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♥ Bankotsu As the leader of the Shichi'nintai, Bankotsu (蛮骨? Ban means "barbarian") is referred to as "great big brother" (大兄貴, ō-aniki) by the other six members because he is the strongest member and the founder of the group, however is also the youngest. He retrieves his giant halberd Banryū (蛮竜, lit: Barbarian Dragon) from a castle whose previous lord participated in a plot to put an end to the Shichi'nintai because they were too strong and stirred great fear among the rogue military leaders. Although it takes the strength of three of the lord's strong soldiers to merely lift Banryū, Bankotsu wields it single-handedly, and is a significant challenge to InuYasha in one-on-one melee combat without his Tessaiga. Bankotsu is also childlike at certain times. In his first appearance he is writing a death threat to a castle, but could never get the right wording and became increasingly frustrated. When Renkotsu and the others show up he tells Renkotsu to write the threat, and starts telling him what to write. He seems fond of the threat "wash your neck and wait," which may have something to do with the fact that he was originally killed by decapitation. Of course, the phrase "Wash your neck" also has a meaning of "Prepare for death" in languages in the Eastern countries, and the reason may be that. Bankotsu also has a close brotherly relationship with his comrade, Jakotsu. Prior to Jakotsu's death, they share a sweet moment in which Bankotsu is brought to tears due to Jakotsu's trust and loyalty to him when Jakotsu gave up Suikotsu's shard of the Shikon jewel. The young leader then hugs his comrade saying, "You're the only one I can really rely on." This relationship is also part of the cause in his anger towards Renkotsu when he discovers it was Renkotsu who killed Jakotsu in order to obtain his shard. Bankotsu is both the most powerful and final member of the Shichinintai to make his presence felt. Naraku revived him, and ordered him to kill InuYasha, but his first order of business is retrieving Banryū, his halberd, that had been taken by the lords that beheaded him and the Shichinintai 10 years prior. The scent of bloodshed from that battle draws InuYasha and company to Bankotsu, who has the Jewel fragments of his fallen comrades Kyokotsu and Mukotsu. Bankotsu was able to fight InuYasha without backing down, but soon realized that he was not powerful enough when his halberd was nicked by InuYasha's Wind Scar. He took the jewel shards Renkotsu stole from Kagome to repair his damaged blade, giving it the power to deflect the Wind Scar easily. Bankotsu soon realizes just how deceptive Renkotsu has become, killing him when he learned Renkotsu murdered Jakotsu. Now with 7 fragments in his body and two in his halberd, Bankotsu headed off to destroy InuYasha once and for all deep inside Mount Hakurei. In the manga, InuYasha slowly cuts the Shikon shards out of his body as the battle progresses until Bankotsu was cut in two, with Naraku stripping the remaining half of its shikon jewel shards. By defeating Renkotsu who challenged him, Bankotsu obtains all of the 7 Shikon Shards given to the Shichi'nintai by Naraku, in addition to the 3 shards he took from Kagome and embedded in his weapon. A total of 10 shards was in his possession and his strength increased immensely. In the anime, Bankotsu slew 1,000 yōkai including 9 inside Mount Hakurei, and killed 1,000 warlords with his halberd Banryū. Banryū, in turn, transforms into a demonic weapon ability to release physical manifestations of its users' hatred in the form of powerful demonic energy. However, this proves to be his downfall as InuYasha takes the opportunity and unleashes the Backlash Wave, crushing Bankotsu and shattering Banryū. This attack and the more power-obsessed Bankotsu are only in the anime. Bankotsu wields Banryū. Banryu is described in the anime as a halberd, when it actually resembles a huge double edged broadsword. The following is a list of his attacks: Dragon Hammer (Banryūsen/Dragon Hammer) Bankotsu can use an attack almost identical to InuYasha's Wind Scar except it's pink. He only uses this attack in Episode 113 of the anime: "The Sacred Vajra and the Mystery of the Living Buddha". Dragon Thunder (Ryūraisen/Dragon Thunder) Bankotsu is able to summon a thunderstorm and manipulate the lightning creating a number of lethal electric bolts that almost kills everyone on Hijiri Island. The attack cannot be fully controlled, and hits randomly around Bankotsu (only appears in the anime). "Heat Blast" In Mt. Hakurei when InuYasha and Bankotsu battle for the last time Bankotsu uses a series of flaming ball-like flashes that burn everything in sight, it even destroys most of the rock walls in the mountain. "Hatred Ball" Bankotsu's most powerful attack. The hatred built inside the halberd combined with the power of the 3 shikon shards inside Banryu creates a huge and powerful ball of swirling anger and fire. However, this all-powerful attack is his downfall: InuYasha uses the Bakuryuha to shatter the Banryu and then the Hatred Ball consumes Bankotsu (only appears in the anime). Ban means barbarian and Kotsu means bones The marks on his face mean Youth.{| class="wikitable" |- ! header 1 ! header 2 ! header 3 |- | row 1, cell 1 | row 1, cell 2 | row 1, cell 3 |- | row 2, cell 1 | row 2, cell 2 | row 2, cell 3 |}