

Name: Kou Yuki or Ootori Akio
Age: Seventeen
Weight: Current, 134lb. Fully grown, 165lb.
Height: Current, 5ft 6. Fully grown, 6ft 7.
Birth Date: 25th December
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Place of Origin: The Aka Moon [Red Moon] of Kinmoku.
Powers: The Power to summon call ki balls made of a dark ki. They are small and deliver a sting, enough to distract someone long enough for him to leave the scene.
Phobia: Being left alone and small spaces.
Element of Influence: Spirits, Heaven and Hell.
Planet: The Aka Moon and Triton.
Weaknesses (Element): Light and Life
General Body Description
Yuki is often called muscular, jock and—like I said below ‘prince like‘—but he doesn’t think that this is an accurate description. Despite his lack of weight, his frame possesses a kind of well built and has its strength that anyone can see if they look close enough and he is quite capable of knocking someone out in a physical fight. He is no longer as small as he used to be, but he retains the lightness of foot he had and is able to run, jump and fight with energy most people despair of. His eyes are still large, still incredibly blue and still hypnotic. Yuki has a very piercing gaze, which can make one feel like he is reading you’re every thought simply by looking at you. As a teenager Yuki had a jaw which seemed too large, and slightly too square, for his face but he has now grown into it. His eyebrows, on occasion, appear far too bushy and Yuki, as a man, absolutely refuses to do something as awful as pluck or wax them. Especially after that one time when he was jerked out of sleep because Miyoko [His elder sister] thought it may be funny to wax Yuki’s eyebrows as he slept. He didn’t talk to her for a week because of that.
Pigs will fly of their own free will before Yuki’s hair lies flat. It was stayed perpetually messy throughout his life and, even at twenty-four; he is at a loss about what to do with it. It is still the snowy purple color of his youth, still messy, and still sticks up at the back but, having grown his hair out slightly; he has been told that it looks more tousled than rat’s nest. Finally his eyes are the almond-shaped, still extremely, vividly blue. His hair is still a mess and Yuki likes it that way: he spends very little time with it especially since he knows that he is never going to be able to tame it. He has several scars over his body—particularly on his upper arms, from the erasers and the other test subjects—and the faded remnants of a burn mark from an iron of his left forearm.
Yuki is often described as looking ‘mysterious’ and he thinks this is because of his large eyes, ready smile and his slight weight. He used to hate this description but, during his time as a security guard, has discovered that it worked in his favour for some operations--although out of necessity he usually uses some clothing and make-up —yes make-up— to change his appearance slightly. Yuki has a habit of wringing his hands together when he is nervous and dragging hands through his hair. He is aware that it messes his hair up more than usual but cares little. He has been chastised for both habits in the past but can't seem to stop. Similarly, when he is in a good mood he drums his fingers on hard surfaces to a tune only he can hear, and taps his feet. He has a habit of humming and dancing around when particularly happy and one of his friends is often heard remarking it's rather scary when he does this!
Just over five foot six and a quarter, although has been known to 'round up to five foot seven sometimes. Yuki was ecstatic when he finally became taller than Miyoko at the age of sixteen. He now stands at, what he feels is a perfectly reasonable height. He is aware that he isn’t the tallest person in the world but has found he doesn’t care—he’s just glad he no longer has to look upwards to look straight at most females. No matter how much he eats, Yuki has always found it hard to put on weight. His mother once explained it to him—as she explains an awful lot of stuff—and mentioned the word ‘metabolism’ but, having heard other girls discussing their metabolisms before Yuki blanked her. People are always commenting on the fact that he still looks prince like despite this but Yuki feels that if they aren’t satisfied with his weight ranging between 134lb and 140lb then they can go and bugger themselves, although generally his skinniness tends to annoy him as he is sure it makes him look weak and also gives the deception of height simply because there is so little weight on his frame, and a good lot of that is muscle, no matter how much he eats. Currently Yuki weights about 125lb.
Pigs will fly of their own free will before Yuki’s hair lies flat. It was stayed perpetually messy throughout his life and, even at twenty-four; he is at a loss about what to do with it. It is still the snowy purple color of his youth, still messy, and still sticks up at the back but, having grown his hair out slightly; he has been told that it looks more tousled than rat’s nest. Finally his eyes are the almond-shaped, still extremely, vividly blue. His hair is still a mess and Yuki likes it that way: he spends very little time with it especially since he knows that he is never going to be able to tame it. He has several scars over his body—particularly on his upper arms, from the erasers and the other test subjects—and the faded remnants of a burn mark from an iron of his left forearm.
