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== Jyuken Club ==

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Aya Hisakawa]] (JP), [[Wendee Lee]] (EN)}}

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Three words: "[[Sleep Mode Size|Body Refinement Technique]]".

* [[Power Nullifier]]: {{spoiler|It is eventually revealed that Maya possesses the Amaterasu Dragon's Gate, which cancels out "Red Feather" powers; that is the real reason why she was entrusted with Reiki, as she was able to keep it in its sealed state with her Gate's power. Her power is also integral to sealing away the powers that Souichiro has collected in his body by the end of the manga.}}

{{quote|"Bob? If that weird little girl suddenly turns into the kind of stacked voluptuous chick you’d see working in a sketchy nightclub, what should I do?" }}

* [[Sleep Mode Size]]

* [[Dead Little Sister|You Killed My Big Brother]]: Feels this way towards Mitsuomi, which is part of the reason that they have such a poor relationship in the present day.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Shuichi Ikeda]] (JP), [[Liam O'Brien]] (EN) }}

** [[Badass Biker]]: Enjoyed riding now and then, especially when he was calm.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Whatever you do, '''DO NOT''' go near this guy's sister.

* [[Bishounen]]

* [[The Berserker]]: Whenever he held Reiki, or whenever he thought that he was protecting Maya.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Saw Mitsuomi as this. Bunshichi also tried to be one to him after viewing Kuzunoha's videotape.

 

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Vice-captain of the Juken Club. When people first meet this third-year student, most are shocked and often confuse him with an extraterrestrial because of the size and shape of his eyes, and the fact that he makes misleading sounds when sucking on his juice box. He is very intelligent, respectful, and is knowledgeable concerning technology.

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Likes to take pictures of girls in the shower.

* [[Only Sane Man]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Good with technology.

 

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* [[Out of Focus]]: Seen briefly in the anime during the Flashback arc and hardly mentioned during the manga until he proves how good a fighter he is during the Tournament arc.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Tomokazu Seki]] (JP), [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (EN)}}

* [[All Love Is Unrequited|Unrequited Crush]]: Towards Aya. Madoka Mawari has a crush on him, of which he is blissfully unaware.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Minori Chihara]] (JP), [[Stephanie Sheh]] (EN)}}

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Feminine, a good cook, follows the family traditions. Also devoted to becoming Souichiro's wife.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Soichiro Hoshi]] (JP), [[Steve Staley]] (EN)}}

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

* [[Hot for Teacher]]: His feelings towards Maya.

* [[Love Triangle]]: He likes Maya, but is liked by her sister Aya (whom he is friends with, despite his [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|loud protestation of Aya's feelings and clinginess]]).

* [[Mega Manning]]: His red-feather power allows him to to absorb the powers of other people and use them for himself. However, doing so runs the risk of him losing control and becoming a berserker killing machine, or being killed by his own power. {{spoiler|Culminates when he is forced to steal hundreds by his father, Sohaku, and becomes the True Warrior Susano'o, continuing to absorb powers until his final battle with Masataka; at that point he has almost 3700 powers under his control.}}

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: With Aya Natsume. The manga does shows them becoming closer friends and they later {{spoiler|develop a [[Psychic Link]] telling them if the other is in danger. However, nothing develops, even by the manga's end; may be in part because of Souichiro's feelings about Maya.}}

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Shinichiro Miki]] (JP), [[Jamieson Price]] (EN)}}

* [[Morality Chain]]: Chiaki is this for him. One of the few couples in the series to be depicted as happy with no major tension. {{spoiler|Eventually escalates to [[Happily Married]] and [[Babies Ever After]].}}

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Ships Aya X Souichiro.

 

 

== Executive Council ==

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (JP), Kurt Strauss (EN)}}

* [[Aloof Older Brother]]: To Masataka.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: And how!

** [[Handicapped Badass]]: He does these things {{spoiler|and manages to survive a fight with Susano'o Souichiro}} despite the [[Deadly Upgrade]] explained below.

** [[Heartbroken Badass]]: He and Maya refuse to acknowledge their lingering feelings for one another, causing them both some heartbreak and increasing their mutual antagonism.

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Views his role in Shin's death as this, though he doesn't use it as an excuse for his actions. Since Shin did indicate that he wanted Mitsuomi to be the one to kill him, it makes sense that he would feel this way.

* [[Jerkass]]: Certainly comes across this way, though he does have good intentions for Masataka and wants him to become strong.

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Had no problems sleeping with Mana, despite knowing she was only manipulating him as a means to an end.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Haruhi Terada]] (JP), Kate Davis (EN)}}

* [[Knife Nut]]

* [[Princess Curls]]

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: She is secretly obese; her family uses a body manipulation technique to hide knives and other weapons on their bodies, and so Emi contorts her fat to hide throwing knives and toss them as necessary, making it appear as if she pulls them [[Hyperspace Arsenal|from thin air.]] When Maya defeats her, she cannot keep this up, [[Fan Disservice|and she reverts to normal form, her damaged clothing becoming even more so.]]

