History ComicBook / Daken

* BadassInANiceSuit

* DeadpanSnarker

%%* TheHedonist

* SuperSenses[=/=]TheNoseKnows

* AbortedArc: Daken found out that Bucky Barnes was responsible for his mother's death, but despite a clear set-up he never confronted him.

* HealingFactor: His dad is Wolverine. [[CaptainObvious Duh.]]

Akihiro, more commonly known as '''Daken''', is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, and seducing people just to prove he can, and is smart enough to dupe ComicBook/NormanOsborn and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].

Daken is also featured in Rick Remender's ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. He was one of five characters focused on in ''The Logan Legacy'', a seven-issue miniseries that explored the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, and also starred in the weekly ongoing ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}''.

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Daken is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, and seducing people just to prove he can, and is smart enough to dupe ComicBook/NormanOsborn and [[ReedRichardsIsUseless Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].

Daken first appeared in ''"Wolverine Origins''" #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Creator/SteveDillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon ax''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series' numbering. He gained his own title ''"Daken: Dark Wolverine''" in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.

* AppropriatedAppellation: Daken means mongrel [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]] and was the name he was taunted with as a child.

* CainAndAble: He's the Cain to X-23's Able. However he and Laura actually get along rather well, and she's one of the only people he genuinely seems to care for.

** His little "sister" ComicBook/{{X 23}}.

* FanNickName: Trollverine.

Daken is also featured in Rick Remender's ''[[ComicBook/XForce Uncanny X-Force]]'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. He was one of five characters focused on in ''The Logan Legacy'', a seven-issue miniseries that will be exploring the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, and also stars in the weekly ongoing ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}''.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''.]]

* DeathIsCheap: He apparently died in an explosion he caused after his healing factor was destroyed. [[UnexplainedRecovery He later showed up]], revealing himself behind the new Brotherhood. [[spoiler:Where, after fighting Logan a bit, [[BackForTheDead he died, again]].]]
** [[spoiler:Now he's an undead Horseman of Death for the Apocalypse Twins.]]

* DistaffCounterpart: His little "sister" ComicBook/{{X23}}.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His dead mother Itsu is the closest thing to a soft spot that Daken has.

* EvilCounterpart: Daken arguably is this to his father.
** More so to his [[ComicBook/{{X23}} sister]] since Wolverine [[ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} already has a long-established evil counterpart]]. Daken shows how [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life.
*** Despite that, they get along quite well, when they don't try to kill each other that is.

* HeroKiller: He ''killed'' the Punisher. He got better, though.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Drowned by Wolverine in ''ComicBook/XForce''.]]
** Or maybe not. [[spoiler:He came back in ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterwards.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Drunkenly confesses to Logan that sometimes, he wonders what he would've been like if Logan and his mother raised him.
** His relationship with Sabretooth was implied to be this, as Victor himself says the kid was so starved for fatherly love that he would do anything Victor said.
* ManipulativeBastard: Oh God, do you want a list of the people he's messed with? He once drove a lover he was messing with to ''suicide'' to get rid of any loose ends.
** [[spoiler:Daken is himself manipulated into getting himself killed at his father's hands by Sabertooth, an even bigger bastard.]]

** He has a bit of this with X-23 as well.

* PetTheDog: Daken loves to invoke and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk then subvert this trope]]. To put it more bluntly, this is a character who has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
** He seems genuinely fond of X-23, (some of his private thoughts having rather disturbing connotations) who is one of the few people he treats as an equal. He also shows moments of kindness to street kids and children who have suffered rough upbringings.

* UnwittingPawn: In ''Uncanny X-Force'', [[spoiler:Daken is ultimately an unwitting sacrificial pawn in Sabertooth's latest scheme to screw up Logan's life.]]

Daken first appeared in ''"Wolverine Origins''" #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Steve Dillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ComicBook/DarkAvengers. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon ax''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series' numbering. He gained his own title ''"Daken: Dark Wolverine''" in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.

* MrFanservice: If there is a single issue that doesn't involve him not wearing a shirt, being in tight-spandex, or catering to some form of FetishFuel, the person who finds it deserves [[CosmeticAward a Marvel No-Prize]].

* DaddyIssues: To a horrifying degree. However the aftermath of Wolverine's death strongly suggests that, for all his issues, he may genuinely have loved his father in his own way (see DueToTheDead below).

* HeroKiller: He ''killed'' the Punisher. He got better, though.

