Line #239 Characters/SengokuYouko


1	%%Characters are listed in order of appearance.
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3	This is the cast of ''Manga/SengokuYouko''.
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5	Keep note: the names of the characters are in surname-given name order.
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10	! Main Characters
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13	!!Yamato Jinka
14	!!!Voiced by: Creator/SomaSaito
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16	The protagonist of Part 1.
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19	* AnArmAndALeg: Loses an arm fighting Jinun, though he later forms a replacement out of energy.
20	* AsianFoxSpirit: His Spiritual Awakening technique transfers Tama's spiritual energy into his body, causing him to gain wild golden hair, fox ears, and grow tails made of PureEnergy (increasing up to nine as he learns better control of the technique). He later rockets up to 1000 tails after eating the flesh of a Mountain God, [[spoiler:causing him to become mode-locked as an insane [[DeityOfHumanOrigin "divine beast"]]. After his power in this form is stabilized he becomes an actual kitsune, capable of transforming between "giant fox" and "fox-eared humanoid" forms.]]
21	* BerserkButton: Humans disrespecting demons pisses Jinka off a lot, as do people threatening Tama.
22	* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When he starts transforming into the Beast God he gets black sclera. [[spoiler:His eyes turn back to normal when he regains his sanity.]]
23	* BloodMagic: He activates the Spiritual Awakening by drinking Tama's blood.
24	* CantHoldHisLiquor: Collapses immediately after one sip of the orangutan's sake.
25	* CharacterDevelopment: His utter hatred for humans gradually gives way to understanding that humans and demons share the same soul in the end, and it's their experiences that craft who they are. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's still determined to become a demon, [[RogueProtagonist and ends up going too far before he can stop himself.]]]]
26	* DeclarationOfProtection: Jinka doesn't really care about Tama's attempt to spread peace and love among humans, but sees himself as her protector and would [[CurbStompBattle crush]] anybody with great prejudice should they attempt to hurt her.
27	* DecoyProtagonist: After Jinka became a thousand-tailed divine beast, he gave the stage over to Senya after the run of the first arc. [[RogueProtagonist As the Void Tribe's tool]], his days are spent at their beck and call devouring gods.
28	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: At the end of Part 1, Jinka is transformed into [[AsianFoxSpirit a thousand-tailed fox god]], making him simultaniously this and a DemonOfHumanOrigin.
29	* ElementalPowers: Each of the tails that he obtains during Spiritual Awakening grants control over a different element.
30	** His first tail grants the ability to [[DishingOutDirt summon the Earth God to form a massive fist of earth]].
31	** His second tail grants the ability to [[PlayingWithFire summon the Inferno Princess, a fire elemental]].
32	** His third tail grants him the ability to [[MakingASplash summon the Water Dragon, a water elemental]] that is used defensively.
33	** His fourth tail grants the ability to [[GreenThumb summon the Elder Tree]], which he uses to constrain and restrict opponents.
34	** His fifth tail grants the ability to [[ExtraOreDinary summon the Silver Blade]], a massive sword.
35	** His sixth tail is [[ShockAndAwe made out of lightning]].
36	** His seventh tail is [[BlowYouAway a tornado called the God of Wind's Lance]] and enables him to move at superhuman speed.
37	** His eighth tail is [[LightEmUp made of light]].
38	** His ninth tail is [[CastingAShadow made of darkness]], and Jinka also refers to it as ThePowerOfTheVoid.
39	* EyepatchAfterTimeSkip: He sports an eyepatch over his left eye in the final chapter, [[spoiler:which takes place after a 200-year timeskip]].
40	* FireForgedFriends: With Senya and Mudo by the final chapter.
41	* FlamingHair: In his Spiritual Awakening his hair appears to be made out of fire.
42	* ForcefulKiss: His first Spiritual Awakening with Tama involved him kissing her by surprise. When she calls him out on [[BrotherSisterIncest the implications of doing so while calling her his sister]], he cheerfully says he's OK with that.
43	* FreudianExcuse: The reason he hates humans so much? [[spoiler:His real family seemingly abandoned him (they had a good reason) and a couple of his demon friends were killed by humans.]]
44	* FullNameBasis: Very few people in the story outside of his social circle ever call him anything but his full name.
45	* HumanoidAbomination: After becoming the 1000-Tailed Fox God, he's so powerful that even the Tribe of the Void are only able to point him in the direction of a god they want killed and watch the ensuing CurbStompBattle. Even the Mountain Goddess was frightened by his vast amount of spiritual energy and that [[WalkingWasteland he was blighting the earth around him]].
46	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wants to become a yokai due to his hatred of humans.
47	* JaggedMouth: Initially used for comedic effect whenever he was angry. After his transformation into a mad god, [[NightmareFace not so much]].
48	* KillTheGod: How the Tribe of the Void seems to be using him, [[spoiler:and Jinka doesn't just kill the gods... he ''eats'' them.]]
49	* LikesOlderWomen: He is quite a lot younger than Tama, and has vowed to marry her once he gets a demon body.
50	* MagicalEye: Something that bordered on UnusuallyUninterestingSight as none of the characters had cared to mention it until the Mountain Goddess brought it up. It's actually a Fairy Eye, and allows Jinka to see the aura of living things.
51	* MagneticMedium: Jinka and his twin brother Takeru were born with the [[MagicalEye Fairy Eye]], and as such, attract demons when they are together.
52	* MisanthropeSupreme: Jinka has expressed his hatred of humanity many times in the series, and would much rather be a demon than a human. Tama's goal is to get him to let go of this negative attitude, which he eventually does.
53	* MonstrousCannibalism: After becoming the Thousand-Tailed Kitsune, he is a god that eats other gods.
54	* NotBloodSiblings: He calls Tama his sister, but they're not actually related to each other and he eventually proposes to her.
55	* OfficialCouple: He asks for Tama's hand in marriage once he becomes a demon, and she accepts once he becomes the Thousand-Tailed Demon Fox. [[spoiler:By the final chapter, they're still happily married 200 years and counting.]]
56	* OneWingedAngel: After eating the mountain god Taizan's flesh he attains nine tails, and when Yazen tricks him into thinking he's killed Tama [[PowerBornOfMadness he transforms into a 1000-tailed kitsune]].
57	* ParentalAbandonment: He ended up being left with Kokugetsu Sai because of his fairy eye.
58	* PentUpPowerPeril: [[spoiler:After returning to sanity in Chapter 96, this happens and they have to shape the energy before it explodes within him.]]
59	* PhysicalGod: After consuming Taizan's divine flesh, he becomes a thousand-tailed kitsune-god.
60	* SanitySlippage: Yazen notices his mind was starting to deteriorate due to the massive influx of spiritual energy he received from eating Taizan's flesh, and pushed him over the brink by tricking him into thinking he killed Tama.
61	* SuperMode: His Spiritual Awakening temporarily turns him into a kitsune. He wants to find a way to make the change permanent, [[spoiler:and succeeds in the penultimate chapter]].
62	* TookALevelInBadass: He goes from having four tails at the start of the series to become a [[spoiler: thousand-tailed divine beast at the end of the first arc.]]
63	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: His sanity starts to deteriorate after he eats Taizan's flesh during his fight with Yazen, who takes advantage of that by tricking him into thinking he killed Tama. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge It backfires]] when he [[PowerBornOfMadness transforms into the Beast God after succumbing to madness]].
64	* YinYangBomb: His "Souls of the Five Elements" combines the ElementalPowers of his first five tails (earth, fire, wood, water and metal) into a massive energy ball capable of burning off one of Jinun's arms and seriously injuring Douren. He is also capable of combining his sixth and seventh tails (wind and lightning) for the "Storm Road" technique.
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66	!!Senya
67	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HirokiNanami
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69	The protagonist of Part 2.
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72	* AffectionateNickname: Yoshiteru calls him "Whitey", for his white hair.
