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6	These are the characters who are part of Kenshin's clan - either related by blood or by, well... [[{{VampireTropes}} blood]].
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11	!!'''Himura Kenshin'''
12	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Himura_Kenshin_7028.jpg]]
13	->Original: ''Characters/RurouniKenshin''
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15	--> ''"You’re my clan. I can carry as many of you as I must, that I can."''
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17	Legendary assassin of the Bakumatsu. Master of Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu. Wandering swordsman attempting to atone for the sins of his past. Then he finds out his master Hiko is a [[{{OurVampiresAreDifferent}} ryu-youkai]], a nearly immortal being who feeds on the [[{{LifeEnergy}} ki]] in blood. And now, so is he. So much for his [[{{Resignedtothecall}} quiet life of retirement.]] \
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23	* ActionDad: He isn't about to stand aside and let his son and grandson do all the fighting.
24	* AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: To avoid killing others in combat, Kenshin uses his reverse-bladed sword. Later [[spoiler: after the apocalypse]] spends his time meditating to prevent harming others with his [[spoiler:out of control dragon ki.]]
25	* TheAgeless: Is in a stasis at around physically 20 years old since being turned. He is still vulnerable to injury but won't die of old age.
26	* AllLovingHero: Known for helping others and avoiding massacres.
27	* AnimalBattleAura: Occasionally gets a dragon aura.
28	* AnimalMotifs: The dragon. [[spoiler:Even more so after he is gifted with a dying dragon's soul.]]
29	* TheAtoner
30	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: One of the trademark abilities of his sword style, Kenshin uses his powerful ki sense to read his opponent’s actions and emotions.
31	* BadassAdorable: Physically a young-looking 20 years old, short and cute with wide eyes and a sweet smile. Do not poke. He bites.
32	%%* BadassFamily
33	* BagOfHolding: His kimono, to all appearances. How does he store blankets in there?
34	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Kenshin is humble and friendly. He's also one of the most skilled swordsmen and powerful youkai in the world, and can use his deadly skills if you mess with his clan or with innocents.
35	* BeyondTheImpossible:[[spoiler:He brings Aoshi back from the dead after he was beheaded, when beheading is supposed to kill a vampire premanently.]]
36	* CallingTheOldManOut / RageAgainstTheMentor: Hiko, in 1882.
37	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: No matter how torn, beaten, or battered he is, a voice crying for help will ''always'' reach him.
38	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's calm, hard to anger and generally prefers not to fight, but is ''deadly'' if you rouse him to anger.
39	* CoolSword: Mamosei. A youkai blade crafted specifically for Kenshin after he helps [[spoiler: contain Inuyasha’s rampage]]. Toutousai crafted it from one of his fangs, hair and blood. It answers only to him, and has the ability to swap the cutting edge from the spine (sakabatou mode) to the face (katana mode).
40	** CargoShip: He gets all upset and flustered if you take Mamosei away from him... and he calls Mamosei “he”... and Saitou calls Mamosei his ''wife''.
41	*** According to [[{{WordofGod}} Word of God]] it’s deliberately ambiguous if Mamosei is [[{{EmpathicWeapon}} aware]] or Kenshin’s got [[{{CompanionCube}} a screw loose]].
42	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dead parents. Picked up by slavers. Watched slavers get murdered by bandits. Buried everyone all alone. Joined the war effort at 14. Was an assassin and skirmisher. Accidentally killed his first wife. All the troubles from the canon... And that’s all ''before'' the story.
43	* {{Determinator}}
44	* DisappearedDad: He didn't even know he had a kid for over a year, and even when he does he can't stay there because of the danger to Kaoru.
45	** Later averted when he takes Kenji in to keep Kaoru safe and train his son.[[spoiler: Still applies to his human-seeming daughter Hana after Kaoru tells him not to come back.]]
46	* DorkKnight: Sweet, kind and kind of shy Himura Kenshin. That's not to say he isn't a skilled, disciplined swordsman who will hurt you if necessary.
47	* TheEmpath: Partially. Kenshin doesn’t like to drink from unwilling victims, both for moral reasons and physical ones; the blood from an unwilling victim tends to make him sick to his stomach. This may be psychosomatic.
48	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Already possibly the most badass BadassNormal before Hiko turned him into a vampire.
49	* EmptyNest: Even when not completely empty, Kenshin gets melancholy without his family around.
50	* ExperiencedProtagonist: He's a war veteran, has been an accomplished swordsman for over a decade, and is a strong contender for the best swordsman in Japan by the time the series starts. That experience just builds as the story continues.
51	* EyeColorChange: Goes from periwinkle blue to gold when his ryu powers surface, or when he's angry.
52	* FantasticFightingStyle: Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu
53	* TheFettered
54	* FightingForAHomeland: Yamaguchi, a former dragon's lair the size of a mountain that Kenshin [[spoiler: claims as a safe place for youkai, hanyou and those humans who wish to live in harmony with them]].
