History Characters / TheKongohFamily

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* LargeAndInCharge: [[http://mangafox.me/manga/kongou_banchou/v03/c023/12.html Large]] is an '''[[{{Understatement}} understatement]]'''.

* DespairEventHorizon / FreudianExcuse: The death of his mom caused him to believe that HumansAreTheRealMonsters since he saw that apparently nobody cared that she died.

* AnimeHair
* BadassGrandpa: To Akira.

* HornedHumanoid

* BiggerBad: The one controlling the project and Japan from the shadows, while Takeshi takes public control of the project--and yes, it's also literal. [[spoiler: That was until Takeshi usurped his power by defeating him.]]

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid: Half Kongoh and half human.]]

[[folder: ''Akira Kongoh'']]

[[folder: ''Takeshi Kongoh'']]

[[folder: ''Homura Kongoh'']]

[[folder: ''Kai Kongo'']]

[[folder: ''Rai Kodoma'']]

[[folder: ''Soara Kongoh'']]

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid: All of the Kongoh children are all half human and half Kongoh.]]

* [[spoiler: NotEvenHuman: All of them are actually a race of gigantic beings that have lived since the time of the dinosaurs. In fact, they are defined as their own class separate from the basic animal classes.]]

* [[spoiler: UltimateLifeForm: Explicitly described as this, once the truth was revealed.]]

!!Akira Kongoh

* [[spoiler: DisneyDeath]]: [[spoiler: Twice. First was played for laughs and the second was much more serious.]]

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Kongoh gets killed by Machine Bancho. There's been no evidence that he could [[BackFromTheDead get better]], although he later does.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Briefly by Machine Bancho]]
** [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Came back to life soon after.]]
*** [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: And become strong enough to beat Machine Bancho who had killed him before.]]

* [[spoiler: NotEvenHuman: Akira is actually one of a race of giants called the Kongoh who all have elongated skulls and world-shattering strength.]]

* [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide: Briefly.]]

* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: Once by death and again by scientific injection.]]

!! Takeshi Kongoh

* [[spoiler: KlingonPromotion: Defeats his father and takes over all of his political power.]]

* [[spoiler: OurGiantsAreBigger]]: [[spoiler: Becomes 300 feet tall due to Ousama Bancho's injections.]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: Aids Akira in saving the Earth from being destroyed as a result of their fight, by shielding his brother from the heat of the Earth's core.]]

* {{Satan}}: With his talk of "True Hell" and horned hair.
* [[spoiler: TheStarScream: Always been plotting to overthrow his father.]]

!! Homura Kongoh

!!Kai Kongo

!! Rai Kodoma

!! Soara Kongoh

* {{Tsundere}}: Type B.

* TeenIdol: To counter her brother's {{Badass}} credentials.

* BadassFamily: Even the TeenIdol sister is {{Badass}}.

* {{Badass}}: Bancho is pretty much synonymous with "badass" in this series.
** BadassLongcoat: Wears this for the entire series.

* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Father]]: At the time of his death, he looks much younger than his son, Homura, and much smaller.

* ArchNemesisDad: To Akira
* BiggerBad: The one controlling the project and Japan from the shadows, while Takeshi takes public control of the project, and yes it's also literal. [[spoiler: That was until Takeshi usurped his power by defeating him.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: Iron Hammer Fists, Raging Lunge and Ame no Murakumo
* CatchPhrase: "Enough of this"!
* DespairEventHorizon: The death of his wife is what caused him to undergo the 23 district project
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Thought Takeshi went too far by releasing Hakai Bancho
* EvilOldFolks: By the time of the story
* HairTriggerTemper: As noted by Takeshi

* LargeAndInCharge: [[http://mangafox.me/manga/kongou_banchou/v03/c023/12.html Large]] is an '''[[{{Understatement}} understatement]]'''
* OlderThanTheyLook: Even in his youth, he looks much older than his father, Kai
* RedBaron: Dokyu (Dreadnought) Bancho

* [[AbsurdlyYouthfulMother Absurdly Youthful Father]]: At the time of his death, he looks much younger than his son, Homura and much smaller

* BadassGrandpa: To Akira
* FamousAncestor: To Akira
* GenerationXerox: Looks very much like Akira

* HeroicSacrifice: To seal away Hakai Bancho
* PosthumousCharacter: Only a few details are mentioned by the people who knew him
* SealedEvilInACan: He's the "Can". More precisely his bones grasping Hakai Bancho underground.

* AnimeHair: Just like his dad's

* BrattyHalfPint: Tries to act cool, but fails adorably
* CallingYourAttacks: Double Hammer
* CatchPhrase: "Don't sweat the small stuff", inherited from his father
* GenerationXerox: Looks exactly like younger version of his father
* HappilyAdopted: By Sasori Bancho
* TagAlongKid: He tags along since looks up to his uncle Akira

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Akira

* ArchNemesisDad: To Rai
* BigBad: While Homura controlled from the shadows
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Akira's Abel
* CallingYourAttacks: Monster Shoulder, Golden Claw, Hellbound, Double Hammer
* CatchPhrase: "Don't sweat the small stuff"
* DeadlineNews: Does this to get Tokyo to understand he means to kill them all to rebuild the country

* GenerationXerox: Rai looks exactly like him when he was a child
* GeniusBruiser: [[spoiler: somehow managed to hack into all the tv screen and phone in Japan and told the remaining Bancho of his plan and the Damocles Project]], also he's the first person on screen to defeat Akira
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Believes this after mom died.

