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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jerome mercilessly killing [[spoiler:Thunder]] and [[spoiler:Lector]] was low, but given that both dogs tried to kill Weed twice (and even planned on attempting to kill him ''again''), you can't blame Jerome for what he did. [[WhatTheHellHero Unless]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality you're Weed]], [[StupidGood of course]].
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jerome He mercilessly killing [[spoiler:Thunder]] kills [[spoiler:Thunder and [[spoiler:Lector]] was low, but given that both dogs tried to kill Weed twice (and even planned Lector]] after they plan on attempting to kill him ''again''), you can't blame Jerome for what he did. [[WhatTheHellHero Unless]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality you're Weed]], [[StupidGood murder Weed a ''third'' time. Unfortunately, his act of course]].killing them while they're defenseless does not go over well with Weed.
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* SuicideAttack: Jerome and his comrades, whose tactic consists of charging Kaibutsu one by one and bite into his chest area, where his heart is located. Doing so, Kaibutsu will pull them off, killing them in the process, but not without them using his own force to rip parts of his chest out, leaving more and more access to his heart for the next attacker. By the time it's Jerome's turn, he reaches all the way in to his heart, however, ends up letting go as his injuries are too great. Although the attack does give Weed's group the opportunity to off Kaibutsu themselves, having progressively slowed him down and weakened him.
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* SuicideAttack: Jerome When he and his comrades, comrades are fighting Kaibutsu, whose tactic consists of charging Kaibutsu him one by one and bite into his chest area, chest, where his heart is located. Doing so, Kaibutsu will pull them off, killing them in the process, but not without them using his own force to rip parts of his chest out, leaving more and more access to his heart for the next attacker. By the time it's Jerome's turn, he reaches all the way in to his heart, however, ends up letting go as his injuries are too great. Although the attack does give Weed's group the opportunity to off Kaibutsu themselves, having progressively slowed him down and weakened him.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: When Jerome was banished by Weed after he killed the [[spoiler:Foxhound Spies]], several dogs such as Kyoushiro, George and Ron called it quits and decided to join Jerome. However, they later went back to Weed after Jerome told them off that it wasn't necessary.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: When Jerome was he's banished by Weed after he killed the [[spoiler:Foxhound Spies]], several dogs such as Kyoushiro, George and Ron called it quits and decided to join Jerome. However, they later went back to Weed after Jerome told them off that it wasn't necessary.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass:
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
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A very young but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.
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A very young Young, but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.
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* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: Kyōshirō pretended to betray the Ōu Soldiers so that he could inflitrate Gajō to find out about Hougen's plans but it didn't go as planned...]]
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* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: Kyōshirō He pretended to betray the Ōu Soldiers so that he could inflitrate Gajō to find out about Hougen's plans but it didn't go as planned...]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kyoushiro when he first shows up makes a living by beating and sometimes killing parents he finds abusing their children, as a payback for having had an abusive father himself.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kyoushiro when When he first shows up he makes a living by beating and sometimes killing parents he finds abusing their children, as a payback for having had an abusive father himself.
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A former loner who joins Weed's pack. He has a tendency to castrate his enemies, something which is toned down but not completely removed from the anime.
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A former loner who joins Weed's pack. He has a tendency to castrate his enemies, something which is toned down but not completely removed from the anime.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Hiro is one of the main culprits of this in the comedic moments.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint: Hiro's puppies.
* EyeScream: Happens to Hiro in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]: Hiro with [[spoiler: Reika.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint: Hiro's puppies.
* EyeScream: Happens to Hiro in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]: Hiro with [[spoiler: Reika.]]
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Hiro is He's one of the main culprits of this in the comedic moments.
* BoisterousBruiser:Hiro plays Plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint:Hiro's puppies.
*[[spoiler:His puppies.]]
* EyeScream: Happens toHiro him in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]:Hiro with With [[spoiler: Reika.]]
* BoisterousBruiser:
* BrattyHalfPint:
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* EyeScream: Happens to
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]:
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika her hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika her he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies.offspring. Poor Reika is terrified.
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The main villain. [[spoiler:For the first part of the series. Hougen soon replaces him as main antagonist.]]
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The main villain. [[spoiler:For the first part starter-antagonist of the series. Hougen soon replaces him as main antagonist.]]series, he was a tortured lab dog that eventually escaped and went mad.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Kaibutsu, who was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]
* AnimalTesting: Kaibutsu's backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
* AnimalTesting: Kaibutsu's backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
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* AlasPoorVillain: Kaibutsu, who was Was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]
* AnimalTesting:Kaibutsu's His backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
* AnimalTesting:
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Kaibutsu was a tortured lab dog.
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* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Kaibutsu He was a tortured lab dog.
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* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver Kaibutsu was finally defeated by Weed, Ken, Kagetora and Jerome who pushed off the cliff and got himself impaled by a sharp branch from the log in the middle of the waterfall.]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
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* [[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver Kaibutsu DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:He was finally defeated by Weed, Ken, Ken and Kagetora and Jerome who pushed him off the cliff and got himself impaled by a sharp branch from the log in the middle of the a waterfall.]]
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A very vicious dog. He strives to take over Gin's territory.
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A very vicious dog. He vicious, sociopathic dog who strives to take over Gin's territory.territory through any means necessary. He becomes the main antagonist of the series.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Hougen tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hougen towards his brother Genba and vice versa.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hougen and Genba were just a pair of poor Great Danes which were locked up and abandoned in the run-down kennel. With months of starvation, fighting and cannibalizing other dogs, they later killed their owner and broke free which then later they became the most feared rogue dogs.
