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astray. His story is told in one of the short stories in ''Dreaming of Paradise'', Kasho, which focuses on the downfall of his reign.
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The previous king of Sai, and the son of Koukou, the current Queen. His obsession with a vision of the perfect world shown in ''Kasho Kada'', the royal treasure of Sai, led him astray.
* NeverMyFault: Part of his downfall stems from his unwillingness to accept responsibility for his mistakes or to correct his course, though [[spoiler:he was manipulated by treacherous advisors who used his misunderstanding of how the ''Kasho Kada'' worked to make him double down in order to get rid of him after concluding he was an unworthy king.]]
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler:Kills his own brother, Junkou, after being driven off the edge and wrongly concluding Junkou was responsible.]]
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Shishou's brother, who lacks his talents but is more grounded and down-to-earth.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Played with. Most people would consider the unexceptional Junkou to be the foolish sibling and the driven, overachieving Shishou to be the responsible sibling; but in reality it's the reverse, since Junkou has a far better grasp of what the realities of Shishou's fanciful dreams actually entails.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Averted. Reflecting on the vision of a perfect world that Shishou and the rest of his cabinet are working to create, Junkou observes that there's no place for ordinary people like him there, and says that he could be fine with it... ''except'' that he realizes that most people are ordinary and unexceptional like him, meaning that Shishou's vision would in one fashion or another condemn most of the people in the kingdom.
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The previous king of Sai, and the son of Koukou, the current Queen. His obsession with a vision of the perfect world shown in ''Kasho Kada'', the royal treasure of Sai, led him astray.
* NeverMyFault: Part of his downfall stems from his unwillingness to accept responsibility for his mistakes or to correct his course, though [[spoiler:he was manipulated by treacherous advisors who used his misunderstanding of how the ''Kasho Kada'' worked to make him double down in order to get rid of him after concluding he was an unworthy king.]]
* SiblingMurder: [[spoiler:Kills his own brother, Junkou, after being driven off the edge and wrongly concluding Junkou was responsible.]]
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Shishou's brother, who lacks his talents but is more grounded and down-to-earth.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Played with. Most people would consider the unexceptional Junkou to be the foolish sibling and the driven, overachieving Shishou to be the responsible sibling; but in reality it's the reverse, since Junkou has a far better grasp of what the realities of Shishou's fanciful dreams actually entails.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: Averted. Reflecting on the vision of a perfect world that Shishou and the rest of his cabinet are working to create, Junkou observes that there's no place for ordinary people like him there, and says that he could be fine with it... ''except'' that he realizes that most people are ordinary and unexceptional like him, meaning that Shishou's vision would in one fashion or another condemn most of the people in the kingdom.
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* BigGood: [[spoiler:A weird example in that he's this to the rebels and serve this role in their storyline, even though of course from Youko's perspective she outranks him.]]
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* OlderAndWiser: [[spoiler:Comes back like this in Shushou's story with the reveal that he has become Genrou Shinkun, whose actions made it possible for monster hunters without a kingdom to survive in the wasteland of the Yellow Sea.]]
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* OlderAndWiser: [[spoiler:Comes back like this in Shushou's story with the reveal that he has become Genrou Shinkun, whose actions made it possible for monster hunters without a kingdom to survive in the wasteland of the Yellow Sea.]]
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* NoNameGiven: Even in the novels, he never receives a name; this is particularly noticeable in a series with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and which normally names even the most minor among them. The King of Kou gets no name despite being the main villain of the entire first plot arc.
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* NotQuiteDead: In the anime, [[spoiler:Youko "killing" him during their confrontation doesn't seem to stick, and he's back in the next plot arc. In the novels, on the other hand, every indication is that he genuinely died for good when Youko cut off his head and he has not appeared since.]]
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* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:He used to be a great sage... and he was the one to seal Aozaru in Youko's sword.]]
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* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler:He used to be a great sage... and and, in the anime, he was the one to seal Aozaru in Youko's sword.]]
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* NiceGuyNiceGuy: Almost leaning towards GoodIsDumb, moreso than most of the other Kirin we see. He has a tendency to let his compassion for whoever is directly is in front of him overwhelm his ability to see the big picture, which Shushou points out.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Because of her prominance as a goddess, many girls are named after her, including the daughter of the sugar peddlar (and, in the anime, performer) who helps Youko early on; Youko's chief lady in waiting; and Shoukei during the time when she's living incogneto as a peasant.
