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* EvenEvilHasStandards: During the initial assassination job he goes out of his way to try and not fight Kenichi and Miu in person, as a Grandmaster fighting two Disciples would be just plain overkill. It's only when Kenichi manages to score an unexpected hit that he accepts the fight, and still goes easy to not kill him.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: As horrible his personality is, he has some standards:
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During the initial assassination job he goes out of his way to try and not fight Kenichi and Miu in person, as a Grandmaster fighting two Disciples would be just plain overkill. It's only when Kenichi manages to score an unexpected hit that he accepts the fight, and still goes easy to not kill him.him.
** If you hire and pay him, he'll go out of his way to do the job you paid him for, ''exactly'' as you intended it.



* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pay him enough, and he'll work for anyone as long as it doesn't contradict his current job. Case in point, in his second appearance he's fighting against Yami and on Ryozanpaku's side because he's been hired by the Japanese government.

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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pay him enough, and he'll work for anyone as long as it doesn't contradict his current job. Case in point, in his second appearance he's fighting against Yami and on Ryozanpaku's side because he's been hired by the Japanese government.government, and when Shigure gives him some gold to insure Kenichi and Miu's safety he takes the job on the spot.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: During the initial assassination job he goes out of his way to try and not fight Kenichi and Miu in person, as a Grandmaster fighting two Disciples would be just plain overkill. It's only when Kenichi manages to score an unexpected hit that he accepts the fight, and still goes easy to not kill him.

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* AnimalLover: Surprisingly enough, he has a soft spot for pets and even names some of his moves after them.



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%%* EyepatchOfPower* EyepatchOfPower: He lost an eye after being defeated to Saiga in the past.
* TheGambler: Enjoys playing pachinko on his off time. When Takeda becomes his disciple, he enters him into underground fighting rings as part of his training while betting in his favor and earning a fair bit of money on the side.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does everything to deny having one, but it's pretty clear that he has a hidden one.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does everything to deny having one, but it's pretty clear that he has a hidden one. Such
* ManlyFacialHair: Take great pride in his mustache and the prospect of having to shave it after losing a bet is treated with the same gravitas as someone committing {{Seppuku}}.



* RetiredBadass: Was once an undefeated underground boxing champion but fell out of martial arts after getting beaten and crippled. Meeting Takeda ends up reigniting his spirit.
* RenownedSelectiveMentor: In the sense that he's never actually had, or ever intended to take on, a disciple before. And while he's not as honorable as other masters, using his disciple as a source of income for example, he proves pretty good at it nonetheless.



%%* TheRival: To Akisame.

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%%* TheRival: To Akisame.* SitcomArchnemesis: He's one to Akisame, with the two constantly getting into petty squabbles around each other, which is rather hilarious when you consider how composed the jujutsu master normally is. When their respective disciples decide to have a sparring match against each other, the two masters are much more fired up about the matter compared to Kenichi or Takeda.


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* SnipeHunt: In an attempt to get Takeda off his back, he promises to make him his disciple if he can find a legendary pachinko ball (in reality, he just made it up) and, when that fails, forces him to run all the way to the sea and back to prove his resolve.
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* NamesTheSame: Presumably not supposed to be the same as the star of ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
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* CombatPragmatist: Notable even among practitioners of martial arts uncontaminated by sports, as he'll use every dirty trick and then some to get an advantage. {{Justified}} in that he practices old style Savate, when it was a street-fighting style.

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* CombatPragmatist: Notable even among practitioners of martial arts uncontaminated by sports, as he'll use every dirty trick and then some to get an advantage. {{Justified}} in that he practices old style ''all'' forms of Savate, when it was a including the pre-World War I street-fighting style.style and the original ''battlefield'' form.


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* GeoEffects: Gets ''much'' stronger when fighting on a boat or similar unstable ground, [[JustifiedTrope as Savate is the only martial art originally created to fight on ships and he can keep his stance on such ground that much better]].


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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Pay him enough, and he'll work for anyone as long as it doesn't contradict his current job. Case in point, in his second appearance he's fighting against Yami and on Ryozanpaku's side because he's been hired by the Japanese government.
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* {{Meganekko}}
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* CombatPragmatist: Notable even among practitioners of martial arts uncontaminated by sports, as he'll use every dirty trick and then some to get an advantage. {{Justified}} in that he practices old style Savate, when it was a street-fighting style.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: On the receiving end of Apachai's "Fist You Don't Let Good Children See".
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%%* {{Megane}}
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* BadassMustache: Competes with Akisame about it.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Seeds one of his agents into his target's staff.]]
* MonsterSobStory: Pretends to have one, but he's lying because he's actually a...
** PsychoForHire: An assassin purely because he loves killing.

