> Not so Minor Characters
their page time may be small, but the roles they play are large. Each one of
the following characters contributed greatly to the story, and add to the
experiencesthat our main characters develop as the story progresses.
okuda, yoshie appears in: chapter 1
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yoshie is takiko's mother who dies from tuberculosis
shortly after moving back to her home town
morioka. Takiko adores her mother, and after her
passing feels immense loneliness. Due to tending to
her mother while she was ill, Takiko contracted the
life threatening disease.
okuda, einosuke appears in: chapter 1
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baaya appears in: chapter 1
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oosugi, takao appears in: chapter 1
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tan, boraate appears in: chapter 3
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soruen, wakaosa appears in: chapter 2
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shigi appears in: chapter 4
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hien appears in: chapter 4
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prince hakei appears in: chapter 4
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taiitsukun appears in: chapter 2
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touda appears in: chapter 9
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high priestess of ifurie appears in: chapter 7
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priestess anruu appears in: chapter 7
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chen, aila appears in: chapter 11
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shunu appears in: chapter 16
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ruude appears in: chapter 15
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old man appears in: chapter 4
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Takiko's father, einosuke is the man who
translated the shi jin ten chi sho (universe of the
four gods) he is a popular writer in his time,
which causes him to be away from home for long
periods conduction research for his books. This
causes resentment from takiko who feels that he
neglects his family. einsouke's determination to
write and research the shi jin ten chi sho is in
efforts to cure his dying wife yoshie from
tuberculosis. He follows his daughters journey in
the pages of the book, and realizes where he has
fallen short of being a parent. when she briefly
returns home he tries to prevent her from
returning, but the book has taken on a mind of its
own, and waits for takiko to finish the story.
baaya is an old lady that lives with the okuda family
and helps take care of yoshie and takiko. She keeps
the families best interest in mind, and hopes one
day (soon) takiko will get married.
Takikos first love, which was unrequited. Oosugi is
long time friend of the family, and admires
einosuke and his achievements in his writing. he is
also the father of suzuno oosugi, who later becomes
the byakko priestess.
Boraate is the mother of tomite, and helped takiko
in realizing the importance of her self being to the
people of hokkan. She is a kind and caring
individual, but also asserts a stern side where
tomite is concerned. She believes deeply into the
legend of the four gods, and that her son along with
the other warriors will bring hokkan out of the
depths of despair that so many of its people suffer.
Soruen is rumdo's teacher, body guard, and
everything inbetween. and has been living life on
the run keeping rumido safe, it is the duty of
soruen and tauru, soruens father, who obeys the
wishes of rumdios mother which whom the wakaosa
family has served for many generations.
tauru was killed when rumido was 8, which caused
uruki to come out. since then rumdio has denied his
fate as a genbu seshi, whilst soruen helps him to
realize me must embrace it. soruen is a skilled
fighter, and will do anything to keep rumdio safe.
Fen is the woman who took care of hatsui for two
years in the ruins of a temple. although her main goal
was a devious one, hired by temudan to kill any/all
seshi, hatsui regarded her as a friend, although she
did not feel the same way.
a kind old man, was grateful to tomite and takiko
for saving his grandaughter darute from a fire, and
gave them safe harbor when no one else would. a
weapon smith, he fastened takiko with a naginata so
she may defend herself, he also gave them
information on hatsui's wear abouts.
a harlot, ruude was sold to the same brothel that we
find inami in to help get her family out of debt. she
yearns to go back home to hokkan, missing her
family. when she see's uruki and hear that she is
from hokkan ruude becomes very chummy with her
new "friend" to takiko's dismay. She later tries to
escape the brothel but the genbu crew catches her,
thinking she is inami, when the real inami comes
around ruude is pretty much forgotten about, that
is until she sets the brothel on fire while being
possessed by a demon called enma
Aila is the younger sister of hikitsu, in which whom
she loves very much (and he the same in return)
during a battle with the maw, she is accidently
frozen by tomite when she was trying to warn her
brother of an ambush from the monster. Hikitsu
watched over her frozen but not dead body until
tomite returned a year later. All is forgiven. Aila has
romantic feelings for tomite declaring her love in a
number of ways to him.
