Kaneshiro is a ruthless mafia boss and crime lord built on greed. He sees himself as a businessman and banker first—his Palace literally manifests as a floating bank, complete with a room so stuffed with money that it disgusts Makoto and disturbs Ryuji. Makoto's assessment of him is pretty blunt: "nothing but a disgusting fly swarming to dirty money" and a "money-grubbing asshole." He's admitted to having a coping mechanism where he spends money to calm down, then blackmails whoever caused his stress in the first place to make it back.
He built his empire through blackmail schemes, and the police can't touch him—he's too elusive, too well-protected, and too wealthy to pin down. His most notorious scam targets high school students. His crew approaches them with a simple job offer: deliver an envelope to a coin locker for good money. Except the envelope contains drugs. Once the kid unknowingly delivers it, Kaneshiro starts bleeding them dry with blackmail, threatening to expose the evidence to their school unless they pay up. It's a calculated machine.
What's telling about Kaneshiro is that he doesn't bother hiding any of it. Because he's beyond the police's reach, he operates like he's untouchable—flaunting his crimes and his true personality without restraint. But that brazen confidence masks something deeper: underneath all that wealth and power, he's genuinely insecure.
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