Shinra Kusakabe

Lore & Background

Shinra Kusakabe is a third generation pyrokinetic youth who gained the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to ignite his feet at will, and was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago. He joins Special Fire Force Company 8, which features other pyrokinetics who dedicated themselves to ending the Infernal attacks for good while investigating Companies 1 through 7 for potential corruption. Shinra begins to learn that the fire that killed his mother was a cover for Sho to be taken by the White-Clad, a doomsday cult behind the Infernal attacks with agents within the facets of the Tokyo Empire. Company 8 and their allies oppose the White-Clad while learning of their goal to gather eight individuals like Shinra and Sho to repeat the Great Cataclysm for an ancient being who manipulated humanity for that very purpose.

In Their Own Story

The air above Neo-Tokyo smells of ozone and singed asphalt. Shinra crouches on a crumbling gargoyle, the wind whipping his red hair as he stares down at the spiraling inferno below. A Solitary Flame Beast roars, its body a twisting vortex of blue fire that defies gravity. He doesn't hesitate; he taps into the heat coiling in his soles. With a burst that shatters the silence, he launches himself into the sky, leaving trails of crimson light like comets. For a heartbeat, time slows as he descends upon the beast, not with fear, but with the burning resolve to extinguish the darkness before it consumes everything he loves.

Reader's Guide

Shinra Kusakabe begins his arc as a third generation pyrokinetic youth who gained the nickname "Devil's Footprints" for his ability to ignite his feet at will. He was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago. He joins Special Fire Force Company 8, which features other pyrokinetics who dedicated themselves to ending the Infernal attacks for good while investigating Companies 1 through 7 for potential corruption. Shinra begins to learn that the fire that killed his mother was a cover for Sho to be taken by the White-Clad, a doomsday cult behind the Infernal attacks with agents within the facets of the Tokyo Empire. Company 8 and their allies oppose the White-Clad while learning of their goal to gather eight individuals like Shinra and Sho to repeat the Great Cataclysm for an ancient being who manipulated humanity for that very purpose.

Did You Know?

• Shinra's nickname "Devil's Footprints" comes from his ability to ignite his feet at will.
• He was ostracized as a child for the fire that killed his mother and younger brother Sho twelve years ago.
• Shinra learns that the fire that killed his mother was a cover for Sho to be taken by the White-Clad.
• The White-Clad are a doomsday cult behind the Infernal attacks with agents within the Tokyo Empire.
• Company 8 and their allies learn the White-Clad's goal is to gather eight individuals like Shinra and Sho to repeat the Great Cataclysm.