Ren Kannagi

Ren Kannagi (神凪 煉, Kannagi Ren) is the secondary protagonist of the series and a direct descendant of the Kannagi head family. He is the younger brother of the estranged Kazuma Yagami and second cousin of Ayano Kannagi. He looks up to Ayano, whom he considers to be a big sister, and practically worships Kazuma, stating that one day he hopes to be as strong as him. He currently attends middle school in Seiryō Academy, the same school Ayano attends, together with Kanon Suzuhara and Tatsuya Serizawa (his closest friends).

Appearance
Ren is a pre-teen of average height with short creamy blonde hair, large emerald green eyes and pale skin. He has apparently high altitude and seems to be very slim. He is considered as a handsome young boy.

In school, he is seen wearing the dark blue uniform of middle school students in Seiryō Academy. Whereas outside school, his common garment consists of a pink toggle coat over a maroon uniform collared shirt with grass-green trousers.

Personality
Despite being brothers, Kazuma and Ren have very little in common, though this is justified due to the eight-year age gap between them. While Kazuma is blunt, arrogant, selfish and apathetic, Ren is soft-spoken, humble, kind and somewhat effeminate. These traits lead to many being protective of him and even fighting over him, including his best friends, Kanon Suzuhara and Tatsuya, with the latter even worrying he'll become too feminine if he hangs around the former too much. He is also shown to be easily saddened when Ayano begins to insult Kazuma, even if she didn't mean to, such as when she states she couldn't even remember him despite fighting him for Enraiha.

Despite his kind and soft-spoken nature, Ren is very brave and does not hesitate to help others when need be, and will gladly fight for his family and friends or when provoked or simply when it's necessary. However, he is a very merciful person and prefers to avoid killing enemies if he can help it, such as when he purifies Yuji Tsuwabuki's aura and change him back into his original form, rendering him unconscious but not killing him. Although Ren's appearance earns him some contempt for his male classmates, Ren nonetheless appears to be very popular at his school, and excels in his studies and athletics.

Ren has never liked the fact that Kazuma was cast out of the family simply for having no power, and to this day, still holds him in high regard. He always hopes that one day, his brother Kazuma and his father will get along someday so that the three of them can be a family again. Like Ayano, Ren also doesn't approve of Kazuma's cold attitude towards the Kannagi family, believing that they're still his family even if they have disowned him, and is shocked by his willingness to let them all be killed by the Fugas.

Ren looks up to both Ayano and Kazuma, though his opinion of the latter reaches near-worshipping levels. Despite this, he tends to act as the 'straight man' between the two, often expressing exasperation at their frequent arguing and general coldness towards one another. Just like Jūgo, Yukari and Nanase, Ren is also shown to be supportive of Kazuma and Ayano's growing feelings towards each other, believing they would be good together if they just learned to get along.

Biography
Ren is first shown in Episode 1, when he greets Ayano, and she makes upsets for her father when she sneaked in the past hour.

Ren begins to tell her that his brother, Kazuma, has returned to Japan. Ayano tries to remember if Ren had a brother. Ren reminds her that his brother lost against her during the Enraiha inheritance ceremony, where she then remembers defeating him with one burst of magic. Later, they both broke into a meeting with the clan boss, her father Jūgo Kannagi, Genma Kannagi and Shinji Yuuki. In the conference room, he learns that Kazuma is a wind magic-user. Then he states that it is unbelievable that someone in the head family would become a user of the wind magic. The next day there is confusion in one of the branches of family households; three members of the unit were murdered. Hyoue Kazamaki claims that the victims were killed with the magic of wind stronger than his knights,

Enjutsu
Despite his age and timidity, Ren is actually a very powerful fire magic user, his Enjutsu skills rivaling even that of Ayano. Ren's power is 金火 the Golden Flame, which has the greatest purification effect among all fire magic. There were certain times when Ayano feels jealous of him when he demonstrates techniques that she can't use or had no prior knowledge of, such like his Golden Flame of Purification which he wielded a number of times throughout the series to protect the ones he loves, or such like in Episode 18 and 23 to purify the evil youmas who were possessing the "magicians" who were actually humans.

Other Abilities

 * Keen Intellect: There is the matter of his intelligence, nearly likened to his older brother, Kazuma's, as seen when he turns sand into magma so that it cannot be used by Yuuji Tsuwabuki, during their mini confrontation battle in Episode 10 where he tried to prevent Ayumi from being captured by her own family.

Relationships

 * Kazuma Yagami:


 * Ayano Kannagi:


 * Ayumi Tsuwabuki:
 * Kanon Suzuhara & Tatsuya Serizawa:
 * Genma Kannagi:


 * Jūgo Kannagi:

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