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* GodlySidestep: While she's willing to answer questions about the laws, and even provides the protagonists with advice about LoopholeAbuse to get around them when it's for a good cause, she completely refuses to answer any questions that would reveal anything about Heaven or its structure.
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* PalsWithJesus: Aside from the revelations received by Kirin, she's the one and only direct link between the people of the Twelve Kingdoms and the heavens.
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--> ''Voiced by:'' Shoko Tsuda (JP), Barbara Goodson (EN)
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!! The Yellow Sea and the Five Mountains
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A goddess who serves as the head of the ''nyosen'' who raise Kirins on Mt. Hou in the center of the Yellow Sea, Gyokuyo also serves as the sole line of direct communication between humanity and the heavens.
* GodsHandsAreTied: While she can determine and communicate the will of the heavens, she has little ability to influence it herself, and it's implied that even her superiors have very little wriggle room.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: While she is worshiped as a goddess by much of humanity, the same is true of the emperors and many other figures who are merely immortals; it is unclear if or ''how'' Gyokuyo differs, aside from occupying a position in the CelestialBureaucracy that gives her access to other, more definitive deities. At one point she references the existence of a Register of Divinities (corrisponding to and separate from the Register of Immortals that records emperors and their servants), but doesn't make it clear which register she's actually on.
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A goddess who serves as the head of the ''nyosen'' who raise Kirins on Mt. Hou in the center of the Yellow Sea, Gyokuyo also serves as the sole line of direct communication between humanity and the heavens.
* GodsHandsAreTied: While she can determine and communicate the will of the heavens, she has little ability to influence it herself, and it's implied that even her superiors have very little wriggle room.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: While she is worshiped as a goddess by much of humanity, the same is true of the emperors and many other figures who are merely immortals; it is unclear if or ''how'' Gyokuyo differs, aside from occupying a position in the CelestialBureaucracy that gives her access to other, more definitive deities. At one point she references the existence of a Register of Divinities (corrisponding to and separate from the Register of Immortals that records emperors and their servants), but doesn't make it clear which register she's actually on.
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* BigGood: As one of the longest-serving kings and the head of the only really stable kingdom on the eastern side of the Twelve Kingdoms, he generally serves this role in that region, especially in Youko's plotlines.
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AmbiguouslyGay: He dresses like a woman and is deeply focused on fashion, though we don't get much about his sexuality directly.
*DudeLooksLikeALadyDudeLooksLikeALady: When she first meets him in the novels, Youko initially mistakes him for a woman (not helped by his clothes.)
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: When Youko first meets him in the novels, he's dressed as a woman. It's unclear if he always dresses this way or not.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: When Youko first meets him in the novels, he's dressed as a woman. It's unclear if he always dresses this way or not.
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He's only ambiguously gay at best, and even if he is this doesn't really fit any other points of the trope.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: With the exception of incredibly rare black Kirin, all Kirin have golden hair. Furthermore, while the Twelve Kingdoms have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair an incredible variety of hair colors]], this color only occurs in Kirin. It can't be dyed, either. And of course all Kirin are creatures of limitless compassion.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: After befriending Enki, Kouya starts referring to his demon with Enki's human name, "Rokuta", to not forget the name of his first real friend.
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* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: WeNamedTheMonkeyJack:
** After befriending Enki, Kouya starts referring to his demon with Enki's human name, "Rokuta", to not forget the name of his first realfriend.friend.
** Happens again as a CallBack in Shushou's novel when one of her companions names ''his'' beast after Kouya.
** After befriending Enki, Kouya starts referring to his demon with Enki's human name, "Rokuta", to not forget the name of his first real
** Happens again as a CallBack in Shushou's novel when one of her companions names ''his'' beast after Kouya.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the last arc, she and Enki are wearing magical red cords that react to each other, [[PowerNullifier with Enki's cord sealing his horn and his powers.]] To free him, Ribi snaps Enki's cord, clearly knowing that this will tighten her own cord and fatally injure her. Once she does so, [[OffWithHisHead the cord slices her head in half]], killing Ribi instantly. .]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In the last arc, she and Enki are wearing magical red cords that react to each other, [[PowerNullifier with Enki's cord sealing his horn and his powers.]] To free him, Ribi snaps Enki's cord, clearly knowing that this will tighten her own cord and fatally injure her. Once she does so, [[OffWithHisHead the cord slices her head in half]], killing Ribi instantly. .]]
