Spoiler-safe up to chapter 5
Characters & terms
Chibi illustrations are fan art made for this channel. Kagurabachi characters © Takeru Hokazono / Shueisha.
Characters
- Chihiro Rokuhira
- Son of the swordsmith Kunishige. After the time skip: black coat, a scar across his face, and the seventh enchanted blade, Enten. Calm, blunt, and a surprisingly good older brother on a food tour.
- First seen: chapter 1 · known up to chapter 5
- Kunishige Rokuhira
- Chihiro's father and the swordsmith who forged the enchanted blades that ended the war. Bought the three goldfish. Killed on that day, shown in chapter 2.
- First seen: chapter 1 · known up to chapter 5
- Shiba
- A sorcerer and old friend of the family who fought in the war. Teleports – one moment here, the next outside. Takes jobs through Hinao.
- First seen: chapter 1 · known up to chapter 5
- Char
- The girl who saw one of the stolen blades. Hunted by sorcerers, was kept somewhere dark for a long time, and loves food more than anything.
- First seen: chapter 3 · known up to chapter 5
- Hinao
- Runs the agency in Tokyo through which sorcerers take on jobs. Shiba's contact, Char's new wardrobe supplier.
- First seen: chapter 3 · known up to chapter 5
- Cylinder Head (the Daruma sorcerer)
- Sorcerer with a vest and a tall hat whose Daruma explode. Chased Char in chapters 3 and 4; Shiba calls him Cylinder Head. Works for Sojo.
- First seen: chapter 3 · known up to chapter 5
- Genichi Sojo
- Revealed in chapter 5: a weapons dealer who controls Japan, a big fish of the underworld – and the man who holds Cloud Gouger.
- First seen: chapter 5 · known up to chapter 5
Blades & terms
- Enchanted blades
- Swords forged by Kunishige that ended the war. Six were stolen on that day; Chihiro carries the seventh. They amplify a person's spirit energy into a form no sorcerer can muster alone.
- First seen: chapter 1 · known up to chapter 5
- Enten
- Chihiro's blade. When he whispers its name, water drips from the blade and goldfish appear: Black cuts at range, Red swallows an attack and sends it back.
- First seen: chapter 1 · known up to chapter 5
- Spirit energy
- The life force behind sorcery. It slumbers in every human; sorcerers learn to use it.
- First seen: chapter 4 · known up to chapter 5
- Cloud Gouger
- One of the six stolen blades. Named in chapter 4; in chapter 5 we learn that Sojo has it.
- First seen: chapter 4 · known up to chapter 5
