Line #129 Characters/GingaDensetsuWeed


1	A incomplete list of the characters introduced in ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed''. For dogs that were introduced in ''Manga/GingaNagareboshiGin'', see ''[[Characters/GingaNagareboshiGin Characters Ginga Nagareboshi Gin.]]''
2
3	[[foldercontrol]]
4	[[folder: Heroes]]
5	!! Weed
6	->'''Breed: Akita/Kishu mix'''
7	->'''Voiced by: Sachi Kokuryu'''
8
9	The protagonist and Gin's son.
10	-----
11	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weed-ginga-densetsu-weed-tv_tropes2_3500.jpg]]
12	%% BerserkerTears: Happens at times when he is in a rage.
13	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Weed is the most polite and the nicest puppy but if you mess with him, you are seriously in big trouble.
14	* CallBack: The part where he [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector (the foxhound spies in the manga) 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).]]
15	%% CombatByChampion: Weed vs. Hougen
16	* ForgottenFallenFriend: In the anime at least, Weed gets over the death of his mother ''extremely'' fast. He's fittingly more heartbroken in the manga, and thinks of her often during his journey.
17	* GenerationXerox: He's a dead ringer for dear old Dad. They're very similar in personality, as well.
18	* GlowingEyesOfDoom: When he unleashes his battōga.
19	* HairColorDissonance: He is blue, but this is probably just meant to represent stylized gray.
20	* 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.
21	* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: 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.]]
22	%% HotBlooded: He's this by definition.
23	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: His often-invoked argument to his subordinates.
24	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As Jerome lampshades, "Weed, your spirit is too pure."
25	* InformedAttribute: He's stated to be "tora-ge" (tiger-striped, i.e. brindle), but much like his father Gin whose stripes disappeared after three episodes, Weed bears no visible stripes. He is also stated (along with his father, older brother, and oldest son) to be silver, despite appearing blue.
26	* InTheBlood: Inherits natural strength from his father the way Gin did from Riki. This includes the ability to do the battōga.
27	* IntimateHealing: When his group finds him nearly having frozen to death in a river they help him get warm again by making a huddle around him.
28	%% JapanesePoliteness: Like his father, Weed epitomizes this trope.
29	%% KidHero: Is extremely powerful, and supposedly wise for his age.
30	%% LawfulStupidChaoticStupid: Oh boy... Weed and his morals.
31	* {{Leitmotif}}: His acoustic theme during lectures is about the only subtle one in the series.
32	* LukeYouAreMyFather: He tries to tell Gin in the Kaibutsu Arc that he's his son, [[spoiler: except "Gin" is actually a identical substitute called Tokimune, and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
33	%% OneManArmy: He's seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.
34	* MeaningfulName: He was named Weed (oddly, by GB, not his mother) as a reminder that he will [[YouAreNotAlone never be alone,]] but will always be surrounded by friends like how weeds can be found everywhere.
35	* ParentalAbandonment: Sakura, Weed's mom, dies in the first episode, leaving Weed in the care of some of his father's old friends.
36	* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:Gin makes Weed the new leader after he's defeated Hougen and given a RousingSpeech about the power of kindness.]]
37	%% PintSizedPowerhouse: He's the best example of this in the series.
38	* 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.
39	* 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.
40	* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with 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's defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major rage point 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 (who to be fair, was only testing him) and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]
41	* TookALevelInBadass: Throughout his series.
42	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He is supposed to be this, although to most of the audience he can come across as being overly nice to the point where he makes bad decisions, like letting murderous dogs that want to kill him and others live.
43	!!Manga only:
44	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Koyuki at the end of the manga.]]
45	* BusmansHoliday: 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.
46	* DespairEventHorizon: He loses his composure after being told his father was killed by Sniper/Murder S, causing him to cry heavily before deciding to run ''alone'' into Hougen's troops to challenge Murder S to a fight, not caring if he should die doing so (thankfully, he wins the fight and later finds out his dad is alive after all).
47	* 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]].