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kazuki Yao]] (JP), [[Kirk Thornton]] (EN)}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]/[[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Regarding his fighting skills and general personality. [[Let's Get Dangerous|Once he takes a fight seriously]], he can be incredibly deadly, routinely besting most challengers that come his way.

* [[Red Baron]]: Has three nicknames: Exorcist Tawara / God of Fighting / Double Impact Tawara. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|He lives up to all three of them.]]

* [[The Juggernaut]]: Despite having virtually no martial arts training, his strength is so monstrous that he is able to hold his own against Todo Academy's best fighters even while holding back. While in his "rage" state, he is practically unstoppable.

* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: Naturally talented and powerful, but with no known formal training.

* [[Younger Than He Looks]]: Is apparently around twenty years old, and is still a senior due to the injuries he sustained during Shin's last fight, which forced him to take time off from school.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa (JP), Dave Mallow (EN)}}

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Apparently, his character's biggest contribution to the series is routinely getting his ass kicked to hype up the next big enemy.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Mitsuaki Madono]] (JP), Chris Kent (EN)}}

 

Third-year student and the leader of Mitsuomi's guard, he does not seem to care very much about Mitsuomi's safety, which normally causes Emi to get upset at him. Kagurazaka have a very effeminate look and, for this, is called transvestite by Isuzu. Little of his abilities were shown, and he only had an unfinished fight against Masataka, but his stats on Kurei's data apparently puts him on the same level as Isuzu.

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]

* [[Bishonen]]: Such that [[Viewer Gender Confusion]] is rampant upon first seeing him.

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Literally. Mitsuomi simply kicks him away in the gut, then orders him to warm up his bike after getting his ass handed to him by Masataka.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kenta Miyake]] (JP), [[Lex Lang]] (EN)}}

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kenji Hamada]] (JP), [[Derek Stephen Prince]] (EN) }}

 

A second-year student, fire-elemental user, and an enforcer of the Executive Council. He was assigned to punish Souichiro and Bob for their actions at school. He accomplished this by setting Bob's treasured motorcycle on fire, sexually assaulting Chiaki, and pummeling Souichiro and Bob when they came to save her. Once Souichiro and Bob joined the Juken Club, Maya Natsume pays him a visit, seeking to overturn Souichiro and Bob's expulsion. Ryuuzaki engages Maya in a fight, but loses. Afterwards he is attacked and seriously injured by Sagara, as punishment for failing his mission. While in the hospital recovering from his injuries, Souichiro and Bob come to pay him a visit and deliver their own vengeance.

* [[Rape as Drama]]

* [[Playing with Fire]]: Though it's called a cheap trick by other characters, he is capable of this. Maya [[Curb Stomp Battle|kicks his ass seven ways to Sunday]] with her bare hands [[Improbable Weapon|and a school tie.]]

 

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== F ==

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Tropes associated with Sohaku:

 

 

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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Older Than They Look|Has been kept alive and healthy for years]] thanks to Sohaku's techniques.

 

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Tropes associated with Tetsuhito:

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]

* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]

* Badass

* [[The Big Guy]]: Matches or exceeds Bob's height by all appearances.

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to make use of high-tech "hologram bombs" which project images of himself, and upon contact with the image, explode.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Sohaku's experiments on him have allowed him to live for [[Older Than They Look|hundreds of years.]] He also had Makiko's eye transplanted into him after Sohaku deemed Makiko too weak to be a "true warrior", giving him the powers she absorbed.

 

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* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Tired of his [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] and scheming, Ishiyumi swiss cheese'd him.

 

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* [[Torture Technician]]: Arguably the best in the series.

 

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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Temporarily goes a wee bit crazy after Souichiro accidentally snatches away his Dragon's Gate. Mitsuomi firmly snaps him out of it.

 

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* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: When it comes to living up to the family name in terms of sword expertise, she doesn't disappoint, being more than an even match for Bob in their fight. Maya even goes so far as to say that Madoka easily outstrips her and Aya in the use of a blade, and is honored to watch a demonstration of Madoka's techniques in person.

* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]: Again, she has ''LIGHTSABER-SWORDS MADE OF FIRE.'' ''And a [[Whip Sword]].''

* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Physically and to some extent in terms of personally.

* [[All Love Is Unrequited|Unrequited Crush]] : Has one on Masataka.

== Supporting Characters ==

 

 

The father of Masataka and Mitsuomi. Was the former head of the Takayanagi family until Mitsuomi took over. Was best friends with Kaima Natsume.

* [[The Atoner]]: Shows shades of this when he explains his reasoning for training Souichiro.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Mitsuomi did this by forcibly overthrowing him as head of the family.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Seen in the episode where Masataka lets Aya stay with him for the night and his comments to Shin regarding his relationship with Mana.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]/[[Knight Templar Parent]]: Attempted to use Shin as a figurehead for his ideal "True Warrior" to fight, and also to try and stop the threat of Shin in general. He is still in part responsible for Shin's death because of this.

 

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Souichiro's mother.

