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Character Outline
Byakuran (白蘭, Byakuran) is the former Boss of the Gesso Famiglia, and the former incumbent Leader of the Millefiore Famiglia due to the fact that he's imprisoned. His aim was to obtain the "Ultimate Power" (Tri-ni-set), by gathering the Vongola Rings, Mare Rings, and Arcobaleno Pacifiers together in one place; he has a portrait that has a slot for each item. To achieve his goals, Byakuran has ordered the complete extermination of the Vongola Family, even targeting their friends and allies. He also had a special radiation released into the atmosphere in order to kill all Arcobaleno members. Before the appearances of young Tsuna and his friends in the Future, Byakuran had been researching them, as well as time travel, in order to get a hold of the Vongola Rings, which had been destroyed in his time. Though he used to possess the Sky Mare Ring, he has purposefully hidden his true abilities, and maintains a carefree attitude, even during his fight with Mukuro Rokudo, whom he critically injured. Despite his ruthlessness toward his enemies, he has a cheerful disposition when around his subordinates, especially toward Shoichi Irie, even though he knew of the latter's betrayal. However, this is only if they hold his interest. Once he "gets bored" of someone, he won't hesitate to have them killed. According to Shoichi, Byakuran's power can only be used during certain circumstances and that their era's unique events is what created his power. He has the ability to communicate with every other Byakuran that is in a different parallel universe giving him the knowledge and experience he gained from countless worlds, which is similar to how Mukuro has the collective experience from living in each of the six realms of existence, he has the collective experience of living in every parallel universe in which he lives in.
Appearance
Byakuran has spiky white hair and light purple eyes. His distinguishing feature is a purple tattoo under his left eye. In his first appearance, he wears the standard White Spell uniform with a Mare Ring symbol on the side of his shirt and has silver shoulder pads with the Millefiore insignia like the other members. In the Choice Arc, Byakuran wears a white shirt under a black jacket with the Millefiore insignia and Kikyo and Zakuro also wear the same outfit. In the final battle, Byakuran wears a white outfit and a purple jacket and he also has scars on his back where he grows his wings.
Plot Overview
Daily Life Arc
Revealed by Shoichi after the Choice Game, Byakuran met Shoichi's younger self many times after Shoichi came into possession of shells for the 10 Year Bazooka. However, his ability to see into parallel worlds was awakened because the same Shoichi from the past met Byakuran of two different futures. With this ability, Byakuran was able to use knowledge from different parallel worlds to become ruler of each of them.
Though such immediate progress was deemed impossible by Reborn, Shoichi reveals that Byakuran sent a device containing information of the parallel worlds to the younger Byakuran through Shoichi. This effectively allows Byakuran a ten-year head start in his progress to rule the world.
Future Arc
Byakuran is the leader of the Millefiore Famiglia, which came about after a merger between his old Gesso Famiglia and Yuni's Giglio Nero Famiglia. He had a fight with Mukuro Rokudo, who was spying on the Millefiore Family under the guise of Leonardo Lippi, whose true identity was always known by Byakuran.
Merone Base Invasion
Byakuran appears in hologram form at the end of the Melone Base Invasion to announce that he knew Shoichi would betray him, and that he had Real Funeral Wreaths waiting for the Vongola Family. They arrange for a game called "Choice" to be played in a few days time. The Vongola Family agrees and he disappears.
Choice Arc
Byakuran is first seen going to get five of his Real Funeral Wreaths and later appears before the Vongola Family in the form of a giant storm cloud. He watches as Tsuna and his Guardians generate twice the amount of Fiamma Volts necessary to transport them, the rest of the Family, and their base to the Lightning Field that Tsuna goes on to select.
He explains the rules of Choice and he and Tsuna use the Gyro Roulette to select the participants. For his Family, Kikyo, Saru, Torikabtuo, and Daisy were chosen to participate, the match of which ended in the favor of the Millefiore. However, when he comes to claim his prize, Shoichi reveals that when the two were creating Choice, if he lost their next match, he would get one request which he uses now: he requests a rematch. Byakuran refuses, claiming he never made such a promise. However, Yuni suddenly appears telling Byakuran that as the co-leader of the Millefiore Family she should have a say in the matter. This prompts a serious look from Byakuran for the the first time since his appearance.
Byakuran comments that Yuni is looking better, leading to Shoichi revealing that he drugged her and made her into a shell of her former self in order to gain control over Black Spell, essentially turning her into a figurehead. Yuni reveals that she countered this by putting her heart someplace "far away". She goes on to say she has the same power as Byakuran. After reiterating her reinforcement of the rematch, Byakuran shoots it down, at which point she withdraws her family from the Millefiore and asks protection from the Vongola. Upon learning about Yuni taking the Pacifiers and witnessing their ressurection, he tries to force her to go back to his side but was stopped by Reborn. With a passive approach, Byakuran proposes to Yuni that the Vongola Rings stay with the Vongola Family in exchange for her return to the Millefiore side together with the Arcobaleno Pacifiers. But Yuni refuses the proposal saying that she knows why Byakuran wants her back. In response, Byakuran threatens Yuni that harm will befall the members of the Black Spell if she continues with the betrayal but Yuni stands firm. As a result, he sends Torikabuto, Zakuro, and Kikyo to attack Vongola members but they were trapped by Hibari's Box Weapon. Thus, Byakuran himself pursues Uni who was escaping together with the Vongola Family and even states that he won't be stopped. When Bluebell asks Byakuran why he didn't kill Yuni, he threatened to kill her if she ever mentioned it again. Byakuran and five of his Six Wreaths are on the search for Tsuna's Family.
