Tao En (
Appearance[]
En in his O.S. Dà Dào Wáng
En is an extremely tall and muscular build man, with a wide stomach. He wore white pants, black boots, and a purple skirt tied with a black scarf. Outside of battle he wears a black robe, with a golden lining. His head is slightly round, and his black hair is formed into five spikes, similar to a crown. He has a black exaggerated mustache and a goatee and blank yellow eyes.
However, this form is, in reality, is a Over Soul. His true appearance is that of a tall and very muscular man with a far firmer build body. He still has a long black goatee and a black exaggerated mustache, but his hair is smooth and is tied together in a spike in the upper back of his head, with a royal headpiece. En is commonly seen wearing a black Chinese Hanfu tied together with a red sash and a purple Zhaoshan with golden patterns.
The robes cover the fact that he wears large armor, consisting of the Tao Family Ancestors' memorial tablets. He uses these to generate his large Over Soul Dà Dào Wáng. Beneath his armor, he wears a red shirt, green baggy pants, and a white skirt.
Personality[]
when En first appeared, he was both a ruthless and malevolent man completely dedicated to safeguarding his family's interest and spiritual dominance in Taoism even at the cost of his children's well-being. He heavily believes in the doctrine of Tao (道, Dào) even raising his children with this doctrine, and instead of showing them love and care. he taught them to be ruthless and emotionless which results in Ren's intial hatred filled mindset towards his family and humanity as a whole. However, it is later revealed that he is a much deeper person and, due to his family's long history of being shunned and betrayed by normal humans who feared the Tao Family's shamanic powers, has lost the ability to trust people outside of his family. Chin calls it the tragedy of a man who only wished to be a good Tao.
Although the meeting with Asakura Yoh and his friends have changed his outlook on life and made him open up, he still tries to protect the family interests, even fighting with and losing to Asakura Mikihisa just to see if he was worthy to train his son Tao Ren.
Unbeknownst to all but his wife, En has always been fond of both his children and keeps a photo album of them.[3]
In later years, En has shown to be more lighthearted and open with others, as shown by the great hospitality he showed to Ren's friend Horohoro and Jeanne's surrogate family the X-Laws, even offering an emotionally touched Marco to watch a DVD recording of Jeanne's wedding. He also laments the karmic retribution when he and his family committed wicked acts for self-interest which result in the younger generation of his family to suffer in their place as his daughter-in-law Jeanne's death and his grandson Men having to cope with the sorrow of losing his mother.
Abilities and Powers[]
He is a very talented Taoist and has an extremely high Furyoku level, as he is able to maintain a gigantic Over Soul made of all of his ancestors, for several years.
Spirit[]
- See More: Tao Family Ancestors
His Guardian Ghosts are the spirits of 2000 years of the Tao Family who have been unable to leave to the afterlife because of their treatment of those they saw nearest. He carries these spirits on him, by wearing an armor made out of memory tablets. He can use these tablets to generate an Over Soul shaped like a large sized version of himself, only far more exaggerated.
He can also gather the souls in the Bâo-Lèi Sword and create a huge, scaled, Shenlong like Chinese dragon to complete with En's head (with his exaggerated mustache & beard) and four sets of sharp claws.
History[]
Past[]
On November 30, 1956, in Guizhou, China, En was born into a branch family of the Tao Family and thus he was considered nothing more than a talented Taoist. When Tao Ran, the heir to main family, needed to find a husband, he was one of her suitors. To become her husband, he not only had to go through a formal interview but also to defeat her in battle. En won with a single hit, and she fell in love instantly. He was officially adopted into the main house through marriage with Ran and thus became the main heir.
At an unknown time, his father-in-law Tao Chin stepped down and En became the head of the Tao Family. He decided that it was time for the Tao Family to once again be recognized by the world and saw the Shaman Fight as a way to do so.
He fathered two children, Jun and Ren, and raised them harshly, telling them that their main duty was to serve the family. Sometime before his children's births, he began wearing his Dà Dào Wáng Over Soul constantly.
Shaman Fights in Tokyo[]
En first appears when Ren is fighting Asakura Yoh, where Jun confronts her father and asks him to let go of Ren as Ren would otherwise wind up destroying himself. However, En merely laughs at her and proceeds to punish her by sending her in the dungeon for the ten days it takes Ren to return home after his fight with Yoh.
To meet Ren, En creates an army of Jiang Shi from freshly killed corpses which Ren disposes of with little difficulty. When Ren and En face-off afterward Ren cannot wound his father even with his strongest attack and ends up in the dungeon with his sister.
Bason somehow manages to flee and bring Ren's friends from Tokyo.
Shaman Fight Second Round[]
When the Patch began transporting the Shaman Fights participants from the village in America to the island in Japan, Ren took a look out the window of the helicopter he was in, only to see his father riding the large Dà Dào Lóng Over Soul, with a banner cheering on Ren.
He was later seen towards the end of Team "The Ren"'s first fight, sitting in his large Dà Dào Wáng Over Soul together with his wife, daughter, and father-in-law alongside several Jiang Shis cheering on Ren. He noted on Ren's provocative words that his team would be the winners with a smile.[4]
He and his wife were visibly upset when Asakura Keiko and Asakura Mikihisa came to deliver a message about Ren and even offered to train him. Although Chin agreed to the offer, En refused and challenged Mikihisa to prove the strength of the Chō-Senjiryakketsu. Mikihisa agreed and successfully beat him.[5]
Invading the Plants[]
When the Shaman Fight competitors travelled to Mū for the final tournament, the Tao, Asakura, and Usui Families had a barbecue party on the beach, awaiting the results of the fight and hoping that their children would make it. He was last seen helping prepare the food, saying that they had done everything they could before sending them off into the battle.
En later appears on board the Soul Train together with the rest of the Tao Family. In tears, he complained about how the Tao Family was drawn into the mess between Hao and the Asakura Family but believed it to be okay since it had made Ren stronger.[6]
Anime/Manga Difference[]
In 4Kids' English dubbing of the 2001 anime series, En is referred to as the uncle to Jun and Ren instead of their father, whose death is the reason for En's hatred towards humans. Also in the English 2001 anime series, instead of following the way of Tao, his own creed is instead changed to: "Destroy or be destroyed".
Trivia[]
- En's giant Over Soul is based on ∀ Gundam.
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