Any tree can drop an apple. I'll drop the freaking moon. Who even gives a digit?
Sho Minamimoto is the youngest Game Master of the Reapers in Shibuya, and the second Game Master Neku battles. More a mathematician than a brawler, it is revealed he excels in all areas of leadership except one -- he will not cooperate with others. Given his obsession with mathematics, he loves to speak in mathematical terms with other people.
Personality
Sho Minamimoto cannot refrain from making a calculation or from telling a maths joke during conversation. Arrogant, he ceaselessly tries to prove his value and his strength. He has a strange habit of gathering together junk heaps when playing the part of game master, claiming that they are a precisely calculated form of art; this can be viewed as performance art reflecting his views that "The world is garbage" and lacks any beauty.
Abilities
Minamimoto is able to summon Taboo Noise. Hanekoma states in early Secret Reports that Minamimoto was taught the techniques to summon Taboo Noise by a "Fallen Angel." It is later revealed that the "Fallen Angel" was in fact Hanekoma himself. Minamimoto uses his abilities at the beginning of his battle against Neku and Joshua. When he enters the battle himself, he transforms into Leo Cantus, his Noise form. Leo Cantus is an anthropomorphic (humanoid) lion. (As evidenced by its name.) Unlike most Reapers in Noise form, Minamimoto transforms by absorbing Taboo Noise and is treated as one - he exists on only one screen, leaving the other partner to deal with the Taboo Noise he absorbed. Destroying all of the Taboo Noise causes him to revert to normal for a few seconds before he switches screens and repeats the process. Also unlike most Reapers who enter Noise form, Minamimoto's wings shatter prior to the fight with him, suggesting that he is no longer a Reaper. Also of interest; most Reapers only have two wings, while Minamimoto had six, a possible reference to seraphim.
After his defeat, Minamimoto is revived through his Taboo Noise refinery sigil, becoming a corrupted version of his former self. The corrupted portions of his skin, especially around his midsection, bears some resemblance to the Leo Noise symbol upon closer inspection. Though he no longer summons Taboo Noise, he is vastly more powerful in this second form and sometimes drains HP upon contact. In both forms, he attacks primarily using energy bursts (with a cry of "Infinity!") and has the frequently-used ability to teleport to evade attacks.
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