Sunday, October 4, 2009
Jing
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Bandit King Jing Introduction
King of Bandits Jing is a series of short, usually disconnected stories starring the young boy who calls himself Jing, the Bandit King. Although Jing's reputation seems to extend throughout the universe of the series, many enemies underestimate him, not expecting the "great" King of Bandits to be a "little kid".
The stories vary a great deal, especially between the initial manga series and the sequel series, Jing: King of Bandits: Twilight Tales. In the initial series, stories often border on comical and cartoonish. Each arc includes a new treasure or object that Jing is seeking, a woman or girl who accompanies him somewhere along the way on his quest for this item, and an enemy that either wants to protect what it is he intends to steal, or get to it before he does. Settings also vary; Jing travels to a clockwork city, a desert with living lava, and even deliberately gets himself arrested to steal something from inside a maximum security prison, among other fantastic locales. He always escapes in the end of each arc, and always manages to steal his target, although not always in the way that the characters or the reader expects. Each arc also features the upset of some restrictive societal norm thanks to Jing's intervention; rulers are dethroned, prison riots are caused, an entire corrupt religion is reduced to shambles. This could be taken as a look at the "benefits" of lawlessness and chaos when faced with corrupt and stagnant law, but it is left up to the reader to decide—at no time is Jing described as anything other than a thief. There is no doubt that Jing leaves the lives of more than one person shaken in his wake, often inverting their world views.
White Star
In the past, White Star was put into a very similar situation as Black Star in his battle with Mifune. They were both asked by Mifune about which path (path of a Warrior or path of a Demon) they'd rather take. White Star did not answer, but Mifune was easily able to tell that White Star already took the path of a Demon. Black Star simply said he'd make his own path.
White Star was slain in battle by Mifune.
Ragnarök
Attacks: His attacks mostly concentrate using Chrona's blood and causing mass destruction.
Blood Spike: Changes the drops of Chrona's blood into spikes to attack from multiple angles.
Screech Resonance: Ragnarök's equivalent of Soul Resonance.
Jet Black Sword: a more powerful form of Ragnarök's sword form.
Fisher King
Attacks: All of his attacks focus on his right cannon arm. He can also use it to travel far distances by shooting out a hook.
* Pole Launcher: He shoots out cannon balls toward his enemy.
Mosquito
Forms: Mosquito's body changes to the way it was at an earlier age to fight.
* 100 years ago: The muscles in his upper body enlarge, giving him the appearance of a huge gorilla-like torso. His legs however, remain unchanged. This form is Mosquito's toughest form and has been seen used twice.
* 200 years ago: His limbs and nose extend in length, giving him a streamline, feline body structure. This form was when Mosquito was the fastest, evasive and had his nose most lengthened. This form was revealed partially when the Shibusen students had just defeated Mosquito's first form and when fighting Death the Kid and Free.
* 400 years ago: In this form, with his soul wavelength swells up enormously, he takes up the shape of a young man with slick, combed hair. He is able to construct and reconstruct his body from bat-shaped darkness, and was able to sever one of Kid's arms and Free in half in barely one second. This form was when he was at his most numerous-Legion.
* 800 years: This form has only been mentioned.
Attacks: Mosquito uses his needle nose for attacking, any other attacks depend on the form he is using.
* Police Stringer: Mosquito extends his nose then thrusts himself (while spinning) in order to drill his victim on his nose.
* Three Piece Police Stringer: A more powerful version of the Police Stringer but it attacks three times.
* Darkness Discord: Mosquito firstly sets up a pentacle under the target before splitting into a vortex of eight thousand bats, entrapping his victim within with destructive ultra-sonic waves.
Masamune
Attacks: He cannot use any attacks until he has possessed someone to wield him.
* Soul Possession: Used by demon blades to overpower and control the soul of its user.
* Shadow Puppet: Used by Demon Blade Masamune to control the shadow of the person he possessed for pincer attacks (the puppet can only say shadow).
* Puppet Strike: By folding the Shadow Puppet onto the blade, Masamune can create a far reaching lunge thrust.
* Split Branches: After the Puppet Strike, large spikes come out from the shadows body to skewer the enemy at close range.
* Puppet's Rain: By using multiple Shadow Puppets to restrain his enemy, Masamune stabs his enemy.