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Bason (馬孫バソン , Chinese pinyin: Mǎsūn) is a former Chinese military general that serves under the Tao Family and is Tao Ren's Guardian Ghost.

About

Bason alive

Bason riding Hei-Tao in battle

1800 years ago when he was still alive, Bason was born in the time of war and became a Chinese Wujiang/Bushou (武将; a military class of ancient China) that served the Tao family.[2] In his early days as a Chinese warrior, Bason rode into battle on a horse named Hei-Tao.[3] He has crossed swords with so many other warriors, who used all sorts of weapons and different martial arts techniques. He has defeated them and learned all about their techniques becoming the true "Master of Arms".[4] When he died he became a spirit and continued to be loyal to the Tao family and eventually ended up becoming the guardian ghost of Tao Ren.

Originally, Bason was merely an empty shell who just stuck with Ren. However, as time progressed and in many instances of Bason's own accounts, he was merely someone who was fiercely loyal to Ren, refusing to part with him even if Bason's own life was in jeopardy. To that end, he refers to him as "young master" and Ren began to respects Bason the same way.

Soul Integration

Ren initially believed that spirits should be dominated during Soul Integration, otherwise the union would tear the body apart because the two spirits would not agree on everything.[5] This battle strategy was later dropped when Ren learned of the more powerful Over Soul technique.

  • 100% Integration (憑依100% Hyōi 100%): Using his complete dominance over Bason, Ren creates a far more powerful Soul Integration, allowing him to use all of Bason's attacks to the fullest, including the Vorpal Dance.[6]
Attacks
  • Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ (中華斬舞 Chūka Zanmai, lit. "Chinese Slash Dance", Manga: "Vorpal Dance", 4Kids: "Rapid Tempo Assault"): One of Ren's more basic attacks. Originally used by Bason, it consists of a fast slash with the Basontou. It is capable of cleanly slicing a car in two.[7]
  • Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ: Dà Hǎixiào (中華斬舞 大海嘯ダーハイシャオ Chūka Zanmai Dāhaishao, lit. "Chinese Slash Dance: Grand Tsunami"): Ren and Bason unleash a devastating horizontal slash that is capable of slicing through 999 targets simultaneously.[8]

Tao Ren's Over Souls and Attacks

O.S. Bason

OS Bason

O.S. "Bason"

O.S. "Bason" (O.S. 馬孫)

Description: Ren's original Over Soul which integrates Bason's spirit with his guandao, enabling him to materialize onto the physical plane. It is a Spirit-type O.S which molds Bason's spirit into a giant, golden battle spear,[2] named "Golden Over Soul". The basic form is Ren's guandao with a giant armored ball at the tassel area, in a scheme no different from Bason's shoulder armor. The golden balls each sprout a spike and at the very end of it is Bason's head sprouting the spear tip from the top of his helmet.[9]

The battle spear Over Soul is formidable in itself, but the most intriguing aspect about this O.S. is its ability to change shapes when fully supplied with the adequate amount of Furyoku.[10]


Attacks
  • Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ (中華斬舞 Chūka Zanmai, lit. "Chinese Slash Dance", Manga: "Vorpal Dance", 4Kids: "Rapid Tempo Assault"): One of Ren's more basic attacks. Originally used by Bason, by using the Hyōi Gattai with Bason, Ren eventually memorized it himself. It consists of a series of fast thrust attacks with the guandao.
  • Golden Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ (ゴールデン中華斬舞 Gōruden Chūka Zanmai, lit. "Golden Chinese Slash Dance"): Stronger version of the Chuukan Zanmai. During his tournament fight with Yoh, it was the first attack used by Ren. Using his large Over Soul Ren slams it down on his opponent.[9] When Yoh dodged it, it was shown to have enough power, to leave a small crater in the earth where it had hit.[10] However, it can also be a merely prolonged version of the original that can take out several targets at once, as demonstrated by Ren himself after Yoh loses to Faust VIII.[11]
  • Exploding Over Soul: Turning the tip of the spear the other way around Ren releases a large amount of Furyoku into an explosion propelling himself forward and using the arrow-like tip of the other end to attack. This was first seen during his battle with Yoh, in the first part of the Shaman Tournament.[10]


