Samurai 8: Hachimaruden

Hachimaru is an adolescent boy with messy light-brown hair and had a frail physique. He wears a pair of half-rim glasses and has a small tomoe -shaped marking on his forehead. He typically dresses in an asymmetrical beige hooded jacket with a long right sleeve and a short left sleeve, over a dark blue shirt and matching harem pants.
Initially, Hachimaru spends much of his time tethered to a life support device in his house by several large tubes and wires plugged into the back of his head, and his left arm and leg are replaced by simple, doll-like prosthetics. He often wears a VR headset which he uses to play online games. After becoming a samurai, his missing limbs are replaced with less obvious cybernetics and he dons a white belt with pouches and scabbards for his swords, bracers on his forearms and calves, and slip-on shoes.
After traveling into space with Daruma, Hachimaru switches his outfit to a black hooded jacket and matching pants. He also ties his hair back into a spiky ponytail and switches his glasses out for a pair of black goggles. While his goggles are normally positioned on the back of his head below his ponytail, during battle he wills them to the front of his face to cover his eyes.

Hachimaru full body as a Samurai. Hachimaru connected to his life device.

Hachimaru began as a rambunctious brat, constantly complaining about his life and arguing with his dad every chance he got. He also loves to play video games and is even the number one player in a popular fighting game. More than anything, Hachimaru wanted to go outside and meet new people, but his weak body prevented him from doing that. Underneath his energetic and brash exterior, he is a kind and compassionate person willing to help and defend others if they truly need it.
After becoming a samurai, he shows that he is sympathetic to those whose lives are similar to his, and will go out of his way to help them. Hachimaru is quite insecure about himself, believing himself to be a weakling even after becoming a samurai, but he masks this with a tough-guy facade. His hidden insecurity drives him to lie about his past out of fear that people will think less of him. However, he discovers his inner bravery and learns that others can accept him regardless of his past, and he finds a new reason to be brave: to protect that which is precious to him despite his weakness.
As a child, Hachimaru aspired to be a samurai as famed as Fudo Myo-o , sometimes referring to himself as The Next Shooting Star . However, his sheltered lifestyle made him unable to understand the gravity of life as a samurai. Initially, he took his training under Daruma lightly. He would become easily distracted from his master's teachings due to his dislike of long speeches. He was also very impatient and haughty, shown by his attempts to use moves above his skill level without any training and expecting to succeed on the first try. He also had trouble admitting his inexperience when he failed. Despite these traits, he still pushes forward with his training until he improves.
Hachimaru's encounter with Ata exposed him to true hardship, forcing him to openly acknowledge his weaknesses. The experience made him accept his flaws and strive to become a better samurai for the right reasons. As such, he becomes more patient, humble, and willing to listen to others. He begins enduring his master's lectures without complaint, drops his trait of interrupting others while they are speaking, and improves his social etiquette.
In battle, Hachimaru's more astute side shows. Because he is untrained, he compensates for his bad swordsmanship using his instincts as a professional gamer. He quickly studies a foe's movements and weapons to strategize, predict their attacks, and locate openings to exploit. However, he also has a one-track mind in battle, often focusing too much on the enemy in front of him and missing details in his surroundings.


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Nanashi appears androgynous with a slender frame and dishevelled, long hair - which is light in color, and wears two-game gloves. He has light, feminine eyes, and big frontal teeth. He wears a dark tunic with black patterned seams on both sleeves with three-fourth length, baggy dark pants, and striped-tongue trainers.

Nanashi is an introverted and socially challenged young man. He possesses a fear of going outside, meeting new people. He also considers himself unpopular, especially with girls. Despite these flaws, he dislikes being ignored and has a strong desire to become a Samurai. The only companions he initially listens to and trusts are the AI in his gaming gloves, dubbed Mr. Right and Miss Left respectively. Because of his lack of interaction with others, he suffers from a lack of identity, further exacerbated by his AI's constant arguments over his gender. The only time he considers himself to exist is when he is playing video games.
After meeting Hachimaru in person, Nanashi develops the courage to begin going outside and working towards his dream, eventually accomplishing the goal of becoming a Samurai. He also makes good on his promise to acknowledge Hachimaru as a friend. Out of respect for inspiring him, he dedicated himself to supporting his friend, making having Hachimaru's back his Samurai Calling .


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Nanashi is a teenage boy with messy, medium length dark hair, with a single bang that covers his forehead, and also has freckles on his face. After meeting a Samurai, he begins wearing his hair in topknot to emulate his idols. He wears a light colored shirt with the kanji for "seven" ( 七 , "seven" ? ) on the back, a dark undershirt, and matching short-legged pants. When outside, he carries a wooden training sword on his hip.

Nanashi is a kind and optimistic boy, and brave young boy. Like his sister, he has a stutter, one that is exacerbated when he is afraid. Unlike Ann, he is much more outgoing and energetic. Nanashi is fascinated with Samurai, to the point where he mimics the fashion styles of Samurai. Despite being a Nanashi, he wishes to avoid a life obscurity. Nanashi is also ambitious, stating his desire to become the galaxy's Grand Stellar Shogun. Thanks to this love of Samurai and his desire to stand out, he made it his goal to become the most powerful and famous Samurai in the galaxy with Ann serving as his Princess.
Despite his dreams, Nanashi's primary goal in life is to care for and protect his adoptive sister. Despite having little, he does all he can to look out for Ann. He will also defend her from anyone, even when he is afraid. Ann's safety is paramount to him, and anything perceived as a failure to protect her is emotionally devastating to him. He is willing to run any risk if it means being able to protect Ann or becoming better at doing so. This is evidenced by his willingness to commit seppuku to become a Samurai before receiving the training to earn the right to even make the attempt.


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Ryu is a tall, slender man with black hair and eyes. He wears a chest plate connected to a ring around his neck above a black shirt. He wears fingerless gloves, white pants, and black boots, with a sword at his hip.

Ryu is an amnesiac who does not even recall his own name. His amnesia is bad enough that he struggles to remember people he met a few hours before. However, this doesn’t seem to have affected his fighting ability, as it seems like second nature to him. He also lacks any sense of subtlety, evidenced by his failure to understand any of his partner's attempts at deception. As noted by Kotsuga, he also interprets all statements and instructions literally, a trait that proves confusing to those who don't know him and annoying those that do. He is completely incapable of understanding metaphors, and will follow any orders given to the letter, even if doing so makes no sense. The literal thought process is great enough that he will include his partner in a kill order unless specifically told to exclude him.


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Budokiba is a very attractive woman with dark-brown hair that is tied up in a bun by a gold headband with bangs hanging on the left side, dark grey eyes, thin eyebrows, a mole on the lower right side of her red lips and a curvaceous body as well as big breasts.
She wears a black and grey striped kimono with a red skirt and red sandals.

Budokiba is a very crafty woman who knows how to lure and charm men. Unlike most women in Japan who were meek and submissive, Budokiba is confident and knows how to control men, as she thinks they are below every other species. Budokiba is also willing to give advice to Fuu on how to deal with men, although it is unknown if she was taunting Fuu.


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Daigorou is an elderly man who has grey hair in the style of a ponytail tied with a white hair band. He has wrinkly skin and he wears a brown kimono.

Daigorou is a nice, caring man who loves him family a lot. He does anything to protect them.


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Denkibou is a deformed human who has gray skin. He was yellow hair, a red shirt and fanatical eyes. One of his eyes is larger than the other, and its implied he had his deformed skin due to the explosion caused by Mukuro . He is constantly slouched or crouched.

Denkibou doesn't speak much and showcases extreme aggressivity driven by his fierce hatred for Mugen, making him closer to a beast than to a human. He seems to have psychological problems as he is barely able to control his outbursts of rage and speaks outloud to try to reason with himself, to no avail. He is also cocky, as he taunted Mugen multiple times.


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Enshiro Mariya wears a blue kimono similar to Jin, and has a mostly bald with hair on the side of his head.

Enshiro Mariya was a kind man who treated everyone with respect, however he was forced to kill his star pupil under orders from the Shogunate and Kariya Kagetoki . Even though Enshiro didn't want to kill his favorite student, he was forced to for fear of being punished or hunted down by Kariya or the Shogunate.


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Fuu has brown hair that is tied in the style of a ponytail with bangs parted where a small portion hangs down to the right while there is a larger portion hanging toward the left side, brown eyes and she is shown to have color pink fingernails and toenails.
She wears a deep pink kimono with a floral pattern and she carries a kaiken (woman’s dagger) with a pink handle and sheath, and a floral pattern matching her kimono. Attached to the kaiken are three netsuke (charms) : a skull (a Christian pendant from her father), a pair of dice and a dog.

Fuu's relationship with Mugen and Jin is apparently sororal (of or like a sister) where she has a bright and trusting personality. She is highly prone to accidents, getting lost, and finding trouble, although she is quite practical. She often puts on a front of being more worldly and experienced than she actually is so as not to appear completely idiotic in front of her bodyguards.
Out of the trio, she acts like the sister to Mugen and Jin, which is shown when Mugen and Jin are willing to save her multiple times even when not obligated to. An example being when Jin found out Yukimaru was using her as bait, and when Kariya Kagetoki , Umanosuke . Toube and Denkibou were planning to take her hostage.


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Hishikawa is a pale Japanese man who resembles more of an androgynous individual with slender eyes and feminine facial features.
He wears a dark blue kimono.

Hishikawa seems to be a bit creepy, as he makes Fuu nervous. However, at the end, he realizes what he's doing is wrong (only because he was attracted to Fuu) and shows bravery by rebelling the Yakuza.


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Hotaru is a brunette that wears shiny red lipstick.
She wears a hair clip in her hair, a gray kimono with black border and some flip flops.

Hotaru is a deceiving and manipulating woman who has shown this trait with Mugen when she flirted and tricked him into coming to her house, thinking he was about to have sex, but she was trying to poison him by using poisonous lipstick.


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Ichiemon is an adult man of Japanese descent. He has short black hair which he covers with a small white pointed sunshade. He also wears circular glasses and a light blue robe over a dark blue kimono.


