TV-Series
Description
Orphaned Keisei Tagami was raised by Makina Hoshimura's father. After the Hoshimura family's brutal murder by the powerful undead Seven Stars, he became Makina's Contracted Monk. This role sustained her existence as a Shikabane Hime through a spiritual bond, providing life energy as she fought 108 rogue undead to reach heaven.
He later discovered and adopted three-year-old Ouri Kagami, raising him at the Dai-Rin orphanage next to Sekku Temple. Though unrelated by blood, Ouri viewed Keisei as an older brother. Keisei served the Kougon Sect, a secret Buddhist organization combating rogue undead Shikabane. He maintained friendships with fellow monks Akasha Shishidou and Sadahiro Mibu from training days, though Akasha eventually defected.
Keisei possessed a lighthearted, unorthodox personality, often playing pranks like placing risqué posters, figurines, or adult magazines among Ouri's belongings. Despite this, he showed deep compassion towards the Shikabane Hime under his charge, treating them with dignity contrary to the sect's view of them as tools. He openly challenged Kougon leadership's discriminatory practices, such as barring Shikabane Hime from temples.
In combat, he supported Makina against Shikabane, often wielding a Shakujō staff. In the manga, Akasha and another antagonist named Shimen killed him during a battle in chapter 14. In the anime, Akasha and Seven Stars member Kowaku inflicted fatal wounds near the first season's end. With his dying act, he transferred his contract with Makina to Ouri to prevent her reversion to a feral state.
Posthumously, the Kougon Sect elevated him from Sho Sojo to Gon Sojo rank for his service. The sect oversaw his cremation funeral. Personal traits included a height of 184 cm, weight of 80 kg, type O blood, and a January 11 birthdate. He favored pickled Japanese plums with tea, salted snacks, sake, flying kites, and raising giant stag beetles. After middle school, he attended a low-rated Kougon Sect-affiliated high school before entering priesthood.
Senior monk Sougen Takamine trained Keisei. His relationships reflected protective loyalty: he saw Makina as a younger sister despite her unrequited romantic feelings and shielded Ouri from the undead world as long as possible. His legacy endured through Ouri, who upheld Keisei's ideals of compassion towards the undead while serving as Makina's new Contracted Monk.
He later discovered and adopted three-year-old Ouri Kagami, raising him at the Dai-Rin orphanage next to Sekku Temple. Though unrelated by blood, Ouri viewed Keisei as an older brother. Keisei served the Kougon Sect, a secret Buddhist organization combating rogue undead Shikabane. He maintained friendships with fellow monks Akasha Shishidou and Sadahiro Mibu from training days, though Akasha eventually defected.
Keisei possessed a lighthearted, unorthodox personality, often playing pranks like placing risqué posters, figurines, or adult magazines among Ouri's belongings. Despite this, he showed deep compassion towards the Shikabane Hime under his charge, treating them with dignity contrary to the sect's view of them as tools. He openly challenged Kougon leadership's discriminatory practices, such as barring Shikabane Hime from temples.
In combat, he supported Makina against Shikabane, often wielding a Shakujō staff. In the manga, Akasha and another antagonist named Shimen killed him during a battle in chapter 14. In the anime, Akasha and Seven Stars member Kowaku inflicted fatal wounds near the first season's end. With his dying act, he transferred his contract with Makina to Ouri to prevent her reversion to a feral state.
Posthumously, the Kougon Sect elevated him from Sho Sojo to Gon Sojo rank for his service. The sect oversaw his cremation funeral. Personal traits included a height of 184 cm, weight of 80 kg, type O blood, and a January 11 birthdate. He favored pickled Japanese plums with tea, salted snacks, sake, flying kites, and raising giant stag beetles. After middle school, he attended a low-rated Kougon Sect-affiliated high school before entering priesthood.
Senior monk Sougen Takamine trained Keisei. His relationships reflected protective loyalty: he saw Makina as a younger sister despite her unrequited romantic feelings and shielded Ouri from the undead world as long as possible. His legacy endured through Ouri, who upheld Keisei's ideals of compassion towards the undead while serving as Makina's new Contracted Monk.