O.S. Bason, Big Over Soul

Big O.S

Big O.S. Bason

O.S. "Bason Big Over Soul"'
  • Shaman: Tao Ren
  • O.S. Type: Spirit Type
  • Spirit Ally: Bason (human ghost), Hei-Tao (Animal ghost)
  • Medium used: Basontou(Over Soul), Bái-Feng (Hyōi Gattai)

Description: As Ren charges more Furyoku into the O.S., Bason's body begins to materialize on a higher plane of existence, ultimately materializing his whole upper body, though in colossal proportion.[10] At this phase, Bason O.S. can assist with the halberd's attacks using his fists, or can handle the guandao itself (i.e. Super-Golden Vorpal Dance).[12] It also has the ability to throw high voltage discharges.[13]

When first shown during his fight with Yoh, Ren only pumped in enough Furyoku to only materialize his upper body armor and helmet with a large spear tip at the top of the helmet. With this Over Soul, Ren can fly using his Furyoku as a propellant. Pumping in more Furyoku the Over Soul also gains Bason's arms and with even more it completely materializes Bason's upper body.[12]


Attacks
  • Bason Golden Punch (馬孫バソン ゴールデンパンチ Bason Gōruden Panchi): Materializing Bason's arms, Ren can use his Over Soul to punch his opponent with great force and speed. This was first seen used again Yoh.[12]
  • Bason Double Golden Sledgehammer (馬孫バソン ゴールデンダブルスレッジハンマー Bason Gōruden Daburu Surejjihanmā): With this technique, Ren uses both fists of his Over Souled Bason. Gathering both fists together, Bason slams them down on an opponent following the movement of the guandao which does the same thing.[14]
  • Chāo Golden Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ (超ゴールデン中華斬舞 Chō Gōruden Chūka Zanmai, lit. "Super Golden Chinese Slash Dance"): Over Souling Bason's complete upper body at the tip of his guandao Ren allows Bason to wield an Over Soul guandao. Doing this Bason can use the Vorpal Dance with great power and size. This attack also seems to make Ren's hair spike grow. This was first seen used against Yoh.[15]
  • Perfect Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ (完全再現パーフェクト中華斬舞 Pāfekuto Chūka Zanmai, lit. "Perfect Re-enactment Chinese Slash Dance"):[16] When Bason was still alive he rode into battle on the horse Hei-Tao. The spirit of Hei-Tao can be integrated into another horse kept by Ren, named Bái-Feng. Ren then stands on the top of the giant Bái-Feng holding his guandao that has the materialized upper body of Bason at the tip.[3] Using these two spirits in unison Ren can now do the perfect re-enactment of the Zhōnghuá Zhǎn Wǔ, with tremendous strength and speed to back it up.[17] As noted by Johann Faust VIII who watched the fight, this attack has a risk added as one depletes more furyoku by controlling two spirits at the same time.[3]


O.S. Super Bushin

Super Bushin

O.S. "Super Bushin"

O.S. "Super Bushin" (O.S. スーパー武神ブシン Sūpā Bushin)

Description: This Weapon-type O.S. integrates Bason with the Tao family's heirloom Bǎo-Léi Sword and transforms him into a monstrous guandao O.S., with the ability to alter its shape on command. This O.S. takes full advantage of the spirit-refining powers of the Bǎo-Léi Sword, enabling Bason to evolve into a Seirei-class ghost and access his wealth of military knowledge of weaponry and tactics. The end result is an O.S. in a constant state of evolution, able to transform into any weapon Bason has ever wielded.[4] The name compliments this O.S.'s abilities well, as Bushin means "a god of military arts", reflecting Bason's expertise in weaponry and military might.


