Makiharu Hiizumi

"Living is ultimately about being involved with other people. Building relationships with other people is like creating "proof" that you existed and I think that the termination of those relationships is what death is."

- Makiharu Hiizumi, Chapter 8

Makiharu Hiizumi (比泉 槇春, Hiizumi Makiharu) is the grandfather of Akina Hiizumi.

Personality
Makiharu is a kind, wise man, with a reflected conduct. He reflects about the impact his acts might have, and doesn't act before thinking. He gives focus and great importance to human (or youkai) relationships, and he believed that "tuning" a person or a youkai is the same as killing him/her, because it cuts contact from others indefinitely. He tries to pass the legacy of his wisdom and knowledge to Akina, and was capable of self-sacrificing himself for the safety of others, in a sad Hizumi family traditional ritual.