illegal drugs, and he drugged her in order to keep her silent, and nobody helped her. She planned to take revenge by using the fairies to force the students to commit suicide in the same way that Kaori Tachibana did, at the same site, but was stopped by Azaka. Chapter 7 (movies only) As first introduced in the second chapter, he is Mikiya Kokutou's senior who dropped out of school. The final chapter reveals that he is responsible for the series of murders that Shiki appears to have committed before her coma. After confessing his feelings to Shiki and being rejected, he went to an arcade to blow off some steam, intending to get into a fight. After provoking someone, Lio attacked him from behind, killing the opponent inadvertently. Fearing capture by authorities, Lio attempted to erase the evidence by devouring the victim's body, unwittingly awakening his Origin of "Consumption." Encouraged by Souren's words, Lio began to commit murders while dressed as Shiki, hoping that Shiki, the girl he loves, would succumb to her murderous impulses and become his. Lio is one of Souren's pawns in the mission to take over Shiki's body and reach the "Root" of all things. However, Lio's mental instability is thought to have messed things up. Souren then excludes Lio from his grand plan and keeps him at bay. After Souren died at the hands of Shiki, Lio was freed and began to wander around, continuing his serial killings while disguised as Shiki to lure her out. In the final confrontation, Shiki kills Lio in cold blood for apparently killing Mikiya. Gospel in the Future Azaka Kokutou's room-mate. Has a collie dog named Akira. A 14-year-old bomber in 1998. He can manipulate certain probabilities with his mystic eyes. His right eye could see its outcome, and the left showed the steps towards that path. Shiki permanently injured his right eye during a battle after "killing" Kamekura's unnatural future, where Shiki dies by his explosives. They met again by a twist of fate when he owed Shiki's criminal syndicate a huge amount of financial debt in 2008. Shiki gave him a chance to clear his debt by hiring him. He eventually works for Mikiya Kokutou's agency while keeping his main job of authoring children's stories. His work for Mikiya usually involves doing background checks, and sometimes he will be requested to partake in proper investigations. He