

After that incident, Gai suggests that Shu join Funeral Parlor, but Shu turns down the offer. It is then when he rescues Inori and protects her from a GHQ Endlave that the "Void Genome" fuses onto his right arm, granting him the "Power of the King", which allows him to extract items from a person's heart. However upon arrival, a battle between the GHQ and Funeral Parlor has begun, forcing Shu to escape while protecting the Void Genome. After Inori is apprehended by the GHQ Anti-Bodies, Shu decides to make amends for not helping her earlier by delivering an item called "Void Genome" she was transporting to the leader of Funeral Parlor, Gai Tsutsugami. Shu's involvement in the series begins when he meets Inori Yuzuriha.

His stepmother, Haruka, works for Sephirah Genomics, while his father, Kurosu, an expert on the Apocalypse Virus, is killed during the "Lost Christmas" incident. A socially inept person, Shu is a second year high school student and a member of the school's modern image and video research club. Shu Ouma ( 桜満 集, Ōma Shū) is the 17-year-old protagonist of Guilty Crown. Main Shu Ouma Voiced by: Yūki Kaji (Japanese) Austin Tindle (English) In the process, Shu has to deal with the burden his ability puts on his shoulders and the horrific mystery of his past. He is then thrown into the conflict between a quasi-governmental organization known as the GHQ and a resistance group called Funeral Parlor which aims to restore Japan's independence from the GHQ. The anime Guilty Crown revolves around Shu Ouma, a high school boy who inadvertently obtains an ability called "Power of the King" that enables him to draw out items called "Voids" from other people.

Main characters of Guilty Crown with Shu Ouma in the middle.
