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Description
In the surreal and ever-shifting universe of Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, the character known as Eutus stands as a figure of mystery and quiet authority. His true name, revealed through the deeper layers of the narrative, is Seimei Abe, an ancient onmyōji, or practitioner of traditional Japanese esoteric cosmology and divination, who lived over a thousand years ago during the Heian era. While he appears to be a man in his thirties, dressed in a distinctive wizard-like robe with striking blue hair, his existence transcends a normal human lifespan due to a catastrophic magical event from his past. He is also known for a particular idiosyncrasy: he harbors a strong dislike for being called Mister due to the implication of age, much preferring to be addressed with the more casual and familiar term Bro.
The core of Eutuss personality is a blend of profound wisdom and a weary, melancholic detachment. Having wandered through the dimensional rifts of the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade for centuries, he has gained an encyclopedic, almost know-it-all understanding of the forces that govern these parallel worlds. He is not a villain or a simple guide, but a tragic figure whose actions are motivated by a deep, unresolved sorrow. His calm and mysterious demeanor masks the pain of a terrible personal loss that occurred in his original life. Driven by a desperate attempt to reverse this tragedy, he performed a forbidden onmyōdō ritual. This spell did not resurrect the dead as he had hoped, but instead shattered his own existence, tearing him out of the flow of time and condemning him to wander endlessly across alternate realities born from the same magical shopping arcade.
Within the story, Eutus serves as a critical figure for the protagonists, Sasshi and Arumi. He is the only character who fully comprehends the nature of the bizarre worlds they are traveling through, which are surreal manifestations of Sasshis own otaku interests and psychological escapism. Eutus acts as a mentor, particularly to Sasshi, explaining the mechanics of their dimension-hopping predicament and the fundamental rule that one cannot truly bring a lost loved one back to life, no matter how powerful the magic or how real the created world may seem. His role is to force Sasshi to confront the painful realities of change, loss, and growing up that he is trying to avoid. In this sense, Eutus is a living cautionary tale, a direct reflection of what Sasshi could become if he continues to reject the real world in favor of fantasy.
Eutuss most significant relationship is with a woman named Mune, who appears in the arcade as the busty, red-haired MuneMune. In the Heian era, Mune was the wife of a nobleman named Masayuki, who was also a childhood friend of Seimei. While Masayuki was often away, he would ask Seimei to protect and keep Mune company. Over time, Seimei and Mune fell deeply in love and began an affair. When Masayuki discovered the betrayal, he was consumed by jealousy and grief. He murdered Mune and then took his own life. This event shattered Seimei, leading directly to his forbidden ritual and his subsequent curse. The woman chasing him across dimensions, MuneMune, is a fragment of his memories and desires, forever seeking him, while he remains forever trying to distance himself from the cycle of pain he created. His relationships with the modern-day residents of Abenobashi, including Arumi and Sasshi, are complicated by the fact that they are imperfect reincarnations or analogs of the people from his original tragedy.
Development is central to Eutuss purpose in the narrative. He is not a static enigma but a character whose arc is defined by a gradual revelation of his tragic past. As Sasshi and Arumi learn more about who he truly is, his cryptic advice gains weight and urgency. His ultimate development is not a personal redemption or a return to his former life, but the acceptance of his role as a guide. He has spent a millennium trying to undo his mistake, only to realize that some cracks in the fabric of existence cannot be repaired. He ultimately imparts this hard-won lesson to Sasshi: that growing up means learning to live with loss, not escaping from it.
Eutuss most notable ability is his conscious and controlled movement between the various parallel dimensions of Abenobashi, a feat that the protagonists cannot initially perform on their own. Unlike Sasshi, whose fear of reality unconsciously creates and pulls them into new worlds, Eutus travels with purpose and understanding. This power is a direct result of his original failed ritual, which bound him to the magical heart of the shopping arcade. As a master onmyōji from the Heian period, he is also inherently skilled in various forms of mystical arts, including divination, spirit conjuring, and the manipulation of esoteric forces, though his primary role in the story focuses on his knowledge of the multiverse and his ability to navigate its chaotic corridors.
The core of Eutuss personality is a blend of profound wisdom and a weary, melancholic detachment. Having wandered through the dimensional rifts of the Abenobashi Shopping Arcade for centuries, he has gained an encyclopedic, almost know-it-all understanding of the forces that govern these parallel worlds. He is not a villain or a simple guide, but a tragic figure whose actions are motivated by a deep, unresolved sorrow. His calm and mysterious demeanor masks the pain of a terrible personal loss that occurred in his original life. Driven by a desperate attempt to reverse this tragedy, he performed a forbidden onmyōdō ritual. This spell did not resurrect the dead as he had hoped, but instead shattered his own existence, tearing him out of the flow of time and condemning him to wander endlessly across alternate realities born from the same magical shopping arcade.
Within the story, Eutus serves as a critical figure for the protagonists, Sasshi and Arumi. He is the only character who fully comprehends the nature of the bizarre worlds they are traveling through, which are surreal manifestations of Sasshis own otaku interests and psychological escapism. Eutus acts as a mentor, particularly to Sasshi, explaining the mechanics of their dimension-hopping predicament and the fundamental rule that one cannot truly bring a lost loved one back to life, no matter how powerful the magic or how real the created world may seem. His role is to force Sasshi to confront the painful realities of change, loss, and growing up that he is trying to avoid. In this sense, Eutus is a living cautionary tale, a direct reflection of what Sasshi could become if he continues to reject the real world in favor of fantasy.
Eutuss most significant relationship is with a woman named Mune, who appears in the arcade as the busty, red-haired MuneMune. In the Heian era, Mune was the wife of a nobleman named Masayuki, who was also a childhood friend of Seimei. While Masayuki was often away, he would ask Seimei to protect and keep Mune company. Over time, Seimei and Mune fell deeply in love and began an affair. When Masayuki discovered the betrayal, he was consumed by jealousy and grief. He murdered Mune and then took his own life. This event shattered Seimei, leading directly to his forbidden ritual and his subsequent curse. The woman chasing him across dimensions, MuneMune, is a fragment of his memories and desires, forever seeking him, while he remains forever trying to distance himself from the cycle of pain he created. His relationships with the modern-day residents of Abenobashi, including Arumi and Sasshi, are complicated by the fact that they are imperfect reincarnations or analogs of the people from his original tragedy.
Development is central to Eutuss purpose in the narrative. He is not a static enigma but a character whose arc is defined by a gradual revelation of his tragic past. As Sasshi and Arumi learn more about who he truly is, his cryptic advice gains weight and urgency. His ultimate development is not a personal redemption or a return to his former life, but the acceptance of his role as a guide. He has spent a millennium trying to undo his mistake, only to realize that some cracks in the fabric of existence cannot be repaired. He ultimately imparts this hard-won lesson to Sasshi: that growing up means learning to live with loss, not escaping from it.
Eutuss most notable ability is his conscious and controlled movement between the various parallel dimensions of Abenobashi, a feat that the protagonists cannot initially perform on their own. Unlike Sasshi, whose fear of reality unconsciously creates and pulls them into new worlds, Eutus travels with purpose and understanding. This power is a direct result of his original failed ritual, which bound him to the magical heart of the shopping arcade. As a master onmyōji from the Heian period, he is also inherently skilled in various forms of mystical arts, including divination, spirit conjuring, and the manipulation of esoteric forces, though his primary role in the story focuses on his knowledge of the multiverse and his ability to navigate its chaotic corridors.