73	* AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes: In Part 2 he had [[LaserGuidedAmnesia completely forgotten]] whatever happened before the Mountain Goddess sealed him and Jinun, and ends up becoming an AmnesiacHero as a result. He eventually regains his memories, and decides to leave behind his past at the Dangaishu.
74	* BabiesEverAfter: He and Tsukiko have several children and grandchildren.
75	* BadassPacifist: Is trying his darndest to be this in Part II. He slips up when a mad god attacked him, but he later finds a way to make it work.
76	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: He can enter into the mental worlds of those being controlled by the Tribe of the Void.
77	* BlackEyesOfEvil: Senya possesses EmptyEyes resembling black scribbles, and Shinsuke states that when he first met Senya and looked into his eyes he saw a river of blood.
78	* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim:
79	** Senya makes the difficult decision to leave [[spoiler:Tsukiko behind to go after his father and the Tribe of the Void, fearing that one day he would become something neither demon nor human, like Jinka. She follows him anyway.]]
80	** [[spoiler:He tries to do it again after the final battle with the Tribe of the Void, but she's having none of that.]]
81	* CharacterDevelopment: In Part 1, he starts off nearly emotionless and follows his father's orders to the letter, though a measly toy manages to distract him and Shinsuke sparing his life spurs a semblance of emotion. The amnesia he suffers after his sealing and actually being able to grow and experience the ups and downs of life takes time but drastically shifts him into probably one of the most empathic and kind individuals of the entire cast.
82	* TheChosenOne: According to Hekke Neko, he's he only one able to stop Jinka from destroying Japan in his quest for strength.
83	* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: He is essentially a demon who wants to be human, in contrast to Jinka being a human who wanted to be a demon.
84	* DeityOfHumanOrigin: In the final chapter, it's revealed that Senya -- ironically for someone who desired to become human -- has transcended into a divine being called the White God.
85	* EarlyBirdCameo: The final chapter [[CanonWelding strongly implies that he is the White God mentioned in]] ''Spirit Circle''.
86	* EleventhHourSuperPower: [[spoiler:The battle against the Thousand-Tailed Fox pushes him to awaken in order to rival Jinka.]]
87	* EmpathicWeapon: Acquires a katana [[spoiler:containing the soul of Yoshiteru]].
88	* EnemyWithin: The manifestation of his guilt over killing Tsukiko's father and fear that he would lose control of his demon powers, which manifested as a monstrous version of himself, terrified of the happiness that will purge it and influencing his decision to run away. Senya is briefly corrupted by it before Tsukiko restores his sanity with a LoveConfession.
89	* EnergyBow: He forms one [[spoiler:in the final battle against Jinka.]]
90	* EnlightenmentSuperpowers: During the final battle against the Tribe of the Void, [[spoiler:he embraces the belief that he can become anything and attains enlightenment, becoming immensely more powerful and capable of purging the Tribe of the Void's influence by simply touching their victims. It's implied his body can't handle the strain of forcing godhood upon himself for very long.]]
91	* {{Expy}}: Senya not only looks like a younger version of Maimakterion from the author's previous [[Manga/TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer work]], but also has a similar set of shapeshifting powers.
92	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: Depends on the situation, his eyes can appear full of bloodlust and malice.
93	* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Takes Furuon's pipe as a memento, [[spoiler:though he loses it to his father after their first duel]].
94	* HappilyMarried: He and Tsukiko were together [[spoiler:nigh on forty years before she died of old age]].
95	* HeelFaceTurn: After getting LaserGuidedAmnesia he becomes the protagonist of the second arc.
96	* HumanoidAbomination: He has the potential to become a transcendental entity called the Thousand Demon Devil, [[spoiler:which he does later in his final battle against Jinka. However, by this point he has reached peace of mind enough to not be driven mad by the power.]]
97	* IdiotHero: In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Mudo remarks Senya's become increasingly simpleminded over the centuries.]]
98	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Heading down this route, as he has stated that he wants to become a human in recent chapters.
99	* ItsAllMyFault: The real reason Senya wanted to run away from Tsukiko and the others was because deep down he blamed himself for killing her father and was afraid he'd lose control and kill her, seeing himself as unworthy of happiness.
100	* ItWasAGift: One of the boys Senya makes friends with gives him a cat-shaped rock to keep by him before he leaves the village. He tries to use it as a bargaining chip since he sees it as a "valuable object", and he gets pretty upset when it breaks later on in the story.
101	* JustFriends: He insists his relationship with Setsu the ''yuki-onna'' is purely platonic, despite ribbing from Jinka and Mudo.
102	* KamehameHadoken: His Roaring Thunder Blast technique fires a focused beam of ki.
103	* LivingMacGuffin: The Tribe of the Void are after the [[spoiler:Jewel of 1000 Wonders sealed inside his body.]]
104	* LongLived: Hekke Neko is quick to mention that he would be in for a very long lifespan by the time he awakens to the rest of his powers.
105	* LovecraftianSuperpower: Courtesy of having 1000 demons sealed inside him, he can freely shapeshift his body to form extra limbs, tentacles, spikes, and other grotesque weapons and appendages.
106	* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: The souls of the 1000 yokai inside him initially appears as a black mass with multiple sets of eyes and jagged mouths. He later learns the names of each and every one of them, letting them individually manifest within his mindscape. [[spoiler:After he attains enlightenment they manifest as monks.]]
107	* MartialPacifist: Post time-skip, he doesn't like fighting, but he will if he has to.
108	* MirrorMatch: Senya is corrupted by his EnemyWithin, and engages in a pummel duel with him.
109	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler:Senya's awakening grants him 1000 arms, born from his desire to save everyone.]]
110	* NightParadeOfOneHundredDemons: His recurring character motif is this (a thousand in his case, giving him the name of his SignatureMove Senki Yako). [[spoiler: After going full pacifist, he replaces the motif, taking on the looks of the thousand-armed Buddha.]]
111	* NobleMaleRoguishMale: Has this dynamic with Mudo. Where Mudo is a very outspoken, macho, and physical guy who solves his problems with a good fight, Senya is a more gentlemanly person who doesn't resort to full-on fighting unless it's necessary.
112	* OfficialCouple: He finally confesses his feelings for Tsukiko in Chapter 92, and they are HappilyMarried for forty-some years.
113	* PastimesProvePersonality: In the final chapter, Senya tells Mudo he's made a hobby of climbing snowy mountains. [[spoiler:This is to test and renew his determination to live for the sake of all his long-lost friends and loved ones.]]
114	* PhysicalGod: By the time of the final chapter, he has become revered as the "White God", a mysterious entity who shows up amidst calamitous circumstances, resolves them, and vanishes.
115	* PuppyLove: He certainly blushes a lot around Tsukiko. [[spoiler: All but confirmed when he states he really likes her in Chapter 44, and they wind up getting married.]]
116	* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Senya is a descendant of the Tribe of the Void, the group of cloaked figures behind Jinka's transformation into the Beast God and the ones driving the Land Gods insane.]]
117	* SealedBadassInACan: He was sealed after the fight with the Mountain Goddess when he tried to rescue Jinun. He has currently been unsealed and is now with Shinsuke and Tsukiko.
118	* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Has a thousand demons fused into his body, and is hailed as a future demon god who has the potential to become even more powerful than Jinun.
119	* ShipperOnDeck: Not Senya, but his demons are rabid Senya x Tsukiko fans.
120	* TheStoic: Shares this with Jinun, although he starts developing out of this after his HeelFaceTurn.
121	* ThirdEye: In his ultimate form, he gains an eye in the middle of his forehead.
122	* TykeBomb: Fused with a thousand demons at the age of ''eight years'' and is one of the best fighters in the series. To put things into perspective, this eight year-old kid shreds apart two tengu demons whom Jinka has stated as possessing great spiritual power in a few seconds.
123	* UnableToCry: After [[spoiler:Yoshiteru]] is killed, Senya finds that he can't work himself up to cry about the death, a fact that he links to his memories and old personality returning. He gets the ability back when his demons and [[spoiler:Yoshiteru's soul]] help him learn to be at peace with himself.
