Magatsuhi

Magatsuhi (禍津日神, God of Disaster) is the main antagonist of the Zombie Land Saga Gaiden manga, introduced in chapter 10.

He is a malevolent divine being who causes misfortunes in the human world and particularly in the Saga prefecture. He belongs to the land of Yomi, the underworld.

Human-Infant
He manifests in the form of a human boy or girl, but wearing a mask of different entities of Japanese folklore on his head, his hair is disheveled and neglected, he wears a white robe with nothing else of clothes. It is unknown if he has a real face behind his mask.

Like Sagako
By retrieving much of the power from him, he is able to control Sagakos, in this case a Kaiju-type. He manifests as a demon face in front of Sagako's face and has multiple eyes and limbs.

Personality
He appears in front of Higashino when Higashino throws Doro-chan across the border, vaguely explaining vaguely how the Sagako works. Despite not intending it for him, he makes a deal with Higashino whereby he would get a wish he wanted if he killed the Sagako so that he could take back the power from him.

A few weeks later he regains the power from him and via telepathy communicates to Higashino about it. When the detective is in front of him to fulfill his wish, Magatsuhi begins to speak an unknown language that makes Keiji angry and makes him lose his sanity, which causes him to end up murdering him in front of traffic.

Natural Abilities

 * Psychic powers
 * Telepathy - Through telepathy, Magatsuhi can communicate with his targets from a distance, this same telepathy seems to be done in an unknown language. This same psychic power seems to affect people making them more irritable and violent.Magatsuhi attacks Anna.png
 * Limb Manifestation-Magatsuhi's human form can change if he is being attacked, being able to transform parts of his body into dark limbs that allow him to defend and attack.
 * Spectral apparition-he Appears briefly in front of Higashino to speak momentarily with him, only to disappear moments later.

Unique Abilities

 * Curse of Saga - It seems to be the cause of all the misfortune in Saga, mainly from the Sagakos.

Weaknesses

 * TBA

Etymology

 * Magatsuhi-no-kami (Japanese for "kami of the force of misfortune"). In Shintoism, divine beings that cause sin, pollution, disaster and evil. Related terms are Ōmagatsuhi-no-kami, meaning "Great Magatsuhi Kami" and "Yaso-magatsuhi-no-kami", meaning "Countless Magatsuhi Kami".

Trivia

 * The Yomi, is the Japanese word for the land of the dead (World of Darkness). According to Shinto mythology as related in Kojiki, this is where the dead go in the afterlife. Once one has eaten at the hearth of Yomi it is (mostly) impossible to return to the land of the living. Yomi in Japanese mythology is comparable to Hades or Sheol and is most commonly known for Izanami's retreat to that place after her death. Izanagi followed her there and upon his return he washed himself, creating Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto in the process.
 * The masks that Magatsuhi wears refer to entities from Japanese mythology.
 * A Demon Hannya mask is the first. The Hannya are female demons who were consumed by their high level of jealousy. According to legend, her origin was with a jilted young woman whose jealousy turned into rage and anger when she saw that the person she loved, a cleric, was not interested in her. It was because of that that inside her she began to harbor evil, becoming a demon, more specifically, a Hannya.
 * The Fox or Kitsune mask is the second. The Kitsune or foxes are an animal that constitutes an element of singular importance in Japanese folklore, to the point where the word is traditionally used to name that spirit of the forest in the form of a fox, whose classic function is to protect forests and villages. According to Japanese mythology, the fox is an intelligent being that has magical abilities, which are increased with age and the acquisition of knowledge.