Characters / NamuAmi Twenty-Eight Legions

Namu Amida Butsu! -UTENA- characters
Thirteen Buddhas | Four Heavenly Kings | Eight Offering Bodhisattvas | Twelve Heavenly Generals | Twelve Devas | Twenty-Eight Legions | Five Great VidyārājasThe Nijūhachibushū are a group of 28 gods under the command of Sahasrabhuja (Thousand-Armed Kannon), which includes members from other groups such as the Twelve Heavenly Generals and Twelve Devas. In this game however, their connection to Kannon is never mentioned or given importance. Karuraten is the only member of this faction to be a returning character from Namu Amida Butsu!

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In General

• Rare Random Drop: All of them are at least silver (4 stars), with the golds (5 stars) being limited summons, landing them squarely into this territory.

41 – Karuraten | Garuḍa (迦楼羅天)

^{Bird form} 

^{In the 2016 game} 

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita (-UTENA-), unvoiced (2016 game)
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Fire (火)
Illustrated by: Mashita (-UTENA-)

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• Big Eater: Easily rivals Seishi in terms of Running Gags about eating capacity.
• Eating the Enemy: He eats kleśas.
• Musical Assassin: In playable humanoid form, he fights by playing the flute.
• Promoted to Playable: Demoted to playable, rather; he was essentially the dōmori of the first game, being the one fighting kleśas first until he became overwhelmed and needed the Thirteen Buddhas' help. In -UTENA-, he's a voiced, collectible and playable Buddha.
• Team Pet: In his bird form, acts as the only non-humanoid cute animal inhabitant of the temple.
• Tengu: Being the creature that inspired the tengu in real mythology, the resemblance is inevitable.
• Vocal Dissonance: In both bird and humanoid form; he either appears as a cute, small animal or a teenage-like young man, but his voice as both is deep enough to pass for an adult in his twenties.
• The Voiceless: He was unvoiced in the 2016 game.
• Winged Humanoid: Only in the game.

61 – Kongō Rikishi Agyō | Vajrapāṇi (金剛力士阿形)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Void (空)
Illustrated by: KituneN

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• Always Identical Twins: He and Ungyō are illustrated by the same person, have the same build, face, hair and eyes, and their clothes are designed almost identically except for color.
• Hunk: One of the most outstanding examples in the game; he is well aware of how hunky he is, likes to assert it and make himself hunkier.

62 – Kongō Rikishi Ungyō | Vajrapāṇi (金剛力士吽形)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Earth (土)
Illustrated by: KituneN

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• Always Identical Twins: He and Agyō are illustrated by the same person, have the same build, face, hair and eyes, and their clothes are designed almost identically except for color.
• Antiquated Linguistics: He refers to Agyō as anija, an archaic address meaning "older brother".
• Hunk: Every bit as well-built and preoccupied with it as his brother.

63 – King Kendatsuba | Gandharva (乾闥婆王)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Shōya Chiba
Type: Deva (天)
Element:
Illustrated by:

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• Ambiguously Gay: His obsession with Taishakuten and insistence on making him dance to his music is in the least somewhat homoerotic.
• Mind-Control Music: His playing has the curious ability to make whomever listening to it dance uncontrollably… except Taishakuten.
• Musical Assassin: He uses his playing to fight.

65 – King Konjikikujaku | Mahāmāyūrī (金色孔雀王)

Rarity: Gold (5)
Voiced by: Yūki Inoue
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Void (空)
Illustrated by: Ninahachi

An overly dramatic and narcissistic Buddha with the power to exterminate poison.