48	* 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 we already mention that the protagonist in question is ''a months old puppy?'' No wonder the anime took this out (though to be fair, the anime did also add in the scene where Weed uses the Battōga on the guard dog despite never having trained and not even knowing what it was).
49	* YouKilledMyFather: He's mistakenly told that his father was killed by Sniper/Murder S at one point, to which he becomes ''livid'' and runs into Hougen's pack all alone to challenge Sniper/Murder S to a one on one battle. Ultimately he ''wins'' as he pushes a badly wounded Murder S onto a highway where he's hit by a truck. (Unfortunately, it's later revealed he survived, but Weed also got to learn that his father wasn't dead after all.)
50
51
52	!! Jerome
53	->'''Breed: German Shepherd'''
54	->'''Voiced by: Masaya Takatsuka'''
55
56	A powerful ally of Weed.
57	-----
58	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jerome_ginga_densetsu_weed_-_05dd0b-5_6962.jpg]]
59
60	* DeathByAdaptation: Dies in the anime, but is still alive and kicking in the manga.
61	* HypercompetentSidekick: He's 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.
62	* MyMasterRightOrWrong:
63	** [[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.]]
64	** 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.]]
65	* SuicideAttack: When he and his comrades are fighting Kaibutsu, whose tactic consists of charging him one by one and bite into his 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.
66	!!Manga only:
67	* TenMinuteRetirement: When 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.
68
69	!! GB
70	->'''Breed: English Setter'''
71	->'''Voiced by: Naru Kawamoto'''
72	A selfish dog that had a change of heart. He was one of the first dogs to join Weed's pack and was the one who named Weed.
73	-----
74	* CowardlyLion: His character arc is learning to be less cowardly and selfish.
75	%% CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
76	%% JerkWithAHeartOfGold
77	%% LovableCoward: Emphasis on the lovable.
78	* OnlyKnownByInitials: ''His full name is Great Britain.'' Of course, nobody ever calls him that.
79	* TookALevelInBadass: In the manga, he took a huge level of badass when he [[spoiler: rips off Hybrid Bear's claw before dying completely.]]
80
81	!! Kyōshirō
82	->'''Breed: Kishu'''
83	->'''Voiced by: Yuuki Masuda'''
84
85	A young dog that is very powerful for his age. 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.
86	-----
87	[[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/white_dog_207437_1237645967383_full_805.jpg]]
88	* AbusiveParents: Kyōshirō's main motivation for learning how to fight.
89	* [[spoiler: FakeDefector: 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...]]
90	* HeroicSecondWind: In the anime. 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.
91	%% HotBlooded
92	%% JerkWithAHeartOfGold
93	%% PetTheDog: Gets one with the pup he adopts, named Teru.
94	* RuggedScar: Is covered with them. How he got them is never told, but one can assume either has been fighting a lot all his life or they're from his father, or both.
95	* WellIntentionedExtremist: 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.
96	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Kyōshirō is the same age as Weed, despite looking much older.
97	!!Manga only:
98	* TenMinuteRetirement: Was among the dogs who tried to join Jerome when [[spoiler: he was banished.]]
99
100	!! Hiro
101	->'''Breed: Great Pyrenees'''
102	->'''Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura'''
103
104	A former loner who joins Weed's pack.
105	-----
106	* AntiHero: While definitely a good guy, Hiro is a lot more rough around the edges and has less scruples about being ruthless toward enemies, his signature GroinAttack being evidence of that.
107	* BadassInDistress: The tough-as-nails loner gets captured by Hougen while defending Reika.
108	* TheBigGuy: Among Weed's core group of allies.
109	* CruelMercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.
110	* GroinAttack: His specialty, though he does not do it very much in the anime.
111	%% LargeHam: To a certain extent.
112	%% RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.
113	* YouKilledMyFather: Happens to poor Hiro when Kamakiri killed his father as a puppy.
114	!!Manga only:
115	* AnthropomorphicShift: He's one of the main culprits of this in the comedic moments.
116	%% BoisterousBruiser: Plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
117	%% EyeScream: Happens to him in a flashback.
118	%% [UglyGuyHotWife: With [[spoiler: Reika.]]