55	* FriendToAllChildren: He loves children and they love him; do not threaten a child in front of him unless you really enjoy pain.
56	* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: He delivers an [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness out of characterslap]] to his grandson when Atem is torturing someone unnecessarily. It works.
57	* GoodIsNotDumb: Kenshin is a kind man, but he's not naive to how awful and brutal the world can really be.
58	** Averted slightly when it comes to Hiko and Saitou. The former is a {{Jerkass}} and the latter a ManipulativeBastard, but Kenshin still trusts them [[{{HorribleJudgeOfCharacter}} for some reason]].
59	* GoodIsNotSoft: He may not kill you when he fights you, but rest assured, you don't know what pain is until you piss him off. It he does kill, he does so [[{{MasterSwordsman}} quickly and cleanly]].
60	* GreenEyedMonster: While he and Aoshi [[spoiler: have Saitou claimed as their prey]], he’s possessive and jealous. Generally, however, if he’s jealous he internalizes it.
61	* HeroicBSOD: Goes into a severe one after [[spoiler: deciding to break his vow and kill Yoko Kurama]].
62	* HeroicSafeMode: How he deals with things like [[spoiler: Kenji’s death]] until the situation is over.
63	* HouseHusband: Is a [[SupremeChef wonderful cook]] - it's even how he makes his living in the modern era - and takes care of all the domestic parts of life for his lovers and extended family.
64	** RealMenCook: And he makes sure that Kenji and Atem know how as well.
65	* HumbleHero: Never uses his power and title to strike fear in anyone, even his enemies. [[spoiler: Even when he comes out of TheMasquerade, despite his infamy, he still presents himself as a protector with a safe place for youkai, nothing more.]]
66	* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Kenshin dies at least twice. In fact, the story starts with him dead.
67	* InsistentTerminology: He is ryu-youkai, not a vampire, that he is.
68	* IntergenerationalFriendship: With several characters, though he tends to feel fatherly toward them. It's hard to avoid once you start living for centuries.
69	* InterruptedIntimacy: Early on, Hiko makes of himself a pest and gets between Kenshin and Aoshi, apparently just [[{{ItAmusedMe}} for shits and giggles]].
70	* LimitedWardrobe: Kenshin at the most has three outfits at any one time before the 20th century.
71	** Averted after the timeskip - Hana enjoys making outfits for her Uncle Gozaru
72	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Aoshi.
73	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Kenshin has long, red hair and has noted to be quite handsome.
74	* MagneticHero: [[{{AffectionateNickname}} ‘Kenshinland’]] collects everything from humans to demigods.
75	* MasterApprenticeChain
76	* MasterSwordsman: Kind of what he’s famous for.
77	* TheMcCoy: To Saitou's [[{{TheSpock}} Spock]] and Aoshi's [[{{TheKirk}} Kirk]].
78	* MeaningfulName: His birth name Shinta means "Kindness".[[labelnote: *]](His birth name doesn’t come up in the story, but [[{{WordOfGod}} the backstory remains true]].)[[/labelnote]]
79	* MeaningfulRename: When Hiko Seijuro, his teacher and adoptive father, considered Shinta – which means "Kindness" – too meek a name for a swordsman, he renamed the boy "Kenshin" (Sword-Heart) so he may better travel down the road of the warrior.
80	* MindlinkMates: With Aoshi, to the point that they sometimes don’t even bother forming words, just communicate with feelings. [[spoiler: And, eventually, with Saitou.]]
81	* MoralityChain: To Aoshi and to a lesser extent to Saitou and Atem.
82	* MultigenerationalHousehold
83	* MundaneUtility: He uses superspeed and sword techniques to cut vegetables, and ki flame to disinfect his kitchen.
84	* MusclesAreMeaningless: He has them, but they're lean; he's short with a sprinter's lanky build. This does not stop him from jumping inhumanly high into the air and knocking around opponents twice his size.
85	** Partially subverted, however, in that his strength comes less from muscle mass and more from channeling his ki into his own body to enhance his physical attributes, a natural skill for most ryu-youkai.
86	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Ryu-youkai (vampire) instincts are extremely hard to control at times…
87	* NiceGuy: Kenshin is humble, friendly, and has sworn off killing anyone. Even enemies. [[spoiler: Finally breaks this vow when fighting against Yoko Kurama, who has a vendetta against the family. Leads to a {{HeroicBSOD}} as he grapples with the guilt.]] He also adopts people into his clan readily and fathers them all affectionately. [[{{Jerkass}} Even if they don’t appreciate it]].
88	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In which "it" is a relationship [[spoiler: briefly]]. Kenshin’s attempts to fix Aoshi and Saitou’s relationship in 2015 just ends in violence. It probably would have gone better if he hadn’t been trying any counseling, since it turned out the explanations he was trying to give weren't even right.