Yuki is often described as looking ‘mysterious’ and he thinks this is because of his large eyes, ready smile and his slight weight. He used to hate this description but, during his time as a security guard, has discovered that it worked in his favour for some operations--although out of necessity he usually uses some clothing and make-up —yes make-up— to change his appearance slightly. Yuki has a habit of wringing his hands together when he is nervous and dragging hands through his hair. He is aware that it messes his hair up more than usual but cares little. He has been chastised for both habits in the past but can't seem to stop. Similarly, when he is in a good mood he drums his fingers on hard surfaces to a tune only he can hear, and taps his feet. He has a habit of humming and dancing around when particularly happy and one of his friends is often heard remarking it's rather scary when he does this!
Just over five foot six and a quarter, although has been known to 'round up to five foot seven sometimes. Yuki was ecstatic when he finally became taller than Miyoko at the age of sixteen. He now stands at, what he feels is a perfectly reasonable height. He is aware that he isn’t the tallest person in the world but has found he doesn’t care—he’s just glad he no longer has to look upwards to look straight at most females. No matter how much he eats, Yuki has always found it hard to put on weight. His mother once explained it to him—as she explains an awful lot of stuff—and mentioned the word ‘metabolism’ but, having heard other girls discussing their metabolisms before Yuki blanked her. People are always commenting on the fact that he still looks prince like despite this but Yuki feels that if they aren’t satisfied with his weight ranging between 134lb and 140lb then they can go and bugger themselves, although generally his skinniness tends to annoy him as he is sure it makes him look weak and also gives the deception of height simply because there is so little weight on his frame, and a good lot of that is muscle, no matter how much he eats. Currently Yuki weights about 125lb.
Personality
Yuki’s besetting sin has always been his stubbornness. Once an idea plants itself in Yuki’s head it is very hard to get rid of and Yuki is very reluctant to let it go. He sticks to his ideals and hates being told that he is wrong, that his ideas are wrong, and that he should rethink his whole life philosophy. Yuki likes to think he is tolerant of everyone’s beliefs but, when they refuse to hear out his reasoning and his opinions and try and hoist theirs onto him, he hates it. Yuki was awoken to the fact that he had been living under prejudices that himself and his family had thrust onto him about certain people when he lost a valuable member of his family because he refused to trust them. Since then, Yuki has tried very hard to be open-minded, which is why he hates it so when others refuse to think ‘outside of the box’.
He remains as determined as he was during his teen years. When he applies his mind to something, as his mother once remarked fondly, he can accomplish anything. He never expected the cruelties of the world she had to face though and, Yuki will admit, that it is starting to take its toll on him and, though he works towards ending it, for a while he has been simply going through the motions and not straining to end the cruelty he wants to, simply slipping into a state of humdrum, he guesses. It was what was happening around him and so Yuki got lulled into it. It took a major event for Yuki to remember why he was fighting, to get up and regain his determination, to actively try once more to rid the world of this weird state of…he doesn’t know the word exactly but he wants to get rid of it with a passion that shocked many. Yuki vowed to himself he would never allow himself to slip back into humdrum and, so far, has managed to keep to that vow, his determination and force of will backing it up. It is his force of will which saved him from many situation and both his stubbornness and determination add to this immensely. Yuki likes to think that he could not have got through the life he had without his friends but, he knows on some level, they could not have got through their lives without him as well as it was often him prompting them to continue with what they were doing and work their asses off because one day it was going to make all the difference.
People expect Yuki , as the jock he is, to be a confident, outspoken and well-mannered young man. Yuki is sometimes ashamed, sometimes indifferent, to say that this is not the case. He is far from confident; in fact Yuki is rather shy. He does not do well in front of large groups, although he no longer stammers and stumbles over every other word. His confidence in addressing crowds and spurring them on has increased because it had to, he had to have his confidence in himself but he is still very insecure and all of his friends are aware of this fact. He does not take compliments well, choosing instead to laugh them off as jokes, and constantly projects confidence to try and make himself feel more confident. He supposes now, looking back, this is the reason people thought him arrogant. His manners, he knows, can also be severely lacking. Yuki is a mess at formal dinners: he never has a clue what to do with what spoon, how to address whom, or what the proper way to dance a two-step is. He is as uncoordinated as ever, atrocious on the dance floor, and still can be shy around those whom he likes.
