Baifeng Uesugi
The Irregular at Magic High School: I Just Want to Slack OffContents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Reincarnation and Family Ties
- 3.2Demon Hunter Pursuit
- 3.3First High and Coffee Country
- 3.4Return and the Nine Schools Competition
- 3.5Homecoming, Engagement, and Research
- 3.6Ascension to Main God
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Ancient Magic and Elemental Spells
- 6.2Innate Magic
- 6.3Healing Magic
- 6.4Physical Combat and Enhancement
- 6.5Mobility, Concealment, and Perception
- 6.6Magic Research and Engineering
- 6.7Divine Authority
- 6.8Cooking
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
Contents
- 1Biodata
- 2Power Progression
- 3Background / History
- 3.1Reincarnation and Family Ties
- 3.2Demon Hunter Pursuit
- 3.3First High and Coffee Country
- 3.4Return and the Nine Schools Competition
- 3.5Homecoming, Engagement, and Research
- 3.6Ascension to Main God
- 4Appearance
- 5Personality
- 6Abilities & Skills
- 6.1Ancient Magic and Elemental Spells
- 6.2Innate Magic
- 6.3Healing Magic
- 6.4Physical Combat and Enhancement
- 6.5Mobility, Concealment, and Perception
- 6.6Magic Research and Engineering
- 6.7Divine Authority
- 6.8Cooking
- 7Equipment / Weapons / Items
- 8Relationships
Biodata
| Feature | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Baifeng Uesugi (上杉白枫) 3 |
| Alias(es) | Bai Feng; Brother Bai Feng; Little Feng; Heavenly Demon Star 3 7 70 71 |
| Gender | Male 6 |
| Affiliation | First High School; closely connected to the Yotsuba and Saegusa families; military connections under the designation “Specialist Heavenly Demon Star” 70 71 75 80 |
| Occupation/Role | Course 2 student; guardian to Miyuki Shiba and Mayumi Saegusa; magic researcher; Nine Schools Competition engineer and competitor; later Main God 3 41 47 75 99 |
| Status | Alive; ascended to Main God and transported to the Main God’s residence, unable to return to the lower realm 99 100 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 3, “Transmigration” 3 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| S+ magician | 16 | His documented rank during the Coffee Country operation. “+” denotes a magician approaching the next rank. |
| SS-rank magician | 20 | Advanced after the prolonged Coffee Country battle, ending a long period at S+. Unlocked SS-rank spells from his remembered repertoire. |
| SSS-rank magician | 98 | Reached through cultivation during his stay with Maya Yotsuba. Despite this advancement, he moved the next Demon Hunter confrontation offshore to protect the city. |
| Sub-God | 99 | Broke through the SSS-rank bottleneck while receiving the inheritance of the elderly god who had reincarnated him. |
| Main God | 99 | Continued directly through the Sub-God realm to inherit the Main God’s throne. His new position allowed him to choose six Sub-Gods as subordinates. |
Background / History
Reincarnation and Family Ties
Bai Feng was reincarnated into this world by an elderly man later revealed to hold the Main God’s position. Alone in his previous life, he initially approached his new surroundings with the detachment of someone who knew the story’s plot. He adopted the surname Uesugi from a character he liked in an anime from his previous life 3 4 9 99.
The Yotsuba and Saegusa families supported him, and both Maya Yotsuba and Koichi Saegusa wanted him to take their respective surnames. When neither prevailed, they left the choice to him. Maya appointed him as an additional guardian for Miyuki Shiba; Koichi responded by making him Mayumi Saegusa’s guardian as well. Because he had two charges, the position became largely nominal rather than requiring constant attendance 3 36.
Demon Hunter Pursuit
Three years before his identity was revealed at First High, Baifeng was ambushed on the battlefield and left gravely injured. After returning to the Saegusa family, he faced another attack in which Mayumi shielded him and was seriously wounded. Seeing her unconscious in his arms forced him to recognize how deeply attached he had become to the people of his new world 4 11.
His pursuers launched twenty-three attacks over a year, while even a joint investigation by the Ten Master Clans failed to uncover useful leads. To prevent further losses among those sheltering him, Baifeng arranged with Maya and Koichi to live separately and draw the attackers away. During his absence, he continued sending Maya modernized Ancient Magic sequences that secretly strengthened both families 4 36 80.
