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With the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa]], Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue. During his time on the team he got together with [[Characters/AlphaFlightTitleTeam Aurora]], and as of 2024 the two are still a couple. He would later join the [[ComicBook/Marauders2022 Marauders]], earing the title and costume of Fang for his heroic actions, and eventually [[ComicBook/{{Alpha Flight|2023}} Alpha Flight]].
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With the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa]], Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue. During his time on the team he got together with [[Characters/AlphaFlightTitleTeam Aurora]], and as of 2024 the two are still a couple. He would later join the [[ComicBook/Marauders2022 Marauders]], earing the title and costume of Fang for his heroic actions, and eventually [[ComicBook/{{Alpha Flight|2023}} lends his services to [[Characters/AlphaFlightTitleTeam Alpha Flight]].Flight]] to help protect mutant refugees.
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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: A non-videogame example happened when he was with the Marauders, he killed a traitorous Lupen so Lupen loyalists in the Sh'iar Imperial Guard award Daken with a title, Fang, and a uniform. Daken accepts it as the high honor it is and brings his new title and clothes to Alpha Flight.
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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: A non-videogame example happened when he was with the Marauders, he killed a traitorous Lupen Lupine so Lupen Lupine loyalists in the Sh'iar Imperial Guard award Daken with a title, Fang, and a uniform. Daken accepts it as the high honor it is and brings his new title and clothes to Alpha Flight.
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* MeaningfulRename: Akihiro switches his codename from Daken to Fang, as it was the first name he earned and used for altruistic reasons, unlike his other aliases which were either forced upon him or he appropriated for his own personal gain.
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** In the Wolverine series, he battled Sabretooth and lost. Sabretooth then has Daken dismembered and the body parts given to Logan as a "birthday present".
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** In the Wolverine series, he battled Sabretooth and lost. Sabretooth Creed then has Daken dismembered and the body parts given to Logan as a "birthday present".
** Another major incident had him lose a fight against Sabretooth, who was killing survivors from 2023's mutant massacre. His body parts were cut up and mixed with those of other murdered mutants to be arranged into the words 'Happy Birthday'.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The Age of Krakoa story arc has him growing increasingly more heroic and mentally healthier, as he's finally on decent terms with his father and is regularly seeing his sisters Laura and Scout, as well as making real friends with people like Lorna Dane and Kate Pryde. He's also joined several heroic organizations such as X-Factor and Alpha Flight, which gave him purpose beyond bar fights, beer-swilling and sleeping around.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The Age of Krakoa story arc has him growing increasingly more heroic and mentally healthier, as he's finally on decent terms with his father and is regularly seeing his sisters Laura and Scout, Gabby, as well as making real friends with people like Lorna Dane and Kate Pryde. He's also joined several heroic organizations such as X-Factor and Alpha Flight, which gave him purpose beyond bar fights, beer-swilling and sleeping around.
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** In the Wolverine series, he battled Sabretooth and lost. Sabretooth then has Daken dismembered and the body parts given to Logan as a "birthday present".
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: A non-videogame example happened when he was with the Marauders, he killed a traitorous Lupen so Lupen loyalists in the Sh'iar Imperial Guard award Daken with a title, Fang, and a uniform. Daken accepts it as the high honor it is and brings his new title and clothes to Alpha Flight.
* AndYourRewardIsClothes: A non-videogame example happened when he was with the Marauders, he killed a traitorous Lupen so Lupen loyalists in the Sh'iar Imperial Guard award Daken with a title, Fang, and a uniform. Daken accepts it as the high honor it is and brings his new title and clothes to Alpha Flight.
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!!Akihiro / Daken
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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Wolverine, Dark Wolverine, Death, Horseman of Death, Fang
!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese, Krakoan
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine: Origins'' #5 (October, 2006)
-> ''"I never knew my father. I was raised... to be someone different than him. And now I'm supposed to be him. I never asked for that, but when the opportunity found me... I was curious. I wanted to know what it was like. To have people look at me and see... my father."''
''Akihiro'', more commonly known as ''Daken'', is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, seducing people just to prove he can and is smart enough to dupe [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].
Daken first appeared in ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'' #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Creator/SteveDillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/DarkXMen''. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon X''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series numbering. He gained his own title ''ComicBook/DakenDarkWolverine'' in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.
Daken featured in Rick Remender's ''ComicBook/UncannyXForce'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. He also was one of five characters focused on in ''The Logan Legacy'', a seven-issue miniseries that explored the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, which starred in the weekly ongoing ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''.
With the rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa, Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue. During his time on the team he got together with Aurora, and as of 2023 the two are still a couple.
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* AbortedArc: Daken found out that [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]] was responsible for his mother's death, but despite a clear set-up he never confronted him.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Just like Wolverine, his claws have tremendous cutting power, although, unlike him, his natural claws are actually of some kind of metallic composition
* AffablyEvil: Swings between this and {{Jerkass}} as it suits his whims or plans or both.
%%* AlasPoorVillain: ''Twice'', which is really saying something given his personality.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: While not intended to replace Logan, the original ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (who remained active), he operated with the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' using the name Wolverine and is half-Japanese and bisexual.
* AlasPoorVillain: He has done this twice. The first time, he broke down while dying, asking to see his father and apologizing for placing a bomb at the Jean Grey Academy, before immolating himself with a bomb. The second, in which he inexplicably came back from the dead, involved him imagining how life could have been with his father and mother, had she not been murdered by Romulus. Wolverine is then forced to drown him to kill him, as by this point he is little more than a pawn for Sabretooth to use against him. Wolverine himself then breaks down, realizing they could have had a happy life too. Considering Daken was TheSociopath most of the time... damn.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It's apparently genetic. Both women and men are attracted to his bad boy status, even without him using his powers to seduce them.
* AnArmAndALeg:
** [[spoiler:He has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''. By the time of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' his healing factor had recovered and he grew back his arm.]]
** And he loses his arm ''again'' after being attacked by the Orphans of X in issue 25.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Under his Wolverine guise.
* AnimeHair: Daken's hair is a literal inversion of his father's. Where Wolverine's hair is big and tall on the sides, but more subdued on the top, Daken rocks a Mohawk on an otherwise bald head. As of ''Wolverines'' however, he lets his hair grow out to resemble more like Logan.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He hates his father to the point where he's attempted to usurp Sabretooth's role as Logan's {{Archenemy}}, he ''definitely'' counts, thanks in no small part to ParentalAbandonment and being raised by the murderous [[DrillSergeantNasty Cyber]]. He desperately wants to kill his father, though despite what he might think, he's not quite good enough to pull it off yet. Averted by his "sister", [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], who, despite her issues, views Wolverine as a father figure and gets along with him fine.
* AntiHero: On the occasions he actually helps the heroes without any ulterior motives, he’s still kind of a dick and generally savage to his enemies. After joining X-Factor, it’s even lampshaded that they need to keep an eye on him lest he rub off his worse tendencies on the rest of the team.
* AntiVillain: He generally occupies this role rather than being an outright villain, though it's often DependingOnTheWriter. More recent works have swung him more towards the "anti" end of the scale.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Daken (駄犬) means "mongrel" or "dog" [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]] and was the name he was taunted with as a child.
* {{Archenemy}}: After Sabretooth, he's the strongest contender for the title, what with his EvilCounterpart status, personal connection to Logan, and popularity among writers and fans alike. Ironically and despite this, Daken is shown to be profoundly saddened by Logan's death and makes an effort to give him ''some'' form of proper burial. [[spoiler: Later during ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's insistent that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they're recovered, and is prepared to come to blows with Sabretooth when he (incorrectly) believes the latter is mocking him for it.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During their team-up to take down Malcolm Colcord's attempt to revive the Weapon X project, he tries to deliver one to his little sister, Laura Kinney a.k.a. [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], by asking why she holds herself back by caring for others and is afraid to let go and fully embrace her training and skill as a killer. The question falls flat: Laura isn't fighting to prove anything but is instead fighting for something bigger than herself. She then [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech completely turns it around on him]] by asking why ''he'' holds back and is afraid to allow himself to care about others. ManipulativeBastard that he is, Daken still doesn't have an answer.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** For all his antagonism towards [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Logan]], he really ''did'' love his father in his way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** Although his early interactions with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] were hostile, by the end of their second encounter in Madripoor he began to establish a grudging respect for her. By ''The Logan Legacy'' and ''Wolverines'' this had grown to something resembling brotherly affection, which Laura returned, openly considering him her family. In ''All-New Wolverine'' their relationship is firmly established when Daken agrees to help fight the disease ravaging Roosevelt Island ''entirely'' because Laura needs him.
* BackFromTheDead: Was killed at the end of ''Uncanny X-Force''. Was brought back in ''Uncanny Avengers'' as one of the Apocalypse Twins' Horsemen of Death.
* BadassBookworm: As per his assassin upbringing he received a top-class education and is very, very intelligent.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Occasionally when he's not in either a dark variant of his father's costume, average street clothes, or [[WalkingShirtlessScene pants and tattoos.]]
