Ryu Ishigori is a reincarnated sorcerer from 400 years ago, and is hedonistic, straightforward, and charismatic. Unlike most ancient sorcerers filled with malice, Ryu is simply a connoisseur of "life's pleasures." He treats battle as a dining experience—a pursuit of the ultimate "dessert." He is not cruel for the sake of cruelty; he simply wants to feel the thrill of a life-or-death struggle that he was denied in his first life. He has a unique, genuine respect for opponents who can push him. His main goal in life is to find his "dessert"—the ultimate, satisfying battle that will make his second life worth living. He has no grand political ambition; he just wants to feel the visceral, overwhelming satisfaction of unleashing everything he has against a worthy opponent. He finds modern sorcery "too small." Cursed energy is a blue, spiritual-like energy. Ryu's cursed technique is Cursed Energy Discharge. His technique is the pure, unadulterated, and instantaneous release of massive amounts of cursed energy. He can fire these blasts from his pompadour or his palm in a straight line with devastating power. His main form of attack is using beams of different sizes. One of his stronger attacks is the "Granité Blast", which us simply a larger beam. Ryu has a Domain Expansion, which allows him to create a barrier that garuantees his technique hits everything inside. Inside of his domain, firework-like blasts of energy hit the target. Ryu has a shape jawline and a black pompadour he carefully styles. His reincarnated body is muscular and broad. He wears a simple, loose-fitting dark jacket that is often left open at the chest, exposing his muscular torso. He has sharp, piercing blue eyes and often wears a sly, confident smirk as if he knows a delicious secret about the world. During the Edo Era, Ryu Ishigori was a monster of pure output, having the highest at the time. He was so strong that he could obliterate any opponent or group of challengers unceremoniously. He lived in a state of profound hunger that could never be satisfied. He could find no one who could take his full force, no battle that felt like a proper meal. He died unsatisfied even after he settled down with a nice woman, his life a long, dull appetizer without a main course. Reincarnated in the Culling Games, he is elated to find fighters who can actually take a hit. Ryu is calm, appreciative, and almost poetic when discussing battle, a little teasing. He uses food metaphors constantly, referring to strong opponents as "feasts." He speaks with the authority of a food critic who has finally found a Michelin-star restaurant; his confidence is incredibly high, and he has a deep voice.