First High and Coffee Country
Baifeng entered First High as a disguised Course 2 student, concealing his appearance and aura even from the Shiba siblings and Mayumi. His attempt at an ordinary school life was interrupted almost immediately: after incapacitating Course 1 students who were harassing Miyuki’s group, he received a one-week suspension for using attack magic 5 6 8 30 75.
When Yakumo Kokonoe warned that people had come looking for him, Baifeng asked Maya to arrange a flight to Coffee Country. There, he deliberately displayed his original appearance to attract the Demon Hunters. He killed four pursuers, infiltrated their mountain base, and discovered that Pulisi had leaked its location to lure him into a trap 9 11 15 16.
During the ensuing battles, Baifeng destroyed much of the base, overcame Toris’s gravity-based ambush, and fought Pulisi’s group through the night. Nearly exhausted, he finally used his Innate Magic to freeze the remaining enemies, then collapsed with serious injuries. The battle nevertheless pushed him into SS rank 16 17 18 19 20.
Return and the Nine Schools Competition
While recovering, Baifeng continued protecting First High. After Blanche attacked the school, he reached its abandoned-factory base before Tatsuya’s group and froze its occupants alive. Tatsuya subsequently identified him by his unchanged psions, while Miyuki and Mayumi recognized him after seeing his cooking and Double Casting during the journey to the Nine Schools Competition 26 30 34 35.
Baifeng initially joined the competition only as an engineer. After Mari Watanabe’s accident jeopardized First High’s standing, Mayumi persuaded him to enter the men’s Surfing Race and Monolith Code. He won the Surfing Race and competed in Monolith Code alongside Tatsuya and Leonhard Saijou 41 47 48 55.
His efforts to conceal his distinctive magic complicated his match against Masaki Ichijo. Rather than openly reveal his abilities, he attempted to evade Ichijo’s barrage and suffered broken ribs and internal injuries. He used SS-class Super-Speed Healing to stand again, alarming Miyuki with how quickly his healing had improved 58 60 61.
Baifeng also helped investigate interference with competitors’ CADs and protected Miyuki’s inspection. Outside the venue, he killed No Head Dragon’s enhanced human No. 17 with molecular cutting; the body was subsequently found burning in black flames 64 67 68.
Homecoming, Engagement, and Research
After the competition, Shizuku Kitayama and Honoka Mitsui moved into Baifeng’s home. He later returned to the Yotsuba residence with Maya, where he could finally relax after years of fearing attacks even in his sleep. The families he had strengthened during his absence were now powerful enough to shelter him safely 75 77 79 80.
At Maya’s residence, Baifeng revisited the private courtyard he had planted for her coming-of-age ceremony. He also accepted an engagement to Mayumi, with the wedding postponed until after his graduation, and spent two days optimizing Katsuto Jumonji’s Phalanx 80 81 84 85.
His subsequent work focused on Innate Magic. After slightly more than a month, he mastered Absolute Defense and Eternal Night. He also planned to investigate reducing the mental capacity occupied by Tatsuya’s Regrowth and Decomposition, prepared personal magic for Shizuku, and helped Rei-chan solve problems in her graduation thesis 89 90 93.
Ascension to Main God
Baifeng joined Tatsuya’s team in battle wearing black-and-purple armor. When the Demon Hunters converged on him, he used instantaneous movement and flight to draw them out over the sea, fearing that a confrontation in the city would destroy it and endanger people important to him 97 98.
Although he broke their magic matrix and struck them down with a powerful shockwave, a concealed SSS-rank mage attacked while SS-rank enemies exploited the opening. Gravely wounded, Baifeng was brought before the man who had reincarnated him. He accepted the Main God’s inheritance after learning that he could appoint six Sub-Gods, easing his fear of an endless life alone 99.
Upon returning to the battlefield, Baifeng reduced the remaining Demon Hunters to ashes with a wave of his arm. He was then forcibly transported to the Main God’s residence. His attempts to return to the lower realm failed, although he discovered that he could still communicate with its inhabitants through magic 100.
Appearance
- Original appearance: Snow-white hair, crimson eyes, and a handsome face distinctive enough for him to use as bait in Coffee Country 11.
- Bearing: Described as tall and graceful when reunited with Maya at the Yotsuba residence 80.
- School disguise: Alters both his appearance and aura, but leaves his psions unchanged. Mizuki notices the active magical effect, while Tatsuya uses his psions to confirm his identity 6 28 30.
- Battle attire: Wears black-and-purple armor and a helmet when joining Tatsuya’s team in combat 97.
