The Hunting Dogs

The Hunting Dogs is an official special military division tasked by the government to hunt down and capture Ability users with powerful dangerous Abilities when they begin abusing them and using them for criminal or terrorist actions, making them one of the most powerful military units available to the government.

The Hunting Dogs are also known to be one of the strangest if not the most bizarre group in the military due to the several unique personalities and quirks of its members and its leader's own eccentricities and bizarre habits.

They consist of:-

Jouno Saigiku: Saigiku Jōno is a member of the Hunting Dogs special unit and has the ability Priceless Tears. Jōno is a young man who has white hair with tips that fade into red. Along with his Hunting Dogs uniform, he wears a long earring with a bell attached to it on his right ear. Upon first appearance, Jōno has the calmest, most composed personality of the Hunting Dogs unit. However, he does not take interruptions nor injustice lightly. As such, he nonchalantly arrests Osamu Dazai upon their first meeting, expressing his thoughts against Dazai's blood-covered past with great disapproval.

Jōno hides a fierce temper behind composed expressions, mixing them with harsh threats and remarks towards his comrades. Tetchō Suehiro finds himself on the receiving end of much of these remarks due to his offbeat nature, easily exasperating Jōno. He even subtly scolds his commander Ōchi Fukuchi for the latter's theatrics towards military troops and afterwards threatens to shoot him from behind, showing that his violent tendencies are no different from his comrades. He also tends to either silently or vocally wish ill will towards other people with a rather antagonistic attitude towards him, including Tetchō and even a government official. Sensitive to his surroundings, Jōno also detests intense emotions and abrupt changes in moods from those around him.

Quite contrary to Tetchō's nature during interrogations, Jōno has a sadistic side to him in extracting information from his targets. As noted by Tetchō, he has an infamous habit of tormenting others until they are forced to spill his needed details during investigations, which he seems to find amusement in. Hence, with such a sharp persistence in information extraction, Jōno believes that he must be the "strongest Hunting Dog" among the team for his expertise in investigating and capturing criminals. Jōno's ability, Priceless Tears, allows him to manipulate and disintegrate his own body into particles that lets him slip through small spaces such as air conditioners and gaps of doors to avoid attacks. This cluster of particles is said to appear like an afterglow that cannot be affected by guns or swords. To compensate for his blindness, Jōno claims his other senses, including his smell and hearing, are incredibly strong that allow him to sense people's body processes like perspiration, body temperature, muscle sounds, heartbeat, breathing, and even their resentment and inner emotions. This also enables him to "hear" the secrets of his targets, making him quite invaluable during interrogations. As such, illusions have no effect on him, which makes him immune to Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's illusions. In addition, Jōno can track certain targets' locations by sensing their presences through the ground, which is helpful during their hunting operations. He is also adept and invaluable during investigations, most especially in extracting information and secrets from fugitives and other targets, a skill which he combines with his ability for efficient and speedy results. Notably, his interrogation tactic is quite opposite to Tetchō's sympathetic negotiation approach. A few years ago, Jōno worked as an executive in a criminal organization. Then, six years ago Fukuchi saw great potential in Jōno, especially in his hearing and his Ability. Because of this, Fukuchi decided to recruit him into the Hunting Dogs while also seeing potential in him becoming a member of the Decay of the Angel. Tecchou Suehiro: Tetchō Suehiro is a member of the Hunting Dogs special units and has the ability Plum Blossoms in Snow. Tetchō is a young man with wild brown hair that strays in numerous directions, with bangs falling in front of his face. He also has two thin pieces of hair that are longer than the others in the back. He wears the standard Hunting Dogs uniform. Beneath his left eye, he has three distinctive markings. Compared to his peers, Tetchō has a much more serious personality, though he still fits the bill as an eccentric fellow. For instance, he habitually combines similar-colored food and eats them. For example, he puts shichimi spice on strawberries, sugar on white rice, and sauce for noodles on yōkan. He is also shown to eat a hard-boiled egg with its shell still on,[1] observe an ant colony for eight straight hours, and perform muscle training intermittently, even during meetings.