* BadassInDistress: "Orphans of X" kicks off in issue 25 with Daken getting ambushed in a BadGuyBar, captured, and having [[FingerInTheMail his arm lopped off and hung from a bridge as a message for Laura]]. He manages to escape in issue 26, killing one of his torturers in the process.
* BadWithTheBone: Daken has three retractable bone claws housed underneath his forearms, two claws that emerge from between the skin of his first and third knuckles, and one from his inner wrist. These claws are much harder and denser than normal human bone and their natural shape provides them with a razor-sharp edge capable of easily slicing through flesh and bone, and they have been shown to be able to penetrate metals as durable as [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]]'s armor.
* TheBerserker: Subverted, people expect this of Daken, given who his dad is, and he has a tendency to take advantage of it at times. In one scene, Daken allows [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] to think that he has used Daken's temper and hatred for Wolverine to bait him, after which Daken smiles and points out the mistakes in Osborn's cultured facade.
-->'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]:''' "But more importantly, you're MY Wolverine. YOU are Wolverine. Do you know what a hero is?"
-->'''Daken:''' "You mean... like [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]]?"
* BigBrotherInstinct: His relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] eventually develops into this, if in his own, twisted way, becoming one of the few people he openly cares for, and she is likewise protective of him.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: By virtue of being Wolverine's son, he has three on each arm, but one of them juts out through the front of his wrist.
* BodyHorror: Like his dad, Daken's healing factor means that he tends to get put through the meat grinder on a regular basis.
** There was one particular incident where he acquired a Bloodstone, which grants a healing factor that, coupled with his own, gave him super lupus that caused tumors to sprout from his body. The more damage, the greater the tumors, and Frankencastle blowing him up with a grenade caused him to sprout into a giant mass he had to cut himself out of.
* BondOneLiner: Ira, the Orphans of X torturer, mocks Daken throughout the session and relishes the thought of making him whimper. When Daken frees himself and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoves his claws into the man's head]] he sardonically asks if he heard ''that''.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Daken's healing factor still isn't back to full strength after the events of ''[[ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine The Logan Legacy]]'' and ''Wolverines''. As such, he's one of the first of the group to drop when the virus overwhelms him.
* BroughtDownToNormal: He has his HealingFactor stripped from him in the last issue of ''The Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' when he's attacked by Siphon. This bites him on the ass ''hard'' in the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' when Mr. Sinister [[AnArmAndALeg rips off one of his arms]] and [[EyeScream plucks out an eye]] for good measure.
* ButtMonkey: Daken is ''not'' having a good day during "Orphans of X." He's ambushed and blown up at a BadGuyBar, stripped naked, has his recently-healed left arm lopped off ''again'' while being tortured, escapes in a hail of bullets and has to resort to [[GrievousHarmWithABody using a dog as a projectile weapon]], gets his ass handed to him by Laura, Gabby, and ''[[BadassNormal Megan]]'' after he shoots [[spoiler:the clone of Sarah]] before he can explain, ''and'' gets shot by a bullet [[spoiler:coated with metal from the Muramasa Blade]].
* CListFodder: During ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', after he does some PR-damaging slaughter, Norman Osborn arranges for a few D-list villains, many of whom weren't seen in years, to get together and target him so Daken could come up as a good guy again. Three of them wound up killed, and the ones a bit less obscure managed to survive.
* CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]]'s Abel. However he and Laura actually get along rather well, and she's one of the only people he genuinely seems to care for.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: He generally addresses his dad as "Logan", since he didn't meet Wolverine until well into adulthood and has [[AntagonisticOffspring hated his dad's guts since day one]] for abandoning him (albeit unintentionally) and also for a period when he believed he had killed his mother. He has only ever called him "Dad" sarcastically or [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious in rare moments of emotional honesty]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He has a tendency to not be trusted due to him only staying on his own side and ends up abandoning others.
** In one issue, he faces Cyber (whom he was allied with in the past) and chooses to be on Wolverine's side. Then betrays W. and sides with C. because "C. has a better plan". Then comes out that ''there is no freakin' plan!'' Then betrays C. again and says he planned it all with W. from the start... and then he betrays W. too. And the X-Men, for good measure.
* CoolSword: He had part of the Muramasa Blade, which was forged for [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], contained a "shard of his soul", and was said to be the only weapon that could kill him (or his kin, apparently) for good, melted down and grafted onto his wrist claws (which retract, like Wolverine's).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Let's see.. he survived his mother's murder (which happened before ''he was born!''), watched his adoptive father commit suicide, and was raised by a hated enemy of his father's. Yup.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's his father's son.
* DeathIsCheap: He apparently died in an explosion he caused after his healing factor was destroyed. [[UnexplainedRecovery He later showed up]], revealing himself behind the new Brotherhood. Where, after fighting Logan a bit, [[BackForTheDead he died, again]]. After that, he became an undead Horseman of Death for the Apocalypse Twins, before an UnexplainedRecovery in time for ''The Logan Legacy''.
* DelinquentHair: His hair is done up in a Mohawk.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Daken's depiction ranges from slightly ugly to extremely handsome depending on who is doing the drawing.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he's actually bisexual or an [[NoLoveForTheWicked Aromantic Asexual]] who only uses sex to manipulate people.
* DepravedBisexual: Daken has killed countless innocents, including poisoning wine he knew his disposable girlfriend would drink. He was in a relationship with Icemaster in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', and in ''ComicBook/XFactor2020'' he is into Aurora and jokes that his being this trope is balanced out by Prodigy's aversion of this trope while they're on the same team.
* DistaffCounterpart:
** His little "sister" X-23.
** Kirika from the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' timeline. Even more so since they both have Japanese mothers.
* DoubleEntendre: When Bullseye asks him which side he is on as the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/DarkXMen'' quarrel, [[DepravedBisexual Daken]] responds that he always did like playing for both teams.
* DracoInLeatherPants: He gets a lot of this, even though he kills his lovers (both men and women) for shits and giggles. Doesn't help that his justification is [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan his father's]] [[DisappearedDad absence from his life]]. Fans who identify with his [[WellDoneSonGuy misplaced rage]] against said father, or the position [[SpotlightStealingSquad said father fills]] on his team, or maybe just like the idea of an [[NoBisexuals explicitly bisexual]] [[{{Expy}} version]] of their favorite badass, flock to him in throngs. In the first issue of his 2010 ongoing [[spoiler: it's strongly suggested that Daken raped a female assassin sent to kill him]]. [[BrokenBase Fandom has broken into three parts]] - those who deny it [[spoiler: saying he just mocked her before delivering the killing blow]], those who are disgusted by it, and... some [[UnfortunateImplications really sick individuals]] saying that [[spoiler: she deserved it]]. [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero This article]] argues convincingly that Daken is a deliberate deconstruction of this character trope: he's the dark romantic hero ''without'' a wounded soul to protect.
* DueToTheDead:
** In ''Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' #5, Daken assaults an auction in Madripoor and slaughters everyone there [[spoiler: except Viper, Mystique, and a former lover]] in order to retrieve the remains of Logan that are being sold there so he can give his father a proper burial. He later angrily snaps at Sabretooth not to mock his insistence that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they recover them in ''Wolverines''.
** He reclaims the body of Laura's mother, Sarah Kinney, in ''All-New Wolverine'' #30 so Laura can finally give her a proper burial.
* DracoInLeatherPants: [[invoked]]Daken is very much a deconstruction of [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero the dark romantic hero]]. Everyone who meets Daken -- his father, Mystique, Norman Osborn, the Fantastic Four, Moonstone -- thinks they've got him figured out. They all think they can reach him or control him. And they are ''all wrong''.
* EnemyMine: ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'' Vol. 3, the crossover between him and X-23 crossover involved this. Daken was initially working with Malcolm Colcord while playing all the other parties against one another in pursuit of his own goals. However, once Colcord's intent to recreate Weapon X is revealed, Daken and Laura throw in together to bring him down. Unlike Daken's relationship with their [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan father]], the team-up results in them becoming FriendlyEnemies when they [[NotSoDIfferentRemark realize they're not so different]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His dead mother Itsu is one of the closest things to a soft spot that Daken has. The other is his "sister," X-23.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Zig-zagged. Daken's SmellsSexy pheromones are just as effective on males as on females, a fact that he ruthlessly exploits as a tool for manipulating people. Even ones who would otherwise find him personally repulsive due to his personality. Also, his attractiveness is nowhere near so effective against those who are not affected by his pheromones. For example, Hulkling of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' is unaffected, and can even tell that Daken is trying to manipulate him with his pheromones because Hulkling is a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid with absolutely no human ancestry.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: As a member of the Horsemen of Death, he wears a black variant of his Dark Avengers outfit.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Daken is this to his father.
** More so to his [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney sister]] since Wolverine [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth already has a long-established evil counterpart]]. Daken shows how [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life. Despite that, after an initial violent encounter, they actually get along quite well, and in fact, she's one of the few people who he seems to have genuine affection for.
* EvilHero: As Wolverine as a member of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Sort of (see below). Daken plays with gender stereotypes like they were jazz songs with no rules. As in the scene where he seduces a female anorexic supermodel by finger-feeding her a strawberry she had been afraid to eat and then flirts with the nebbishy male fashion designer on the same page without stopping for breath. He follows this up by flirting with the {{Shapeshifter}} Mystique before the end of the comic.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:See AnArmAndALeg above; Sinister ''also'' takes one of his eyes.]]
