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* NotSoStoic: Constantly gives the impression of omnipotence and enlightenment, always knowing just where to be and just what to say. When a stray sword flies his way and sticks in his chair near his head, he tenses up before slumping down with a relieved sigh.




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* TricksterMentor: Subtly and editorially guides Kumatetsu to being a better mentor for Kyuta, which in turn makes Kyuta a better person, thus making him worthy of succeeding him as the Lord of the Beasts. He could have just told Kumatetsu what he needed to do, but he likely knew the bear was too stubborn and dense to take advice outright.
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* LoserSonOfALoserDad: Jiromaru, and later Ichirohiko, mock Kyuta for being raised by Kumatetsu, an oaf and a laughingstock who can't defeat their own father.


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* WhereDidWeGoWrong: He admits that he thought raising Ichirohiko properly would keep him from becoming a monster. Things don't exactly turn out that way, and Iozan is distraught.


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* TheDutifulSon: He admires Iozan to the point of hero worship, training hard to please and emulat him, and as a child chides Jiromaru for not behaving as their father would like.


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* MightMakesRight: His childhood opinion of worth is based entirely on strength. He bullies Kyuta remorselessly for being weak, but warms up to him ''immediately'' after [[DefeatMeansFriendship the human defeats him]].


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* UndyingLoyalty: Witnessing Ichirohiko's corruption and learning of his adoption and humanity changes nothing for Jiromaru. They are still brothers, and he doesn't care what anyone thinks.

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* AttackAttackAttack: His philosophy not only on combat but with any of life's challenges, to the point that he can't comprehend hesitation or self-doubt in others. In the first duel of the film, he at least has the ego to let Iozen throw a few punches of his own, but in the final competition he goes all out on Iozen from the word go.
* BearsAreBadNews: Zig-zagged. When he first finds Ren on the street, he towers over the terrified boy, leering with RedEyesOfDoom and forcefully taking his small face in his massive paw. His physical power and sheer size are rivaled only by Iozen, and his temper and roughness are unmatched. However, he makes a surprisingly good mentor and father figure, and though he may bellow and roar, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold underneath it all.

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* AttackAttackAttack: His philosophy not only on combat but with any of life's challenges, to the point that he can't comprehend hesitation or self-doubt in others. In the first duel of the film, he at least has the ego to let Iozen Iozan throw a few punches of his own, but in the final competition he goes all out on Iozen Iozan from the word go.
* BearsAreBadNews: Zig-zagged. When he first finds Ren on the street, he towers over the terrified boy, leering with RedEyesOfDoom and forcefully taking his small face in his massive paw. His physical power and sheer size are rivaled only by Iozen, Iozan, and his temper and roughness are unmatched. However, he makes a surprisingly good mentor and father figure, and though he may bellow and roar, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold underneath it all.



* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He rescues the orphaned Ichirohiko and raises him as a beast and his son out of the goodness of his heart, giving him the same love and respect as his true son, and tries to protect him by lying about the boy's humanity. These good intentions serve as a catalyst for the final conflict of the story and nearly have profound repercussions on both the worlds of beasts and humans.



** Kyuta apprentices under and bickers constantly with the brutish Kumatetsu, who struggles to teach him swordsmanship and be a parental figure. Ichirohiko, on the other hand, is raised by Iozen, who is a loving father and ideal master.

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** Kyuta apprentices under and bickers constantly with the brutish Kumatetsu, who struggles to teach him swordsmanship and be a parental figure. Ichirohiko, on the other hand, is raised by Iozen, Iozan, who is a loving father and ideal master.

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* CurbStompBattle: He takes down the delinquent boys who were ridiculing Kaede with little effort.

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* CurbStompBattle: After a little training, he easily defeats a gang of beast bullies and earns their respect. He takes down the delinquent boys who were ridiculing Kaede with little effort.



** Kyuta follows Kumateysu to the beast realm as a child after running away from a loving family, while Ichirohiko is found as a baby who was abandoned by his parents.

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** Kyuta follows Kumateysu Kumatetsu to the beast realm as a child after running away from a loving family, while Ichirohiko is found as a baby who was abandoned by his parents.parents.
** Ichirohiko is a dignified and popular {{Bishonen}}, but Kyuta looks like a shaggy, shabby ruffian, something that gets pointed out by humans.


