teru minamoto [1]

Age: 17
Gender: Male
Status: Human/alive
Profession: Student, ghost hunter
Affiliation: Kamome Kōjin, Class Council President, Minamoto Exorcist Clan

Minamoto Teru (元伟) is a second-year student in the high school section of Kamome Academy and the president of the school's student council. He is also Kou's older brother and a member of the famous exorcist family, the Minamoto clan.

Tall and slim, with blond hair (slightly spikier and longer around the base of his neck than his younger brother Kou's) and blue eyes, he is widely viewed as handsome, resulting in his high popularity within the school. He wears his high school department uniform, only with a long-sleeved cream blouse with the back sleeves rolled up instead of the usual short-sleeved blue blouse that most of the other male students wear. Teru also wears a red shirt and-. A white student council badge on his left arm, and like Akane, he sometimes carries a black clipboard with some papers in it. Like Kou, Teru carries exorcism tools with him even at school, always wearing a red and yellow bracelet (similar to prayer beads) on his right wrist and often also carries a sword, either in a sheath hanging from his belt on his left belt, or in a cloth case Black on the back. As an exorcist, he would sometimes wear traditional clothing when fighting supernatural forces. When he was younger, he carried a sword sheath from a belt over his left shoulder.

Calm and collected, not to mention reliable, he is well-liked by his peers. He is also highly perceptive, as he is able to easily recognize and recognize supernatural events. In the first chapter, Nene describes Teru as a handsome, intelligent, amazing person who is kind to everyone: However, the school prince Teru himself does not seem to be conceited by this reputation after hearing Nene compliment him. He only thanks her, and apologizes for surprising her.

Nene also compares him to TV stars or idols, where just seeing him is enough to make people happy. His good-natured personality attracts not only girls his age, but also boys, as some are willing to rip off his button to give Teru away. A replacement for his missing button. He is especially kind towards his brothers, Kou, and his sister, because he always does what they ask of him. When he pushes a donut from Kou to shut up, instead of rejecting the donut, he calmly eats the donut, twice, even. . Despite his seemingly gentle personality, he can be sadistic and cruel at times towards Akane, the Vice President of the Student Council, as he is very strict and is not afraid to punish him when he makes mistakes. When exorcising evil spirits, he always feigns disgust, as he seems to believe that all supernatural beings are evil beings and should be exorcised, although there seem to be some exceptions, for example towards the Mokkes, as he does not seem to hate them or He especially loves them. He tolerates their presence, as his sister Tiara loves them.
His method of exorcism seems to rely heavily on rendering the enemy incapacitated, then proceeding to exorcise them, which may seem like a rather harsh method of exorcism.

As the eldest son of the Minamoto clan, Teru was an extremely skilled exorcist from a young age, and was able to single-handedly exorcise large supernatural spirits using a sword and spiritual lightning even when he was eight years old (although his younger sister Tiara is said to have higher spiritual energy despite Since her young age). Teru carries a long blade as his main attack weapon. Unlike Kou and Tiara (who have white lightning), Teru creates black spiritual lightning with his sword Hanako to the point of repelling it, directly damaging the opponent's soul from within after stabbing them. Lightning can also travel some distance, as seen when Teru struck Hanako from behind, and when he struck several zombies from nearby. On the other hand, it is unknown whether Teru's lightning will have any effect on Hanako when the latter wears the cloak, like Kou.

Teru is able to form a lightning cage that can ward off Hanako's hakujoudai, according to Kou, the lightning cage cannot be escaped, although Teru should not be able to handle lightning so easily with a sword, as it is a specialized tool for attack.
Teru always wears a bracelet around his wrist as an exorcism tool, and is able to move easily and change his height with a gesture of Teru. He is often shown using this bracelet on Akane, by tying it and hanging it from the ceiling, or restraining Akane in a certain position by placing it in a ring around him. Although it is meant to capture supernatural powers, Teru also used it against Kou once, To keep him out of the way while Teru attacked Hanako was eventually able to break free from the restraints, although Teru seemed quite surprised by this.

. • His favorite snack is sweet potatoes. • His final worry is that Kou doesn't seem to need him as much, compared to when they were young. • He can't cook, or even do housework, he somehow creates a toxic black substance if he tries, and also sets things on fire In an additional illustration from Volume 2, Teru's age is stated to be 17 years old, second year of high school, meaning that His birthday may be early in the Japanese school year (which begins in April), as it already happened by the time of the canon (in the summer, around June or July). • Tero’s best subject is English. He did not have any weak subjects in the previous round of exams, and he ranked first among 231 students in his year. • In the end-of-semester exams, he again placed first with a score of 502 out of 500 points, with two additional points coming from his English essay, which exceeded expectations. • He goes on exorcism rounds at night, forcing him not to rest until after school.