Yuuki Anzai


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Yuuki Anzai (安斎 結貴) is the male protagonist of the Devils' Line series. He is a a half-devil, half-human police officer who was part of the F Squad in the MPD Public Safety Division 5, who is responsible to combat devil crimes as well as arresting devils. His occupation as a police officer utilizes his abilities as a hybrid.

He is a part of the 15th Hybrid Birth Project at ONLO in Hokkaido, where he was born and raised.

Although he isn't a pure-blood devil, he still yearns for blood like any other devil but has a strict rule of not drinking blood. He has always despised the devil inside of him and devils in general, and he was also pessimistic regarding the coexistence of devils and humans. However, his thinking has been changing since he met Tsukasa Taira, who became his girlfriend throughout the series.

History
Yuuki Anzai is a hybrid, and the only child born to a devil father, Tamaki Anzai, and a human mother, Midori Anzai, for the purpose of being made to be a part of the Red Group of the 15th Hybrid Birth Project at ONLO in Hokkaido. These devils are called "Children of/(raised under the) Light" by some. Since sexual intercourse with humans and devils are very hard, Anzai was conceived with artificial insemination; with Midori's eggs and Tamaki's sperm. Also, due to Anzai's mother being a very talented researcher, they couldn't afford to lose her since being pregnant with children with devil blood could cause problems. Anzai was therefore carried by a surrogate named Ibuki Takeya.

However, unlike Johannes Kleiman, he was excluded from the hybrid experiment due to being physically weak and wasn't experimented on at all. He was thus placed in the orphanage in ONLO along with other devil orphans, but he still had to be monitored. This is the reason why Anzai never got a parent-child relationship with his parents. However, his mother (who was working at the orphanage) looked over him, though Anzai believed he didn't have any parents. At that time, Anzai also became great friends with Tadaya Hiruta and Yuuko Tamaru, and the three would often play together. Since he was unaware of having a real family and grew up without one, Anzai stated that the kids in his ONLO class became his family.

One day, Anzai was alone and stuck in a tree, unable to get down, and on that moment, Anzai was spotted by Kirio Kikuhara. When Kikuhara got him down, he embraced Anzai and explained that he just wanted someone like him to become his comrade, and proceeded to ask the little Anzai to be his friend and follow him, and the boy agreed. However, Kikuhara took him to the basement where there were full of transformed devils, and told him about his serial killer father. He told Anzai that all the devils were the same as him, horrifying Anzai. He then led Anzai to his father and meanwhile told Anzai about his own past and how he killed his mother, this being the same path as Tamaki, Anzai's father, took. This revelation deeply shocked Anzai as he simultaneously cried and threw up. Although this event scarred him and being the reason for his resentment of devils, he forgot most of this until he grew up.

When Anzai was in ONLO High School, he had already thought about becoming a police officer with his best friend, Tadaya, as he wanted to be on the frontline protecting people from the danger of devils. So when he graduated from high school, he was assigned to the F Squad in the Public Safety Division in Tokyo.

Normal
Anzai is a young man with a fit and muscular build who stands at an average height,. He has short, messy, black hair, and his most iconic feature is a longer piece of hair that falls down in front of his face. He gets a haircut in Line 42, but maintains this feature. A small beauty mark sits on the left side of his upper lip. Anzai inherited his mother's black, messy hair and beauty-mark, but aside from that, he is noted to look exactly like his father. And since he is a devil and doesn't drink blood, he has dark circles under his eyes.

He often wears a black shirt, light pants, and dress shoes. He is always seen wearing a silver ring with a black cross on his right middle finger. This ring is actually a device for monitoring his body temperature.

Transformed
Anzai’s transformation into a devil usually follows a pattern. First, his eyes will start to turn red. Once they are completely red, his irises yellow and become cat-like. Veins will appear around his eyes. Then, simultaneously, his teeth will sharpen into fangs and his nails into claws. As a devil, Anzai is stronger, faster, and has better reaction time. Depending on what prompts his transformation, it can happen slowly or nearly instantaneously. Feelings of passion usually mean a slow transformation, when confronted with blood it’s faster, and in life or death situations it’s even faster.

Personality
At first, Anzai seemed to be a withdrawn man shrouded in mystery. However, he has a strong sense of justice and can be confronting and sensitive regarding devil-related crimes and matters. He acknowledges the devils' influence in society, which is why he became a police officer - to protect people from the threat of devils. He is generally calm and collected but can turn very violent and dangerous, especially when it comes to protecting Tsukasa. He cares deeply for Tsukasa and his comrades, and will rush to their side whenever they are in trouble. This is seen when he transformed instantly after Tsukasa got shot. He let out a cry even while in transformed state when he found out that she wasn't injured. He is warm and friendly towards those he cares about, and although he doesn't smile so often, he will smile and laugh and is happy around close friends like Tadaya, and also particularly Tsukasa, and will sometimes freely show his enjoyment towards various matters. But around his enemies and people he doesn't like, Anzai will turn cold and blunt, and doesn't care whatever happens to them.

He is mature and responsible, but can at times act without considering the consequences of his actions in which he lets his emotions take the better of him. According to Johannes Kleiman (Hans Lee), Anzai is easily manipulated emotionally and although he looks and acts tough, he is actually a "crybaby". As noted by Lee, instead of finding a resolution or talk about a problem (as in Anzai's relationship with Tsukasa), Anzai thinks it would be better if he distanced himself from Tsukasa a bit. He doesn't like holding grudges towards other people when it involves his own matters, and when he is at fault, Anzai will push away his pride and apologize properly. But when it comes to Tsukasa, especially, he holds grudges and resentment towards people who have caused her harm in any way (if they are not genuinely sorry for what they did).

Anzai is very self-deprecating, he despises the devil inside of him which causes him to have thoughts he doesn't want to have. He thinks he's filthy and creepy when in his transformed state, and not because someone said so, but because he himself thinks so. This is why he is rather shocked by the way Tsukasa is so accepting of him, and is reluctant to spend time with her in the beginning. He was also rather pessimistic towards devils and humans coexistence, but after meeting Tsukasa, his thinking regarding this matter has changed. They are always trying to make their relationship work, in their own way, but Anzai is still self-conscious. But although he still isn't fully accepting of himself, Tsukasa has helped Anzai is a lot of positive ways and gave him boost in his self-confidence. And exactly because of how dear Tsukasa is to him, he decided to break up with her for a while to sort out of his feelings and clear his confusion, and then see her again. He just doesn't want to put Tsukasa in dangerous situations and make her worry. Although they had separated, they are now together again and states that will always stick by each others side no matter what.

In Tsukasa's presence and when she says something sweet to him or displays jealous behavior, Anzai turns very flustered and embarrassed. She is the only person Anzai shows this side to. It is mentioned that the majority of the times Anzai has transformed is when he's lusting for Tsukasa or when it revolves around her. Sometimes, his lusting for Tsukasa resulted in some private perverted acts, such as in one time when the thought of Tsukasa strongly urged him to play with himself, while lustfully staring at a photo of Tsukasa on his phone. He would later feel embarrassed by the act, but only a few minutes later, he would be lustful again and play with himself again a second time.

He also has some comical sides to him as well, and can at times be scolding, short-tempered and have arguments with Lee who is the complete opposite of him.

Relationship
Tsukasa Taira: Officially go out in Line 022.

Trivia

 * His average sleeping time is 6 hours.
 * His favorite foods are milk and chocolate.
 * He prefers having slip-on shoes.
 * Anzai has had a class 1 driver's license since 2010, which means he got it when he was about 18 years old.