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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Seeds one of his agents into his target's staff.]]
* MonsterSobStory: Pretends to have one, but he's lying because he's actually a...
** PsychoForHire: An assassin purely because he loves killing.
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* {{Troll}}: Has a ''peculiar'' sense of humor, as demonstrated when Kenichi asked him why he was an assassin and he told him the plot of a movie as if it was his MonsterSobStory just to pull the rug from under him.

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* {{Troll}}: Has a ''peculiar'' sense of humor, as demonstrated when Kenichi asked him why he was an assassin and he told him the plot of a movie as if it was his MonsterSobStory FreudianExcuse just to pull the rug from under him.
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* ACupAngst: Implied, given that she's ''very'' jealous of Miu's buxom and curvaceous figure.
* CaringGardener: She's the president of the gardening club, and only other member along with Kenichi.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed, but she wasn't very happy to learn that Kenichi was living at Miu's home, and when she visited Ryouzanpaku she engaged in some PassiveAggressiveCombat with her.
* HopelessSuitor: She clearly has a crush on Kenichi, but he's already set his sights on Miu.
* GirlishPigtails: Wears her hair in a pair of braids.
* {{Meganekko}}
* NiceGirl: Overall, she's a very sweet and friendly girl.
* ShrinkingViolet: Extremely shy and easily flustered.

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* MsFanservice: She's always seen with her gymnastics uniform, and has a very nice figure.
* PowerCopying: She manages to regain some of her former attention by copying Miu's movements, but not by much.
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!Chihiro Takashima
* TheAce: Was this for the gymnastics club, until Miu showed up.
* AttentionWhore: She ''relished'' the attention she got until Miu stole it from her.
* EnemyMine: Attempted this with Rachel Stanley to humiliate Miu. Key word being ''attempted'', because Rachel was not pleased about it.

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%%* CombatPragmatist* CombatPragmatist: Wins his first fight with Kenichi by [[UseYourHead headbutting his fists]] and take advantage of his now injured hands.


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* WakeUpCallBoss: To Kenichi, twice:
** In the Ragnarok arc, Kenichi had beaten the (then) stronger and more skilled Tsukuba and Takeda by taking advantage of them being athletes used to competitions with rules (Tsukuba losing to a combination of techniques illegal in Karate competition, and Takeda losing to low kicks), and was starting to feel quite sure of himself. Then he takes on Tsuji, who from the start is stated to be stronger than Kenichi but also less skilled, initially has the upper hand... And then suffers a headbutt on ''his fists'', injurying them and falling to Tsuji's superior streetfighting experience.
** After Kenichi won the rematch, Tsuji left to train in the mountains and received lessons from a mysterious Master, and upon his return immediately challenges Kenichi even after discovering Ragnarok has disbanded. Kenichi initially has the upper hand, but gets distracted just long enough for Tsuji to score a single hit... And [[OneHitKO completely knock him out]].
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* WildCard: While he's technically a member of Yami, he can be on anyone's side [[OnlyInForTheMoney as long as he's paid for it]]: he debuts as an assassin after the guy Sasaki had been hired by the Japanese government to protect, and when he comes back he's working for the Japanese government against Yami, who had helped him escape prison after his first appearance, also taking a side job to [[spoiler:protect Kenichi and Miu from a high level Master Class weapon user]] when Shigure gives him a bar of gold for it.

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* WildCard: While he's technically a member of Yami, he can be on anyone's side [[OnlyInForTheMoney [[OnlyInItForTheMoney as long as he's paid for it]]: he debuts as an assassin after the guy Sasaki had been hired by the Japanese government to protect, and when he comes back he's working for the Japanese government against Yami, who had helped him escape prison after his first appearance, also taking a side job to [[spoiler:protect Kenichi and Miu from a high level Master Class weapon user]] when Shigure gives him a bar of gold for it.
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* WildCard: While he's technically a member of Yami, he can be on anyone's side [[OnlyInForTheMoney as long as he's paid for it]]: he debuts as an assassin after the guy Sasaki had been hired by the Japanese government to protect, and when he comes back he's working for the Japanese government against Yami, who had helped him escape prison after his first appearance, also taking a side job to [[spoiler:protect Kenichi and Miu from a high level Master Class weapon user]] when Shigure gives him a bar of gold for it.

