
Although Shion tries to counter with Holy Dragon, Saint Blow Dragon, he is unable to gain enough Critical to finish off Shouma, and he seals the win, allowing Team Demise to advance to the next round.

During his fight with Shion Kiba, Shouma demonstrates his mastery of the field, constantly using his Soulblast abilities to fill his rear-guards. Rin's comment later implies that he staged that meeting beforehand. In Turn 31, he stumbled across Shion, who spilled his drink on his shirt (Rin later commented that it's his favorite), and gives the impression that he knows everything about him.

When Rin enters the waiting room after the game against Tokoha, he commented that she was having a good time, since she usually does not display so much emotion. He also comments on Sugiru's bad habit of underestimating his opponent when he lost against Chrono. In the next episode, he comforts the two people who get scolded by Sugiru and advises them to be strong. He is first shown in the epilogue of Turn 28, after Team TRY3 defeat Team Furaibo, alongside Rin and Sugiru, watching their opponent walk by. During their last fight at the climax of Season 7, Shouma claimed that he saw what Shion would become if Shouma continued to mess with him: a "hero". However, it seems that the future he sees isn't absolute like traditional fortune telling, as Shion was able to defy Shouma's prediction and win the fight during the climax of Season 5. This is how he can be so calm during his fights while on Team Demise despite knowing he has a lot to lose. Shouma claims to have the ability to see the future, a power he had since he was a child. During GIRS Crisis and Stride Gate he wears a blackish-blue jacket with a white shirt underneath and a necklace. Shouma wears glasses and a grey blazer with a white collared shirt. In this sense, Shouma's relationship with Shion seems to be very similar to the relationship between Comic book characters Batman and The Joker. Also, when Shion seemingly died trying to save him Shouma was visibly distraught. While he is constantly shown to mess with Shion throughout the series, he only did it because he predicted that Shion would become a hero through the hardship Shouma caused him and was ecstatic when that prediction came true. While he wants to see Ryuzu's ideal become reality so that he can be "happy", he also revels in the thought that his perfect world wouldn't be eternal unlike the rest of Company. The thought of an easy victory for Company bored him so much that he made Ibuki immune to the initial pacifying effects of the Stride Gate because of this. He has an appreciation for the nuance of life that borders on obsession. Like Rin Hashima, he also uses physiological attacks, but his attacks are more for destroying confidence. The information he gathers allows him to figure out what his opponent is thinking (up to a certain extent), being able to easily predict Shion's thoughts when they fight.Īs a member of a team which values strength, he is shown to have a habit of giving remarks about people's excuses when they lose. He is shown to be very informative, as he knows all about Shion's background the first time they meet. He is the calmest member of the team and has displayed great strength as a fighter. As such, he praises Chrono Shindou for being strong enough to beat his teammate. Like the rest of the members of Team Demise, he upholds the phrase "Weakness is a sin" just like the rest of the United Sanctuary.
