Shinji Saotome

Shinji Saotome is a student of Class A Year 1.

Appearance
Shinji is described as pale and delicate, beautiful at a glance but utterly horrible by Kyosuke.

Personality
While often just on outward appearence Shinji tends to act friendly and warm at first glance. He is often seen trying to appear soothing towards others. However, in reality he is very menacing and always looking for a chance to kill Eiri or Kyosuke. Even as far as stating there was nothing stopping him from seeking out Eiri's corpse the minute she falls and being all over it like "flies and hyenas." Shinji often acts as the ring leader to others mainly to Arata Oonogi and Kagero Usami. However, Shinji is also easily intimidated by some of the other characters due to their propencity for fighting.

History and Crime
Shinji describes himself as the "Japanese Tedy Bundy" and is a necrophiliac who enjoys killing and then raping his victims. However, he only has a preference for female victims and considers it an "honor" for his victims for him to "violate" them. He got sent to the Purgatorium School of Rehabilitation after strangling two girls to death and then having sex with them.