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* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone who has read the fourth book will know that her ''shouzan'' ends with her becoming the Empress.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Shinkun [[spoiler:(actually Kouya)]] tries to call her out by calling her a SpoiledRotten pampered girl who has no understanding of the real world, she makes it clear that she actually understands it painfully well and that this was what made her go on the ''shouzan'' when nobody else would.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Shinkun [[spoiler:(actually Kouya)]] tries to call her out by calling her a SpoiledRotten pampered girl SpoiledBrat who has no understanding of the real world, she makes it clear that she actually understands it painfully well and that this was what made her go on the ''shouzan'' when nobody else would.
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The ruler of Kyou. Physically just barely a teenager, she was the youngest chosen ruler when she came to the throne. Despite her youthful looks, she is a shrewd ruler, and has led Kyou into great prosperity.
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The ruler of Kyou. Physically just barely a teenager, she was the youngest chosen ruler when she came to the throne. Despite her youthful looks, she is a shrewd ruler, and has led Kyou into great prosperity.
prosperity. She is the main character of the fifth book, which covers her going on the ''shouzan'', a pilgrimage by those seeking to become an Emperor.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Shinkun [[spoiler:(actually Kouya)]] tries to call her out by calling her a SpoiledRotten pampered girl who has no understanding of the real world, she makes it clear that she actually understands it painfully well and that this was what made her go on the ''shouzan'' when nobody else would.
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* CorporalPunishment: She sometimes slaps Kyouki around, though only when extremely upset, like when [[spoiler: Shoukei steals some of her jewelry and clothes before running away from Kyou]], and is soon back to her much gentler self ([[spoiler: she caresses Kyouki's face after hitting him, and immediately forgives both him and the OldRetainer that was in charge of Shoukei]]).
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* CorporalPunishment: CorporalPunishment:
** She sometimes slaps Kyouki around, though only when extremely upset, like when [[spoiler: Shoukei steals some of her jewelry and clothes before running away from Kyou]], and is soon back to her much gentler self ([[spoiler: she caresses Kyouki's face after hitting him, and immediately forgives both him and the OldRetainer that was in charge ofShoukei]]).Shoukei]]).
** At the end of her novel, [[spoiler:she bonks him on the head immediately after he selects her as queen, asking why she couldn't have just come to ''her'' and saved her a long, dangerous journey.]]
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** To King Chuutatsu. Like him, Shushou is a proud and stern monarch with a strong [[CharacterAlignment lawful bent]]. However she tempers those traits with wisdom, insight and mercy. She is the first ruler that Shoukei meets after leaving Hou, showing the erstwhile princess that her KnightTemplar father was not ''necessarily'' wrong in his ideals, but rather his execution (no pun intended). She is also a living example of what Shoukei ''could'' have accomplished at thirteen had she not been a SpoiledBrat.
** To Shoukei, though it isn't clear ''how'' closely they are foils until Shushou's own novel. Like Shoukei, Shushou was born into a privileged and powerful family and a corrupt father; unlike Shoukei, however, Shushou was constantly, deeply, uncomfortably aware of her unjust privilege and insisted on doing everything she could for her kingdom, while openly holding her father in contempt for abusing his position. Part of her ArmorPiercingResponse at the climax of the novel makes it clear she is ''extremely'' aware of where all the fancy food and clothing she received came from, something she specifically calls out Shoukei for years later.
* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone who has read the fourth book will know that her ''shouzan'' ends with her becoming the Empress.
** She sometimes slaps Kyouki around, though only when extremely upset, like when [[spoiler: Shoukei steals some of her jewelry and clothes before running away from Kyou]], and is soon back to her much gentler self ([[spoiler: she caresses Kyouki's face after hitting him, and immediately forgives both him and the OldRetainer that was in charge of
** At the end of her novel, [[spoiler:she bonks him on the head immediately after he selects her as queen, asking why she couldn't have just come to ''her'' and saved her a long, dangerous journey.]]