124	* VitriolicBestBuds: He and Mudo may bicker and insult each other like there's no tomorrow, but by the end of the series they're close friends.
125	* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:After Tsukiko dies of old age he departs the hidden village and roams Japan for 200 years, accompanied by a ''yūrei'' named Enra Enra and a tanuki-god of misdirection. He also frequently visits Mudo and Jinka, and the three periodically team up and save Japan from mad gods and other calamitous threats.]]
126	* WeakButSkilled: In comparison to [[UnskilledButStrong Mudo]].
127	* WellDoneSonGuy: It turns out that Senya is Jinun's son. To better understand this, Senya has been calling Jinun "Master" from the beginning of the series and only revealed the fact that he was Jinun's son when he was trying to save the other from the Mountain Goddess.
128	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: When he was a member of the Dangaishu. [[spoiler: Subverted once he becomes the protagonist.]]
129	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: The 1000 demons sealed inside him are terrified of dragons. [[spoiler: They get over it during Senya's match with Mudo.]]
130	* WorthyOpponent: Comes to see [[spoiler: Mudo]] as such during their fight.
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132	!!Youko Tama
133	!!!Voiced by: Creator/YuukiTakada
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135	* ActualPacifist: She has never resorted to violence in combat, instead opting to enable Jinka's SuperMode and let him do the fighting. In Part 2, she resorts to illusions to avoid engaging in direct combat.
136	* ACupAngst: Implied. She never states anything outright, but she's shown she wants to be more voluptuous. During the final battle, she creates illusions of herself, Mudo, and Setsu-- and hers has a more pronounced chest.
137	* AdmiringTheAbomination:
138	** When she first saw Jinka's Spiritual Awakening form, she blushed intensely and thought that he was pretty.
139	** Tama thinks Jinka's [[OneWingedAngel Beast God form]] is magnificent, though she still wants to turn him back into a human.
140	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: When Jinka becomes the Beast God and starts rampaging, Tama tries to soothe him by professing her love for him and agreeing to marry him. It works… until the Mountain Goddess teleports her away.
141	* AnimalJingoism: Has a natural fear of dogs as a fox youkai.
142	* AsianFoxSpirit: As her name "Youko" suggests, she is a fox youkai.
143	* BerserkerTears: When she sees the Tribe of the Void have [[spoiler:mind-controlled Shakugan.]]
144	* BloodMagic: Jinka's Spiritual Awakening is activated by drinking her blood.
145	* TheChessmaster: Has shades of this, using - or at least ''trying'' to use - her oratory skills to nonviolently diffuse conflicts.
146	* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Tsukiko expresses a great degree of... "admiration" towards Tama when they first meet.
147	* FanservicePack: When she shows up in [[HotSpringsEpisode Chapter 39]] she appears to have become older, or at least more "[[BreastExpansion developed]]" following the feedback from Jinka's OneWingedAngel.
148	* InterruptedCooldownHug: She is able to bring [[OneWingedAngel Beast God]] Jinka back to his senses, but the Mountain Goddess teleports her away, which causes him to lapse back into his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
149	* IWillFindYou: Spends the second half of the series on a journey to find Jinka, after [[spoiler:his newfound 100-tailed fox form goes haywire and flies off]].
150	* LittleSisterHeroine: Invoked by Jinka when she first met him. Jinka initially calls her his little sister, switching to big sister when he learns she's older than him, but flirts with and even kisses her to activate his Spiritual Awakening. When she points out the incestuous overtones of him doing so, he cheerfully tells her he's OK with "forbidden sibling love".
151	* MasterOfIllusion: Has been shown to be able to create small illusions, which she uses to defend herself. After the time skip, she has powered up significantly due to her being apprenticed to another demon.
152	* MayflyDecemberRomance: She's a youko of a hundred years, while Jinka is a human in his teens. Doesn't stop them from having romantic feelings for each other, which is confirmed when Tama tells a berserk Jinka at the end of the first arc that she will always love him, even if he can't turn back into a human now.
153	* NakedFirstImpression: Tama first meets Tsukiko in a hot spring, and the latter couldn't stop thinking [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer about how beautiful she is]].
154	* OfficialCouple: Jinka proposes to her before the final battle, and when he transforms into the Beast God she accepts in an effort to calm him down. She even spends 8 years searching for him, [[spoiler:and by the final chapter they've been happily married for 200 years]].
155	* OlderThanTheyLook: Is around a hundred years of age, but pre-timeskip has the body of a young teenager.
156	* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Tama's hair grows longer when Jinka absorbs so much energy that it feeds back into her and keeps him in demon mode.
157	* RedBaron: She was known as the Accursed Demon Fox pre-timeskip, and becomes known as the Golden Youko post timeskip.
158	* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Chapter 37.5 reveals that she is based on Tamamo no Mae, the golden kitsune featured in the ''Otogizōshi''.
159	* RescueRomance: She started falling for Jinka after he saved her from a trio of ronin, though she was {{tsundere}} towards him at first due to their differing opinions towards humans.
160	* TrainingFromHell: Tama spends ten years alone in her mind meditating - while only a day passes in real time due to the Mountain Goddess manipulating space-time. This causes an increase in her spiritual power, and actually shocks Jinun and Senya into silence when this is revealed during the battle.
161	* {{Tsundere}}: When she first met Jinka she was offended by his callous hatred towards humans, but begrudgingly started warming up to him after she learned he was the son of her old friend and being wowed by his Spiritual Awakening form.
162	* UnusualEars: Possesses both fox ears and human ears.
163	* WeHelpTheHelpless: As she says, she and Jinka are the saviour siblings of the world.
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167	!!Takekichi/Hyoudou Shinsuke/Kazamatsuri Shinsuke
168	!!!Voiced by: Creator/RyoheiKimura
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170	* TheAlcoholic: Is almost constantly drunk after the first time skip. He cleans himself up during the second time-skip.
171	* AxCrazy: Aimed only towards Resshin, though. He gets better.
172	* CharacterDevelopment: And ''how''. He's changed from a cowardly, near-useless swordsman to [[spoiler: a rage-filled {{Determinator}} with only revenge on his mind.]] Luckily he gets over it and becomes a skilled, calm warrior.
173	* {{Determinator}}: Nothing could dissuade him from following Jinka and Tama on their journey. When he was younger, the insults of his swords master did nothing to stop him from attempting to learn the sword too.
174	* EnlightenmentSuperpower: He was the one who taught Senya how to enter an opponent's mental world.
175	* EvilWeapon: He was given the cursed sword Arabuki, which lets its master fly and [[BlowYouAway launch powerful gusts of wind]], by Zanzou. Following Shakugan's defeat, he constructs [[HearingVoices a stereotypical "wants to take over its wielder" persona]] for it. [[spoiler:The evil part is ultimately subverted as Akaburi snaps him out of his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
176	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: He nearly succumbs to this [[spoiler: following Shakuyaku being TakenForGranite]]. Don't worry, he gets better.
177	* HiddenDepths: Was the first to complete the Mountain Goddess' training.
178	* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Shinsuke is his warrior name. His real name is Takekichi. [[spoiler:Only Barry, Tama, and Yamato know this.]]
179	* MeaningfulRename: He already dropped his old name before the series, to represent his growth from farmer boy to samurai. [[spoiler: Yoshiteru gives him the Kazamatsuri ("wind festival") name after Shinsuke took him for a flight with Arabuki's power, and he kept it for the rest of his life, including passing it onto his descendants.]]
180	* NiceGuy: By the TimeSkip he's treating demons and humans as equals, even reforming evil demons that Senya brings into good villagers.
181	* PutOnABus: For a time, he and Raizou had been [[spoiler: [[SealedGoodInACan sealed inside a protected village]] as a result of a deal with Hanatora. They were still trying to find a way out eight years later, which they do in time to stop Shakugan from smashing Tama.]]
