Spring

""Ha! Of course, Jackpot! Luck shines upon me, indeed! Oh yes! For nothing beats Spring!""

Spring (スプリング) is the Concept-Type UMA that embodies the season of Spring. It is the main antagonist of the titular Spring Arc.

Appearance
Spring appears as a large oni, with a muscular body, long bushy hair and thick horns on its forehead. He wears simple black pants tied with a rope. He is seen carrying a paper parasol and a wooden box on his back.

Personality
Spring is very confident in its abilities; declaring himself to be lucky and that "nothing will beat Spring". In truth, he is actually a very gentle being, not wishing to harm humans but in fact play with them, despite God's orders and cries when reminded of Tesshu Isshin, his friend.

Plot
Spring was derided for his ability to summon cherry blossoms, and wanting to make friends, traveled around Japan, collecting toys to play with humans. By the time he had completed his collection, Spring had already achieved Phase 1 and people feared him even more. As the UMA chose to isolate himself from society, he met Tesshu Isshin. He would eventually becomes friends with him, playing games and teaching him how to write. Isshin would go into battle to overthrow the Tobaku in a bloodless siege with his Unbreakable, so that the cherry blossoms could become beloved instead of hated. However, God soon forced another Phase onto the UMA, causing him to challenge people to bets and claim the lives of those who lost. Isshin, badly wounded, refused to kill Sping, stating his love for the season and instead challenged him to a game with the loser dying. Spring won, (though suspects that Isshin lost on purpose) and thus, honored his friend's request and lived until people like Isshin "act in earnest and play with [him]."

Unbelievable Arc
Spring is one of the Four Season UMAs, along with Winter, Summer and Autumn, who are the targets of Apocalypse's latest quest.

Abilities
Cherry Blossom Transmutation: Spring has the power to turn humans into cherry blossom trees. This happens when a human touches a cherry blossom pedal, or stays in his territory for 30 minutes. After reaching Stage 3, his ability expands to anything into cherry blossom trees.

Equipment
Kofusai: Spring uses an artifact resembling a pair of dice and a cup. By rolling the dice and predicting whether the outcome is even or odd, the user can steal away what the target cherishes the most. Spring uses this ability to disable the nuke launched at him by Creed.

Trivia

 * Spring ranked 24th in the First Popularity Poll.
 * Spring is the first UMA shown to achieve a third phase.
 * His hobbies are collecting toylike artifacts, playing with humans and learning forms of human entertainment.
 * His special skill is speaking in Tanka.
 * His favorite dishes are sake and sakura mochi rice cakes.
 * His favorite people are the ones who play with him and Isshin.