* HumansAreBastards: Motivation for Hougen.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hougen towards his brother Genba and vice versa.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hougen and Genba were just a pair of poor Great Danes which were locked up and abandoned in the run-down kennel. With months of starvation, fighting and cannibalizing other dogs, they later killed their owner and broke free which then later they became the most feared rogue dogs.
* HumansAreBastards: Motivation for Hougen.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Hougen He tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:Hougen towards Towards his brother Genba and vice versa.
* FromNobodyToNightmare:Hougen He and Genba were just a pair of poor Great Danes which were locked up and abandoned in the run-down kennel. With months of starvation, fighting and cannibalizing other dogs, they later killed their owner and broke free which then later they became the most feared rogue dogs.
* HumansAreBastards:Motivation for Hougen.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.His motivation.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes:
* FromNobodyToNightmare:
* HumansAreBastards:
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where Hougen, Jerome and Reika are being swept through a river. To Jerome's surprise he sees Hougen grab Reika and pull her towards the shore as if he intends to save her, however it turns out he was only going to use her as a stepping object to help himself get out of the water.
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Hougen's death by lightning (or in the manga's case, shot by a vengeful human)]]
* KickTheDog: Let's just say that Hougen does this about once per episode
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Hougen's death by lightning (or in the manga's case, shot by a vengeful human)]]
* KickTheDog: Let's just say that Hougen does this about once per episode
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** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where Hougen, he, Jerome and Reika are being swept through a river. To Jerome's surprise he sees Hougen grab Reika and pull her towards the shore as if he intends to save her, however it turns out he was only going to use her as a stepping object to help himself get out of the water.
*[[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Hougen's death [[spoiler:Killed by lightning (or in at the manga's case, end of the anime (while shot by a vengeful human)]]
hunter in the manga).]]
* KickTheDog: Let's just say thatHougen he does this about once per episode
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* KickTheDog: Let's just say that
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* NobodyPoops: Averted. When Hougen first meets Gin, he kindly introduces himself before abruptly defecating right in front of him. ''And then he dares Gin to eat his shit.''
* NotQuiteDead: Hougen pulls this off WAY too many times. It is rather pitiful that [[spoiler:while a gigantic monstrous demon bear is taken down after one hit with a battōga, Hougen doesn't bite it until roughly THREE battōgas and a direct lightning strike.]]
* OhCrap: The look on Hougen's face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
* [[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Hougen, to a degree. In both anime and manga, he takes several hits of Weed's Battouga, though thanks to them not being delivered with full force he recovers each time. Even when Weed finally manages a full forced blow to his head which causes his ''skull to crack'', he ''still'' manages to stand up after a few moments ''and'' climbs all the way to the top of Gajou. It finally takes a well placed lightning bolt (presumably created by the past Ohu soldiers' ghosts) to end him. In the manga, he stands up after the same grievous injury as well, though he's more clearly shown to have completely lost his sanity and is simply having a "death walk" with his last bit of strength, until Shouji appears and blows his brains out.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hougen and his allies are not merciful when someone screws up (screwing up here having the meaning of being in any way connected to a bad incident).
* NotQuiteDead: Hougen pulls this off WAY too many times. It is rather pitiful that [[spoiler:while a gigantic monstrous demon bear is taken down after one hit with a battōga, Hougen doesn't bite it until roughly THREE battōgas and a direct lightning strike.]]
* OhCrap: The look on Hougen's face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
* [[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Hougen, to a degree. In both anime and manga, he takes several hits of Weed's Battouga, though thanks to them not being delivered with full force he recovers each time. Even when Weed finally manages a full forced blow to his head which causes his ''skull to crack'', he ''still'' manages to stand up after a few moments ''and'' climbs all the way to the top of Gajou. It finally takes a well placed lightning bolt (presumably created by the past Ohu soldiers' ghosts) to end him. In the manga, he stands up after the same grievous injury as well, though he's more clearly shown to have completely lost his sanity and is simply having a "death walk" with his last bit of strength, until Shouji appears and blows his brains out.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hougen and his allies are not merciful when someone screws up (screwing up here having the meaning of being in any way connected to a bad incident).
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* NobodyPoops: Averted. When Hougen he first meets Gin, he kindly introduces himself before abruptly defecating right in front of him. ''And then he dares Gin to eat his shit.''
* NotQuiteDead:Hougen pulls Pulls this off WAY too many times. It is rather pitiful that [[spoiler:while a gigantic monstrous demon bear is taken down after one hit with a battōga, Hougen doesn't bite it until roughly THREE battōgas and a direct lightning strike.]]
* OhCrap: The look onHougen's his face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
*[[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Hougen, to [[spoiler:To a degree. In both anime and manga, he takes several hits of Weed's Battouga, though thanks to them not being delivered with full force he recovers each time. Even when Weed finally manages a full forced blow to his head which causes his ''skull to crack'', he ''still'' manages to stand up after a few moments ''and'' climbs all the way to the top of Gajou. It finally takes a well placed lightning bolt (presumably created by the past Ohu soldiers' ghosts) to end him. In the manga, he stands up after the same grievous injury as well, though he's more clearly shown to have completely lost his sanity and is simply having a "death walk" with his last bit of strength, until Shouji appears and blows his brains out.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe:Hougen He and his allies are not merciful when someone screws up (screwing up here having the meaning of being in any way connected to a bad incident).
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* OhCrap: The look on
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* YouHaveFailedMe:
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TheMole of Weeds group. He eventually attacks Weed [[spoiler: but later has a change of heart.]]
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Starts of as TheMole of Weeds group. He Group, [[spoiler:until he eventually attacks Weed [[spoiler: but later has a change of heart.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Probably the most memorable example in the show.]]
* [[spoiler: NiceGuy: After his change of heart.]]