182	* TagalongKid: Decided to follow Jinka and Tama after seeing them with the bandits.
183	* TookALevelInBadass: After [[spoiler: Shakugan's sacrifice he became serious.]]
184	* TrainingFromHell: Courtesy of the Mountain Goddess over the time skip, though it apparently amounted to a series of {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s ''not'' [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption in Shinsuke's favor]].
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186	!!Shakugan (Shakuyaku/Kagan)
187	!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomoyoKurosawa
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189	* ActionGirl: She's the best fighter after Jinka in the group.
190	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Shakuyaku was abused as a child because of her red hair.
191	* BabiesEverAfter: The final chapter shows [[spoiler:Senya remembering Shakugan holding a young child with a mix between Shinsuke's hair and hers.]]
192	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: They are [[spoiler:being controlled by the Tribe of the Void for the final battle, up until Shinsuke breaks her conditioning.]]
193	* GoOutWithASmile: After being stabbed by Resshin she transforms into a stone, but her last expression is a smile.
194	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Held out longer than Douren during their drinking battle.
195	* HeroicSacrifice: They sacrificed themselves to protect a defenseless Tama and a woman giving birth.
196	* TheIngenue: Was quite embarrassed when she had to go sleeveless in order to allow her new body-changing powers to have more effect.
197	* TheLostLenore: Turning into a boulder during her HeroicSacrifice left her as a major source of Shinsuke's angst and frustration throughout the story, as well as sort of a moral guiding light when things go south. [[spoiler:She gets better.]]
198	* NakedOnRevival:
199	** When she is restored to her human form by Jinka at the beginning of the manga, she is naked.
200	** When the [[spoiler:Tribe of the Void freed her she was stark naked]].
201	* OfficialCouple: She is obviously in love with Shinsuke, and he with her. [[spoiler: They end up HappilyMarried, though oddly enough not much attention is brought to it: she simply becomes part of his family and even gives him a kid or two during the decades shown passing in the second to last chapter.]]
202	* {{Portmanteau}}: "Shakugan" is "Shakuyaku" and "Kagan" mixed together: even the particles in the kanji for "Shaku" are made by smushing characters from their original names together.
203	* SharingABody: Shakuyaku and Kagan are quite happy with this arrangement, as it were.
204	* HesBack: She is [[spoiler:reawakened and [[MoreThanMindControl mind-controlled]] by the Tribe of the Void in Chapter 69, and broken free from the mind control by Shunsuke in Chapter 76.]]
205	* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her "wardrobe" during the battle against the Tribe of the Void consists of [[spoiler:a [[ChainmailBikini rock bra and skirt]], and nothing else.]]
206	* TakenForGranite: Exhausts her spiritual power to prevent a boulder Resshin dislodged from crushing a cabin containing Tama and a pregnant woman and turns to stone as a result. [[spoiler:She gets revived later.]]
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213	!!Kokugetsu Sai
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215	* BodySurf: When Taizan gets tied to the hidden village, [[spoiler:he possesses Hanatora]].
216	* DirtyOldMan: His ghost possesses Taizan's body and tries to sexually assault Tsukiko, and openly ogles her and Tama during the BeachEpisode. [[spoiler:He later changes to Hanatora's body via an unseen but implied to be nauseatingly perverted fashion.]]
217	* FaceHeelTurn: With shades of EvilAllAlong, as he proclaims himself the master of "the wrong way, the Way of the Wicked" when offering to train Tsukiko. He still fights on the side of the heroes.
218	* HeadTiltinglyKinky: His method of changing bodies wasn't shown or described, but left Tsukiko and Raidou nauseated and horrified Shinsuke when he figured out how it was done.
219	* HijackingCthulhu: It's noted that a human ghost being strong enough to possess a god, even a minor one, is highly unusual.
220	* OldFriend: It turns out he and Yazen used to be buddies, and he used to be friends with Tama and the Mountain Goddess as well.
221	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: As a ghost he's strong enough to possess minor gods.
222	* PromotionToParent: Looked after Jinka when his parents abandoned him.
223	* RedBaron: The Phoenix Killer, which he presumably earned by killing a phoenix.
224	* RightUnderTheirNoses: As an evil spirit, he thinks he's doing this by possessing Taizan, and forces Tsukiko and Nao to keep his presence a secret. Senya figures him out anyways, as he remarks that he's been training Tsukiko in sword fighting.
225	* VerbalTic: Occasionally ends his sentences with "[[EvilLaugh fueh]]".
226
227	!!Raidou Zanzou
228	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HirokiTochi
229
230	* AloofOlderBrother: To Higan.
231	* EvilWeapon: Wielded the cursed katana Arabuki before giving it to Shinsuke.
232	* ImAHumanitarian: There's a reason he's called Demon Eater Raizou; he eats and sells the meat of demons he kills.
233	* OffScreenRomance: Marries an ex-palace attendant during the 8-year timeskip and starts a family with her.
234	* RedBaron: The Demon Eater.
235	* ShipperOnDeck: He supports Senya and Tsukiko.
236
237	!!Tsukiko
238	!!!Voiced by: Creator/MaayaUchida
239
240	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: She tells Senya she doesn't blame him for her father's death, but that if he can't forgive himself then to make it up to her by making her happy for the rest of her life.
241	* AwesomeByAnalysis: Can predict an opponent's attacks by analyzing their eye movements.
242	* BadassAdorable: She's a blushing, soft-spoken little girl who can beat the crap out of a lower-class demon with a wooden sword, and who actually dares to stand up for Senya against a dragon.
243	* BadassNormal: Has defeated [[ButtMonkey Tago]] ''twice'' and stood up to Mudo. [[spoiler: She also attacks Jinun without hesitating in order to protect Senya and the Mountain Goddess.]]
244	* CantCatchUp: She was always weaker than Senya, a fact that bothers her when she comes of age since she wants to be able to protect people instead of be protected all of the time. Specifically, she's mad that she can't match the strength of Senya and Mudo for all of her intense spiritual and physical training. [[spoiler:Even on her deathbed, she apologizes to Senya for holding him back.]]
245	* DamselInDistress: Is captured by Mudo twice in order to provoke Senya. They even pre-emptively lampshade it, as the clothes she received from Yoshiteru were noted to look like a "foreign princess", and those are what she wears for the majority of the arc.
246	* DealWithTheDevil: Was willing to learn Kokugetsu Sai's Way of the Wicked if it could protect Senya.
247	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Her father was killed during a rampage by a mad god.
248	* DeclarationOfProtection: States that she will fight for Senya if he doesn't want to fight any more.
249	* {{Determinator}}: Tags along with Shinsuke and Senya regardless of Shinsuke trying to dissuade her from following them.
250	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:she dies of old age after thanking Senya for a happy life together]].
251	* DualWielding: Post-timeskip she keeps a pair of wakizashi, at least one of which was forged from the pieces of Arabuki, hidden in her cloak.
252	%%* FauxActionGirl: While this doesn't apply to her as a kid since she was a novice, it does as an adult. She spent years becoming strong so she could be able to protect the people she cares for after the death of her father, and even managed to take Shinsuke's broken sword and reforge it into a thunder weapon. Many people in the story comment on her strength, yet her first onscreen battle is up against a gang of standard bandits she merely steals from, while her second best showing (against Jinun) reveals the secret techniques she'd been developing to protect Senya...which get quickly deflected by Jinun and never followed up on because Jinun himself pushes her out of the fight.
253	* HappilyMarried: She and Senya were married forty-odd years.
254	* HiddenDepths: Is very, ''very'' good with a sword. Yoshiteru, the man whom Raidou Zanzou said was a natural genius, stated that she had talent with a blade.
255	* IJustWantToBeBadass: She is depressed about not being powerful enough to protect Senya. She TookALevelInBadass as a result.
256	* MasterSwordsman: Is good enough with a blade to cut down [[spoiler: an earth god]], despite only being a human.
257	* OfficialCouple: It's obvious to everyone that she's in love with Senya. [[spoiler:She asks him to marry her in 92.]]
