Ren Nikaidou

Ren Nikaidou is a character from the Ben-To anime and light novels.

A fighter for half-priced food from the east side. He was formerly the dragon to the Monarch and leader of his pack of goons, the Gabriel Ratchets. Has a thing for Matsuba.

In the AWA fics, Ren is a student at the AWA Academy.

Appearance
Ren has messy, brown hair and has a slender appearance. He usually wears a black t-shirt on top of a purple shirt along with black jeans.

Personality
Initially, Ren was forced to think a pawn, due to Endou's leadership. However, after being scolded by Kiku Matsuba, he realizes that what he and Endō have done is wrong and tries to stop Endou from continuing on with their plan. He has feelings for Matsuba, and although he doesn't like to admit it, his feelings for her are strong and almost border on being lustful.

Ren personally helped spread You Satou's title Pervert after his second encounter because what he wore at the time particularly disturbed him. While he doesn't like to be associated with him, he considers Satou to be his rival and friend, and has somewhat of a degree of respect for him, having lost to him once.

Abilities
Despite being treated as any other pawn for Endō, Ren is an accomplished fighter and was strong enough to fight on par with Satou, though lost in the end. Though he lost against them by himself like the rest, when teamed up with Satou and the other wolves against Orthrus, the team of the Sawagi twins, they managed to defeat them fairly during the eel special.

Trivia

 * With Satou, they earned the Nom De Gurre name "Two Dogs".
 * Out of the cast's eyes, his are the most dramatically triangular by far.