* [[spoiler: NiceGuy: After his change of heart.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Probably [[spoiler:Probably the most memorable example in the show.]]
*[[spoiler: NiceGuy: After [[spoiler:After his change of heart.]]
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* [[spoiler: WelcomeBackTraitor: Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]
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* [[spoiler: WelcomeBackTraitor: Rocket [[spoiler:Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]
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* [[spoiler: SnowMeansDeath: Toube freezes to death after fighting Kamikiri and his pack. The next day, the Ohu soldiers find him...literally frozen to death.]]
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten Toube to death and leave his body there. But when Toube gets up, Kamikiri has a look of shock on his face, and he says this almost every word-for-word:
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten Toube to death and leave his body there. But when Toube gets up, Kamikiri has a look of shock on his face, and he says this almost every word-for-word:
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* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath
* SnowMeansDeath:Toube [[spoiler:Toube freezes to death after fighting Kamikiri and his pack. The next day, the Ohu soldiers find him... literally frozen to death.]]
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beatenToube him to death and leave his body there. But when Toube gets up, Kamikiri has a look of shock on his face, and he says this almost every word-for-word:
* SnowMeansDeath:
* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten
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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn:]]
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]]
!! Lecter and Thunder
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]]
!! Lecter and Thunder
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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn:]]
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]]
HeelFaceTurn
!!Lecter Lector and Thunder
* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]]
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A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation / AssholeVictim: Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]],
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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation / AssholeVictim: Both [[spoiler:Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]],
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After she falls in love with Jerome.]]
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* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After she falls in love with Jerome.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct:
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* BigBrotherInstinct: BigBrotherInstinct
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* BerserkerTears: Happens at times when Weed is in a rage.
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* BerserkerTears: Happens at times when Weed he is in a rage.
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* BrokenAesop: While Weed's sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.
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* BrokenAesop: While Weed's his sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.
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* CallBack: The part where Weed [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector while they were defenseless]] is reminiscent of the ''Nagareboshi Gin'' episode where [[spoiler:John killed two defenseless bear cubs right in front of Gin, which pissed ''him'' off. What brings it more home is that even the same dog breeds are used (Gin and Weed = Akita, John and Jerome = German Shepherd).]]
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* CallBack: The part where Weed he [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector while they were defenseless]] is reminiscent of the ''Nagareboshi Gin'' episode where [[spoiler:John killed two defenseless bear cubs right in front of Gin, which pissed ''him'' off. What brings it more home is that even the same dog breeds are used (Gin and Weed = Akita, John and Jerome = German Shepherd).]]
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* GenerationXerox: Weed is a dead ringer for dear old Dad. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]].
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* GenerationXerox: Weed is He's a dead ringer for dear old Dad. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]].
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* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Weed is badly beaten by Hougen at their fight and nearly dies, yet manages to stand up again after being encouraged by the spirits of past Ohu soldiers.]]
* HotBlooded: Weed by definition.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Weed's often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
* HotBlooded: Weed by definition.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Weed's often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
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* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Weed is He's badly beaten by Hougen at their fight and nearly dies, yet manages to stand up again after being encouraged by the spirits of past Ohu soldiers.]]
* HotBlooded:Weed He's this by definition.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim:Weed's His often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
* HotBlooded:
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim:
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* InTheBlood: Weed inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki.
* IntimateHealing: When Weed's group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
* IntimateHealing: When Weed's group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
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* InTheBlood: Weed inherits Inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki.
* IntimateHealing: WhenWeed's his group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
* IntimateHealing: When
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Weed's acoustic theme during lectures is about the only subtle one in the series.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Weed pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Weed pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
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* {{Leitmotif}}: Weed's His acoustic theme during lectures is about the only subtle one in the series.
* LukeYouAreMyFather:Weed He pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* LukeYouAreMyFather:
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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Weed, who nearly died from Hougen's beatings, is magically resurrected with the help of ghosts during the final battle.]]
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* OneManArmy: Weed is seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.
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* OneManArmy: Weed is He's seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Weed is the best example of this in the series.
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* PintSizedPowerhouse: Weed is He's the best example of this in the series.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with Weed as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who're defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Weed throughout his series.
* TookALevelInBadass: Weed throughout his series.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with Weed him as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who're defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]
* TookALevelInBadass:Weed throughout Throughout his series.
* TookALevelInBadass:
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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter: Weed and Koyuki at the end of the manga.]]
* BusmansHoliday: Weed tried to have a honeymoon vacation with Koyuki but it was interrupted when his close friends brought the news to him about his father fighting Victor in Hokkaido.
* BusmansHoliday: Weed tried to have a honeymoon vacation with Koyuki but it was interrupted when his close friends brought the news to him about his father fighting Victor in Hokkaido.
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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter: Weed and BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Koyuki at the end of the manga.]]
* BusmansHoliday:Weed He tried to have a honeymoon vacation with Koyuki but it was interrupted when his close friends brought the news to him about his father fighting Victor in Hokkaido.
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* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: Kyōshirō pretended to betray the Ōu Soldiers so that he could inflitrate Gajō to find out about Hougen's plans but it didn't go as planned...]]
* HeroicSecondWind: When he is fighting [[spoiler:Buruge,]] he appears to be defeated and about to die, but [[spoiler:Toube]]'s ghost speaks to him and Kyōshirō finds the strength within to keep fighting.
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* AbusiveParents: Kyōshirō's main motivation for learning how to fight.
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lovable.
*WellIntentionedExtremist: Kyoushiro when he first shows up makes a living by beating and sometimes killing parents he finds abusing their children, as a payback for having had an abusive father himself.OnlyKnownByInitials: ''His full name is Great Britain.'' Of course, nobody ever calls him that.