Personality
Baifeng wants a quiet, comfortable life, but repeatedly sacrifices it to protect others. He resents the Demon Hunters for disrupting even a single day of leisure and dislikes formal gatherings enough to prefer returning to his room to lie down. Nevertheless, he spends years drawing danger away from the Yotsuba and Saegusa families and moves his final mortal battle offshore to spare the city 15 38 80 98.
He is affectionate and teasing with those close to him, expressing care through cooking, reassurance, and personalized magic. His flirtation can become possessive: he dislikes Hattori’s attention toward Mayumi and readily teases Mari during surfing practice. He also recognizes when he has neglected someone, feeling guilty over the limited time he spends alone with Shizuku 23 33 48 54 68.
Despite his confidence, Baifeng is cautious about unknown enemies. He investigates hostile magic’s limitations, withholds trump cards until necessary, and conceals abilities that might expose his location. Once he learns that the Demon Hunters extract Ancient Magic from practitioners’ brains, he resolves to destroy the organization 16 17 19 58.
Abilities & Skills
Ancient Magic and Elemental Spells
Baifeng can cast Ancient Magic directly with his own magical power. His repertoire is not restricted to wind, despite opponents mistaking his competition performances for evidence of a specialization 58 79.
- Ice: Uses Ice Cone Spell, Ice Cone Thrust, and Ice Sealing Spell for piercing attacks and immobilization 15 17 18.
- Fire: Uses Flame Explosion Spell and the S-rank area attacks Sparks Set the Plain Ablaze and Meteor Fire Rain; the latter is especially destructive to terrain 16 17.
- Wind and lightning: Uses Kamaitachi against Athos, wind to accelerate during surfing, and lightning to incapacitate several students almost instantly 8 18 58.
- Defensive magic: Creates shields against coordinated magical assaults 18 98.
- Limit: His psions can be exhausted by prolonged battles and repeated attacks from numerous enemies 11 18 19.
Innate Magic
| Technique | Function and documented limits |
|---|---|
| Thousand-Li Ice Seal | Freezes targets over an area. Baifeng can restrain its output sufficiently to imprison people without killing them. He also perfected a version for Miyuki 26 30. |
| Fool’s World | Completed for Tatsuya and supplied as an Innate Magic card. Nullifies magic within a hundred li, including the user’s own magic 30. |
| Absolute Defense | Creates a barrier within a designated area against physical and magical attacks. Developed from Phalanx’s principles and described as surpassing the original 90. |
| Eternal Night | Envelops people within a designated area in darkness and traps them in illusions shaped by their individual mental states 90. |
Healing Magic
Baifeng heals injuries directly through magic rather than relying on the medical equipment normally associated with medical magic 45.
- Saved the young Tatsuya and Miyuki after they suffered life-threatening injuries 61.
- Discreetly treated Mari’s broken ribs with low-level healing to avoid attracting attention 45.
- Used SS-class Super-Speed Healing on his own broken ribs and damaged internal organs during Monolith Code; it was his fastest available healing spell at the time 61.
- High-level healing produces a conspicuous disturbance, limiting its usefulness when he is hiding his abilities 45.
Physical Combat and Enhancement
Baifeng combines powerful hand-to-hand skills with strength, speed, and constitution enhancement. Tatsuya judges himself unlikely to match Baifeng in unarmed combat 8 17.
- Uses throws, rapid repositioning, and close-range strikes to overwhelm opponents 8 17 67.
- Employs enhancement spells to offset increased gravity, though thirtyfold gravity still severely strains his body 17 18.
- Uses molecular cutting through a hand strike to behead No. 17 67.
- Can activate two spells simultaneously through Double Casting, with nearly identical activation timing 34 35.
Mobility, Concealment, and Perception
- Flight: Travels directly to enemy bases and attempts aerial escapes 15 17 26.
- Instantaneous movement: Chains movement spells before flying offshore to draw the Demon Hunters away from the city 98.
- Invisibility: Infiltrates locations unseen, although the Demon Hunters at the Coffee Country base can track him despite the effect remaining active 15 16 26.
- Disguise magic: Developed during his absence from the Yotsuba family; changes appearance and aura but cannot conceal his psion identity from Tatsuya 28 30.
- Perception magic: Locates hidden occupants, checks for escapees, and displays incoming spells’ trajectories. It does not guarantee escape from a barrage with no available gaps 26 60.
