Motoki Yaze (
Appearance[]
Motoki is a tall and slender high-school student. He has swept back brown hair and teal eyes. He usually wears the Saikai Academy school uniform with a pair of headphones around his neck most of the time.
He was dressed in a black suit— the uniform of the Gigafloat Management Corporation’s Investigative Division.[2]
Personality[]
In contrast to his frivolous appearance, Yaze was a good friend who paid attention to even the smallest details. The flip side of that was that he paid too much attention, leading to him plotting strange schemes. One example was how, back at the ball game competition, he’d arm twisted Kojou and Asagi into a doubles pair. Doubtless he bore no ill will, but it was meddling nonetheless. Kojou and Asagi thoroughly suspected that the trip to Blue Elysium concealed a similar scheme behind the stage.[3]
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History[]
Many years ago, the Yaze Clan developed many of their generations into Hyper Adapters, but Motoki turned into a lackluster one and as such, was decided upon his infancy that he will only be employed for observation and nothing else. During most of his childhood, he would be employed to observe criminal-politicians suspected of dirty dealings as well as corporations involved in illegal black market schemes. Just before he started middle school, he would be briefed about Kojou through Kojou's X-ray findings by Kazuma and thereafter employed for him to watch Kojou from there on.[4]
Plot[]
Golden days[]
Caught up in a Tartarus Lapse attack aimed at Asagi, Yaze had suffered magical damage and blood loss, temporarily falling into a coma, but he’d returned to his normal self after a week in the hospital and was now energetic enough to request that candy and junk food be brought to him.
His leg had finally healed after being shot by Tartarus Lapse, but the internal organ damage from overuse of his Hyper Adaptation power and overdose of boosters was simply too great. For a while, it would be futile to even try to monitor Kojou, let alone use his abilities in combat. On top of that, Yaze had been unable to contact Koyomi Shizuka—one of the Three Saints of the Lion King Agency, who he called his girlfriend—ever since the incident. In the end, all Yaze could do was look pissed off as he watched the fake Asagi on TV.
Yaze had been brought to a hospital in Island North’s research district attached to a pharmaceutical company. It was a high-tech, antiseptic building, a facility oriented toward clinical trials of new drugs rather than toward medical treatment. Immediately after being admitted, his cell phone and all other electronic devices had been confiscated; thanks to that, Yaze had been unable to inform Kojou and the others of his hospital transfer.
The Eternal Banquet[]
Nagisa:Take off your clothes.
Yaze:…M-my clothes?
Yaze:(When Nagisa grasped the hem of his shirt, Yaze hesitated. Aw crap went the shake of his head as he put a hand on the belt of his pants.)
Yaze:No, no. I’m grateful you want to thank me, but this is bad, ’kay? I have a girlfriend I love, and having Kojou calling me brother-in-law would be kinda…
Nagisa:What are you talking about? Um…and why are you loosening your belt? I meant take off your shirt! I’m going to treat your wound!
Yaze:O-oh…?
Yaze:(With Nagisa scornfully glaring at him, Yaze politely did as she told him. Grimacing from the pain he’d been concealing, he stripped off his bloody shirt.)
Abilities[]
Psychic Abilities[]
Motoki descent from the Devas and as such, have inherited unique abilities of which his family continuously develop into themselves and many of their generations as Hyper Adapters. He mainly possesses air current and sound wave manipulation abilities that could allow him to hear anything beyond a normal human, propel himself into the air upon the direction he intends to reach or create a clone of himself. Using a type of psychic power, his special ability allowed him to extend his hearing over a wire area, enabling him to track everything within a radius of several kilometres, like highly accurate radar. But even his ability had drawbacks. The field of delicate sound Yaze deployed was vulnerable to big explosive sounds; it wasn’t well suited to monitoring large-scale combat. And it had one more drawback—namely, it was powerless against opponents traveling beyond the speed of sound.[2]
| Name | Description | Image |
|---|---|---|
| Soundscape | Motoki, by wearing his headphones over his ears for concentration, is able to enhance his hearing beyond which allows him to eavesdrop, spy or scout on others or to keep tabs on them. However, it has a weakness of rendering him too sensitive and as such, when Kojou released a powerful burst after being injured by Sayaka, the burst disrupted his hearing and harmed it for several minutes. | |
| Air Propulsion | Motoki, by consuming a pill, can broaden his abilities further which allows him to propel himself into the air to quickly move himself point to point. | |
| Sound Clone | Motoki, by consuming several pills, can amplify his abilities further which allows him to create a clone of himself, and by wearing his headphones over his ears for concentration, is able to control it though its usage is still unknown as Dimitrie immediately destroyed it as soon as it appeared. | 
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Other Abilities[]
President of Yaze Consortium: Yaze wasn’t just the director of the Gigafloat Management Corporation—he was also the president of Japan’s Yaze Consortium. Though internal divisions had weakened its power in recent times, the Yaze family’s pull with the Japanese government remained powerful. Using those financial connections to the fullest, Yaze had made them rescind their order to destroy Itogami Island.[5]
Quotes[]
- (To Kojou)“Sorry, I’m leavin’ the rest to you… Don’t make my childhood friend cry, Kojou…”[6]
Trivia[]
- Although his dancing was surprisingly good, Asagi thought it was totally gross how well he copied the dancing of the Oceanus Girls.[7]