Kenta

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"Sorry I've kept you waiting, Inugami. It's time to eat."

A timid young school boy who carries a creature called Inugami in his backpack. Kenta is unusually distant for a kid, and doesn't socialize well with other humans, preferring dogs. Ignored by his parents and other children, Kenta was by and large raised by Inugami, and the two are connected by a bond far stronger than race or blood ties. Inugami recognizes Kenta as one of his own, and bares sharp fangs to anyone who would threaten him. Though it almost never happens, Kenta trusts in Inugami's intuition, and if Inugami decides he likes someone then Kenta will open up to them in kind.

As a spiritual being, Inugami cannot feed from normal food. Rather, he eats the residual negative emotions and thoughts at the site of tragedies, murders being the staple. To secure food for him, the pair are always wandering the dangerous slums of Tokyo, where most ordinary people would never dare set foot. Knowing Inugami is there for him, Kenta never hesitates even if he may be in harm's way. Kenta hates those who mistreat dogs more than anything.

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Inugami are a variety of dog yokai in Japanese mythology, who could alternately serve as either guardian familiars watching over a family, or terrible curses plaguing a family.