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When first introduced, Shin is portrayed as a carefree and charismatic youth. As the series progresses, the darker aspects of Shin's character come to light. In addition to having a severe sister complex, he is exceedingly possessive and violent.
Shin is extremely protective of Maya due to the restrain her mere presence puts on his mad frenzy (it is possible this is because Maya has the Amaterasu Dragon's Gate, which neutralizes special powers). Given his insanity Shin's behavior is highly erratic, making a summation of his personality difficult. He is also a skilled martial artist as he was trained by Dōgen Takayanagi, and actually managed to steal the Takayanagi family secret technique. Up until his death Shin was the President of the Enforcement Group, and the 2nd ranked fighter in the school only because he didn't actually fight in the tournament that year. Though he was later beaten by Bunshichi, the first ranked fighter in a street fight.
Despite his insanity, Shin seems to play a mentor-like role to several characters in the series. He has a massive influence on the majority of the characters in some way, even appearing to some when they need guidance. Overall a good chunk of the story is based around the possibility of a repeat of history; many fear an incident like what happened to Shin will be repeated.
Shin seems to know he's crazy, seemingly indicating he wants to be taken down if he goes too crazy. He seems almost spiteful of his own power, as he doesn't understand why he was given a "completely worthless power". Nonetheless, he does seem to find it funny in his own twisted way.
Reiki is an evil ceremonial Nodachi(it's a very long katana) that is the heirloom of the Natsume family. It allows those with powers to use them more freely, but this is risky as the more frequently a person uses their power and the longer they sustain it, the more likely they will lose to their dragon. As Maya does not have any powers or had the Amaterasu Dragon's Gate, Shin's father entrusted Reiki to her under orders to keep it away from Shin. She failed in this, and Reiki is largely blamed for the events leading to Shin's death. Shin carried this blade with him the majority of the time, frequently using it to slaughter innocents for a distraction. He developed a good enough connection with the blade that he could activate it without even being in the same room with it.
Shin has the power of the Dragon's Eye (龍眼, ryuu me or ryuugan?), which synchronizes with the spirits of all things, thus it gives Shin a type of prescience that allowed him to see anywhere past, present, possible futures; as well as seeing and hearing the dead. He gained this power as a child, and it was far too much for him. As with all Dragon's Gate related powers, losing to your dragon and becoming insane and violent is a huge risk; Shin lost leading to his erratic and violent behavior. His power played a key role in his insanity, the other part was due to his father.
Bunshichi Tawara, claims his Dragon eye power is only activated when he has his the Reiki in his possesion, but he's proven wrong later in the serie.
When Maya asks why he didn't just predict certain occurrences, Shin compares his power to rain. All the rain drops hit a predetermined place, based on wind and such. They congregate together to and flow, eventually making a stream; according to Shin that is fate. He basically says he can hear the rain, but he can't understand the significance of every drop. Basically indicating his Dragon's Eye will only show him bits and pieces of possible futures, and he doesn't have the ability to piece together the whole picture. This makes the power worthless in his opinion.
Shin is the oldest of the family, he has 2 younger sisters,
Maya Natsume and
Aya Natsume.
Maya also appears in the flashback episodes, where she plays a great part in.
Aya the youngest sister, is only shown a in a few short parts in the flashback series, because she was too young to enter in the Todo Academy.
Bunshichi Tawara is Shin's best friend, they have known eachother since they were little.
Bunshichi is one of the few who was able to defeat Shin.
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