Okeya Fuuta

Okeya Fuuta (おけやふうた Okeya Fūta) is the protagonist of Spirit Circle who discovers an age long feud between Kouko Ishigami and himself spread throughout his past lives. He has the ability to see ghosts and even communicate with them.

Personality
Okeya Fuuta is a rather average student, and often struggles to get good grades in school. However, as time progresses, he becomes more wise and mature after viewing the memories of his past lives.

As he relives more of his past lives, he begins to struggle with their conflicting identities; these begin to override Fuuta's own identity. This is especially made apparent after viewing Flors' life, after which he maintains Flors' old man persona for an entire day. Another instance is with Lafalle, as his influence is so strong that it remains until Kouko punches Fuuta, causing Lafalle's persona to be ejected.

Fortuna's influence on his personality becomes so strong that it essentially locks Fuuta in his own mind; Fortuna remarks that Fuuta's personality will eventually disappear if Fortuna remains the dominant one for too long.

Appearance
Fuuta has black hair and green eyes. He is also relatively short and skinny, which he repeatedly makes comments about.

His most prominent feature is the mark on his left cheek. This mark was given to him during his incarnation as Vann by the Black-haired Witch. It has stayed with him throughout all of his successive incarnations, although it fades in prominence each time.

History
Fuuta was born in Japan around the beginning of the 21st century. At some point, his father caught wind of his ability to see spirits, and started constantly asking about it.

After entering grade school, he met his main friends: Tetsu, Daiki, Nono, and Umi. They spent many years growing closer to each other, and all entered the same junior high school.

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Relationships
Ishigami Kouko: Fuuta's enemy and later friend. Their relationship is complicated as despite initially being wary of her, Fuuta still wanted to get along with her. He also begins to fall in love with her, and later confesses these feelings in Chapter 30. After their final battle, their relationship stagnates. However, just before Kouko moves back to Tokyo, Fuuta reconciles with her, and Kouko leaves him with a kiss on the cheek.

Tetsuma Masiro: Fuuta's friend. They get along well enough to tease one another.

Takayama Daiki: Fuuta's friend. They get along well enough to tease one another. Fuuta thinks they way he gets along with the school staff is amazing.

Miyabe Nonomura: Fuuta's friend. They are both part of the school's art club. For the first half of the series, he is oblivious to Nono's crush on him.

Mizuno Umishima: Fuuta's friend. They get along well enough to tease one another, with Fuuta usually being the butt of her jokes.

Okeya Toukichi: Fuuta's father. His relationship with his father is fairly casual. Fuuta is slightly annoyed by his father's obsessive interest in his ability to see spirits.

Okeya Sawa: Fuuta's mother. His relationship with his mother is fairly casual. He cares about her very much, as when Fortuna told him about her potential death, he was completely heartbroken.

Fortuna: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Fone: One of Fuuta's past incarnations,

Vann Flantyr: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Flors: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Kajima Houtarou: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Lafalle: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Okeya Fuuko: One of Fuuta's past incarnations.

Etymology

 * Okeya means "bucket" (おけ) (oke) and "house/roof" (や) (ya).
 * Fuuta means "wind/air" (ふう) (fuu) and "rice field" (た) (ta).

Trivia

 * Many of Fuuta's personality traits or abilities stem from his past lives:
 * His ability to see spirits comes from Fone, and by extension, Fortuna.
 * The mark on his face comes from when Vann was branded by the Black-haired Witch.
 * His average intelligence comes from Fuuko, who wanted to be less smart in her next life.