258	* PaperTalisman: Uses ones imbued with lightning magic as an adult.
259	* PrecisionFStrike: Before the final battle, she gives Senya no small amount of hell for [[spoiler:repeatedly trying to leave her behind when she ''explicitly trained to stand by his side.'']] What results is basically berating Senya into acknowledging her strength at last, complete with a "'''Damn right!'''", leaving everyone else confused as to whether that was really [[BadassAdorable Tsukiko]] speaking.
260	* {{Protectorate}}: For Senya. He always tried to make sure she wasn't fighting in the more supernatural battles and often came to her rescue. Part of it is guilt for failing to save her dad, part of it's a kiddie crush. However, she expresses a huge dislike of this in her teenage years since she wants to be able to protect others.
261	* PuppyLove: With Senya. [[spoiler: Which is all but confirmed when Senya states in Chapter 44 that he really likes her.]]
262	* SheIsAllGrownUp: After the 8-year TimeSkip she has matured into a competent and attractive young woman.
263	* ShockAndAwe: One of her wakizashi, Itakebi, is imbued with lightning magic. She also employs lightning-based paper talismans against Jinun.
264	* TagalongKid: Reminds Shinsuke of his pre-{{Took A Level In Badass}} self.
265	* TookALevelInBadass: Following the second timeskip she is capable of taking on Taizan and Jinun.
266	* WhatTheHellHero: She calls a "Family Meeting" specifically to berate Senya and Nau for trying to abandon the group.
267	* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She tells Senya this after learning he still blames himself for her father's death.
268
269
270	!!Yoshiteru Ashikaga
271
272	* BadassNormal: Is a highly-skilled swordsman who did not hesitate to attack a dragon demon, and is skilled enough to take on 10 000 soldiers and win while trying to ''lose!''
273	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Routinely dresses like a bird and jumps off the roof of his palace trying to fly, for starters.
274	* CurbStompBattle: Dishes one out to an entire army while [[DeathSeeker trying to be killed.]]
275	* DeathSeeker: He [[ForeseeingMyDeath foresaw his own death]], and did his hardest to ''not'' screw fate. [[spoiler: He succeeded, but managed to [[TakingYouWithMe all-but wipe out the army sent to kill him in the process]].]]
276	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashikaga_Yoshiteru See here]].
277	* ImprovisedWeapon: [[DualWielding Dual wields]] two doors stuffed full of katanas to fight.
278	* MasterSwordsman: Effortlessly cuts down dozens of samurai while ''trying to be killed'', and has been stated to be capable of annihilating an entire army if he so chose.
279	* MediumAwareness: When he first shows up at the end of Chapter 42 he remarks that they will have to wait for Chapter 43 to learn his name.
280	* OneManArmy: Yoshiteru is a true monster on the battlefield. The day he's supposed to be assassinated, he faces down hundreds if not thousands of enemy combatants and is able to take down every single one of them. He only gets killed when he stops paying attention to the fight.
281	* {{Seers}}: He can see through time.
282	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Is the Shogun of Kyoto.
283
284	!!Yamato Takeru
285
286	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He tests Senya's resolve to fight the Tribe of the Void by asking him a series of questions that cause him to question his actions and self-worth.
287	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: He hits Amaterasu, the sun goddess and empress of the kami, in the face with a bowl of poisoned tea and mocks her.
288	* MagicalEye: Like his younger brother Jinka, he possesses the Fairy Eye.
289	* OhCrap: He goes from being calm and collected to noticeably distressed when he hears the group intends to take a while to recover from the Tribe of the Void.
290	* SamuraiPonytail: He's the son of nobles and considers himself samurai, at any rate. He has the hair to match.
291	* SecretTestOfCharacter: Tests Senya's resolve with a series of {{Armor Piercing Question}}s.
292	* {{Synchronization}}: All twins born with a Fairy Eye are linked forever. If one of them dies, so will the other. [[spoiler:As Jinka is shown with an eyepatch in the finale, it's implied he (and by extension Takeru) got rid of the Fairy Eye so they won't be linked this way anymore.]]
293	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: He talks the two subordinate Tribe of the Void members into sitting down and talking things out rather than fighting.
294
295	[[/folder]]
296
297
298
299	[[folder:Demons, Gods, and Associates]]
300
301	! Land Gods
302
303	!!The Mountain Goddess/ Ooyama Mitsuchi-hime
304	!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyahiTakagaki
305
306	* BerserkButton: The Mountain Goddess does ''not'' like humans getting above their station.
307	* BigGood: While her motives are ambiguous, she's as close to one as the series has.
308	* BigSisterBully: As soon as Taizan gets back to his abode, Ooyama goes right to messing with him. She uses him as a stool, chokes him out, and uses her powers to tie him up for quite a while.
309	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She views a person's soul as an acceptable price for her help in combat, and is generally capricious and unpredictable.
310	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Most people just call her the Mountain Goddess, but her real name name is Ooyama Mitsuchihime, which roughly translates to [[ADogNamedDog Great Mountain Earth Princess]].
311	* MacrossMissileMassacre: She can fire a barrage of homing ''trees''.
312	* MadGod: Tama calls her one based on her capriciousness and unpredictability.
313	* NatureSpirit: She is the goddess of a mountain.
314	* NightmareFace: Gets a JaggedMouth and BlankWhiteEyes when angry.
315	* PhysicalGod: As an extremely powerful spirit of [[MakingASplash water]], [[DishingOutDirt earth]], and [[GreenThumb wood]] - the Mountain Goddess can cause a ''lot'' of damage if she wants.
316	* SelfDuplication: She can create child-sized copies of herself.
317	* SiblingRivalry: She has a mild CainAndAbel dynamic with her younger brother Taizan.
318	* TrainingFromHell: Gives this to Jinka and later Shinsuke.
319	* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Her rematch with Jinun doesn't go nearly as well as her first bout with him.]]
320	* YourSoulIsMine: The Mountain Goddess informs Tama that the price for using her in battle would be to have either Tama or Jinka give up their soul to her for eating at the end of their journey. [[spoiler:She whimsically lets them off the hook after watching Shinsuke attempt to and almost succeed at killing Yazen.]]
321
322
323	!! Nau
324	!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkiToyosaki
325
326	* BadassAdorable: Looks like a squirrel, went toe-to-toe with a dragon.
327	* ButNowIMustGo: States that after everything is done, he has to get back to his duties as a River God, which he does in the penultimate chapter.
328	* CartoonCreature: Looks like a cross between a cat and a squirrel with a forked tail.
329	* HeadPet: Often lies on Tsukiko's head.
330	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Remembers nothing of his past. [[spoiler:This is later revealed to have been a lie, as he is an offshoot of the mad god who killed Tsukiko's dad.]]
331	* MakingASplash: When juiced up, his body is made of water.
332	* PhysicalGod: Is a river god, and can assume his true form by ingesting large amounts of water. [[spoiler:It turns out he is an offshoot of the mad god Senya killed trying to protect Tsukiko's village]].
333	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: In his SleepModeSize he's absolutely adorable.
334	* SleepModeSize: Subverted: his "true form" is revealed to be a form of ElementalArmor, with his normal form situated in its head.
335	* SuperSpeed: When at full power he can outpace a dragon.
336	* VerbalTic: "Nau." Hence the name.
337
338	!!Hanatora
339
340	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Is a bit... eccentric, for a goddess.
341	* DemonicPossession: She's possessed by [[spoiler:Kokugetsu Sai when Taizan is tied to the hidden village's key line]].
342	* DishingOutDirt: Is an Earth goddess.
343	* DrivenToMadness: Her copy is driven insane [[spoiler:by the Cloaked people]] and forces Senya to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown put it out of its misery]].
344	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: What happened to her copy.
345	* GreenThumb: As an Earth goddess, she can control plant life.
346	* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She's very visibly smitten with Yoshiteru as he becomes a OneManArmy on the day of his death, calling his strength and ferocity "beautiful" while he fights.
