Teruko Ōkura (
Appearance
Teruko appears as a short, young girl wearing the standard Hunting Dogs uniform, albeit the hat sports enough space for her hair. Her hair is light, and long, styled in a wavy ponytail and tied with what appears to be a large ribbon. Befitting of the Mad Dogs, she has a sword by her side.
During their pursuit of the Armed Detective Agency at the Sky Casino, she uses her ability to manipulate her age and turn herself into an adult woman[3] and old lady.[4]
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Personality
Teruko is intense and boastful. She revels in her power and role among the Hunting Dogs. She has a significantly short fuse and easily intimidates strangers after the initial shock of her youthful appearance disappears. She is aggressive when angered or provoked.
Teruko's obedient and "frightening" side.
Her temper is so extreme that she regularly threatens violent action against people who oppose her, involving evisceration and gutting. Lower-ranked authorities refer to her as the blood-briar queen, a member infamous for her bloodthirst and feared even by her allies, and she uses a steel whip as her main weapon. She also seems to have an abnormal obsession with Ōchi Fukuchi.[5]
Befitting as the Vice-Captain of the Hunting Dogs, Teruko takes her duties very seriously even if she enjoys the battle experience along the way, often seen laughing in joy as she takes down her opponents. She considers herself a "Protector of Justice" and gladly continues to engage in combat even when heavily injured, stating that is what heroes do. Teruko takes pride in her status as a Hunting Dog member as she describes the Sigma about how a Hunting Dog is a "slave" to society and the "ultimate violence" above all that is necessary to maintain the nation and the world's order and peace and that she would gladly sacrifice her own body and soul via being required to undergo monthly maintenance surgeries and fight to the death for the sake of the people.[1]
Ability
- Main article: Gasp of the Soul
Teruko's ability, Gasp of the Soul (
Other than this, Teruko has also displayed the ability to use her ability on herself, allowing her to alter her physical age for both disguising herself and maturing her body to a physically stronger age.[4]
| Gasp of the Soul ( | ||
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Manga Debut: | Chapter 75 |
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| Anime Debut: | Episode 50 | |
| Ability: | Age Manipulation | |
Skills
- Interrogation Skills: Teruko is seen to have great interrogation skills as seen when he finally got a confession from ex-lieutenant Jack Gillette from the Seventeen World Villains despite the latter's strong will.[6] She also mentioned that she is the one usually responsible for making people confess about lies, particularly using a torture method.[7]
Battles
- Main article: List of Battles
Appearances
- Chapter 60 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 2
- Chapter 61 - Dogs Hunt Dogs, Part 3
- Chapter 67 - The Sadness of Those Without Wings, Part 1
- Chapter 68 - The Sadness of Those Without Wings, Part 2
- Chapter 69 - The Escape, Part 1 (silhouette)
- Chapter 71 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 1
- Chapter 72 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 2
- Chapter 73 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 3
- Chapter 74 - Skyfall, Part 1
- Chapter 75 - Skyfall, Part 2
- Chapter 76 - Skyfall, Part 3
- Chapter 77 - Skyfall, Part 4
- Chapter 81 - The Strongest Man, Part 2 (cameo)
- Chapter 82 - The Greatest Conspirator (flashback; highly obscured)
- Chapter 84 - Hero vs. Criminal, Part 1 (image)
Vampire Infection Outbreak Arc
- Chapter 88 - As If Hurtling Downward
- Chapter 89 - Hero War, Gang War
- Chapter 89.5 - Hero War, Gang War, Part 2 (flashback)
- Chapter 92 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 1
- Chapter 92.5 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 2 (cover)
- Chapter 94.5 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 4.5
- Chapter 99 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 8
- Chapter 100 - At the Portway to the Sky, Part 9
- Episode 44 - Dogs Hunt Dogs
- Episode 47 - In Lament of My Wingless Body
- Episode 49 - Bungo Hound Dogs
- Episode 50 - Skyfall
Quotes
- (To Sigma) "It is simple. Without order, those most gifted in violence would stand at the top. Such a world is rubbish. Thus, the Hunting Dogs use the strongest violence to serve as slaves to society. Even if the flames of order should burn us to ashes."[1]
Etymology
- The name Teruko means "bright, glorious, splendid, flame" (燁) (teru) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Teruko's surname Ōkura means "big, great" (大) (ō) and "warehouse, storehouse, barn, treasury, granary, cellar, magazine, godown, depository, elevator, storage place, repository, supply shed, grain elevator, stockpile, arsenal" (倉) (kura).
Trivia
- Her author namesake was a student of the real-life Sōseki Natsume.
- In real-life, she was nicknamed the Japanese Christie by Edogawa Ranpo.
- Teruko shares the same English voice actress as Kyōka Izumi.
- According to the 5th official guidebook:
- Her motto is "The sauce of society, the strongest sauce."
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 76.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [[]].
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 74.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 75.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 60.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 71.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 100.