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** During [[spoiler: their battle, Ichirohiko emanates a blue aura and fights with a whale made of what appears to be liquid energy, while Kyuta, with Kumatetsu in his heart, burns red and his sword blazes with flame]].
** Finally, [[spoiler: after their battle Ichirohiko presumably stays in the Beast realm with his beast family, but Kyuta returns home to the human world]].
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* {{Foil}}: To Kyuta/Ren. This is [[LampshadeHanging pointed out multiple times]] by subtle allusions to Moby Dick. Both are a human boys being raised by Beasts, but that's only the beginning.
** Kyuta follows Kumateysu to the beast realm as a child after running away from a loving family, while Ichirohiko is found as a baby who was abandoned by his parents.
** Kyuta apprentices under and bickers constantly with the brutish Kumatetsu, who struggles to teach him swordsmanship and be a parental figure. Ichirohiko, on the other hand, is raised by Iozen, who is a loving father and ideal master.
** Kyuta spends all day every day with Kumatetsu and his few acquaintances, though they sometimes bully and tease him, and Ichirohiko has a somewhat distant relationship with his father due to the latter's busy schedule, and he has large groups of friends who idolize him.
** Kyuta is aware of and constantly reminded of his humanity, but Ichirohiko is led to believe he is a Beast and almost everyone around him is unaware of the truth. Kyuta adjusts well to the Beast realm, but the older Ichirohiko gets the more insecure he becomes.
** Kyuta is clumsy and weak at first, but at the beginning of the story Ichirohiko is already a master warrior with powerful telekeniss.
** Ichirohiko [[spoiler: gives into the human darkness in his heart gradually over time until it consumes him entirely,]] but Kyuta [[spoiler: resists it every time]].

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* AttackAttackAttack: His philosophy not only on combat but with any of life's challenges, to the point that he can't comprehend hesitation or self-doubt in others. In the first duel of the film, he at least has the ego to let Iozen throw a few punches of his own, but in the final competition he goes all out on Iozen from the word go.
* BearsAreBadNews: Zig-zagged. When he first finds Ren on the street, he towers over the terrified boy, leering with RedEyesOfDoom and forcefully taking his small face in his massive paw. His physical power and sheer size are rivaled only by Iozen, and his temper and roughness are unmatched. However, he makes a surprisingly good mentor and father figure, and though he may bellow and roar, he's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold underneath it all.



** Kyuta questioning or disobeying him as an apprentice. Played somewhat for laughs at first, as an awkward, unpolished teacher bickering with his unruly pupil, but takes a serious turn when [[spoiler: he discovers Kyuta has been spending time in the human world and considering returning to school instead of pursuing swordsmanship]].



* CastFromStamina: Assuming his huge beast form makes him much larger and more powerful, but quickly burns through his energy and leaves him exhausted.



* {{Determinator}}: Once he sets his mind to something, there's no turning back.

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* {{Determinator}}: Once he sets his mind to something, there's no turning back. He himself boasts about this as a point of pride.



* UnskilledButStrong: While he's stated to be physically stronger than Iouzan, he lacks actual discipline.

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* UnskilledButStrong: While he's stated to be physically stronger than Iouzan, he lacks actual discipline.discipline, and even his inexperience child apprentice has a better grasp of evasion and tactics.
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* WellDoneDaughterGirl: She admits to Ren/Kyuta that she only gets good grades to make her parents happy.

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* WellDoneDaughterGirl: WellDoneSonGuy: She admits to Ren/Kyuta that she only gets good grades to make her parents happy.
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* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Father]]: Looks about the same age if not younger than his son.
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* HotBlooded: He was like this as a kid being brash and very temperamental. Especially after living with Kumatetsu for a while as he adopts this personality fully and along with being filled with teenage angst it's not a surprise that he's this hot-tempered.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ren/Kyuta is a brash and a angsty teen who is quite bitter about the world, but he is still able to show acts of kindness and generosity such as when he met Kaede. He also cares for Kumatetsu and his other friends in Jutengai.


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* ThePowerOfHate: His hidden dark power that he experiences as a young child fueled all of his negativity and hatred to the world ever since his mother died. This is played straight when Kumatetsu is seemingly killed by Ichirohiko


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* UnstoppableRage: After his foster father Kumatetsu is seemingly killed he then begins to lose his mind to kill Ichirohiko. He only manages to calm down after his little mouse pet gets to him.
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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He pulls a partial HeroicSacrifice in order to help Kyuta defend himself against Ichirouhiko.]]

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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He pulls gives up his physical form to become a partial HeroicSacrifice god in order to help fill the void in Kyuta defend himself against Ichirouhiko.so he can aid him and always be with him.]]
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* AlwaysWithYou: Played very literally. [[spoiler:Kumatetsu is reincarnated as a sword in order to fill in the void inside Kyuta, so Kumatetsu will literally forever live on inside Kyuta and will continue to watch over him and talk to him.]]

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* AlwaysWithYou: Played very literally. [[spoiler:Kumatetsu is reincarnated as the god of a sword in order to fill in the void inside Kyuta, so Kumatetsu will literally forever live on inside Kyuta and will continue to watch over him and of Kyuta. They can still talk to him.each other and they will always be together.]]



