Kagerō Kii (紀伊 陽炎 Kii Kagerō) was once a former member of Yami Armed Division and Allied of Ryōzanpaku.
Appearance[]
Kii is very tall and thin man with long arms and legs and a rather lanky figure. He wears a dark suit similar to Lugh's and has dark eyes and pale skin, along with very silky hair pointing upwards. He has rather dark lips. He carries his sword on his back in a dark black scabbard with a dark strap across his chest. After losing Setsunamaru, Kii began carrying wooden practice swords with him as temporary replacements and still wore his strap to add on to the illusion of still having his weapon. After gaining his gardening hoe from Shigure Kosaka, Kii stopped wearing his strap altogether and began carrying his hoe with him everywhere.
Personality[]
Kii is introduced as a master who is rather careless in his skills, as he cuts down one of his own allies reflexively and unconsciously while he meets with them to hunt for Shigure Kōsaka. To compensate for this, he gives out instructions for dealing with him, amongst them to never point a sword at him, never insult him and to stay three meters away from him. He is quite courteous to both his allies and enemies, however, and he tends to become very excited in the middle of a fight.
After Shigure takes Setsunamaru from him, Kii becomes extremely underconfident in himself, reduced to cowering in his shack while birds built a nest in his hair. This extends to his honor as well, as he openly begged and would cry to Shigure to give him back the sword without any regard for his own dignity.
Kii holds Setsunamaru dear to himself, likely because any other blade he uses quickly breaks from his power. His love for swords extends to a disinterest in women, whose faces he is never able to remember (he only remembers Mikumo Kushinada after recognizing her techniques). In fact, he has to be reminded of Shigure's first name sometimes, as he refers to her as "Mic-Chan". He will use other swords if deemed necessary but will feel no connection with the weapon, though when he does use the Akabanetou, he proclaims his realization of momentary love for the new sword and cries for Setsunamaru to forgive him for his infidelity.
Since having gained the Hoe from Shigure, Kii willingly left Yami and took a turn in life, as he became much kinder and more thoughtful, having no longer hold any ill will to Shigure or Ryōzanpaku anymore and now lives a humble life of peace. He's also grown fond of farming, having used his new weapon for farming purposes such as cultivating plants and caring for livestock. He's also grown to care for Shigure now, as he willingly allied with Ryōzanpaku to help save her and was more than willing to fight his former Yami allies to save her. However, he is willing to kill them, suggesting he may retain some of his Satsujinken beliefs (though he said it in a comedic manner, suggesting it was just him losing his temper).
Another thing to note is, after receiving the hoe from Shigure he came upon an injured bird next to him on the ground, put it back on the tree and started to care for them until one day he saw one of the injured birds and when he went to the next, he noticed that the nest is empty, and a snake just finished devouring them. He realized that in some ways he was the snake that hurt and ruined many lives and he felt overwhelmed with guilt claiming that he is beyond forgiveness but he still wants to give his life to save Katsujinkens and the pride of Satsujiken's which he did since he saved Akisame's life and was able to help ONSF realize that even if they are Satsujinken they should have some pride and honor as martial artists.
He has a habit of saying "Nyo" when he gets riled up.
Skills[]
- Master Swordsman: Kii is a sword master who is able to attack and re-sheath his sword without appearing to move (getting the nickname Otokoeiaigiri (Japanese for: "Supersonic Iai Slash") and is also double-jointed, which gives him the ability to attack people behind him as easily as if they were in front of him. Kii's ability to un-sheath and re-sheath his sword is incredibly fast and instinctive, so instinctive that he has developed the ability to automatically cut everything that approaches him with his Iai draw, and to instinctively cut down anyone who either points their weapons at him, upsets/insults him, or does not follow the rules of his personal guidebook. After losing Setsunamaru, he has shown to be able to not only perform his Iai draw with a wooden sword but is even able to perform it with other tools like a hoe. He is considered to be an incrediblely high-leveled sword master, as he has reached the highest level of swordsmanship, Shinto Kourenzan which is the mental state were the user and his sword become one.
- Expert Gardener: Ever since he lost his Setsunamaru, Kii has received a special hoe from Shigure, which according to her is one of her father's "masterpieces". After receiving it, he tested it on the front grounds of his property, and instantly fell in love with the feeling of using his techniques with it, which he described as Iai against the Earth. Ever since then, Kii has started a massive garden on his property and has become an expert in gardening.
- Immense Sei Ki: Kii has been shown to have a large amount of ki, which was evidenced by the size and range of his Seikuken. The range of his Seikuken is enormous, easily including Kenichi who was standing several feet away from him, and extends even further than that, due to his enormous height and his sword, a hitogiri bouchou and nodachi.
- Immense Speed: As an Iaido master, Kii has been shown to have an unbelievable amount of speed and skill with swords, and this speed is both a blessing and a curse to him. His speed and skills are so great that normal swords simply break down from his techniques, unable to withstand them. As a result, he has a hard time finding swords that he can actually use in battle and he only feels a connection with Setsunamaru, the hitogiri bouchou he received from Shigure's late father when Shigure was still an unnamed child, and a sword which is able to withstand his enormous techniques. Since losing Setsunamaru, Kii has found a new weapon which is strong enough to handle his techniques and has begun to create a connection with his new blade. During his fight in the Eternal Sunset, Kii was capable of running in a circle clearing all of Mildred's arrows with his Hoe even after being pierced all over his body by arrows.
- Immense Endurance: While as thin as Kii is, he's shown to have an incredible amount of durability, having taken a direct attack from Mikumo and recover in mere moments. Even after having his body skewered by arrows from Mildred, Kii was able to still plow all of her arrows before falling from exhaustion from his injuries. Despite his heavy injuries, Kii was still able to rise back up and endure being impaled by multiple blades and seemingly would have still been able to fight had he not been killed by Mikumo. She acknowledged Kii as man with a strong life force.
- Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Kii has shown that even without a weapon he can still be formidable, this was evident when he caught the axe masters' axe strikes with his bare hands to save Kenichi's life as well as more recently being able to almost KO and gravely damage Seitarō Raigo despite the earlier injuries he received from Mildred, Kushinada and a sneak attack from Seitarō. It should be noted prior to Kii's punch, Seitarō had not received any injuries as well as being fresh in the fight but after the punch his sunglasses ended up breaking and he was visibly shaken up and has been damaged a great deal.