* WalkingShirtlessScene: To the point of almost once an issue. Lampshaded in one issue when he begins to take off his costume for absolutely no reason whatsoever, seems to think about it, and then continues.

** More so to his [[ComicBook/{{X23}} sister]] since Wolverine already has a long-established evil counterpart. Daken shows how [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Subverted. Daken is regularly treated as an AntiVillain or a NobleDemon, and has a large number of fans, despite the fact he's a completely unapologetic rapist (primarily with his pheromone powers, but at least once he's just straight-up forced himself on someone). For note, his pheromone power works very similarly to Zebidiah Killgrave (AKA, the Purple Man), who by comparison is treated like an irredeemable monster because of his use of this power for the same reason[[note]]the main difference is Killgrave's powers are straight-up mind control while Daken's is persuasion-based; with Killgrave, you ''have'' to do what he wants regardless of your own wishes, while Daken's power just makes you want to sleep with him; someone with enough willpower or knowledge of what's happening can resist it, but that doesn't mean its not causing serious QuestionableConsent issues[[/note]].

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Daken is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, and seducing people just to prove he can, is apparently [[AnythingThatMoves Omnisexual]] (or at least bi-sexual) and smart enough to dupe ComicBook/NormanOsborn and [[ReedRichardsIsUseless Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].

* AnythingThatMoves: Daken plays with gender stereotypes like they were jazz songs with no rules. As in the scene where he seduces a female anorexic supermodel by finger feeding her a strawberry she had been afraid to eat, and then flirts with the nebbishy male fashion designer on the same page without stopping for breath. He follows this up by flirting with the {{Shapeshifter}} Mystique before the end of the comic.
** {{Asexual}}: WordOfGod states Daken doesn't actually care for sex, he just uses it as a way to manipulate people. [[ShownTheirWork Which is yet another (lesser known) characteristic of sociopaths]].

* {{Archenemy}}: After Sabretooth he's the strongest contender for the title, what with his EvilCounterpart status, personal connection to Logan, and popularity among writers and fans alike.
** Ironically and despite this, Daken is shown to be profoundly saddened by Logan's death and makes an effort to give him ''some'' form of proper burial. [[spoiler: Later during ''Comicbook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's insistent that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they're recovered, and is prepared to come to blows with Sabretooth when he (incorrectly) believes the latter is mocking him for it.]]

* DepravedBisexual: Depraved would be putting it mildly.

* TheSociopath

* GenerationXerox: In the end, he and Skaar don't get along any better than Logan and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk The Hulk]]. Much to Wolverine's relief, because he was utterly terrified by the idea of Daken befriending gamma-powered [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[ConanTheBarbarian Conan]].

* WomenInRefrigerators: Daken's mother, Itsu, was murdered before he was born. She had almost no personality developed and was mainly a plot excuse to cause Daken and Logan to fight. His mutant healing factor kicked in and his survived long enough to be rescued by Romulus. This led to the only thing approaching a soft spot he has in memory of her.

* {{Affably Evil}}: Swings between this and {{Jerkass}} as it suits his whims or plans or both.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''.]]

* DelinquentHair: His hair is done up in a mohawk.

* EyeScream: [[spoiler: See AnArmAndALeg above; Sinister ''also'' takes one of his eyes.]]

* GrayEyes: When the colorist actually [[DependingOnTheArtist remembers]] what his eye color his, it's usually depicted as a steely gray. This is done most likely as a contrast to his father's much more warm blue ones.

** Or maybe not. [[spoiler: He came back in ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterwards.]]

* SmellsSexy: He has pheromones that let him nudge people's emotions. The pheromones allow him to push people's emotions in many directions, and Daken has been shown to use this to good effect....He just prefers using it to make himself a sex god. It does not, however, work on non-humans, regardless of sexual orientation, as [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Hulkling]]]] proved.

* SuperSenses / TheNoseKnows

-->'''NormanOsborn:''' "But more importantly, you're MY Wolverine. YOU are Wolverine. Do you know what a hero is?"

* MommyIssues: According to his creators.

* SmellsSexy: He has pheromones that let him nudge people's emotions. The pheromones allow him to push people's emotions in many directions, and Daken has been shown to use this to good effect....He just prefers using it to make himself a sex god. It does not, however, work on non-humans, regardless of sexual orientation, as [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Hulking]]]] proved.

* BackFromTheDead: Was killed at the end of ''Uncanny X-Force'' by Rick Remender. Was brought back in ''Uncanny Avengers'' by the Rick Remender.