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Inuyama is a middle aged man with a wrinkly face and brown hair with a medium length pony tail in the back. He wears a blue kimono that reveals his chest, and he wears his sword on his left side.

Inuyama has a cool headed personality and is a very pleasant man even though he is an assassin. Inuyama has said that, "For me killing is merely just a business, it's nothing personal."
He is a wise man who often pretends to be a Samurai only by name, choosing not to show his true skill with a sword, only until facing his target. He stated to Jin that he might of been able beat him if they were in a dojo.


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Jin is a bespectacled young man with long black hair that is tied in a low loose ponytail with two strands framing his face on either side and dark-brown eyes. In the anime and manga, young girls and women find Jin attractive and handsome that Fuu also admits this in her diary in The Disorder Diaries .
His attire is a simple indigo blue hakamashita that is adorned with multiple symbols that are four squares in a diamond formation on the right pec, sleeves and back of his haori and a white keikogi and hakama. He wears a teal beaded bracelet on both his wrists, which are actually Buddhist prayer beads. His pair of glasses is purely ornamental as Mugen later found out after getting a chance to peer through them.

Unlike Fuu and Mugen , Jin is a calm and collected guy under the most dire of circumstances as he leads both Fuu and Mugen to confide in him. However, his stoic demeanor can irritate his companions since he responds to their thoughts with sighs or grunts. By his own admission, Jin has spent most of his time focusing on improving his skills and almost no time at all on cultivating friends. This lack of companionship means that he values the friendship of Fuu and Mugen as he seems genuinely saddened when the three part ways. Although the two annoy him on occasion, he is often willing to take on an extremely deadly opponent alone in order to allow them to escape.
Jin also seems annoyed by those who use their martial arts skills to oppress people, especially those who proclaim that they are doing it in service of their lord. Jin will often remark that there is no honor in serving a cruel tyrant. When Jin was 18, Enshiro Mariya (Jin's sensei) told him that he was going to change his dojo into a school for assassins. When Jin opposed the change, Kariya Kagetoki , who was pulling Enshirou's strings, ordered him to kill his star pupil and intended successor. However, Jin instead killed Enshirou and fled the dojo. Throughout the series he is hunted by his former classmates at the dojo as well as several other ronin who wish to kill him and make a name for themselves.
It should also be noted that he rarely smiles throughout the series. This could be because of the loss of his parents at an early age, the enormous amount of training and being rejected by his classmates.


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Johnny is a somewhat short to mid sized elderly man, with a somewhat rugged and wonky but friendly appearance. He has red wild poofy standing hair, his eyes are bugged out somewhat, and he has a front set of three teeth that poke out of his mouth, indicating that his teeth have fallen out due to age. His complexion is firm and healthy, in contrast. His clothes are hinted to be like those of the hunter matagi people of rural Japan, in where he wears a fur pelt sleeveless jacket kept together with a pelt obi , accompanied by a sunny yellow hanten coat and a pair of knee length dark navy shorts, while his red hair is tied back with a small sized hachimaki with the knot at the front.

Johnny is a friendly and easy going, if jovial and somewhat of a goofball of an outdoorsman, who lives life peacefully in the country. Though he can appear to be unkempt and somewhat haggard, as seen with the state of his hut filled with leftover bones of the fish he's caught and with his frazzled appearance, he is sociable and likes to make light humor in his conversations. As seen with Jin, he is also welcome to help those who get lost or are in need of help in his neck of the woods. There is speculation however, as believed if observed, a side to him he may be hiding, with his humble and bumbling nature, and thoughtful grasp in his methods.


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Izsaac is a relativey tall Dutch man who can speak Japanese, although with a noticeable foreign accent.  He has blue eyes and ginger hair tied up into a small ponytail and pale skin. He wears strange shoes that are from his homeland of Holland, while also wearing a yellow and black kimono. And when he first appeared in the Big Eater’s Contest he wore a straw hat.


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Kagemaru is a old man in his 50s to 60s who wears glasses and wears gelled up hair. He has a baseball glove, sideburns and glasses.

Kagemaru seems to be an honorable individual who likes playing by the rules. He is patient, as he wasn't angry when Fuu, Jin, and Mugen messed up or didn't understand what baseball was.


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Kariya has a traditional Chonmage hairstyle from the Edo period and a circle beard. When fighting, he wears a straw hat.

Kariya has a calm and collected demeanor that hides a cold and manipulative personality. He has gone into retirement because there wasn't a single worthy opponent for him and he does gardening in his pastime. He has a sense of honor (as we've seen when he let Seizo Kasumi say his final words to his daughter and soon after spares Kasumi's caretaker who blocked the doorway for Fuu to escape). He also gives praise when he's impressed (showcased when he complimented Mugen's style and Jin 's skills in swordsmanship as well as when the latter survived his fatal strike).
He was very analytical when fighting Jin and Mugen, understanding Mugen's unorthodox style and warning that his instinct and reflexes will limit him. He then tells Jin that the battle will be decided by a razor-thin margin. Kariya acknowledges the fact that a samurai cannot live by his sword skills alone and that the age of the samurai era is ending, displaying worldliness.
He did agree with Jin's opinion, that the Lords of their time value only themselves and not the lives of their employees. Admittedly, that while he's in fact working for the shogunate, he's far from being any man's puppet, on the contrary, he's the one who uses them.


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Koza is a tan-skinned young woman who is about Fuu 's age with shaggy, purplish-brown hair, a pink tunic and headband with the same triangle-patterned trim as Mugen and Mukuro .
She wears sandals and has bandages wrapped around her lower legs, and cloth bracers around her forearms. Her typical expression is one of detached hopelessness, seeming to never smile or laugh, even when she thinks she has succeeded in escaping the island with Shiren.

Koza is a meek yet serious girl who can't stand up for herself and she is very submissive as a result of living for so long under Mukuro 's abusive rule. However, Koza is ultimately shown to be a master manipulator, successfully fooling everyone around her and even convincing them to kill one another in a complex, multi-step plan she had concocted as a way of achieving her main goal of escaping the prison island.
After a lifetime of living there, which she describes as “hell”, she had been repeatedly abused by many different people on the island, and learned to survive not by fighting back physically, but instead manipulating people into destroying each other and themselves through careful psychological strategies aimed to benefit her.


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Matsunosuke has brown receding hair in the style of a short pony tail, with side-burns that almost reach the bottom of his ear. He has a bulgy face with butt chin and a mustache.
He wears a brown jacket with black stars inside a circle on each side. He wears a beige kimono under this jacket, and wears his sword on his left side.

Matsunosuke has shown to be a heartless, bossy and stubborn man. He is also quite cowardly when his bodyguards are dispatched by Jin he immediately starts groveling for mercy.


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Momo has a mix of grey and white fur with grey in most places. Momo has a boomerang shaped mark on his/her head and has black shiny eyes, with a big tail and small feet.


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Mugen has messy black hair and a faint beard. He sports several blue ring tattoos, two on each wrist and one just above each ankle, a sign of his status as a convict.
His clothing is anachronistic as well, reminiscent of baggy hip-hop fashions of today. His attire consists of a light grey shirt with a stitch pattern running down the middle and ending at the halfway point of the shirt. He wears this under a red short-sleeve happi with a hollow white triangle on the upper back that functions as a jacket. Additionally, he wears light blue earrings, dark gray hakama cut off at shorts-length, resembling loose-fitting Bermuda shorts and Japanese Geta (wooden sandals) on his feet. these geta are fitted with several metal strips on the soles, allowing him to use his sandals as blocking devices.  Lastly, he carries his sword on his back with a sash that goes from his left shoulder to his right hip, favoring his right hand. It has a zig-zag pattern of green and yellowish-brown.

Rude, lewd, vulgar, conceited, temperamental, and unhinged - Mugen is something of an antihero . He is fond of fighting and has a tendency to pick fights for petty reasons. In several episodes it is made clear that Mugen is a womanizer, and his libido often gets the better of him. Character designer Kazuto Nakazawa stated in an interview: " When I was doing character design, the most difficult one was Mugen, as I expected. I'm pretty sure that as far as the director's image went, he probably was thinking of someone like a 'rapper who acts like a bad guy.' But the way Mugen acts is relatively based on his core conviction. "
Mugen is extremely competitive, and will take on any and all challengers. On top of his consistent rivalry with Jin, he is prone to gambling and taking on fights with anyone else he deems strong enough. He is also a sore loser and will go to great lengths to redeem himself from a defeat.
Mugen absolutely despises authority of any kind. His anarchic behavior stems from his childhood growing up in the lawless and often violent Ryukyu Islands. Mugen states he would rather die fighting than be on his knees pleading for mercy. His disdain for authority is so great, it even led him to attempt suicide by jumping off a cliff and into the ocean as opposed to being apprehended.
In spite of his faults, Mugen is capable of accepting people as comrades, if begrudgingly. If Mugen sees a skilled opponent, he will hold a high degree of respect to them (like Shoryu , Ishimatsu , Sara , Okuru , Kariya Kagetoki , and most importantly Jin ). Originally Jin and Mugen did not get along well, but over time Mugen grew to respect Jin and even consider him as a friend. Jin killed Mukuro because he thought Mukuro stole his kill, and Mugen tried killing Sara because the only person Mugen considers worthy to kill Jin is himself. At the end, Mugen admits he doesn't want to kill Jin. Mugen also respects Fuu more than Koza (even though Koza likes him) because Fuu is more independent.


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Oniwakamaru is a bald, fat, tall, muscular man. He has a somewhat wrinkly face with a swollen right eye that appears closed and two scratch marks on the left side of his face. He wears a brown cloak that has a hood with a darker brown short-sleeve shirt underneath it. He also wears wraps around his wrist and ankles.

Oniwakamaru is a very nice person but from being tortured and being called names through his life time he can also get out of control when people talk about him or even see his face.
He has showed compassion towards Fuu when Sasaki tried to kill her.


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The Oppressed Citizen has messy hair that is tied up on top of his head, thick bushy eyebrows, and a beard.


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Osuzu is a beautiful young woman with brown hair that is tied up in the back by four hair sticks with two hair strands that hangs on both sides in the front of her face and brown eyes.
She is seen wearing many different colored kimonos in the show.

