Line #41 Characters/Karas


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9	Characters of the anime series ''Anime/{{Karas}}''.
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13	[[foldercontrol]]
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15	!!Karas
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17	[[folder:Otoha]]
18	!'''Yousuke Otoha'''
19	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7a4880df07d006977f38cf4499095741.jpg]]
20	->Voiced by: Soko Wada (Japanese), Creator/SteveStaley (English)
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22	The recently-appointed Karas of Shinjuku, tasked with preserving the balance between the worlds of humanity and the youkai by the Will Of The City... and also with taking down his renegade predecessor, Eko. A quiet, kindly young man who has acquired the nickname of 'Doctor Karas' due to the medical help and counselling he offers to sick youkai when he's off-duty.
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24	* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Karas for Crows. He releases black feathers in some attacks as well.
25	%%* TheAtoner: Implied.
26	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Otoha is a calm and passive man, but he knows when he needs to be serious at times.
27	%%* TheCowl
28	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
29	* DarkIsNotEvil: Has darkness-themed powers, and even wears a lot of black when he's off duty. Still unambiguously heroic.
30	* TheDeterminator: He won't even let getting ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice, losing an arm, and ''[[EyeScream getting bits of his own sword lodged in his eyes]]'' slow him down. Somewhat justified - see DisabilitySuperpower below.
31	* DisabilitySuperpower: He has CIP; Congenital Insensitivity to Pain. This explains his {{Determinator}} status as he literally can't feel any of the pain that would normally leave a human screaming and writhing on the ground
32	* FeelNoPain: As a result of his DisabilitySuperpower.
33	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: It's lucky that Karas are naturally tough and fast-healing, because Otoha is downright ''awful'' at taking care of his body. [[spoiler:After he gets BroughtDownToNormal, this habit gets him into some pretty serious trouble.]]
34	%%* HenshinHero
35	* HeroicRROD: CIP can only take you so far - eventually, it's possible to take so much damage that your body just stops working. [[spoiler:In Otoha's case, this required him to be [[OnlyAFleshWound shot repeatedly]], [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled through the gut]], [[KillItWithFire partially roasted]], [[AnArmAndALeg an arm blown off]],and [[EyeScream blinded with pieces of his own sword]]. Even that, however, [[BackFromTheDead wasn't enough to keep him down permanently]].]]
36	* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:Even before he received the mighty AbsurdlySharpBlade that is the badge of the Shinjuku Karas, Otoha was quite capable of slicing his way through through entire gangs of gun-toting yakuza with a regular katana.]]
37	* {{Ninja}}: Most Karas have some elements of this, but Otoha takes it all the way.
38	* ParentalIncest: [[spoiler:His father is also his brother. It's implied that this is the reason for the whole CIP business.]]
39	%%* TheQuietOne
40	%%* {{Yakuza}}: [[spoiler:Formerly.]]
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42	[[/folder]]
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44	[[folder:Eko]]
45	!'''Eko Hoshunin'''
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47	->Voiced by: Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese), Creator/MatthewLillard (English)
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49	The series's main villain, the original Karas of Shinjuku. Grew disillusioned with the city's human population over the centuries, thanks to their perceived corruption and abandonment of the old ways at the expense of the youkai. Eventually decided to go completely rogue, imprisoning his Yurine and launching an assault on the city with his hand-picked band of mechanical monstrosities to reclaim it in the name of the youkai, even if he had to enslave every human in Shinjuku to do it.
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51	* ArtificialLimbs: His left leg.
52	* BewareTheSuperman: He is a Karas who uses his powers for evil. For intents and purposes, his power means that the only thing that can stop is another Karas. Everything else, human and youkai alike can at best hope to prove a minor nuisance to him.
53	* BigBad: The main villain who seeks a return to the old ways, and is responsible for the creation of the Mikura.
54	* ChildSupplantsParent: Sees the Yurine as his mother and the Will Of The City as his father, and seeks to supplant the latter. Do the maths.
55	%%* FallenHero
56	* HerosEvilPredecessor: To Otoha.
57	* LightIsNotGood: He's a thoroughly nasty piece of work, and in contrast to the dark, sombre Otoha, he's almost always suffused in light and bright colours.
58	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Seeks to preserve the youkai by any means necessary, [[spoiler:up to and including forcing them all to become vampiric cyborg abominations and turning the humans into little more than living larders for them]]. Doesn't see the slightest problem in this.
59	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's been around for centuries.
60	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: It was the hundreds of years of watching the world he was assigned to protect slowly decay that sent him over the edge, and he firmly believes that the same will happen to Otoha in time.
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62	[[/folder]]
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64	[[folder:Homura]]
65	!'''Homura'''
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67	->Voiced by: Creator/HitomiNabatame (Japanese), Creator/KateHiggins (English)
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69	A Karas from another town who popped over to see what was going on in Shinjuku. Prohibited from interfering with another city's business, but eventually cajoles her Yurine into letting her help Otoha out.