* MentorOccupationalHazard:Somewhat [[spoiler: After being critically injured by Ichirôhiko, Kumatetsu decides to be reincarnated as a sword that would help Kyuta defeat him, though he still lives inside of Kyuta]].
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He pulls a HeroicSacrifice in order to help Kyuta defend himself against Ichirouhiko.]]

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* MentorOccupationalHazard:Somewhat [[spoiler: MentorOccupationalHazard: Partially[[spoiler: After being critically injured by Ichirôhiko, Kumatetsu decides to be reincarnated as a sword that would help Kyuta defeat him, though he is still lives alive inside of Kyuta]].
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:He pulls a partial HeroicSacrifice in order to help Kyuta defend himself against Ichirouhiko.]]
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* AlwaysWithYou: Played very literally. [[spoiler:Kumatetsu is reincarnated as a sword in order to fill in the void inside Kyuta, so Kumatetsu will literally forever live on inside Kyuta's heart and will continue to watch over him.]]

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* AlwaysWithYou: Played very literally. [[spoiler:Kumatetsu is reincarnated as a sword in order to fill in the void inside Kyuta, so Kumatetsu will literally forever live on inside Kyuta's heart Kyuta and will continue to watch over him and talk to him.]]



* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: After being critically injured by Ichirôhiko, Kumatetsu decides to be reincarnated as a sword that would help Kyuta defeat him]].

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* MentorOccupationalHazard: MentorOccupationalHazard:Somewhat [[spoiler: After being critically injured by Ichirôhiko, Kumatetsu decides to be reincarnated as a sword that would help Kyuta defeat him]].him, though he still lives inside of Kyuta]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's violent, selfish, and arrogant. But has a good heart.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's violent, selfish, hot-tempered, self-centered, and arrogant. But arrogant but has a good heart.proven to be caring and good-hearted.
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi as an adult and Momoka Ono as a child (Japanese), Creator/JoshGrelle as an adult and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski as a child (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alan Fernando Velázquez as an adult and Cecilia Gómez[[note]]credited as Ceci Gómez[[/note]] as a child (Latin American Spanish)[[note]]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi as an adult and Momoka Ono as a child (Japanese), Creator/JoshGrelle as an adult and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski as a child (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alan Fernando Velázquez as an adult and Cecilia Gómez[[note]]credited as Ceci Gómez[[/note]] Gómez as a child (Latin American Spanish)[[note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Keishi Nagatsuka (Japanese), Creator/ChuckHuber (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis[[note]]credited as Pepe Vilchis[[/note]] (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Keishi Nagatsuka (Japanese), Creator/ChuckHuber (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis[[note]]credited as Pepe Vilchis[[/note]] Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (Latin American Spanish)[[/note]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Shōta Sometani as an adult and Aoi Miyazaki as a child (Japanese), Creator/EricVale as an adult and Creator/LuciChristian as a child (English), Alberto Bernal as an adult and Iván Bastidas as a child (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Shōta Sometani as an adult and Aoi Miyazaki as a child (Japanese), Creator/EricVale as an adult and Creator/LuciChristian as a child (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alberto Bernal as an adult and Iván Bastidas as a child (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Kōji Yakusho (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English), Dafnis Fernández (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kōji Yakusho (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Dafnis Fernández (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Yo Oizumi (Japanese), Creator/IanSinclair (English), Esteban Desco (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Yo Oizumi (Japanese), Creator/IanSinclair (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Esteban Desco (Latin American Spanish)
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese), Sean Hennigan (English), Dan Osorio (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese), Sean Hennigan (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Dan Osorio (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano as an adult and Haru Kuroki as a child, Creator/AustinTindle as an adult and Morgan Berry as a child (English), Javier Olguín as an adult and José Luis Piedra as a child (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano as an adult and Haru Kuroki as a child, Creator/AustinTindle as an adult and Morgan Berry as a child (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Javier Olguín as an adult and José Luis Piedra as a child (Latin American Spanish)
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi as an adult and Momoka Ono as a child (Japanese), Creator/JoshGrelle as an adult and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski as a child (English), Alan Fernando Velázquez as an adult and Cecilia Gómez[[note]]credited as Ceci Gómez[[/note]] as a child (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi as an adult and Momoka Ono as a child (Japanese), Creator/JoshGrelle as an adult and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski as a child (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Alan Fernando Velázquez as an adult and Cecilia Gómez[[note]]credited as Ceci Gómez[[/note]] as a child (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Masahiko Tsugawa (Japanese), Steve Powell (English), Jesse Conde (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Masahiko Tsugawa (Japanese), Steve Powell (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Jesse Conde (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Suzu Hirose (Japanese), Creator/BrynApprill (English), Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Suzu Hirose (Japanese), Creator/BrynApprill (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Annie Rojas (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Kumiko Aso (Japanese), Jessica Cavanagh (English), Jocelyn Robles (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Kumiko Aso (Japanese), Jessica Cavanagh (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Jocelyn Robles (Latin American Spanish)
Spanish)[[/note]]