Osuzu is a nice and thoughtful young woman who does what it takes to keep her father safe.


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The Pervy Guard has black hair that tied up on the top of his head, with long side-burns that almost reach his chin. On his face he has short eyebrows that get thinner in the outer parts. He has big, poked-out lips that has a mustache over it.

The Pervy Guard is a pervert as stated in his name. He is desperate and gets mad easily.


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Rikiei has light brown receding hair that sticks out on the side. He wears shades with gold frame with a beard that connects with his mustache and hangs from his chin.
He wears a blue and black kimono.

Rikiei primarily thinks about business. He does not trust anyone or anything besides money and power, and betrays people whenever he needs it.


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He is an old man (at least 50 years of age) with gray hair and a mustache and goatee. Roukishi has gold teeth, implying that he is a rich man due to the money he makes selling women.


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Sasaki has brown hair tied back in a pony tail that goes down to the bottom of his neck. He has a goatee that is about the same width as his mouth and rises in the middle. He wears a dark blue kimono.
He started wearing some bandages on his right arm stump after Mugen cut his arm off.

Ryujiro is a cold man who has a ruthless sadism that predates the loss of his arm, however after losing it he seems even more cruel and unstable, claiming to Fuu that he lost his humanity a long time ago and has no problem with killing and torturing his opponents. He is vengeful and manipulative, using Oniwakamaru's huge size and appearance against innocents, tailing Mugen, Fuu and Jin to make Mugen pay for what he did to his arm, and he has no qualms with taking Fuu hostage as leverage.


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Sara has brownish hair that is stylized in a topknot with bangs that frame her face, and is well-endowed.
She wears a traditional Japanese kimono; due to her blindness and martial arts discipline, she walks barefoot. She carries a Shamisen with a Kishibojin Buddhist deity charm, as well as a walking staff that is actully a Yari.

Sara is seen as arrogant and uptight but then soon relaxes once Mugen saves her from two men,
On first glance, it seems that Sara is a nice, sweet individual who is innocent. But in reality, Sara is a tortured individual who would do anything to see her son again. This shows when she is willing to kill Jin and Mugen without a second thought.
However, Sara has been shown to respect her opponents she deems worthy, as shown when she compliments Jin's swordsmanship skill, and praises Mugen's raw talent and unpredictability during their fights. Sara also spares Mugen out of respect for Fuu who showed her kindness and respect.


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Sawa is a middle-aged woman who uses a golden comb to hold together a hair bun on her brown hair.
She adorns her hands with jewelry and rings, and wears a light-purple kimono and a blue dress.


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Seizo is a Japanese man with a ponytail and a purple-black kimono.

Seizo Kasumi seems to be an honorable man who cares for his family. He couldn't stand and watch as peasants starve and get mistreated. Even though he left his family to protect them, he understands Fuu's anger and asks for her forgiveness. He is also willing to accept his death at the hands of Kariya Kagetoki .


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Shino is a beautiful Japanese woman who has average height and frame with a curvaceous form.
She wears a pink kimono and her brown hair is tied up.

Shino is a very kind and sweet woman. She seems is usually cheerful, even though she is suicidal and depressed because of her husband's debts. However, during a pivotal moment, she musters the courage to get away from him, showing that she is strong woman.


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Sousuke has brown hair that is tied up in the back of his head with a strand of hair hanging on the left side of his face. His eyes are the exact same color as his hair and he wears a light blue kimono.

Sousuke is hasty and impetuous, which is not a surprise for his age and the shame his father has to endure. He has strong feelings for Osuzu that he shows this when he intervenes with Ishimatsu when he comes to collect her father's business deed.


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Tomonoshin has distinct blond hair with a topknot on top of his head. His side-burns and his beard are brown. His thick eyebrows are a light blond and he has long earrings on each ear. He also has a piercing under his left eyebrow. He has three silver rings on his left pointer, middle, and index finger. He wears a blue kimono with thin black stripes and a black sweatband on his left wrist.

Tomonoshin acts like a tough guy, but Mugen revealed he is a whiny, scared and spoiled-rotten brat.


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Toube appears to be middle-aged and has his black hair tied in a ponytail. He wears a tan-grey kimono and black pants with a greenish vest around his shoulders. Due to an explosion on a government ship, he became paralyzed from the incident and sits in a wheelchair. While he has two swords, he cannot use them due to his physical disability. Most of the time he is silent, only moving his hands to trigger the gun inside the wheelchair's armrest.


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Umanosuke is a tall man who keeps his black hair tied up in a ponytail and has an eyepatch over his injured eye. When his eye patch is removed, his eye is revealed to be enlarged and red, as it is lidless. He wears a light green kimono and a dark sleeveless haori.

Out of all the brothers, Umanosuke is shown to be the most bloodthirsty of them all. While Denkibou is violent due to his animalistic behavior, Umanosuke uses logic to fully hate Mugen. He was willing to kill a traveler for simply being nosey, and let Denkibou kill a restaurant owner. Umanosuke was also enraged when Mugen taunted him, and in the end his overconfidence was his downfall as he underestimated Mugen's clever strategy.


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Xavier III is an ugly man with crooked teeth, a goatee, and his crown is shaved in the fashion of a Western monk, and he is highly amblyopic (his eyes don't really work). When his beard and nose come loose, he looks like a normal Japanese man.

Xavier III is a cruel and selfish man who only cares about fame and fortune. He is ready to use all means necessary, as far as deceiving an entire community of Christian or ordering an innocent family's demise for his own interests.


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Yatsuha is an attractive young woman with neck-length black hair that she ties up in a ponytail with bangs hanging over her forehead and brown eyes.
She wears a kunoichi outfit; a white cheongsam with purple belt and some stockings and she is always barefoot (although she has some type of sock-like covering on her feet that exposes the heel and toe areas).


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Yuri is a slender female with short hair and wears a yellow-white kimono.

Yuri was originally a scared woman who didn't want to marry Xavier III (a fanatic individual), however thanks to Fuu , she gained confidence in order to defend herself.


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Tajima wears a light brown kimono with a dark obi belt and casually holds a samurai toothpick. He has a receding hairstyle with sideburns that curl upwards. He has a noticeably large papule on the left side of his nose and pronounced wrinkles due to his older age. He is also portrayed with dark lines under his eyes and has thick eyebrows.

Tajima is portrayed as a jovial and friendly man who is passionate about his craft. He is eager to help anyone who needs his services, regardless of their background. He takes great pride in creating swords that are both beautiful and functional. Tajima is also very knowledgeable about the history and techniques of sword making, and is always happy to share his expertise with others. He is shown as a strong, confident leader who is willing to take charge and make tough decisions. He is unafraid to confront others and assert his authority, often using intimidation tactics to get what he wants. Tajima also has a deep sense of loyalty, particularly to his family, and will go to great lengths to protect them. However, Tajima's need for control and power can sometimes lead to arrogance and a disregard for others' feelings and needs. He is quick to anger when he feels threatened or challenged, and is not afraid to use violence to get his way.


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He has white hair (inherited from his father, Julian ). He wears a black sleeveless suit, black pants and is shoeless. He equips needles

He is very attached to his family and wants to protect her. He consider Hotaru a family member (infact he didn't want to fight against him neighter Hotaru fought against Yuan ).


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Black Scorpion is a tall dark skinned man. He is bald and his eyes don't have pupils. He wears big ring earrings and short cape with no shirt under it.

Black Scorpion is a cruel man, who finds the weaker than him to be useless and not worth living, even if they are his own men. He takes joy in seeing his victims die in agony from his poisons. He is egoistic and loves to prove that he is stronger than someone. He doesn't like being called or taken for a fool and is easy to anger.


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Julian has long untidy white hair and a obscenely badass attire. He always brings with him a banjo and a katana (utilized by Yuan in the fight against Fubuki and Hishigi )

As Yuan described him, Julian is a troublemaker and a sly fox. Furthermore, he has an easygoing and laid-back demeanor .

He often carries a guitar and sings

He often carries a guitar and sings in a somewhat comical manner.

Julian and Ian

Like his son, Yuan, he seeks to avenge his wife , Ian .


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He has white spiky hair (inherited by his father) and wears a yellow sleeveless suit. He has no eyebrows.


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He wears a red bandana and a sleeveless suit with green pants. He has red hair. He often has his eyes almost closed

He falls in love with Yuya the first time he meets her and tends to be over-protective of her. In order to hide his true identity as heir to the Shogunate from her, he speaks with a noticeable Kansai accent (or in the English dub of the anime, a southern accent) when near her. He may act foolish but is serious (when he wants to be). Same for when he's fighting, he's serious and he's incredibly deadly.


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In his true body, Kyo's most distinct and noticeable trait are his crimson eyes , for which earned him his nickname, " Demon Eyes Kyo ". He also has wild, unruly black hair that is at least waist length.
During the battle of Sekigahara he wore a red battle armor. After the fight against Kyoshiro , he wears a blue kimono. He has long nails.

Kyo in Kyoshiro body
In Kyoshiro body, he has blue hair and wears a white kimono in the beginning and later violet

In the beginning of the manga, Kyo is depicted as a sadistic character who loves to kill his enemies, delighting in their deaths . He also has a tendency to ridicule and crack insulting comments toward enemies and allies alike. Over time, his blood-lust slowly decreases, though he still kills without mercy. However, as the series progressed, Kyo's more negative seemed to disappear with him becoming more quiet and calm, albeit still arrogant and wisecracking.
Kyo after the training with Muramasa
It continues to peak at times, though training with Muramasa helps fully calm him (he saw a father figure in Muramasa and was saddened by his death) . Despite being cold, ruthless and borderline, Kyo is not evil. During this time period when he first meets Yuya , he finds himself very protective over her, though handling it in a very childish manner. Such as calling her "Dog face" and "Ugly". Kyo also held a father figure in Muramasa, and was saddened by his death, even though he did not allow himself to show it. Kyo is also quite perverted, groping women whenever he has the chance (Yuya seems to be his favorite target, and frequently molests her when she is not paying him attention). Despite not showing much outward care for anyone, Kyo became enraged when his friends are in danger or are wounded by an enemy.
The first encounter between Kyo and Akira
Demon Eyes Kyo and Akira

Akira is his beloved pupil: Akira was a peasant boy whom Kyo found in a village that he'd completely destroyed. Though Akira was very young and the only survivor, he refused to cry and instead faced Kyo with the intention of fighting him. Kyo was impressed with Akira's fighting spirit and adopted him, promising to make him the strongest man in the world, after Kyo himself, of course. He took care of him from his childhood and he'll entrust him in protection of his back.