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* HumanShield / GrievousHarmWithABody: Twirls a little girl like a staff in a fight with Sakaki and then later distracts him by throwing her brother out of the moving train car that they're on.

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* HumanShield / GrievousHarmWithABody: HumanShield[=/=]GrievousHarmWithABody: Twirls a little girl like a staff in a fight with Sakaki and then later distracts him by throwing her brother out of the moving train car that they're on.


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* {{Troll}}: Has a ''peculiar'' sense of humor, as demonstrated when Kenichi asked him why he was an assassin and he told him the plot of a movie as if it was his MonsterSobStory just to pull the rug from under him.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: A master of wrestling throws. [[LampshadeHanging As he himself reminded Sakaki]], [[JustifiedTrope old-style Savate includes throws from a wrestling style practiced in Paris in the 19th century]].
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* ForeignFanservice: She is an American.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Able to fight with guns but not kill by destroying her enemies weapons

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Able to fight with guns but not kill by destroying her enemies weapons weapons.
* NamesTheSame: Presumably not supposed to be the same as the star of ''Film/DirtyDancing''.
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* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: He reappears in the final chapter of the manga as part of Siegfried's musical band.]]
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: Becomes a high level fighter just by watching Hongo and Sakai fight.

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* AwesomeByAnalysis: Becomes a high level fighter just by watching Hongo and Sakai Sakaki fight.
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* HenpeckedHusband: Outright admits he's whipped and sees Kenichi going down the same path. [[spoiler:Then again, he's not really speaking to his wife on the phone. His pretending to be a henpecked husband, speaking on the phone to his dead pregnant wife is a coping technique for his tragedy.]]

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* HenpeckedHusband: Outright admits he's whipped and sees Kenichi going down the same path. [[spoiler:Then again, he's not really speaking to his wife on the phone. His He's pretending to be a henpecked husband, speaking on the phone to his dead pregnant wife is a coping technique for his tragedy.]]



