Asura Ssssoussuu

Asura (阿修羅, Ashura) is one of the supporting characters in the series Tsunami. He was a member of the Eight Legendary, also known as the Great Old Ones, and the first Dark-Kami to ever come into existence. Asura was one of death's first son, born from a fragment of his soul. He is currently with the revived group this time with only 5 members himself, Crona Ssssoussuu, Meutsui Elemental, TaiyoKami, Kaien.

Personality
Asura had been known as an individual who possessed an extremely fragile soul. Joining the Eight Legendary Warriors, Asura had shared a friendship with Death, and the two fought alongside each other in order to protect peace and order in the world. Asura was the best and strongest out of all Eight Guardians, however, despite his immense strength, Asura had almost always been experiencing the terror of something. Constantly frightened, Asura sought desperately to relieve his unquenchable fear. He found such comfort in dressing with a ridiculous amount of layered clothing, wrapping his face in long scarves, and finding comfort in his partner, Vajra. His fear, however, did not come to an ease, and found it difficult to trust others in the fear of betrayal. Even in Vajra, with whom he had supposedly specifically partnered with in an effort to escape his fears. Eventually, Asura came to the conclusion that the only way that he could relieve his fears was through the attainment of ultimate power. He then became so obsessed in obtaining such power that he began to consume souls of innocent humans, even going so far as to consume Vajra himself. Eventually, Asura fell to his own Madness, and had become the first Dark-Kami.

Asura also has views of a true peace of which only he knows, a peace which resides in the actions of surrendering to Madness and being rid of fear and pain. He views the rationality that has been imposed on the world as an illusion of security and peace, when in actuality, nothingness lies beyond this "order" that almost all humans seem to follow. He also believes that mankind's greatest weakness is their ability to imagine answers to questions that seem to only amount to a frightening answer, when in actuality, the answers are not very frightening at all, and that the only thing that makes them appear so terrifying is the human's imagination running away with them. As a strong believer in this concept of happiness, Asura has sacrificed his own imagination altogether, amounting to fearless recklessness.

As the physical embodiment of Madness and fear, Asura's behavior is extremely erratic; one minute he seemingly has a completely calm and cool demeanor, the next he is both maniacal and senseless. He is easily frightened by things he doesn't understand. This unpredictable behavior makes him particularly dangerous.

Asura is a great disbeliever in honor, seeing it as something that one could fall slave to, and that the love for other people was nothing more than a one way road to defeat. However, this does not mean Asura has an inability to feel love. In the show, Asura finds himself in love with many, and upon realization of this love, he finds no choice but kill the source of this love that may one day lead to his own defeat. He then pursues Sanoto, and swallows her soul, showing how desperate Asura is in being at the status of not being able to be defeated.

When talking with Death, Asura speaks very politely and formally, showing that he may hold some respect for his former friend.

Appearance
Asura is always dressed in a refined manner, mostly because of his status. He limits his main wardrobe to a standard black business suit with white rectangles, until later on in the series when he is seen wearing a white coat instead of a black one. The rectangles are placed in a manner that is completely symmetrical. There are at least six small rectangles along the seam where the sleeves attach to the jacket, and four small rectangles run along the front of his jacket. It is possible that these shapes could be replacements for buttons. His undershirt is a formal white dress shirt, and a metallic skull rests under his collar, and could be used as a tie. His color scheme is meant to copy his father's, where the only color variation between black and white is the color of his eyes. When going out on missions, Asura will typically cover himself in a cloak and mask that makes him look like a smaller version of his father.

In the show, Asura's suit has now been replaced with the Spartoi uniform consisting of a white dress shirt, black tie, a white sports jacket, with a white dress or suit jacket over it with the Spartoi symbol on the left sleeve, navy pants and white shoes.

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In the newer episodes, Asura's Sanzu lines connect and his appearance again changes. Asura is shown wearing a black cape similar to his Death's, though he keeps his skull brooch. His pupils change to skull shapes, though they remain golden. His Sanzu lines are fully connected and are "floating" around his head. These changes are due to him becoming a full part of Death.