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• Agent Peacock: Being a literal peacock, he dresses extravagantly, pays much attention to his beauty and is quite the narcissist about it.
• Artistic License – Religion: The actual Mahāmāyūrī, a.k.a. Kujaku Myōō, is a vidyārāja (vidyārājñī to be precise) and not a deva like this game assigns.
• Big Eater: Implied on at least one occasion to have the same eating capacity as Karura – he's very particular about the taste of his food, and in his last Mandala Board story shirks a mission to go eat as much good food as he can at a restaurant and in the end nearly devours other people's portions at the big meal held at the temple to celebrate said mission's success if he isn't stopped, even though he has eaten a lot, both food and enemies, on the same day.
• By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Ikōjaku Dokushoku; the activating command is be noble (kedakaku). Dummied Out by the way.
• Chewing the Scenery: He is so goddamn loud and his delivery so exaggerated that his speech is this by default^note it helps that he's voiced by the same actor as Akari.
• Comically Missing the Point: Any other Buddha on the main screen with Sanshi when he starts acting all Crazy Jealous Guy will either tell him no, the dōmori isn't going buddy-buddy with Tamon, tell the dōmori to stay away from him, or in the least say something relevant to the matter. Well, not this guy.
  Kujaku: What, you want an autograph? Fine.
• Curtains Match the Window: His hair and eyes are the same vibrant green.
• Does Not Like Spam: Unlike Karura, he does not enjoy eating insects or kleśas, and assuming otherwise will make him very annoyed.
• Eating the Enemy: He makes a fuss if made to eat bugs and enemies, but that doesn't mean he can't, and he only eats them under specific circumstances.
• Fluffy Fashion Feathers: He's adorned with loads of these and often scatters them around too – much to Ususama's dismay.
• Foil: To Karura; they're both divine birds that eat kleśas, but he's more feminine in design and hates eating enemies.
• Gender Flip: The actual Mahāmāyūrī in Buddhist mythos is a female deity. Fridge Brilliance kicks in when you realize the game's averted the Animal Gender-Bender that mythology commits.
• Ham and Deadpan Duo: Ham to Ususama's Deadpan.
• Heroic BSoD: Grandiose and proud as he is, once encountered certain failings, he will break down and beg others to ridicule him. Either that, or he has masochistic tendencies.
• Heterosexual Life-Partner: Possibly Ususama, whom he has special combined attack and internal affairs dialogues with and who affectionately dubs him "Kuja-kun".
• The Immune: He's immune to poison, which makes him especially useful in dealing with poisonous enemies but one time he's needed most, he's hanging out somewhere munching on something tasting better instead.
• Incredibly Inconvenient Deity: He's more than a little self-centered – he's incredibly narcissistic to begin with and tends to insist on doing things his way. He fusses when it comes to kleśa purification with his Eating the Enemy powers, and begs to appear in the Eight Offerings' shows only to mess them up in the end because he doesn't like the script though to be fair, this one ends up improving the Romeo and Juliet production.
• Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: One of the most well-dressed Buddhas.
• Large Ham: Not so much large ham as giant ham as basically the temple's number 1 drama king. His clothes are gaudy and his behavior is perpetually theatric, which leads to some of the cheesiest lines delivered in the loudest and most over-the-top manner.
• Narcissist: Right up there with Hana in this aspect; he not infrequently reminds others how brilliant and loved-by-all he is.
• Overly Long Name: May not have the longest name when written, but it's quite a mouthful when spoken, which is why everybody calls him "Kujaku", "King Kujaku", or in the case of Ususama, "Kuja-kun".
• Peacock Girl: Since he's a peacock deity, he's adorned with peacock tail motifs, wears a tailcoat whose tail resembles a closed train and decorated with Fluffy Fashion Feathers.
• Perpetual Molt: And constantly gets yelled at by Ususama for it.
• Picky Eater: Is rather passionate about good food and will bitch and whine if made to eat anything not tasting good enough.
• Princely Young Man: Being peacock-themed, he is excellently dressed and designed like an aristocrat.
• Proud Peacock: A peacock deity with hefty pride and narcissism.
• Sweet Tooth: He likes sweets a lot and often asks other Buddhas for them.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: Is either this or The Rival with Ususama; he criticizes the latter's sense of beauty and complains loudly if put in internal affairs with him, while Ususama is frequently annoyed by him, especially his feathers flying all over the place.