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!!! Breed: Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced by Kenji Nomura
A former loner who joins Weed's pack. He has a tendency to castrate his enemies, something which is toned down but not completely removed from the anime.
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!!! Breed: Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced by Kenji Nomura
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Kyōshirō
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Kishu
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Yuuki Masuda
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* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
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* Cruel Mercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri ]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.
* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
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*BigGuy
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* HeroicSecondWind: When he is fighting [[spoiler:Buruge,]] he appears to be defeated and about to die, but [[spoiler:Toube]]'s ghost speaks to himlive, but without fangs or testicles.
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* HeroicSecondWind: When he is fighting [[spoiler:Buruge,]] he appears to be defeated and about to die, but [[spoiler:Toube]]'s ghost speaks to him
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!!! Breed: Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced by Kenji Nomura
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* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Hougen
* BigGuy
* Cruel Mercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri ]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.
* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
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!! Hiro
!!! Breed: Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced by Kenji Nomura
A former loner who joins Weed's pack. He has a tendency to castrate his enemies, something which is toned down but not completely removed from the anime.
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* BigGuy
* Cruel Mercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri ]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.
* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
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!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
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Toube
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Tosa
!!!Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
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* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten Toube to death and leave his body there. But when Toube gets up, Kamikiri has a look of shock on his face, and he says this almost every word-for-word:
-->'''Kamikiri:''' What the hell is he?!
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!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten Toube to death and leave his body there. But when Toube gets up, Kamikiri has a look of shock on his face, and he says this almost every word-for-word:
-->'''Kamikiri:''' What the hell is he?!
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* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath:]]
!! Lecter and Thunder
!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* MoodWhiplash / ForgottenFallenFriend: Weed gets over the death of [[spoiler: his mother ''extremely'' fast]]. Weirdly, he morns more when [[spoiler:John dies,]] and he ''didn't even know the guy.''
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!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
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* [[spoiler: WelcomeBackTraitor: Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]
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!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* TheQuietOne
* ThemeNaming: He and his brothers are named after the speeding machines.
* [[spoiler: WelcomeBackTraitor: Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]
!! Lecter and Thunder
!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
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!!! Breed: Akita Inu
!!! Voiced by Rie Nakagawa
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Hiro
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Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced byRie Nakagawa
Kenji Nomura
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* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Hiro is one of the main culprits of this in the comedic moments.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint: Hiro's puppies.
* EyeScream: Happens to Hiro in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]: Hiro with [[spoiler: Reika.]]
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!!! Breed: Akita Inu
!!! Voiced by Rie Nakagawa
A former pet dog. She is one of the few female characters.
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* BigGuy
* Cruel Mercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri ]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.
* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the Anime.
* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
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* AnthropomorphicShift: Hiro is one of the main culprits of this in the comedic moments.
* BoisterousBruiser: Hiro plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint: Hiro's puppies.
* EyeScream: Happens to Hiro in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]: Hiro with [[spoiler: Reika.]]
!! Reika
!!! Breed: Akita Inu
!!! Voiced by Rie Nakagawa
A former pet dog. She is one of the few female characters.
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!!! Breed: Akita Inu
!!! Voiced by Rie Nakagawa
A former pet dog. She is one of the few female characters.
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* TheChick: So very much. She doesn't miss out on a Crowning Moment, though.
* DamselInDistress
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* DamselInDistress
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!! Weed
!!! Breed: Akita/Kishu mix
!!! Voiced by Blake Swift
The protagonist and Gin's son.
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* BerserkerTears: Happens at times when Weed is in a rage.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Weed is the most polite and the nicest puppy but if you mess with him, you are seriously in big trouble.
* BrokenAesop: While Weed's sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.
** Weed's moral isn't "Never kill, ever" but "Only kill as a last resort". What sets him off is when he sees someone, even a villain, about to be killed when he's already been defeated or has no means of defending himself. The anime makes this confusing however with [[spoiler:Hougen's lightning death, when he's originally killed by a vengeful hunter in the manga.]]
* CallBack: The part where Weed [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector while they were defenseless]] is reminiscent of the ''Nagareboshi Gin'' episode where [[spoiler:John killed two defenseless bear cubs right in front of Gin, which pissed ''him'' off. What brings it more home is that even the same dog breeds are used (Gin and Weed = Akita, John and Jerome = German Shepherd).]]
* CombatByChampion: Weed vs. Hougen
* GenerationXerox: Weed is a dead ringer for dear old Dad. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he unleashes his battōga.
* HeroicLineage: Weed comes from a line of BadAss bearhounds. Because of this, he is a powerful fighter even when he had no experience or training whatsoever and is among the very few dogs who can preform the battōga, which was originally a wolf's attack.
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Weed is badly beaten by Hougen at their fight and nearly dies, yet manages to stand up again after being encouraged by the spirits of past Ohu soldiers.]]
* HotBlooded: Weed by definition.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Weed's often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As Jerome lampshades, "Weed, your spirit is too pure."
* InTheBlood: Weed inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki.
* IntimateHealing: When Weed's group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
* JapanesePoliteness: Like his father, Weed epitomizes this trope.
* [[KidHero Pup Hero]]: Is extremely powerful and supposedly wise for his age.
* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid: Oh boy...Weed and his morals.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Weed's acoustic theme during lectures is about the only subtle one in the series.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Weed pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* MoodWhiplash: Weed gets over [[spoiler:the death of his mother ''extremely'' fast]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Weed, who nearly died from Hougen's beatings, is magically resurrected with the help of ghosts during the final battle.]]
