ANKI
NUMBER FIVE
This is a page
dedicated to the master of puzzles
of the Hokage
Team, Koganei Kaoru.
His name means
Fragrant (Kaoru), and Excellent Small One (Koganei) ^_^...most appropriate
don't you think? He is thirteen years old and a junior high school student.
Presumably, he is an orphan, as sites would list him as being raised by
Kurei himself. His birthday is on September 29 (Libra) and his blood type
is A. Kaoru represents the element of metal.
Kaoru was a
member of the Uruha Jyusshinshuu. I'm not too sure which subgroup of the
Uruha he is under, though. But among his companions in the group are Ganko/Reiran
and that humungous beast Domon fought earlier in the first season (Sekioh...
he is known to be a former prisoner, and Kurei's personal bodyguard). Kaoru
(or Lorkan as he is known in the Philippine dub), was initally fond of
his master, Kurei. He obeyed all of Kurei's wishes. Together with Mokouren,
he kidnaps Yanagi and Tatesako Fumio from the latter's house. He even cut
Recca down to size at that time. However, he later discovers Kurei's cruel
treatment of Yanagi and all those lies Kurei made up. Thus he voluntarily
resigned from the Uruha, much to the displeasure of Kurei and the fury
of Neon who wanted to kill him. Only Raiha's intervention prevented Neon
from doing so.
Kaoru is later
invited to the Urabutousatsoujin to participate. Raiha (who also happens
to be Kaoru's mentor) had warned him not to come as he knew Kurei's true
plan was to eliminate the boy. Kaoru however, joined anyway. In a trap
set by Kurei, Kaoru is brought into the open. Fuuko and Domon were trapped
in a water pit and left to drown, thus they were unable to go against Uruha
Maboroshi. It was Kaoru who volunteered to take Fuuko's and Domon's place
in the round. He does this to make amends to Yanagi. In the tournament,
he faces one of Genjurou's beasts Ziju (Uruha Maboroshi), his former partner
in crime Nagai Mokouren (Uruha Maboroshi), Sukoshiro the Narcissistic one
(Uruha Ma) and Joker (Uruha Kuranei) .
Kaoru has a
special talent for assembling complex shapes, thus he was given the madougu
of the kougonanki. It's been said that the kougan anki should be assembled
one shape at a time and you can't skip a step, so it takes the average
person would change its shape in 10 seconds. Kaoru, the master, takes only
0.6 seconds. The kougun anki has 5 forms.
FORM # 1:
TOOTH/ HALBERD
Shaped like
a long knife, it can produce a straight line attack.
FORM #2 :
DRAGON/SCYTHE AND CHAIN
Looks a lot
like that weapon Kamatari (of RK fame) wields, only smaller. It has two
scythes at the end and a chain in the middle. Produces all sorts of streamline
and bent attacks. It is powerful in a sense that it can attack people from
behind and/or bind the person with it. A classic ninja weapon which can
be seen in other animes.
FORM # 3:
POLES/SCISSORS
As sai, it is
in the form of scissors, and can cut other people's weapons.
FORM # 4:
NEW MOON/BOOMERANG
Looks like a
boomerang, acts like a boomerang.
FORM # 5:
BOW AND ARROW
Configures in
the shape of a bow and arrow and functions as such.
FORM # 6:
NOTHING
This form was
told to Kaoru by Kokuu (Recca's 7th dragon who was in the form of an old
man). This is the kougananki's final form and it divides into several pieces
which shoot to attack the enemy.
After the tournament,
Kaoru lived with Recca, his father Shigeo, and Kagero. I dunno what happens
next. It's up to the manga to continue where anime had ended. I like Kaoru
^_^. He is sooooo kawaii. Must be those fangs... ^_^. As Yanagi had
said, he is a "zoom-in version of Recca." And despite his young age, he
sometimes shows more intelligence than Recca. He also loves teasing the
latter. He is also stronger than he looks and is awfully skilled. Pitted
against ensui expert Tokiya, they battled to a draw. And even though
Fuuko-sama will always be my number one character, Kaoru's kougananki is
my favorite madougu. It is waaay cool! Anyway, I hope you like my piece
on Kaoru. It's all I found out about him. And these images are all
I have so don't go asking me for more, okay? Now, back
to Fuuko's shrine!
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