Hōgen

Hōgen or Hougen is the antagonist of Ginga Densetsu Weed anime and manga. He owns a huge army of dogs and leads the first platoon himself. He is a schemer and skilled strategist, and has shown great cunning and planning while making his moves in war. However, he is also known to lose his temper or underestimate his enemies. He's also overly confident at times and too sure of himself and his own plans. In battle, he is a very strong and skilled fighter. Though he seems to have at least some sense of honor, he uses very cruel, humiliating and unfair ways of dealing with his opponents. He wants to break his opponent both physically and mentally. He is certainly sadistic and even disgusting in nature, doing nasty things like sitting on the dead. He is known to have a perverted liking for females, especially Japanese breeds, and sometimes orders his minions to get him them. Despite this, he doesn't seem to have or at least isn't known to have any offspring. He also has a bit humorous side, though often a cruel one. He makes jokes and funny lines at the times. This is probably to give his otherwise very dark character a bit of a lighter tone. He is capable and even happily swallows other dogs or even people and other prey whole and alive. From the past where Hōgen had heard a myth that a dog eating dog meat will get ill and die so he forced one of the other dogs to eat the body to test if it is true. The other dogs, mad from hunger, soon joined in and started to eat their dead friend. As the last 17 dogs turned more weaker and weaker, Hōgen and Genba (his brother) ate them, most of them alive and few of them dead. Horrified, a wild dog called Shingo saw this, but was unable to let the dogs free. He doesn't seem to care about anyone expect his brother, though he has at least shown unusual respect and comradeship towards some though rarely. He is ready to sacrifice his soldiers in battle and sometimes kills them because of their failure. He is also ready to run away himself in a cowardly way and leave his minions to be killed.

Appearance: Hōgen or Hougen is a huge harlequin (pure white with black patches) Great Dane with yellow eyes. He is about four feet in height and five and a half feet in length from muzzle to tail. He has sharp dog-like teeth and sometimes lets his tongue hang out. His ears are cropped and there are two scars on the left side of his head. There are also two scars on his neck.

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