Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō

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Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō

東京魔人學園剣風帖龖 (Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō)
Genre	Shōnen, Supernatural
TV anime
Directed by	Shinji Ishihira
Studio	AIC Spirits
Network	Animax
Original run	January 19, 2007 –
No. of episodes	25 (12 so far)

Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō (東京魔人學園剣風帖龖, Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō: Tō^?) is an anime series, which premiered in Japan on the anime satellite TV network Animax from January 19, 2007, based on a Playstation game, Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō (東京魔人學園剣風帖, Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchō^?). It is directed by Shinji Ishihara.

1 Story
2 Main Characters
3 Minor Characters
4 Themes
5 Trivia
6 External Links

[edit] Story

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In the nights of Tokyo, mysterious deaths involving the 'Reborn Dead' occur. People that are disappearing at night suddenly reappear during the day as a corpse. Not only that, but as the corpses are sent to the morgue to be autopsied, they disappear again leaving signs showing that they escaped themselves.

To fight these 'Reborn Dead' and to prevent more deaths, mysterious transfer student, Tatsuma Hiyuu, and delinquent student, Kyouichi Houraiji, stays up every night to fight and solve what's causing this. Along with the rest of their group, who all have supernatural powers, they soon realize that a greater threat, which involves even more powerful demons, is near.

[edit] Main Characters

Tatsuma Hiyuu

Tatsuma Hiyuu (緋勇龍麻, Hiyū Tatsuma^?)

Tatsuma is the mysterious boy who transferred to Magami High School in his last year. He's often shown as being very silent and carefree, but is shown to have more insight on the people around him. He mostly hangs out with Kyouichi and helps him fight students from other schools, giving him the status of the fifth most delinquent student in Magami High School's history. Tatsuma became close friends with Kyouichi and would often calmly tease and irritate him.

He may also be the most experienced fighter out of the rest; he knows a person's vital points, whether or not they're fighting seriously, and can tell if a person has killed before. He is often the first to realize a threat that is approaching them and sometimes gets a strange feeling when someone in danger is near him.

What adds to his mysteriousness is the fact that, two months prior to enrolling in Magami High School, it is revealed that he was actually sent there by his master, saying that his skills will be needed there, although, none of the others know of this.

Hiyuu has a certain imprint or scar on his right hand since birth and was told from his father that he should treasure it because it will one day be of important use. In his flashbacks of his childhood Hiyuu played games with other kids and he would be able to guess who was where this caused the other kids to run away from Hiyuu calling him a cheater making him feel different. Only Aoi knows of this mark.

Due to his handsome looks and his habit of sleeping in class, he is often called Sleeping Beauty by his homeroom teacher. He's always seen wearing a blue hoody, with his school uniform worn over it. He also likes to drink strawberry milk.

Combat Style: Hand-to-hand, Martial Arts

Kyouichi Horaiji

Kyouichi Horaiji (蓬莱寺京一, Hōraiji Kyōichi^?)

The delinquent student of Magami High School who always carries around a bokutō. He often gets into fights with students from other schools. He also happens to be a boss of a gang.

When he first encounters Tatsuma, they engage in a fierce fight. However, it seems that the fight was just a way to get to know each other, since they became close friends right after.

He may seem to be mean to others, but in the end, he always looks out for them and tries to protect them. This is mostly seen towards Aoi, who he's always mean towards, but he may care for her more than he admits.

Kyouichi appears to be very knowledgeable of the Tokyo underworld. He was acquaintances with several Yakuza henchmen (before they were killed), and knew the location of a hospital that specialized in supernatural cases (this is the hospital where Aoi's body was taken when her soul was trapped inside a dream world).

Combat Style: Swordsmanship using a Bokutō

Front to Back: Tatsuma, Aoi, Kyouichi, Yuuya, and Komaki

Aoi Misato (美里葵, Misato Aoi^?)

A girl from a rich family and is also the class representative of Magami High School.

Aoi is a sensitive and passive type of person when it comes to those who she is unable to help.

In flashbacks, she's shown to have lost someone in a fire and was powerless to help them. Due to this, she has a strong need to help people and gets very emotional when she can't protect them. There is a Scar (from the fire) on her lower back that she shows to Hiyuu and she explains that she doesn't mind having the scar there.

Initially, her powers were purely defensive in nature, causing her to be very insecure in her ability to fight alongside her friends. After she is possessed by Kodunu (presumably), she begins to use her abilities offensively to generate powerful blasts of force (strong enough to blow away Komaki, Daigo, and Kisaragi with ease).