119
120	!! Reika
121	->'''Breed: Akita Inu'''
122	->'''Voiced by: Rie Nakagawa'''
123
124	A former pet dog. She is one of the few female characters.
125	-----
126	* DamselInDistress: She's captured by Hougen to use as leverage for hampering the Ohu army's ability to oppose him.
127	* HoneyTrap: During the battle at Ohu she tries to exploit Hougen's infatuation with her by pretending to reciprocate, [[BatmanGambit as a ploy to drown him in the river]]. Unfortunately [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome it doesn't work]].
128	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Hougen takes her hostage in order to blackmail Gin and John into letting themselves get caught (and ''beaten half to death''). Later he tells her he intends to keep her captured because he wants her as his mate and she's gonna give birth to his offspring. Poor Reika is terrified.
129
130	!! Tokimune
131	->'''Breed: Akita Inu'''
132	->'''Voiced by: Hozumi Gouda'''
133
134	[[spoiler:A dog who serves as Gin's body double while Gin is away from Ohu.]]
135	-----
136	* AdaptationExpansion: [[spoiler:He's killed off via gunshot pretty quickly in the manga and most of his character's importance is only revealed posthumously. In the anime however, he gets a bit more screentime and is able to share a meaningful interaction with Weed, giving his life to protect Weed from Kaibutsu.]]
137	* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:He was secretly brought in to serve as one for Gin, so that whenever Gin is away the perception of Ohu still having its leader present can remain.]]
138	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the manga Tokimune is killed by a gunshot to the head mere moments after Weed meets him. In the anime, he's shot nonlethally and goes on to die protecting Weed from Kaibutsu.]]
139	* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:To Gin, down to the scars on his forehead.]]
140	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Either by a bullet to the head in the manga or from Kaibutsu in the anime.]]
141	* WalkingSpoiler: The whole point of his character is to make everyone think that [[spoiler:Gin has been killed]], setting up the twist that [[spoiler:Gin is still alive elsewhere and the dead one is in fact a body double]].
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder: Villains]]
145	!! Kaibutsu/P4
146	->'''Breed: Mutant of unknown origin.'''
147	->'''Voiced by: Kong Kuwata'''
148
149	The starter-antagonist of the series, he was a tortured lab dog that eventually escaped and went mad.
150	-----
151	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/p4kaibutsu_8805.jpg]]
152	* AlasPoorVillain: Was revealed to look and behave like he did because [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters he was tortured for 5 years by humans using him for scientific experiments.]]
153	* AnimalTesting: His backstory and how he became what he is ''[[MadScientist (just what were they testing on him?)]]''
154	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He was subjected to cruel experimentation for years. By the time he finally broke out, he was filled with nothing but hatred.
155	* BerserkButton: Calling him by his lab name, "P4".
156	* CanisMajor: According to the guidebook, he weighs at around 1200 pounds.
157	%% DavidVersusGoliath: Every battle with him becomes this.
158	* DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler:He was finally defeated by Weed, Ken and Kagetora who pushed him off the cliff and got himself impaled by a sharp branch from the log in the middle of a waterfall.]]
159	%% DiscOneFinalBoss
160	%% EvilFormerFriend: To Jerome.
161	%%* EvilSoundsDeep: His voice is quite deep and menacing. It might be partially thanks to his mutation.
162	* HumansAreBastards: A central theme in his BackStory.
163	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He finally dies from being impaled by a sharp branch on a log.
164	* {{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. ]]
165	%% MixAndMatchCritter
166	* NoNameGiven: If he [[NeverGivenAName ever even had a name originally]], it's never revealed and he's only referred to either by his lab name or the moniker he has now.
167	* ShapedLikeItself: His name means "monster".
168	* TragicMonster: Used to be a normal dog like Jerome and his comrades, but he was eventually selected to be used in a years-long series of experiments in a scientific facility. This put him through agonizing physical and mental pain, and his only access to the outside world was conversing with Jerome through a vent that led to the compound yard. Kaibutsu ends up snapping and killing numerous scientists before fleeing the laboratory.