Future Final Battle Arc
Byakuran came back from his search of the parallel worlds and stated that he found where Kawahira is and where he was hiding Tsuna and the others. After the final battle between the Real Six Funeral Wreaths and the Vongola begins, Byakuran sent Ghost to the battlefield, uncaring that Ghost's ability to absorb Flames resulted in the death of 2 of his Funeral Wreaths. After Ghost is defeated by Tsuna, Byakuran himself shows up and reveals that all of the Flames absorbed by Ghost belong to him.
Tsuna's seemingly successful attacks on Byakuran are rendered completely ineffective against Byakuran's attacks. Additionally, the unity of the Sky elements of the Tri-Ni-Set coming together isolates the battle from everyone but the two bosses. In response to Byakuran's taunts of his pitiful life. Tsuna says he has no regrets and the Vongola Primo appears from his Ring, releasing the limiters of the Vongola Rings and granting them maximum output. With this Tsuna beats up Byakuran and rips off his wings. Byakuran gets up and states that in all the parallel worlds, this parallel world's Tsuna is the only one to make him spit out blood, prompting him to use his full power. Byakuran and Tsuna soon engage into a fight once again, but Byakuran changes his motive into getting back Yuni rather than toying around with Tsuna after seeing Yuni was serious to sacrifice herself for the revival of the Arcobaleno.
Byakuran begins his assault on Tsuna
Byakuran failed to retrieve Yuni as she and Gamma sacrificed themselves to revive the Arcobaleno. Enraged by Yuni's sacrifice, Byakuran considered as his doll for making him the "invincible god", but Tsuna was more enraged and saddened by Byakuran's apathy.
Tsuna and Byakuran prepares their finishers
Both attack each other at full strength, ending in Byakuran's defeat. Immediately prior to his defeat, Byakuran recalls the time when the Cervello had chosen him to be the holder of the Sky Mare Ring. Although it was originally believed that Byakuran's existence had been erased for good, he was recently shown in the epilogue of Reborn! volume 30. He is standing on a beach dressed in tattered clothing and what appears to be an ankle bracelet with the Vongola emblem on it. Two suited men stand behind him next to a black car, and upon the close-up of his face it is shown that his tattoo is gone.
Weapons and Abilities
Byakuran's "cocoon" while visiting different worlds
Due to Shoichi traveling to the Future and meeting two versions of Byakuran, Byakuran is mentally connected to every other Byakuran living in the separate parallel universes. This knowledge is utilized as a battle advantage: the Real Six Funeral Wreaths know about the techniques of the enemies he fought in these worlds. However, Byakuran becomes greatly weakened and needs a day to recover after using this ability. It is also mentioned by Yuni that Byakuran's powers are growing weaker over time.
Equipment
- Sky Mare Ring: Granted to Byakuran due to his ability to see into parallel worlds. Byakuran is capable of firing bolts of energy from the Ring and has several White Dragons that appear to grow from it, to aid him when fighting.
- Ghost: Ghost has the Ability to drain the Dying Will Flames of all those who are close by. However, he is also a version of Byakuran brought from another parallel world. As such, Byakuran can steal any Dying Will Flames Ghost absorbs and make them his own, greatly increasing his speed, stamina, and attack power.
- White Dragon: The White Dragon is Byakuran's Box Weapon. It was made with the highly advanced technology of the Millefiore Famiglia and is exclusively for him.
- Black Dragons: The Black Dragons are Box Animals used by Byakuran. Unlike the White Dragon, the Black Dragon is able to split and multiply, making it harder for the enemy to avoid attack.
Techniques
Byakuran's Wings
- Wings: Byakuran's scars on his back have been revealed to be space for him to grow a set of White Wings made of Dying Will Flames (however, these are possibly only for appearance's sake, as he already has Flame Boots). They also seem to be a result of looking into parallel worlds. Once torn off they grow back as a black pair capable of morphing into claws. Byakuran's final attack can be compared to Tsuna's X-Burner, only with black Flames. However, Byakuran grows roots from his back to support him during this attack instead of using a Flame "cushion."
Byakuran's White Applause
- White Applause: Byakuran can negate any attack by clapping his hands. This attack requires a certain degree of power to match the opponent's attack, however, as Byakuran's palms were injured when he tried to negate Tsuna's more powerful Burning Axel.
- White Finger: Byakuran simply focuses Sky Flames from his ring and launches a powerful shockwave type attack that blasts his opponent with tremendous force.
- Transparent Giant Hand: Byakuran is able to create a giant hand which is linked to his own, to capture the enemy from a distance.
- Black Flame Attack: Byakuran black has roots shoot out from his feet and plant themselves on the ground in order to stabalize him. Next Byakuran concentrates Black Flames from his hand which rotate at an extremely high speed and then releases them as a blast.
Trivia
- The Real Six Funeral Wreaths are all named after flowers. Byakuran was named after the White Orchid.
- He has a sweet tooth, as he is often seen eating various confections throughout the manga and anime, namely marshmallows. One of his new favorite candies is Namimori's style custard cream puffs, similar to Kyoko's favorite.
- Byakuran has two character songs: Perfect World and PARADE.
- In Reborn Fandom, he is numbered as 100.
- Despite being a very cold-hearted person, Byakuran often displays a very carefree attitude. He also likes to be humorous at times.
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