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He has very tall. He has enormous black spines protruding from his back. He has crimson hairs and the True Red Eyes are always activated. He wears a kimono of two colors (red and black) and engraved with symbols. He is surrounded by true Mibu children (they have the true red eyes always activated too).

He is a kind and benevolent king. He loves children and Mibu Clan (he wants to save it from extinction).


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With her beauty and voluptuous body, Okuni is a femme fatale. Her outfit consisted of an off-shoulder white and violet Kimono, revealing her bare shoulders, neck and upper chest.
She has an ahoge and long flowing blue hair (before Akira cut it). Underneath her left eye, she has a tear mole.
She is very buxom and wears red lipstick.

She adores Demon Eyes Kyo obsessively , to the point that to be hated by him would make her happy. That said, she joined the Junishinsho as Indara II , but she does not hesitate to sacrifice herself for Kyo.


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He has blue hair and eyes.
He wears a white kimono in the beginning and later violet
He is portrayed as one of the heirs to the former Crimson King of Mibu, Kyoichiro Mibu.

In the beginning of the manga and the anime he is a caring fun-loving young man who wants to help people and continue that way trought the whole story, but if it will be neccessary he is ready to use his sword for protection.


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She has long wavy black hair and brown eyes. She wears a black ninja suit  and a red roll-on. She is very buxom. She equips a knife and shuriken

He loved her sister and is very loyal to Ieyasu . She is not evil. Before his sister death (four years before), she was a kind and smiling girl and fell in love with Kyo , when he came to Muramasa ' s house to obtain Tenro . As a fierce kunoichi, she is usually seen with a stoic expression. However, in reality, she is a gentle and kind young woman who is somewhat shy in revealing her softer feminine side (evident when she presented herself to Benitora wearing a kimono). It is strongly hinted that she loves her master, Hidetada Tokugawa (Benitora).


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Mika is a young girl with a short black hair. She wears a kimono and has two small ribbons on each side of her head.

She is very attached to his village, especially to his father (his mother is dead) and is a kind person. She want only to live in peace, without continually escape.


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Sakuya is a pale-skinned woung woman long, black hair with square bangs that covers both her eyes for the majority of the series, which they are eventually revealed and a buxom figure. She is usually seen in a shaman robe.
It has been debated on whether Sakuya is a "Mary Sue" or not, considering her great physical beauty, strength and admiration received from many characters in the series.

Sakuya is a kind and sweet person who is also gentle, caring and friendly towards people. She puts a great amount of trust in her friends and allies, and puts them ahead of herself. She is extremely clumsy though, much to the amusement of characters that are unfamiliar with her already ( Yuya Shiina ) and often trips over things.


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He has gray hair and amber eyes. He wears a white jacket and short aqua green pants. He always brings a kind of toy with him which can serve as a weapon. In the beginning he equips a Muramasa sword, similar to Kyo 's Tenrou and later the Shibien .


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Shihoudou has short blue (sometimes black) hair and brown eyes. She wears an oversized wicker hat, a blue-and-white striped cloak, mini shorts, and white bandages around her chest resembling a bandeau top. Most of her midriff is bared by her outfit, showing a flower tattoo on her left hip. She wields the Kusanagi no Tsurugi .

She appears to be a ditzy, vulgar, nonsensical person at first glance, but she is also surprisingly passionate and emotional. Evidence of her softer side appears in flashbacks; for instance, she allowed Muramasa to flee the Mibu with the demon child Kyo , knowing what would happen when the King found out (the resulting punishment injured her so severely that she was unable to move for three months). Shihoudou also remembers all of the failed experiments and shamans that have died for the Mibu Reconstruction Project and has created a graveyard for them in the labyrinth under Onmyoden . She made grave markers for them, buried the ones who still had bodies, and covered the area with mushroom-like cloud "flowers". She respects and secretly loves Sendai Aka no Ou . Because of her feelings for the king, she was unable to kill him when he started to walk an evil path. She has been hiding in the labyrinth ever since out of guilt and heartbreak.


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Shinrei has white hair tied into a ponytail, and amber eyes. In times of great stress during battles, his left eye will turn red.
He wears a blue sleeveless shirt and long white pants. He also has blue gloves and wraps his calfs with bandages. Shinrei wields two pronged blades which remotely resemble water with it's curves.
Shinrei controls the element of water, and wears blue to emphasize it, much like how Hotaru wears red to emphasize fire.

He hates Demon Eyes Kyo for abandoning the Mibu and ruining their plan for domination. He dislikes Hotaru (Keikoku), as the latter always provokes him and has no loyalty to the Mibu.
He has a cold and serious personality; though sometimes he loses his cool easily, especially if he is provoked by Hotaru (Keikoku), his rival and half-brother.
Shinrei was told about his relation to Hotaru in his youth. After learning that fact, he has kept his eyes on his little brother from the shadows. It was Shinrei who stopped his father from sending assassins to kill Hotaru and who secretly helped Hotaru participate in the competition for a position in the Goyōsei (which is only open to competitors from noble families of the Mibu). However, he never showed himself as Hotaru's brother until his last fight with Hotaru and Kyo.
Despite their contradiction and contrast , Shinrei and Hotaru hold a strong bond between them, but they consider each other as siblings and rivals. After their final bout, their bond becomes stronger and the two even start to fight together.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

Tokito is a girl who grew-up as a boy. She has green hair. She dresses a blu and white Kimono. She wears a yellow roll-in. She equips Hokuto Shichisei and cards
Her facial features resembled her uncle's, or more specifically (as Shihoudo commented) her late mother's.
In her true form, she turns into a young woman. Her short hair becomes long and scattered in a fashion similar to Fubuki's.

Immature and cruel , Tokito enjoys the misfortune of others .

Tokito personality (2)
She is bitter towards her supposed father after he betrays the clan and flees. This hatred drives her actions for years and she refuses to accept her womanhood-also due to Fubuki ' s tampering with her memory. However, she is shown to have been treated illy as a child due to her father's betrayal. This bitter treatment helped form her into the angry, immature character she is.

Tokito personality (3)
She is very hostile and enjoys toying with others . After learning her true parentage she is devastated, but through Akira ' s words she begins to turn into a better person.


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He has blu hair and amber eyes. He wears a red and white suit, in the beginning. Later he wears a violet suit and equips the last Muramasa sword, Tengoku

Yukimura is renowned for his casual, cheerful demeanour; he is almost always seen with a smile and often seems very preoccupied with seducing beautiful women and drinking sake.
He can be terryfing when he enraged
He is thirty-seven years old, and attributes his youthful appearance to good skin care. Despite this, he can be terrifying when he is enraged . He is also notable for his treatment of his ninja followers, whom he cares about and respects deeply as members of his family. As a result, the Jūyūshi are not only loyal to him, but care about him personally


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Yuya is a buxom woman. She has brown hair (blond hair in the manga) which she ties her hair back with a white ribbon and green eyes. She usually wears a kimono with sandels.

Despite being very temperamental and even violent if irritated, Yuya has a gentle and kind personality. Besides Kyo, Benitora (Red Tiger) and Akira have a crush on her.
Many other characters come to enjoy her company and regard her as an important friend whom they will protect.


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He has blonde hair and blue eyes. He wears black kimono and a green foulard.

Jimon is a sadist and cruel man, who loves to kill. As he felt humiliated, that became his drive to keep on killing so become strong and get revenge.


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White Crow is a young man with a white spiky hair. He wears a black kimono.

He is very loyal to Genma Kido , because Genma in the past saved him the life.


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His appearance is notable because he dresses like a hippie. He has red hair. He wears sunglasses and often smoking a pipe

Chinmei is phsychotic due to the fact he has lived for an eternity . Chinmei is extremely bored because he has forgotten his humanity and human emotions. He is sadistic and kills for fun.


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He has Red Eyes and hair . He dress a white kimono. He wears a white hat and a red roll-onThe Former Crimson King's appearance changes from time to time. His appearance can changes from a happy-go-lucky bookworm to that of a vicious cold hearted killer .

Former Crimson King Appearance
This is reflected in his facial expressions (he is drawn without a nose when happy) and glasses (when his glasses are on one can not see his Red Eyes ).

Of the Sendai Aka no Ou, he was portrayed as a great, mysterious, and benevolent King who doted on children and Kyo and even the defects that the Mibu Clan created. He was shown to be very affable with children, even playing with them, similar to First Crimson King .

...and with Kyo

Former Crimson King made a pact with Shihoudou....
It is not clear when the changein Sendai Aka No Ou truly began, but he reveals that it started because he gradually grew disgusted with the inherent flaws in human nature, especially the human love of violence. He had already foreseen himself becoming evil; therefore, he made a pact with Shihoudou and Demon Eyes Kyo to
Taishiro,including Muramasa, begging Aka No Ou to save them from the death disease
kill him . He also cried blood, much like Chinmei , an allusion to the idea that both men had lost so much  (literally and emotionally) that there was nothing left inside spiritually. A scene around the same time when Kyo was young also showed the Taishirou , including Muramasa , begging the Sendai Aka no Ou to save the race from the terminal disease which would eventually exterminate all of them. His smile was warm, but his voice was cold as he patted Muramusa on the head saying:" Do not worry. When you all die, I will create a new race more perfect and stronger than this one. So, go die peacefully... ". It could be inferred that at this point evil had risen from the kindness in his heart.


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In order to extend his life after contracting the Death disease , he implanted many Medusa Eyes in the left side of his body.

Hishigi before contracting the Death Disease (without Mask)

Hishigi wears a mask covering the left side of his face to hide the Medusa Eyes and conserve their power that keeps him alive.