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Don't expect him to stay on anyone's side for more than a day. Why everyone is continually surprised by this is a question best left [[MST3KMantra for the ages.]]
* FanNickname: Sniktling. Trollverine has become the popular name for Daken.
* FantasticDrug: Heat, Daken's new psychotropic addiction. Also, while he's drugged, there is a rather neat ArtShift. It is also arguably a MacGuffin since it also negates his HealingFactor.
* FreudianExcuse: According to his creators.
* GenerationXerox: He and Skaar don't get along any better than [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]]. Much to Wolverine's relief, because he was utterly terrified by the idea of Daken befriending gamma-powered [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]].
* GeniusBruiser: Although not the obvious muscle head his dad is, Daken can pull this off pretty well too.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: He's done his fair share of standing around and letting horrible injuries happen to him for no reason other than the fact that they'll heal quickly.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: He is half-Canadian and half-Japanese. His name even means Mongrel. He grew up in Japan right after World War II had just ended. Considering how [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan the culture]] would be responding to an abandoned child of mixed descent at the time, his Jerkass nature becomes a little more understandable.
* HandicappedBadass: Even with one arm, this is still ''Daken'' we're talking about. He manages to free himself from captivity by the Orphans of X and makes a mess during his escape.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Daken twice in the #8 issue of his comic, though it's not romantic. The power of using his pheromones to control people's emotions works best when he's in close contact, and that's as close as he can get without kissing.
* HealingFactor: His dad is Wolverine. Duh. He briefly lost it during the events of ''Wolverines'', and even after it restarted it remained severely compromised for some time.
* TheHedonist: When one of your powers is pretty much "seduce people", you might let it get to your head.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. Daken doesn't exactly go full Face, but [[spoiler: after Colcord double-crosses him, he and Laura are no longer at cross-purposes and work together to shut him down]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Generally a Heel but he has his moments of almost AntiHero, particularly when it concerns his "little sister" [[MoralityPet Laura.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He allows the Orphans to capture and kill him after [[spoiler:putting Megan's phone inside his body so Laura can track him to the Orphans' base]].
* HeroKiller: He ''killed'' the Punisher. Frank got better, though.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Like his father, Daken grows some and is hotheaded.
* HoYay: In ''ComicBook/DarkWolverine'', Daken snidely implies that Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, has feelings for his old pal, Johnny Storm. Ben's enraged response suggests that Daken hit a raw nerve.
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* IcyGrayEyes: When the colorist actually [[DependingOnTheArtist remembers]] what his eye color is, it's usually depicted as a steely gray. This is done most likely as a contrast to his father's much warmer blue ones.
* IJustWantToBeLoved:
** Drunkenly confesses to Logan that sometimes, he wonders what he would've been like if Logan and his mother raised him.
** His relationship with Sabretooth was implied to be this, as Victor himself says the kid was so starved for fatherly love that he would do anything Victor said. This is retconned later in that Daken ''knew'' Creed was playing him all along, and just went with it because it served Daken's own purposes.
* ImmortalBreaker: Daken's claws were bonded with metal from pieces of the Muramasa sword when it was broken, making him a dangerous threat to his father. Eventually, the sword and the claws (once Wolverine chopped 'em off) were buried - and found by new villains, who melted them down and made ''bullets.'' Uh-oh!
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Most of his enemies die like this.
* ImportantHaircut: Following his HeelFaceTurn in X-Factor, he's mostly kept his hair in tied back in a bun instead of the wild mohawk he's most known for. This makes him look a lot more normal and fits his improving disposition.
* IncestYay: Some of Daken's private thoughts when he watches Laura in action read this way. Then again, it ''is'' [[DepravedBisexual Daken]].
* IncestYayShipping: His private thoughts about little "sister", [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], upon seeing her in action once their various conflicts, double-crossings, and manipulations are put aside so they can focus on dealing with Colcord are out of the way, can easily be read with a romantic subtext. And considering this ''is'' [[ExtremeOmnisexual Daken]] we're talking about... it certainly puts fuel into the fire among some of the fans and makes Daken one of Laura's [[LauncherOfAThousandShips many fandom pairings]].
* InformedAbility: The guy is supposed to be a highly-trained warrior, but from most of his appearances, the guy is repeatedly maimed and beaten, by far less skilled opponents, no less. His entire game plan can be summed up as: AttackAttackAttack. In one of his appearances, he is very easily taken down by a group of Z-list villains that Norman Osborne all but lined up for him to defeat. Heck, [[BadassNormal The Punisher]] almost KILLED Daken (to get revenge on Daken for [[DeathIsCheap killing Frank once]], in case you are wondering). And would have killed him too, were it not for Wolverine's intervention.
** Although, to be completely fair, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Punisher was Frankenstein monster powered by magic stone at the time]], ergo [[EmpoweredBadassNormal much stronger and tougher than usual]].
* KilledOffForReal: Drowned by Wolverine in ''ComicBook/XForce''. That didn't stick, as he came back in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterward, and he's back to normal by ''All-New Wolverine''.
* LegacyCharacter: First he took the Wolverine mantle under nefarious circumstances but then her took the mantle of Fang under sincere and honorable motives.
* LegacyLaunch: He got his first solo series when he briefly stole the ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} identity while part of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Once that series ended, Daken received his own solo title without the Wolverine costume.
* ManBehindTheMan: Seizes control of Madripoor during "Collision", and sets himself up as this, leaving Tyger Tiger as the public face.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** He cares for nothing but his own desires and is willing to use ''anyone'' to get what he wants. He's helped by the pheromones he can emit, which allow him to toy with the emotions of people around him and pull off XanatosGambit after XanatosGambit. In one case, he completely takes over Madripoor by secretly supporting ''everyone'' in their bids for power after a shutdown of major utilities that he himself arranged, before putting up Tyger Tiger as a puppet, and ''that'' was just part of his master plan to get Malcolm Colcord to give him the full Weapon X treatment. And oh yeah, he had a backup plan for ''that'' (in the form of his little sister, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], whom he put in place ''by capturing her and turning her over for experimentation'', then allowed her to escape through a combination of unlocked restraints and a vial of Trigger Scent) in case Colcord tried to stiff him. [[spoiler: He did.]] The boy has so many plans within plans, you never know if he's genuinely being nice to you or is just setting you up.
** He once drove a lover he was messing with to ''suicide'' to get rid of any loose ends. Daken is himself manipulated into getting himself killed at his father's hands by Sabertooth, an even bigger bastard. Then after he got better, it's retconned that Daken ''knew'' what Creed was doing all along and just went with it for his own reasons.
* ManOfKryptonite: He is completely scentless, rendering Wolverine's legendary sense of smell useless.
* MeaningfulName:
** Daken is Japanese for "mongrel". He chose to keep this name after being called it regularly when he was a child in Japan, with the other people noticing that he was half white, hence "mixed breed".
** Akihiro means "bright", "autumn", or "boy", depending on the kanji used. This is the name his adoptive father gave him.
* MoralityPet: X-23 manages to be one for him (or at least about as close as it gets for him). This is most noticeable in ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' and ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', as Daken is much more of a lighter shade of gray under her influence.
* MrFanservice: If there is a single issue that doesn't involve him not wearing a shirt, being in tight spandex, or catering to some form of fetish, the person who finds it deserves [[CosmeticAward a Marvel No-Prize]].
* MyRealDaddy: Majorie Liu is this for Daken -- it was once she joined his creator, Daniel Way, at writing the character, that he became the DepravedBisexual MagnificentBastard {{Troll}} people love. To be fair, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis putting him on ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and other writers using him for cameos with the rest of the team probably helped a bit.
* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler:Happens to him twice: The first time when he wakes up after being tortured by the Orphans in part 2. The second time after he's been shot by a Muramasa bullet, and stuck in the morgue until Laura can remove it]].
* NoLoveForTheWicked: Despite being infamous as a DepravedBisexual, he is actually aro-ace according to WordOfGod. [[PragmaticPansexuality He only uses sex as a tool to manipulate others]].
* NonActionGuy: It's not that he isn't good at fighting or doesn't enjoy a decent brawl, but he spends a lot of his ongoing dealing out measured and calculated violence and only then when it's absolutely necessary. His stated reason for this restraint and his heavier focus on scheming is that he doesn't want to be the raging brute he perceives his father to be. [[spoiler:He ultimately fails and ends his series picking a fight with the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and whoever else was in New York City when he attacked it.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark:
%%** Daken says this to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Skaar]] the first time they meet.
** He has one of those moments with Banner who, currently depowered, convinced him he is as much of a killer as him.
%%** The Issue in question ends with Logan telling Daken that, with their relationship as messed up as it is, at least it's not as bad as Banner's and Skaar's. [[NotSoSimilar Meanwhile, Bruce tells his son that at last they're not as bad as Logan and Daken.]]