As a teenager, Yuki was reckless, impulsive and prone to diving head long into things. This hasn’t changed overly over the years but he has learned to approach things in a slightly different manner. Now he tries to ensure he has the necessary information, and usually tries to have a basic planning. Intense training prepared him for battle and he keeps this with him even now; his reflexes are still as good as they were. Never one to read extensively Yuki is, nonetheless, intelligent in his own way. He is quite observant, noting things others wouldn’t, and often picks up on changes in other peoples’ routines or behaviour before anyone else. Although not good with his own emotions, Yuki is rather good with others although he will admit to women confusing him on a regular basis. When he does give others advice, it tends to be good advice although Mikoto would never take it himself. He is not a coward, but insecure and fears rejection more than he could ever express in words.
He remains as determined as he was during his teen years. When he applies his mind to something, as his mother once remarked fondly, he can accomplish anything. He never expected the cruelties of the world she had to face though and, Yuki will admit, that it is starting to take its toll on him and, though he works towards ending it, for a while he has been simply going through the motions and not straining to end the cruelty he wants to, simply slipping into a state of humdrum, he guesses. It was what was happening around him and so Yuki got lulled into it. It took a major event for Yuki to remember why he was fighting, to get up and regain his determination, to actively try once more to rid the world of this weird state of…he doesn’t know the word exactly but he wants to get rid of it with a passion that shocked many. Yuki vowed to himself he would never allow himself to slip back into humdrum and, so far, has managed to keep to that vow, his determination and force of will backing it up. It is his force of will which saved him from many situation and both his stubbornness and determination add to this immensely. Yuki likes to think that he could not have got through the life he had without his friends but, he knows on some level, they could not have got through their lives without him as well as it was often him prompting them to continue with what they were doing and work their asses off because one day it was going to make all the difference.
People expect Yuki , as the jock he is, to be a confident, outspoken and well-mannered young man. Yuki is sometimes ashamed, sometimes indifferent, to say that this is not the case. He is far from confident; in fact Yuki is rather shy. He does not do well in front of large groups, although he no longer stammers and stumbles over every other word. His confidence in addressing crowds and spurring them on has increased because it had to, he had to have his confidence in himself but he is still very insecure and all of his friends are aware of this fact. He does not take compliments well, choosing instead to laugh them off as jokes, and constantly projects confidence to try and make himself feel more confident. He supposes now, looking back, this is the reason people thought him arrogant. His manners, he knows, can also be severely lacking. Yuki is a mess at formal dinners: he never has a clue what to do with what spoon, how to address whom, or what the proper way to dance a two-step is. He is as uncoordinated as ever, atrocious on the dance floor, and still can be shy around those whom he likes.
As a teenager, Yuki was reckless, impulsive and prone to diving head long into things. This hasn’t changed overly over the years but he has learned to approach things in a slightly different manner. Now he tries to ensure he has the necessary information, and usually tries to have a basic planning. Intense training prepared him for battle and he keeps this with him even now; his reflexes are still as good as they were. Never one to read extensively Yuki is, nonetheless, intelligent in his own way. He is quite observant, noting things others wouldn’t, and often picks up on changes in other peoples’ routines or behaviour before anyone else. Although not good with his own emotions, Yuki is rather good with others although he will admit to women confusing him on a regular basis. When he does give others advice, it tends to be good advice although Mikoto would never take it himself. He is not a coward, but insecure and fears rejection more than he could ever express in words.
Favourite Food
Chocolate (White and Milk Chocolate), Mild Cheeses, Pastas, Pork Chops, Yan Yin, Hi Chew, Botan Rice Candy, Pucca Chocolate, Kakigori, Mochi, Puccho Stick, Most Candies and Jelly.
Favourite Color
Dusty Rose, Fire Brick Red, Scarlet, Blood Red, Maroon, English Red, Chili Powder, Sienna, Semi-Sweet Chocolate, Dark Slate Grey, Cadet Blue, Light Cyan, Old copper, Lindsay eyes, deep sky blue, LCD Dark, Blue Shark, Pacific Blue, Malta Blue, White and Black.
