History Characters / GingaDensetsuWeed

* EvilSoundsDeep: Coupled with GutturalGrowler, his voice is quite deep and menacing. It might be partially thanks to his mutation.

* HeroicSecondWind: When he is fighting [[spoiler:Buruge,]] he appears to be defeated and about to die, but [[spoiler:Toube]]'s ghost speaks to him and Kyōshirō finds the strength within to keep fighting.

* TenMinuteRetirement: Was among the dogs who tried to Join Jerome when [[spoiler: he was banished.]]

** CowardlyLion: His character arc is learning to be less cowardly and selfish.

%% BigGuy

* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.

%% DamselInDistress: Being one is pretty much her entire purpose as a character.

->'''Breed: [[spoiler:Akita Inu]]'''

* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:He's killed off via gunshot pretty quickly in the manga and most of his character's importance is only revealed posthumously. In the anime however, he gets a bit more screentime and is able to share a meaningful interaction with Weed, giving his life to protect him from Kaibutsu.]]

%% AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Is by far the biggest "dog" in the series.
%% BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He was a tortured lab dog.
%% BerserkButton: Do not call Kaibutsu by his lab name, "P4".

%% RedemptionEqualsDeath

%% AdaptedOut

* KickTheSonOfABitch: He mercilessly kills [[spoiler:Thunder and Lector]] after they plan on attempting to murder Weed a ''third'' time. Unfortunately, his act of killing them while they're defenseless does not go over well with Weed.

->'''Voiced by: Takeshi Maeda'''

%% TheChick: She doesn't miss out on a MomentOfAwesome, though.

* DespairEventHorizon: He loses his composure after being told his father was killed by Sniper/Murder S, causing him to cry heavily before deciding to run ''alone'' into Hougen's troops to challenge Murder S to a fight, not caring if he should die doing so (thankfully, he later finds out his dad is alive after all).

->'''Breed: Great Dane.'''

->'''Breed: Great Dane.'''

Hougen's younger brother, he's just as evil and cruel as his brother but slightly less imposing.

A dog under Kamikiri's command. who tricks Weed's group into getting attacked by humans.

->'''Breed: Great Dane/Saluki mix''
[[spoiler: Ben and Cross']]s son.

%% AdaptedOut
* AloofBigBrother: He is cynical, sarcastic and aloof, but it's subverted in that he is not an older brother, he is the middle sibling.
%% BigBrotherInstinct
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He really should have made a appearance or at least got a mention in the anime to avoid this because his brother is there, leaving his absence unexplained.
* DogStereotype: Subverted. He is a feminine looking dog, but is male.
* LightningBruiser: He may look weak, but unlike his Great Dane-mix brother Ken, he is not only fast but also has his father's strength.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His fear of water.

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[[folder: Villains]]
!! Kaibutsu/P4
->'''Breed: Mutant of unknown origin.'''
->'''Voiced by: Kong Kuwata'''

The starter-antagonist of the series, he was a tortured lab dog that eventually escaped and went mad.

!!Manga only:
%% HeelFaceTurn

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[[folder: Manga only]]
!! Lydia
->'''Breed: German Shepherd'''
A villainous female Russian Army Dog.

Starts of as TheMole of Weeds Group, [[spoiler:until he eventually has a change of heart.]]

%% HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Probably the most memorable example in the show.]]

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He is supposed to be this, although to most of the audience he comes across as being overly nice to the point where he makes bad decisions, like letting murderous dogs that want to ''kill him and others live.''

* DespairEventHorizon: He loses his composure after being told his father was killed by Sniper/Murder S at one point, causing him to cry heavily before deciding to run ''alone'' into Hougen's troops to challenge Murder S to a fight, not caring if he should die doing so.

* BrokenAesop: His sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.
** Weed's moral isn't "Never kill, ever" but "Only kill as a last resort". What sets him off is when he sees someone, even a villain, about to be killed when he's already been defeated or has no means of defending himself. The anime makes this confusing however with [[spoiler:Hougen's lightning death, when he's originally killed by a vengeful hunter in the manga.]]

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Weed gets over the death of his mother ''extremely'' fast. Bizarrely, he mourns more when [[spoiler:John dies,]] and he ''didn't even know the guy until a few minutes prior.'

%% LawfulStupidChaoticStupid: Oh boy...Weed and his morals.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: He tries to tell Gin in Kaibutsu Arc that he's his son, [[spoiler: except "Gin" is actually a identical substitute called Tokimune, and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:During the final battle, Weed was beaten to the point of death by Hougen that Gin could not help his son but to shed tears in defeat. Just when Weed's friends rush to fight Hougen, Weed suddenly rises up from the dead with the help of the ghosts of Ōu soldiers. This scared Hougen so much that Weed took his advantage to defeat him with his final battōga.]]

* MeaningfulName: He was named Weed (oddly, by GB, not his mother) as a reminder that he will [[YouAreNotAlone never be alone,]] but will always be surrounded by friends like how a weed is always surrounded by other plants.

* PlotArmor: Near the beginning of the manga, Weed gets shot. A lot (there were at least 34 bullets in him, according to a later scene). Not only is he back on his feet after a few days, but he is also showing absolutely no signs of being ''shot over thirty freaking times afterwards''. Did I already mention that the protagonist in question is ''a months old puppy?'' No wonder the anime took this out (though to be fair, the anime did also add in the scene where Weed uses the Battōga on the guard dog despite never having trained and not even knowing what it was).

%% MonsterSobStory

* GenerationXerox: He's a dead ringer for dear old Dad.

* InTheBlood: Inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki.

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He is supposed to be this, although to most of the audience he comes across as being overly nice to the point where he makes bad decisions, like letting murderous dogs that want to kill him and others live.

A very young, but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: Rare reversed example. He tries to tell Gin in Kaibutsu Arc that he's his son, [[spoiler: except "Gin" is actually a identical substitute called Tokimune, and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].