Magic Research and Engineering
Baifeng prefers studying magic itself, whereas Tatsuya leans toward magic engineering. The two collaborate and exchange technical suggestions 28 52.
- CAD calibration: Tunes devices for competitors including Mayumi and Honoka 41 48.
- Phonon Maser: Creates a Speed Shooting configuration using nine vibration sources, allowing Shizuku to destroy targets with a single trigger pull. Its large Activation Sequence requires her processing ability 49.
- Ancient Magic modernization: Converts auxiliary and enhancement spells into modern sequences usable by Maya and passes further developments to her during his absence 79 80.
- Phalanx optimization: Improves portability, defensive power, and impact force after Katsuto reveals the original’s stamina problem while moving 84 85 86.
- Personalized magic: Produces Innate Magic cards for Tatsuya and Miyuki and works toward individual techniques for the women close to him 30 85 93.
Divine Authority
- Inherits an effectively endless lifespan and the right to appoint six Sub-Gods 99.
- Destroys the assembled Demon Hunters with a casual gesture after ascending 100.
- Can communicate magically with the lower realm from the Main God’s residence, but cannot return there during his documented attempts 100.
Cooking
- Prepares Dragon Country dishes, including red-braised pork, that impress Maya, Honoka, and Shizuku 23.
- Regularly makes boxed lunches; Miyuki recognizes his cooking as a clue to his concealed identity 34 35.
Equipment / Weapons / Items
- Cell-phone-sized CAD — Used as a prop when he pretends to operate it before casting lightning at the Course 1 students 8.
- Innate Magic cards — Delivers completed cards containing Fool’s World and Thousand-Li Ice Seal to Tatsuya for himself and Miyuki 30.
- Motorcycle and black helmet — Purchases the motorcycle after having envied riders in his previous life. Chooses a helmet with a large rear spoiler for its appearance and declines protective riding clothes 24.
- Black-and-purple battle armor — Worn when he joins Tatsuya’s team in combat 97.
- Unnamed blade — Wields an exceptionally sharp weapon while cutting through enemy ranks 97.
- Wand — Uses it to cast defensive magic during the offshore confrontation with the Demon Hunters 98.
Relationships
- Maya Yotsuba — Longtime supporter and romantic partner, addressed as “Sister Maya.” She maintains contact during his absence, helps him recover, and provides the home where he finally feels safe 9 20 79 80 89.
- Mayumi Saegusa — Childhood companion, guardian charge, and eventual fiancée. Her injury while protecting him helps end his emotional detachment from the world; they agree to marry after his graduation 3 4 35 84.
- Miyuki Shiba — Guardian charge who regards him as an older brother and develops jealous attachment toward him. He previously saved her life and completes Thousand-Li Ice Seal for her 3 30 35 41 61.
- Tatsuya Shiba — Non-biological younger brother, research collaborator, and teammate. Their close bond also helps connect Baifeng with Major Kazama 28 30 55 70.
- Shizuku Kitayama — Girlfriend who initially requests secrecy about their relationship and later moves into his home. He reassures her when she fears losing him to Miyuki 40 48 54 68 75.
- Honoka Mitsui — Friend and later girlfriend who receives cooking, CAD support, and encouragement from him. She moves in alongside Shizuku 23 48 51 75 77.
- Yakumo Kokonoe — His teacher, whom he calls “Master.” Knows about his disguise and alerts him when pursuers come looking 7 9.
- Koichi Saegusa — Family supporter who appoints him Mayumi’s guardian and later negotiates their engagement at Mayumi’s insistence 3 84.
- Katsuto Jumonji — Senior who protects the secret behind Baifeng’s healing and entrusts him with Phalanx’s core formula and weaknesses 62 84 85.
- Mari Watanabe — Disciplinary committee member who suspends him, later receives his emergency healing, and teaches him surfing 8 45 48.
- Leonhard Saijou — Monolith Code teammate whose shield saves him during Ichijo’s barrage 55 60.
- Retsu Kudou — Seeks Baifeng’s genetic material for the Kudou family and arranges for Kyoko Fujibayashi to approach him 70.
- Pulisi and the Demon Hunters — Persistent enemies seeking to capture him and extract his Ancient Magic. Their pursuit ultimately culminates in his ascension and destruction of the assembled attackers 16 99 100.
- The elderly Main God — Reincarnates Baifeng, later offers him the divine position, and transfers the inheritance that enables his ascension 99 100.