Attacks
  • Tōgenkyō (刀幻境 , lit. "Blade Illusion Border"): This technique makes use of Bason's wide knowledge of various weapons. Over Souling the "Bǎo-Léi" Sword and thrusting it into the ground, Ren makes several blade weapons randomly sprout out of the ground around him. The more Furyoku he puts into it, the more weapons it sprouts and the faster it becomes. This was first used against Mikihisa's Imari and Shigaraki, who had surrounded Ren.[18] This is called Golden Thunder Impalement in the English translation of the 2001 anime series.
  • Shisen Tōgenkyō (四閃刀幻境 , lit. "Four Flash Blade Illusion Border"): Also based on Bason's wide knowledge of various weapons, it launches four types of weapons at the opponent in quick succession: spears (ソウ ), blades (トウ ), halberds (ゲキ geki), and multi-blades (多刃タジン tajin). This was first used against Mikihisa, who easily dodged all of them.[19]


O.S. Bushin Fish Fin

Bushin V1

Bushin Fish Fin (First Form)

O.S. "Bushin Yúchì" (O.S. 武神ブシン魚翅ユーツー Bushin Yūtsū)[20]

Description: Also spoken as "Bushin U2", this Armor-type O.S. is the evolution of the Super Bushin. It integrates Bason with the Bâo-Léi Sword and materializes as protective armor and shield for Ren's right arm. With this O.S. Ren can attune his Furyoku to the element of lightning and generate great amounts of voltage. The Bushin Fish Fin embodies the understanding of Pascal Avaf's advice and the epiphany of the nature of his strength, as achieves true harmony with his spirit ally, Bason.

Bushin Fish Fin 1

Bushin Fish Fin (current evolution)

Since its introduction, the Bushin Fish Fin has undergone two major metamorphoses; the initial design is a two-part O.S. which separates into a giant blade-arm and an airborne electrical capacitor (shaped akin to a giant dagger).[21] The second version took the shape of a protective armor and shield, with a trademark, shark-fin blade protruding from the arm-shield.[22]

Eventually, Ren's improvement in strength causes his O.S.'s design undergo an actual evolution, to be more streamlined and sleeker compared to the designs of the other Armor-types. The new design dropping the armor and ultimately settling in the form of a large, sleek, shark-faced forearm-shield with the trademark shark-fin blade.[23][24] He can also reshape the blade into a fist, called Fist Mode (拳の様 Kobushi no Sama, lit. "Lord of Fist").[25]


Attacks
  • Raisō (雷槍ライソウ , lit. "Thunder Spear"): With the first version of this O.S., Ren detaches the back part of the amour into the sky where it works as an electric conductor. Changing his Furyoku into lightning, the O.S. in the sky sends several lightning bolts down on an opponent. This attack was first seen against Yainage.[26]
  • Léi Fǎ (雷法 Rai Hō, lit. "Thunder Law"): After evolving the O.S. into its third and final form, Ren points the O.S. at the sky and calls down real lightning bolts. This attack was first seen against Yoh.[27]
  • Jiǔtiān Yīngyuán Léishēng Pǔhuà Tiānzūn (九天応元雷声普化天尊 Kuten Ōgenraisei Fuka Tenson, lit. "The Nine Heavens Respond to Heavenly Lord Pǔhuà's Thundering Voice"): Ren's strongest attack. Striking his opponent with his fish fin, he can send enough electricity through their body to kill even the strongest shaman. This was first used against Yoh during the team fights between his and Yoh's team.[28] This technique is named after the exact title of Leizu, one of the Chinese Daoist thunder deities.
  • Bason Golden Punch (馬孫バソンゴールデンパンチ Bason Gōruden Panchi): After turning the blade into a hand, Ren creates a rather large version of Bason's fist. The power of this move has not yet been fully demonstrated as the attack was just absorbed. This attack was created when Ren could not use his lightning-based attacks because of the lack of moisture in the air.[25]
  • Elec-BANG (エレキBANGバン Ereki Ban): Ren's fastest attack, which creates a massive bolt of lightning that strikes Ren's exact location. It was created out of a desire to have an attack faster than his teammate Chocolove McDonnell's incredible speed.[29]

Tao Men's Over Souls and Attacks

O.S. Chāo Mǎ Lóng

OS Chao Ma Long

O.S. "Chāo Mǎ Lóng"