He has black hair (though it sometimes appears dark blue) with a white streak on the left side. He wears a black leather longcoat with no sleeves, a black shirt, and black pants that cut off just below the knee. His left arm and leg are entirely bandaged to cover the Medusa Eyes. His weapons are a massive sword, Hakuya , and an unnamed dagger.

Hishigi is stoic and rarely shows emotion during his appearances in the story. He demonstrates unfaltering loyalty to his friend Fubuki , but expresses that he has grown tired of fighting for the flawed and arrogant Mibu Clan as a whole. He is intensely bitter and resentful toward the True Mibu for creating flawed Battle Dolls such as himsel, and hates them for leaving the genetic flaw that resulted in the Death Disease . His primary motivation is protecting Fubuki .


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He is a very tall and muscular man. He has grey hair. He wears a black cloack. He has a black bandage on right eye (he has lost an eye due to smallpox)

As he was first introduced, Bontenmaru was depicted as somewhat of a pervert, just as Kyo is. He is also very humorous, and enjoys teasing Kyo, whom he has something of a friendly rivalry with. In battle, Bontenmaru usually waits for his opponent to attack first, analyzing their style and countering with effective techniques.

He is very devoted to his promises

Bontenmaru is also very devoted to his promises . When he was forced to kill his father, and later his brother, he resolved to become shogun, using their sacrifices as motivation to further push him not to give up.

Beast Mode Bontenmaru (1)

Beast Mode Bontenmaru (2)
However, all this changes when he enters his Beast Mode. In this form, Bontenmaru's body, and even mind are more akin to an animal's rather than a a human, and he fights on bare instinct, disregarding all forms of strategy.


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He is blind and has orange- blond hair. He dresses a white and blue Kimono. He wears a roll-on with yellow and white lines. He equips a pair of chisakatana.

In the beginning of the series when he was introduced, Akira was depicted as a slightly clumsy, but well mannered and kind young man. However, he is able to switch from this persona in an instant, becoming a cold blooded killer , akin to Kyo himself (for this reason he is called " the Double Headed Dragon "). According to Kyo, in battle, Akira always wants a complete victory. Akira is something of a schemer, joining the Junishinsho , allying himself with Oda Nobunaga , all for the purpose of obtaining Kyo's real body. He was able to effectively manipulate the Jyunishinsho, as well as Kyo and his group well enough to that he could force Kyo to tell him why he left the Shiseiten.

He has a close relationship with Kyo (1)
He has a close relationship with Kyo (2)
He also seems to have a close relationsip with Kyo, having been extremely upset, to the point of feeling betrayed when Kyo broke off from the Shishiten.


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He has yellow hair and black bandages that serve to hide the physical decay (he is a Mibu Clan failure experiment)

Before being Makora of Junishinsho , he was similar to Sasuke (infact they was best friends). Now is a lonely ninja and he is very angry with Sasuke (he think he have been betrayed by him) but he is not evil


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He has black hair and wears a long black cloack and pants. He has a scar and the word "God" on the left cheek

Being one of Jyuuyushi , he is very devoted to Yukimura Sanada . He is very loyal and wants to protect him, to the point that he joined the Mibu Clan to save his life similar to Yukimura's brother (that joined the Tokugawa to protect Yukimura family after the battle of Sekigahara).


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Fubuki is a tall and lean man with long white hair. He has a Tilaka simbol on his forehead. As a senior member in Mibu Clan, his age is possibly hundreds of years old, although his appearance still looks handsome. He has a cat on his shoulder which he resurrects with Necromancy .

Normally, he wears a violet kimono and a yellow foulard. When he fights, he wears a violet kimono with a white cloack and an armor on his shoulder. He equips two swords

Fubuki is a cold and pragmatic person, in contrast with the more humanitarian Muramasa who was once his friend. He was a kinder man before Muramasa left the Mibu Clan . As the leader of Taishiro, Fubuki can act ruthlessly, despite his calm exterior. He is always ready to sacrifice people around him for the sake of Mibu Clan. However, he has a warm side toward his fellow Taishiro, Hishigi.

The relations between Fubuki and humans
Fubuki is not interested in maintaining the mutual relationship between the Mibu and the humans. He does not  care about the many lives that will be lost once he starts a war between the two forces.

Fubuki is Shinrei's teacher in Mumyo Saikyou Ryuu
Fubuki and Shinrei
Fubuki is also the teacher of Shinrei . Shinrei was his beloved pupil. He wielded the powers of water and wood. He is a master of Mumyou Saikyou Ryuu , just like his student Shinrei.

Fubuki, Hitoki and Tokito
Fubuki is also Muramasa's brother-in-law from his marriage to Hitoki, Muramasa's sister. Despite her ill health, Hitoki bore Fubuki a daughter, Tokito , though Tokito plays off as Muramasa's son.


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He has blond hair, blue eyes e wears a blue and white kimono. He equips two swords (in the past). After using sei , he has long blond hair

He has a kind and gentle personality, that allows him to make friends with people and animals

Satori allows Muramasa to befriend animals (2)
This thanks also to Satori . In fact, when it appears in the manga there are birds on his shoulder (but one of them remains afterwards during the story. His name is Ruri. See profile's colour image)

Muramasa and Kyo
He take care on Kyo, that he loves as a son (Kyo himself saw in Muramasa a father figure and was upset by his death)


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She has black hair. In the beginning and dress like a nurse.

Tomoe emblem
In her true form, she wore a revealing battle armor and wields the Tomoe emblem and a Naginata. Her hair also grew significantly longer.

She was introduced being loyal and submissive to Saishi, however, Saisei
Saisei personality
fights to feel alive and for the man she loves, Shinrei .
She secretly fell in love with Shinrei when the latter spoke to her tenderly (something she didn't expect as the others treated her like an object). Since then, Saisei dedicated her life in protecting him.


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He wears a long white dress with engraved the symbol of Spade (the reason of his name)
He also wears white gloves, glasses and brings with him a hat that is uses to perform the magic tricks. He has long hair linked on a side

He seems very devoted to Tokito, which performs all orders


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blond hair and tan skin. He is a very tall and muscular man. He wears a black dress and yellow foulard.

He is a very kind person who saves and secretly raises many of the Mibu "rejects".


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has blond hair and wears a red and white Kimono to emphasize his Fire Style . Hotaru's height is shorter among his peers, but he seems taller due to his geta . He uses a double-sided sword : one side shaped like a katana, the other shaped similar to a long dagger

Hotaru is the main comic relief of the group . He acts rather stupid and dense and has a habit of stating the obvious. Some examples of this are during Hotaru's fight with Kyo (he makes a long speech, then forgets what it was supposed to be about), when he leads Kyo's group through the Mibu palace (When asked directions, he says they should go straight when the path ahead of them is a straight one), his battle with Yuan (When Yuan said he can beat Hotaru with only his foot, Hotaru said he will beat Yuan with only his finger), and various others.


Samurai Deeper Kyo

He has a warm look and personality unlike the former Aka No Ou.  He has crimson hair (like FCK) and his eyes are also crimson red, bearing an uncanny resemblance to Demon Eyes Kyo .

He was kind and gentle. He loved children


Samurai Harem

Yoichi often wears his samurai hakama wherever he is, making unmistakable in crowds and identification. He also keeps a wooden sword fastened to his hakama's sash.
He has worn other clothes though, like when he had gone on a "practice" date with Ibuki. He was forced to wear casual clothes and forego his sword. However, he appears to be handsome to other girls regardless of his clothing.
He has black hair that extends down to his neck, and he has similarly black eyes.

Yoichi is a very blunt person, often getting to the heart of an otherwise confusing matter. This is most likely due to his lack of experience with other people besides his father.
Yoichi is also a surprisingly respectful person, as he refers to nearly everyone (if not everyone) he meets with dono as an honorific.
He is very righteous, often being very adhered to values modern people find naive and childish. However, he sticks to these very strongly and is often liked for such a quality.
He can be surprisingly humble, as he decided to inflict a twofold punishment upon himself. However, someone else mistook such a thing as showing off.
Yoichi enjoys fighting and shows enthusiasm during conflict unless someone is acting in a dishonorable manner.
Yoichi is very unacknowledged about various things in the everyday world due to his humble samurai upbringing in the wild this has caused him to act sometimes very odd in the eyes of others.


Samurai Spirits

In Samurai Shodown V Rasetsumaru wears an outfit with a design quite similar to Haohmaru's, but looking a bit sloppy. The white colors in Haohmaru's original costume are now bluish gray. His hair looks messy but keeping the same hairstyle as Haohmaru, and the skin is purple. His eyes are completely red, as well the blade of his katana, the Demon Sword: Slaughtering Diarrheal Beetle.
Because his mood is angry all the time, he always keeps showing his teeth, either as a sign of anger or perverse joy.

In terms of personality, he is extremely ferocious and brutal, who prefers to crush the heart of the people he slays. His words and actions are often vulgar and violent. He is a sadistic and savage bloodthirsty demon who only cares about killing. Not only loves inflicting pain on others but also loves feeling pain himself as shown in his animation when is selected or when perform the special move Death Curse.


Samurai Spirits

has a striking and imposing appearance. He has long, flowing blue hair, styled upward and back, giving him a dynamic and energetic look. His physique is muscular, showcasing his strength and agility. He wears a white martial arts outfit with light blue and green accents, such as a green sash tied around his waist. The attire features a stylized wave pattern, symbolizing his mastery of water-based attacks. His hands and forearms are wrapped in blue bandages, highlighting his warrior spirit, and he wields a katana. His sandals and relaxed posture suggest a grounded yet powerful character, ready to unleash his water techniques. The overall look is that of a calm, confident, and fierce samurai who controls the power of water in battle.

