Seya

Seya is a character in The Rising of the Shield Hero. He is one of the main antagonist of volume 18.

Appearance
Seya is a man of about 17 years old and is more handsome than average. He has reddish hair. Seya wears a rough outfit like a t-shirt with a handkerchief around the arm. According to Naofumi, he didn't look much like a chef or craftsman.

Personality
Seya personality is the same as the other known Wave Vanguards; arrogant and egocentric. He believes himself to be superior to other chefs and that his cooking was the best in the world, even through Naofumi pointed out all he did during their cooking match was heat up instant food and relied on addicting toxins to control people. Like the other vanguards of the waves, he was also very hypocritical, scheming and a sore loser. During his cooking match against Naofumi, he complained about him "cheating" when the judges complained about his dishes, even though he had given his opponent rotten ingredients to use and had made the judges addicted to his food so they would do what he said. When he lost, he resorted to violence and revealed he was planning on alluring country leaders to create his own nation.

Abilities
Seya is a mediocre chef with some legitimate skills. However, he relies entirely on his addictive ingredient to keep customers. This addictive powder allows him to buff his allies with consumption. Seya also has a hidden inventory and auto-crafting function similar to the Legendary and Vassal weapons.

Background
After being reincarnated, Seya grew up in the "Cooking Town" of Glass' World where he would eventually open up his own restaurant. Due to his addictive cooking, his restaurant soon started taking out the competition until his was the only restaurant in town. Everyone started eating exclusively from his restaurant as the side effects of the addition started taking its toll on the residents. This town grew as adventurers and travellers were lured in by Seya's growing reputation. Everyone worked for the benefit for Seya and his cooking although their work often lacked completion since their addiction for his food dominated the people's mind.

Volume 18
Attracted by Seya's reputation of the greatest chef, Naofumi and the other heroes travelled to his village. They are enthusiastically welcomed by Seya's villagers and brought to Seya's restaurant. After receiving the meal, Naofumi is notified about toxins in the food. The groups eats and are disappointed by the food. After expressing disappointment, Seya comes out and challenges Naofumi to a cooking battle. Naofumi reluctantly agrees and Seya sets up the battle.

For the cooking battle, Seya sets up his own bribed judges and one of his waitresses - Trash III - as the MC. Naofumi is given terrible quality ingredients while Seya gets good ingredients. To Naofumi's disappointment, Seya just boils pre-packaged curry and then adds an addictive powder as his cooking. After grabbing ingredients from L'Arc's castle, he cooks a meal specifically to remove the addictive toxins from the judges bodies. The judges enjoy Naofumi's incredible meal. However, since they were cleansed from Naofumi's meal, the addictive substance in Seya's food was not effective and Seya's food tasted terrible. The judges call Naofumi the winner and Seya complains of cheating despite using addictive substances.

Seya then calls the townspeople to attack Naofumi and his group. He also gives a high concentration of his addictive powder to his waitstaff to buff them. The heroes defend and Kizuna uses her new Hunting Tool to remove "illegitimate power" - the addictive buffing substance from the townspeople. The crowd immediately collapses and Seya is captured. He is convinced to write down information about his leader behind the waves for his freedom. To his surprise, his head exploded at the first word and his soul was destroyed.

Relationships

 * Naofumi Iwatani: Naofumi and Seya fought against each other in a cooking battle. Naofumi had superior skills and training to Seya and eventually won due to specifically tailoring the food to contrast Seya's poisonous cooking. Outraged, Seya tried to kill Naofumi and the other Heroes.
 * Trash III: This girl is one of the main members of Seya's harem and acted as a waitress and MC for him. She was apologetically biased towards Seya and did her best to help him win.

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