Anruu is a young girl who has great spiritual powers.
She keeps namame safe until the takiko arrives.
Although initially namame is reluctant to go with the
genbu crew, his decision was made easier after she
was murdered by shigi and hien. before her death,
she was able to disclose the locations of the other
missing warriors, and gave takiko her necklace which
will later become the shinzaho.
many people travel far and wide to hear the wisdom
and prophecies of the high priestess of ifurie. a
young girl, the priestess is in seclusion when takiko
and crew arrive, but allows them in. takiko asks for
the location of the missing seishi, but because she isnt
as close to the gods as say takiko is, she is unable to
help, but directs her to priestess anruu. although
unable to help with the seish locating, she does helps
takiko visit rumido while he was in kutou in spirit
form, and also keeps them in safe keeping when shigi
and hien arrive, sending them to and underground
portion of the temple. even though it costs her her
life.
touda is a dragon and the guardian of a town in
hokkan. a group of young boys in so said village try
to feed takiko to him, feeling that she is the cause
of all their misfortune. touda leaves takiko alone,
and despite this, the boys still feel resentment
towards her. he can only be controlled by a
supreme power. touda is also know as the yellow
dragon in ancient chinese mythology, and is quite
interesting to see him included in the story,.
the emperor under heaven. those familiar with the
original fy would recognize him as an old woman. It
is interesting to see taitsukun take the form of a
child for the genbu arc.
taiitsukun when first met takiko named her thus the
priestess of genbu. although her interactions arent
as direct as they were with miaka and the suzkau
seishi, she warns takiko of approaching danger and
gives her his dragon touda for all her hard work.
the prince of kutou, and is on the move to conquer
hokkan. He has a great gift for picking out skilled
warriors, and during their darkest moments give
them a new purpose, in the name of kutou. he has
made a pact with lord temudan, and despite not
knowing he main motives, will take any information
that may hasten his conquering of hokkan. He takes
great interest in the genbu seishi, and their
priestess, and have great respect for destiny,
feeling if it was meant to happen, who is he to deny
the will of the gods?
lord temudan roun appears in: chapter 15
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lord temudan's agenda is still unknown. but he has
gone great lengths to kill his son rumido after the
prophecy that his son would kill him when the
priestess arrives, was given on his sons birth. The
first born, temudan was supposed to be king, but
he was struck with an incurable disease, and was
told he would not live past 20, hence the throne was
given to his younger brother. living in a forest
behind the castle, temudan is playing puppet
master and has made many advancements in the
down fall of hokkan. making alliances with kutou,
and giving them many advantages.
with his village and family destroyed by the
constant warring of the kutou empire, and bandits,
hien survived living like a wild animal. when prince
hakei found the young boy and gave him the chance
to join his army and give him purpose he gladly did
so, owing his life to the prince. Hien tend to he a
hot head, and can never sit still, ready for a fight.
He lost his arm after uruki cut it off, and it wouldnt
please him more than to kill the wind woman.
initially a rebel against the kutou empire, shigi at
the age of 12 and his father were captured. his
father killed for his treason, and shigi was then
castrated, his manhood taken from him. Prince
hakei saw the young boy and selected him to
become a solider. grateful shigi feels as though he
owes him his life, and thinks only of the prince. he
is a calm cold blooded killer, and takes great
pleasure in knocking down anything that gets in his
way.
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Shunu is the okami of the brothel the genbu crew
find Inami in. Originally stationed in Hokkan, she
moves her girls to Konan due to hards conditions.
Despite the bad rep this business has, she truly
cares deeply for her girls, and hopes one day that
they all can live in the light. When we arrive in the
story, Inami has taken ove the duty of Okami in
place of Shunu due to her being consumed by a
demon called enma. Shunu is plagued with the guilt
of selling the girls, and the ghosts of those who havee
died are haunting her. Shunu and Inami have a close
bond, Shunu was released from the burden of the
demon enma, only right before dying.