Sogetsu Kazama's personality in Samurai Shodown is cold, calculating, and reserved. Unlike his impulsive and emotional younger brother Kazuki, Sogetsu remains calm and composed, always focused on his missions. He is a warrior who values reason over emotion, preferring to act with precision and caution. Although he has a deep bond with his family, he places his duty as a ninja and guardian of his clan above all else, often making him distant and hard to approach.
His calm nature and mastery over the element of water reflect this emotional control. He doesn't openly show affection or vulnerability, but that doesn’t mean he’s indifferent; he understands that the way of the warrior requires sacrifices and difficult decisions. Despite his distant demeanor, he deeply cares for his family, and this is a driving force behind his actions, especially when it comes to protecting those he loves, even if it’s not always clear to others.


Samurai Spirits

Due to his European heritage, Tohma's first main characteristic is his skin color: a pale white color reminiscent of the skin type of people of albino origin. His hair is consequently a blonde color, and the eyes are red. He uses black hakana pants, and the unbuttoned jacket is also black, adding vivid tones. Such jacket includes a personal symbol at the back.

The experiences he had during his growth (see Background section) made him a cold person, finding in power the option to stand out above all, making Tohma someone quite arrogant when faces rivals that he defeats with great ease, ultimately showing respect only against rivals who were worthy. Even after seizing the Red Glitter sword, his hunger for power continues.
Despite joining Oboro's crusade, Tohma is not interested in government or the creation of a new utopian society ... he only wishes to defeat the most powerful enemies and kill his former foster brother to obtain his sword, thus achieve the highest power, the legacy of Tetsuki Kuki.


Sankarea

Aria is a beautiful woman with black hair, brown eyes, and large breasts. She most commonly wears blue and gold earrings, sheer stockings with black garter belts, a red dress which displays her cleavage, and a dark blue bathrobe.

Aria is a miserable and depressed woman. She is also apparently alcoholic and drinks a lot, perhaps due to her unfortunate life. Aria runs for her husband's affection but he could not care less. She is very resentful of her stepdaughter because of her husband's near-incessant obsession with her. She greatly laments not being wanted by anyone, especially her own husband. She may make the accused attempt to get her husband's attention but has largely accepted his indifference. She feels sorry for herself and tries to get others to do so, as shown with Chihiro when she even tried to seduce him largely by insulting Rea and telling him it's been so long since anyone had touched her. When he rejects her she begins to sob hysterically asking why won't anyone pay attention to her.
It's shown, however, that she wasn't always so bad. In the early years of her marriage, she was caring and soft-spoken when Dan was nearly depressed after the death of his first wife. She then nursed him back to health and was very happy to marry him. She was kind of enough to think her that husband married her out of love despite all the evidence to the contrary. Initially, she did not resent Rea and felt sad that she wasn't really included in the stuff she and Dan did together. And when they went on vacation Aria asked if she would could take a picture with her which she accepted implying they may have initially had some similarities of a normal mother-daughter relationship. When she found (naked)pictures of Rea that her husband took, her jealousy of Rea only grew.
Its implied she may have a soft spot for animals as when Bābu cuddles up against her, she gets excited and ask him if he wants to come live with her and be her friend though Chihiro did catch her at a particularly vulnerable moment and she quickly cast him away when she learned he's a zombie.
She does have a good side where she doesn't stop Rea from occasionally sneaking away from the mansion. In fact, she does wish that she be freed from her controlling father. As of episode 14, after having a weird shared dream with Rea and Chihiro, she is finally starting to let go of her resentment of Rea.
It is suggested by the maids that Aria often sleeps with men other than her husband. This cannot be confirmed yet as she is heavily drunk and has been sex deprived as she tries to seduces Chihiro but utterly fails and starts crying.


Sankarea

Bub is first introduced in a fishing box packed with ice, with a white bandage tied into a bunny-bow around his torso.
Bub is a gray-black cat, with a darker tail with a fluffy pompom like end. He has a small body with black feet and a round face, with large eyes with dark slits for pupils (which are yellow and red), which reappear after he consumes hydrangeas regularly.


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Chihiro is a young boy who has light olive skin, cat ear-like black hair and droopy dark eyes. He is often seen wearing his school uniform. After being exposed to large doses of zombie poison, he loses a bit of his sight. This also caused discoloration in his right eye.

Chihiro is a very laid-back kind of guy. He is rather lazy, and dislikes work, but helps clean around the property when asked. According to his family, before Rea moved in, Chihiro was irresponsible in many ways, but after meeting Rea and promising to take care of her, he becomes much more serious. He is quick-witted and has an up-front way of presenting historical analyses that seems to make him an effective speaker, as evidenced by his ability to convince both Rea's father and her stepmother of their shortcomings. He has professed a huge passion for zombies ever since he was a little kid. He's not particularly fond of sneaking around and other such activities, but he will go to great lengths to strengthen his obsession and learn more about zombies and the dead. He enjoys watching zombie movies to a great length and is often seen renting them. His love for zombies has caused him to become quite knowledgeable about them, shown when he became aware that Rea's body would slowly rot away, unless he did something about it. Despite his obsession with zombies, he is very afraid of ghosts and other things involving live horror, such as haunted houses.


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He has black hair, eyebrows, and mustache. His eyes are brown. He also has four moles that go in a straight line down his forehead to the middle of his eyes. He usually dresses in a fancier manner, wearing slacks, loafers, button-up shirts, and sweater vests. He also constantly wears a pair of gloves because he is a huge germaphobe as well as allergic to animals, and he only takes them off when touching Rea.


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She looked just like her daughter, with straight black hair, dark blue eyes, and fair skin. She wore her hair in a short hime cut style with a white flower on one side, and was wheelchair-bound.

Although her personality was not covered in-depth in the series, she seemed to be a calm, polite, and sweet girl. She also appeared to be rather wise for her age.


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She has a thin and slim body. Her hair is blonde, and she also has Heterochromia (a condition that makes one eye color different from the other). She doesn't really care about the outfit she is wearing as long it fits and is easy to move in. Despite being only 14 years old, she somehow resembles a 17-year-old girl. She typically wears a strand of hair in the front clipped to the right, and the rest of the hair are worn down. She has many sets of the same black pareo and matching gloves and heels. Rea once commented that she had nice breasts. She once told Chihiro that she stank of zombies because of her long time involvement in the zombie research facility.

She was originally portrayed as being cold and evil, indifferent towards the lives of her test subjects. (due to her broken childhood). It was later shown that she wasn't evil and still had some sense of humanity left inside of her. In chapter 32, she had shown signs of jealousy due to her father preferring Rosalie more than her as a daughter. In chapter 35, she asked her father if he had any personal feelings as well about his research but ended up being slapped by him.
She does not like reading fiction, once stating that it is very troublesome thinking about the emotions of the characters in the books. Instead, she uses her spare time reading about new scientific discoveries and theories. It is also implied that she is very knowledgeable in modern technology, due to the high-tech equipment used at the facility she works in and the fact that she is able to program her pet zombie owl wirelessly.
She once states to Rea that she does not care about matters concerning love, but ironically massages Jogoro Furuya with her feet and dresses in a very mature outfit. It seems that she favours a tropical flower much like how Rea likes hydrangea and is associated with it. She is level-headed and mature for her age, perhaps due to her long-time involvement with scientific research and her lack of family life.


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He is an extremely short, elderly man with light green skin, gray eyes, and white hair. He sometimes wears glasses.
During the Meiji Period (1868-1912), Jogoro was a large man. In fact, he was the biggest man in his village. He wore traditional clothes and resembled an older, rugged Chihiro. After his first wife, Sada, passed away, he began creating the reanimation elixir. During this time, he lost a lot of mass and his hair grew longer and whiten, as well as growing facial hair.
At some point, he shaved his facial hair, but kept his hair long. After freezing Otoki, he continues to live for another century. During this period, he lost even more mass and grew shorter due to the after-effects of the reanimation potion. This also caused his skin to turn green.


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Mero is a very pretty and short girl with long sky-blue hair, and dark grey eyes. She usually wears her school uniform and is also seen wearing the traditional white temple uniform for priestesses with a paper fold around her forehead.

Mero is very polite, probably taking off from her father, and is quite expressionless. She often displays a blank expression on her face and rarely changes it. Despite this, she loves her brother very much and is often teasing him. When Furuya was bedridden due to Rea's attack at the festival, she is seen in a frenzy due to her brother's state. It is stated that she is very responsible compared to her brother. Unlike her brother, she is more interested in ghosts rather than zombies.
Despite her normally blank expression, she does in fact show some reactions and emotions from time to time. Such as when Babu is injured and when she is reminded of her mother.
She is also shown smiling happily when singing along to a song in the car during the OVA.


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Ranko has short sandy blonde hair and green eyes. Her body is often emphasized in the anime due to her having large breasts and a curvy figure. She is usually seen in skimpy outfits, commonly wearing a red tank top and a pair of jean booty-shorts that reveal a generous portion of her butt. She also has a light tan complexion.

She is very supportive. She hates seeing others down and hates when people go about things too easily. She tells Chihiro that "kisses mean a lot and that you shouldn't do them so freely". She also gets annoyed when Chihiro doesn't show her any affection.
She is very sensitive, but she is caring. She tries to help others, since she doesn't like being lonely. She gets along well with the Furuya family and even Rea, despite being her rival.


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After her zombification, her skin becomes almost entirely white and her purple eyes become crimson/blood red. She is described as 'very beautiful' by boys in Shiyou Boys High School. Placed diagonally on her belly is the long scar/gash that she sustained by the tree branch from the cliff-drop that killed her. She was accidentally pushed off a cliff by her father while trying to protect Babu , resulting in her death. She bears striking resemblances from her unnamed mother.
As the White Witch in the final chapter, Rea's overall appearance has changed significantly. As her hair is now sheet-white and somehow much grown longer and her right eye is covered. she also has leaves that seem to have grown into her hair. She wears a a full length gown that seems to cover her legs completely. She also wears a wooden mask that resembles the mythical mandrake plant.

