ridicule. However, despite Celty being a monster, she is an exception to whom he feels neither hostility nor affection. He uses a folding knife, which he carries at all times, as a weapon and is proficient in parkour. He is the second most knowledgeable person in the series, possessing a grasp of all information and human relationships in Ikebukuro. On the internet, he uses multiple handles, including the female persona "Kanra" (in other words, a net-okama), and serves as the moderator of a chat room where many of the story's main characters gather. In addition to Kanra, the handles "Nakura" and "Chrome" also appear. Until elementary school, while his trait of "liking to watch people" remained the same, he always maintained a detached attitude, living a life that was neither too close to nor too far from others. Apparently, whenever groups were being formed and he was about to be left out, people would end up fighting over who got to have him. Originally, he wasn't the type to interact with people and preferred to stay cooped up in the library, but a certain incident during his middle school years led him to pursue his goal of loving humanity.