Asakura Yohane (麻倉 葉羽 Asakura Yōhane) is a fictional character in the Shaman King Flowers manga and anime series. He is a member of the branch Asakura Family.[2] For the Flower of Maize, Yohane is a captain for Team Hao.[3]
Appearance
Yohane has short black hair and wears an all-black school uniform. In his initial appearance he had a silver eye-patch with a star pattern on it covering his right eye which is one of Hao's earrings, but later, when he met with Hana, he wore glasses instead. He is commonly seen carrying a black umbrella, which is his medium for his Over Soul.
When in battle, he changes his glasses to the silver eyepatch and puts on a red armband and a pair of black gloves. His eye-patch is actually one of Asakura Hao's earrings, which was collected from his severed head on the Continent of Mū by an unknown person.
Personality
Though he is from a branch family, he, like his older sister, believes that they have more pureblood and he is stronger than the heir to the main family.[2]
Yohane himself claims that he was raised for the sole purpose of defeating the main house[4] and he wishes to become the new successor to the Asakura Family by killing its main heir, thus he targets Asakura Hana.[2]
In reality, Yohane is a shy boy who was isolated and knows nothing of the modern world.[5] Due to his battle outfit, mannerism and the way he speaks Hana claims that he suffers from "middle-second syndrome".[6] After calling a truce with the main family, Yohane becomes more friendly towards Hana and wants to get along with him.[5]
Abilities and Powers
As acknowledged by both his father and himself, his body is very weak and fragile, but he easily compensates for this by having an incredibly high amount of furyoku—possibly even more than Hana, as stated by Luca.[7]
He is also a skilled shaman, being able to use Soul Integration almost instantly, and despite his weak body, he is still capable of using the skills of his samurai spirit to their fullest potential and attacking with great speed,[6] for which Tao Men classifies him as a speed-type.[8] Yohane is also able to perform a variation of the Shamanic Oracle, increasing his evasiveness.[9]
Spirits
- See More: Oboro Daikyoh | Asakura Hao
His Guardian Ghost is Oboro Daikyoh, the spirit of a rōnin (a samurai without a master). Using his umbrella as a medium,[2] Yohane is able to create an Over Soul that Amidamaru claims is on par with Asakura Yoh's O.S. "Spirit of Sword".[6]
During the "test" by Nakaizumi Yakumo, Yohane performed the Cloud technique, creating a copy of Asakura Hao.[10]
History
Past
Born on February 22, 2001, he and his sister Luca were raised by their father, alone in the mountains of Kyoto without any friends or contact with the outside world. Yohane, in particular, was forced to endure rigorous training and much else unexpected of a child.
Flowers
Yohane and Daikyoh challenge Hana and Amidamaru in the cemetery.
Yohane and Luca traveled to Funbari Hill in order to kill Asakura Hana. They visited the cemetery, where Hana had recently beaten up Ichihara Ryuji and a gang of delinquents, and Yohane cleanly bisected Amidamaru's stone memorial. The next morning, upon Hana's discovery of the broken memorial, Yohane approached and revealed his own Guardian Ghost, Oboro Daikyoh, before challenging Hana to a fight.[2] Yohane then put on his battle clothes, for which Hana mocked him. Both boys started the fight by using Soul Integration. After countering Hana's initial attack, Yohane delivered a hard blow that forced apart Hana and Amidamaru. Yohane then revealed his eyepatch's origin and, while demonstrating his O.S. "Tsukuyomi", listed his reasons for seeking to eliminate the Asakura Family. Hearing this, Hana took out the Futunomitama no Turugi and easily blocked Yohane's attack with O.S. "Oni Kabuto". Hana's Over Soul then transformed, and the boys had one final clash, which left Yohane exhausted and with a broken arm.
After Hana ran off, Yohane apologized to his sister for his weakness, but she comforted and cradled him before swearing revenge against Hana for hurting him.[6] By the time Hana had returned with a first aid kit, Yohane and Luca were gone.[7] Despite his broken arm, Yohane assisted his sister that night in attacking Hana. After she maneuvered Hana into a compromised position, Yohane attacked from behind and pierced through Hana's torso. Despite the grievous injury, Hana could still stand and refused to stop fighting, so the siblings merged their Over Souls and performed one last attack. However, Alumi Numbirch saved Hana from the attack and destroyed the siblings' Over Soul. Yohane and Luca were forced to retreat when the Hana-Gumi Waitresses emerged from the inn.[11]
Days later, Yohane was enrolled in the same school as Hana after Tamamura Tamao attacked Asakura Yohkyo and forced him to agree to a truce between the families. Following Luca's advice, Yohane greeted Hana with a threat, but it weirded out Hana rather than intimidated him. On the roof of the school, Yohane explained to Hana his reasons for attending school and declined a rematch due to his broken arm and because he believed that Hana had already beaten him.[4] Instead, the boys watched as their ghosts dueled and argued. On their way back to class, Hana warned Yohane about the questions that the other students would pester him with because he was a new student, but Yohane liked the idea of people wanting to talk to him. Recognizing that Hana did not have any friends, Yohane offered to protect Hana as his first friend, despite their families' animosity. As they reentered the classroom, Yohane was excited for his classmates' attention, but the teacher introduced another new student, Alumi. Not only did she steal Yohane's attention, but she also embarrassed both Yohane and Hana with her comments.[5]
Later, Hana convinced Yohane to skip out on school, and they went to the cemetery. As the boys talked, Hana decided that they should explore the new mall, Zion Mall. Yohane was in awe over the mall, and while the boys sat down to eat takoyaki, their ghosts went off on their own. Yohane struggled to pick up the takoyaki, so Hana fed it to him, at which point Alumi caught them, further embarrassing Hana. Alumi left after punching Hana and warning them about their enemies' movements. Yohane and Hana walked through the mall and discussed what Yohane had been told about Hana's mother, Asakura Anna.
