Taro is a living anatomical model haunting Kami High, an urban legend brought to life whose devotion to his love Hana drives him to chase her down and later to lend his hollow body in the fight against the Evil Eye.
Taro is split straight down the middle: one side of him bares raw muscle while the other carries a layer of skin, and on that skin half he sports a close-cropped haircut. He is the school science room's anatomy mannequin given a life of its own.
Love rules him entirely. So smitten with Hana is he that he can snap his disassembled body back together in seconds just to reach her side. When she begged him to turn back rather than become discarded junk like her, he refused outright, declaring he would regret it forever if he did not stay with her then and there.
As a walking anatomical model, Taro can pull his body apart at will and reassemble it just as fast, a trick that let him wriggle free of Momo's psychic grip, though he failed to notice she had seized his heart during the split and could now hurt him from inside. He moves with tremendous speed, able to keep pace with Okarun's Turbo Granny-enhanced form and drag Momo along even as she clung to him with psychic hands, and his stamina let him race from Kami High to a junkyard to save Hana without flagging. His hollowing ability proved vital against the Evil Eye, as he wrapped his body around Jiji while Seiko's sealing talismans clung to him, temporarily setting aside his organs and straining to stay attached until the seals wore out, leaving him utterly drained.

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Taro is a living anatomical model haunting Kami High, an urban legend brought to life. His devotion to his love Hana drives him to chase her down, and he later lends his hollow body in the fight against the Evil Eye.
No, Taro is not an alien. He is the school science room's anatomy mannequin given a life of its own, classified as an urban legend.
Taro is a walking anatomical model, an urban legend brought to life from Kami High's science room. Love rules him entirely, and his devotion to Hana lets him snap his disassembled body back together in seconds just to reach her side.
Taro can pull his body apart at will and reassemble it just as fast, and he moves with tremendous speed, able to keep pace with Okarun's Turbo Granny-enhanced form. His hollowing ability let him wrap his body around Jiji to seal the Evil Eye inside with Seiko's talismans.
Taro lent his hollowed body to seal the Evil Eye possessing Jiji, wrapping around him while Seiko's talismans clung on. He also accidentally discovered that heat returns Jiji to normal while cold frees the Evil Eye.
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