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:During the final battle, Weed was beaten to the point of death by Hougen that Gin could not help his son but to shed tears in defeat. Just when Weed's friends rush to fight Hougen, Weed suddenly rises up from the dead with the help of the ghosts of Ōu soldiers. This scared Hougen so much that Weed took his advantage to defeat him with his final battōga.]]
* OneManArmy: Weed is seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Sakura, Weed's mom, dies in the first episode, leaving Weed in the care of some of his father's old friends.]]
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Gin makes Weed the new leader after he's defeated Hougen and given a RousingSpeech about the power of kindness.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Weed is the best example of this in the series.
* SaveTheVillain: In the second episode, Weed tries to save [[spoiler:Blue]] from getting hit by a truck. In episode 16, he tries to stop [[spoiler:Jerome]] from killing both of the doberman brothers.
* StupidGood: He is adamant to SaveTheVillain no matter how many [[KickTheDog dogs they kicked]]. He gets called out on this in-universe more than once, specially after [[spoiler:banishing Jerome,]] to which Kyoshiro chews him out for being too naive and he should accept that taking lives is part of a war. Weed is confident that he's right however, and states that his beliefs won't change even if he should end up alone with them.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Episode 3 has a especially ridiculous example. Weed and the other dogs blabber on and on, and Kaibutsu even has time to turn around and prepare to attack, while Weed is in '''mid air.''' He was not near far enough away before he jumped for them to have done and said all that. He had to have just floated there or flew slowly or something, despite the action lines that seem to indicate he's moving at a fast speed through the air.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with Weed as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who're defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Weed throughout his series.
!!Manga only:
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter: Weed and Koyuki at the end of the manga.]]
* BusmansHoliday: Weed tried to have a honeymoon vacation with Koyuki but it was interrupted when his close friends brought the news to him about his father fighting Victor in Hokkaido.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the manga, [[spoiler:the dying GB asks for Weed to hug him. Needless to say, his wish is fulfilled, and GB dies as Weed is still embracing him in what is a massive TearJerker]].
* PlotArmor: Near the beginning of the manga, Weed gets shot. A lot (there were at least 34 bullets in him, according to a later scene). Not only is he back on his feet after a few days, but he is also showing absolutely no signs of being ''shot over thirty freaking times afterwards''. Did I already mention that the protagonist in question is ''a months old puppy?'' No wonder the anime took this out.
!! Jerome
!!! Breed: German Shepherd
!!! Masaya Takatsuka
A powerful ally of Weed. He is very similar to John but they are not related.
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* BerserkButton: Jerome takes advantage of Kaibutsu's hated of being called "P4", causing Kaibutsu to chase after him and his comrades.
[[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation:]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: Jerome is one of most competent dogs of Weed's pack until he was banished by his leader after [[spoiler:killing Lecter and Thunder]].
** Though in the manga, he came back from his banishment after Murder S' defeat and remains as Weed's hypercompetent sidekick.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jerome mercilessly killing [[spoiler:Thunder]] and [[spoiler:Lector]] was low, but given that both dogs tried to kill Weed twice (and even planned on attempting to kill him ''again''), you can't blame Jerome for what he did. [[WhatTheHellHero Unless]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality you're Weed]], [[StupidGood of course]].
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Oh lord, Jerome. [[spoiler: In episode 5 he informs Kaibutsu how ''wrong'' the latter was to attack and flee from the humans that had been ''torturing him for 5 years'' because "it's a dog's duty to obey his master and endure any pain he should put you through." ''[[FlatWhat ...what?]]'' Oddly enough he then averts this at the beginning of episode 6 where he "tells" the humans about to land with a helicopter that he won't obey to their cruel ways anymore and that they should stay away, or he'll attack them the minute they set foot on the ground.]]
** He epitomizes this trope after he accepts Weed as his leader. Even when he [[spoiler: kills Thunder and Lector]] in the anime, he tells Weed that he did it for him, agrees that he did something wrong even though he thought it was right only a few seconds ago, [[spoiler: is willfully exiled, and even tells Kyoushiro to go back to Weed when he follows him.]]
* SuicideAttack: Jerome and his comrades, whose tactic consists of charging Kaibutsu one by one and bite into his chest area, where his heart is located. Doing so, Kaibutsu will pull them off, killing them in the process, but not without them using his own force to rip parts of his chest out, leaving more and more access to his heart for the next attacker. By the time it's Jerome's turn, he reaches all the way in to his heart, however, ends up letting go as his injuries are too great. Although the attack does give Weed's group the opportunity to off Kaibutsu themselves, having progressively slowed him down and weakened him.
!!Manga only:
* TenMinuteRetirement: When Jerome was banished by Weed after he killed the [[spoiler:Foxhound Spies]], several dogs such as Kyoushiro, George and Ron called it quits and decided to join Jerome. However, they later went back to Weed after Jerome told them off that it wasn't necessary.
!! Kyōshirō
!!! Breed: Kishu
!!! Voiced by Yuuki Masuda
A very young but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.
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* AbusiveParents: Kyōshirō's main motivation for learning how to fight.
* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: Kyōshirō pretended to betray the Ōu Soldiers so that he could inflitrate Gajō to find out about Hougen's plans but it didn't go as planned...]]
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PetTheDog: Gets one with the pup he adopts, named Teru.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kyoushiro when he first shows up makes a living by beating and sometimes killing parents he finds abusing their children, as a payback for having had an abusive father himself.
!!Manga only:
* TenMinuteRetirement: Was among the dogs who tried to Join Jerome when [[spoiler: he was banished.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Villains]]
!! Kaibutsu/P4
!!! Breed: He is a mutant. It is unknown what breeds were used to make him.
!!! Voiced by Kuwata Kong
The main villain. [[spoiler:For the first part of the series. Hougen soon replaces him as main antagonist.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: Kaibutsu, who was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]
* AnimalTesting: Kaibutsu's backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Is by far the biggist "dog" in the series.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Kaibutsu was a tortured lab dog.