Rea is quite friendly, especially to those at the shrine, but often suffers from indecision and hesitance to act in social situations due to her sheltered upbringing. She is shown to be extremely naive, needing more clarification to pick up on wordplay and some sensitive topics than most everyone else in the series. She lacks knowledge of the outside world due to her father having kept her sheltered inside the mansion most of her life. Overall, she is a gentle young girl who wishes only to live a normal life and be happy with her friends and family (though in the case of her family, that goal is portrayed as being much harder to achieve than she can handle, leading her to despair.) If her goal of achieving a normal life can't be reached then she would rather just end her own life than continue on.
As the White Witch, Rea seemed to have developed a teasing/prankster personality. As she doesn't mind trying to scare kids that visit her residence. Though considering her smiling face and joy at seeing Mero's grandchildren visit her, it may simply be all an act to keep herself entertained due to her long life.


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Kouta has neatly combed chestnut brown hair that is styled into a helmet cut with messy bangs covering his forehead, his irises are golden yellow with small dark pupils and his overall stature is average in size.
Kouta is usually seen in his school uniform, consisting mainly of a brown blazer with yellow buttons and his school’s logo emblazoned on it, a white collared shirt, navy blue necktie, checkered grey slacks and chocolate brown dress shoes. On his left wrist he wears a yellow-trimmed brown wristband.

Kouta was initially shown to be somewhat an introvert who usually kept to himself. However, this changes after his meeting with Yuu Mizuno and Shunsuke Yoshino , after which he became friendlier and more open, as well as less shy about his interests.
Kouta is still shy about his interests, even after openly admitting it to his friends, he still feels a rush of embarrassment when it is brought up in conversation.
As a child, he was more open about his interests, but this resulted to him getting bullied for liking ‘girly’ things. Ever since then, he kept to himself most of the time.


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Sugami, described by fans to be handsome, has green hair that is swept to the side on the left side, small eyes with lime green irises and a thin build. He wears square-framed spectacles on his face and is quite tall.
Sugami is usually seen in a green collared shirt, brown necktie with white polka dots, black trousers and dark beige dress shoes with laces. He also wears a white lab coat that reaches just above his knees which he leaves unbuttoned.

Sugami does not talk about Sanrio that much as he is an adult, proving that he is a little shy about his interests. He appears to be a friendly person who has built a sturdy relationship with his students.
Sugami loves science, but despite being the biology teacher, he does not like biology very much.


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Often referred to as ‘cute’ by his family, Ryo is a teenager of average height and has a rather childish and innocent look, having quite long curly blonde hair, lavender irises and innocent-looking eyes.
He is usually seen in his school uniform, but wears a blue sweater instead of the usual blazer. He wears a white collared shirt, checkered grey dress pants and cream colored sneakers with asymmetrical colored laces, one being a pastel blue and the other being a pastel pink, likely being a reference to the hair colors of the Little Twin Stars.

Ryo has an awkward introverted personality due to him being aggravated by his family calling him adorable. Ryo had always wanted to be a manly person as he stood out from the other boys in his class based on his interests.
This caused him to lash out at Kouta Hasegawa and the others for liking Sanrio and chatting openly about it, and later on Seiichiro Minamoto after finding out he liked Sanrio as well. However, Ryo is shown to be kind to those whom he trusts, as shown with his actions towards Seiichiro.
Ryo doesn’t trust easily, as he still had his doubts about Kouta, Yuu Mizuno and Shunsuke Yoshino even after seemingly becoming friends with them. By the way, Ryo Nishimiya is the youngest boy in Sanrio Boys' company.


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Seiichiro is a tall and fairly handsome man with jet black hair and grayish-blue pupils. He is notably more muscular than his peers, except for Shunsuke Yoshino .
Seiichiro wears his school uniform consisting of a brown blazer, white collared shirt, navy blue tie, grey dress pants and chocolate brown dress shoes, all of which he wears as perfectly as he can.

Being the class representative and a member of the student council, Seiichiro is shown to be an aspiring perfectionist, though this is mostly because of his father’s influence. That being his only negative quirk, he is a kindhearted and loyal person who cares very much about his fellow students.
Seiichiro does his best to solve conflicts between students, especially the one between Kouta Hasegawa and Ryo Nishimiya . He is a resilient person who believes that anything he starts must be finished on its own. He is highly intelligent and responsible, proven true by the fact that he is highly capable of scoring high on tests.


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Shunsuke is a tall, handsome young man with a muscular build. His skin has a slight brownish hue to it and his eyes are sharp and pointed and have golden irises. His hair is styled into several tiny spikes and is a pale blonde color.
Shunsuke wears his school’s uniform, except without the blazer most of the time, and a modified version of the school’s tie with a diagonal red stripe at the bottom. He wears a white collared shirt, grey dress pants and red and black laced sneakers.

Shunsuke is a very blunt, straightforward and serious guy with a serious and stoic personality who appears to speak in a low, grumpy tone as compared to his peers and is the type of person who rarely smiles.  Despite this, he is shown to care deeply for his friends and is very loyal, especially to Yuu Mizuno , despite them often getting into fights or arguments.
He is serious about his sports and carries a Hello Kitty Omamori around with him in his pocket that a girl had given him in the past, using it as his source of luck while playing. He calls her ‘Kitty-san’ and even blames her for his loss at one point.
On some rare occasions, Shunsuke does smile, but it is usually only just a slight grin. His bluntness is possibly an outcome caused by some events that had happened to him in the past.


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Subaru has messy dark purple hair which covers half of his face, the left side being faded and revealing only one of his eyes. His irises are dark red and his eyes are small and he wears a threatening glare most of the time.
Subaru wears several piercings on his ears and wears a dog tag around a chain on his neck. He wears his school uniform, but wears a black sweatshirt in place of the blazer, checkered grey dress pants and brown loafers.

After being repeatedly scolded by his mother for failing his examinations, Subaru developed a rebellious personality and became a delinquent of some sorts.
After meeting Kouta Hasegawa and the other Sanrio Boys, Subaru developed a strong desire to become a better person who understood himself better, and he learns to process his resentment against his mother.


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Yuu is a fairly handsome and androgynous man whose height is above average. His build is slightly muscular, yet surprisingly slender. He has curly dark purple hair which he ties into a ponytail and styles with pink bobby pins.  His irises are the same color as his hair, though slightly lighter in color, and he has a mole below his left eye.
Yuu wears his school uniform in a rather sloppy way, with his tie being tied rather loosely and his cardigan being baggy and unevenly buttoned. His belt hangs loosely around his waist with one end left hanging. He wears a blue collared shirt instead of a white one and loose dress pants paired with chocolate brown dress shoes.

Yuu is a very open, friendly, and kindhearted person who gets along well with almost everyone, except with his sister, Yuuri Mizuno , where they both appear to have some sort of love-hate relationship.
Yuu is shown to get emotional at times, especially when he gets into fights with his sister or with his best friend Shunsuke Yoshino .


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Bianca had blonde hair which was originally long and curly, but was told by Alfredo to cut her hair short to avoid recognition.


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Mary is a very beautiful woman with Indian features. She has black hair, dark eyes and tan skin.

Mary is very kindhearted, loving and caring mother to Perrine. She is shown to be very intelligent and hard-working.


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Perrine is a beautiful young girl with long strawberry blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin.

Perrine is kind, caring and polite to everyone around her. She is very smart, hard-working and brave enough to handle the hardest challenges.


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She is light brown and white mouse with pink nose and have brown eyes.

She is talkative, loyal to Mary and want to help her.


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Big Jake appears to be based on a Lockheed L-1049 with a mixture of Lockheed Model 10 Electra. He is silver-colored and has red stripes between both sides, adding wheels.


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Big Tom and Little Tom are both orange, round pumpkins, though Little Tom is only about a third the size of Big Tom. They are both connected by a long green vine that connects to their stems and their leafy hands. Little Tom has big purple eyes and black eyebrows, while Big Tom has small orange eyes and a large mouth.

Big Tom is a lovable, gentle pumpkin but has a hard time making his own decisions. He often relies on his brother, Little Tom, to make decisions for him, even if they aren't the best ones. He can be slow with his thinking sometimes, and not too bright either. He may be big and strong but he isn't very smart. He can be described as more of a "comedic relief", constantly saying silly things that don't make a lot of sense sometimes.


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He is a small brown donkey with brown eyes, and white legs.

Bo is said to be a small but brave donkey.
He is confident, stubborn, strong. He care about Mary and don't like Joseph at first.


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Bobo is a round, orange pumpkin with big leaves on top of her head, most likely to resemble hair, and like all the other pumpkins she has a green vine that connects to her leafy hands. She has big turquoise colored eyes with purple eyeshadow on her eyelids. She also has red "freckles" on her cheeks, black eyebrows and thick purplish pink lipstick on her lips.

Bobo is a vain female pumpkin who usually only thinks about herself. She likes to think that she is the most beautiful pumpkin in the patch, and enjoys it when people tell her how beautiful and wonderful she is. She likes to put herself upon a pedestal above everyone else. Of course, all the talk and boasting about herself makes her appear quite silly (such as when she believes Mistletoe to be a king or prince coming to the farm to look for a queen).


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She is a white camel with brown eyes and some brown markings on the sides.

She is wise, knows better than Cyrus and Felix. She is a smart, friendly and loyal.


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All three spiders have similarities in appearance. Edgar, Allen, and Poe are three purple spiders with light purple striped legs and arms. They also have light purple spots on their bodies and sharp fangs. Edgar has green eyes, yellow "freckles" on his face and a tuft of purple hair on top of his head. Allen has light purple eyes, yellow "freckles" on his face like Edgar, purple eyebrows and no hair. Poe is chubby and has red eyes, no "freckles", bushy purple eyebrows, and a few short strands of hair on top of his head.

Edgar the spider is the gruff leader of the good-natured group of spiders. He is a lovable little spider, and although his intentions might seem good, a second motive is usually thrown into his decisions. After all, spiders aren't usually known for being nice.


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He is a light brown camel with a beard like fur on chin and brown eyes.

He is polar opposite, not sure what is going on and have theories.


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Frost has dark brown and cream fur with reddish eyes and long antlers.


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Aunt Gertie is a very tall yet obese female duck. Like the rest of the characters in the Donald Duck character cast, she has white feathers and golden-yellow beak. Clothingwise, she wears a tight-fitted purple, button-up blouse with three large dark-purple buttons running down the front and matching purple skirt and heels. She accessorizes with a beautiful blue bowtie around her neck attached to a tan sunhat with a pink flower in it. Occasionally, she is also seen carrying around a small tan purse.