Other Favourites
[ Music ] Classical, Opera, Ballet-Operas, Musicals. Violin, and Guitars. Rangers (Fine Frenzy), You Picked Me (Fine Frenzy), Almost Love (Fine Frenzy), Near To You (Fie Frenzy), Since You’ve Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson), Never Again (Kelly Clarkson), Behind These Hazel Eyes (Kelly Clarkson), Until The Day I Die (Story of the Year), The Scientist (Coldplay), Clocks (Coldplay), Troubles (Coldplay) and the songs from Evita, Rent, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Grease, Disney Movies, and any within those types of genres.
[ Sports ] Football (English Version, The Real Football), Ballet, Horse Riding, Ice Skating, Polo and Swimming.
[ Animals ] Tawny Owls, Siberian Tigers, Green Sea Turtles, Snow Monkeys, Superb Fairy-wrens, Horses, Dogs, Wolves and Dolphins.
[ Plants ] Thingysonia Antarctica, Bindweed, Gardenia, Rose, Lotus Flower and Congo Flower.
[ Celestial Body ] Saturn, Mercury, Earth, Moon, Neptune and Pluto.
[ Myth ] The Black Dog, Chime Hours, Elves, English Country Dance, May Queen, Godiva, Robin Hood and Pendle Witches.
[ Story ] Horror, Fairy Tale, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery and Ghost.
Dislikes
[ Food ] Pocky, Monaka, Mint, Liquorish, Onions, Weak Cheeses, Dark Chocolate, Lamb and Beef Chops, Sushi, Pawns and most sharp tasting foods.
[ Colour ] Any Pinks, Yellows, Greens. Nothing bright and nothing girly, to get the right colour for the senshi of Harmony you have to understand her colors range with a mix of the outer senshi hues with one of the non-bright/girly of the inners.
[ Music ] Heavy Rock, Opera’s with no Reason, Cheesy Musicals, Drums, and Cello. The Trouble With Love (Kelly Clarkson), Where is You Heart (Kelly Clarkson), Walk Away (Kelly Clarkson), Hand of Sorrow (Within Temptation), Talk (Coldplay), Speed of Sound (Coldplay), Swallowed In The Sea (Coldplay) and any musical or opera with no point to being shown. Those which are all song and dance with no plot and are all; ‘look at me I’m dancing crazy!’.
[ Sports ] Ice Hockey, American Football, Motocross Racing, Gymnastics, Golf, Rugby, Basketball and Volleyball.
[ Animals ] Green Tree Frogs, Garden Spiders, White Lipped Snails, Bees, Asian Arowanas, Marble White Butterflies, Dragonflies and Flat Worms.
[ Plants ] Venus Flytrap, Blue Gem, Lantana, Oleander, Crateva religiosa and bromeliad flower.
[ Celestial Body ] Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus and Ceres.
[ Myth ] Brownie, Corn Dolly, Cunning Folk, Drake’s Drum, Dwarves, Ettin, Flibbertigibbet, St Dunstan and Cheese Rolling.
[ Story ] Crime, Real life, Action-Adventure, Detective, Western and Video Game Type.
Strengths
Yuki is marked by a very sharp intellect which is used to analyze the natural order of things. He generally tends to be methodical and precise; caution is another trait of Yuki which, if positively used, makes a fine sense of discrimination between the practical and the fanciful. Develop skills which will enable him to improve himself and his immediate surroundings and place great pride in tangible achievements. He has a thoughtful approach, and always look before he leaps, analyzing all the possible consequences of a relationship. He is also often far too down-to-earth to be swept away. He believes every second of every minute and every choice you make effects everything, from the color clothes you were to the food you eat. He is rather suppositious.
Weaknesses (Physical)
He is typically labelled as perfectionists. A passion for the attention to details has given Yuki a reputation for hypochondria. The trouble is that he can worry too much about getting balance right and in the process wear himself to a frazzle. He is also allergic to Soya Beans, so don’t give him any or he’ll end up in a hospital. Any undue stress and anxiety tends to create nervous indigestion, heartburn or stomach upsets. Yuki also finds it difficult to 'switch off". As pressure build up, he can suffer from insomnia, lose his appetite and become hunched up with nervous tension. He may seem shy, introverted and self-conscious on the surface.
Natural Abilities
He has a the sight, this means he can see, like his mother, spirits and communicate with them. He also has an expanded sense, he can feel people approaching and sense where the spirits are which he can’t see because they do not wish to be seen by ANYONE. He’s basically a medium.
History
[Past (Birth), Present (Rescuing people) and Future (Basically going evil).]