* BerserkButton: Do not call Kaibutsu by his lab name, "P4".
* CanisMajor: According to the guidebook, he weighs at around 1200 pounds.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Every battle with him becomes this.
*[[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver Kaibutsu was finally defeated by Weed, Ken, Kagetora and Jerome who pushed off the cliff and got himself impaled by a sharp branch from the log in the middle of the waterfall.]]
*[[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* HumansAreBastards: A central theme in his BackStory.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Kaibutsu, a giant, insane mutant dog is defeated after roughly three episodes. Hougen, a regular Great Dane serves as the BigBad for the rest of the series. ]]
* MixAndMatchCritter
* MonsterSobStory
* ShapedLikeItself: His name means "monster".
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
!! Hougen
!!! Breed: Great Dane.
!!! Voiced by Kôji Ishii
A very vicious dog. He strives to take over Gin's territory.
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* TheCaligula
* ColdBloodedTorture: Hougen tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hougen towards his brother Genba and vice versa.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hougen and Genba were just a pair of poor Great Danes which were locked up and abandoned in the run-down kennel. With months of starvation, fighting and cannibalizing other dogs, they later killed their owner and broke free which then later they became the most feared rogue dogs.
* HumansAreBastards: Motivation for Hougen.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where Hougen, Jerome and Reika are being swept through a river. To Jerome's surprise he sees Hougen grab Reika and pull her towards the shore as if he intends to save her, however it turns out he was only going to use her as a stepping object to help himself get out of the water.
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Hougen's death by lightning (or in the manga's case, shot by a vengeful human)]]
* KickTheDog: Let's just say that Hougen does this about once per episode
* LargeAndInCharge
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: When Genba was heavily-wounded, paralyzed and gone insane from the damage by Tesshin (and in the anime's case, Shigure),]] Hougen had to mercy-kill his own brother by snapping his neck (in the manga, Hougen bit his brother's head and tore his whole brain out).]]
* NobodyPoops: Averted. When Hougen first meets Gin, he kindly introduces himself before abruptly defecating right in front of him. ''And then he dares Gin to eat his shit.''
* NotQuiteDead: Hougen pulls this off WAY too many times. It is rather pitiful that [[spoiler:while a gigantic monstrous demon bear is taken down after one hit with a battōga, Hougen doesn't bite it until roughly THREE battōgas and a direct lightning strike.]]
* OhCrap: The look on Hougen's face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
*[[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Hougen, to a degree. In both anime and manga, he takes several hits of Weed's Battouga, though thanks to them not being delivered with full force he recovers each time. Even when Weed finally manages a full forced blow to his head which causes his ''skull to crack'', he ''still'' manages to stand up after a few moments ''and'' climbs all the way to the top of Gajou. It finally takes a well placed lightning bolt (presumably created by the past Ohu soldiers' ghosts) to end him. In the manga, he stands up after the same grievous injury as well, though he's more clearly shown to have completely lost his sanity and is simply having a "death walk" with his last bit of strength, until Shouji appears and blows his brains out.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hougen and his allies are not merciful when someone screws up (screwing up here having the meaning of being in any way connected to a bad incident).
!! Lecter and Thunder
!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation / AssholeVictim: Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]],
* DogStereotype: Both are evil, as dobermans tend to be in media.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Manga only]]
!! Lydia
!!! Breed: German Shepherd
A female Russian Army Dog.
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* AdaptedOut
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: with Jerome in the Manga.]]
* FauxActionGirl
* {{Chickification}}
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After she falls in love with Jerome.]]
!! George
!!! Breed: Great Dane/Saluki mix
[[spoiler: Ben and Cross']]s son.
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* AdaptedOut
* AloofBigBrother: He is cynical, sarcastic and aloof, but it's subverted in that he is not an older brother, he is a middle sibling.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
* DogStereotype: Subverted. He is a feminine looking dog, but is male.
* LightningBruiser: He may look weak, but unlike his Great Dane-mix brother Ken, he is not only fast but also has his father's strength.
* [[RuggedScar Rugged Scars]]: Is covered with them.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Is among the dogs who attempted to [[spoiler: join Jerome after he was banished.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His fear of water.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Heros]]
!! Weed
!!! Breed: Akita/Kishu mix
!!! Voiced by Blake Swift
The protagonist and Gin's son.
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* [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife Amazing Technicolor Dog]]: He is blue, but this is probably just meant to be stylized gray.
* BerserkerTears: Happens at times when Weed is in a rage.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Weed is the most polite and the nicest puppy but if you mess with him, you are seriously in big trouble.
* BrokenAesop: While Weed's sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.
** Weed's moral isn't "Never kill, ever" but "Only kill as a last resort". What sets him off is when he sees someone, even a villain, about to be killed when he's already been defeated or has no means of defending himself. The anime makes this confusing however with [[spoiler:Hougen's lightning death, when he's originally killed by a vengeful hunter in the manga.]]
* CallBack: The part where Weed [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector while they were defenseless]] is reminiscent of the ''Nagareboshi Gin'' episode where [[spoiler:John killed two defenseless bear cubs right in front of Gin, which pissed ''him'' off. What brings it more home is that even the same dog breeds are used (Gin and Weed = Akita, John and Jerome = German Shepherd).]]
* CombatByChampion: Weed vs. Hougen
* GenerationXerox: Weed is a dead ringer for dear old Dad. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]].
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he unleashes his battōga.
* HeroicLineage: Weed comes from a line of BadAss bearhounds. Because of this, he is a powerful fighter even when he had no experience or training whatsoever and is among the very few dogs who can preform the battōga, which was originally a wolf's attack.
* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Weed is badly beaten by Hougen at their fight and nearly dies, yet manages to stand up again after being encouraged by the spirits of past Ohu soldiers.]]
* HotBlooded: Weed by definition.
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Weed's often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As Jerome lampshades, "Weed, your spirit is too pure."
* InTheBlood: Weed inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki.
* IntimateHealing: When Weed's group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
* JapanesePoliteness: Like his father, Weed epitomizes this trope.
* [[KidHero Pup Hero]]: Is extremely powerful and supposedly wise for his age.
* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid: Oh boy...Weed and his morals.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Weed's acoustic theme during lectures is about the only subtle one in the series.
* LukeYouAreMyFather: Weed pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* MoodWhiplash: Weed gets over [[spoiler:the death of his mother ''extremely'' fast]].
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Weed, who nearly died from Hougen's beatings, is magically resurrected with the help of ghosts during the final battle.]]
* NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:During the final battle, Weed was beaten to the point of death by Hougen that Gin could not help his son but to shed tears in defeat. Just when Weed's friends rush to fight Hougen, Weed suddenly rises up from the dead with the help of the ghosts of Ōu soldiers. This scared Hougen so much that Weed took his advantage to defeat him with his final battōga.]]
* OneManArmy: Weed is seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Sakura, Weed's mom, dies in the first episode, leaving Weed in the care of some of his father's old friends.]]
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Gin makes Weed the new leader after he's defeated Hougen and given a RousingSpeech about the power of kindness.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Weed is the best example of this in the series.
* SaveTheVillain: In the second episode, Weed tries to save [[spoiler:Blue]] from getting hit by a truck. In episode 16, he tries to stop [[spoiler:Jerome]] from killing both of the doberman brothers.
* StupidGood: He is adamant to SaveTheVillain no matter how many [[KickTheDog dogs they kicked]]. He gets called out on this in-universe more than once, specially after [[spoiler:banishing Jerome,]] to which Kyoshiro chews him out for being too naive and he should accept that taking lives is part of a war. Weed is confident that he's right however, and states that his beliefs won't change even if he should end up alone with them.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Episode 3 has a especially ridiculous example. Weed and the other dogs blabber on and on, and Kaibutsu even has time to turn around and prepare to attack, while Weed is in '''mid air.''' He was not near far enough away before he jumped for them to have done and said all that. He had to have just floated there or flew slowly or something, despite the action lines that seem to indicate he's moving at a fast speed through the air.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with Weed as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who're defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Weed throughout his series.
!!Manga only:
* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter: Weed and Koyuki at the end of the manga.]]
* BusmansHoliday: Weed tried to have a honeymoon vacation with Koyuki but it was interrupted when his close friends brought the news to him about his father fighting Victor in Hokkaido.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In the manga, [[spoiler:the dying GB asks for Weed to hug him. Needless to say, his wish is fulfilled, and GB dies as Weed is still embracing him in what is a massive TearJerker]].
* PlotArmor: Near the beginning of the manga, Weed gets shot. A lot (there were at least 34 bullets in him, according to a later scene). Not only is he back on his feet after a few days, but he is also showing absolutely no signs of being ''shot over thirty freaking times afterwards''. Did I already mention that the protagonist in question is ''a months old puppy?'' No wonder the anime took this out.
!! Jerome
!!! Breed: German Shepherd
!!! Masaya Takatsuka
A powerful ally of Weed. He is very similar to John but they are not related.
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* BerserkButton: Jerome takes advantage of Kaibutsu's hated of being called "P4", causing Kaibutsu to chase after him and his comrades.
[[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation:]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: Jerome is one of most competent dogs of Weed's pack until he was banished by his leader after [[spoiler:killing Lecter and Thunder]].
** Though in the manga, he came back from his banishment after Murder S' defeat and remains as Weed's hypercompetent sidekick.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Jerome mercilessly killing [[spoiler:Thunder]] and [[spoiler:Lector]] was low, but given that both dogs tried to kill Weed twice (and even planned on attempting to kill him ''again''), you can't blame Jerome for what he did. [[WhatTheHellHero Unless]] [[BlackAndWhiteMorality you're Weed]], [[StupidGood of course]].
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Oh lord, Jerome. [[spoiler: In episode 5 he informs Kaibutsu how ''wrong'' the latter was to attack and flee from the humans that had been ''torturing him for 5 years'' because "it's a dog's duty to obey his master and endure any pain he should put you through." ''[[FlatWhat ...what?]]'' Oddly enough he then averts this at the beginning of episode 6 where he "tells" the humans about to land with a helicopter that he won't obey to their cruel ways anymore and that they should stay away, or he'll attack them the minute they set foot on the ground.]]
** He epitomizes this trope after he accepts Weed as his leader. Even when he [[spoiler: kills Thunder and Lector]] in the anime, he tells Weed that he did it for him, agrees that he did something wrong even though he thought it was right only a few seconds ago, [[spoiler: is willfully exiled, and even tells Kyoushiro to go back to Weed when he follows him.]]
* SuicideAttack: Jerome and his comrades, whose tactic consists of charging Kaibutsu one by one and bite into his chest area, where his heart is located. Doing so, Kaibutsu will pull them off, killing them in the process, but not without them using his own force to rip parts of his chest out, leaving more and more access to his heart for the next attacker. By the time it's Jerome's turn, he reaches all the way in to his heart, however, ends up letting go as his injuries are too great. Although the attack does give Weed's group the opportunity to off Kaibutsu themselves, having progressively slowed him down and weakened him.
