Hana Asakura
| Hana Asakura | |
|---|---|
| Shaman King character | |
| First appearance |
Funbari Poem: Mickey's World: Bloom of Youth, Part 2 Funbari no Uta: Prologue Shaman King: Flowers |
| Profile | |
| Relatives |
Yoh Asakura (father) Anna Kyōyama (mother) Mikihisa Asakura (grandfather) Keiko Asakura (grandmother) Yohmei Asakura (great-grandfather) Kino Asakura (great-grandmother) Hao Asakura (uncle) Redseb Munzer Asakura (adoptive uncle) Seyram Munzer Asakura (adoptive aunt) Asakura Family |
| Information | |
| Spirit Allies | Amidamaru, seirei-class samurai spirit |
| Shamanic Mediums | "Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi" sword antiquity |
Hana Asakura (麻倉花 Asakura Hana) is the protagonist of Hiroyuki Takei's manga, Funbari no Uta, which is set in the year 2007, and of Shaman King: Flowers, which features Hana at age thirteen. He is son of Yoh Asakura and Anna Kyoyama, entrusted into the care of Tamao Tamamura and Ryunosuke Umemiya.
Overview
Description
In Hana's initial appearance, he is a six-year-old child with unruly blond hair and eyes that resemble his mother's. The name "Hana" means flower, which follows the theme of most members of the Asakura family being named after parts of a tree or plants. His name comes from the conjunction of the characters in Yoh (葉, also pronounced as Ha) and Anna's (ナ, Na) names.
Presumably, Hana was conceived shortly before or shortly after the Shaman Fight; it is suggested that he was conceived on the night before Yoh left for the Shaman Fight, when Yoh and Anna spent the night together. When the spirit of Yohken Asakura asks him whether he has any children, Yoh is too embarrassed to provide a straight answer, after which Amidamaru whispers something to Yohken, whose response suggests that Yoh and Anna slept together that night.[1] Based on volume 2 of Shaman King: Flowers, Hana's birthdate is August 15, 2000.[2] This manga also confirms that Yoh was 16 years old when he become a father.[3]
As a child, Hana is commonly seen wearing orange jumper shorts and has a powerful kick, such that Ryu remarks that it is a definite indication that Hana is Anna's son. At age thirteen, Hana attends Shinra Private Academy and begins wearing the school uniform in a manner similar to Yoh's uniform, only with a black shirt beneath the open shirt instead of a bare upper body. Despite the fact that Hana's parents have been away, he did not grow up lonely like they did because he had the company of Tamao, Ryu, Redseb and Seyram Munzer, and the Hana-gumi.[4]
Like his parents, Hana possesses shamanic powers and he carries the Futsu-no-Mitama sword that his father once used as a medium. Amidamaru remarks that the teenaged Hana possesses the suitable drive to become a shaman that Yoh lacked. Like Anna, he is impatient and decisive. His first meeting with Hao ironically mirrors Anna's own encounter, wherein Hana takes advantage of Hao's assumption that stopping his right foot is sufficient and immediately kicks Hao with his left foot.
Story
Hana's first appearance in the Shaman King series occurs in volume 31, at the end of the short story Funbari Poem: Mickey's World: The Bloom of Youth, part 2, which is the conclusion of the story of how Yoh's parents, Keiko and Mikihisa, first met. At the family shrine at Funbari Hot Springs, a child is seen from behind commenting on how his grandfather, Mikihisa, ended up in trouble because of an unsaid incident and how he would have liked to meet him. Ryu arrives at the end of the story, warning Hana that the boss of the inn has probably found Hana's test, but finds the room where the child was sitting in is empty.
In Funbari no Uta, Hana is featured as a main character, working and travelling with Ryu to find the Five Legendary Warriors for a reunion for the grand opening at Funbari Hot Springs Inn. Hana reveals that they are travelling at the request of his "mother", who is revealed to be his legal guardian, Tamao Tamamura. He is unaware that Tamao is not his mother; Tamao has chosen not to tell him who his true parents are until they return and she debuts as an enka singer. Hana and Ryu's adventures include attempting to free Joco McDonnell from prison (during which their failed attempts land both of them briefly in jail) and travelling to the Chinese mountains to find Tao Ren, but end without Hana meeting any of the five warriors.
In the final chapter of the Kang Zeng Bang edition, Hana and Ryu await the arrival of the Five Warriors at the train station. Ryu notes Hana's anxiety, suggesting that the young boy is anxious about meeting his parents for the first time, though Hana denies it. He is impressed when he finally meets Joco, Lyserg Diethel, Tao Ren, and Horohoro, and surprised with how ordinary they seem. When he finally meets his parents, he welcomes them back by kicking Yoh in the stomach. During the party at the inn, Tamao scolds him for his behavior as he stubbornly refuses to apologize while his parents are praying at the family shrine. After the party, he is shocked and irritated to find everyone sleeping and lying around until his mother arrives and orders Yoh to read the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo 2000 Official Program" to prepare their future descendants for the next Shaman Fight.
Several years later, Hana appears as the main character of Shaman King: Flowers, where he is thirteen years old. He resides at Funbari Hot Springs Inn, still under the custody of his foster mother Tamao, who runs the inn and proves to be a very powerful and intimidating shaman. With the Futsunomitama as his primary medium, his guardian ghost is his father's spirit, Amidamaru, and Hana is capable of forming an armour Oversoul. Despite his shamanic talents, he is frustrated that he is unable to use his abilities and is bored with school, frequently skipping class. When he runs out of the inn, he meets the current Shaman King Hao Asakura, who tells him something interesting will happen for him and disappears. Almost immediately afterward, a young girl resembling Anna appears, declaring herself as a disciple of Anna I, a senior itako to Hana's mother Anna Kyoyama, and the daughter of Patch Officiant Silva. Having come from Los Angeles to Tokyo, she challenges him to a fight in which he can marry her if he wins.
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