89	* TheNicknamer: He calls everyone he adopts “-chan”, no matter how old or how powerful they are. [[spoiler: Seto]] is not amused.
90	* NoodleIncident: Kenshin + child porn ring = UnstoppableRage. That's all we know.
91	* OfficialCouple: Kaoru. And then Aoshi. And then Aoshi and Saitou.
92	* OlderThanHeLooks: He’s always looked young for his age; as a ryu-youkai it's combined with his ageless immortality - he's settled at the physical age of about 20, but his appearance is fifteen or so.
93	* OneManArmy: He was already an army-slayer during the Bakumatsu, when he was a hitokiri, but as a ryu-youkai he becomes game-breakingly powerful, like his teacher Hiko, and only fights when everyone else can't handle it.
94	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Delivers a calm slap to Atem when the latter was torturing [[spoiler: Kenji’s killer]]. It's enough to snap Atem back into sense.
95	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Hana, his human-seeming daughter, and later Kenji.]]
96	* PersonOfMassDestruction: There is a good reason why he's [[{{AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength}} always holding back.]]
97	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Kenshin is usually towered over by his friends… lovers… average-sized women… random teenagers… pretty much ''everyone'' except his twin grandsons.
98	* ProtagonistPowerUpPrivileges: Kenshin was the first unfettered ryu, the first to get a badass new sword, and the one to [[spoiler: receive a dying dragon's soul]]. Saitou and Aoshi are constantly playing catch-up. [[spoiler: They do, eventually.]]
99	** Mildly subverted in that he's the last of the trio to reach his [[spoiler: final power up as a kami]].
100	* RedBaron: Hitokiri Battousai
101	* RedIsHeroic: His hair.
102	* ReplacementGoldfish: More-or-less-intentionally got Kaoru pregnant in time for her to have a new child to replace Kenji when he had to take him away for training.
103	* RetiredBadass: After WWII and into the modern era. Unfortunately [[{{TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive}} he didn't get the chance to stay retired]].
104	* SacredHospitality: Will not turn away a guest, even if they are an enemy. Much to the chagrin of his lovers sometimes.
105	* SamuraiPonytail: He has the long, well kept variant. (Usually.)
106	* SamaritanSyndrome: Has an extreme version of this. Eventually Aoshi calls him out on it.
107	* SanitySlippage: It's strongly implied that he was gradually losing his sanity the more he killed people during his time as a hitokiri. He credits meeting Tomoe as what saved him from going over the edge. It’s also his greatest fear when it comes to breaking his vow. [[spoiler: Also in the beginning of the apocalypse - when he mutilates Aoshi.]]
108	* ScarsAreForever: Averted once Kenshin's body has completely adjusted to being ryu-youkai. All his scars, including the cross-shaped scar on his cheek, fade.
109	** AcheyScars: Even decades after the cross shaped scar has faded, he will still rub his cheek where it was when he's troubled or reminded about the past.
110	* {{Seme}}: As Aoshi noted early on, Kenshin just doesn’t seem to notice when someone else tries to take control. [[invoked]]
111	* SetSwordsToStun: Kenshin and Kenji both intentionally use unbladed swords to be able to fight without killing their opponents, although they still have to rein in their SuperStrength to avoid bludgeoning their opponents to death.
112	* ShrineToTheFallen: Kenshin maintains one to [[spoiler: Kenji]], and tends the graves of both Tomoe and Kaoru.
113	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Part and parcel of his vampire side and [[spoiler:dragon ki]].
114	* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Due to being TheAgeless (and [[{{FunSize}} short]]), he actually looks younger than Kenji. They’re usually taken for brothers.
115	* SuperPoweredEvilSide: At least until he gets used to it, his new ryu abilities and hunger tempt him to eat people.
116	* SymbolMotifClothing: Blood red kimono and dragon decorations (at different times).
117	* TeamDad / AFatherToHisMen: Not only his blood relations, but any strays he adopts, strays his family adopt, various hangers on, and eventually [[spoiler: a small country]]. [[note]]Not a case of ThePatriarch because his power and authority doesn’t come ''from'' being the head of his family, being only used to protect them. [[/note]]
118	* TechnicalPacifist: He won’t kill you unless you prove to be an [[{{ForTheEvulz}} irredeemable danger]] to his family or the world, but that doesn’t mean he won’t hurt you.
119	* ThickerThanWater: Puts up with things from Aoshi and Atem he might even consider grounds for execution from others.
120	* ThouShaltNotKill: [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Most]] of the time.
121	* ThroughHisStomach: Kenshin feeds ''everyone''. Saitou calls it him “mothering” people.
122	* TouchedByVorlons: Gifted the powers of a [[spoiler: dying dragoness]].