 

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: {{spoiler|Gains them after losing her only remaining arm to save Souichiro.}}

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: She and Sohaku were once married according to her and they conceived a son together-- {{spoiler|Souichiro}}. However Sohaku only saw her as a test subject for his experiments and when he deemed her too weak to "control her own dragon" he transferred all the powers she had absorbed from the 12 Founding Families into her left eye, which he then removed and had transplanted into Tetsuhito. When she tried to follow Sohaku after he abandoned her, he cut off her left arm.

 

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ryoko Shiraishi]] (JP), [[Julie Ann Taylor]] (EN)}}

 

Bob's girlfriend, [[Never a Self-Made Woman|who has no relevance to the plot other than this]]. Mostly shows up for [[Fan Service]] purposes but is apparently a sweet girl, if kinda [[Lovable Sex Maniac|hypersexual]].

* [[Bi the Way]]: The infamous Aya X Chiaki pool scene.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Distinguished from all the other [[Ms. Fanservice|Ms Fanservices]] in that this is basically her only role in the story.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]

 

 

Shin's girlfriend.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: Initially hated being made to act as Shin's girlfriend but grew to fall in love with him.

* [[Brainy Brunette]]

* [[The Vamp]]: To Mitsuomi, in order to further Dogen's plans.

* [[Unwanted Spouse]]: She thinks that Shin views her as this compared to Maya; in fact her opinion on the relationship between the two Natsumes is more of lovers than siblings-at least on Shin's side.

 

== Unaffiliated Characters ==

 

 

A ceremonial nodachi that is the heirloom of the Natsume family. Maya is its current guardian, although she eventually intends to hand over possession to Aya when Aya comes of age. It is considered to be cursed by characters, as it amplifies the user's Dragon's Eye abilities, and was part of the reason why Shin became so dangerous.

* [[Ancestral Weapon]]

* [[BFS]]: Obscenely long, probably matching Shin's height in terms of its length.

* [[Cool Sword]]

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Beyond its role in Shin's story, {{spoiler|it becomes integral to killing Sohaku and destroying Susano'o; after its spirit form is stabbed into Sohaku's spiritual body, it eventually cuts him off from the power of Susano'o, making him vulnerable.}}

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Of a sort. {{spoiler|It contains the power and soul of Iyo Natsume, one of Maya and Aya's ancestors.}}

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Averted, as a nodachi is not explicitly a katana and is based on swords that actually predated the katana.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: Amplifies the user's powers, but if used at too young an age can drive the user insane.

 

 

Dogen Takayanagi's [[Deceptive Disciple]]. He beat Maya in a fight in order to humiliate her and enrage Shin, which worked all too well and got him beaten to a pulp by Shin. Though he planned to get his revenge on both Shin and Maya, Shin decided to preempt said vengeance by visiting him in the hospital and ripping off his face and [[Eye Scream|ripping out his eyes.]]

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: His "triumphant" return when he faces off with Bunshichi and Masataka has swords for hands and a veil over his face. As the series goes, more emphasis is put on his increasing cyberization as he loses more and more limbs. His final appearance has him walking on prosthetic bladed hands, with a large wheel attached to his lower torso--the rest of him is simply ''gone''.

* [[Smug Snake]]

 

 

 

A member of one of the Kago branch families, serving under Sohaku.

* [[Combat Sadomasochist]]: {{spoiler|Pleasures herself while watching Hirohiko Myooun Kabane and Aya fight.}}

* [[Knife Nut]]: Carries a razor on hand.

* [[Meat Puppet]]: Can control others with special insects and toughen them up; those controlled tend to lose finer control of themselves and [[Not Himself|act in very odd ways]], having runny noses or drooling.

 

 

The former head of the Tsumuji family, before Jushi overthrew him.

* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Had an affair with a prostitute which led to Jushi being born. Due to Jushi being illegitimate, his older son Yorimasa hated him and felt that both Jushi and his mother were beneath him and the Tsumuji family.

 

* [[Asshole Victim]]

* [[Heir to the Dojo]]: The reason why he and his younger half-brother do not get along.

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]

 

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[The Medic]]

 

== Past/Feudal Japan Characters ==

 

 

Maya and Aya's ancestor. Was a previous owner of Reiki.

 

 

* [[Improbable Age]]: Was head of the Nagi family at a very young age.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

 

* [[Last of His Kind]]

 

* [[Identical Grandson|Identical Ancestor]]

 

* [[Barrier Maiden]]

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: {{spoiler|She felt this way about Sohaku who in feudal times was her guardian.}}

== Other Characters ==

 

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The father of Shin, Maya and Aya Natsume.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: See below.

 

 

The mother of Shin, Maya and Aya Natsume. Never appears in the anime and is only referred to in the manga in one of Aya's flashbacks.

* [[The Cameo]]: Makes an appearance in one of Shin's flashbacks when he is driven mad by Reiki, admonishing her son for his actions and [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|hugging him without her head]]

* [[Secret Test of Character|Secret Test Of Strength]] Aya recalls a memory of her mother training her by playing a game with her.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Assuming Shin and Maya got their hair colour from her.