169	%% WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
170
171
172	!! Hougen
173	->'''Breed: Great Dane'''
174	->'''Voiced by Kôji Ishii'''
175
176	A vicious, sociopathic dog who strives to take over Gin's territory through any means necessary. He becomes the main antagonist of the series.
177	-----
178	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hougen-of-the-alps-ginga-densetsu-weed-10936408-350-263_8378.jpg]]
179	%% TheCaligula
180	* ColdBloodedTorture: He tortures Gin and John during their captivity.
181	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In the manga, he's shot and killed by an ex-policeman who had his partner killed and eaten by Hougen at some point in the past, killing the dog with a bullet to the brain. However, after Weed decides to spare a badly-beaten Hougen after their climatic battle in the anime, the crazed Great Dane is struck by lightning after he climbs Gajou to declare himself leader and threatens to massacre all of Ohu's residents.
182	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his evil, he did love his brother Genba, {{mercy kill}}ing him (see below), shedding a tear while doing so.
183	* FromNobodyToNightmare: 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.
184	%% HumansAreBastards: His motivation.
185	%% {{Jerkass}}
186	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where 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.
187	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by lightning at the end of the anime (while shot by a vengeful ex-policeman in the manga).]]
188	%% KickTheDog: Let's just say that he does this about once per episode
189	%% LargeAndInCharge
190	* LiteralManeater: [[spoiler:They flat-out ate their abusive owner before running off into the wild.]]
191	* 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).]]
192	* NobodyPoops: Averted. When 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.''
193	* NotQuiteDead: 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.]]
194	* OhCrap: The look on his face when he sees [[spoiler:Weed performing the battōga attack for the first time]].
195	* RasputinianDeath: [[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.]]
196	* YouHaveFailedMe: 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).
197
198	!! Genba
199	->'''Breed: Great Dane'''
200	->'''Voiced by Masami Iwasaki'''
201
202	Hougen's younger brother, who's just as evil and cruel but slightly less imposing.
203	-----
204	* TheDragon: Genba isn't as much of an independent thinker as his brother, so he usually acts under Hougen's orders despite the two technically being on level with each other.
205	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely cares about Hougen just as Hougen cares about him.
206	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Unlike Hougen, he has intact ears rather than cropped ones. Also, in the manga his eyes are green instead of yellow.
207	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:After he loses his mind and the use of his legs from being injured by Tesshin, Hougen is forced to MercyKill him.]]
208
209	!! Rocket
210	->'''Breed: Borzoi'''
211	->'''Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiMaeda'''
212
213	One of the Borzoi Brothers, a trio of dogs loyal to Hougen. Not long after his introduction he switches sides to help Weed.
214	-----
215	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gdw_rocket2_7075.jpg]]
216	* AdaptationalVillainy: A minor case. In the anime he started out as TheMole when joining Weed and was loyal to Hougen before he had a change of heart, but in the manga his change of allegiance is genuine from the start.
217	* HeelFaceTurn: He's inspired by the camaraderie of Weed's group and decides to fight for their side either immediately (in the manga) or after some CharacterDevelopment (in the anime).
218	%% NiceGuy: [[spoiler:After his change of heart.]]
219	%% TheQuietOne
220	%% ThemeNaming: He and his brothers are named after the speeding machines.
221	%% WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]
222
223	!! Toube
224	->'''Breed: Tosa'''
225	->'''Voiced by: Dai Matsumoto'''
226
227	A dog fighting champion.
228	-----
229	%% QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Batto, Kite, and Buruge.
230	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:After switching sides, he soon after chooses to sacrifice himself and HoldTheLine against Kamakiri's squad.]]
231	* SnowMeansDeath: [[spoiler:Toube freezes to death after fighting Kamikiri and his pack. The next day, the Ohu soldiers find him... literally frozen to death.]]
232	* WhatTheHellAreYou: Kamikiri and his dogs had nearly beaten 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:
233	-->'''Kamikiri:''' What the hell is he?!
234	* HeelFaceTurn: After Hougen leaves him for dead and he's subsequently rescued by Weed's group, he decides to join their cause with some additional convincing from Musashi.