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** To King Chuutatsu. Like him, Shushou is a proud and stern monarch with a strong [[CharacterAlignment lawful bent]]. However she tempers those traits with wisdom, insight and mercy. She is the first ruler that Shoukei meets after leaving Hou, showing the erstwhile princess that her KnightTemplar father was not ''necessarily'' wrong in his ideals, but rather his execution (no pun intended). She is also a living example of what Shoukei ''could'' have accomplished at thirteen had she not been a SpoiledBrat.
** To Shoukei, though it isn't clear ''how'' closely they are foils until Shushou's own novel. Like Shoukei, Shushou was born into a privileged and powerful family and a corrupt father; unlike Shoukei, however, Shushou was constantly, deeply, uncomfortably aware of her unjust privilege and insisted on doing everything she could for her kingdom, while openly holding her father in contempt for abusing his position. Part of her ArmorPiercingResponse at the climax of the novel makes it clear she is ''extremely'' aware of where all the fancy food and clothing she received came from, something she specifically calls out Shoukei for years later.
* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone who has read the fourth book will know that her ''shouzan'' ends with her becoming the Empress.
* MagneticHero: Part of the reason the people on the ''shouzan'' with her realize that she actually could become Empress is because of how easily she wins the loyalty of others despite her young age.
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* ShadowArchetype: To King Chuutatsu. Like him, Shushou is a proud and stern monarch with a strong [[CharacterAlignment lawful bent]]. However she tempers those traits with wisdom, insight and mercy. She is the first ruler that Shoukei meets after leaving Hou, showing the erstwhile princess that her KnightTemplar father was not ''necessarily'' wrong in his ideals, but rather his execution (no pun intended). She is also a living example of what Shoukei ''could'' have accomplished at thirteen had she not been a SpoiledBrat.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In the novels (since her novel was never adapted to the anime.) All the previous protagonists either started out as a ShrinkingViolet or were skeptical, cautious, beaten-down, and / or generally reluctant to serve their roles; most of them also started out deeply flawed. Shushou, on the other hand, is ambitious, determined, and knows what she wants and how to get it right from the start of her novel.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: In the novels (since her novel was never adapted to the anime.) All the previous protagonists either started out as a ShrinkingViolet or were skeptical, cautious, beaten-down, and / or generally reluctant to serve their roles; most of them also started out deeply flawed. Shushou, on the other hand, is ambitious, determined, assertive, and knows what she wants and how to get it right from the start of her novel.
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* BreakTheHaughty: First she loses her parents and princess status, then she's forced to live as a peasant and is almost excuted when discovered, only Shushou's intervention saving her from an horrible death. And that's just the beginning...
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Almost. She was about to be ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismemberment dismembered]]'' by angry peasants when Shushou saved her.
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* OnlyOneName: Not overall (he has a ton of names, since Kirin have multiple names and title to begin with on top of his Japanese name), but he notes that his Japanese name has no surname, since he's from so far in the past that low-born people back then didn't have them.
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*DeadpanSnarkerTheCynic: His upbringing and the horrors he saw growing up deeply imprinted him with how bad leaders can get. He would prefer a world with no rulers at all and is deeply suspicious of the entire system, though he eventually grows to trust Shouryuu.
* DeadpanSnarker: He makes it very clear how little he thinks of everyone around him, [[VitriolicBestBuds especially Shoryuu]].
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: In the novels, while Chuukin immediately understands why Lady Riyo became the way she is, she still strips her of all their servants rather than leave them to suffer under her.
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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
** In the novel, [[spoiler:rather than ''just'' criticize her as she does in the anime, Chuukin notes that Riyo was actually one of the few people who was willing to tell the king that he was doing the wrong thing, and that he only really started to go downhill after she was effectively exiled from the court, implying that the real reason her status was left untouched for so long was because of this history.]]]]
** The novel also explores ''why'' she's so unpleasant, and draws connections between that and Suzu's own situation.
** In the novel, [[spoiler:rather than ''just'' criticize her as she does in the anime, Chuukin notes that Riyo was actually one of the few people who was willing to tell the king that he was doing the wrong thing, and that he only really started to go downhill after she was effectively exiled from the court, implying that the real reason her status was left untouched for so long was because of this history.
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