-->'''Voiced by:''' Keishi Nagatsuka (Japanese), Creator/ChuckHuber (English), Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis[[note]]credited as Pepe Vilchis[[/note]] (Latin American Spanish)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Keishi Nagatsuka (Japanese), Creator/ChuckHuber (English), (English)[[note]]'''Other languages:''' Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis[[note]]credited as Pepe Vilchis[[/note]] (Latin American Spanish)
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* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: She gets teased with this by her schoolmates who see her talking with Ren from across he school fence.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: As a grownup he covers the lower half of his face and on one scene he glowers at Jiromaru when he taps his now-grown tusks. This foreshadows [[spoiler: his resentment of being a human and not developing beastly traits]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: She appears as a child in a blink-and-you'll miss it scene at the beginning of the movie among several people on the street.
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* TheAlcoholic: {{Implied|Trope}}. Before Kyuta/Ren did some much needed cleaning, Kumatetsu's house was filled with alcoholic bottle.

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* TheAlcoholic: {{Implied|Trope}}. Before Kyuta/Ren did some much needed cleaning, Kumatetsu's house was filled with alcoholic bottle.bottles of booze.
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* StockShonenHero: He starts out a brash and simpleminded KidHero with MessyHair who only wants to become stronger. As he grows older, he keeps his attitude, but becomes more mature and it's his love for his beloved ones what allows him to defeat evil.

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* StockShonenHero: He starts out a brash and simpleminded KidHero with MessyHair who only wants to become stronger. As he grows older, he keeps his attitude, but becomes more mature and it's his love for his beloved ones what that allows him to defeat evil.
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* HulkingOut: It's implied that all beasts have this but Kumatetsu fully utilizes this the most. He bulls up into a bigger form of himself and has immense strength.
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* MightyRoar: Kumatetsu is always yelling for no reason but during the final fight with Iouzen when he's down and Kyuta encourages him to get back up he states that he's not going to lose and let's out a giant roar the even allows him to float in the air while doing so.
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* BerserkButton: He doesn t like it when being compared to his rival Iozen. When Kyuta said Kumatetsu will never be as good as him it almost sent Kumatetsu into a flying rage as he chased Kyuta around the house.

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* BerserkButton: He doesn t doesn't like it when he's being compared to his rival rival, Iozen. When Kyuta said Kumatetsu will never be as good as him him, it almost sent Kumatetsu into a flying rage as he chased Kyuta around the house.
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* BigEater: He and Kyuta often compete on who can eat the fastest


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* HotBlooded: He's a very hotheaded beast and is always screaming at the top of his lungs.


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*RedOniBlueOni: He is the red to Iouzen and Kyuta's blue.
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* BerserkButton: He doesn t like it when being compared to his rival Iozen. When Kyuta said Kumatetsu will never be as good as him it almost sent Kumatetsu into a flying rage as he chased Kyuta around the house.
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* FullBoarAction: He's an anthropomorphic wild boar, and sometimes he takes a quadruped combat stance when fighting.
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* InkSuitActor: Kumatetsu bears a resemblance to his actor Kōji Yakusho.

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* TheAlcoholic: {{Implied}}. Before Kyuta/Ren did some much needed cleaning, Kumatetsu's house was filled with alcoholic bottle.

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* TheAlcoholic: {{Implied}}.{{Implied|Trope}}. Before Kyuta/Ren did some much needed cleaning, Kumatetsu's house was filled with alcoholic bottle.



* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Initially, everyone in the beast realm believe that he will become the next Grandmaster.



* {{Foil}}: Iouzan is the disciplined, respectful, busy, kindhearted warrior in contrast to Kumatetsu's undisciplined, haughty, open-scheduled, violent warrior.

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* {{Foil}}: Iouzan is the disciplined, respectful, busy, busy-scheduled, kindhearted warrior in contrast to Kumatetsu's undisciplined, haughty, open-scheduled, violent warrior.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Kyuta/Ren decides to leave the magical realm forever]].

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Kyuta/Ren decides to leave the magical realm forever]].Jūtengai forever to be with Kaede and his father]].

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* InkSuitActor: He resembles his Japanese voice actor Shōta Sometani.

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* IChooseToStay: He decides to stay in [[spoiler:Tokyo]] towards the end of the film.
* InkSuitActor: He His adult self resembles his Japanese voice actor Shōta Sometani.

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