Tatsuhiko Shibusawa

Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (澁澤 龍彦,)

is the prime suspect of the multiple suicide incidents occurring in Yokohama in DEAD APPLE. Six years ago, he pulled the string behind the Dragon's Head Incident.

Appearance
Tatsuhiko is a young, tall man with extremely pale skin and vacant red eyes. He has waist-length, snow-white hair that is wavy to the point of almost unruly. Small segments of his hair are tied into braids on the side of his head with a tubular black hair accessory. His bangs are the neatest part of his hair, split in the middle, with the right side curving with a larger portion of his bangs.

He wears a white, low-cut shirt with loose sleeves over a black turtleneck. On top, he wears an unfastened cape that can be secured by a gold button. The turtleneck's sleeves secure around his middle fingers. Below, he wears trousers and what appear to be dress shoes. He also wears black nail polish.

Personality
Bored of the world, Shibusawa claims that nothing exceeded his expectations but he himself. The man seemingly to exhibit excessive collecting hobbies, as during the Dragon's Head Dispute, he claimed to steal gems out of sheer boredom. This earned him the nickname 'The Collector'.

A man of intellect, Shibusawa is calculative in every of his moves, proven in his planning during the dispute where he used the tide of the conflict, turning it into how he see fits and further his own goals.

Ability
Draconia seems to be a multi-formed ability with multiple variations.

Shibusawa is shown to be able to create mysterious mist, dubbed as the 'Dragon's Breath', which could 'extract' the abilities of any nearby ability-users. These 'wild' abilities later manifest into a form (human or animals) and proceed to kill their respective master. Once the user is killed, the ability will turn into red gems, and instantly appear in Shibusawa's collection room. However, if the manifested ability is defeated (by breaking the gem on its body), the ability will return to their master, but is usable if the master accepts them.

The 'Collection Room' seems to be a part of his ability too, as the room, which was presumably destroyed by Dazai and Chuuya years ago, appears in the abandoned skyscraper he resided during the events of Dead Apple.

He can transform fully into a enormous dragon (red East Asian Dragon with a large gem on its head), or partially (much like Atsushi Nakajima's transformation. It is suspected for him to transform, there are items needed as catalyst (for e.g.: Shibusawa's skull).

Plot
Spoilers for Dead Apple and Dragon's Head Dispute ahead!

Dragon's Head Dispute
Shibusawa Tatsuhiko was summoned by the Special Ability Department to stop the conflict that has been raging for 88 days, but instead, Shibusawa used the opportunity to further his own goals.

He targeted a heavily guarded jewelry store, kill every ability-users guarding them before stealing the gemstones. Right before he took his leave, Oda Sakunosuke came into the crime scene after receiving the news, claiming Shibusawa must be a newcomer to Yokohama because the latter didn't know that the ones who guarded the store were one of Yokohama's most dangerous criminal organizations.

Osamu Dazai and Chuuya Nakahara later defeated him, presumably ending the dispute at the same time.

Dead Apple
Shibusawa was firstly mentioned in the Armed Detective Agency's meeting about the Government's special request.

He later appeared when Ango met Dazai in front of Bar Lupin, releasing the Dragon's Breath, thus triggering the events of Dead Apple.

Trivia

 * Tatsuhiko's author counterpart went by a pen name. His real name was Tatsuo Shibusawa.
 * Shibusawa's literature became famous for incorportating black magic, demonology, other occult elements, and eroticism.  Eventually he became somewhat of a specialist in medieval demonology.  He also translated French literature, particulary that of Marquis de Sade.
 * Harukawa35 visited Shibusawa's living wife whilst creating the character's concept.