235
236	!! Lector and Thunder
237	->'''Breed: Doberman Pinscher'''
238	->'''Voiced by: Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.'''
239
240	An assassin duo.
241	-----
242	%% AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]]
243	%% DeathByAdaptation
244	%% DogStereotype: Both are evil, as dobermans tend to be in media.
245
246	!! Kamakiri
247	->'''Breed: Irish wolfhound'''
248
249	An Irish wolfhound who combines his own pack with Hougen's pack.
250	-----
251	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Hiro reminds Kamakiri about how the latter killed his father in front of him, the wolfhound merely retorts that he doesn't remember.
252	* TheDragon: He becomes this to Hougen after [[spoiler:Genba's death]].
253	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He suffers a nasty GroinAttack from Hiro and gets his fangs torn out, leaving him a sobbing and bleeding wreck.]]
254	* MeaningfulName: His name means "praying mantis", and his introduction scene is ambushing Rocket while he isn't looking.
255	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Castrated and defanged, Kamakiri tries attacking Hiro while the latter is leaving, but since he doesn't have fangs anymore, he only leaves a bloody smear on Hiro's fur. He's left sobbing and howling as the crows move in for the feast.]]
256	!!Manga only:
257	* DomesticAbuse: It's shown in ''Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion'' that he's been a pretty crappy mate, flat-out mauling his mate in front of their puppies.
258
259	!!Stone
260	->'''Breed: Siberian Husky Mix'''
261	->'''Voiced by: Kunihiro Kawamoto'''
262
263	A dog under Kamikiri's command, who tricks Weed's group into getting attacked by humans.
264	-----
265	* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the manga Stone is killed by Murder S in a fight to decide ranking among Hougen's troops, but in the anime he's killed by Hougen for asking for reinforcements to help Kamakiri fight Weed and co.]]
266	* TheDragon: To Kamakiri.
267	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:In the manga, he has his head sliced clean off by Murder S.]]
268	[[/folder]]
269
270	[[folder: Manga only]]
271	!! Lydia
272	->'''Breed: German Shepherd'''
273
274	A villainous female Russian Army Dog.
275	-----
276	* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: With Jerome.]]
277	%% {{Chickification}}
278	%% FauxActionGirl
279	* FemmeFatale: She puts up a front as a NeutralFemale to gain trust, but this is only to lower her target's defenses so she can glean information out of them for the sake of her comrades.
280	%% HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After she falls in love with Jerome.]]
281	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The markings on her face are in the shape of a heart.
282
283
284	!! George
285	->'''Breed: [[spoiler:Great Dane/Saluki mix]]'''
286	[[spoiler: Ben and Cross's other son, and Ken's younger brother.]]
287	-----
288	* AloofBigBrother: He is cynical, sarcastic and aloof, but it's subverted in that he's actually the middle sibling [[spoiler:between his older brother Ken and his little sister Minnie]].
289	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: George is conspicuously absent from the ''Weed'' anime [[spoiler:despite having appeared briefly as a puppy in the previous anime and his brother Ken showing up in ''Weed'']].
290	* DogStereotype: Subverted. He is a feminine-looking dog [[spoiler:who takes after his mother]], but is male.
291	* LightningBruiser: He may look weak, but he's actually said to be as strong as [[spoiler:his father]] and unlike [[spoiler:his brother Ken]] is fast as well.
292	* MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He once fell asleep while he was supposed to be watching over his sister Minnie, and she ended up drowning. He's been haunted by his mistake ever since.]]
293	* PunnyName: His name can be pronounced in Japanese as ''Jōji'', which is similar to the word ''juuji'' which means "cross", [[spoiler:his mother's name]].
294	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also called Jōji in some translations.
295	* RuggedScar: Is covered with them.
296	* TenMinuteRetirement: Is among the dogs who attempted to [[spoiler: join Jerome after he was banished.]]
297	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: His fear of water. [[spoiler:It stems from his grief over not being able to save his sister from drowning.]]
298

Context Characters / GingaDensetsuWeed