** Used on Donna Kiel, an FBI agent who's been hunting down Daken for the past few issues. Daken tells her that he is fond of her, and regards her as his equal, as well as labeling her a psychopath, like himself.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: When Daken arrives on Roosevelt Island, he makes it clear he doesn't really give a toss about the people of Roosevelt Island. The only reason he's there is because Laura needs him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He was born in 1946, which makes him old enough to be the father of most of his teammates when he served with the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. He barely looks like he's in his early 20s [[DependingontheArtist most of the time.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He has this with his [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan father]]; he fought [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]] when it seemed he was about to kill Logan. Of course, Wolverine set the whole thing up.
-->'''Daken:''' He's my father. And I'm going to kill him for it, not you.\\
'''Deadpool:''' [[AmbiguousSyntax So you're not going to kill me? Awesome!]]
* OutOfTheInferno: During a crossover with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], the pair are caught in the explosion of Malcolm Colcord's lab, and subsequently strolling out of the flaming wreckage.
* PetTheDog: He is a murderous, manipulative sociopath and AntiVillain. However, he does have a genuine soft spot for his little sister [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] and her 13-year-old clone Gabby. In ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', he comes to Roosevelt Island not to save lives, but simply because Laura wants him to be there.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He is the contemporary classic example of the DepravedBisexual because aside from the obvious claws/regeneration/bone strength he got from [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan his father]], he can also manipulate and release {{pheromones}} from himself, making people he chooses aggressive, losing their senses of perception and general thinking, or, more relevant to this trope, ''horny as all hell''. He's tried this on female ''and'' male targets, some of whom note specifically to him that they're immune to that ability. MagnificentBastard as he is, it goes without saying that he often uses this power to his advantage. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', he also uses this on [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] and Moonstone.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Daken was born just after World War II, making him no younger than his 70s. His sister, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], is 20 years old as of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''. Gabby is even ''younger'', being thirteen years old.
* PragmaticPansexuality: He uses sex to manipulate both men and women. WordOfGod says that [[NoLoveForTheWicked sex is purely about control for Daken]] (although this may have changed after he got together with Aurora).
* PetTheDog:
** Daken loves to invoke and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk then subvert this trope]]. To put it more bluntly, this is a character who has very few redeeming qualities.
** He demonstrates genuine affection for X-23, who is one of the few people he treats as an equal. When he later comes to help out with ThePlague ravaging Roosevelt Island in ''All-New Wolverine'', he admits he doesn't give a damn about the island, and is only there for her. This extends to Gabby, as well, and Daken even gives her her first superhero name.
** He shows moments of kindness to street kids and children who have suffered rough upbringings.
** For all his antagonism towards Logan, he really ''did'' love his father in his own way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** His relationship with Aurora started out as this, with the two bonding over their pasts and Daken genuinely wanting to be kind to her and have her be comfortable around him - he even makes it a point to tell her he will never use his pheromones on her.
* {{Pheromones}}: Daken can produce these to [[LivingAphrodisiac make people fall in love with him]], regardless of their gender. He can also manipulate people in more subtle ways, it's just that seduction is his favorite way of getting what he wants.
* PrettyBoy: Daken and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] have [[http://pics.livejournal.com/mozzarellaroses/pic/0004gbgh a scene]] in Daken's solo comic where they snark at each other, using it as an insult.
%%* PsychoForHire
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Averted. Daken is regularly treated as an AntiVillain or a NobleDemon, and has a large number of fans, despite the fact he's a completely unapologetic rapist (primarily with his pheromone powers, but at least once he's just straight-up forced himself on someone). For note, his pheromone power works very similarly to Zebidiah Killgrave (AKA, the Purple Man), who by comparison is treated like an irredeemable monster because of his use of this power for the same reason.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: The part of his origin that involves him as a baby being abandoned on the doorstep of a Japanese couple and taken in by them caused some criticism for using an old plot device that could hardly work in the 20th century. In truth, this happened frequently to children of mixed race who were born right after World War II. Mothers would sometimes leave their children on the doorsteps of sympathetic neighbors in a gamble that they would be taken in.
* Really700YearsOld: Like his old man, Daken is older than he looks. Daken appears to be in his mid-twenties or so but was born just after World War II had ended in 1946.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daken and Laura take turns delivering this to ''each other'' during their rampage through Colcord's base. Daken tries to call her out on her empathy for others, believing that her skills as a killer make her better than everyone around her and that her heart only forces her to hold back. Laura flatly tells him that she doesn't fight because she has something to prove, but for something ''bigger'' than herself. She then turns this around on him, asking why ''he'' holds back by not taking the risk of allowing himself to ''actually'' care for anyone. Daken doesn't really have an answer.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: He was widely despised by the fanbase during his initial appearances in ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'', but started growing into a fan favorite after joining the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
* TheResenter: He feels resentment towards his father, his sister, and anybody else who might have a better life than he does.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: He shares the same mutations (HealingFactor, SuperSenses, WolverineClaws) with his dad. He takes Logan's skill with the ladies even further by also having [[DepravedBisexual skills with men]], thanks to his manipulative nature and pheromones.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: At the end of his focus issue of ''The Logan Legacy'', Daken spares [[spoiler: Mystique, Viper, and Agent Kim -- a former lover who was acting as Hydra's spy at the auction selling off Logan's remains -- telling the latter to live a good and full life. After telling his story to his handlers but withholding his relationship with Daken, Kim is promptly killed when they probe his mind to find out just why Daken spared his life.]]
* SmallParentHugeChild: Downplayed. He is a whole head taller than his famously short father [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], but this merely places him at 5'9, and Wolvie is ''still'' a good deal stockier.
* SmellsSexy: He has pheromones that let him nudge people's emotions. The pheromones allow him to push people's emotions in many directions, and Daken has been shown to use this to good effect... He just prefers using it to make himself a sex god. It does not, however, work on non-humans, regardless of sexual orientation, as [[spoiler:Hulkling]] proved.
** However, with his HeelFaceTurn and the general realization that pheromone powers are just a mess for consent, his ''X-Factor'' run tries to thread the needle with Daken explaining that his pheromones don't create emotions, but just enhance what's already there. He can't make anyone sleep with him unless they already find him attractive. Still a little messy, but there is a chance any strong psychological barriers to just having sex with Daken would likewise get heightened to full anxiety.
* TheSociopath: He hates his father and cares for no one but himself, and unlike X-23 he has no problem using his powers to get what he wants and kill off anyone who gets in his way.
* StoryboardBody: He has a large tribal tattoo on his chest and arms.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He is this to Venom and Bullseye in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Add to that the fact that Daken is bisexual and also emits pheromones which can make him influence people of the opposite gender. Making his StupidSexyFlanders a ''superpower''.
%%* SuperHearing: He has this.
%%* SuperSenses: Inherited them from his father.
* SurvivorGuilt: Muramasa reveals in ''All-New Wolverine #28'' that the reason his HealingFactor remained compromised after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' is because of the immense guilt he carries over his father's death, and not being able to stop it.
* TrainingFromHell: Ever since he was a child he has been trained as an assassin at the unpleasant hands of Cyber.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: In an interesting inversion, he asks his father about his mother. Due to the fact they're in a mental plane of existence, Logan decides to show him rather than just tell him. It's a sweet moment until Daken can't touch her and demands more, which Logan can't give.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's half-Asian and bisexual.
* {{Unobtanium}}: For a while there, Daken had his claws bonded with metal from the Muramasa Blade which negates healing factors, allowing him to threaten even his dad.
* UnexplainedRecovery: His solo series ended with him committing suicide by blowing himself up after losing his HealingFactor. He later returned in ''ComicBook/UncannyXForce'' as the leader of the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, with no explanation as to how he'd survived or regained his powers.
** The series also featured the return of the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}, including Chase, who was shown barely clinging to life at the end of their own series.
* UnstoppableRage: Daken takes full advantage of his father's reputation and what he's well known for his BerserkerRage. So he uses this in battle as well.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Uncanny X-Force'', Daken is ultimately an unwitting sacrificial pawn in Sabertooth's latest scheme to screw up Logan's life. It's afterwards turned on its head when it's revealed after his return that he ''knew'' Creed was just using him all along, and just went with it for his own reasons.
%%* VillainProtagonist: As opposed to Dad's Anti-Hero status.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: To the point of almost [[OncePerEpisode once an issue]]. Lampshaded in one issue when he begins to take off his costume for absolutely no reason whatsoever, seems to think about it, and then continues.
* WolverineClaws: As expected from the son of the TropeNamer, he has two knuckle-set claws on both hands and two underneath his wrists.
* WolverinePublicity: During the brief period where he was posing as Wolverine at the behest of [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]], he was a member of both the ComicBook/DarkAvengers and ComicBook/DarkXMen. The writers decided to have several characters get in some digs by asking just how many teams Dark Wolverine could possibly be a member of.
* WolverineWannabe: Wolverine's son, who inherited a great deal of his father's powers. The main difference is that he also has emotion-controlling pheromone powers, and his healing factor functions voluntarily rather than passively.
%%* XanatosSpeedChess: This is Daken's go-to strategy for human interaction.