!!Manga only:
* TenMinuteRetirement: When Jerome was banished by Weed after he killed the [[spoiler:Foxhound Spies]], several dogs such as Kyoushiro, George and Ron called it quits and decided to join Jerome. However, they later went back to Weed after Jerome told them off that it wasn't necessary.
!! Kyōshirō
!!! Breed: Kishu
!!! Voiced by Yuuki Masuda
A very young but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.
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* AbusiveParents: Kyōshirō's main motivation for learning how to fight.
* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: Kyōshirō pretended to betray the Ōu Soldiers so that he could inflitrate Gajō to find out about Hougen's plans but it didn't go as planned...]]
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PetTheDog: Gets one with the pup he adopts, named Teru.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Kyoushiro when he first shows up makes a living by beating and sometimes killing parents he finds abusing their children, as a payback for having had an abusive father himself.
!!Manga only:
* TenMinuteRetirement: Was among the dogs who tried to Join Jerome when [[spoiler: he was banished.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Villains]]
!! Kaibutsu/P4
!!! Breed: He is a mutant. It is unknown what breeds were used to make him.
!!! Voiced by Kuwata Kong
The main villain. [[spoiler:For the first part of the series. Hougen soon replaces him as main antagonist.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: Kaibutsu, who was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]
* AnimalTesting: Kaibutsu's backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Is by far the biggist "dog" in the series.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Kaibutsu was a tortured lab dog.
* BerserkButton: Do not call Kaibutsu by his lab name, "P4".
* CanisMajor: According to the guidebook, he weighs at around 1200 pounds.
* DavidVersusGoliath: Every battle with him becomes this.
*[[spoiler: DeathByFallingOver Kaibutsu was finally defeated by Weed, Ken, Kagetora and Jerome who pushed off the cliff and got himself impaled by a sharp branch from the log in the middle of the waterfall.]]
*[[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* HumansAreBastards: A central theme in his BackStory.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Kaibutsu, a giant, insane mutant dog is defeated after roughly three episodes. Hougen, a regular Great Dane serves as the BigBad for the rest of the series. ]]
* MixAndMatchCritter
* MonsterSobStory
* ShapedLikeItself: His name means "monster".
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
!! Hougen
!!! Breed: Great Dane.
!!! Voiced by Kôji Ishii
A very vicious dog. He strives to take over Gin's territory.
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* TheCaligula
* ColdBloodedTorture: Hougen tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Hougen towards his brother Genba and vice versa.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Hougen and Genba were just a pair of poor Great Danes which were locked up and abandoned in the run-down kennel. With months of starvation, fighting and cannibalizing other dogs, they later killed their owner and broke free which then later they became the most feared rogue dogs.
* HumansAreBastards: Motivation for Hougen.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes Reika hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells Reika he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his puppies. Poor Reika is terrified.
* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where Hougen, Jerome and Reika are being swept through a river. To Jerome's surprise he sees Hougen grab Reika and pull her towards the shore as if he intends to save her, however it turns out he was only going to use her as a stepping object to help himself get out of the water.
* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: Hougen's death by lightning (or in the manga's case, shot by a vengeful human)]]
* KickTheDog: Let's just say that Hougen does this about once per episode
* LargeAndInCharge
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: When Genba was heavily-wounded, paralyzed and gone insane from the damage by Tesshin (and in the anime's case, Shigure),]] Hougen had to mercy-kill his own brother by snapping his neck (in the manga, Hougen bit his brother's head and tore his whole brain out).]]
* NobodyPoops: Averted. When Hougen first meets Gin, he kindly introduces himself before abruptly defecating right in front of him. ''And then he dares Gin to eat his shit.''
* NotQuiteDead: Hougen pulls this off WAY too many times. It is rather pitiful that [[spoiler:while a gigantic monstrous demon bear is taken down after one hit with a battōga, Hougen doesn't bite it until roughly THREE battōgas and a direct lightning strike.]]
* OhCrap: The look on Hougen's face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
*[[spoiler: RasputinianDeath: Hougen, to a degree. In both anime and manga, he takes several hits of Weed's Battouga, though thanks to them not being delivered with full force he recovers each time. Even when Weed finally manages a full forced blow to his head which causes his ''skull to crack'', he ''still'' manages to stand up after a few moments ''and'' climbs all the way to the top of Gajou. It finally takes a well placed lightning bolt (presumably created by the past Ohu soldiers' ghosts) to end him. In the manga, he stands up after the same grievous injury as well, though he's more clearly shown to have completely lost his sanity and is simply having a "death walk" with his last bit of strength, until Shouji appears and blows his brains out.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: Hougen and his allies are not merciful when someone screws up (screwing up here having the meaning of being in any way connected to a bad incident).
!! Lecter and Thunder
!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.
A assassin duo. They try to assassinate Kyōshirō and Weed.
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* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation / AssholeVictim: Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]],
* DogStereotype: Both are evil, as dobermans tend to be in media.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Manga only]]
!! Lydia
!!! Breed: German Shepherd
A female Russian Army Dog.
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* AdaptedOut
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: with Jerome in the Manga.]]
* FauxActionGirl
* {{Chickification}}
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After she falls in love with Jerome.]]
!! George
!!! Breed: Great Dane/Saluki mix
[[spoiler: Ben and Cross']]s son.
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* AdaptedOut
* AloofBigBrother: He is cynical, sarcastic and aloof, but it's subverted in that he is not an older brother, he is a middle sibling.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
* DogStereotype: Subverted. He is a feminine looking dog, but is male.
* LightningBruiser: He may look weak, but unlike his Great Dane-mix brother Ken, he is not only fast but also has his father's strength.
* [[RuggedScar Rugged Scars]]: Is covered with them.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Is among the dogs who attempted to [[spoiler: join Jerome after he was banished.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His fear of water.
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