347	* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sees no problem with walking around stark naked. [[spoiler:Kokugetsu Sai, despite being a pervert, conjures a kimono when he possesses her.]]
348	* TheMourningAfter: Despite her feelings for Shinsuke having been unrequited, in the penultimate chapter she was shown watching over his grave years after he passed away.
349	* NakedFirstImpression: When Senya meets her - or one of her copies, she was completely naked.
350	* PhysicalGod: Is the divine protector of Kyoto.
351	* SelfDuplication: Created a copy of herself so as to avoid being driven insane.
352	* ShipperOnDeck: She eagerly asks Senya if he's on his way to have a late-night rendezvous with Tsukiko, and is disappointed when he says he's not.
353	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Seems to have fallen for Shinsuke after the TimeSkip and wants him to be hers.
354	* {{Tsundere}}: Hanatora's fallen for Shinsuke's "dumb-looking face", but he's not interested in her.
355
356	!!Taizan
357
358	* AgentPeacock: He has a flamboyant, arrogant, [[ManChild immature]] personality, but is still very much a god.
359	* BishonenLine: Crosses it at some point during the 8-and-a-half year timeskip, going from being a walking castle to a blond man in an elegant kimono.
360	* CainAndAbel: Once his sanity is restored he's a lot nicer than his elder sister, the Mountain Goddess.
361	* CoolHouse: He serves as the Dangaishu's HQ in the first arc.
362	* DemonicPossession: He was possessed by the ghost of Kokugetsu Sai [[spoiler:until he jumped ship to Hanatora]].
363	* DishingOutDirt: He is a mountain god, after all.
364	* IOweYouMyLife: He's very gracious to Senya for snapping him out of his Mad God state, and will do anything to make sure he's protected.
365	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He's drawn with more delicate features than some of the other men in the series and has prominent eyelashes, marking him as a pretty young man. He also has some of the longer hair for recurring guys.
366	* {{Narcissist}}: A lot of his dialogue is patting himself on the back and complimenting things in relation to himself. His travelling party is not fond of this trait.
367	* {{Mind Rape}}: He's messed with by the Tribe of the Void, who torments him with hallucinations of [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments the Mountain Goddess kicking him as he huddles in a ball]].
368	* SpearCounterpart: To the Mountain Goddess, who is his older sister.
369	* HesBack: Is seemingly killed by Jinka, but later returns in human form and joins forces with the protagonists.
370	* PhysicalGod: He's an earth god stronger than Hanatora but weaker than the Mountain Goddess.
371	* RubberMan: He can stretch his limbs and turn them into giant stone fists.
372
373	!! Banshouou
374
375	* BishonenLine: Normally takes the form of a giant stormcloud, but when Mudo angers him he condenses all of his mass into a humanoid figure made of black clouds and lightning.
376	* BloodKnight: Watching Senya and Mudo fight made him desire to experience the thrill of battle for himself.
377	* DePower: Tsukiko eventually uses her gourd to send his power into the land, weakening him.
378	* JaggedMouth: In his true form his mouth is a serrated gash.
379	* NoSell: Due to his spirit having no fixed form, [[spoiler:the Tribe of the Void's control over him wears off almost immediately. He decides to go along with their plans anyway ForTheLulz.]]
380	* OmnicidalManiac: He proclaims that unless Senya and Mudo put a stop to him he will wipe out every living thing in Japan. [[spoiler:He cools down after being beaten.]]
381	* PhysicalGod: He's a powerful weather kami.
382	* PsychoElectro: He is a cloud kami, and can manipulate lightning, and in the battle against the Tribe of the Void he declares his intent to either experience his fill of bloodlust or reduce Japan to a barren wasteland.
383	* ScarfOfAsskicking: When he takes on his true form, he has a sash levitating around him signifying his status as a kami.
384	* SleepModeSize: After having his monstrous form drained of spiritual energy, he takes the form of a tiny one-eyed human-shaped cloud.
385	* SolidClouds: He normally takes on the form of a giant cloud, and lets others stand on him.
386	* WeaponizedOffspring: He can create offshoots that contain a portion of his power.
387
388	! Demons
389
390	!!Mudo
391
392	* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He touts himself as unrivaled, especially against people calling themselves masters of their fighting style. He doesn't like to bow down to other martial artists unless they gain his respect, which an OldMaster advises him to avoid doing when he's on the search for a master.
393	* BloodKnight: His purpose is to keep fighting until he is the strongest demon in existence. A Mudo in a fight of equals is a very happy Mudo.
394	* BlueBlood: Tago refers to him as "Lord", and in the final chapter, Jinka and Senya call him the Black Dragon Lord.
395	* BreathWeapon: He imitates Senya's [[KamehameHadoken Roaring Thunder Blast]] by firing it from his mouth.
396	* CharacterDevelopment: After the multi-century time skip, Mudo mellows out significantly and picks up numerous human hobbies, his "battles" with Senya now consisting of board-games.
397	* CompeteForTheMaidensHand: He tells Senya that once they're back in fighting form, he'll return to defeat his rival and take Tsukiko for himself.
398	* DefeatMeansFriendship: After being beaten by Senya he joins their side.
399	* FangsAreEvil: Has fangs and is initially antagonistic.
400	* FreudianExcuse: Deep down [[NotEvilJustMisunderstood he's just lonely]].
401	* IAmAHumanitarian: He initially wanted to eat Senya, Tsukiko, and Tama.
402	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He's a black dragon-god with electrical abilities.
403	* MyEyesAreLeaking: When Senya expresses his resolve to protect Tsukiko, Mudo starts crying and is completely baffled as to why.
404	* PartialTransformation: He can assume a half-dragon form where he has a tail and scales, but it still anthropomorphic in appearance.
405	* PhysicalGod: As per Japanese mythology, dragons are gods.
406	* RenaissanceMan: In the final chapter, he's become OlderAndWiser and has taken up go, bonsai trimming, haiku, crafting, and a number of other human hobbies.
407	* ScaledUp: When assuming his true form, a black-scaled dragon.
408	* ShockAndAwe: Can throw intensely powerful bolts of lightning.
409	* SirSwearsALot: He is vulgar and crude.
410	* SkywardScream: After the battle against the Tribe of the Void's army ends, [[spoiler:Mudo stands over Douren's body and lets out a scream while sobbing]].
411	* SuperMode: Can partially transform into his true form.
412	* ToBeAMaster: He says he wants to be the strongest man in the world, and has no particular reasoning for it besides wanting to beat up and eat strong foes.
413	* UnskilledButStrong: In comparison to [[WeakButSkilled Senya]]. When he fights an imitation of his younger self during the fight with Banshou-ou, he's [[IHatePastMe rather annoyed]] by how predictable but powerful he used to be.
414	* VillainousCrush: When he first appeared as an antagonistic figure, he gained one on Tsukiko.
415	* WalkingShirtlessScene: While most other men wear a proper kimono, Mudo slips by wearing a sleeveless vest and not much else.
416	* WalkingTheEarth: He spends eight years travelling and training [[spoiler:with Douren following his defeat at Senya's hands.]]
417	* WorthyOpponent: Comes to see Senya as such during their fight.
418
419	!! Tago
420
421	* ButtMonkey: Mudo pelts him with rocks to shut him up and Tsukiko [[CurbStompBattle easily defeated him]] with a bamboo sword.
422	* CombatPragmatist: Since Senya is super powerful, Tago gets a gun to shoot him. [[spoiler:He never even gets to take it out before it's destroyed.]]
423	* DirtyCoward: Will not hesitate to flee if the odds are against him.
424	* DishingOutDirt: Merged with a boulder to take on human form.
425	* HarmlessVillain: Though he tries hard to be a main antagonist, he's nothing more than a minor nuisance. [[spoiler:His daughter is dismayed and disdainful towards his past as a villain, though Mudo and Senya assure her he was no real threat to anyone.]]