* WorthyOpponent: He and Laura come to view one another as this, and Laura becomes one of the ''very'' few people he genuinely respects.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Daken's reaction when, after escaping the TortureCellar he was being held in, the owner calls in reinforcements. And ''every car in sight'' rolls down their windows revealing them all to be driven by members of the Orphans of X brandishing [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]].
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!!!'''Notable Aliases:''' Wolverine, Dark Wolverine, Death, Horseman of Death, Fang
!!!'''Nationality:''' Japanese, Krakoan
!!!'''Species:''' Human mutant
!!!'''First Appearance:''' ''Wolverine: Origins'' #5 (October, 2006)
-> ''"I never knew my father. I was raised... to be someone different than him. And now I'm supposed to be him. I never asked for that, but when the opportunity found me... I was curious. I wanted to know what it was like. To have people look at me and see... my father."''
''Akihiro'', more commonly known as ''Daken'', is the son of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and his deceased wife Itsu. Blessed with his dad's {{Wolverine Claws}} (although with a twist or two there) and {{Healing Factor}}, as well as the added ability to give off pheromones, Daken is a younger, darker and edgier version of his dad, who was the dark and edgy poster child of the 70s-90s. He loves {{Xanatos Gambit}}s, seducing people just to prove he can and is smart enough to dupe [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] -- but still gets his ass handed to him by his father. Speaking of dad, Daken has quite a few [[DisappearedDad daddy issues]].
Daken first appeared in ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'' #10 (March, 2007), created by Daniel Way and Creator/SteveDillon. He went on to serve as a member of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/DarkXMen''. He became the protagonist of Wolverine's ongoing (Logan got a new ongoing titled ''Wolverine: Weapon X''), which was retitled ''Dark Wolverine'', but kept the series numbering. He gained his own title ''ComicBook/DakenDarkWolverine'' in 2010, which was ongoing until 2011.
Daken featured in Rick Remender's ''ComicBook/UncannyXForce'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers''. He also was one of five characters focused on in ''The Logan Legacy'', a seven-issue miniseries that explored the aftermath of the death of Wolverine, which starred in the weekly ongoing ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}''.
With the rise of the mutant nation of Krakoa, Daken was one of many villainous mutants offered sanctuary on the island. Seeking to set his past behind him, Daken sought a better relationship with his father and eventually joined the newest iteration of [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 X-Factor]], putting his enhanced senses to use in investigating the deaths of mutants to enter them into the resurrection queue. During his time on the team he got together with Aurora, and as of 2023 the two are still a couple.
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* AbortedArc: Daken found out that [[Characters/MarvelComicsBuckyBarnes Bucky Barnes]] was responsible for his mother's death, but despite a clear set-up he never confronted him.
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Just like Wolverine, his claws have tremendous cutting power, although, unlike him, his natural claws are actually of some kind of metallic composition
* AffablyEvil: Swings between this and {{Jerkass}} as it suits his whims or plans or both.
%%* AlasPoorVillain: ''Twice'', which is really saying something given his personality.
* AffirmativeActionLegacy: While not intended to replace Logan, the original ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} (who remained active), he operated with the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' using the name Wolverine and is half-Japanese and bisexual.
* AlasPoorVillain: He has done this twice. The first time, he broke down while dying, asking to see his father and apologizing for placing a bomb at the Jean Grey Academy, before immolating himself with a bomb. The second, in which he inexplicably came back from the dead, involved him imagining how life could have been with his father and mother, had she not been murdered by Romulus. Wolverine is then forced to drown him to kill him, as by this point he is little more than a pawn for Sabretooth to use against him. Wolverine himself then breaks down, realizing they could have had a happy life too. Considering Daken was TheSociopath most of the time... damn.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: It's apparently genetic. Both women and men are attracted to his bad boy status, even without him using his powers to seduce them.
* AnArmAndALeg:
** [[spoiler:He has his arm torn off by Mr. Sinister in ''Wolverines'' #1 after his healing factor was stripped from him by Siphon at the end of ''The Logan Legacy''. By the time of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' his healing factor had recovered and he grew back his arm.]]
** And he loses his arm ''again'' after being attacked by the Orphans of X in issue 25.
* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Under his Wolverine guise.
* AnimeHair: Daken's hair is a literal inversion of his father's. Where Wolverine's hair is big and tall on the sides, but more subdued on the top, Daken rocks a Mohawk on an otherwise bald head. As of ''Wolverines'' however, he lets his hair grow out to resemble more like Logan.
* AntagonisticOffspring: He hates his father to the point where he's attempted to usurp Sabretooth's role as Logan's {{Archenemy}}, he ''definitely'' counts, thanks in no small part to ParentalAbandonment and being raised by the murderous [[DrillSergeantNasty Cyber]]. He desperately wants to kill his father, though despite what he might think, he's not quite good enough to pull it off yet. Averted by his "sister", [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], who, despite her issues, views Wolverine as a father figure and gets along with him fine.
* AntiHero: On the occasions he actually helps the heroes without any ulterior motives, he’s still kind of a dick and generally savage to his enemies. After joining X-Factor, it’s even lampshaded that they need to keep an eye on him lest he rub off his worse tendencies on the rest of the team.
* AntiVillain: He generally occupies this role rather than being an outright villain, though it's often DependingOnTheWriter. More recent works have swung him more towards the "anti" end of the scale.
* AppropriatedAppellation: Daken (駄犬) means "mongrel" or "dog" [[BilingualBonus in Japanese]] and was the name he was taunted with as a child.
* {{Archenemy}}: After Sabretooth, he's the strongest contender for the title, what with his EvilCounterpart status, personal connection to Logan, and popularity among writers and fans alike. Ironically and despite this, Daken is shown to be profoundly saddened by Logan's death and makes an effort to give him ''some'' form of proper burial. [[spoiler: Later during ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' he's insistent that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they're recovered, and is prepared to come to blows with Sabretooth when he (incorrectly) believes the latter is mocking him for it.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: During their team-up to take down Malcolm Colcord's attempt to revive the Weapon X project, he tries to deliver one to his little sister, Laura Kinney a.k.a. [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], by asking why she holds herself back by caring for others and is afraid to let go and fully embrace her training and skill as a killer. The question falls flat: Laura isn't fighting to prove anything but is instead fighting for something bigger than herself. She then [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech completely turns it around on him]] by asking why ''he'' holds back and is afraid to allow himself to care about others. ManipulativeBastard that he is, Daken still doesn't have an answer.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** For all his antagonism towards [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Logan]], he really ''did'' love his father in his way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** Although his early interactions with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]] were hostile, by the end of their second encounter in Madripoor he began to establish a grudging respect for her. By ''The Logan Legacy'' and ''Wolverines'' this had grown to something resembling brotherly affection, which Laura returned, openly considering him her family. In ''All-New Wolverine'' their relationship is firmly established when Daken agrees to help fight the disease ravaging Roosevelt Island ''entirely'' because Laura needs him.
* BackFromTheDead: Was killed at the end of ''Uncanny X-Force''. Was brought back in ''Uncanny Avengers'' as one of the Apocalypse Twins' Horsemen of Death.
* BadassBookworm: As per his assassin upbringing he received a top-class education and is very, very intelligent.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Occasionally when he's not in either a dark variant of his father's costume, average street clothes, or [[WalkingShirtlessScene pants and tattoos.]]
* BadassInDistress: "Orphans of X" kicks off in issue 25 with Daken getting ambushed in a BadGuyBar, captured, and having [[FingerInTheMail his arm lopped off and hung from a bridge as a message for Laura]]. He manages to escape in issue 26, killing one of his torturers in the process.
* BadWithTheBone: Daken has three retractable bone claws housed underneath his forearms, two claws that emerge from between the skin of his first and third knuckles, and one from his inner wrist. These claws are much harder and denser than normal human bone and their natural shape provides them with a razor-sharp edge capable of easily slicing through flesh and bone, and they have been shown to be able to penetrate metals as durable as [[Characters/MarvelComicsTonyStark Iron Man]]'s armor.
* TheBerserker: Subverted, people expect this of Daken, given who his dad is, and he has a tendency to take advantage of it at times. In one scene, Daken allows [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] to think that he has used Daken's temper and hatred for Wolverine to bait him, after which Daken smiles and points out the mistakes in Osborn's cultured facade.
-->'''[[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]]:''' "But more importantly, you're MY Wolverine. YOU are Wolverine. Do you know what a hero is?"
-->'''Daken:''' "You mean... like [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]]?"
* BigBrotherInstinct: His relationship with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] eventually develops into this, if in his own, twisted way, becoming one of the few people he openly cares for, and she is likewise protective of him.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: By virtue of being Wolverine's son, he has three on each arm, but one of them juts out through the front of his wrist.
* BodyHorror: Like his dad, Daken's healing factor means that he tends to get put through the meat grinder on a regular basis.
** There was one particular incident where he acquired a Bloodstone, which grants a healing factor that, coupled with his own, gave him super lupus that caused tumors to sprout from his body. The more damage, the greater the tumors, and Frankencastle blowing him up with a grenade caused him to sprout into a giant mass he had to cut himself out of.