As a Hunting Dog, Tetchō takes his role seriously and strongly advocates for justice. Thus far, he seems to be the least cruel among the Hunting Dogs, voicing out his dislike for people who torture others during their investigations, including Saigiku Jōno. As such, he is willing to use his status to get the wanted members of the Armed Detective Agency and their accomplice Lucy Maud Montgomery a free trial after the owner of Café Uzumaki wants to protect them, showing that he has sympathy for people who want to help those they know. Tetchō's ability, Plum Blossoms in Snow allows him to increase the size, shape, and length of his sword. However, this has only been demonstrated with his saber, and it is unknown whether or not he can do this with other weapons. Tetchō is said to have the strongest ability in the Hunting Dogs in terms of physical prowess. He is quite adept in negotiating with others during interrogation, preferring communication over force in extracting the needed information from his targets. Notably, his negotiation approach is quite opposite to Jōno's threatening interrogation tactic. Michizou Tachihara: Michizō Tachihara is the fifth and final member of the Hunting Dogs special units, operating undercover as a Port Mafia mafioso and Black Lizard battalion leader. Later, he serves as a double spy for the Mafia on Ōgai Mori's orders. He has the ability named Midwinter Memento. Tachihara is a slightly imposing young man with short, spiky hair dyed rust red and amber eyes. He wears a plaster on the bridge of his nose. His natural hair color is black. His normal outfit consists of a long-sleeved and rather baggy white V-neck shirt with the border being black and the left sleeve rolled up so it isn't visible. This shirt is partially covered by a military green crop jacket that has beige fur around the collar. Underneath, he wears a gun strap for his dual guns. He also wears dark blue pants, brown boots, and a black band on his left wrist.

As a member of the Hunting Dogs, he is seen wearing the standard Hunting Dogs cape and cap, alongside his usual long-sleeved shirt, pants, and his late brother's dog tag. On the surface, Tachihara is an arrogant, impulsive, rash individual, more than willing to solve problems through sheer brute force and his dual guns. A violent temper leads to frequent conflict between him and other mafiosi, namely Gin, whom Tachihara views as creepy and frequently insults, leading to arguments, and Hirotsu, who often shuts Tachihara's temper down by threatening him. Tachihara's self-preservation prompts him to obey Hirotsu in the end, albeit reluctantly.

An apparent thirst for battle and arrogance fuels Tachihara's temper. He's often seen with a rather feral smile on his face whenever fighting. He seldom considers the weight of a mission over the rush of eliminating his targets. He shows no hesitation nor remorse in murder, in fact sometimes urging to just eliminate a troublesome person if he finds their baggage more than they're worth.

A prideful man, Tachihara despises being underestimated and belittled. This is a surefire way to get oneself shot. His rebellious side doesn't negate how he values orders, seeing them as an utmost system. Due to this, he attempts to dissuade Higuchi from saving Akutagawa against Mori's orders, even suggesting an alternate plan that wouldn't disobey these orders. Furthermore, he maintains his composure when dragged into shopping with Elise, and tolerates her putting bows in his hair. Despite guards laughing at him, Tachihara doesn't snap.

