Mr. Little Lake

Mr. Little Lake (Mr.リトル・レイク) is a fictional character in the Shaman King manga and anime series. He was a shaman and traveling companion of Savage Pan and Green Garam.

Appearance
He is a slightly tall man whose hair is in the form of a large afro. He was also seen wearing pink-framed glasses.

Personality
Mr. Little Lake was obsessed with cryptozoology and wanted a U.M.A (such as the Loch Ness Monster or Chupacabra) for his Guardian Ghost.

Spirit

 * See More: Goldberg | Jump (2001 Anime Only)

Little Lake channels Goldberg, an axolotl spirit, through his editing tools.

Past
Little Lake was born on September 7, 1967. He was an editor of a magazine about U.M.As (Unidentified Mysterious Animals) and another strange phenomenon. He became a shaman because he was covering an event about shamans and their techniques and some of them taught him the basics. He could see ghosts since he was young and was fascinated by strange creatures, especially U.M.As.

Shaman Fight in Tokyo
Not much is known about his performance during the preliminary round, but Mr. Little Lake did win two matches and advanced to the main competition. He and the other qualifying competitors attended the opening ceremony at Mimata Hall.

Traveling Through America
A month later, Little Lake and the other competitors gathered at Yokocha Base and were flown to America in the Patch Jumbo. The shamans were tasked with locating and reaching the Patch Village within three months. While still tens of thousands of feet in the air, the jumbo jet was revealed to be an Over Soul shortly before it was dematerialized, dropping all of its passengers.

Little Lake teamed up with Savage Pan and Green Garam and reached Yonta Fe, where they tried to get Lilirara to tell them where the Patch Village was. She said that her tricks would not work on them because their weak minds were too small and degenerate. When they tried to force her, Usui Horokeu struck all three of them, knocking them unconscious. The next day, the three men returned to Lilirara's home in hopes of getting revenge but saw Asakura Hao killing Lilirara. Hao then incinerated them because their furyoku levels were too low to be of use to him.

Epilogue
After Hao became Shaman King, Little Lake, Savage Pan, and Green Garam boarded the train of souls in the Great Spirit and traveled to the highest level in support of the Five Elemental Warriors. When Team "Magical Princesses" pleaded for Hao to resurrect them in younger bodies, Little Lake and others yelled at the women for upsetting Hao.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the 2001 anime, Little Lake, Garam, and Pan were attacked by Lyserg Diethel in his desperate search for strong partners. The three later team up to get their revenge on Lyserg and are given Morphin's cage by Hao's followers; however, Asakura Yoh and his friends come to Lyserg's aid and defeat the three men. The three are later killed by Asakura Hao for their failures.

In the 2021 anime, his role closely follows the events of the manga; however, he, Garam, and Pan were not killed off by Hao's Spirit of Fire, nor were they seen on the train in the Great Spirit.

Trivia

 * His character file in Volume 11 shows his spirit having a human face rather than an animal's.