* BondOneLiner: Ira, the Orphans of X torturer, mocks Daken throughout the session and relishes the thought of making him whimper. When Daken frees himself and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shoves his claws into the man's head]] he sardonically asks if he heard ''that''.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Daken's healing factor still isn't back to full strength after the events of ''[[ComicBook/DeathOfWolverine The Logan Legacy]]'' and ''Wolverines''. As such, he's one of the first of the group to drop when the virus overwhelms him.
* BroughtDownToNormal: He has his HealingFactor stripped from him in the last issue of ''The Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' when he's attacked by Siphon. This bites him on the ass ''hard'' in the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' when Mr. Sinister [[AnArmAndALeg rips off one of his arms]] and [[EyeScream plucks out an eye]] for good measure.
* ButtMonkey: Daken is ''not'' having a good day during "Orphans of X." He's ambushed and blown up at a BadGuyBar, stripped naked, has his recently-healed left arm lopped off ''again'' while being tortured, escapes in a hail of bullets and has to resort to [[GrievousHarmWithABody using a dog as a projectile weapon]], gets his ass handed to him by Laura, Gabby, and ''[[BadassNormal Megan]]'' after he shoots [[spoiler:the clone of Sarah]] before he can explain, ''and'' gets shot by a bullet [[spoiler:coated with metal from the Muramasa Blade]].
* CListFodder: During ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', after he does some PR-damaging slaughter, Norman Osborn arranges for a few D-list villains, many of whom weren't seen in years, to get together and target him so Daken could come up as a good guy again. Three of them wound up killed, and the ones a bit less obscure managed to survive.
* CainAndAbel: He's the Cain to [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]]'s Abel. However he and Laura actually get along rather well, and she's one of the only people he genuinely seems to care for.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: He generally addresses his dad as "Logan", since he didn't meet Wolverine until well into adulthood and has [[AntagonisticOffspring hated his dad's guts since day one]] for abandoning him (albeit unintentionally) and also for a period when he believed he had killed his mother. He has only ever called him "Dad" sarcastically or [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious in rare moments of emotional honesty]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: He has a tendency to not be trusted due to him only staying on his own side and ends up abandoning others.
** In one issue, he faces Cyber (whom he was allied with in the past) and chooses to be on Wolverine's side. Then betrays W. and sides with C. because "C. has a better plan". Then comes out that ''there is no freakin' plan!'' Then betrays C. again and says he planned it all with W. from the start... and then he betrays W. too. And the X-Men, for good measure.
* CoolSword: He had part of the Muramasa Blade, which was forged for [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], contained a "shard of his soul", and was said to be the only weapon that could kill him (or his kin, apparently) for good, melted down and grafted onto his wrist claws (which retract, like Wolverine's).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Let's see.. he survived his mother's murder (which happened before ''he was born!''), watched his adoptive father commit suicide, and was raised by a hated enemy of his father's. Yup.
* DeadpanSnarker: He's his father's son.
* DeathIsCheap: He apparently died in an explosion he caused after his healing factor was destroyed. [[UnexplainedRecovery He later showed up]], revealing himself behind the new Brotherhood. Where, after fighting Logan a bit, [[BackForTheDead he died, again]]. After that, he became an undead Horseman of Death for the Apocalypse Twins, before an UnexplainedRecovery in time for ''The Logan Legacy''.
* DelinquentHair: His hair is done up in a Mohawk.
* DependingOnTheArtist: Daken's depiction ranges from slightly ugly to extremely handsome depending on who is doing the drawing.
* DependingOnTheWriter: Whether he's actually bisexual or an [[NoLoveForTheWicked Aromantic Asexual]] who only uses sex to manipulate people.
* DepravedBisexual: Daken has killed countless innocents, including poisoning wine he knew his disposable girlfriend would drink. He was in a relationship with Icemaster in ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018'', and in ''ComicBook/XFactor2020'' he is into Aurora and jokes that his being this trope is balanced out by Prodigy's aversion of this trope while they're on the same team.
* DistaffCounterpart:
** His little "sister" X-23.
** Kirika from the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' timeline. Even more so since they both have Japanese mothers.
* DoubleEntendre: When Bullseye asks him which side he is on as the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and ''ComicBook/DarkXMen'' quarrel, [[DepravedBisexual Daken]] responds that he always did like playing for both teams.
* DracoInLeatherPants: He gets a lot of this, even though he kills his lovers (both men and women) for shits and giggles. Doesn't help that his justification is [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan his father's]] [[DisappearedDad absence from his life]]. Fans who identify with his [[WellDoneSonGuy misplaced rage]] against said father, or the position [[SpotlightStealingSquad said father fills]] on his team, or maybe just like the idea of an [[NoBisexuals explicitly bisexual]] [[{{Expy}} version]] of their favorite badass, flock to him in throngs. In the first issue of his 2010 ongoing [[spoiler: it's strongly suggested that Daken raped a female assassin sent to kill him]]. [[BrokenBase Fandom has broken into three parts]] - those who deny it [[spoiler: saying he just mocked her before delivering the killing blow]], those who are disgusted by it, and... some [[UnfortunateImplications really sick individuals]] saying that [[spoiler: she deserved it]]. [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero This article]] argues convincingly that Daken is a deliberate deconstruction of this character trope: he's the dark romantic hero ''without'' a wounded soul to protect.
* DueToTheDead:
** In ''Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy'' #5, Daken assaults an auction in Madripoor and slaughters everyone there [[spoiler: except Viper, Mystique, and a former lover]] in order to retrieve the remains of Logan that are being sold there so he can give his father a proper burial. He later angrily snaps at Sabretooth not to mock his insistence that Logan's remains be treated with respect once they recover them in ''Wolverines''.
** He reclaims the body of Laura's mother, Sarah Kinney, in ''All-New Wolverine'' #30 so Laura can finally give her a proper burial.
* DracoInLeatherPants: [[invoked]]Daken is very much a deconstruction of [[http://io9.com/5807707/why-wolverines-smelly-son-shows-the-true-dark-side-of-the-romantic-hero the dark romantic hero]]. Everyone who meets Daken -- his father, Mystique, Norman Osborn, the Fantastic Four, Moonstone -- thinks they've got him figured out. They all think they can reach him or control him. And they are ''all wrong''.
* EnemyMine: ''ComicBook/{{X 23}}'' Vol. 3, the crossover between him and X-23 crossover involved this. Daken was initially working with Malcolm Colcord while playing all the other parties against one another in pursuit of his own goals. However, once Colcord's intent to recreate Weapon X is revealed, Daken and Laura throw in together to bring him down. Unlike Daken's relationship with their [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan father]], the team-up results in them becoming FriendlyEnemies when they [[NotSoDIfferentRemark realize they're not so different]].
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: His dead mother Itsu is one of the closest things to a soft spot that Daken has. The other is his "sister," X-23.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Zig-zagged. Daken's SmellsSexy pheromones are just as effective on males as on females, a fact that he ruthlessly exploits as a tool for manipulating people. Even ones who would otherwise find him personally repulsive due to his personality. Also, his attractiveness is nowhere near so effective against those who are not affected by his pheromones. For example, Hulkling of the ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' is unaffected, and can even tell that Daken is trying to manipulate him with his pheromones because Hulkling is a NonHumanHumanoidHybrid with absolutely no human ancestry.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: As a member of the Horsemen of Death, he wears a black variant of his Dark Avengers outfit.
* EvilCounterpart:
** Daken is this to his father.
** More so to his [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney sister]] since Wolverine [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth already has a long-established evil counterpart]]. Daken shows how [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] could have turned out (and still might) without any positive guidance in her life. Despite that, after an initial violent encounter, they actually get along quite well, and in fact, she's one of the few people who he seems to have genuine affection for.
* EvilHero: As Wolverine as a member of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
* ExtremeOmnisexual: Sort of (see below). Daken plays with gender stereotypes like they were jazz songs with no rules. As in the scene where he seduces a female anorexic supermodel by finger-feeding her a strawberry she had been afraid to eat and then flirts with the nebbishy male fashion designer on the same page without stopping for breath. He follows this up by flirting with the {{Shapeshifter}} Mystique before the end of the comic.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:See AnArmAndALeg above; Sinister ''also'' takes one of his eyes.]]
* FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Don't expect him to stay on anyone's side for more than a day. Why everyone is continually surprised by this is a question best left [[MST3KMantra for the ages.]]
* FanNickname: Sniktling. Trollverine has become the popular name for Daken.
* FantasticDrug: Heat, Daken's new psychotropic addiction. Also, while he's drugged, there is a rather neat ArtShift. It is also arguably a MacGuffin since it also negates his HealingFactor.
* FreudianExcuse: According to his creators.
* GenerationXerox: He and Skaar don't get along any better than [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]] and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]]. Much to Wolverine's relief, because he was utterly terrified by the idea of Daken befriending gamma-powered [[RecycledINSPACE space]] [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Conan]].
* GeniusBruiser: Although not the obvious muscle head his dad is, Daken can pull this off pretty well too.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: He's done his fair share of standing around and letting horrible injuries happen to him for no reason other than the fact that they'll heal quickly.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: He is half-Canadian and half-Japanese. His name even means Mongrel. He grew up in Japan right after World War II had just ended. Considering how [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan the culture]] would be responding to an abandoned child of mixed descent at the time, his Jerkass nature becomes a little more understandable.
