For my next character talk, I would like to talk about the late Michael Matsumoto and his role in my story The Monster Exorcist even though he doesn’t make an appearance.
The late Michael Matsumoto was the son of Able Matsumoto, Katrina’s older brother, and the older step brother of Michael Matsumoto who shares the same name.
He was an exorcist genius who was immensely talented and defeated countless monsters with ease. He became famous amongst exorcists around the world, and he really brought about a golden age for the exorcist organization.
He was strong studious and kind, but the truth behind that genius was that he was under immense pressure from his father Able Matsumoto. Able was injured by an S-level monster in his youth which left him incapable of battling high-level monsters. He instead forced his dreams and ambitions onto his only son. Michael Matsumoto was trained from birth by his father to become a great exorcist. Michael had very few talents that weren’t related to battling monsters, and even failed high school. His sister Katrina was also often forced to clean his room and wash his clothes so that her brother could spend more time training.