123	* UnflappableGuardian: Outwardly at least, not much seems to phase Kenshin, from blood drinking babies to kitsune attacks on the dojo.
124	* VerbalTic: Even after he drops the keigo speech, he still keeps his signature "de gozaru" [[labelnote: *]]written as "that it is" and variants in the fic[[/labelnote]] and an occasional "oro?"
125	* VisionQuest: [[spoiler: Kenshin is on a 100 year one while meditating atop Yamaguchi.]]
126	* WakeUpFighting: If he’s forced awake in the middle of the day he wakes up with [[{{MyInstinctsAreShowing}} the youkai in control]], particularly when a young ryu.
127	* WarriorTherapist: Less so in the fic than in the canon, partly because he is [[{{AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength}} afraid of his own strength]].
128	* WhatTheHellHero: Goes all “How could you?” on [[spoiler: Aoshi, after the latter massacres the government]].
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134	!!'''Hiko Seijuro'''
135	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c0807d05c02f9f0983f0191f52e4753b.jpg]]
136	->Original: ''Characters/RurouniKenshin''
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138	--> ''"We will never be equals. Our kind can’t be. I am your master, I will always be your master, and you will never have another master. You have my protection, and in return what’s yours is mine. If I want your pets, I can have them. If I want your little one, I can have him. If I want your body, ''I can have it''. I don’t normally claim my due, but you need to understand that’s me being benevolent. I have the right."''
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140	Kenshin's master, who changes him into a ryu-youkai and then, for the most part, steps away to let him figure it out for himself. He seems to have a hands-off policy, but sometimes shows up to either [[{{DeusExMachina}} help]] or [[{{JerkAss}} hinder]]. \
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145	* TheAgeless: Looks around 30, and has for a very long time.
146	** ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's just about exactly 700 by the 2000s, and looks 30ish.
147	* CynicalMentor
148	* EasilyForgiven: Hiko has [[spoiler: turned Kenshin into a vampire with no warning]], [[spoiler: drained Saitou against his will]], and [[spoiler: executed Aoshi, theoretically permanently]]. Kenshin has never cut off contact with him even briefly.
149	* ItAmusedMe: Hiko’s primary or secondary motivations for doing things ranging from turning Kenshin to using his powers seems to be that it’s slightly less boring than ''not'' doing those things.
150	* JerkAss: He's nice to approximately no one, ever.
151	* KnightInSourArmor: Behind all his cynicism and jerkishness, he does actually seem to believe in something and often does the right or noble thing without drawing attention to it, or excusing it with a cynical remark.
152	* MrExposition: As the one who turns Kenshin and the eldest vampire, he spends a lot of his time revealing and explaining things to the main characters.
153	* RefugeInAudacity: He treats people (especially Kenshin) horribly, and he seems to get away with it because he is so blatant people don’t know how to call him on it. This can involve flat out lies, obviously biased interpretations of events, blaming people for things that they can’t rationally be to blame for, and withholding aid or information until a suitably dramatic opportunity presents itself.
154	* SinkOrSwimMentor: This seems to be his philosophy. Who has time to waste ''explaining'' things when you can just beat people with swords until they learn, or toss them out into the world to make their own mistakes?
155	* WhoWantsToLiveForever: He's over 600 years old, and he seems to be world-weary, though he covers it with a thick layer of jerkassery and snark.
156	* YouDidntAsk: He usually won’t tell anyone anything until they need to know immediately just because no one bothers asking him (as seen through his eyes, anyway).
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161	[[folder:Himura Kenji]]
162	!!'''Himura Kenji'''
163	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/56997ba69df16188a0e69c458e24ac73.jpg]]
164	->Original: ''Characters/RurouniKenshin''
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168	Kenshin's son with Kaoru, a {{Dhampyr}} and exuberant, hard-headed hanger-on. \
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173	* ActionDad: Action, yes. Dad, technically. (He’s not overly paternal about their relationship - he comes off more as Atem’s brother.)
174	* AffectionateNickname: Calls Atem “Kaiju”.
175	* CameraFiend: Not so much on-screen but after [[spoiler: he dies]] the rest of his family find his extensive collection.
176	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: It doesn’t seem to be an intentional mask, but he, despite his personality, actually is a Hiten Mitsurugi master who trained under Kenshin and Hiko.
177	* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler: Averted with Kenji. Kenshin, at least, continues to refer back to him. ]]
178	** [[spoiler: FatalFamilyPhoto: Almost immediately after revealing that his girlfriend is pregnant, Kenji gets a bridge dropped on him.]]
179	* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Stops or significantly slows aging in his late teens despite having grown up normally until that point.
180	* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Kenji dies and is revived twice in quick succession.
181	** Averted when he's [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]].
