Tora!
Tora (the word for 'tiger') is a very powerful, very
old beast named Nagatobimaru. In the stories passed
down through Ushio's family, 500 years ago, there was
an incredible beast, ravenous and ruthless, who spread
terror and fear through the area in the way it feasted
on humans. It was one of Ushio's ancestors who challenged
the beast to battle, and eventually succeeded in pinning
the beast to a huge stone, impaling it on the legendary
weapon called the 'Bakemono Yari' ("The Beast Spear")
This was Nagatobimaru.
Having defeated the beast, Ushio's ancestor retired from
fighting, becoming a monk and erecting a temple around
the spot where the beast lay trapped on the stone. For
centuries, the beast lay in the basement of the temple,
trapped and sealed away, its evil energy growing...
One day, by accident, Aotsuki Ushio finds him in the basement,
and the beast persuades him to remove the spear, freeing him,
but then finds himself in a bit of a predicament: Ushio, in
wielding the spear like his ancestor, becomes the same beast-
slaying warrior that trapped him 500 years ago--and one that
prefers keeping him under control.
An uneasy alliance forms between Ushio and 'Tora' (as Ushio so
names him a bit later), with each of them secretly muttering
threats to destroy the other, yet never seeming to ever go
through with it... While indeed a beast, and perhaps a bit
gruff and selfish, Tora always seems to find a selfish reason
to do the 'good' thing, as if his selfishness is merely a
cover so that he doesn't seem weak and soft.
Tora is indeed a very powerful, very vicious supernatutal
creature, endowed with beastly strength, incredible powers of
regeneration, and his dreaded mystical lightning attacks. Later
on, he even shows further abilities, controlling his fur and
hair, and even directing his limbs to strike opponents even
after they are severed from him. Another supernatural creature
(a spirit by the name of Umizato) calls Tora "Lord
Nagatobimaru", and seemingly for good reason! Tora's real name is "Lord Nagatobimaru" and he is the God of all monsters and demons! :) It's all the better to have a cute God!
You are now listening to, Vampire Hunter from Unknown. Maybe Vampire Hunter D.
Tora!
