Heading into the new season, Taro returns to his past by re-entering the Japan Clear Creation (JCC) school for aspiring assassins, with both Taro and Shin taking the JCC entry test. Shin passed, while Taro was rejected due to the bounty on his head, which forces Taro to disguise himself as his wife so he can go undercover as a teacher, while Shin poses as a student to infiltrate the JCC database.
Shin Asakura
Fan-favorite Gen Z deuteragonist, Shin “The Clairvoyant” Asakura is straightforward, honest, and calculating. While serious in battle, Shin is known for his comedic outbursts that make him entertaining.
Once an old student and partner of Taro’s, Shin was sent to kill him for his betrayal of leaving the JAA. However, after failing to kill Taro and seeing the importance of Taro in the lives of his family and community, Shin becomes one of Taro’s greatest defenders. While Shin jokes about Taro’s (who he affectionately calls “Mr. Sakamoto”) weight gain and lax nature since retiring, he has a great deal of respect for the man that Taro has become.
In the new season, Shin takes a step to center stage as he goes undercover with Taro inside the JCC. Posing as a student, he has to survive an assassination school with a 10 percent survival/graduation rate while locating the JCC database in order to gain information on Slur.
Lu Shaotang
The daughter of a Triad family, Lu Shaotang, is the cheerful clerk of the Sakamoto convenience store alongside Shin. Lu dropped onto the scene, literally, while trying to find and protect her family’s legacy after they were killed defending their family vault. Hunted by the Dondenkai assassins, she meets Taro and Shin, who help her defeat those sent to kill her.
A drunken fist-style fighter, Lu’s strength depends on her alcohol levels. In her and Shin’s battle with Saw, one of the four death row serial killers released by Slur to distract the order, she drank a bottle of 200-proof ethanol that saw her battle prowess increase tenfold, with her moving so fast that Saw couldn’t keep up. Viewers can also see her multiple drunk personalities, including “Crying Drunk,” “Angry Drunk,” “Happy Drunk,” and “Triad Drunk.”
