Matsuri Washuu

Matsuri Washuu (和修 政, Washū Matsuri) is a Special Class Ghoul Investigator, and a commander in Division II. He is the eldest son of Yoshitoki Washuu.

Appearance
Matsuri wears formal attire at work similar to that of other Ghoul Investigators. He has short black hair and wears a pair of glasses.

In his younger days, his hair is much shorter.

Personality
Matsuri is noted for having an extremely logical and cold nature, having little consideration for human life when making decisions. His record is particularly bloody, since he prioritizes successful results over the potential cost to those under his command. Considered unfriendly at best, he has little patience and treats those he views negatively with open disdain. He is a career driven man who aspired to get promoted to Special Class then Bureau Director, the former of which he's achieved. He is also very speciesist, cruel, and remorseless against Ghouls even by the CCG's standards, as seen when Urie showed guilt over his inability to protect Shirazu he says his faith in him was misplaced, hinting at a genuine and general lack of empathy.

Past
During his early career, he served as an Investigator lent out to German forces. He earned a reputation for accomplishing his missions with a high rate of success, while also suffering the heaviest losses of human life. In one operation, he eliminated the Rosewalds, a German clan of Ghouls. With the increase in Aogiri Tree's power, he returned to Japan and began working as a Commander in Division II.

Auction
Matsuri meets with Haise Sasaki and Juuzou Suzuya about their investigation of the Ghoul, Nutcracker. The meeting is a tense affair, with him openly insulting Sasaki and ordering that Tooru Mutsuki be sent to infiltrate the Auction alone. However, he relents when Suzuya offers to accompany the Rank 3 Investigator to increase their chances of success. He summons Akira Mado, Take Hirako, and Nobu Shimoguchi as part of the S2 Squad and prepares to begin preparing for the upcoming operation. He takes command of the Auction mopping-up operation, carefully reviewing the plans of the buildings which might be the location. Under his command, the various squads spread out and begin to seal off escape routes or press forward into the main buildings. He orders the Quinx Squad to push further into the building, leaving Daisuke Atou and his squad to secure the main entrance.

As the operation continues, he considers using this to gain a promotion to Special Class, but quickly realizes something is wrong. Having lost contact with the Ooshiba and Atou Squads, he wonders whether the One-Eyed King is running out of options. He soon discovers the operation has been compromised, with news of a high-rated Ghoul breaking through their forces and ambushing the Quinx. Matsuri orders Sasaki to lead the Ghoul away, while Naoto Hayashimura, Ginshi Shirazu, and Saiko Yonebayashi go to secure the Administrative Building. He is later contacted by Akira who demands to know who Sasaki is fighting, but remains silent.

Post Auction
Several months have passed since the Auction mopping-up operation and Matsuri has been promoted from an Associate Special Class to a Special Class Ghoul Investigator along with Suzuya.

Rose Extermination
He is seen talking with Itsuki Marude about the assigning of S1 to the Rose Case, they also discuss the situation with Aogiri with Matsuri implying that he should replace his father as Bureau Director with Marude reacting negatively towards both Matsuri's record and his belief that the Washuu's will continue to be the hereditary leaders of the CCG.

Matsuri is seen informing Koori that S2 will be providing support for the Tsukiyama Family Extermination Operation. Both special class investigators then proceed to think ill of each other. When commencing the operation only to have the main target surrender almost immediately, Matsuri was led to believe there being a backup plan already in action enacted by the Tsukiyama household. He proceeds to find the family's parking lot empty, and so orders the participating investigators to rush over to the nearest building with a helipad affiliated with the Tsukiyamas. Finding the Tsukiyama's rescue helicopter in sight, he brought it down while on his own team's helicopter. Some time later he ponders upon the ideal situation of the operation ending with his haul of credits and Ui dying in process, only to have his helicopter suddenly burst out in flames. Reacting fast enough, Matsuri utilizes a hook to swing himself into the Lunatic Eclipse building.

In the aftermath of the Quinx and Itou Squad against Noro, Matsuri arrives on the scene with a team of investigators. Looking through the room's situation, he calmly disregards the heavy atmosphere and asks if Kuroiwa Takeomi and Kuki Urie are still able to fight as he needs all able units to combat the One-Eyed Ghoul. His action is challenged by Urie through a death glare, being asked if he felt nothing seeing the bloody aftermath of the scene. Matsuri replies that he does indeed not feel a thing, other than that Urie was not as promising as he expected.

Matsuri proceeds to head toward the rooftop to combat the One-Eyed Owl along with a new, hurried squad. Midway through their advancement, they stopped in the hallway surprised and confused as they saw Sasaki and the One-Eyed Owl battling each other outside the building's windows.

Post-Rose Extermination
Six months have passed and Matsuri has gained control of the Quinx Squad despite his disdain for them and his previous confrontation with Urie. Having become a strong and reputable squad, he commands them with disingenuous regard. He tries to keep Urie under his thumb in particular by alluding to great achievements if he's loyal and inviting him to dinner. He tells Urie his next goal of becoming leader of S3.

He attends a Special Class Investigator Conference regarding Aogiri. Throughout most of the meeting, Matsuri is passive aggressive and disagreeable, showing open annoyance towards Sasaki's presence and attempting to undermine Ui. He gets in a brief, but quite intense, argument with Yoshitoki about the outcome of the Tsukiyama Extermination Operation. Matsuri insists that the only positive thing that came of it was the defeat of Noro, however, Yoshitoki counters that also the Tsukiyama conglomerate was ceased to be taken over by humans. Yoshitoki challenges Matsuri's idea of "worth" and they have a brief stare-down until they're interrupted by the on going meeting.

Yoshitoki Washuu
It is rumored in the CCG headquarters that he and his father do not get along well. Yoshitoki seems to have been a proactive dad during Matsuri's childhood, however all his invitations to play various sports were all rejected by Matsuri. Matsuri is seen implying that his father is not competent enough to be Bureau Director and that he should succeed him.

Haise Sasaki
He openly shows his contempt for Haise and his team and was one of who were skeptical of the Quinx project. However, Matsuri recognizes his worth as an investigator, but Haise's achievements do little to dampen his annoyance.

Itsuki Marude
Marude appears to hold a low opinion of Matsuri, his own feelings towards Marude are unknown.

Koori Ui
The pair appear to hold each other in mutual disdain with Matsuri thinking of Ui as a "brat" and Ui thinking Matsuri is "a sly hyena hungering for credit". Matsuri has shown sentiments of wishing him to die during the Rosewald Investigation as the ideal outcome for himself. Since Ui's failure of the Tsukiyama Extermination Operation, Matsuri has taken to making passive aggressive jabs not letting his flop be forgotten.

Kuki Urie
Matsuri sees him as a potentially useful subordinate, recognizing that both share an ambitious nature. During the battle at the L.E. Building, he expressed disappointment in Urie's emotional reaction to the death of Ginshi Shirazu. However, a few months later Matsuri seems convinced that Urie has become his most loyal subordinate, and promises him greater power in exchange for his obedience.

Quinx Squad
Matsuri held little regard for the Quinx Squad and held them as particularly expendable. Despite that, he took control of them when Sasaki ceased mentorship as they proved to be more than worthwhile.

Powers and Abilities
Matsuri is known to be a capable fighter with a long and bloody record of eliminating Ghouls, but is primarily focused on strategy and command. His record as a commander shows him to be exceptional at accomplishing his mission with great success, but also prone to sacrificing the lives of his subordinates.

He has demonstrated exceptional reflexes, able to swing himself into a building mid-air right after the helicopter he was on burst into flames unexpectedly while he was deep in thought.

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