426	* HistoricalDomainCharacter: His human disguise is the old magician Koji Kasshin, a figure of debated existence who was said to be a deceptive illusionist who cheated even UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga.
427	* ManipulativeBastard: Keeps tricking demons into attacking Senya.
428	* MrExposition: His special ability allows him to access information about any person, allowing him to [[spoiler:spill the bens about Senya's pre-amnesia circumstances in an attempt to separate him from Shinsuke]].
429	* PoweredArmor: He shows up to the final battle against the Tribe of the Void wearing a mini-mecha of sorts, looking to pick a fight with Senya. [[spoiler:Mudo gets him to transport the brainwashed orangutans out of harm's way instead.]]
430	* ProfessionalButtKisser: Acts like one, at any rate.
431	* StomachOfHolding: Keeps a notebook and a wakizashi (which was stolen by Tsukiko) in his stomach, both of which he's named after himself.
432	* SmallNameBigEgo: Tago is as arrogant as his name is short, and is as weak a demon as you can get.
433	* WouldHitAGirl: Unfortunately for him, the girl hits back harder.
434
435
436
437	!! Hakke Neko
438	* CatsAreMagic: A talking, future-seeing cat should be as magical as any.
439	* IKnowYourTrueName: Being omniscient, he knows everyone's real names, incouding those of the Tribe of the Void.
440	* PiecesOfGod: He is a piece of Tamamo no Mae, long since abandoned.
441	* {{Seers}}: The most accurate and famous of his time, and noted by Takeru to be the "All-Seeing Eye".
442	* VerbalTic: Tends to make cat puns and end his sentences with "hakke hakke".
443
444	!!Rinzu
445	!!!Voiced by: Creator/AinaSuzuki
446
447	* ApologeticAttacker: During her battle with Jinka in training, she kept on urging Jinka to hurry up and lose before she caused too much damage to him.
448	* LoveAtFirstSight: With Jinka.
449	* {{Miko}}: Is the Mountain Goddess' priestess.
450	* PaperTalisman: A way of casting spells for her.
451	* SmittenTeenageGirl: She's head over heels for Jinka in Part 1, swooning over any cool thing he does or giving up immediately if he asks nicely. She also develops a desire for him scolding her.
452	* TokenHuman: Of the Mountain Goddess' posse.
453
454	!! Setsu
455	* HopelessSuitor: While Setsu wants to be more than friends with Senya, he remains loyal to Tsukiko even long after his beloved wife's death. [[MistakenForRomance All of the immortals do see her as something of a mistress for Senya in the finale]], since he often goes to her domain and they keep in touch on an infrequent basis.
456	* AnIcePerson: As a yuki-onna, Setsu has full domain over ice powers.
457	* RescueRomance: After Senya awoke her from her madness and saved her from a fire demon, Setsu fell head over heels for him to the point where she completely switches sides.
458	* {{Yukionna}}: She lacks the elegance and gracefulness associated with the yokai, but she's one.
459
460	[[/folder]]
461	! Antagonists
462	[[folder: The Dangaishu]]
463
464	!!Yazen
465	!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiroTsuda
466
467	* AnArmAndALeg: In the penultimate chapter, [[spoiler:he loses his left arm in a battle with Shinsuke. Kuzunoha manages to stop the bleeding, but he laments he'll no longer be able to continue his research.]]
468	* BigBad: He is the primary antagonist of the first arc.
469	* BrilliantButLazy: He's extremely intelligent but lacks motivation beyond his experiments.
470	* CombatPragmatist:
471	** Knows that he has no way of going up against the pissed-off Mountain Goddess, and would rather run away than stay and fight.
472	** Takes advantage of Jinka's deteriorating sanity by tricking him into thinking he killed Tama. It backfires.
473	** [[spoiler:He uses the final battle with the Tribe of the Void to escape captivity.]]
474	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:He and Kuzunoha end up in the care of the Mountain Goddess.]]
475	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He fell in love with Kuzunoha at first sight, and would rather let Taizan rampage and destroy his lab rather than risk revealing her to the Dangaishu.
476	* EvilGenius: Say what you like about him, but Yazen has came up with plenty of nifty inventions - the most prominent being human-demon fusion.
477	* ForScience: His experiments are directed towards turning Kuzunoha into a human. The human transformation? That's just a byproduct of it.
478	* LoveAtFirstSight: He fell in love with the kitsune Kuzunoha, and betrayed his fellow monks to be with her.
479	* ScareEmStraight: To Tago in a roundabout way, [[spoiler:who gives up his evil ways after Yazen dies in a plague]].
480	* SuperMode: Can use the same Spiritual Awakening as Jinka.
481
482	!!Jinun
483	!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura
484
485	* BattleCry: Breaks the illusion of a Tanuki with a ''shout''.
486	* TheDragon: Both literally and figuratively.
487	* ForGreatJustice: His only motivation is dispensing justice to the enemies of the Dangaishu.
488	* HonorBeforeReason: Allows Jinka to land the first blow during the fight at the Mountain Goddess' mountain.
489	* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: [[spoiler:He transfers his dragon into Senya before he passes away.]]
490	* KnightTemplar: He's utterly dedicated to the Dangaishu. He faltered once, but after the death of his wife and town he forsook all intimacy to be devoted to the demon-slaying cause.
491	* LoveAtFirstSight: He fell in love with a girl he met while saving her village from a youkai, to the extent that his mission report was nine tenths him gushing about how beautiful she was. This girl, Chiyo, would later become the woman he initially leaves the Dangaishu for, his wife, and Senya's mother.
492	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:His failure to protect his wife was what led him to rejoin the Dangaishu and offer his young son up for experimentation.]]
493	* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Wasn't affected at all when a Tanuki - in the form of a pretty woman - ripped her clothes off.
494	* OlderThanTheyLook: Yazen has stated that both Jinun and Douren were the same age as him. Fusion with demons may have slowed down the effects of old age.
495	* OneWingedAngel: After [[spoiler:being taken over by the Tribe of the Void he becomes more monstrous in appearance.]]
496	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is Kumozou, and as a child he was friends with a dog demon named Furuon.
497	* OurDragonsAreDifferent: He is a monk imbued with the soul and power of the ancient dragon god Nadare.
498	* SealedBadassInACan: The results of him picking a fight with the Mountain Goddess.
499	* TheStoic: Doesn't seem to be fazed by anything.
500	* SuperMode: He can transform into an anthropomorphic dragon, due to being in possession of the Land God Nadare.
501	* TigerVersusDragon: Has an ongoing rivalry with Douren, who has heavy Tiger motifs.
502	* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:After the village he lived in and his wife were killed, he swore off his old name of Kumozou.]]
503	* UnableToCry: He wasn't broken up when his parents died, didn't shed a tear when his wife died, and couldn't muster up the will to cry when he recognizes what's been happening to Senya. [[spoiler:Only after he gets defeated by Douren in their final confrontation together does he allow himself to cry over all of the hardships in his life.]]
504	* WorthyOpponent: Sees Jinka as this. He's also inwardly impressed by his son's growth, [[spoiler:and willingly sides with the Tribe of the Void to see how powerful his son has become]].
505
506	!!Douren
507	!!!Voiced by: Creator/TetsuInada
508
509	* AttackAttackAttack: No-one can accuse Douren of subtlety.
510	* BoisterousBruiser: He may be built like a tank and hit like a train, but he loves to have fun.
511	* BloodKnight: Lives for fighting, and believes anything can be communicated through a good fight.
512	* BoxingBattler: Practices a highly technical fighting style based on Western boxing.
513	* DirtyOldMan: During the final battle, Douren [[spoiler:gets a HornyNosebleed when a mind-controlled nekomata flashes him.]]
514	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:He suffers fatal wounds fighting Jinun.]]
515	* EvenEvilHasStandards: While not evil per sae, he is horrified and enraged when he learns Resshin deliberately sent a boulder loaded with cursed talismans rolling towards a hut with a pregnant woman inside.
