Yutaka, Watari
Summary
Yutaka Watari is a close friend of Tsuzuki who works in research and development. Although technically a mechanical engineer, he functions more as a scientist who invents whatever comes to mind and is also responsible for computer maintenance and repair. He is very bouncy and happy like Tsuzuki, but lacks the inner angst that Tsuzuki carries. However, he can suddenly become very angry, usually when something befalls one of his friends. His companion, an owl named "003," is almost always with him. (001 is a toucan and 002 is a penguin, and they stay in Watari's lab.) Watari's dream is to create a sex change potion, although his motives are unclear. He definitely has an unusual interest in women and all facets of being female, though whether this interest is sexual or purely scientific is a matter of opinion. Tatsumi, for example, is quite certain of the former. Watari once claimed that he wants to know how the woman's mind works, which explains his desire to become female to understand it. He tests all his potions on both himself and Tsuzuki, relying on Tsuzuki's weakness for sweets for persuasion. Watari's special power is bringing his drawings to life. Unfortunately, his skill at drawing is very poor, but this does not seem to stop him from successfully drawing Tsuzuki out of the Count's self-written novel in Volume 5. Watari is the shinigami for the sixth sector, Henjoucho, which includes Osaka and Kyoto. He usually does not work with a partner, though he does sometimes work with Tatsumi. Later volumes of the manga, specifically the Kamakura arc, reveal pieces of Watari's past life. Most intriguingly, it is revealed that Watari once worked for the Five Generals. These employees of Juohcho are infamous for their involvement in the Mother Project, the supercomputer of Meifu.