When in his ultimate form; Asura is depicted as a very thin, pale young man. Prior to becoming a Dark-Kami, he wore numerous long white scarves, encircling his entire neck and a large portion of his head, and upwards of five to six shirts on his body, each of varying style and color. Even this significant amount of clothing is covered by a further layer; consisting of a red and black pinstriped blazer, as well as an extremely long pair of dark trousers, burying the black shoes worn underneath in a mass of fabric.

Asura has adopted the symbol of three vertical eyes, as he too possesses a third eye on his forehead. Not only does each strand of dark hair on his head look like an eye, due to the presence of white markings, but even his pupils feature this same eye-like shape. This signature eye symbol is tattooed to the backs of each of his hands and the long scarf that encompasses his head is embellished with multiple black images of these vertical eyes, wrapped in a very particular manner so as to display only three at the front.

Due to the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment and subsequent revival, Asura was left without a single item of clothing, either old or new. In order to compensate for this immediate need, he fashioned various wrappings out of his own skin to cover his naked body, even forming it to create the long scarves he originally wore with the same three signature eye-like markings.

In the show; it is demonstrated that the irises of his eyes are red, and he possesses a red aura.

History
Around 800 years before the events of Tsunami, Death, to improve himself, created Asura by taking out the fear in his soul. Asura served under Death as a member of the Eight Legendary Warriors. Asura was the most valued member of the group, said to be the strongest and most feared among all its members. However, Asura was found to be an extremely troubled person, nearly always frightened by something or seen mumbling to himself eerily, to which the partner of his Vajra took it upon himself to partner with Asura in an effort to relieve him of some of his fears. Other members of the group began to notice Asura's peculiar demeanor, and he and his actions became a subject of suspicion and wonder. An event that illustrates Asura's suspicious actions is when the Warriors were assigned a mission to eliminate a group of Witches to the East. Members of the Powerful Warriors came upon a large surprise when they arrived to the battlefield and came to find that all the Witches had already been slaughtered by Asura who had decided to kill all of them himself without assistance. Eventually, Asura's insecurities drove him into an obsession over power and lead him to begin collecting the innocent Souls of humans. Unable to stop Asura, he eventually succeeded in consuming enough Souls to awaken into the first Dark-Kami, falling into and becoming the ultimate source of all Madness.

Asura disappeared for awhile but was awakened by a Witch named Mito Ssssoussuu.

Abilities

 * Godly Tier Fighter: He was one of the strongest and the most feared member of the Eight Legendary Warriors. Death once viewed Asura as his equal in might. He's also one of the few character able to kill Shinigami himself if he isn't too careful.
 * Madness: Madness (発狂, Hakkyō): As the strongest of the Great Old Ones and an equal to Death himself, Asura is an immeasurably powerful god-like being that presides over the attributes that drives men towards madness, which in his particular case is the possession of "Terror".The Madness he employs awakens the insanity within others. His Madness can also even cause illusions and hallucinations. It has been said by many that his Madness Wavelength is inexhaustible.
 * High Intellect:During his battles in the anime, Asura has shown a high level of perceptiveness in battle, accurately stating the attacks his opponents used against him and finding ways to counteract them. He was also initially aware of Shinigami being unable to interact after a certain distance.
 * Black Blood: Asura's black blood allows him to recover from even severe injuries very quickly. He can regenerate lost limbs instantly and seems to have some form of resistance against attacks that would ordinarily destroy a Demon. In the manga it is stated by Justin, Asura too feels the effects of Crona's Black Blood.
 * Clown Generation: In the show, when the Madness Wavelength he gives off concentrates into a specific area, it is implied in theory that it would create a contagion of madness called Clowns, whose purpose is to simply spread the madness further.
 * Soul Perception: According to Clay, Because of his paranoid personality, he would have developed a high level Soul Perception level
 * Shield: In the second fight between Asura and Shinigami in the show, he was seen using a shield similar to Shinigami's, in the form of a red circle. It is filled with numerous symbols, most likely of Hindu or Buddhist origin.
 * Compressed Soul Wavelength Beams: Not named as of yet, this attack begins with Asura folding his hands in a manner similar to praying, before creating small spheres of soul energy which become two circular eye-like symbols that both release a very powerful beam of energy
 * Skin Scarves: These scarves are made from Asura's own skin, giving him complete control over them. This allows him to use them as extra limbs or to shield himself from attacks. They're similar to Shinigami's Shadow Skull Arms.