516	* FriendlyEnemy: Engages in a drinking contest with the main group during their first meeting.
517	* HeelFaceTurn: After the Dangaishu is disbanded, [[spoiler:he joins Senya's group in fighting the Tribe of the Void]].
518	* HotBlooded: Douren is a BoisterousBruiser who likes nothing more than a good fight with a WorthyOpponent.
519	* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: [[spoiler:He transfers his tiger-demon into Senya before he passes away.]]
520	* LightningBruiser: A giant tiger-demon fusion whose fists can shatter rocks and is faster than Jinka's Spiritual Awakening form.
521	* NoSell: [[spoiler:He has no weakness in his heart for the Tribe of the Void to control.]]
522	* OlderThanTheyLook: Yazen has stated that both Jinun and Douren were the same age as him. Fusion with demons may have slowed down the effects of old age.
523	* PunchClockVillain: Has shades of this. Has actually cultivated a friendship with orangutan demons after they saved him during a fight with Jyaki the tiger demon.
524	* RapidFireFisticuffs: His ultimate move is essentially summoning his own fist in order to launch a flurry of punches.
525	* SuperMode: He can transform into an anthropomorphic tiger.
526	* TakingTheBullet: Douren [[spoiler:took a hit from Nadare until the control of the Clan of the Void to prevent him from hitting the monkeys and Mudo.]]
527	* TigerVersusDragon:
528	** Has an ongoing rivalry with Jinun (a man with heavy dragon motifs), and actually joined the Dangaishu because of this.
529	** [[spoiler: Eventually takes Mudo, another dragon demon who sees him as the only human worthy of fighting him like Senya, as a traveling partner.]]
530	* WeakButSkilled: He was among the weakest compared to Senya and Mudo in the final battle in terms of spiritual power, but he was the best fighter.
531	* WorldsBestWarrior: The demon fused with him is strong, but not the strongest. He still beats up some of the most powerful fighters in the world through sheer skill, and even dragons want to apprentice themselves to him.
532
533	!!Resshin/Barry Salmoa
534	!!!Voiced by: Kazuki Miyagi
535
536	* AxCrazy: Is violently insane and ''loves'' it.
537	* ArtificialHuman: His body is made out of curses.
538	* BloodKnight: He enjoys killing more than anything else.
539	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Eventually gets killed by Shinsuke.]]
540	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Has a body made out of curses, and carries around a bag that can spew out anything. Towards the end of the first arc, Resshin has been modified by Yazen so much that he resembles a giant tank. Subverted by the fact that Yazen states that Resshin is "nothing more than a heap of trash glued together".
541	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He takes this view towards Shinsuke.
542	* AWorldHalfFull: Possibly views the world this way, given this quote: "''I love being free to kill and kill all I want, for this world is already half rotten!''"
543
544	!!Higan
545
546	* AlasPoorVillain: Is set up as a traitor and executed by Resshin.
547	* DishingOutDirt: She was fused to a rock demon.
548	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Dearly loves her brother and did everything to make him happy.
549	* EvilCounterpart: To Shakugan, as both are fused to rock demons but while Shakuyaku embraced the demon Higan dominated it. [[spoiler:Adding further, their demons were friends.]]
550	* HijackingCthulhu: Crushed the mind of the demon she was fused to.
551	* NaughtyNuns: While she's not a nun per sae, she is an exorcist working for a Buddhist monastery, and one of the first things she does upon meeting the main cast is lift her skirt, though she transforms her lower body before anything revealing anything indecent.
552
553	!! Senya
554	''See Protagonists.''
555
556	!! Kuzunoha
557
558	* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: She is this to Tama, who is ashamed of her mother's legacy.
559	* AsianFoxSpirit: She is an ancient and powerful fox spirit.
560	* IJustWantToBeNormal: She wants to become a human.
561	* LoveAtFirstSight: With ''Yazen'', no less. Ever since then, she has been supporting him from behind the scenes.
562	* MissingMom: Seems to have left Tama a long time ago.
563	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Tama notes that she just goes along with her newest lover's whims.
564
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566
567	[[folder:The Tribe Of The Void]]
568
569	* AdvancedAncientHumans: They lived thousands of years in the past, but possessed technology capable of altering probability. When the older twos' bodies are shown, they're wearing modern-day clothing.
570	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The secret of the making of Mad Gods--theyy drive their victims to madness by invading their mental worlds and take on the shape of their strongest foes.
571	* BigBad: Of Part 2, as they go around driving gods insane.
572	* EvilCounterpart: The leader decides to make himself one to Senya, creating his own BrainwashedAndCrazy Parade of 1000 Demons to rival Senya's.
573	* GenreSavvy: Their leader realizes that Senya is a Shounen Protagonist that fate decrees win in one-on-one combat so they plan to raise an army so that he dies in an epically flashy manner.
574	* GoneToTheFuture: They are Senya's ancestors from a time long past, and their goal is to save their people in the future.
575	* GreaterScopeVillain: In Part 1 they are the cloaked figures who pop up intermittently.
576	* HellishPupils: They have slitted pupils, one of which is white.
577	* HotBlooded: Their nominal leader, the one wearing the scarf, is hot-tempered and aggressive. The other two are more mature and in control of their emotions.
578	* KilledOffForReal: Senya kills two of the five in his first battle with them.
579	* KillTheGod: What seems to be their current objective, as they are sicing Jinka on various deities and turning the ones they find useful into psychotic slaves.
580	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Intend to pit Senya against Jinka in order to obtain the Jewel of 1000 Wonders embedded in his body, and use it and Jinka's power to change the fate of their homeland. It just so happens that the act will kill them both.
581	* LivingShadow: Their bodies are made up of tattered scraps of darkness in the shape of human bodies.
582	* MagicalEye: They have the Fairy Eye, like Jinka.
583	* MasterOfIllusion: They can take on the appearance of anything and anyone.
584	* MindRape: What they do to create Mad Gods, and even possess minor demons.
585	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The older two stop obeying the HotBlooded younger one when they get tired of him giving them orders, and decide sitting down and talking things out would be more effective than fighting.
586	* MoreThanMindControl: Can inflict this on gods and demons, either driving them insane or turning them into slaves.
587	* NoSell: They walked through Jinka's attacks like they weren't even there during his fight with Douren.
588	* ScarfOfAsskicking: The youngest member - who is also their leader, wears a scarf made of the same darkness as his body. Though technically it's more that the others allow him to call the shots.
589	* ScrewDestiny: Their goal is basically to use Senya's spiritual core as a means of altering Fate to make the meteorite that hits their nation miss it instead. As it turns out, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard this is the exact reason why the meteorite is there]]-- all of their previous meddling with fate has made the will of the universe come up with disasters designed to pay them back in full.
590	* TheSlowPath: The scarf-wearing one decides to search throughout time to find a way to save their people.
591	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Only one of their members is a woman.
592	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Ultimately, a good and long discussion is all it takes to get them to back down.
593	* TheoryOfNarrativeCausality: The "fate power" they seek to harvest from Jinka and Senya is essentially the power to be the protagonist of a story. They set up a grand FinalBattle for Senya precisely because [[GenreSavvy since he has so much fate power, attempts to defeat him in an anticlimactic way are doomed to fail]].
594	* WalkingSpoiler: [[SarcasmMode Gee, you think?]]
595	* WellIntentionedExtremist: They want to save their nation and that just so happens to mean the death of Senya and Jinka. To that end, they even consider their own lives expendable.
596	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Their hair is silver, and they are the main villains of Part 2.
597	* WindsOfDestinyChange: Their ancient civilization - wiped out by a [[ColonyDrop meteor]] - had the technology to alter probability using the fate power from singularities of spiritual energy. It was their abuse of this power that wound up summoning the meteor that destroyed them.
598	* YouCantFightFate: The older two learn this the hard way and return to their nation, though Senya [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture informs them that he is a descendant of theirs, so at the very least their bloodline survives]]. The younger one decides to continue walking the time-space continuum searching for a solution.
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