Miroku






Name: Miroku
Pronunciation: Meer-roh-koo
Race: Human
Age: About 19 years
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 168 lbs.
Status: Travelling monk
Seiyuu: Tsujitani Kouji
English Dub: Kirby Morrow

Information: Miroku is a fellow who has earned where he is now... by cheating, lying, and stealing. His trick is to lure folks into believing that a dark spirit is stalking them, and then "helping" them out while getting to spend the night and eat a hearty supper. The next day he finds another poor sucker to set up and he leaches from them for a night or two, and so on.

He comes into contact with Inu-Yasha and Kagome early on and Kagome senses shards of the Shikon Jewel and the fight is on. During the battle, Miroku unleashes his trump card, and his curse. His great grandfather was cursed to have a black hole in his hand, called the Windtunnel, which sucks up anything in it's path. Miroku inherited that curse. He unleashes it, nearly taking in Inu-Yasha, but he closes it when Kagome jumps in the way as he didn't want to kill her.

He joins the quest for shards of the Shikon afterwards. Miroku becomes even more involved in the quest for the Shikon Jewel when he learns that Naraku had been the one who had stolen the jewel. Naraku had also been the demon who had cursed his grandfather (and now him) with the Windtunnel [Kazaana]. Now he has to take care of his own Windtunnel in order to prolong his life.

The Windtunnel is normally sealed by prayer beads wrapped around his hand. It will slowly grow over time and can be aggravated if treated badly. Unless Naraku is defeated and the curse lifted, the Windtunnel will eventually grow beyond his hand and become uncontrollable, engulfing Miroku himself before disappearing. That had been the fate of his father and grandfather.

Miroku introduces Inu-Yasha and company to his friend, the raccoon demon Hachi.

Name Meaning: Miroku's name is Japanese for "Maitreya" and in Buddhism, Maitreya is the promised messiah who is supposed to come back to earth and set everything right (Miroku's doin' a mighty good job isn't he?)

Kit's Comment: Miroku's not the most popular bishounen but he IS a bishounen, a perverted one too ^^

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