* HandicappedBadass: Even with one arm, this is still ''Daken'' we're talking about. He manages to free himself from captivity by the Orphans of X and makes a mess during his escape.
* HeadbuttOfLove: Daken twice in the #8 issue of his comic, though it's not romantic. The power of using his pheromones to control people's emotions works best when he's in close contact, and that's as close as he can get without kissing.
* HealingFactor: His dad is Wolverine. Duh. He briefly lost it during the events of ''Wolverines'', and even after it restarted it remained severely compromised for some time.
* TheHedonist: When one of your powers is pretty much "seduce people", you might let it get to your head.
* HeelFaceTurn: Of a sort. Daken doesn't exactly go full Face, but [[spoiler: after Colcord double-crosses him, he and Laura are no longer at cross-purposes and work together to shut him down]].
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Generally a Heel but he has his moments of almost AntiHero, particularly when it concerns his "little sister" [[MoralityPet Laura.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: He allows the Orphans to capture and kill him after [[spoiler:putting Megan's phone inside his body so Laura can track him to the Orphans' base]].
* HeroKiller: He ''killed'' the Punisher. Frank got better, though.
* HotBloodedSideburns: Like his father, Daken grows some and is hotheaded.
* HoYay: In ''ComicBook/DarkWolverine'', Daken snidely implies that Ben Grimm, aka The Thing, has feelings for his old pal, Johnny Storm. Ben's enraged response suggests that Daken hit a raw nerve.
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* IcyGrayEyes: When the colorist actually [[DependingOnTheArtist remembers]] what his eye color is, it's usually depicted as a steely gray. This is done most likely as a contrast to his father's much warmer blue ones.
* IJustWantToBeLoved:
** Drunkenly confesses to Logan that sometimes, he wonders what he would've been like if Logan and his mother raised him.
** His relationship with Sabretooth was implied to be this, as Victor himself says the kid was so starved for fatherly love that he would do anything Victor said. This is retconned later in that Daken ''knew'' Creed was playing him all along, and just went with it because it served Daken's own purposes.
* ImmortalBreaker: Daken's claws were bonded with metal from pieces of the Muramasa sword when it was broken, making him a dangerous threat to his father. Eventually, the sword and the claws (once Wolverine chopped 'em off) were buried - and found by new villains, who melted them down and made ''bullets.'' Uh-oh!
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Most of his enemies die like this.
* ImportantHaircut: Following his HeelFaceTurn in X-Factor, he's mostly kept his hair in tied back in a bun instead of the wild mohawk he's most known for. This makes him look a lot more normal and fits his improving disposition.
* IncestYay: Some of Daken's private thoughts when he watches Laura in action read this way. Then again, it ''is'' [[DepravedBisexual Daken]].
* IncestYayShipping: His private thoughts about little "sister", [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], upon seeing her in action once their various conflicts, double-crossings, and manipulations are put aside so they can focus on dealing with Colcord are out of the way, can easily be read with a romantic subtext. And considering this ''is'' [[ExtremeOmnisexual Daken]] we're talking about... it certainly puts fuel into the fire among some of the fans and makes Daken one of Laura's [[LauncherOfAThousandShips many fandom pairings]].
* InformedAbility: The guy is supposed to be a highly-trained warrior, but from most of his appearances, the guy is repeatedly maimed and beaten, by far less skilled opponents, no less. His entire game plan can be summed up as: AttackAttackAttack. In one of his appearances, he is very easily taken down by a group of Z-list villains that Norman Osborne all but lined up for him to defeat. Heck, [[BadassNormal The Punisher]] almost KILLED Daken (to get revenge on Daken for [[DeathIsCheap killing Frank once]], in case you are wondering). And would have killed him too, were it not for Wolverine's intervention.
** Although, to be completely fair, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the Punisher was Frankenstein monster powered by magic stone at the time]], ergo [[EmpoweredBadassNormal much stronger and tougher than usual]].
* KilledOffForReal: Drowned by Wolverine in ''ComicBook/XForce''. That didn't stick, as he came back in ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' not long afterward, and he's back to normal by ''All-New Wolverine''.
* LegacyCharacter: First he took the Wolverine mantle under nefarious circumstances but then her took the mantle of Fang under sincere and honorable motives.
* LegacyLaunch: He got his first solo series when he briefly stole the ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} identity while part of the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Once that series ended, Daken received his own solo title without the Wolverine costume.
* ManBehindTheMan: Seizes control of Madripoor during "Collision", and sets himself up as this, leaving Tyger Tiger as the public face.
* ManipulativeBastard:
** He cares for nothing but his own desires and is willing to use ''anyone'' to get what he wants. He's helped by the pheromones he can emit, which allow him to toy with the emotions of people around him and pull off XanatosGambit after XanatosGambit. In one case, he completely takes over Madripoor by secretly supporting ''everyone'' in their bids for power after a shutdown of major utilities that he himself arranged, before putting up Tyger Tiger as a puppet, and ''that'' was just part of his master plan to get Malcolm Colcord to give him the full Weapon X treatment. And oh yeah, he had a backup plan for ''that'' (in the form of his little sister, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], whom he put in place ''by capturing her and turning her over for experimentation'', then allowed her to escape through a combination of unlocked restraints and a vial of Trigger Scent) in case Colcord tried to stiff him. [[spoiler: He did.]] The boy has so many plans within plans, you never know if he's genuinely being nice to you or is just setting you up.
** He once drove a lover he was messing with to ''suicide'' to get rid of any loose ends. Daken is himself manipulated into getting himself killed at his father's hands by Sabertooth, an even bigger bastard. Then after he got better, it's retconned that Daken ''knew'' what Creed was doing all along and just went with it for his own reasons.
* ManOfKryptonite: He is completely scentless, rendering Wolverine's legendary sense of smell useless.
* MeaningfulName:
** Daken is Japanese for "mongrel". He chose to keep this name after being called it regularly when he was a child in Japan, with the other people noticing that he was half white, hence "mixed breed".
** Akihiro means "bright", "autumn", or "boy", depending on the kanji used. This is the name his adoptive father gave him.
* MoralityPet: X-23 manages to be one for him (or at least about as close as it gets for him). This is most noticeable in ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' and ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', as Daken is much more of a lighter shade of gray under her influence.
* MrFanservice: If there is a single issue that doesn't involve him not wearing a shirt, being in tight spandex, or catering to some form of fetish, the person who finds it deserves [[CosmeticAward a Marvel No-Prize]].
* MyRealDaddy: Majorie Liu is this for Daken -- it was once she joined his creator, Daniel Way, at writing the character, that he became the DepravedBisexual MagnificentBastard {{Troll}} people love. To be fair, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis putting him on ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'' and other writers using him for cameos with the rest of the team probably helped a bit.
* NakedOnRevival: [[spoiler:Happens to him twice: The first time when he wakes up after being tortured by the Orphans in part 2. The second time after he's been shot by a Muramasa bullet, and stuck in the morgue until Laura can remove it]].
* NoLoveForTheWicked: Despite being infamous as a DepravedBisexual, he is actually aro-ace according to WordOfGod. [[PragmaticPansexuality He only uses sex as a tool to manipulate others]].
* NonActionGuy: It's not that he isn't good at fighting or doesn't enjoy a decent brawl, but he spends a lot of his ongoing dealing out measured and calculated violence and only then when it's absolutely necessary. His stated reason for this restraint and his heavier focus on scheming is that he doesn't want to be the raging brute he perceives his father to be. [[spoiler:He ultimately fails and ends his series picking a fight with the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and whoever else was in New York City when he attacked it.]]
* NotSoDifferentRemark:
%%** Daken says this to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Skaar]] the first time they meet.
** He has one of those moments with Banner who, currently depowered, convinced him he is as much of a killer as him.
%%** The Issue in question ends with Logan telling Daken that, with their relationship as messed up as it is, at least it's not as bad as Banner's and Skaar's. [[NotSoSimilar Meanwhile, Bruce tells his son that at last they're not as bad as Logan and Daken.]]
** Used on Donna Kiel, an FBI agent who's been hunting down Daken for the past few issues. Daken tells her that he is fond of her, and regards her as his equal, as well as labeling her a psychopath, like himself.
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: When Daken arrives on Roosevelt Island, he makes it clear he doesn't really give a toss about the people of Roosevelt Island. The only reason he's there is because Laura needs him.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He was born in 1946, which makes him old enough to be the father of most of his teammates when he served with the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. He barely looks like he's in his early 20s [[DependingontheArtist most of the time.]]
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He has this with his [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan father]]; he fought [[Characters/MarvelComicsDeadpool Deadpool]] when it seemed he was about to kill Logan. Of course, Wolverine set the whole thing up.
-->'''Daken:''' He's my father. And I'm going to kill him for it, not you.\\
'''Deadpool:''' [[AmbiguousSyntax So you're not going to kill me? Awesome!]]
* OutOfTheInferno: During a crossover with [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], the pair are caught in the explosion of Malcolm Colcord's lab, and subsequently strolling out of the flaming wreckage.