O.S. "Chāo Mǎ Lóng" (O.S. 超馬龍チャオマーロン Chao Mā Ron)[30]
  • Shaman: Tao Men
  • O.S. Type: Spirit Type
  • Spirit Ally: Bason (Seirei-class)
  • Medium used: Basontou

Description: Men's Over Soul is created with a guandao, like his father's first Over Soul. Bason forms a large serpentine dragon whose head bites down on the guandao's polearm at the top near the blade. The Over Soul is strong enough to defeat Ibuki Gakko's Ogre Hunter Over Soul with a single strike.[31]

Anime Only

Giant Over Soul

Giant Over Soul

Giant O.S. Bason and Ren

Giant O.S. Bason[32]
  • Shaman: Tao Ren
  • O.S. Type. Giant Type.
  • Spirit Ally:Bason (Seirei-class)
  • Medium used: Bǎo-Léi Sword and guandao

Description: In the 2001 anime series, after literally experiencing the teaching of the Chō-Senjiryakketsu, written by the original Asakura Hao, Ren gained an enormous amount of Furyoku. By using this heavy amount of Furyoku, Ren is able to evolve his Over Soul and supply the fully materialized Bason with a robot body, made purely out of Furyoku. With this body, Bason gains a tremendous strength, two pairs of jet rockets on his back and the ability to fly. In this form, Bason is also able to launch fireballs. Even though Bason now has a massive form, it can easily be defeated by using smaller, more concentrated attacks, as proven by Mikihisa.[33]


Attacks
  • Chūka Zanmai (中華斬舞 Chinese Slash Dance): Using his guandao and Bǎo-Léi Sword in conjunction, Bason's pair of jetpacks transforms into a giant size version of Ren's Super Bushin. This allows Bason to wield a guandao and use the Vorpal Dance.

Trivia

  • In the 2001 anime series, the Super Bushin is referred to as a Giant Over Soul.
  • Chūka Zanmai is presumably a reference to the instant ramen merchandises of the same name by Myojo Foods Co., Ltd.; the Chūka Zanmai (中華三昧) is one of the most famous instant noodles in Japan since its release in 1981.[34]
  • The attack name Tōgenkyō is a pun on the táoyuánxiāng/tōgenkyō (桃源郷, lit. "peach meadow village"), a Chinese/Japanese term for an isolated earthly paradise/Shangri-la mentioned within the fable of The Peach Blossom Spring (桃花源記) by Tao Yuanming.
  • In the English dub of the 2001 anime series, Amidamaru states that Bason hails from the era of Kublai Khan.

References

  1. Shaman King Guidebook - Mentalite (p.90)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 53
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 62
  4. 4.0 4.1 Shaman King Manga - Volume 17; Pages 66-68
  5. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 8
  6. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 7
  7. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 6
  8. Shaman King Manga - Zero Chapter 2
  9. 9.0 9.1 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 56
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 57
  11. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 46
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 58
  13. Shaman King Manga - Kang Zeng Bang Volume 10 Extras; Shaman File 132
  14. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 59
  15. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 60
  16. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 63
  17. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 64
  18. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 146
  19. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 147
  20. The kanji "魚翅" translates to Yúchì in Chinese and Yútsú in Japanese, meaning "Shark's Fin".
  21. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 223; Pages 18-19
  22. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 224; Pages 4-08
  23. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 244; Page 11-12
  24. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 256; Page 01
  25. 25.0 25.1 Shaman King Manga - Chapter 271
  26. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 224
  27. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 255
  28. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 255; Pages 18-19
  29. Shaman King Manga - Chapter 278, Page 17
  30. Literally means "Super Horse Dragon".
  31. Shaman King Manga - Flowers Chapter 17
  32. Shaman King Anime - Episode 41
  33. Shaman King Anime - Episode 53
  34. Official Website of Chūka Zanmai

External Links

  • Guandao - A Wikipedia article about the medium used by Ren.
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Spirits: Bason  •  Hei-Tao  •  Tao Family Ancestors  •  Spirit of Thunder  •  Shamash  •  Four Perils
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