Koga

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- Koga

Kouga (-) is a young Mononoke working for Amagi who wants to become the strongest Mononoke.

Appearance
Kouga is a tall boy with asymmetric short white hair slightly longer on the left side, brown eyes, and pronounced canines. He wears mostly black clothing with white accents. He has a single twisted horn on the right side of his head. When using his full power black markings appear around his right eye.

Personality
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Plot
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History
In nature Mononoke spontaneously coalesce into being. Amagi and Jirō's father worked together on an experiment to see if one could be artificially created. Amagi offered a portion of his own power while Jirō's father offered the resources and technology. After several years of failures they finally created Kouga.

Amagi, of course, never bothered to educate Kōga in the truth of his birth. Though Jirō's father visited several times to observe how Kōga was progressing, Amagi only ever introduced him as a compatriot assisting with the acquisition of Ragō's power. Now with Amagi gone, it is unclear what exactly the two men intended to do with Kōga, but it is very likely that they both had interest in playing God and creating life.

Thanks to that Kouga was not yet fully stable emotionally, and had only a vague sense of self. Though he did show strong attachment to some things (like Ragō and candy bars), most of his thoughts and opinions were ones that Amagi imprinted into him.

"Black Torch #XXX: Outro"
In the confusion around the Amagi incident, Kouga escaped from the Bureau, but had little idea where to go next. Wandering aimlessly he eventually arrived at a little temple deep in the mountains maintained by a simple old, blind monk. Though the monk realizes Kōga is a Mononoke, he still provides him with food and shelter.

"Little baby ogre," the monk tells Kouga, "Whether you go on to become an ogre lord or a hell demon, or perhaps revert into a minor, mewling imp, even the Buddha himself cannot say. It is all up to you."

Having met this strange old man in his lonely temple, Kouga gets the opportunity to step back and take a hard look at himself...

Power & Abilities
Kouga is a fairly powerful Mononoke, able to take hits at full strength from Reiji without flinching and from a weakened Ragō with minimal damage.

Kouga uses a large Eku-type weapon he either creates or summons through his Mononoke power, and is also able to create Torii gates he uses to travel between locations in The Hidden Realms and the Human World.