* PetTheDog: He is a murderous, manipulative sociopath and AntiVillain. However, he does have a genuine soft spot for his little sister [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney Laura]] and her 13-year-old clone Gabby. In ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'', he comes to Roosevelt Island not to save lives, but simply because Laura wants him to be there.
* PowerPerversionPotential: He is the contemporary classic example of the DepravedBisexual because aside from the obvious claws/regeneration/bone strength he got from [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan his father]], he can also manipulate and release {{pheromones}} from himself, making people he chooses aggressive, losing their senses of perception and general thinking, or, more relevant to this trope, ''horny as all hell''. He's tried this on female ''and'' male targets, some of whom note specifically to him that they're immune to that ability. MagnificentBastard as he is, it goes without saying that he often uses this power to his advantage. In ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', he also uses this on [[Characters/DaredevilCentralRoguesGallery Bullseye]] and Moonstone.
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: Daken was born just after World War II, making him no younger than his 70s. His sister, [[Characters/MarvelComicsLauraKinney X-23]], is 20 years old as of ''ComicBook/AllNewWolverine''. Gabby is even ''younger'', being thirteen years old.
* PragmaticPansexuality: He uses sex to manipulate both men and women. WordOfGod says that [[NoLoveForTheWicked sex is purely about control for Daken]] (although this may have changed after he got together with Aurora).
* PetTheDog:
** Daken loves to invoke and [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk then subvert this trope]]. To put it more bluntly, this is a character who has very few redeeming qualities.
** He demonstrates genuine affection for X-23, who is one of the few people he treats as an equal. When he later comes to help out with ThePlague ravaging Roosevelt Island in ''All-New Wolverine'', he admits he doesn't give a damn about the island, and is only there for her. This extends to Gabby, as well, and Daken even gives her her first superhero name.
** He shows moments of kindness to street kids and children who have suffered rough upbringings.
** For all his antagonism towards Logan, he really ''did'' love his father in his own way, and at times even expressed regret that he never truly got to be a part of his family. He even went out of his way to recover what effects of Logan's he could from an AuctionOfEvil so he could give him a proper Japanese funeral.
** His relationship with Aurora started out as this, with the two bonding over their pasts and Daken genuinely wanting to be kind to her and have her be comfortable around him - he even makes it a point to tell her he will never use his pheromones on her.
* {{Pheromones}}: Daken can produce these to [[LivingAphrodisiac make people fall in love with him]], regardless of their gender. He can also manipulate people in more subtle ways, it's just that seduction is his favorite way of getting what he wants.
* PrettyBoy: Daken and [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] have [[http://pics.livejournal.com/mozzarellaroses/pic/0004gbgh a scene]] in Daken's solo comic where they snark at each other, using it as an insult.
%%* PsychoForHire
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Averted. Daken is regularly treated as an AntiVillain or a NobleDemon, and has a large number of fans, despite the fact he's a completely unapologetic rapist (primarily with his pheromone powers, but at least once he's just straight-up forced himself on someone). For note, his pheromone power works very similarly to Zebidiah Killgrave (AKA, the Purple Man), who by comparison is treated like an irredeemable monster because of his use of this power for the same reason.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: The part of his origin that involves him as a baby being abandoned on the doorstep of a Japanese couple and taken in by them caused some criticism for using an old plot device that could hardly work in the 20th century. In truth, this happened frequently to children of mixed race who were born right after World War II. Mothers would sometimes leave their children on the doorsteps of sympathetic neighbors in a gamble that they would be taken in.
* Really700YearsOld: Like his old man, Daken is older than he looks. Daken appears to be in his mid-twenties or so but was born just after World War II had ended in 1946.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Daken and Laura take turns delivering this to ''each other'' during their rampage through Colcord's base. Daken tries to call her out on her empathy for others, believing that her skills as a killer make her better than everyone around her and that her heart only forces her to hold back. Laura flatly tells him that she doesn't fight because she has something to prove, but for something ''bigger'' than herself. She then turns this around on him, asking why ''he'' holds back by not taking the risk of allowing himself to ''actually'' care for anyone. Daken doesn't really have an answer.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: He was widely despised by the fanbase during his initial appearances in ''ComicBook/WolverineOrigins'', but started growing into a fan favorite after joining the ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
* TheResenter: He feels resentment towards his father, his sister, and anybody else who might have a better life than he does.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: He shares the same mutations (HealingFactor, SuperSenses, WolverineClaws) with his dad. He takes Logan's skill with the ladies even further by also having [[DepravedBisexual skills with men]], thanks to his manipulative nature and pheromones.
* ShootTheShaggyDog: At the end of his focus issue of ''The Logan Legacy'', Daken spares [[spoiler: Mystique, Viper, and Agent Kim -- a former lover who was acting as Hydra's spy at the auction selling off Logan's remains -- telling the latter to live a good and full life. After telling his story to his handlers but withholding his relationship with Daken, Kim is promptly killed when they probe his mind to find out just why Daken spared his life.]]
* SmallParentHugeChild: Downplayed. He is a whole head taller than his famously short father [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], but this merely places him at 5'9, and Wolvie is ''still'' a good deal stockier.
* SmellsSexy: He has pheromones that let him nudge people's emotions. The pheromones allow him to push people's emotions in many directions, and Daken has been shown to use this to good effect... He just prefers using it to make himself a sex god. It does not, however, work on non-humans, regardless of sexual orientation, as [[spoiler:Hulkling]] proved.
** However, with his HeelFaceTurn and the general realization that pheromone powers are just a mess for consent, his ''X-Factor'' run tries to thread the needle with Daken explaining that his pheromones don't create emotions, but just enhance what's already there. He can't make anyone sleep with him unless they already find him attractive. Still a little messy, but there is a chance any strong psychological barriers to just having sex with Daken would likewise get heightened to full anxiety.
* TheSociopath: He hates his father and cares for no one but himself, and unlike X-23 he has no problem using his powers to get what he wants and kill off anyone who gets in his way.
* StoryboardBody: He has a large tribal tattoo on his chest and arms.
* StupidSexyFlanders: He is this to Venom and Bullseye in ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''. Add to that the fact that Daken is bisexual and also emits pheromones which can make him influence people of the opposite gender. Making his StupidSexyFlanders a ''superpower''.
%%* SuperHearing: He has this.
%%* SuperSenses: Inherited them from his father.
* SurvivorGuilt: Muramasa reveals in ''All-New Wolverine #28'' that the reason his HealingFactor remained compromised after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Wolverines}}'' is because of the immense guilt he carries over his father's death, and not being able to stop it.
* TrainingFromHell: Ever since he was a child he has been trained as an assassin at the unpleasant hands of Cyber.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: In an interesting inversion, he asks his father about his mother. Due to the fact they're in a mental plane of existence, Logan decides to show him rather than just tell him. It's a sweet moment until Daken can't touch her and demands more, which Logan can't give.
* TwoferTokenMinority: He's half-Asian and bisexual.
* {{Unobtanium}}: For a while there, Daken had his claws bonded with metal from the Muramasa Blade which negates healing factors, allowing him to threaten even his dad.
* UnexplainedRecovery: His solo series ended with him committing suicide by blowing himself up after losing his HealingFactor. He later returned in ''ComicBook/UncannyXForce'' as the leader of the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, with no explanation as to how he'd survived or regained his powers.
** The series also featured the return of the ComicBook/{{Runaways}}, including Chase, who was shown barely clinging to life at the end of their own series.
* UnstoppableRage: Daken takes full advantage of his father's reputation and what he's well known for his BerserkerRage. So he uses this in battle as well.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Uncanny X-Force'', Daken is ultimately an unwitting sacrificial pawn in Sabertooth's latest scheme to screw up Logan's life. It's afterwards turned on its head when it's revealed after his return that he ''knew'' Creed was just using him all along, and just went with it for his own reasons.
%%* VillainProtagonist: As opposed to Dad's Anti-Hero status.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: To the point of almost [[OncePerEpisode once an issue]]. Lampshaded in one issue when he begins to take off his costume for absolutely no reason whatsoever, seems to think about it, and then continues.
* WolverineClaws: As expected from the son of the TropeNamer, he has two knuckle-set claws on both hands and two underneath his wrists.
* WolverinePublicity: During the brief period where he was posing as Wolverine at the behest of [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]], he was a member of both the ComicBook/DarkAvengers and ComicBook/DarkXMen. The writers decided to have several characters get in some digs by asking just how many teams Dark Wolverine could possibly be a member of.
* WolverineWannabe: Wolverine's son, who inherited a great deal of his father's powers. The main difference is that he also has emotion-controlling pheromone powers, and his healing factor functions voluntarily rather than passively.
%%* XanatosSpeedChess: This is Daken's go-to strategy for human interaction.
* WorthyOpponent: He and Laura come to view one another as this, and Laura becomes one of the ''very'' few people he genuinely respects.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Daken's reaction when, after escaping the TortureCellar he was being held in, the owner calls in reinforcements. And ''every car in sight'' rolls down their windows revealing them all to be driven by members of the Orphans of X brandishing [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]].
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