* TookALevelInBadass: When he fought Kenichi, he's stated to be equal in power; not quite a master, but much stronger than a disciple. [[spoiler: Now, he's able to fight on par with Ogata, meaning Kenichi can't be too far behind.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: When he fought Kenichi, he's stated to be equal slightly superior in power; not quite a master, but much stronger than a disciple. [[spoiler: Now, he's able to fight on par with Ogata, meaning Kenichi can't be too far behind.]]
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!Shinnosuke Tsuji
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%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* CantCatchUp: Despite [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]], he still can't catch up with Kenichi, who ends having taken many more levels in the meantime.
%%* CombatPragmatist
%%* HeelFaceTurn
%%* HotBlooded
%%* HotBloodedSideburns
* TookALevelInBadass: Sadly it's not enough, but he still manages to land a good hit on Kenichi, even if the latter was distracted.
%%* WildHair
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[[folder: Christopher Eclair]]
!Christopher Eclair
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* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:Saves Kenichi and Miu from a high level master class weapon user, but only because Shigure paid him with a bar of gold.]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Nearly into AmbiguousGender territory.
* ExtremityExtremist: A savate master who specializes in kicks.
* HumanShield / GrievousHarmWithABody: Twirls a little girl like a staff in a fight with Sakaki and then later distracts him by throwing her brother out of the moving train car that they're on.
* LocomotiveLevel: Fights Sakaki on a crowded subway/light rail car and both revels in the fact that Sakaki can't go all out with all the potential victims and uses said InnocentBystanders against him.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Seeds one of his agents into his target's staff.]]
* MonsterSobStory: Pretends to have one, but he's lying because he's actually a...
** PsychoForHire: An assassin purely because he loves killing.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Sakaki defeated him by punching and kicking him ''through no less than 3 rooms''.
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[[folder: James Shiba]]
!James Shiba
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%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* BadassMustache: Competes with Akisame about it.
* BigDamnHeroes: Totally unexpected from him, but [[spoiler:he saves Nijima from Saiga]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Saiga (actually Senzui) crushes him without even trying.]]
* ExpressiveHair: Or rather, expressive mustache!
%%* EyepatchOfPower
* HandicappedBadass: One of his legs is in bracers. He can still easily knock you out with one blow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He does everything to deny having one, but it's pretty clear that he has a hidden one.
* MeaningfulName: Since there's no "v" in Japanese, his name could also be read as [[Myth/HinduMythology Shiva, God of Destruction]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Subverted in that he's obsessed by revenge against the One Shadow and abandons the rest of his allies during the final battle to get it. However, he determines that the best way to get revenge against Senzui is to ensure that his plan fails by helping Nijima reach the control room to stop the missile launch.]]
%%* TheRival: To Akisame.
%%* SleevesAreForWimps
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[[folder: Jennifer Grey]]
!Jennifer Grey
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%%* ActionGirl
* BadassNormal: Maybe, she is able to block a master class attack, but she's not on Sakaki's level, may be a low class Master
* ClingyJealousGirl: To Sakaki. Has once mistaken Shigure as her "competition".
* ForeignFanservice: She is an American.
* GunFu: Low level Gunslinger Master.
* GunsAkimbo: loves to duel wield with a big gun on her back
%%* TheGunslinger
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Able to fight with guns but not kill by destroying her enemies weapons
%%* LadyOfWar
%%* ReverseMole
* YouKilledMyFather: Fortuna killed her father, which is the reason she seeks revenge against him. [[spoiler:She doesn't get to kill him, but does arrest him once he is defeated by the Shinpaku Alliance.]]
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[[folder: Tsutomu Tanaka]]
!Tsutomu Tanaka
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* AlliterativeName: '''T'''sutomu '''T'''anaka
%%* BadassBystander
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Saves Ryuuto from his HeroicRROD and Kensei]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: He dies after having his skull crushed.]]
%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* CrusadingWidower: [[spoiler:Ogata killed his wife and unborn child, driving Tanaka insane.]]
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Ogata calls him out on it. Tanaka isn't truly prepared to kill Ogata, he merely wants to die by Ogata's hands and join his family in the afterlife. He gets his wish.]]
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:[[ItsPersonal Revenge]]. It was called out by the Ryōzanpaku Masters and conformed by the time of his death.]]
* HenpeckedHusband: Outright admits he's whipped and sees Kenichi going down the same path. [[spoiler:Then again, he's not really speaking to his wife on the phone. His pretending to be a henpecked husband, speaking on the phone to his dead pregnant wife is a coping technique for his tragedy.]]
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler: [[YouKilledMyFather Ogata killed his master/father-in-law]].]]
* KnightErrant: Tends to commit random acts of heroism in his search for revenge.
* LetsGetDangerous: He's always been looking for a chance to take revenge against [[spoiler: Ogata.]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Now his time has come.]]
* {{Mangst}}: [[spoiler:Talking on his cellphone]]
%%* {{Megane}}
%%* {{Salaryman}}
* ShotgunWedding: Married at 18 thanks to this.
%%* SpecsOfAwesome
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Niijima and Renka see Tanaka and his family leave together after Kensei killed him.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: When he fought Kenichi, he's stated to be equal in power; not quite a master, but much stronger than a disciple. [[spoiler: Now, he's able to fight on par with Ogata, meaning Kenichi can't be too far behind.]]
%%* TragicHero
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Kensei kills him with an elbow to the head in a very graphic explosion.]]
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[[folder: Kei Retsumin]]
!Kei Retsumin, the Human Calamity
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Assassin for the Black Tiger White Dragon Alliance
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* AxCrazy: Got his nickname by calmly wiping out a whole village to avoid having to find his target's hiding place. Said to have killed more people than any plague.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Fights with Pisuke, a Myna bird, in a cage on his head.
* HeadPet: Pisuke
* MoralityPet: Subverted. [[spoiler:Pisuke isn't a pet. It's there to die to serve as a warning that he's going too fast and risking his health.]]
%%* NoIAmBehindYou
* RapidFireFisticuffs: The basis of his martial art, Honshiken.
%%* RedBaron
* SpeedBlitz: His fight is hard for non-master level fighters to even ''see''.
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[[folder: Suzuki Hajime]]
!Suzuki Hajime
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* AwesomeByAnalysis: Becomes a high level fighter just by watching Hongo and Sakai fight.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Asks to be killed in a duel so as to not die a dishonorable death in a hospital.]]
%%* IllBoy
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Hongo kills him.]]
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