Shota Tsukomi

General Description
Shota Tsukomi is a full-blooded devil, and a previous side character in the Black Crown series. Having been trained by one of the seven Dragon-Kings, Shota temporarily joined Black Crown after his home was destroyed by a dragon.

Appearance
Shota is dedicated as having bright red hair, and sullen black eyes. In his Dragonification form, his left arm becomes dragon-like; his back sprouts red wings; and the right-half of a crown forms on top of his head.

Abilities
Despite is power, Shota only has a couple of abilities.


 * Fire Magic: Allows Shota to conjure and manipulate fire, bending it around or shooting it from his body; additionally, he can use it to create explosions
 * Hellfire Dragon-Slaying Magic: Allows Shota to absorb Fire and Lava Magic; additionally, through Inverse Principle, he can more effectively harm dragons
 * Hellfire Dragonification
 * Fifth-Dimensional Stitching

Personality
Unlike his sister upon first introduction, Shota is very humbled and respectful, usually keeping an open mind and treating other people with kindness. When it came time to choose between him and the people he cared for, he didn't hesitate to throw himself straight into the action and sacrifice himself.

Background
Shota grew up in the Underworld alongside his sister, having been raised by the Dragon-Kings Caeruleum and Rubrum, after his parents abandoned them when they were only seven.

After learning how to use Dragon-Slaying Magic, he and his sister traveled to the mortal world and took residence in Argentina, living in a small and recently-built town, until the events of Book 2 in which the town is destroyed by a dragon.

Trivia

 * Shota was originally going to survive the events of Book 2, joining Black Crown with his sister afterwards
 * In the original draft of the story, Shota was not a character, and was only created during the writing of the end of Book 1
 * Rubrum, the name of the Dragon-King who raised and taught Shota, is the latin word for the color red