Despite his rough exterior, Tachihara is capable of thinking rationally, just not in the heat of the moment in the Port Mafia. He can recognize danger quickly and finds himself on edge over how nonchalant Mori, Kōyō, and Chūya's meeting went. Tachihara has a proficient understanding of how to deal with the enemy, alluding to a much more cunning side of his true nature. Much of Tachihara's details of joining the Port Mafia are unknown, however, it is a ruse. His identity as the fifth Hunting Dog reveals a much more clever, driven man. Unlike Ango Sakaguchi, Tachihara always intended to infiltrate the Port Mafia, using his position in the Hunting Dogs to operate as a spy. His confrontation with Yosano is devoid of any rage, depicting a cold, blunt side as he explains his grudge against her for "killing" his brother. Regardless of who he is working for, Tachihara cares deeply for his comrades. He was first to try to stop Higuchi when she tried to save Akutagawa on her own and has been seen visibly harboring guilt for when he cut down Hirotsu and Gin for the sake of his mission as a spy. He has also been seen caring for Teruko when she showed she was heavily injured from going against a plane head-on. He's also notably patient with those who are spoiled, including letting Teruko sit on his shoulders with little protests of being his "slave" and letting Elise put a bow on his head.

Beneath a lot of Tachihara's rough and punk-like exterior is a strong sense of incompetency and inferiority compared to his older brother who was praised as being "perfect" while he was deemed by his family as being inferior, even being questioned as to why he didn't die instead of him. These things have driven Tachihara to act out and live a life of delinquency and ruthlessness by affiliating with gang activity, but despite these things, he still couldn't shake off these negative feelings. His insecurity and desperation to escape his brother's shadow was so strong, that Tachihara took on the first "order" that allowed him to become someone "not like his brother or his opposite" and joined the Hunting Dogs and infiltrate the Mafia to get revenge on Yosano for "killing" his brother, even when he knew and acknowledged that all of it was an excuse to appease his own negative feelings. He has the ability Midwinter Memento which grants him ferrokinesis, the ability to manipulate metal. It allows Tachihara to remotely control any metal object, mainly his Hunting Dogs blade and his guns. His prowess can even move a mannequin-like a human, and the weapons he controls all float. It has also been mentioned by Teruko that his Ability is useful for stealing, altering information, and also for assassination, which makes him someone who is "born to be a spy".

As a Hunting Dog, Tachihara underwent intensive training and experimentation, making him physically stronger and more durable than an average human and Ability user, however unlike his fellow Hunting Dogs, he is unable to withstand or counter strong attacks (e.g. jet plane), because he had a weaker version of the strengthening surgery due to his status as a spy. As a member of the Hunting Dogs, Tachihara underwent a light enhancement surgery. As such, he can take damages with little injuries including an explosion from RDG1800. Tachihara is seen to have known how to crack safes during his criminal life. This resulted to him being recruited to the Hunting Dogs. Tachihara hates being compared to his older brother, as such, he went criminal to go his own way. One day, he was caught cracking a safe of some bad guys. The bad guys didn't take his money but ordered Tachihara to work for them. Since then, Tachihara worked as a part of a big group. The bad guys turns out to be the group of Hunting Dogs, and Tachihara worked with them ever since.

At some unknown point in time, Tachihara volunteered to be a police operative in order to infiltrate the Port Mafia after their last operative, Ango Sakaguchi from the Special Division for Unusual Powers got out. Teruko Okura: Teruko Ōkura is the vice captain of the Hunting Dogs special units who has the ability Gasp of the Soul. Teruko appears as a short, young girl wearing the standard Hunting Dogs uniform, albeit the hat sports enough space for her hair. Her hair is light, and long, styled in a wavy ponytail and tied with what appears to be a large ribbon. Befitting of the Mad Dogs, she has a sword by her side. Teruko is intense and boastful. She revels in her power and role among the Hunting Dogs. She has a significantly short fuse and easily intimidates strangers after the initial shock of her youthful appearance disappears. She is aggressive when angered or provoked. Her temper is so extreme that she regularly threatens violent action against people who oppose her, involving evisceration and gutting. Lower-ranked authorities refer to her as the blood-briar queen, a member infamous for her bloodthirst and feared even by her allies, and she uses a steel whip as her main weapon. She also seems to have an abnormal obsession with Ōchi Fukuchi.[6]