182	* ParentalSexualitySquick: Even when he’s 125 years old, Kenji would rather go “la la la la la” than think about Kenshin’s love life.
183	* LeeroyJenkins: Kenji’s favorite strategy is “[[{{FoeTossingCharge}} CHAAAAAAARGE]]!”
184	* LongLived: As a hanyou, he'll presumably age and die eventually, but he has at least centuries to live before then.
185	* PlugNPlayFriends: This is essentially how he treats everyone who comes in contact with his family, and the root cause of this trope applying to Yuugi [[spoiler: and Seth]]. It’s lampshaded a few times by other characters - when they describe him it’s his willingness to make everyone feel like family that gets brought up most.
186	* SetSwordsToStun: Kenshin and Kenji both intentionally use unbladed swords to be able to fight without killing their opponents, although they still have to rein in their SuperStrength to avoid bludgeoning their opponents to death.
187	* ShapeshiftingSquick: He is firmly heterosexual and is very, ''very'' unsettled by Yuki changing into a female form. Even if he did sleep with her anyway.
188	* StrongFamilyResemblance: He’s a slightly taller, slightly more [[{{LeeroyJenkins}} impetuous]] version of Kenshin.
189	* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Being taller, he actually looks like Kenshin’s brother. Maybe ''big'' brother.
190	* TeenPregnancy: He was actually a teenager when he fathered Atem.
191	* VitriolicBestBuds: Atem and Kenji’s relationship is close, but seems based mostly on insulting and teasing each other.
192	* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Prefers a nonlethal sword - sakabatou, blunt, or wooden. Probably justified in that his original training came from Kaoru and thereafter from Kenshin.
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198	!!'''Himura Atem'''
199	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8dfd8ec21b040abebe238f70545324a6.jpg]]
200	->Original: ''Characters/YuGiOh''
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202	--> ''"...it's my turn."''
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204	The elder of Kenshin's twin grandsons. Genetically one-quarter ryu-youkai, one-quarter kitsune and half human, he favors his ryu side. Raised by in his grandfather's house, Atem is a full Hiten master in his own right as well as being trained in the arts of the Oniwanbanshuu by Aoshi. Mostly a fairly easygoing and playful young man with a strong righteous streak and a buried dark side. \
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209	!!Tropes applying to this version of Atem:
210	* AffectionateNickname: Kenji calls him ‘Kaiju’ (monster) and Yuugi calls him “mou hitori no boku” (my other self).
211	* AnimeHair: Dark red with natural blonde bangs and streaks. No one really comments on it.
212	** Justified in that in the modern era he uses illusion magic to make it appear normal, and when he was introduced his wild red hair is what convinced the characters he was related to the Kenshin's clan.
213	* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler: Part of his insanity after the end of civilization.]]
214	* BloodKnight: Really enjoys a good fight.
215	* BrainsAndBondage: In this case, he's the one ''holding'' the whips and chains.
216	* BodyguardCrush: He was Seth’s bodyguard while he [[spoiler: was pretending to be Seto and running Kaiba Corp]]. At the start they’re fighting, by the end of the year they’re [[spoiler: lovers]].
217	* TheCaligula: [[spoiler: When he takes over Osaka. He's a little more focused than most examples, though that may owe something to [[{{EvilChancellor}} Seth]].]]
218	* CastingAShadow: Develops the ability to call and manipulate living shadows.
219	* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from a cheerful and playful young man to a [[spoiler: sadistic megalomaniac warlord after the apocalypse.]]
220	* CoolSword: His shifts from knife length to katana length at will.
221	* CostumePorn: Atem likes his clothes and his jewellery.
222	** HellBentForLeather: He do love his leather pants and backless vests.
223	* CunningLikeAFox: Enjoys playing pranks, not always nice ones either.
224	* DescentIntoAddiction: Blood, sex and sadism. Enforced by [[spoiler: Seth as a means of control.]]
225	* DoorstopBaby: Was dropped off with Kenji, his father, after a one night stand with a kitsune-hanyou.
226	** MissingMom: He never knew his mother, since she dropped him off when he was barely a month old.
227	* ExoticEquipment: Kitsune shapeshifting…
228	* FantasticArousal: His tails.
229	* FunSize: Takes after his grandfather. Unlike Kenshin and Yuugi, though, this does bother him sometimes.
230	* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Kenshin gives him a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness slap to the face]] when he was torturing [[spoiler: Kenji’s killer]].
231	* GuileHero: Depends as much on his knack for strategy as he does his physical training.
232	* HellBentForLeather: He do like his leather pants and vests.
233	* HeinzHybrid: Son of a {{Dhampyr}} and a kitsune hanyou.
234	* HemoErotic: He's particularly interested in watching [[spoiler: Seth]] feed.
235	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Kenshin tries to keep this from happening to him after [[spoiler: his father dies.]]
