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Raju Jugei Shizuyoshi (裸獣汁外衛賤厳 Rajū Jūgē Shizuyoshi?) is the self-proclaimed Blood Battle God (血闘神 Kettōshin?) and founder of the Big Dipper Blood Battle Technique. He is the master of Zapp Renfro and Zed O'Brien.
He is voiced by Shibata Hidekatsu in the anime, and R. Bruce Elliott in the English dub.
Appearance[]
Raju is a vaguely-humanoid entity who has lost most of his body through training in the Big Dipper Blood Battle Style. He has one arm and a barely-visible face, and wears a tattered robe and a wild boar skull.
Personality[]
With a biting personality and brutal discipline of training, Raju is only concerned with the perfection of Blood Battle Techniques, obsessed to the point where he uses Blood Battle Techniques to move after having sacrificed his limbs. He considers the majority of Libra to be inexperienced newcomers, disdainfully belittling K.K. and Steven A. Starphase for being unable to tell on sight which of the two was the Blood Breed. notes that Klaus von Reinherz lacks experience in leadership, citing Zapp's lack of discipline in his judgment.
Despite his rather scathing personality, he may have a bit of a sense of levity. In the Season 1 finale, he is briefly seen tapping his staff on the ground in rhythm with the ending song while Zed looks on with complete shock.
History[]
Three days after the Great Collapse, Raju packed Zapp in a box and shipped him to the newly-founded Hellsalem's Lot.[1]
Plot[]
Blood Blockade Battlefront[]
Zapp's Longest Day[]
Raju comes to Hellsalem's Lot to fight the Blood Breed Herlelle Lucando Lozo Thietkaua gi Murmhavat, although Steven and K.K. initially have trouble determining which of the two was the Blood Breed. While they are able to conclude that Herlelle, then only a cloaked lower body, was the Blood Breed, they notice Zapp trying and failing to run from Raju, who pins him down and proceeds to reduce Herlelle's lower body to a Zhen Tai Dan. Raju then uses Zapp as a translator to communicate with Libra and determines that he will take Zapp to train more in order to whip the latter back into shape. Steven and Klaus object to Zapp's forced removal from Libra, and Raju allows Zapp to return on the condition that he destroy the eyes of the Zhen Tai Dan. After Chain Sumeragi fakes a call from Angelica, who Zapp was infatuated with, Zapp passes the test easily.[2]
Raju is then seen assessing Libra's capability to defeat Herlelle, in the process calling Zed O'Brien over. Raju allows Herlelle's upper half to reunite with his lower half, upon which his disciples use a combination attack to incinerate Herlelle. This creates an opening for Klaus to seal it with Form 999. Raju allows Libra to pass, though claims that their ability to hunt Blood Breeds is terrible and leaves Zed in the organization's hands, disappearing suddenly after doing so.[3]
Blood Blockade Battlefront: Back 2 Back[]
Calamity Auction[]
Raju made a reappearance to help disciple Zapp and Zed fight against the Tycoon Brothers, Maximilian and Yngwie.
Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3 Peat[]
Re: New York New York[]
To be added.
Powers and Abilities[]
Unique Abilities[]
- Big Dipper Blood Battle Style (斗流血法 Hikitsubōshiryū Keppō?): Raju is capable of taking down high-ranked Blood Breeds and is known for disappearing for decades at a time to do so. His skills have led to him being called the Blood Battle God. As a double attribute master, he uses both the Kagutsuchi and Shinatobe branch, both of which he founded. The only reason he split the branches was due to his disappointment in Zapp's lack of willingness to master both branches, instead teaching the Shinatobe branch to Zed O'Brien. According to Zapp, using both branches requires either compartmentalizing one's cardiovascular system or having two sets of veins in the body. Given his harsh self-discipline, it's possible Raju uses the former. Raju also used an unknown Blood Battle Technique to seal Zapp inside a half-bubble while the latter attempts to stab the eyes of Herlelle's Zhen Tai Dan as a test for his disciple.
- Blade Form One Hundred One, Triple Homuramaru (刃身ノ百壱·焔丸三口 Jinshin no Hyakuichi, Homuramaru Sankō?): A technique which makes three flame circles appear at the same time.
- Piercing Fang - Seven Hells, Five Kalpas (穿ツ牙·七獄五劫 Ugatsuga Shichi Goku Gokō?):
- Blade Form Two, Sky-Slicing Strands (刃身の式·空斬糸 Jishin no Shiki, Kūzanshi?)
- Dragontangle (龍搦め Tatsugarame?)
- Heavenly Winged Bellows (天羽鞴 Amano Habuki?)
- Blade Form One Hundred One, Triple Homuramaru (刃身ノ百壱·焔丸三口 Jinshin no Hyakuichi, Homuramaru Sankō?): A technique which makes three flame circles appear at the same time.
Weaknesses[]
- Language Barrier: Raju does not speak any human language, instead speaking in what seems to be a mechanical voice resembling the sound of a didgeridoo that only Zapp and Zed can understand. In his introduction, Raju simply held Zapp by his head while the latter translated it into something comprehensible. Later, Shibata Hidekatsu's voice is superimposed on top of his natural voice for the viewers to understand.
Equipment[]
- Staff
Relationships[]
Zapp Renfro[]
Raju does, however, acknowledge that Zapp is his best disciple.
Zed O'Brien[]
To be added.
Etymology[]
Raju's name is comprised of the following characters:
- 裸(Ra): Naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed
- 獣(Ju): Animal, beast
- 汁(Ju): Broth, juice, sap, pus, fluid
- 外(Ge): Outside
- 衛(Ei/E): [to]Defend, protection
- 賤(Shizu): [to]Despise, [to]hate, low-life, poverty, obnoxious, plebeian
- 厳(Yoshi): Stern, strictness, severity, rigorous.
This is particularly is interesting because the only instance of this Kanji being pronounced this way is in Nanori (名乗り), which is a non-standard way of pronouncing characters that is used exclusively for names. Kanji is usually read using On (Chinese pronunciation), or Kun (Japanese pronunciation). Having a non-standard Kanji reading also adds to the characters overall oddness. Putting it together becomes:
- 裸獣 (Raju): "Partially covered beast" -- in reference in to him wearing a beast skull and only covering himself in rags, as well as Zapp's hatred of him.
- 汁外衛 (Jugei): To defend with fluids outside -- in reference to how Blood Battle Techniques make use of blood outside the body.
- 賤厳 (Shizuyoshi): Obnoxious and rigorous -- in reference to Raju's obnoxious, hateful personality and his rigorous, equally-hateful methods of teaching.
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References[]
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront: Beat 3Peat, Chapter 3 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; April 27, 2023)
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront, Chapter 12 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; February 18, 2012)
- ↑ Blood Blockade Battlefront, Chapter 13 (Nightow, Yasuhiro; April 19, 2012)