TV-Series
Description
Miharu Rokujo is the main protagonist of Nabari no Ou, a fourteen-year-old middle school student who carries the Shinra Banshou, the most powerful secret art in the hidden ninja world of Nabari. He is short for his age, with black hair and green eyes. Miharu appears apathetic and indifferent toward those around him, a deliberate facade he maintains to prevent others from getting emotionally hurt by involvement with him. However, he is not above acting innocent or charming when it serves his purposes. At heart, he secretly craves friendship and genuine connection.
He lost both of his parents at a young age and remembers almost nothing of his childhood. The truth is that a traumatic incident ten years earlier—in which his mother Asahi, the previous bearer of the Shinra Banshou, sacrificed her life to revive him after he was killed—resulted in the secret art being transferred into his body and his emotions being suppressed. His initial desire is simply to live an ordinary life and eventually inherit his family's okonomiyaki restaurant. That plan collapses when he is attacked by ninja and rescued by his teacher Tobari Kumohira and classmate Koichi Aizawa, who reveal that he is the vessel of the Shinra Banshou and thus the de facto king of Nabari, coveted by numerous ninja factions.
Miharu is forced to join the Nindo club run by Tobari and Koichi as a form of protection. His goal shifts entirely after he meets Yoite, a young operative from the Grey Wolves who uses the forbidden Kira technique that consumes his own life force. Threatened with the deaths of his protectors, Miharu agrees to master the Shinra Banshou in order to erase Yoite's existence—Yoite's own wish. Though he initially treats the promise as a cold transaction, his bond with Yoite deepens, and he comes to genuinely wish for Yoite to live. He ultimately fails to save him; Yoite dies from overusing Kira, and Miharu honors his wish by erasing his existence with the Shinra Banshou. Afterward, Miharu falls into a month-long sleep and wakes up without any conscious memory of Yoite, though he retains a vague sense of having erased someone.
Key relationships include Tobari Kumohira, his English teacher and a ninja of Banten Village who is fiercely protective and wants to seal the Shinra Banshou permanently; Koichi Aizawa, his cheerful-seeming classmate who is actually an immortal being created by a past bearer of the art; and Raimei Shimizu, a samurai from Fuuma Village who becomes a loyal ally and friend. His relationship with his mother, Asahi, is explored later when he meets her spirit inside his consciousness; she encourages him to trust others and overcome his apathy.
Miharu's defining ability is the Shinra Banshou, a power that grants the user the capacity to manipulate existence itself—capable of erasing people, objects, or even memories from reality. The power is extremely difficult to control, and Miharu struggles with it for much of the story. He also relies on psychological manipulation, using his indifferent or cute demeanor to steer situations in his favor. Over the course of the series, Miharu grows from a detached, emotionally closed-off boy into someone willing to confront his own feelings, accept the cost of his power, and finally choose to live openly with his loved ones, no longer hiding behind indifference.
He lost both of his parents at a young age and remembers almost nothing of his childhood. The truth is that a traumatic incident ten years earlier—in which his mother Asahi, the previous bearer of the Shinra Banshou, sacrificed her life to revive him after he was killed—resulted in the secret art being transferred into his body and his emotions being suppressed. His initial desire is simply to live an ordinary life and eventually inherit his family's okonomiyaki restaurant. That plan collapses when he is attacked by ninja and rescued by his teacher Tobari Kumohira and classmate Koichi Aizawa, who reveal that he is the vessel of the Shinra Banshou and thus the de facto king of Nabari, coveted by numerous ninja factions.
Miharu is forced to join the Nindo club run by Tobari and Koichi as a form of protection. His goal shifts entirely after he meets Yoite, a young operative from the Grey Wolves who uses the forbidden Kira technique that consumes his own life force. Threatened with the deaths of his protectors, Miharu agrees to master the Shinra Banshou in order to erase Yoite's existence—Yoite's own wish. Though he initially treats the promise as a cold transaction, his bond with Yoite deepens, and he comes to genuinely wish for Yoite to live. He ultimately fails to save him; Yoite dies from overusing Kira, and Miharu honors his wish by erasing his existence with the Shinra Banshou. Afterward, Miharu falls into a month-long sleep and wakes up without any conscious memory of Yoite, though he retains a vague sense of having erased someone.
Key relationships include Tobari Kumohira, his English teacher and a ninja of Banten Village who is fiercely protective and wants to seal the Shinra Banshou permanently; Koichi Aizawa, his cheerful-seeming classmate who is actually an immortal being created by a past bearer of the art; and Raimei Shimizu, a samurai from Fuuma Village who becomes a loyal ally and friend. His relationship with his mother, Asahi, is explored later when he meets her spirit inside his consciousness; she encourages him to trust others and overcome his apathy.
Miharu's defining ability is the Shinra Banshou, a power that grants the user the capacity to manipulate existence itself—capable of erasing people, objects, or even memories from reality. The power is extremely difficult to control, and Miharu struggles with it for much of the story. He also relies on psychological manipulation, using his indifferent or cute demeanor to steer situations in his favor. Over the course of the series, Miharu grows from a detached, emotionally closed-off boy into someone willing to confront his own feelings, accept the cost of his power, and finally choose to live openly with his loved ones, no longer hiding behind indifference.