* LargeAndInCharge: Not as big as his dad, but still pretty big [[spoiler: until the finale]]
* OmnicidalManiac: Not as radical as Hakai Bancho, but still [[KillEmAll intends to kill off humanity]]
* [[spoiler: OurGiantsAreBigger]]: [[spoiler: Becomes 300 feet tall due to Ousama Bancho's injections]]

* TheRival: To Akira
* {{Satan}}: With his talk of "True Hell" and horned hair
* [[spoiler: TheStarScream: Always been plotting to overthrow his father]]

* SuperToughness: They can harden they're bodies to the consistency of lead, this makes their skin darken in color.

* TheMessiah: Aims to stop the Districts project, and by the end, he's become a true savior.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Takeshi really loved his mom.

* CuteBruiser: Easily beats a Bancho while looking very cute

* ActionGirl: much to her chagrin

* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid: Half Kongoh and half human]]
* NiceGirl: Soara shown to care greatly for her fan and want to help everyone like her mother would have.
* TeenIdol: To counter his brother's {{Badass}} credentials

* SuperStrength: Runs in the family
* {{Tsundere}}: Type B

* BadassFamily: Even the TeenIdol sister is {{Badass}}
* TheBigGuy: Most of them
* [[spoiler: HalfHumanHybrid: All of the Kongoh children are all half human and half Kongoh]]

* HornedHumanoid: Turns out their AnimeHair is due to their pointed skulls as revealed by Kai Kongoh.

* IHaveManyNames: The Kongoh family have been called Daiyoukai, titans and giants in the past.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The Kongohs men are drawn in a much more serious style than the rest of the characters
* [[spoiler: NotEvenHuman: All of them are actually a race of gigantic beings that lived since the time of the dinosaurs. In fact, they are classified as their own class separate from the basic animal classes.]]
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Homura, [[spoiler: in truth all of them can do this, but need enhancements to unlock this potential]]
* SuperStrength: All of them, to varying degrees
* [[spoiler: UltimateLifeForm: Explicitly described as this, once the truth was revealed]]
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Their moves are very much like wrestling finishers, especially Akira

* AnimeHair: And he's not the worse offender believe it or not
** Though it turns out that it's because of the shape of his skull, that he has hair like that
* AnimalMotif: Gorilla
* {{Badass}}: Bancho is pretty much slang for badass in this series.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Initially with Tsukimi, later to Rai. And literally to Soara, his idol sister he defends at her concert.
* TheBigGuy: The first one in the series

** Meteo Drive, Face Crush, Wild Trailer, [[spoiler: Diamond Circle]]
* CatchPhrase: "Like I Care"
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Akira has plenty of these, such as his MegatonPunch, being MadeOfIron, and his [[WalkOnWater Walking On Water]], which can hardly be {{Justified|Trope}} by his being a towering mass of muscle... [[spoiler:And then we see his father and realize he's NotQuiteHuman.]]

* TheComicallySerious: With his grim face, whenever he says something ridiculous, the effect is double

* {{Determinator}}: There is literally nothing on Earth that will stop this guy from dying.
* [[spoiler: DisneyDeath]]: [[spoiler: Twice first was played for laughs and the second was much more serious]]

* GoodIsOldFashioned: Very much so, he doesn't know how to use a cell phone, let alone email, and has some very traditional sets of code

* HornedHumanoid: Turns out his AnimeHair is actually due to the shape of his skull

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: briefly by Machine Bancho]]
** [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: came back to life soon after]]
*** [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: And become strong enough to beat Machine Bancho who had killed him before]]
* MadeOfIron: Not even a [[spoiler: state of the art robot can killed him briefly]] can keep him down for long

* [[spoiler: NotEvenHuman: Akira is actually one of a race of giants called the Kongoh who all have elongated skulls and world shattering strength]]

* RedBaron: Kongoh (Diamond) Bancho
* TheStoic: Rarely changes his expression to something more light hearted

* [[spoiler: SuperpoweredEvilSide: Briefly]]
* SuperStrength: To ridiculous levels, his first act of this in the manga is to lift a car with one arm, carrying it in one arm into an enemy hideout and then curb-stomping their boss while still holding that car, it only gets crazier from there.
* [[spoiler: TookALevelInBadass: Once by death and second by scientific injection]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Initially with Tsukimi, later to Rai.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Scolds his teammates, but cares for them deeply

** Meteor Attack, Face Crush, Wild Trainer, [[spoiler: Diamond Circle]]

** Rai and Soara are exceptions to this

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Even his father thought releasing Hakai Bancho was a bad idea.