When Hana mentioned not wanting to return home, Yohane offered to take Hana to his house, but they were interrupted by Luca, Ryuji, and gang of delinquents. Yohane reminded his sister of the family's truce, to which she countered that she would not be the one attacking. As Ryuji attacked Hana, Luca revealed that she had petrified and stolen Amidamaru, leaving Hana defenseless.[12] Ryuji's attacked cracked Hana's skull, and Hana passed out. When Luca urged Ryuji to kill Hana, Yohane pointed out the change in her demeanor; however, she countered that he was the one who was befriending their enemy. As Luca was talking with Ryuji, Yohane took that she mentioned buying the mall, which their family should not have been able to afford. After connecting it to the person who gave them the thing in the shrine, Yohane suspected that the mysterious spirit was controlling his sister. He then pulled out his umbrella and tried to convince her to drop the Over Soul, but she instead revealed that Daikyoh had been petrified as well.
With a shout, Hana suddenly sat up[13] and began summoning oni, and each time they were destroyed, they would regenerate and condense into stronger ones, all the way up to a Yami-Oni. After it crushed Luca's Over Soul, it turned its attention to Yohane. Before it could completely crush the boy, Alumi arrived and dispersed the giant oni. She then explained to Yohane how Hao had revived Hana.[14] Yohane was taken aback by the story about his ancestor. Alumi, Yohane, and Ryuji then noticed that the shrine spirit was melting, but Kamogawa Yohsuke stole away with it and erased the others' memories of its appearance and his involvement. Although they could not remember, Yohane and Alumi sensed that it had not simply disappeared.
After Hana's wound was dressed, Yohane borrowed Ryuji's coat because his own clothes had been torn up by the Yami-Oni, and they all went and sat along the river embankment. Yohane sympathized with Hana's depressed state. Alumi then revealed that Luca had been keeping from Yohane information about the Flower of Maize and the true motivation behind killing Hana. Yohane, however, thanked Luca for protecting him and assured her that he was stronger now after meeting Hana. Tamao and Umemiya Ryunosuke later arrived to bring the group (except Alumi) back to Funbari Onsen for dinner.[15] Yohane marveled at all of the food. The Hana-Gumi Waitresses were smitten with how similar Yohane looked to Hao and began forcibly suggesting changes to make him more similar.[16]
Later that night, Yohane was worried about Hana, so he went out in search of him. He found the unconscious and injured Hana in the cemetery after Hana had fought with Ibuki Gakko and been punished by Alumi. She introduced Yohane as a member of Team Hao, which shocked Yohane himself. After Hana regained consciousness, which delighted Yohane, Alumi explained about the Flower of Maize and their main opponent, Fra YVS.[3] The group returned to Funbari Onsen and stayed the night.
The next morning, Gakko and Namaha explained the team setups for the Flower of Maize, as well as the Miracle Prize. Yohane and Luca discussed possibly wishing for their family to no longer be poor. When Hana went out for a walk on his own, he encountered Tao Men, who attacked him. Fortunately for Hana, Yohane and Gakko had followed after him. After Gakko's Over Soul was shattered, Yohane used Oboro's speed to move Hana away from Men's follow up attack. Recognizing Men's intent to kill, Yohane switched to his Over Soul, but Men's Shamash was faster and restrained Yohane with a Torture Tool. Despite his position, Yohane tried to dissuade Hana from drawing on the oni to fight; however, Hana ignored the protests and summoned the Yami-Oni. Although Hana succeeded in overpowering Men, he died in the process.[17]
Alumi arrived and introduced Yohane and Gakko to Men, another member of their team. She then ordered the boys to bring Hana's corpse back to Funbari Onsen.[18] While Yohane and Ryu placed the corpse into the freezer, Alumi explained that Hana's soul was training in the Mini Ashura Hell. Yohane wondered where she learned all this, to which she responded that she was from the Patch Tribe and held up her modified phone. When Yohane followed up by asking if the phone let her contact the rest of the tribe, she went quiet and decided to head on to school. Before she left, she told the boys to talk and train together. Yohane was worried about what her silence on the Patch Tribe could mean.
Men then wanted to check on his mother's Iron Maiden, and Yohane and Gakko followed Men and Ryu into the storehouse. As soon as Men noticed that the Iron Maiden was a fake, the Golem—which had also been kept in the storehouse—attacked him, and the Muntzer siblings and Black Maiden arrived to retrieve the robot.[19]
Anime/Manga Difference
Trivia
The patch covering the left eye
- When the character was first revealed, the eye-patch covered his left eye instead of his right.[20]
- Yohane's favorite food is soy milk.[1]
- Yohane's hobby is handicrafts.[1]
- Like other men in the Asakura Family, his name contains the kanji for "leaf". The other kanji (羽) means "feather".
- After realizing that his own name could be pronounced as "Paul", Yohkyo named his children after other Christian disciples. Yohane was named after John.[21]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Volume 2; Shaman File Flowers.1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 15
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 6
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 7
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 3
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 17
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - The Super Star Chapter 51
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - The Super Star Chapter 52
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapters 4-5
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 8
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 9
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 10
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 11
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 12
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapters 16-17
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 20
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 21
- ↑ JumpX Mankin Site (Archived)
- ↑ Shaman King Manga - Flowers Volume 5; Shaman File Flowers.2
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