Tsuchimikado Motoharu

Tsuchimikado Motoharu (土御門 元春) is a side character in the Toaru Majutsu no Index series. He is a friend and classmate of Touma's and is also his next-door neighbor at the dormitory they're staying at. A Magician-Esper hybrid, he is a spy for both Necessarius and Academy City. He later becomes the leader of GROUP, which he joins to ensure the safety of his beloved stepsister Maika.

Profile
He has blonde hair and is always seen with sunglasses. He wears an aloha shirt when not in his school uniform in summer. He wears it underneath his school uniform in winter. He is a former agent of Necessarius who became a freelance spy for Necessarius, Academy City, and other unknown organizations; the leaders of both Necessarius and Academy City are both aware of this but have decided to let him be for the time being. His sorcery name is Fallere825, "The backstabbing blade" (背中刺す刃). He has a younger step-sister named Maika, whom he is also in love with, and for this he is known as the "Sis-con Sergeant," and "the dangerous guy that lets his younger sister wear a maid outfit and then chases after her."

Personality
As his sorcery name states, he's somewhat of a trickster and by his own admission, a liar. However, he's on very good terms with Touma and his fellow Necessarius magicians. His devotion to his sister is so great that he fought against the invaders from the Roman Catholic Church in Volume 12 and helped prevent massive casualties. He also easily gets jealous if someone else talks about Maika.

Angel Fall Arc

 * Main article:Angel Fall Arc

At the end of Kazakiri Hyouka Arc, he is seen with Aleister, talking about the events that just finished and then trying to guess what Aleister's Plan is.

Daihasei Festival Arc

 * Main article:Daihasei Festival Arc

At the end of the La Regina del Mare Adriatico Arc, he is giving Kanzaki Kaori a report on what happened and suggesting that she owes Touma many more favors and should return it all by wearing a Maid Outfit.

In the Academy City Invasion Arc, he discovers that the Roman Catholic forces are planning to use Crested Ibis stakes to skewer the people who have fallen unconscious due to Divine Punishment. He succeeds in halting this attack and witnessing the phenomena of Fuse=KAZAKIRI.

In the Skill-Out Uprising, he talks to and gives advice to Accelerator before his mission and at the ending of Dangai University Database Center attack, Motoharu convinces Accelerator that GROUP should work together in order to escape their own "prisons."

Abilities
He was formerly a skilled onmyouji, as his family are descendants of Abe no Seimei, but gave up his abilities when he went under the Power Development Curriculum. His esper ability is the Level 0 Auto Regeneration which allows him to recover from life-threatening injuries over time. This allows him to somewhat bypass the penalty inflicted on non-magicians that try to use magic, making him the only successful esper/magician hybrid.


 * Onmyodou Arts: He's very skilled in basic magic and onmyoudou, as he managed to erect a barrier during Angel Fall and destroy Touma's home using a spell. He was known as the best teacher of Feng Shui and onmyoudou in Necessarius and seems to be keen on spells that involve the 4 guardian deities: Genbu, Byakko, Seiryu and Suzaku.


 * Level 0 Auto-Rebirth (肉体再生 (オートリバース) ): Due to his ability, he can still use magic, as he can repair the damage done to his body. Despite these advantages, he still avoids using magic except in the most desperate of situations as he cannot avoid the extreme pain caused when casting it, shown when he destroyed the spell location of Angel Fall, resulting in him falling to the ground in a large pool of his own blood that came from his eyes, nose, mouth and several other parts of his body. He also mentions that his ability is not perfect (being a Level 0) and could at anytime fail to revive him, causing him to die permanently. He estimates that he may only have 5 or 6 'lifelines' left. Although he has this ability, it has not been shown as to how it activates or works. The only time when he is seen to be 'dead' is when lying in his own blood after destroying Touma's house to prevent Angel Fall. The next time Tsuchimikado is seen, all of his injuries have healed.


 * Hand-to-Hand Combat: Tsuchimikado is a very skilled hand-to-hand fighter. He easily defeats Touma - who is a rather experienced street fighter himself - without Touma even being able to land a single hit. Touma claims that the only way he could possibly beat Tsuchimikado in hand-to-hand was if it was two against one.

Trivia

 * His family name is a reference to the real Tsuchimikado family, who were practitioners of onmyoudou until the 19th century.
 * He is first mentioned by name as Touma's next-door neighbor in Volume 1, but he does not make his actual debut until Volume 4. In the anime adaptation, he makes his debut as early as Episode 1.

Quotes

 * Volume 4: “That’s right! It’s the most exciting summer festival activity! The peeping on Kanzaki nee-chin’s naked body contest!”
 * Volume 4: "There's no reason, no cause, no sense, no aim, no theory, no meaning, no value. Nothing. Kami-yan, you should understand very clearly [...] It's just misfortune."
 * Volume 4: "Oh yeah, no need to worry about Kanzaki nee-chin. She's rather weak, but at least she can use that ridiculously long katana to peel an apple as recuperating exercise"
 * Volume 5: "Helping you with your homework, Kami-yan, is not going to make my love comedy dreams come true, so sorry"
 * Volume 7: “Hohoho! Say it, what’s your wish? Resting on Nee-chin’s legs? Let motherly Nee-chin clean your ear for you? Or do you want Nee-chin to make a bento that’s completely different from her character?”
 * Volume 13: "I don't care if I betray everything else, but I definitely won't betray Maika"
 * Volume 16: "In the end, I see Nee-chin is that type of person... fleeing because she’s too embarrassed... have you no gratitude at all for Kami-yan?" [...] "Itsuwa wouldn’t mind though, would she? That's because the gratitude she has towards Kami-yan is stronger than yours. To tell you the truth, even with just the 'normal' fallen angel costume, Itsuwa’s attack level would rise quite a bit. And if she wears the improved 'erotic' fallen angel costume... do you know what this new gap would mean?" [...] "It means, Nee-chin, you have lost to Itsuwa as a woman".