236	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Not a major case, but his height, relative youth, hybrid status, power level, and insecurity over relationships with [[{{VitriolicBestBuds}} Kenji]] and [[{{AloofBigBrother}} Aoshi]] actually do bother him. He covers it up with boasting and badassery.
237	** [[spoiler: Possibly gives insight into why he goes a little overboard when someone willing to be frank with his emotions, and who needs him, comes along. And why he starts building an enthralled harem…]]
238	* KillItWithFire: Can summon blue foxfire thanks to his kitsune blood.
239	** FauxFire: Averted. It’s blue and only burns what he wants it to, but the fire is both real and magical.
240	* LongLived: As a hanyou, he will eventually grow old and die, but not for at least hundreds of years.
241	** Really700YearsOld: He appears as a teenager, but he's over 150.
242	* MasterOfIllusion: Thanks to his kitsune blood.
243	* MindlinkMates: [[spoiler: With Seth and Rei.]]
244	* MindRape: A mix of his kitsune illusion and ryu mental powers, used to terrifying effect. He’s probably perfectly capable of getting information with a mere MindProbe, but what fun is that?
245	* PassFail: Modern Atem spends his time pretending to be a normal high school student to seek out un-woken hanyou. He’s over 100 years old…
246	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Unlike Aoshi, Saitou, and even Kenshin to a certain extent, he thinks naturally in terms of a group working together. Makes him a good squad-leader.
247	* PowerPerversionPotential: Half-fox form plus kinky lovers… Vampire enthralling plus a dominating streak… Bloodlust plus healing factors… Perversion potential is about the first thing he figures out for his powers.
248	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Minor example - Atem’s eyes tend to shift from dark violet to crimson when he’s using his powers or when he’s just drunk blood.
249	* SeparatedAtBirth: From Yuugi, his younger twin.
250	* SociopathicHero: [[spoiler: After the apocalypse and leaving Yamaguchi, he takes over Osaka ostensibly to protect the people from the warlords in the area. He may not be much better, but at least they only have one leader.]]
251	* TheStrategist: He trained under Kenshin, Hiko, and Aoshi. He knows how to read, respond to, and manipulate a situation as well as any of them.
252	* StartOfDarkness: After [[spoiler: his father’s murder]] he finds out he has a sadistic streak. [[spoiler: And shadow powers.]]
253	* SweetTooth: Especially honey.
254	* TechnicolorNinja: He has illusion power, but his primary stealth abilities come from being small and well-trained, despite some flamboyance of wardrobe and behavior.
255	* {{Twincest}}: Had a couple of offscreen dalliances with his twin when he and Yuugi were reunited.
256	* VampiricDraining: He doesn’t require it to live, but he can drink blood to strengthen his ryu and kitsune supernatural abilities.
257	* VitriolicBestBuds: Atem and Kenji’s relationship is close, but seems based mostly on insulting and teasing each other.
258	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Once Yuugi teaches him how to assume alternate forms.
259	** MultiformBalance: Once he learns to shapeshift, he uses human, part-fox, part ryu, fox-ryu and full fox forms freely depending on what he needs to do.
260	** LittleBitBeastly: His hybrid forms.
261	** YouSexyBeast: How Seth sees his hybrid fox-human form.
262	** ShapeshifterBaggage: Averted. Atem is always the same size, no matter what form he takes. This is why he doesn’t use his full-ryu form; a five foot red wingless dragon isn’t nearly as intimidating as a five foot black fox.
263	* WeakButSkilled: Power-wise one of the weakest non-human characters in the story, but does his best to make up for that with constant training and practise.
264	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Started out this way after the EndOfTheWorld, but falls facefirst into [[spoiler: TheCaligula after taking over Osaka]].
265
266
267	[[/folder]]
268
269
270	[[folder:Mutou Yuugi]]
271	!!'''Mutou Yuugi'''
272	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9f80ed9042708630db9331f0b1b1f03f.JPG]]
273	->Original: ''Characters/YuGiOh''
274
275	--> ''"...we like to take chances."''
276
277	The younger of Kenshin's twin grandsons. Raised by his kitsune-hanyou mother, none of the Kenshingumi knew he even existed until Atem brought him home one day. Much more skilled in the arts of the kitsune than Atem, but lacks his aggressive nature and fighting skills. \
278	\
279	\
280
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282	!!Tropes applying to this version of Yuugi:
283	* CuddleBug: Also likes being petted.
284	* CuteLittleFangs
285	* DisappearedDad
286	* FauxFire
287	* {{Kawaiiko}}: Uses it as a defense mechanism and a means of manipulating people.
288	* LittleBitBeastly: In his half-kitsune form.
289	* LongLived: As a hanyou, he'll presumably age and die eventually, but he has at least centuries to live before then.
290	** Really700YearsOld: He's about 150 but still looks young.