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71	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: A mild, gender-flipped example. Mostly wants to intervene in Shinjuku in order to show off her superior abilities, but doesn't cause too much friction since by that point, Otoha needs all the help he can get.
72	* BigDamnHeroes: Pretty much every time she's authorised to go Karas, she ends up saving Otoha's hide. Eventually, he returns the favour.
73	%%* BloodKnight
74	%%* GirlishPigtails
75	%%* HenshinHero
76	%%* SweetTooth
77	* TheWorfEffect: Set up as a more capable, experienced Karas than Otoha, but ends up getting ignominiously defeated and incapacitated by Eko in order to demonstrate his unstoppability. To be perfectly fair, though, our hero wasn't doing much better until she stepped in, and she bought enough time for him to come up with a Plan B.
78	[[/folder]]
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80	!!Mikura
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82	[[folder:Nue]]
83	!'''Nue'''
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85	->Voiced by: Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Jay Hernandez (English)
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87	A renegade Mikura who fled Shinjuku some time ago, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nue Nue]] has returned to the city to settle old scores. Masquerading as a laid-back, homeless drifter who lives on the Shinjuku public transport system, he hunts down his former comrades whilst struggling against the bloodlust that threatens to consume him.
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89	%%* TheAtoner
90	%%* BadassBiker
91	* BadassNormal: Despite being a Mikura, he starts off this way as he refused to use his Mikura form.
92	* BlingBlingBang: His collection of gold-plated firearms, including pistols, submachineguns, and a sniper rifle.
93	* BottomlessMagazines: Frequently averted, much to his annoyance. [[spoiler:Played straight with his Mikura form's pair of {{Arm Cannon}}s.]]
94	%%* CoolShades
95	%%* DefectorFromDecadence
96	%%* TheDrifter
97	* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Of a sort. He's not a vampire but he is still a creature that has to feed on human blood to survive.
98	%%* GunsAkimbo
99	%%* TheGunslinger
100	%%* HunterOfHisOwnKind
101	* IneffectualLoner: Not entirely by choice. There are few allies a rogue Mikura can reliably turn to.
102	* SenselessViolins: He carries his firearm collection around in what appears to be a cello case.
103	* TokenHeroicOrc: The only Mikura who opposes Eko's plans.
104	* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Eko. Nue opposing his plans is just walking into his trap where Eko aims to use him and his brother as a power source.]]
105	* VegetarianVampire: With the help of Amefurikozo, attempts to feed by stealing from hospital blood banks. [[spoiler:It doesn't help, and Otoha has to bail him out by contributing some living blood.]]
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107	[[/folder]]
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109	[[folder:Suiko]]
110	!'''Suiko'''
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112	-> Voiced by: Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Japanese), Keith Burgess (English)
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114	A powerful [[http://yokai.com/suiko/ suiko]] enlisted and upgraded by Eko to help him take over Shinjuku. Now masquerades as a professional wrestler, and feeds by snatching victims from public bathrooms.
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116	%%* {{Kappa}}
117	* MakingASplash: Nearly all of his powers revolve around water-manipulation.
118	* MaskedLuchador: His human guise.
119	* MonsterMisogyny: Fine with eating just about anyone, but most of his victims seem to be women.
120	* {{Necromancer}}: Capable of summoning the spirits of his victims to aid him in battle.
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122	[[/folder]]
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124	[[folder:Wanyudou]]
125	!'''Wanyudou'''
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127	-> Voiced by: Creator/ToruOkawa (Japanese), Creator/PaulStPeter (English)
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129	Eko's personal servant, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wany%C5%ABd%C5%8D Wanyudou]] is a calm, dapper gentleman in his human form, and a gigantic, wheeled abomination in his Mikura form. He feeds from motorists in Shinjuku's road tunnels, distracting them with his alternate form of a phantasmic red car before ambushing them from behind.
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131	%%* BadassInANiceSuit
132	%%* BattleButler: To Eko.
133	* CoolBike: His Mikura form can become one of these.
134	* DeadlyDisc: He can use his wheels as these, with a small side-order of ChainsawGood.
135	* FacePalmOfDoom: His other feeding method, when he's not feeling flashy.
136	* TakingYouWithMe: Attempts this on Otoha after his defeat, but is stopped by Nue.
137	* TransformingMecha: Unique in that his Mikura form has a vehicle mode - two, if one counts the phantom car he uses as bait.
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139	[[/folder]]
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141	[[folder:Tsuchigumo]]
142	!'''Tsuchigumo'''
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144	-> Voiced by: Creator/MisaWatanabe (Japanese), Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (English)
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146	The sole female Mikura, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuchigumo Tsuchigumo]] is a quiet, beautiful woman half the time, and a giant, loathsome mechanical spider for the other half. She is loyal, efficient, and frequently assigned by Eko to the missions he deems most crucial to his cause.
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148	%%* TheBaroness
149	%%* DarkActionGirl
150	%%* GiantSpider
151	* MsFanservice: Her human form is very nearly the sole provider of fanservice in the entire show. Rapidly becomes FanDisservice once she starts using her abilities, though.
