Nori Morita

Overview

Nori Morita is a student of the Morita barony, a lesser noble house that prides itself on protection and unwavering loyalty. Known for a quiet, calculated presence and water-based attacks, he enters the Battle of the Kings as Riki Shibatani's opponent. He yields immediately, an arrangement that exposes Riki’s manipulation of the bracket and leaves the crowd furious.

Nori next appears in the assault on Michika Midori. He does not join the beating, instead standing aside and observing. When Ryuji’s group confronts the nobles, Nori keeps watch and later attacks from a tree with a concentrated orb of water. The schoolyard battle culminates in a portal-assisted strike, but by His Return Nori is visibly shaken; even those who fought him recognise that his composure has broken.

Standing for Ryuji

Volume II revisits Nori's role when Shun Sato comes to collect Ryuji Sato. Nori steps between them and demands that the stranger identify himself. Shun answers with enough bloodlust to throw him aside and paralyze him, prompting Ryuji to shield his friend.

In the arena Nori again intervenes despite the difference in power and is the first of Ryuji's allies to fall. These actions materially change his relationship with Ryuji from former enemy and reluctant truth-teller to a friend willing to face the Lord of the Tower.