History Characters / GingaNagareboshiGin

* BadassInCharge: [[spoiler:The leader of Ohu, and the progenitor of the title.]]

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Not with himself, but he refuses to join Ben if all he can do is talk; he’ll only follow someone who’s able to beat him in a fight. Ben does this with ease.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Delivers one to Daisuke when trying to tell him off from pursuing Akakabuto.

* BrokenPedestal: She had once hunted Akakabuto along with her owner and several other dogs, to which she was the only survivor while said owner had abandoned them all and run away in fear, despite her having fiercely protected him. This action of his caused her to lose her trust in humans completely.

* ShesAManInJapan: In many dubs and subtitles, Madara's gender is incorrectly stated as female. This is because the translator misheard the word "osu" (male) as "mesu" (female).

%%* HotBlooded

* IAteWhat: Along with Hyena, he's understandably disgusted to learn that the meat given by the Kouga clan that he almost swallowed was dog meat.

* IAteWhat: Along with Smith, going a step further as he proceeds to throw up.

* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:After witnessing Fuga being killed by Juga]]

* YouKilledMyFather: Towards Akakabuto.

* BadassBaritone: Banjo Ginga at his finest.

* BigGood: [[spoiler:As righteous as he is strong.]]

* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:Has one about every time he's on screen.]]

* YoungestChildWins: Again, he was the runt.

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* EvilierThanThou: Akakabuto to the Harpooned Bear. The latter's flashback establishes him as a violent murderer to humans and is first introduced killing another bear and several dogs. When he faces the considerably more insane and gigantic Akakabuto, he realizes he had no chance of winning or surviving a fight with him and begs to join Akakabuto's bear army. This gets him ripped apart with ease.

%%* TheBerserker

* ItCanThink: Knows how to ambush hunters without giving them a chance to fire at him, or stands at a distance that negates clear shots, uses other bears as territory guards, builds himself a fortress of rocks and can predict certain attacks the dogs attempt towards him. In the manga, he's even seen ''talking'' at one point, albeit in a different "language" than the dogs.

* EvilierThenThou: Akakabuto to the Harpooned Bear. His flashback establishes him as a violent murderer to humans and is first introduced killing another bear and several dogs. When he faces the considerably more insane and gigantic Akakabuto, he realizes he had no chance of winning or surviving a fight with him and begs to join the bear army. This gets him ripped apart with ease.

* EvilierThanThou: Akakabuto to the Harpoon Bear. His flashback establishes him as a violent murderer to humans and is introduced killing another bear and several dogs. When he faces Akakabuto, he realizes he had no chance of winning or surviving a fight with him, and begs to join the bear army. This gets him ripped apart with ease.

The leader of the one of Riki’s platoons that Gin joins.

%%* ManlyTears: Cries these in the finale when Riki is dying.

* BearsAreBadNews: Well, duh! Akakabuto is the fearsome bear around. Even other bears are afraid of him

* {{Determinator}}: Getting thrown off the top of his stronghold, riddled with hundreds of bite marks, having his last eye ripped out, suffering two Battougas, and shot multiple times will not stop this bear from rising again until he's killed Gohei, Riki, and Gin. It took Gin decapitating him to finally put Akakabuto down for good.

%% * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Frequently. After permanently losing his eyes, this trait remains.

* LightningBruiser: In spite of his massive size, this bear can move really fast. Even with his sight gone by the end, Akakabuto can attack with swift and precise movements thanks to his keen sense of smell.

%%* AnimalNemesis

%%* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever
%% * BearsAreBadNews: Well, duh!

* EyeScream: Getting his eye shot resulted in him being unable to hibernate.
%% * GlowingEyesOfDoom: Frequently.

%%* LightningBruiser

* RasputinianDeath: Is attacked over and over by hundreds of dogs, suffers two Battougas and gets shot straight in the chest by Gohei… [[spoiler:and still stands up to claw away at his enemies. It takes a well-placed Battouga by Gin to finally finish him off by decapitating him.]]
* TheSleepless: After getting shot through the eye, he can no longer sleep or hibernate. Driving him vionlently insane and rabid.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Makes a rather unnecessary sexist remark towards Cross in the anime.

%%* PowerTrio

* ChekhovsSkill: His harsh underwater training comes in handy when he's fighting Kurotora, whose breed's only weakness is water. There continues to be other moments in the series where he survives or saves his friends by how long he can stay underwater for.

** In ''The Last Wars'' (the sequel to ''Ginga Densetsu Orion''), Gin's age [[spoiler:leads to him developing cataracts in his eyes, leaving him almost blind. In a sad irony, his old age and blindness leads to him almost being killed by Akakabuto's offspring, but he's saved at the last minute by Hiro [[HeroicSacrifice giving his life]] to protect him.]]

* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler:With his son Weed taking the position of the leader in the end of Hougen arc, he becomes this.]]
* ScarsAreForever: Suffers a blow from the first bear he and Daisuke fights, which gives him three permanent scars on his forehead.

* ChekhovsSkill: His harsh underwater training comes in handy when he's fighting Kurotora, whose breed's only weakness is water.

* CrossDressingVoices: In the 1986 anime, Gin was voiced by Eiko Yamada.

* DisneyDeath

* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:While dying from his wounds, he makes Gin the new leader.]]

* YouHaveFailedMe: Kills [[spoiler:Hyena]] when witnessing his act of saving Ben.

* [[spoiler:MadeOfIron: He's survived being nearly gutted by Sniper, and having his head crushed by Shou's teeth.]]

** [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife: ''Ginga Densetsu Noah'' reveals that Sniper failed to kill him, and Hyena survived, although barely. However, he lost his memories in the process, and was adopted by a human, who renamed him Noah.]]
* [[spoiler:SuperSenses: After Shou blinds him, his remaining senses become vastly more powerful, allowing him to perceive other living beings near him.]]
* [[spoiler:TraumaInducedAmnesia: His near-death experience left him without memories of his past life. He was happily adopted, and took on a new name: Noah. Another trauma, his mauling and blinding at the hands of Shou restores his memories.]]

* MeaningfulName: Gin translates to "Silver" in English, and he has silver-colored fur.

* AdaptationDyeJob: In the original manga, his body is completely light grey. He also has yellow eyes.
* BringMyBrownPants: Loses control of his bladder after being confronted by Kurojaki's ninja clan.
%%* DirtyCoward

* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:He leaves Sniper at one point and tries to get on good terms with Ben's pack again, however, it's implied to just be out of fear for Sniper, and he remains a DirtyCoward that runs away when the dogs are about to face Akakabuto's guard bears. In the end, he beats his cowardice to save Ben, at the apparent cost of his life.]] [[spoiler:By the time of ''Ginga Densetsu Noah'', he's a full Face, and a close ally of Gin's grandson, Orion.]]