291	* MasterOfIllusion: According to {{WordOfGod}}. Mostly used offscreen before his meeting with the Kenshingumi.
292	* MissingMom: Abandoned by his kitsune-hanyou mother when he could look after himself. Apparently kitsune aren’t very maternal.
293	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: Much more prone to this than his twin.
294	* OlderThanHeLooks: His physical age is around twenty, but his apparent age is a teenager.
295	* PassFail: Yuugi also spends a lot of his time in school, making friends.
296	* PlugNPlayFriends: Easily accepted by his twin and the Kenshingumi.
297	* ProfessionalGambler
298	** FixingTheGame: Unlike his original inspiration, this Yuugi doesn’t have a problem with cheating if he can get away with it.
299	* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Just before the apocalypse for his own safety.]]
300	** [[spoiler: MagicalLand: Where the bus goes. The Earth Kami’s realm, where he’s spending the apocalypse.]]
301	** [[spoiler: TheBusCameBack: Theoretically after the wild earth magic settles out.]]
302	%% * SeparatedAtBirth: From Atem.
303	%% * SweetTooth
304	%% * {{Twincest}}
305	* VampiricDraining: Finds out that his ryu blood allows him to boost his abilities with this.
306	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Part and parcel of his kitsune blood.
307	** ShapeshifterBaggage: Can make his fox form small and cute.
308	** ShapeshifterModeLock & TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: When the [[spoiler: earth magic]] starts to go out of control he often gets stuck in his fox form, with associated mindset. Part of the reason he was [[spoiler: {{PutOnABus}}]].
309	* {{Youkai}}: Technically hanyou, but he grew up in the youkai community rather than the human one.
310
311
312	[[/folder]]
313
314
315	[[folder:[[spoiler:Jounouchi Katsuya]]]]
316	!!'''Jounouchi Katsuya'''
317	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d195f3fa7955a47b978dec977a9971ec.jpg]]
318	->Original: ''Characters/YuGiOh''
319
320	A young man of the 20th century who turns out to be Kenshin's many times great-grandson through his human-seeming daughter, Hana. \
321	\
322	\
323
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325	!!Tropes applying to this version of Jounouchi are:
326
327	* AbusiveParents: His father is a drunken bastard, sexually abusive, and apparently also whores him out.
328	* AffectionateNickname: From Yukito - “Katsu-pon”
329	* BigEater: Just like his many times great uncle Kenji
330	* BornLucky: Being sucked dry by his boy/girlfriend as she’s giving birth and his youkai blood just happens to wake…
331	* TheGambler: How he and Yuugi met offscreen, playing bar games together in school.
332	* [[{{GirlNextDoor}} Boy Next Door]]
333	* HeroicLineage: Is Kenshin’s many times great grandson via his daughter.
334	* HotBlooded
335	* InterspeciesRomance: With Yukito
336	* LongLived: As a hanyou, he'll presumably age and die eventually, but he has at least centuries to live before then (once his youkai blood is woken).
337	* PutOnABus: So that he'll be around after the [[spoiler: end of the world]] for Yukito.
338	* StreetSmart: Not much of a student, but not stupid either.
339
340	[[/folder]]
341
342
343	[[folder:Ryuugazaki Rei]]
344	!!'''Ryuugazaki Rei'''
345	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03d1a3583dc3903b50937086c5536020.png]]
346	->Original: ''Characters/{{Free}}''
347
348	--> ''"Atem-sama!"''
349
350	A teenager found on the internet to be a willing ryu convert, who is taken in by Atem. \
351	\
352	\
353
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355	* TheAgeless: As a ryu-youkai he stops aging, in a physical stasis as a teenager. He could still be injured or killed, but he won't age.
356	* AuraVision: His ki-sense seems to be primarily filtered through his eyes.
357	* BadassBookworm: His prefered method of exploring something new? Read everything that has been written about it first, and then surely you are qualified to speak with authority on the subject.
358	** AwesomenessByAnalysis: In that he tends to substitute learning for practice. Given his LargeHam tendencies, it has only about a 50% chance of success, though.
359	* BunnyEarsLawyer: He’s very talented and a quick study in the matters of his ryu abilities and his fight training, but he’s also absolutely obsessed with aesthetics and is unable to perform the feats of acrobatics required for [[spoiler: the Hiten Mitsurugi]] or being a vampire without turning it into a Cirque du Soleil performance.
360	* HumanPet: Is Atem’s submissive lover / all-but-literal-pet.
361	* LargeHam: He was actually making sound effects for himself while hunting. Called out on it in-universe, too - Luckily Atem thinks it’s adorable.
362	** SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: He does this when he’s in "stealth mode”, such as when he’s hunting.
363	* SexSlave: For Atem.
364	* SpecsOfAwesome: He does all his cool fighting with the glasses on.