68 – General Sanshi | Sañci/Pāñcika (散脂大将)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Yukihiro Nozuyama
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Fire (火)
Illustrated by: Hachipi Swan

A yakṣa warrior mentored by Tamonten, who shows more than adamant loyalty towards him.

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• Because You Were Nice to Me: He's grateful toward Tamon for taking him in as a disciple, because of which he becomes the die-hard Tamon fanboy he now is.
• By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Yakusha Ankokugeki; the activating command is sink (shizume).
• Catchphrase: Make a drinking game out of how many times he says "Tamon-sama" will get one seriously drunk at best.
• Companion Cube: In the Great Hall, he occasionally produces an omamori and happily snuggles up to it while claiming he's Tamon's best spearman. Story-wise, said omamori is a gift from Tamon which he keeps with him at all times as protection from his mentor until he loses it after a battle.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Displays what seems to be this tendency regarding Tamon. If promoted to attendant, he'll comment that the dōmori is getting friendly with Tamon all while smiling unnervingly, while most other Buddhas up to and including Tamon himself assure him there's no such thing.
• Cute Monster Guy: He's a yakṣa who looks just like an attractive young human man and has no extra or non-humanoid features.
• Defrosting Ice King: His entire story is one of this to him; through his apprenticeship to Tamon and life in the temple, he learns to be less of a solitary jerkass and become more friendly and welcoming. The end of his third Mandala Board story sees him, upon losing Tamon's omamori, resolving to become an omamori himself to everyone.
• Dissonant Serenity: Most infamously, he smiles ear-to-ear while accusing the dōmori of taking Tamon's attention away from him, and his threatening attitude in his reply dialogue to Tamon (addressed to the dōmori) is similarly matched with the same beaming expression.
• Fan Boy: Of Tamon… were you surprised?
• Fiery Redhead: Purplish red hair, generally gruff disposition, aggressive in battle, and has the Fire element.
• Gameplay and Story Segregation: The fact he's lost the omamori Tamon gave him in his third Mandala Board chapter doesn't stop him from pulling it out and nuzzling it in the Great Hall afterwards. Or maybe he does end up getting it back after all.
• Insistent Terminology: He has "General" in his name, but he isn't part of the Twelve Heavenly Generals. He at least once makes himself clear about this.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not a warm or friendly guy, but he fights for the temple's common cause of saving the world from kleśas and by the end of his story resolves to be the protection charm for everyone he's close to.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Despite being a capable fighter himself, he adores Tamonten greatly.
• Like a God to Me: The less said about how obsessed he is with Tamon, the better.
• One-Note Cook: Admits to only knowing how to make kenchin soup… which conveniently is what Tamon likes.
• The Rival: Doesn't seem too fond of Rasetsu; even with his general disposition, his attitude towards Rasetsu seems more dismissive than most.
• Say My Name: The infamous recollection with Nanda. TAMONSAMATAMONSAMATAMONSAMA anyone?
• Tsundere: Even taking his character development in his story into account, he never really loses a generally gruff and cold attitude. Nevertheless, he occasionally shows pleasantness, even dorky tendencies, especially around Tamon.
• Undying Loyalty: May as well be the all-time reigning champion of this trope in this game. He's devoted to "Tamon-sama" to the point of near masochism, he is protective of Tamon to the max, declares more than once that he'll do anything for his mentor, and even displays signs of possessiveness towards him. However, he's like this towards Tamon and Tamon only; he doesn't give a damn about Bishamonten.
• Yandere: Totally devoted to and unhealthily obsessed with Tamon, and can be a pain to deal with whenever he is concerned. Get friendly with Tamon and be treated to this guy's jealous and possessive tendencies, and speak ill of or otherwise inconvenience him and be treated to his aggressive overprotectiveness.

