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"Nobody loves you."
—Yaorochi in Earthen Miraculous Sword
Adagumo no Yaorochi (徒雲 八尾呂智 Adagumo no Yaorochi) is an aloof expressionless man who is a youkai born from Yamata no Orochi's severed arm. He has an obsession with the sword Tasouken, the legendary Sword of Kusanagi.
He is one of the most stacked characters in the series, being unable to appear in BPoHC due to the fact he would solo every single character with little difficulty.
General Information[]
Personality[]
At first glance, Yaorochi is aloof, composed, and dignified. His personality is indifferent to others, and because he ostracized himself for so long, Yaorochi is a loner by nature and chooses not to socialize. He is hostile towards humans and looks down on them, but if he has to cooperate with them, he acquiesces. In speech, he speaks with in an archaic Japanese language, all the while using a belligerent and haughty tone.
Because he was born from Orochi's arm, he has an attachment to the Tasouken. He loves the sword more than anything else, even to the point of idealizing for its return to splendour. He wants it to be as magnificent as it was in the ancient times. When he was born, he executed those who killed Orochi's clan in vengeance, as he felt he had an obligation for it. After he found what was left of the Tasouken, he understood that he never wanted the sword in order to exact revenge or to revive the old clan. It was simply because he was attached to it. He is shown to be manipulative and cunning (such as manipulating Sukune Katano to restore the sword) and will attack any person who gets in the way of himself and the Tasouken. For instance, cutting down Saragimaru in the past and attacking the heroines in Earthen Miraculous Sword, because restoring the Tasouken brought a cloudy weather to Mugenri.
Abilities[]
- Mow down clouds
Yaorochi's main ability is to cut down clouds. If one notices closely in the Stage 6 of Earthen Miraculous Sword, during the last half of the fight Yaorochi and the heroines are seen floating in the sky away from the Ritual Chamber and the clouds around the orochi are seen moving past him. He also has spell cards based around cutting clouds (Suppressing Force "Formation of the Cloud Mowing Sword", "Cloud Mowing Sword")
- Natural swordmanship
Being born from the arm of Orochi gives his a natural swordsmanship. Because of his connection to the Tasouken and its ability to sever relationships, Yaorochi’s sword’s ability is defined in such a broad manner.
Superhuman Strength
Due to never missing a day at his home gym, he has developed a superhuman musculature over his 2000 years of existence.
Additional Information[]
- His name has the kanji for "eight tails", but in artworks, he has seven tails. He also has a spell card called "Seven Tails". Since he has seven siblings and he is supposed to be the head of the family, this implies that he isn't precisely the oldest.
- He is often calm and collected, except when talking about the Tasouken. As shown when he uses his final spellcard in Earthen Miraculous Sword, he is seen with a radiant smile on his face.
- Yaorochi's and Saragimaru's color schemes are inverted in Reactivate Majestical Imperial.
- According to Jynx, he is only powerful when he is using the Tasouken. He is also not so aloof and dignified as he pretends to be, due to his troubled past.
- With the Tasouken, he is one of the strongest characters in the series, according to Jynx, he is able to solo every single person in mugenri with low difficulty, with the exception of Tsurubami and Xeno A.