Combat Style: psychological powers/ability to heal/naginata-jutsu/Bodhisattva Eye

Komaki Sakurai (桜井小蒔, Sakurai Komaki^?)

Captain of the Archery Club. She is Aoi's best friend and always gets mad at Kyouichi when he says mean things to Misato who she seem to have a crush on. Komaki, unlike Aoi, is not passive but is more aggressive towards people who get in the way or harm her. Komaki is shown to have lost an archery club friend, who has become an oni to locate and take Komaki’s shooting arm.

Combat Style: Kyudo

Yuuya Daigo (醍醐雄矢, Daigo Yūya^?)

Captain of the Wrestling Club and also happens to have a crush on Komaki.

When Tatsuma first transferred to the school, Yuuya had challenged him to a fight. As they fought, Tatsuma was seen calmy fighting him and was winning before they were interrupted.

Combat Style: Hand-to-hand, Wrestling

[edit] Minor Characters

Hisui Kisaragi (如月翡翠, Kisaragi Hisui^?)

An owner of an antiques shop who has business dealings with the Misato family. He is very loyal to Aoi and often calls her Aoi-sama. Kisaragi seems to have a close relationship with Aoi ever since his childhood and there a various flashbacks of the two when growing up, he has also received a charm bracelet from Aoi when they were younger at her secret hideout which he now holds in a pouch around his neck and promised that he will always protect her no matter what. He revealed himself to be a member of a family whose killed demons since the days of the Tokugawa Shogunate. He's the one who filled the group in about demons and the other phenomenons that are happening around the city.

Combat Style: Ninjutsu

Kyoko Tohno (遠野杏子, Tohno Kyoko^?)

A member of the Newspaper club who is always trying to get the scoop on Tatsuma and his group's actions.

Raito Umon (雨紋雷人, Umon Raito^?)

The vocalist of the band CROW. He has the ability to manipulate lightning and electricity, as well as the ability to use a form of spell casting (accompanied by chanting and symbols). He is an extremely skilled fighter, as he was able to defeat Kyouichi, Daigo, and Komaki during their first meeting.

Combat Style: Spear melee, electrical manipulation, spell casting

Maiko Takamizawa (高見沢舞子, Takamizawa Maiko^?)

A nurse who works at Sakuragaoka Clinic. She loves animals and is a bit of an airhead. She has the ability to see Yūrei, as well as intense empathy and compassion which allow her to connect with and soothe the psychologically damaged.

Combat Style: Non offensive, intense empathy

Morihito Inugami (犬神杜人, Inugami Morihito^?)

A teacher at Magami High School. He is often seen feeding the rabbits at the front of the school. He's not much of teacher since he never attends the meetings. He seems to have a grasp of the actual events that are happening around the city.

Maria Alucard (マリア・アルカード, Maria Alucard^?)

Tatsuma, Kyouichi, and Aoi's homeroom teacher. She can be very childish as a teacher, often screaming at the students and throwing stuff at them. Though, her attitude doesn't show it, she cares deeply for the safety of her students. She drives a motorcycle to school everyday.

Tendo Kodunu (九角天童, Kodunu Tendō^?)

A mysterious man with superhuman abilities who is able to transform humans into ogres.

Mary Claire (マリィ・クレア, Mary Claire^?)

A mysterious young girl with the ability to manipulate fire. She is always by Kozuno's side.

Yukino Oribe (雪乃織部, Yukino Oribe^?)

One of two shrine maidens that are friends of Komaki. They later come to the aid of the main characters when they are forced to fight against a possessed Aoi. Yukino, like Aoi, uses naginata-jutsu as her combat style. She, along with Hinano, appears to dislike men; she becomes very angry at Kyouichi when he first meets them. During the fight against Aoi, Yukino, Hinano, and Raito were able to combine their powers to perform what appeared to be a teleportation spell.

Combat Style: Naginata-jutsu, spell casting

Hinano Oribe (雛乃織部, Hinano Oribe^?)

The second of two shrine maidens that are friends of Komaki. They later come to the aid of the main characters when they are forced to fight against a possessed Aoi. Hinano, like Komaki, uses kyudo has her combat style. She appears to be very shy around men; she hides behind Yukino when Kyouichi first meets them.

Combat Style: Kyudo, spell casting

Arai Ryuuzan

Daigo's master. The Oribe sisters are seen reporting to him.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Themes

Opening Themes

"0:00 a.m." by ACID

Closing Theme

"Hanafubuki" (花吹雪) by ACID

Insert Song

"Growing Up" by ACID

[edit] Trivia

The main characters in the anime are the descendents of the characters in Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kaihouchō (東京魔人學園外法帖, Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kaihouchō^?).