Fujita

藤田

Fujita is a magic user living in the Magic User’s Domain, employed by a company led by En, a powerful magic user. Fujita is not a very skilled magic user himself; he only manages to produce magical smoke when he or someone he cares about is in a tight spot. For instance, while in the Hole (the domain of non-users), he and a friend are stopped by Caiman, a non-user who is mysteriously immune to magic due to his mutations. Caiman kills Fujita’s friend, and in a desperate bid to save his own life, Fujita uses his smoke to open a door between the realms—a feat that requires considerable skill, as noted by several characters later on.
Seeking to avenge his comrade, Fujita prepares to return to the Hole heavily armed but is intercepted by a messenger of En, who delivers the order that he has been assigned to find the user who transformed Caiman into a saurian. Some research reveals a reptilian transformation specialist named Ebisu. Fujita remembers passing her while in the Hole with his friend, so he goes to find her before Caiman can kill her as well. Fujita’s timing is perfect, and he manages to save Ebisu just as she is caught in Caiman’s jaws, her fingers broken off after she attempts to use her smoke on him. Unfortunately, her survival comes at the cost of her sanity and her face—En assigns one of the higher-ups, Noi, to heal Ebisu’s face and fingers. Although physically restored, Ebisu remains traumatized by the incident, her personality regressed to that of a small child and her memory wiped.
Noi and Shin are sent to exterminate Caiman, with Fujita tagging along partly because he wants revenge and partly to watch over Ebisu, whose memory everyone is waiting to return.