Bankotsu

character description

Birth:"Eastern country" Age; "17 (Biologically)" + "27 (Chronologically)" Status: " resurrected by Naraku" Death: "Beheaded by the Samurai general, but then resurrected by Naraku" Occupation: "Mercenary leader " Species: "Human → Specter" Gender: "Male" Height: "168 cm (5'6") (Estimated)" Weight: "72 kg (Estimated)" Eye color: "Blue" Hair color: "Black" Skin color: "Tanned" Weapons: "Banryū" Team Shichinintai (Leader) Loyalty: "Shichinintai," + "Naraku"

character appearance description

Bankotsu is a lean-muscled young man due to years of training. He has a tattoo of a four-pointed star on his forehead and is generally very handsome. His eyes are a dark shade of cobalt and has tanned skin. He has long black hair that is stylized into a braided ponytail. He wears a white hakama with a matching kosode that has a blue patch on his shoulder. He also wears a type of iron armor over these clothes along with a shoulder guard attached. This is attached to the rest of the armor by a strip of red cloth. The armor is tied at the waist with a red obi or sash. His armor has violet fern-like patterns on it. Bankotsu does not wear shoes: he has the traditional ninja footwear. Along with that, Bankotsu wears black gloves that are held in place by his middle fingers.

character personality description

A man who finds excitement and thrill in murder, Bankotsu is known for slaughtering yōkai and humans alike, which made him feared and hated by both. Despite his bloodthirsty nature, he generally maintains a relaxed, and laid-back demeanor, even during battle. In addition, while Bankotsu is very powerful, he never seems to overestimate his own ability, as he immediately orders the Shichinintai to run as he sees the massive army, made by the temporary alliance between the feuding Daimyō, that hunts them, as well as strengthening Banryū by finishing his requirement to slay 1,000 yōkai during his final battle with Inuyasha, as Bankotsu knows he won't be able to escape alive even if he defeats Inuyasha due to being surrounded by Naraku's yōkai horde. Although he is a skilled mercenary and hardened killer, Bankotsu retains a sense of loyalty, honor, and compassion, but only for his six companions. He exhibits considerable cynicism at times; when a furious Inuyasha demands to know why he attacks Inuyasha's friends, he dismissively notes that Inuyasha's naïveté doesn't suit him. When further accused of using dirty tricks, he responds that "In a match to the death, there's no such thing as fair or foul." However, when Kagome shoots her sacred arrow through his arm and calls him a coward, he sees the irony of his words as Inuyasha's friends surround him and is angry at the result.

History

Bankotsu traveled around the countryside with Jakotsu, challenging every strong human and yōkai alike. He met Naraku while heading off to fight a powerful yōkai, who killed it before Bankotsu arrived. Naraku told him about the Shikon no Tama before disappearing. Soon after this, Bankotsu decided to go to war as a mercenary. This decision would lead him the create the Shichinintai, which gained infamy as mercenaries that had high success rates. However, due to their mercilessness and strength in combat, they were feared by all the warlords of Japan, even the ones they were allied with, which lead to a temporary alliance between the feuding Daimyō. The Shichinintai were given a job by a lord to slay an enemy army. As they carried out their mission, they suddenly found that they were surrounded by an overwhelming number of soldiers from different lords, and it was then that Bankotsu learned that his group was lured into a trap and ordered the Shichinintai to retreat. This proved to be futile, as the allied soldiers were able to capture the Shichinintai and then execute them. Banryū had been kept by the lord as a testament to his victory over the Shichinintai. Ten years later, Bankotsu was resurrected and was given seven Shikon Jewel shards by Naraku, who promised to let him and his comrades keep their newfound life if they personally killed all of his enemies.