Aunt Gertie is the epitome of a relative whom the family sees on special occasions, especially holidays. She is extremely kind and very lovable (much to the dismay of Huey, Dewey, and Louie , whom don't take too kindly to her affectionate kisses). Throughout the segment, her personality from changes significantly, going from very excitable (when she first arrives), to frantically terrified (during the dinner fiasco) to extremely emotional (when the boy's redeem themselves on the last day of Christmas). She is very family-oriented and cares a great deal about being with the family on the holiday.


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The Grinch has a bulbous stomach, lengthy feet and fingers, grimy yellow teeth and is covered in green hair. His fingers and feet look longer due to the long portions of hair coming off of them. He has large, sinister black eyebrows, and deep lines on his forehead. His mouth lines are subtle when he is in a neutral mood, yet very stretched when he is happy. He has a pair of brooding, deep-set, ovoid eyes with red irises and yellow sclera, which become more round and feature blue irises and white sclera when he reforms. Another physical characteristic noted to change after the Grinch learns the true meaning of Christmas is his face, which in addition to the line softening mentioned above, becomes somewhat heart-shaped as he smiles broadly. He also has a thinking smile which is sweet until the idea is fully revealed with an evil smile. A long neck is prominent, with layers of green fur coming down it. He seems to have pockets in the fur of his large stomach, as he rests his hands inside this area. With regard to posture, he is loose and can bend easily. He often walks in stealth-mode when around Whos.
His 2000 self is similar to his appearance in the illustrations and in 1966, but his fur is slightly darkened and more scraggly, his collar is more jagged, has a longer and thicker unibrow, and redesigned eyes in two-tone goldenrod to chartreuse. The tuft of hair on his head is scruffier, and the toes of his shoes are more curled.
The Grinch's 2018 self is vastly different than all the other versions, appearing more softer and attractive to reflect his slightly less jerky personality. His fur is smoother and lighter, and the tuft on his head is combed neater. Also, he has normal eyes instead of the yellow sclerae and narrow shape in the other versions. His belly is also smaller.

The Grinch is an unpleasant, surly, cold, grumpy, selfish, venomously cranky, "Who-hating" grouch with a wicked temper, sour attitude, depressed judgment, and a heart about two sizes too small (until the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , where he becomes whole-hearted and loving), and is always out to ruin something. He comes down to Whoville only on holidays, which we see in two of the three TV specials, which are holiday-based. However, in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! , he is opposed to the holiday (Christmas), and comes down to sabotage, whereas in Halloween is Grinch Night! , he comes down to waltz around for Halloween night, which in Whoville is called "Grinch Night". This signals all the Whos to annually lock down their homes. He is best described by the song " You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ", sung by Thurl Ravenscroft .
The Grinch's only friend is his pet dog, Max , a big-eyed pooch who is loyal to his master despite the Grinch treating Max like a nuisance. Max is also an unwitting accomplice in the Grinch's plots. The Grinch forces him to masquerade as a "reindeer" by attaching a crooked horn on him and making Max pull the sleigh with all the Whos' Christmas trappings inside.


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Heat Miser has darker skin than his icy brother, but he is still fairly pale, although his skin does have a slight orange tint to it. His hair is red and sticks up, making it look like flames. He wears a red shirt and yellow leggings, and long, red pointed shoes. He has a round red nose. Like his brother, he is abnormally tall and towers over both humans and Mother Nature, but out of the two brothers, he is the shorter one in stature.
In A Miser Brothers' Christmas , his design is slightly altered and he now wears a red suit and yellow pants. In both appearances, he had pointed ears.

Heat Miser is the more antagonistic of the two brothers; his mean, grumpy and hot-tempered personality partially comes from the fact that he feels that Santa Claus is unfair to him by giving Snow Miser lots of publicity while he gets none, and he believes that Mother Nature likes Snow Miser best. He also sings about his preference for hot weather. Heat Miser is also shown to be fairly disgusted by winter activities, barely being able to bring himself to even say "ice hockey".
While he dislikes the Clauses to the point that he openly attacks Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells , when Mrs. Claus and the elves visit his home, he begrudgingly welcomes them and is willing to at least hear what they want, but not before complaining about Santa not favoring his own season, and going on a rant that Mrs. Claus had to cut off to get to the point. He is also willing to let Snow Miser have The South for a day in exchange for The North Pole for a day, but correctly assumes Snow Miser would not agree to the terms.
Like his brother, he is obedient to Mother Nature and he is visibly afraid when Mrs. Claus threatens to speak directly to her.
In A Miser Brothers' Christmas , his personality is limited to being little more than angry all the time. He is also shown to be more of a pushover than in The Year Without a Santa Claus .


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Holly has light brown and cream fur with green eyes, a tuft of hair on top of her head, budding antlers and wears a red collar with gold bells on it.


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Holly and Buddy do not appear to serve much of a role in this movie. However, they are the ones to find Mistletoe and the kittens and welcome them into their home.

Because the children are not shown for more than two minues in the movie, it is difficult to discern their personalities. They seem like a couple of kind-hearted children from what is shown of them. Holly appears to be a bit adventorous and more of a leader than her brother, as she gets Buddy to follow her downstairs to see if Santa had arrived.


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He first appears when the three wisemen arrive at the palace. When the wisemen tell King Herod about the new king, he feels threatened, and sends his head soldier to kill the newborn.


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She is a slender horse with brown eyes and a yellow mane.

She is sweet, loving, energetic, altruistic, hard-working, loyal, empathetic, astute and happy-go-lucky. She love to sing.


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The Mailman is a wooden puppet character. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and pink cheeks. He wears a mailman uniform which consists of a mailman's hat, a navy blue jacket with a teal button-up shirt, and navy blue pants with lace up black shoes.


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May Who is a tall and obese Who with gray hair, thick black eyebrows, and brown eyes. He usually dresses in a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt. He wears a crimson vest and cravat, navy blue slacks, and black dress shoes. During the winter, May Who wore a long black coat with a white scarf, and gray gloves. During the Whobilation, May Who wears his traditional outfit, but wears a red cape with a green interior and white collar, and a red sash with medals on it.

May Who is a rude, greedy, arrogant, judgmental, and pompous mayor of Whoville. It is revealed that he was a school bully who picked on the Grinch in his childhood over his shaved face, which is what motivated the Grinch to hate Christmas in the first place.


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Mr. Hankey is a living piece of Feces with a Christmas hat and a happy face. Hankey also has black arms with white gloves similar to old cartoon characters.


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When he was in the barn with his son Bo.

In the first scene he was grumpy about Bo.


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Leon is a brownish-grey colored raccoon with the signature dark "mask" around his eyes. He has white fur around his mouth as well as around his eyes giving the appearance of eyebrows, and a tuft of grey fur on his chest. He has dark stripes on his tail. He has a black nose and purple eyes, and is also shown wearing a Santa hat.
Santa Claus is depicted similarly to how he is in other movies and television shows. A fat and jolly old man with a long greyish-white beard, a red suit with a white trim around the wrists, red pants, a black belt with a gold buckle around his waste, white gloves, and black boots. And of course, he wears his iconic Santa hat. Like Leon, he also has purple eyes.

As Leon Raccoon, he is a very jolly fellow indeed! Leon is overly friendly and energetic as is shown when he first meets Mistletoe in the woods. Like any raccoon, he is shown to be a bit of a trickster and persuades the unsuspecting Mistletoe into adopting three kittens. He is also very talkative and does not seem to know the concept of personal space. As Sanat Claus, however, he is still jolly though not as jolly as Leon. And he is shown a benevolent, caring, and wise character.


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Rufus first appears when the three wisemen arrive at palace and they scare Felix, Cyrus and Deborah. When the wisemen tell King Herod about the new king, he feels threatened and send his head soldier to kill the newborn. Rufus tortures Abby the jerboa to tell where location of the chosen one is and she tells them it's Mary and they head to Nazareth.

Rufus isn't exactly bright, but just as mean.


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Jack Scarecrow wears a blue and white checkered long-sleeve shirt, the wrists of the shirt being tied off with rope, and red pants that cut off at the ankles. He also wears a brown leather belt fastened around his waist, white gloves on his hands, and blue boots with rope laces on his feet. His head is comprised of a burlap sack stuffed with straw, some of which can be seen poking out underneath and on top of the milk bucket he wears on his head. He has green eyes and can be seen throughout the movie carrying around an old broomstick.

Jack Scarecrow is a kind-hearted individual and a gentle giant to the pumpkins in the patch on Holiday Hill Farm. Being a scarecrow, he has a very "down-home" sort of style, including in the way he talks and acts. He is usually pretty laid back but can become strict or serious when a problem arises. He has a common-sense approach when it comes to problem-solving which helps him to guide and take care of the pumpkins in the patch. He is very caring towards others as well, encouraging those like Spookley to do their best and to never give up. He will always be there to aid another even if it endangers himself. Even though he can be a little clumsy and forgetful at times, he shows great leadership and guidance in the pumpkin patch, always there to protect the pumpkins and guide them when needed.


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It does not appear in the movie that the three kittens, Scat, Scram, and Shoo have a concise role. They do, however, help instill the values of friendship and selflessness within Mistletoe as he struggles to find his way home.

These three kittens are very childish and comidical. They love to run around and explore which can get them into mischif. They like to play games and have fun like any kitten would. Although they enjoy acting silly, they are also very lovable and affectionate. Until the end of the movie, Shoo never talked unlike the Scat and Scram, prefering to stay quite because he didn't have anything he wanted to say.


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Sara Simple has long brown hair (in a bun, just like her mother's, for some scenes), freckles, tan-peach skin and brown eyes.

In her casual form, she wears gold earrings, a teal blue headband, a collared teal blue dress adorned with teal trimmings with a pastel yellow cardigan, white socks and saddle shoes. In the winter, she wears a purple and lavender coat with lavender earmuffs, teal blue mittens, lavender tights, and dark teal boots/ice skates (created by Frosty). In the epilogue, she wears a pink shirt with orange trimmings, purple capris and black flats.