Funatsu

Funatsu is the second in command of the Omekata Cult otherwise led by The Sixth, Tsubaki Kasugano. Serving as a minor villain, he himself appears little to nothing, but his actions have a major effect on the series, by twisting Tsubaki to the point of insanity. He appears in Future Diary: Paradox briefly antagonising Aru Akise.

Appearance & Personality
Funatsu is bald advanced-aged man, who wears the traditional robes of the Omekata Cult.

Funatsu is a traitorious, scheming and evil power-hungry individual who seeks nothing more than to make the Cult his by any means possible. He cruelly kills Tsubaki's parents the leaders of the Cult because they wanted to give Tsubaki, the priestress a normal life, and he does not want to lose the power the Cult has. He's so bent and evil on this that he would orchestate what would be one of the greatest disasters of the series by effectivelly forcing Tsubaki on her charge through means of gang-rape and injection of drugs to break her, and turn the otherwise benevolent Cult into a criminal organization. With little if any care for Tsubaki, he would torture her until she broke.

Behind the Scenes
It is exactly unknown how was his previous life before the Omekata Cult. It is known since his earliest appearance that he has served as the second in command of the Cult for a rather long time, posing as a sincere and devoted member of the cult to its leaders, namely Tsubaki's parents. He however would plot their death through means of a bomb attached to a car 2 years prior to the series, after knowing they wanted to dissolve the cult. He is successful and consequently convinces the shocked and confused members of the Cult to perform criminal acts starting by gang-raping Tsubaki, who would be tortured for years until her sanity finally fades and becomes the ruthless individual she is later on.

Present Time
He mostly makes a cameo through flashbacks and is never seen in the current time. It is exactly unknown what has happened to him, if he is still working into torturing Tsubaki, if he quit or if he is dead. The latter two seem the most likely as by this time Tsubaki would have power over her own Diary and thus would be a more powerful leader, for the now twisted cult. Worthy of note is that by this time, his actions would by extension have an effect on the parents of The Fifth, Reisuke Houjou into coersing them into the religion's twisted schemes, and therefore be responsible of the creation of both Tsubaki and Reisuke two of the most insane participants of the Survival Game.

The Third World
He's seen again in the third world. However because of the actions of The First, Yukiteru Amano and The Ninth, Minene Uryu who changed the future by saving the third incarnation of The Second, Yuno Gasai this would cause a domino effect on the future of the Participants, which would include Tsubaki, who witnesses an explosion at Sakurami Middle School, thus telling her parents to wait before leaving. This event bought enough time for followers of the Cult to discover a bomb had been planted onto her parents's car and Funatsu is quickly discovered and apprehended by fellow followers. With his assassination attempt now a failure, his actions are stopped and with it, the twisting of Tsubaki and Reisuke into insanity.

It is unknown what exactly happens to him though as he's never seen again in this timeline. Although it is pressumed that he may have been arrested following the incident.

Future Diary: Paradox
He reprises his role and his actions just like in the main storyline. He however is staged up by Aru Akise, into confessing his crimes in front of the whole Cult. Seeing this, he immediatelly denies it, but the members of the Cult capture him and he's arrested.