 He often interrupts Kyousuke when Teruma gets bullied, and this shows that Kodoh actually have a soft side despite being an assassin.He was an orphan ever since he was younger, and often felt lonely, but in the end, he was adopted by Tycoon Shō and was trained to become an assassin.He has the same past in the anime, but he was adopted by two agents from Saionji Konzern instead and became a part of Dark Lizards.