Befitting as the Vice-Captain of the Hunting Dogs, Teruko takes her duties very seriously even if she enjoys the battle experience along the way, often seen laughing in joy as she takes down her opponents. She considers herself a "Protector of Justice" and gladly continues to engage in combat even when heavily injured, stating that is what heroes do. Teruko takes pride in her status as a Hunting Dog member as she describes the Sigma about how a Hunting Dog is a "slave" to society and the "ultimate violence" above all that is necessary to maintain the nation and the world's order and peace and that she would gladly sacrifice her own body and soul via being required to undergo monthly maintenance surgeries and fight to the death for the sake of the people. Aegi?), allows her to manipulate the age of anyone she touches. Teruko herself mainly uses her ability for interrogation and torture, enabling her to rapidly age someone to old age and cause them to develop several illnesses and maladies normal to old people. She would then rapidly pull them back to a much younger age, putting a severe psychological strain on her victims' senses and severely damaging them mentally due to how quickly she alters their age before they can acclimate to the new sensations and feelings of their rapidly changing bodies. This makes her ability ideal for interrogations despite her not actually "hurting" her victims.

Other than this, Teruko has also displayed the ability to use her ability on herself, allowing her to alter her physical age for both disguising herself and maturing her body to a physically stronger age. Teruko is seen to have great interrogation skills as seen when he finally got a confession from ex-lieutenant Jack Gillette from the Seventeen Worldy Evils despite the latter's strong will.[7] She also mentioned that she is the one usually responsible for making people confess about lies, particularly using a torture method. Ouchi Fukuchi: Ōchi Fukuchi. formerly known as Gen'ichirō Fukuchi, is the captain of the Hunting Dogs special units. However, in reality, he is the leader of the terrorist organization, the Decay of the Angel, acting under the alias of Kamui. Fukuchi has the ability named Mirror Lion. Fukuchi is a tall, middle-aged man who wore the army green (dark red in the anime) Hunting Dogs uniform, which included a standard military uniform, a long cape, and tall black boots, complete with a military saber. He is usually not seen wearing the hat that accompanies the uniform. He has altered his uniform by rolling up his sleeves and wearing white half-palm gloves. He has light, spiky hair, two strands falling in front of his face, and an upward mustache. His hairline forms a lightning bolt shape on the left side of his face. He has vibrant purple eyes that appeared to have wrinkles underneath them. His face has a chiseled jawline, resulting in a square-like shape. On his right cheek are three distinct healed scars that almost resemble claw marks. On the surface, Fukuchi presents with an eccentric and boastful personality. He takes great pride in the Hunting Dog unit's skills and reputation and seems to enjoy the thought of "hunting down" criminals. He also shows a somewhat vulgar and shameless side to himself including doing or saying disgusting and immature things including farting, vomiting from drinking too much liquor, and stating he was still youthful by remarking his skin was still peachy on his behind. Despite this, he also shows examples of being a charismatic, charming leader who is able to heavily influence people of all kinds, leaving them in awe and wonder by his presence where they almost believe that they are dreaming. Fukuchi acts as a 'protector' of people, exuding an aura of a guardian. Fukuchi's ability, Mirror Lion allows him to increase the strength of a weapon he uses by 100 fold. He demonstrated this when he cut off Atsushi's leg with his augmented sword with tremendous speed and power. Fukuchi is a tremendously skilled actor and can fake a personality to the point, that someone, with high observation skills as Ranpo Edogawa is unable to tell he is lying or hiding an ulterior motive without fully using his Super Deduction technique. Although his skills are impressive, Fukuchi has admitted he has become rusty and chalks it up to his age. Back in his army days, he was known as "The Man of a Hundred Faces" due to his legendary skills in infiltration and espionage. Fukuchi is also well-versed in martial arts. Like Fukuzawa, he appears to be proficient in performing the kote gaeshi (小手返, lit. "forearm return"), a throwing technique in aikido that uses an opponent's momentum against them.

Everyone is as the Hunting Dogs HQ. There’s a cockroach and seemingly everyone is scared of cockroaches.