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Kagura Tennozu is the female protagonist of the story, a fifteen-year-old girl who serves as the central catalyst for the events that unfold. Born in 1990, she is the only daughter of Shinsen Tennozu, the formidable head of the powerful Tennozu Group, a sprawling financial conglomerate. Despite her status as the heir to this immense fortune, Kagura lives a life of profound isolation and suffering, confined to a gilded cage within a high skyscraper in Tokyo. Her existence is defined by abuse at the hands of her own mother, who starves and mistreats her, and by the machinations of the secret Roppongi Club, a depraved society of the ultra-wealthy that worships her as their "Goddess".
Kagura's personality is defined by a striking contradiction. Despite the relentless mistreatment and neglect she endures, she retains a sweet, demure, and remarkably innocent demeanor. In the early part of the story, she quietly endures her mother’s cruelty, clinging to a faint hope that she might one day be shown genuine love. This innocence is so profound that it borders on a complete lack of social skills, as she has been so sheltered that she does not even recognize when she is being harassed or victimized. She is a young girl who is often brought to tears by her circumstances, yet this vulnerability is paired with an emerging inner strength. Her actions are motivated by a simple but powerful desire to break free from the people who seek to control and use her as a tool.
In the narrative, Kagura is the ultimate MacGuffin, a living object of desire whose unique biology is the source of power for the entire secret society. Her body contains a special enzyme or factor that, when combined with a specific virus, can trigger a transformation in others, granting them supernatural abilities based on their deepest, often depraved, obsessions. This process turns them into Euphorics. To maintain this catalytic power, agents of the antagonist Suitengu injected her with growth inhibitors to prevent puberty, further stunting her development and contributing to her frail condition. Adding another tragic layer, Kagura is also suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, giving her only a short time left to live unless she receives intensive treatment.
Her most significant relationship is with the protagonist, Tatsumi Saiga, a former war photographer. When Saiga infiltrates the Roppongi Club, she kisses him, inadvertently awakening his own Euphoric power and setting them both on the run. Though their relationship begins with Saiga as her rescuer, it develops into a deep, mutual bond. Captivated by her purity, he becomes determined to save her, while she openly expresses her desire to stay by his side no matter what. This creates a May-December romance that is explicitly acknowledged by other characters in the story. In stark contrast, her relationship with her mother, Shinsen, is one of pure, cold transactional abuse, rooted in a past bitterness that ultimately leads to tragedy. Her other key relationship is with the villain, Suitengu, who sees her as nothing more than a vital tool for his grand schemes of economic revenge, leading to her being kidnapped and held captive multiple times throughout the series.
Over the course of the story, Kagura undergoes significant character development. Initially a passive victim who feels responsible for the suffering of those around her, she begins to grow more independent as she is exposed to the world outside her prison. At the story's darkest moment, she reaches a point of despair where she chooses to sacrifice herself, believing all the conflict is her fault. However, she is convinced to live on by Saiga's confession of his feelings for her. In the end, she finally receives the medical care she needs from an ally, allowing her to survive, and five years later, she is reunited with Saiga as a young woman who has finally outgrown her artificially stunted form, earning a happy ending after all her suffering. As a testament to her wealthy upbringing, she even owns a red Maserati Shamal sports car. Her central ability is not a combat skill but a biological one; her kiss, and presumably other bodily fluids, can trigger the euphoric transformation in those infected with the virus, making her the single most sought-after person in the world of the series.
Kagura's personality is defined by a striking contradiction. Despite the relentless mistreatment and neglect she endures, she retains a sweet, demure, and remarkably innocent demeanor. In the early part of the story, she quietly endures her mother’s cruelty, clinging to a faint hope that she might one day be shown genuine love. This innocence is so profound that it borders on a complete lack of social skills, as she has been so sheltered that she does not even recognize when she is being harassed or victimized. She is a young girl who is often brought to tears by her circumstances, yet this vulnerability is paired with an emerging inner strength. Her actions are motivated by a simple but powerful desire to break free from the people who seek to control and use her as a tool.
In the narrative, Kagura is the ultimate MacGuffin, a living object of desire whose unique biology is the source of power for the entire secret society. Her body contains a special enzyme or factor that, when combined with a specific virus, can trigger a transformation in others, granting them supernatural abilities based on their deepest, often depraved, obsessions. This process turns them into Euphorics. To maintain this catalytic power, agents of the antagonist Suitengu injected her with growth inhibitors to prevent puberty, further stunting her development and contributing to her frail condition. Adding another tragic layer, Kagura is also suffering from an inoperable brain tumor, giving her only a short time left to live unless she receives intensive treatment.
Her most significant relationship is with the protagonist, Tatsumi Saiga, a former war photographer. When Saiga infiltrates the Roppongi Club, she kisses him, inadvertently awakening his own Euphoric power and setting them both on the run. Though their relationship begins with Saiga as her rescuer, it develops into a deep, mutual bond. Captivated by her purity, he becomes determined to save her, while she openly expresses her desire to stay by his side no matter what. This creates a May-December romance that is explicitly acknowledged by other characters in the story. In stark contrast, her relationship with her mother, Shinsen, is one of pure, cold transactional abuse, rooted in a past bitterness that ultimately leads to tragedy. Her other key relationship is with the villain, Suitengu, who sees her as nothing more than a vital tool for his grand schemes of economic revenge, leading to her being kidnapped and held captive multiple times throughout the series.
Over the course of the story, Kagura undergoes significant character development. Initially a passive victim who feels responsible for the suffering of those around her, she begins to grow more independent as she is exposed to the world outside her prison. At the story's darkest moment, she reaches a point of despair where she chooses to sacrifice herself, believing all the conflict is her fault. However, she is convinced to live on by Saiga's confession of his feelings for her. In the end, she finally receives the medical care she needs from an ally, allowing her to survive, and five years later, she is reunited with Saiga as a young woman who has finally outgrown her artificially stunted form, earning a happy ending after all her suffering. As a testament to her wealthy upbringing, she even owns a red Maserati Shamal sports car. Her central ability is not a combat skill but a biological one; her kiss, and presumably other bodily fluids, can trigger the euphoric transformation in those infected with the virus, making her the single most sought-after person in the world of the series.