Shaiapouf (シャウアプフ, Shauapufu), Nicknamed Pouf, is a butterfly-humanoid Chimera Ant and one of the Chimera Ant King's Royal Guards.
Background
Shaiapouf is the second Royal Guard to be born and like the rest of the Royal Guards, he too was personally named by the Queen. Nothing is know about Pouf's past when he was a human and it is unknown if he even remembers his past.
Personality
Shaiapouf initially seems to be the most calm and rational of the three Royal Guards. He tries to rely on logic and reason more than his emotions, but ends up being solely driven by his emotions. Pouf is the most irrational of the three Royal Guards, often experiencing mood swings relating to his idealization and love for the Chimera Ant King. Pouf vehemently hates the King's friend Komugi; he believes the woman to be holding back the King from world domination as the pinnacle of evolution. Pouf is willing to lie, deceive, and murder almost anyone in order to preserve his image of the king.
Appearance
Shaiapouf looks the most human of the Royal Guards. The only insect parts that Pouf has are his butterfly wings and antenna. He is also the only one of the three guards that wears a suit. He ends up dying as a result of being poisoned by the Miniature Rose.
Plot
Chimera Ant Arc
Having wholeheartedly devoted his entire being to the protection of the King and the eventual domination of the world by the King, Pouf's temperament is grossly disturbed by the King's obsession with the "insignificant" human, Komugi. The King is unable to defeat the girl at the game of Gungi, and even seems care about her well being. Pouf views Komugi as a threat to the King, as his obsession with a mere human could undermine the King's rightful domination of the world as the most perfect form of life. Pouf considers killing Komugi, but upon the realization that killing the girl would forever deny the King any victory over her, bursts into tears and swears to end his own life after helping the King attain complete dominion.
Pouf's state of mind is even further distressed during the attack on the King's palace by the Chimera Ant Extermination Team, when he dashes to the King's room and finds it empty. Pouf not only realizes that the King must be in Komugi's room, but that he had known in his heart the King would be with Komugi in her room and rushed to the King's room anyway.
Combat
Shaiapouf's overall strength was never displayed, as his battles mainly relied on his tactical strength. Since he is one of the King's Royal Guards, he too should be just as strong as the rest of them.
Nen Abilities
- Spiritual Message (スピリチュアルメッセージ 「鱗粉乃愛泉」), lit. "Butterfly Scales Love Spring":
Shaiapouf's ability, Spiritual Message, allows him to use his scales as a specialized En. Through their dispersal, he can read his opponent's emotions through the fluctuations in their aura. His scales also have a hypnotic effect on the body of others when dispersed from his wings.
- Beelzebub (ベルゼブブ 「蠅の王」), lit. "Lord of the Flies":
Shaiapouf's second ability allows for him to break his body into multiple miniature forms of himself. He can vary the size of each body; the smaller they are, the more he creates. Pouf can control them through his main form, which can only be reduced to about the size of a bee.
Trivia
- Shaiapouf's name, like all of the Royal Guards, comes from the Egyptian god Shai and a character named Pouf from a French children's book series called Caroline et ses Amis.