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Mikagami Tokiya weilding the Ensui
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'' (烈火の炎 rekka no honō) is a
Japanese Anime and
Manga series by
Nobuyuki Anzai .
''Flame of Recca'' is published in
English by
Viz Communications .
''Flame of Recca'' is about a highschool student named
Recca Hanabishi , who aspires to be a
Ninja and is obsessed with anything ninja-related. After meeting a girl named Yanagi Sakoshita, whom he acknowledged to be his princess (姫 ''hime''), and a mysterious woman named Kage Hoshi (陽炎''Kagerō'') a.k.a. (影子), who apparently attacked him for no reason at all, he finds that he not only comes from a long-dead ninja clan of 400-years past, he also can control his personal
Flame . Recca and his friends (Domon Ishijima, Fuuko Kirisawa, Tokiya Mikagami, Kaoru Koganei) must grow stronger in order to protect Yanagi from being taken by Kurei (紅麗) and his adopted father, the evil Kouran Mori, who wants eternal life, and believes that Yanagi's mysterious healing power is the key to it.
'' Details are from the anime which varies from the manga.''
; : He, a Hokage Ninja descendant, was sent by his mother to the present from four hundred years in the past. He has an ability to create flames with his hands, but because it is so powerful, a wrist guard (tekku) must be worn to control it. Eight different flame dragons live within him, each one is the spirit of one of his ancestors, the Flame Masters of the Hokage. He is able to use combinations of the dragons' powers, for example combining the Whip and the Blade to create a chain-sickle, but he is heavily restricted on how he can combine his powers. He symbolizes the element of Fire.
; : She is Recca's "Princess". Yanagi can heal others' wounds and because of that, she is sought after by Kouran Mori to help achieve immortality. She, along with Kage Houshi, represents the element of Spirit or Soul.
; Kage Houshi/Kagero : Kage Houshi is the first antagonist of the series, and is later revealed to be Recca's mother. She possesses the 'Eikai Kyoku' (Shadow Ball), a powerful madogu which allows her to teleport through shadows, show people the past, and perform acts of
Scrying . Along with Yanagi-Chan/Hime, she represents the element of 'Spirit'
; : A strong girl who is Recca's childhood friend. She uses the Madougu (spirit guiding tool, elemental weapon), "Fuujin", that can control wind, create wind blades and tornados and also contains the idealized spirit of Fuujin itself, the god of Winds. The Madougu is powered by 5 small crystals and a main stone. Every time Fuujin is invoked/summoned, a minor crystal breaks unless the Main crystal is present. As long as at least one minor crystal remains, the Madougu can be used at reduced power, and can even use other spherical-crystal based madougu (the Claw, for example) to change its powers (Using the Demon's Claw
no Tsune , Fuko was able to generate razor-sharp claws of Wind on the Fuujin
no Tsune .) The original Claw madougu was a metal gauntlet with five spikes, the sharpest of which could even slice apart the Kougun Anki. She symbolizes the element of Wind or Air.
; : He is Recca's classmate and the one who uses the Madougu "Dosei no Wa", aka "The Ring of
Saturn " or "Dosei Ring", which enhances his physical strength. Later in the series, he uses the Madougu of the Beak (Kuchibashi Oh - "Beak King"), a super-sharp snapping claw on an extendable chain, and the Madougu Tetsugan
Ball , which transmutes his entire body into a living
Golem of Iron for brief periods. He symbolizes the element Earth.
; : He is a second year student at Recca's high school. He uses the Madougu "Ensui"
Water , a sword whose blade can be made from any liquid, and which is capable of creating and controlling all three phases of Water. He wanted to take Yanagi from Recca because she reminded him of his sister Mifuyu Mikagami, who was murdered by his master Kyoza Meguri, while he was still a little child. He is one of the only three Masters of Hyoumon Ken alive today, and is the only one living by the end of the series. Tokiya symbolizes the element Water.
; : This rumbunctious little boy was once a member of Kurei's Uruha, but later, he became a member of Recca's team "Hokage". He is a perfect master of his Madougu, which is the "Kougon Anki", a "puzzle" weapon that can take five forms, A halberd 'Chiba', a chained sickle 'Ryu', the big scissors 'Kyoku', a boomerang 'Mikazuki', and a bow 'An'. The weapon also has a mysterious sixth form, 'Mu' - Nothing. Kaoru symbolizes the element of Void (The sixth form does not appear in the Anime though).
; Ganko Morikawa : Ganko is a small girl who is true to her name, Ganko meaning "stubborn". She has the ability to control
Marionettes using the madougu "Kata Kugutsu".
; Kurei : Recca's half brother who is four years elder to him. He too is a flame master with the power of the phoenix, being able to capture the soul of a dead person in his flame. His character is tragic, the series portraying the fight between the two brothers as a culimination of the 400 year struggle for the leadership of the Hokage Ninja clan. Unlike Recca, Kurei does not take off his tekkou anytime in the series. His main power is the flame spirit of his dead lover Kurenai whom he calls the angel of death. She can hurl flame bolts which melt steel. In the end episode he calls the power of his sacred flame, the phoenix which cancels out Recca's dragons with the exception of resshin.He forms the Uruha organisation of trained fighters loyal to him.
; Mori Kouran : The villain of the series, he adopted kurei and trained him to be his killing machine. Filthy rich, he wants eternal life to enjoy all his money. He sets up advanced cloning labs and plans to get Yanagi Sakoshita's healing powers to help him achieve eternal life.
'' Details are from the anime which varies from the manga.''
When Domon Ishijima fights a member of the "Ku" team in Mori's Uro Buto Satsujin, he holds back his attack and claims, "You save your best attacks for last, like
Ultraman 's "Specium Beam"
The relation of Recca and Kurei is quite similiar to
Kyo Kusanagi and
Iori Yagami from
King Of Fighters . Both came from an ancient clan out to settle the score in the present. Recca and Kyo wield crimson flames, while Kurei and Iori wield cursed purple flames. Recca and Kyo also attend on high school and aren't exactly the brightest students (they are like the worst students a teacher could ask). Both also have girlfriends (Yanagi Sakoshita and Yuki Kushinada) that are being hunted by the main antagonists (Kouran Mori and Orochi).
Incidentally, the manga version of Flame of Recca contains many names from King of Fighters as the names of some minor characters. Examples include Yashiro, Yagami and Orochi.
Madogu