152	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: In her Mikura form.
153	* SeductiveSpider: The human-spider hybrid demon happens to be the only demon to be portrayed as sexy.
154	* SubordinateExcuse: Implied to harbour feelings towards her master, Eko. [[BadBoss They aren't reciprocated.]]
155	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Goes through an astonishing number of outfits during the course of the show, especially when one considers her relatively limited screentime.
156	* TheWormThatWalks: Her body is comprised of lots and lots of little spiders, which she can send out to do unutterably horrible things to her victims.
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158	[[/folder]]
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160	[[folder:Kamaitachi]]
161	!'''Kamaitachi'''
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163	-> Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (Japanese), Dave Mallow (English)
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165	Perhaps the strangest of the Mikura, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamaitachi Kamaitachi]] is a whirling, bladed berserker with a grating, mechanical voice and no apparent human form. Given his high visibility, he rarely ventures outside Eko's headquarters except on the few occasions when the centuries-old Karas doesn't care about being subtle and just wants something dead quickly.
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167	* WickedWeasel: His original form, mythologically-speaking, was a trio of wind-riding, flesh-slicing weasels. He inherited the M.O., if not the appearance.
168	* HelicopterBlender: Uses his many spinning blades both for flight and as weapons.
169	%%* LaughingMad
170	* MonsterClown: He strongly resembles one in appearance, at least.
171	* RazorWind: Given who he was pre-Mikurafication, it should come as no surprise that he's capable of doing this.
172	* SpectacularSpinning: For him, anyway. For his enemies... not so much.
173	* TheUnintelligible: His speech is so heavily filtered and modulated that he very nearly becomes this. Dub watchers have it even worse, since he's still subtitled in ''Japanese''.
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175	[[/folder]]
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177	[[folder:Ushi-Oni]]
178	!'''Ushi-Oni'''
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180	-> Voiced by: Creator/RokuroNaya (Japanese), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (English)
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182	One of the most brutal and sadistic Mikura, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushi-oni Ushi-Oni]] takes the form of a hulking, gear-toothed bull/spider hybrid. His human form is decidedly more notable, though.
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184	* ChekhovsGun: In his human form he wears a ring like the other Mikura and it is clearly shown in the first episode.
185	* ExtraEyes: Befitting his arachnid appearance.
186	* EyeScream: Tends to be prone to these, perhaps because [[ExtraEyes he has spares]]. [[spoiler:Narumi's one [[RasputinianDeath may]] have been the cause of his eventual demise.]]
187	%%* GiantSpider
188	* ImAHumanitarian: All Mikura feed on human blood to survive, yes, but Ushi-Oni is particularly notable for simply crunching his victims up and swallowing them rather than using some more exotic method to drain them.
189	* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His fate.
190	%%* TheMole
191	* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:First Otoha gives him [[DeathOfAThousandCuts the regular Karas workout]], then Narumi empties the entire cylinder of his HandCannon into his face.]]
192	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: [[spoiler:What he masqueraded as during his time as a human.]]
193	* ThisIsADrill: Has them on the ends of his limbs.
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196	%%!!Humans
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198	%%[[folder:Kure]]
199	%%!'''Kure Narumi'''
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201	%%-> Voiced by: Hiroto Torihata (Japanese), Creator/DaveWittenberg (English)
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204	%%[[/folder]]
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206	%%[[folder:Minoru]]
207	%%!'''Minoru Sagisaka'''
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209	%%-> Voiced by: Tetsuo Goto (Japanese), Doug Stone (English)
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212	%%[[/folder]]
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214	%%[[folder:Hinaru]]
215	%%!'''Hinaru'''
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217	%%-> Voiced by: Asuka Shibuya (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
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220	%%[[/folder]]
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222	%%[[folder:Yoshiko]]
223	%%!'''Yoshiko Sagisaka'''
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225	%%-> Voiced by: Creator/SaekoChiba (Japanese), Dorothy Fahn (English)
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228	%%[[/folder]]
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230	%%[[folder:Reiji]]
231	%%!'''Reiji'''
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233	%%-> Voiced by: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)
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237	%%[[/folder]]
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239	%%[[folder:Governor of Tokyo]]
240	%%!'''Governor of Tokyo'''
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242	%%-> Voiced by: Creator/TakayukiSugo (Japanese), David Lodge (English)
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245	%%[[/folder]]
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247	%%!!Youkai
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249	%%[[folder:The Yurines]]
250	%%!'''The Yurines'''
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252	%%-> Voiced by: Kasumi Suzuki (Japanese), Piper Perabo / Creator/CreeSummer (English)
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256	%%[[/folder]]
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258	%%[[folder:Amefurikozo]]
259	%%!'''Amefurikozo'''
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261	%%-> Voiced by: Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Japanese), Creator/SandyFox (English)
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264	%%* CrossDressingVoices: In both Japanese and English.
265	%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
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267	%%[[/folder]]

Context Characters / Karas