On December 25th at 5:34 PM, Yuki Kaji Kou was born in the infirmary of Kakyuu’s palace in the capital city of Kimnoku to Kou Seiya and Tennousei Amatsuiki. Yuki had deep purple hair, which soon turned to a snowy purple, and, for the longest time, dark blue eyes which eventually changed lighter. Parents and child left the hospital on December 30th for home. As the world continued to rage on with life, many casualties only continued to mount as well as did the every day birthing count. The young boy was father much like his father and seemed to look to him, and he was even pampered by the man a great deal of his life. He was not alone though, he had an elder sister who showed him the way. But one day, he took the matters into his own hands as he looked towards working upon becoming his own man.

The Start of the End
Once there was a Prince on a white horse. His self-assigned duty was to save all the young women of the world, who were princesses, through the tenderness of his heart. He was the light of the world, tirelessly battling every evil when a maiden cried out for his help. No one ever knew why he did this; whether he was atoning for some past long forgotten sin, or simply because he enjoyed it. No one ever knew the reasons; they only knew that he was there, always there when they needed him.
Even though he realized that there were some people he was not meant to save, still, he worked himself so hard that he exhausted his strength and fell severely ill. His sister tried desperately to help him as he collapsed into a bed in his country home. Outside, the people gathered, panicked, screaming need of the Prince's help to save their daughters. He tried to rise and go to them, but his sister refused to let him go, for his own protection, and because she loved him so. Why couldn't those people go save their own daughters for once and let her take care of her brother so that he wouldn't die?
The good Prince known as Yuki died on that day.
From that moment, he retreated to the Castle of Illusion, and rested upon a silver sphere deep inside its magic halls, waiting for the release of the power of revolution. Unable to die, unwilling to live, he surrendered his noble heart to the Devil... But sometimes, he still came down, for those in misery. And one such girl was a weary, alone and suffering... buried in her smothering coffin of roses.
But why did the Prince choose this girl, of all the millions of sorrowful people- to what purpose? Can it not be said that her wish of becoming like Yuki fates her to destruction before she even begins her battle? Can it not be said that any Prince destroys those whom he means to save? For those who rely on Princes to fight for them soon lose the strength of their own sword arms, and become complacent...

Even though he realized that there were some people he was not meant to save, still, he worked himself so hard that he exhausted his strength and fell severely ill. His sister tried desperately to help him as he collapsed into a bed in his country home. Outside, the people gathered, panicked, screaming need of the Prince's help to save their daughters. He tried to rise and go to them, but his sister refused to let him go, for his own protection, and because she loved him so. Why couldn't those people go save their own daughters for once and let her take care of her brother so that he wouldn't die?
The good Prince known as Yuki died on that day.
From that moment, he retreated to the Castle of Illusion, and rested upon a silver sphere deep inside its magic halls, waiting for the release of the power of revolution. Unable to die, unwilling to live, he surrendered his noble heart to the Devil... But sometimes, he still came down, for those in misery. And one such girl was a weary, alone and suffering... buried in her smothering coffin of roses.
But why did the Prince choose this girl, of all the millions of sorrowful people- to what purpose? Can it not be said that her wish of becoming like Yuki fates her to destruction before she even begins her battle? Can it not be said that any Prince destroys those whom he means to save? For those who rely on Princes to fight for them soon lose the strength of their own sword arms, and become complacent...

The Turn Around
Akio is what is left of the ruins of the Prince, Yuki; they are the same being, but Akio is Lucifer to the angel that Yuki was. Akio is a fallen, corrupted and broken man, worldly, seemingly wise, controlling, and a tempter with an almost hypnotic power that he exerts over all around him. His innocence lost, he slavishly devotes himself to 'revolutionizing the world'. He is the man behind the Ends of the Earth, who sends the letters which give the orders to the other senshi and his sister.
He is a beautiful and alluring man, very fashionable, in a position of great power over the school as its acting dean of students. He is engaged to Lady Galatea‘s Daughter, but this seems rather literally to be a marriage of convenience; he wants her power, but nothing to do with HER (in fact, he seduces her mother!).
