Waves of Light, Akira Momonami
Akira Momonami, child of ( ) Momonami and ( ) Momonami, formerly ( ) ( ), was born in ( ) hospital on the 13th of April 19XX. Despite both of his parents being Momotaro, neither of them had ever worked for the Momotaro Agency for reasons unknown. Akira also has a younger sister who, like their parents, would never come to work within the Momotaro Agancy. The four of them lived in a smaller town within ( ) prefecture, in the same home his parents can still be found living in today. They lived a leisurely life, not lacking of anything.
He would enter ( ) elementary school in 20XX. Nothing noteworthy happened during his time there.
Six years later, in 20XX he entered ( ) middle school, one of the many public schools that are run by the Momotaro Agency. It was there that the Agency took notice of, not just his interested, but also his understanding of the human body. It's theorized that this interest stems from hearing his mother, who was a doctor, talk about her work.
Three more years passed, and in 20XX he entered ( ) high school, a school run by and for Momotaro. Not all who visit one of those schools is also going to enter the Agency, some don't get accepted, others choose not to join the Agency.
The higher-ups had high hopes for Momonami, especially after seeing what he can do wit his bacteria. However, for most of his time in high school Momonami didn't seem interested in joining the Agency at all, which worried a lot of Momotaro who had their expectations set on him.
After graduating at the top of his class he joined the Momotaro Agancy.
Momonamis ability can remind one of Momomiya , Kyotos Commanding Officer, and his ability to control corpses. They seem similar but are fundamentally different. While Momomiya simply uses his bacteria to control the corpses, Momonamis ability took this farther by somewhat temporarily bringing the dead back to life.
By using his bacteria he can forcibly reanimate the heart, temporarily fooling the body to belive it is still alive. The afflicted, while regaining some sort of consciousness, can not remember the life they had before they died.
For his ability to work the corpse needs to be in a âgood conditionâ. That is why he only chooses corpses who don't bear too many injuries, if any, and deep freezes them until he puts them to use.
He can only keep someone âaliveâ for around a week, two at most. He can, however, reanimate multiple corpses at once, his limit being 13 before having to take a break from it.
His ability may seem powerful but he needs to prepare himself a lot, both mentally and physically, before he can actually use it. That is why he needs to take rather long breaks between reanimating âa batch of corpsesâ, as he would put it. His breaks often lasting a good few month if not a whole year.
Path within the Momotaro Agancy
After graduating from ( ) highschool Momonami began his training in the Momotaro Agency. Many wonder what caused him to make this decision after years of seeming uninterested in the Agency, but a true reasoning could never be found. Each time he was asked why, he would just answer with sentences like âI just felt like itâ or âI simply didn't have anything better to doâ and there are some who believe that he really did make his decision solely out of boredom. Though, those who had known him for longer had always claimed that there seemed to be more behind it, like there was actually something pushing him forth.
He didn't stand out at all during his days as a trainee. He was just another of the many. The only thing that you could argue had made him stand out was his lack of social contact with his fellow trainees. This however wasn't his fault, he would willingly go out of his way to hold a conversation with someone else every now and again. It was the others who didn't want to have anything to do with him. He shared the same fate as other Momotaro whos ability was somehow connected to the dead.
This lack of social interactions wouldn't stop him from quickly rising the ranks.
He had a good grasps of his ability. He knew his limits and was willing to train more to extend them. Despite others claiming that he wasn't able to read a room, he still seemed to have an high enough EQ to easily talk people into following his lead. It didn't take him long to rise from an average trainee up to being given his own Unit to command.
He was first stationed to command a Unit closer to his hometown before later on being transferred to be the Commanding Officer of Unit 17, stationed in Kamakura. This transfer was due to the lack of leadership within Unit 17 and the constant rise of Oni activity in that area.
It was right there in Kamakura that he meet Ren Momokira for the first time and it would take less than a month for Momonami to request the higher-ups of the Momotaro Agency for a promotion so that Momokira may become his Deputy. It is unknown why he made this decision. It seems especially strange when you consider the fact that the two of them would go on to lead their Unit as two separate individuals.
Momonami has been the Commanding Officer of Unit 17 for a good eight years by now. Within that time he has found a, for his ability, fitting attack strategy. By reanimating the corpses of Oni that had gotten killed before and sending them onto the streets he could lure out the Onis related to them, or the ones that would try to retrieve the corpses to give them a proper burial. Rather than going out and fight the Oni head on he's decided to stay in the back and leave the actual fighting to his troops and Momokiras side of the Unit.
Momonami attacks in irregular occurring waves. He sends out the dead to lure out their loved ones, has them killed and then takes a break to, simply speaking, let his ability recharge. In the next waves he can use the corpses acquired in the last wave to lure out more Oni. With this tactic he has already greatly reduced the number of Oni living in Kamakura.
Those within the Momotaro Agency, though not really understanding Momonami, still look up to him for his achievements, and the Oni fear him and the waves of light he may bring at any time.
