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Name: Mugen no Byakuya (Byakuya of Illusions)
Age: Less than 1 year, but appears to be 16-19
Race: yokai
Weapons: Giant sword, lotus flowers
Byakuya (meaning "midnight sun", "white (arctic) night" or "short night") is a character from the popular manga series 'InuYasha'. He is Naraku's latest (ninth) offspring, meant to replace Kagura. He is loyal to Naraku unlike his last few detachments, and has an incredible power of creating illusions. As of chapter 480, he is Naraku's sole living incarnation.
InuYasha and company first meet Byakuya in chapter 397 of the manga. He introduces himself as "Mugen no Byakuya," directly hinting to his main powers. Unlike the recent offspring of Naraku (i.e., Akago, Hakudoshi, and Moryomaru), Byakuya seems to be passive and loyal to Naraku, opting not to fight InuYasha's group in their first encounter. He does almost get InuYasha and his group killed on two separate occasions, using illusions to assist InuYasha's enemy. However, his main purpose is to observe Inuyasha and Moryomaru's growing powers and report these observations back to Naraku.
The recent manga releases have shown that Byakuya is never given details on his missions, much like Kagura, showing Naraku's natural distrust towards his subordinates. Byakuya also uses an enlarged origami to get around, much like Kagura did with her enlarged feather.
On a side note it is possible that Byakuya's true purpose was to act as a spy and messenger of Naraku. He hasn't shown any frightening offensive abilities and never has directly engaged in combat with any of his enemies. He carries a strange-looking sword on his back but has never used it in combat as he has a tendency to run away rather than fight. However, since Naraku is constantly growing in power as he absorbs more and more powerful demons, so his ability to produce stronger and stronger children increases as well, with each generation stronger than the last. Hence, since Byakuya is the latest of Naraku's incarnations to make an appearance it is a strong possibility that he is the strongest.
After the death of Kanna, he comments that he should be a little more protective of his own life when it comes to Naraku, since he's the last incarnation left.
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