Apparently, the Galatea clan who owned the school had no male heir; to continue their family name, Kou Akio became Galatea Akio upon his engagement to that clan's eldest daughter, a fairly routine transaction among families with no firstborn male heirs. Nonetheless, his engagement is a sham; he rarely interacts with his future bride, preferring to wonder; but Galatea’s daughter makes the mistake of letting herself believe he is her prince, and surrenders to his charms in a hotel. There are others who have also be drawn into his web of hedonism, and Amatsuiki has suffered directly from his damnation.
Akio covets Galatea‘s daughter, and much of the time it revolves around the unspoken tug of war between himself and his sister with Galatea’s Daughter in the middle; veiled looks, obscure comments, and meaningful glances are exchanged constantly by Akio with his sister as he struggles to rest control of Galatea’s daughter away. As the story progresses, tension mounts and the world becomes a series of harsh checks and balances, brother against sister, each making attempts to block the other's progress... with the golden pawn between them. It could be said, in the end, that neither truly wins; Akio gains Galatea’ Daughter’s body for a time, but Miyoko keeps her soul...
Akio infects a good deal of the cast with his blatant, wildly unfettered sensuality; his appearance blasts the story into a more 'adult' arena as he promises to reveal for the first time to each of the characters the real "Ends of the Earth."- that which is their ultimate limit, the point deepest in themselves that they dare not look; the logical end if they continue carrying on with current patterns of behaviour. His job, which he fulfils with glee, is that of the serpent leading the innocent into their destruction. Yet he is also as bound as Miyoko to his 'role', and seems to have no care to escape or change it.
Or so it would seem. But at the end, he shows himself pained, yearning for his lost innocence, for the power of Yuki, the Prince whom he once was...to become the Prince, and take his Princess, to dwell within the Castle of Illusion together, forever, in glory...or, was that all just a lie after all, smooth words to a naive girl from a man who lusts ever more for power? Still, his bitter tears show that on some level he knows that he could have chosen another way...
In essence Akio has bound himself to life, choosing to retreat into the safety of the ritualistic Duellist's Code of his construction. Ironic that a 'unfettered hedonist' would cling to an archaic set of rules as the foundation of his universe…
He is a beautiful and alluring man, very fashionable, in a position of great power over the school as its acting dean of students. He is engaged to Lady Galatea‘s Daughter, but this seems rather literally to be a marriage of convenience; he wants her power, but nothing to do with HER (in fact, he seduces her mother!).
Apparently, the Galatea clan who owned the school had no male heir; to continue their family name, Kou Akio became Galatea Akio upon his engagement to that clan's eldest daughter, a fairly routine transaction among families with no firstborn male heirs. Nonetheless, his engagement is a sham; he rarely interacts with his future bride, preferring to wonder; but Galatea’s daughter makes the mistake of letting herself believe he is her prince, and surrenders to his charms in a hotel. There are others who have also be drawn into his web of hedonism, and Amatsuiki has suffered directly from his damnation.
Akio covets Galatea‘s daughter, and much of the time it revolves around the unspoken tug of war between himself and his sister with Galatea’s Daughter in the middle; veiled looks, obscure comments, and meaningful glances are exchanged constantly by Akio with his sister as he struggles to rest control of Galatea’s daughter away. As the story progresses, tension mounts and the world becomes a series of harsh checks and balances, brother against sister, each making attempts to block the other's progress... with the golden pawn between them. It could be said, in the end, that neither truly wins; Akio gains Galatea’ Daughter’s body for a time, but Miyoko keeps her soul...
Akio infects a good deal of the cast with his blatant, wildly unfettered sensuality; his appearance blasts the story into a more 'adult' arena as he promises to reveal for the first time to each of the characters the real "Ends of the Earth."- that which is their ultimate limit, the point deepest in themselves that they dare not look; the logical end if they continue carrying on with current patterns of behaviour. His job, which he fulfils with glee, is that of the serpent leading the innocent into their destruction. Yet he is also as bound as Miyoko to his 'role', and seems to have no care to escape or change it.
Or so it would seem. But at the end, he shows himself pained, yearning for his lost innocence, for the power of Yuki, the Prince whom he once was...to become the Prince, and take his Princess, to dwell within the Castle of Illusion together, forever, in glory...or, was that all just a lie after all, smooth words to a naive girl from a man who lusts ever more for power? Still, his bitter tears show that on some level he knows that he could have chosen another way...
In essence Akio has bound himself to life, choosing to retreat into the safety of the ritualistic Duellist's Code of his construction. Ironic that a 'unfettered hedonist' would cling to an archaic set of rules as the foundation of his universe…