365	* PropertyOfLove / HappinessInSlavery: It is what he wanted.
366	* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: He is incredibly smart, and for some reason, even as a ryu-youkai with super healing, he still needs his glasses.
367	* TechnicolorNinja: Flamboyant as heck, but actually an effective ninja.
368	* TeenGenius: True, but downplayed because he’s not doing anything particularly impressive with it.
369	* TransNature: Of a fantastical (nonsexual/gender) variety - he (and others like him) are described in passing insult as “youkai fetishists”. [[note]]It’s implied there is a small population of humans in Japan, which is violently anti-youkai, who want to become or feel that they truly are youkai. Rei is found hanging out on a forum for them.[[/note]] Rei actually goes to the lengths of dyeing his hair an unnatural color (blue) when even people who have naturally brown hair are dyeing it black to avoid being mistaken for youkai. Plus he’s still in high school, so there are authorities he’s defying in doing so.
370
371	[[/folder]]
372
373
374	[[folder:Ryuuhou]]
375	!!'''Ryuuhou'''
376	%%[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03d1a3583dc3903b50937086c5536020.png]]
377	->Original: ''Characters/SaintSeiyaOmega''
378
379	%%--> ''""''
380
381	A teenaged half-dragon who was captured by Atem on his way through Osaka and kept as a ryu-youkai, until he was rescued and freed by Kenshin.\
382	\
383	\
384
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386	* HalfHumanHybrid: He has water dragon blood, like both his parents.
387	* JapanesePoliteness: His parents raised him well.
388	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Though not nearly as long as some of the other characters.
389	* MakingASplash: He is part water dragon.
390	* SupernaturalMartialArts: What he is training in on Rune's island.
391
392
393	[[/folder]]
394
395
396
397	[[folder:Momiji]]
398	!!'''Momiji'''
399	%%[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03d1a3583dc3903b50937086c5536020.png]]
400	->Original: ''Characters/FruitsBasket''
401
402	%%--> ''"Atem-sama!"''
403
404	A young rabbit youkai who was captured by Atem and Seth and turned into a ryu-youkai to be kept as a plaything, and was rescued by Kenshin.\
405	\
406	\
407
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409	* BreakTheCutie: Atem and Seth keep him specifically to torture, because he's an adorable innocent rabbit. Seth thought turning a rabbit into a vampire was funny.
410	* CuddleBug: He spends quite a lot of his time glomping Kenshin.
411	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's a genuinely sweet little guy, with yellowish fur and a blond human form.
412	* KillerRabbit: Briefly, theoretically, literal, as vampire rabbit would be terrifying, but he was frightened of violence and blood, so it rarely came up. It's now been undone, as he was soon healed and is back to being nothing but a normal, non-dangerous, little bunny youkai.
413	* MyInstinctsAreShowing: As a rabbit, he dislikes open spaces, kitsune and canine youkai, and meat or blood. He likes Yamaguchi because it's all tunnels, and he feels safe in small, dark places, such as under beds.
414	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Unlike the canon version, Momiji here can assume a rabbit or human form at will. His true form is the rabbit, and he usually returns to it when he's frightened or uncomfortable.
415	[[/folder]]
416
417
418	[[folder:Mamosei]]
419	!!'''Mamosei'''
420
421	->Original: None
422
423	%%--> ''""''
424
425	A youkai-crafted sword, made from Kenshin's hair and teeth, that bonded with Kenshin and after a hundred years became self aware.\
426	\
427	\
428
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430	* AxeCrazy: Thanks to the empathic link with Kenshin, when Kenshin goes Battousai then Mamosei's nature changes to match, becoming a bloodthirsty killing blade.
431	* ClingyMcGuffin: Inverted; Mamosei can be taken from Kenshin and has no magical ability to return to him, but Kenshin himself won't rest until he has the sword back.
432	* CoolSword: A magical, sentient sword with a steady personality, what's not to love?
433	** AbsurdCuttingPower: Being a magical katana, he never needs sharpening and can cut through just about anything that isn't also magical.
434	** AbsurdlySharpBlade
435	** KatanasAreJustBetter: Of course he may be biased.
436	* EmpathicWeapon
437	* FullPotentialUpgrade: Made by a master youkai blacksmith from Kenshin's hair and teeth to match his power.
438	* LoyalPhlebotinum: Loyal to Kenshin and only obeys him, even if someone else is holding him at the time.
439	* MorphWeapon: A minor version. Mamosei can change the cutting edge of his blade from the face (katana) to the spine (sakabato) at will or Kenshin's command.
440	** After he becomes aware, with a bit of help he can take on a temporary human form that resembles Kenshin with grey eyes and steel-silver hair.
441	* NamedWeapons
442	* TalkingSword: Evolved into this after a hundred years, though Kenshin has always claimed that he spoke.
443

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