Shiro Inukai

Shiro Inukai (, Inukai Shiro) is a mysterious Bushi and a member of the Obsidian Eight. He chases the Obsidian Goddess in order to achieve the strongest Kitetsu Sword.

Appearance
Shiro is a young, tall and muscular man with short, spiky silver hair. He has golden eyes and freckles on his face.

Shiro's clothing is composed of a dark shirt and trousers with a belt and a black cloak over them. He has earrings in both ears and a large golden cross necklace. He also wears a neck ring like Nanao's.

Personality
Shiro is usually seen as a carefree, outgoing person with a playful nature. He is a huge fan of Kitetsu swords, and will often talk about them or boast his collection of them. That is why when they are involved in a matter that he also is, Shiro becomes a completely different person. He takes off his facade and shows his true demeanor. Shiro is a smooth talker who knows what fits certain situations, and he isn't opposed to lying in order to get what he sets his eyes on, just like he did with Musashi. During battle, he shows no mercy and becomes a ruthless fighter who can kill many people in the blink of an eye. He despises the weak who run away from fighting, while on the other hand, he acknowledges those who shows bravery.

Daito Mine Arc
Following an oni, Musashi meets Shiro at a large field, where Shiro had place Kitetsu Blades everywhere. He offers Musashi to borrow one to defeat the oni. As Musashi does and defeats the oni, the sword ends up breaking, but Shiro tells him its fine as that sword was waste of steel. However, he wonders how he managed to draw out that much power and if he is the one. Shiro's servant, Nanao Inusaka, then appears, telling him its time and wonders why Shiro insists of making patterns in the ground with the Kitetsu Blades. Shiro states he feels good being surrounded by beauties and then explains how each sword makes him feel. Nanao apologizes for Shiro's perversion and they leave. Musashi asks them who are they, but Shiro states they are dogs for hire with names not worth sharing, and then vanish before Musashi even realizes.

Shiro observed Musashi's failed trial. As everyone left to fight the Kishin, he appears in front of Musashi and reveals he has black aura too and invites Musashi to join him.

Kitetsu Sword

 * Avidya: Shiro's Kitetsu Sword is a massive, oversized greatsword with a curved blade that he usually carries on his back.

Powers and Abilities
Black Sword Soul: Users with a black soul are said to be masters of the Touki. This is a unique condition caused by having a black crystal within oneself or being the host to the Obsidian Goddess. Black crystal users are shown to have a second color along with the black crystals they possess.

White Sword Soul: Shiro's original sword soul color was white. Amongst the five types of sword souls, it is the absolute strongest. Its users are described as those who can use horrifying techniques that surpass the limits of human knowledge. It is so rare that there have only been a few white blade users throughout all of history.

Shiro's ability allows him to cut out locations in space to swap them with others. The size of the location can range anywhere from about the size of the average human to that of an entire mountain top.

Aoshi Sanada said he was like a god that can manipulate heaven and earth, with the power to slice open the world and rearrange it as he sees fit, using the power of creation and destruction. When fighting opponents he doesn't want to touch with his blade, he traps and crushes them in a water prison made of high pressure water swapped from the ocean floor, or he drops the bone melting interior of a volcano on them.

Trivia

 * His favourite meat is pheasant meat.

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