Character Profile: Nataku
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Nataku | Nataku | ![]() |
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Paopei Human | Paopei Human | |
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Male | Male | |
Age |
21 years old | 21 years old | |
Hair |
Red | Red | |
Eyes |
Blue | Blue | |
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Soul Hunter | Senkaiden Houshin Engi |
Character Description: Nataku
Nataku is the paopei ningen, or paopei human. He was born when a 'reiju' paopei was placed in his mother Inshi's pregnant belly by Taiitsu. The child had already died in the womb, but as soon as the reiju was placed there, Inshi went into labor. What she gave birth to was like a giant meat egg. Nataku's father Li Sei was going to cut the egg apart and bury it, but Nataku burst out of the egg, already wearing three paopei.
Nataku eventually angers a dragon river king, and rather than let his parents be killed, he chooses to die to satisfy the dragon's anger. However, even though his body was destroyed, Nataku himself cannot die unless his reiju is destroyed. His mother built him a shrine and placed the reiju inside, thinking he was dead. His father smashed the shrine and threw his reiju in the river. Because of this, Nataku hates his father. Taiitsu Shinjin rebuilt Nataku's body out of lotus.
Nataku is quiet and doesn't show many emotions, other than irritation. His reaction to most things is to threaten to kill someone or to shoot at someone. He's not very bright, and doesn't often think about the consequences of his actions. He's also stubborn and bossy, and sometimes rudely demands that Taiitsu fix his paopei and make him new paopei.
But, Nataku cares a lot about his mother, and he seems to have a soft spot for children, especially orphans. He lets Tenshou ride around on his back.
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Flag[admin]#1 - Posted by Eva on Sunday, September 20th, 2009 at 2:23pm:
I have read the entire profile for Nataku, from the anime and manga Soul Hunter / Houshin Engi. Please note that I have not read much of the manga, so there could very well be facts that prove me wrong. Going by the anime, and possibly the manga as well, Nataku's race is not "Paopei Human", that would be his alias. His race would be human. In the anime his age is not directly stated, however he is referred to in the anime more than once as "child" and appears to be roughly 16 years old, while this is not official fact I would appreciate it being taken into consideration. While he was given the ability to weild Paopei as a result of Taiitsu inserting a Paopei into Inshi's womb, you stated, "However, even though his body was destroyed, Nataku himself cannot die unless his reiju is destroyed."
This statement is inaccurate, the Reiju is the Paopei used to create him, however he does not have it himself, rather it binded with his overall being. His core, a small ying-yang stylized sphere is what carries his soul, and the Core is what enables his spirit to continue existing. ... show more »