Vicious

mind

personality

cold, sadistic, ruthless, bloodthirsty and ambitious man who prefers solitude over company.

appearance

Appearance. Vicious is a tall and thin man, with untamed, shoulder length gray hair. He always wears black and carries a katana as his weapon of choice. He uses two katanas throughout the series.

likes

dislikes

hates

love

crimes

Psychological abuse Organized crime Drug trafficking Animal cruelty Incrimination Mass murder Kidnapping Assassinations Usurpation Mutilation Treason Assault Torture

goal

Become a leader of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate (succeeded). Turn Spike back to the dark side or kill him (possibly succeeded).

hobbies

Killing those who oppose him. Trafficking drugs.

powers/skills

Manipulation mastery Tactical expertise High intelligence Swordsmanship Quick reflexes Gunmanship Charisma

OCCUPATION

Assassin (formerly) Leader of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate

Trivia

The story that Spike tells to Jet after he saw Julia die in front of him is loosely based on Ernest Hemingway's short story on 1936, The Snows of Kilimanjaro. In this story, Spike based himself on a tiger-striped cat who died a million deaths and met a white female cat who became a fragment of its life before dying of old age as the cat died after he cried millions of times too. Despite the huge debate that sparked whether Spike died or not after the final fight with Vicious, the director, Shinichiro Watanabe, intentionally leaves the anime open-ended, and it is stated by him that Spike was just sleeping.