Bill Burton

Bill Burton(ドル=バートン, nicknamed "Big Guy" Bill Burton by his fans, Billy Burton in the English Anime) is a fictional character in the manga and anime series of Shaman King. He is the toughest member of Hao's followers and part of Team "Tsuki-Gumi".

Appearance
In battle he wears a modified version of his old football uniform with spikes on the helmet and knee caps. His upper body is completely save for a pair of chest plates and spiked shoulder plates. He has stars on his gloves and wears a cape with patterns similar to the American flag. When in the public he wears a pair of yellow overalls and a yellow cap.

Personality
He is very loyal to Hao, and is not above attacking opponents from behind or when they are down, but he does also have a sense of honor and in gratitude of being saved from the X-Laws by Asakura Yoh he guides him and his friends towards the Patch Village.

Spirit

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His guardian ghosts the 21 players of his former football team The Big Guys that were all killed in a bus crash. Even after their death they still follow him and takes orders as if they still were a team.

Past
He was once the leader of the American football team called "The Big Guys", and the fans nicknamed him with the team name for his skills. However one day, the bus drove over a cliff and the entire team but Bill was killed. The breaks had been cut by a fan who Bill had refused an autograph. Bill was forced to retire due to his injuries and he soon became known as "Little Bill". He had lost hope until one day when a young Asakura Hao appeared before him and healed all of his injuries with a single touch. He swore him loyalty after that.

Shaman fight First round
Not much is known about his role in the first part of the Shaman fight, though he did win two matches to join with Hao.

He showed up at the gathering to go to the Patch village next to Hao, supporting him. He was dumped with Hao's teams somewhere in the American west.

Travel Through America
He first appears when Asakura Yoh and his gang reach the former Patch Village and was confronted by Boris Tepes Dracula. However during this time, Bill remained silent and traveled on with the rest of his team. Their team were faced with the X-Laws and Bill tried to attack them from behind. He failed though and was nearly killed by the X-Laws' Archangel fire. Yoh, however, stopped the X-Laws from killing him. Bill entered the passage to the village unconscious but was awakened. Bill told them how to get to the village and passed out again. Yoh and company got to village and so did Bill and his team, all with their powers increased.

Shaman Fights Second Round
He later reappears before Icemen team after their defeat against Yoh's team, wanting to kill them and feed them and their spirits to Hao's Spirit of Fire though Horohoro steps in. Horohoro's father Usui Lycan also strolls by and Bill goes to kill Lycan but is knocked back by his guardian ghost Gororo. Later, he was about to deal a finishing blow to the weakened Horohoro but is stopped by Lyserg Diethel's Archangel.

While the group were ordered to deal with a fleet of human warships, they begin to wonder if they are doing the right thing. When Hang Zang-Ching asks Peyote and Mohamed to stop because they scare him he is suddenly killed by Peyote's O.S. "Grande Phantasma". Peyote tells them to calm down as he only wants to make them stronger by dying, but then pierces Bill completely and reveals that he was kidding.

Invading the Plants
Though Bill and most of the rest were revived, in a conversation with Anahol Pokki, he reveals that because Peyote and Mohamed's bodies took too much damage, they were the only ones from the slaughter who were unable to be revived.

Funbari no Uta
Several years later, Bill, together with Tao Ren and Hang Zang-Ching, build the Raitei Group(雷帝グループ Lightning Emperor Group) a large electronics manufacturing company. 13 years after the tournament, Bill, Hang Zang-Ching and Brocken Meyer, travel with the current heir Tao Men to the Funbari Inn.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the Anime, Bill was sent with Ashil to keep him from "accidentally" killing Yoh. During the fight with Ashil he kept Yoh from entering the battle although Yoh was eventually able to get past Bill, and fight along with his friends. In the final assault, he overloads with Furyoku and dies (knocked out in the English version).