69 – King Makeishura | Maheśvara (摩醯首羅王)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Taito Ban
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Wind (風)
Illustrated by: Shikiori

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• By the Power of Grayskull!/Calling Your Attacks: For spell Daijizai Kōbō; the activating command is roar (unare).
• Cloudcuckoolander: His mind certainly works in very weird ways.
• Collateral Damage: After spotting enemies while out for food, he immediately busts out one of his strongest attacks and destroys the restaurant, which has just reopened, in the process. Made even worse when it's later revealed he's done this five times in a single month.
• Even the Guys Want Him: Rasetsu (at first) finds him sexy and goes on what looks suspiciously like a date with him to study his behavior.
• Mr. Fanservice: Handsome, well-dressed and coolly charming, with a fondness for "a man's interests"; his index description makes a big deal out of how dashing he is. Rasetsu at first wants to be like him, whom he considers "a mine of masculine sex appeal", until he finds out what a drag it is to be around him.
• Nerves of Steel: Gets caught up in trouble everywhere he goes, but never loses composure, even as it escalates (by his own doing).
• Person of Mass Destruction: Given that he's the god of destruction, he hardly goes five seconds without getting something in his vicinity horribly destroyed.
• The Stoic: Unshakably calm, sometimes frighteningly so, even in the face of chaos and danger. It's this calmness that allows him to always find solutions, no matter how unorthodox, to every tight situation he ends up in, but said solutions are so unorthodox and often escalate the situation and unnerve whomever's with him even more that Rasetsu is straight-up afraid of him.
• Verbal Tic: Has a habit of speaking, slowly, and pausing in the middle, of sentences.
• Walking Disaster Area: As Rasetsu discovers the hard way, this guy is a trouble magnet, and his ways of getting himself out of said trouble can even cause more trouble.
  Makeishura: To come back to one's senses only to always find oneself in chaos, such is me.

70 – Nanda Ryūō | Nanda/Ānanda (難陀龍王)

Rarity: Silver (4)
Voiced by: Soma Saito
Type: Deva (天)
Element: Water (水)
Illustrated by: giz

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• Abhorrent Admirer: Regarded as such by Kōmoku and Karura. Nitten is weirded out by his obsessive tendencies as well.
• All Love Is Unrequited: None of his objects of lust reciprocates his feelings: Kōmoku is weirded out by him, Karura hates him and Shaka is completely unaware of his utmost respect and devotion.
• Ambiguously Gay: He shows no interest in women (likely because there are little to no female characters in the cast) while pining for at least three men.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Due to his dragon ancestry, he's proud and full of himself to the extreme, and sometimes brings up his powers and king status to demand reverence.
• Casual Kink: Despite his normal arrogant behavior, he's actually quite masochistic and perverted.
• Consuming Passion: He gets turned on by the prospect of being eaten by Karura, and constantly either fantasizes about it or begs Karura to eat him.
• Covert Pervert: Usually insufferably vain and stuck-up, but occasionally lets his kinky side slip when it comes to Shaka, Kōmoku or Karura, and easily loses his composure and starts fantasizing when he gets his hots on, complete with moaning.
• Depraved Homosexual: Can be quite blatant and off-putting about his attraction towards three other Buddhas, and is a Stalker with a Crush for one of them.
• Expy: Of predecessor games' Kikkō Sadamune and Tanizaki Jun'ichirō due to his less-than-family-friendly interests and thus token masochistic pervert status.
• Fan Boy: Of Shaka.
• Horned Humanoid
• The Immodest Orgasm: He doesn't care who's listening when he gets his perv on. He also moans every time a DEF node on his Mandala Board is unlocked.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Despite being a powerful dragon king, he has an object of admiration in Shaka Nyorai, raves about his achievements and has stalkerish tendencies towards him.
• Making a Splash: Being a dragon, he has the power to bring rain.
• Say My Name: The infamous recollection with Sanshi, to which he contributes SHAKANYORAISAMASHAKANYORAISAMASHAKANYORAISAMA.
• Stalker with a Crush: Obsessed with Shaka in a not entirely clean and proper way, appoints himself his "guardian" and constantly watches him from a distance. If his words are to be believed, he's had this kind of obsession ever since seeing Shaka for the first time.
• Too Kinky to Torture: Things that give him the hots go from being stepped on to being perpetually watched by magical all-seeing eyes to being eaten alive, which should tell you what kind of person he is.