-The Offical Miroku Thread-
Dedicated to Everyone's favorite Perverted Monk.
Introduction;
He is a hōshi, who possesses a rather unusual curse. His right hand has a slowly expanding Kazāna that sucks in anything nearby if it's not kept covered by a cloth and strand of japa mala beads. This curse was placed on Miroku's grandfather by Naraku and passed down to him. Eventually, the curse will cause him to be sucked in as well, unless Naraku is defeated.
Miroku meets InuYasha and his friends after walking away from a town after cheating a rich man there out of some money. While bathing in a hot spring, he sees Kagome naked, also taking a bath. He discovers she has shards of the Shikon no Tama, while staring at her breasts and takes them and her bike [which he somehow knows how to ride] with the help of his friend, Hachi. InuYasha and Kagome catch up to him and InuYasha attacks him, but Miroku uses his Kazāna in return. Kagome, realizing that the monk will not harm humans, stands in its path and causes Miroku to quickly cover it with his prayer beads. Miroku explains his situation, and InuYasha reluctantly allows him to join them.
Despite his good looks and temperament, Miroku's worst vice is lechery, specifically shameless flattery and occasional groping with varying subtlety. He is a big flirt that always asks seemingly single women to bear his children. This leads to him getting smacked on a regular basis by Sango. It is notorious that he has, well, had a foster father, grandfather and father, but no trace of a mother. Miroku must have a child in order to have an heir by the time he may be killed by the curse, and thus finds it perfectly fine to offer the chance to many young women to bear his child. This later puts some strain on his blossoming relationship with Sango, often ruining small romantic moods between them.
In fact, it was lechery that got Miroku's bloodline into trouble in the first place. His grandfather was fooled into "caring" for a young woman, who turned out to be Naraku in disguise. It was then that he received the Kazāna curse. Despite knowing this, Miroku continues his ways. As an ironic twist of fate, one episode of the anime lands Miroku in a similar situation where he woos a young woman who turns into an insectoid demon. His Kazāna suffers a dangerous rip before he destroys the demon, forcing him to seek medical attention.
Nonetheless, the monk mellows out as time goes on and proves to be a very valuable ally. He is very knowledgeable about yōkai, and is the secondary fighter of the team after InuYasha. Though quite possibly the most intelligent of the group, he often uses humor or lechery to lighten serious situations, especially if anyone is worried about him. Despite his lighthearted and lecherous exterior, it is clear he has an inner darkness and worries over his curse and the resulting death sentence that hangs over his head. Nevertheless He is a great guy in the series, InuYasha.
And now to list his Ablities. : D
Demonic Powers;
The only real demonic power he has is his Kazana. Which, Hopefully, you know how its works,
Holy Powers;
Super Speed: In short bursts, Miroku can run swiftly enough to keep pace with InuYasha; even if carrying extra weight on his back. Whether this speed is granted by spell or by innate ability is unclear.
Spell Scrolls: Can be used to paralyze yōkai and create barriers. Most are thrown and then bind to the yōkai.
Invisibility: Miroku can mask objects from the eyes of evildoers, by going into a state of intense meditation.
Force Field: With the assistance of his staff, Miroku can create and temporarily sustain small protective force fields of reasonable strength.
Holy Staff: Miroku's staff, known as a Shakujo, is a wooden staff with a circular golden charm on the top. The charm is a circle with a pattern through the center of spheres and double crescents. On each side of the circle, there are three thin gold rings. It is effective in destroying yokai due to its holy properties, though it strangely acts like a spear or an axe, cutting any demon it comes in contact with. His grandfather, Miyatsu, originally wielded it when he fought Naraku. This staff was able to stand up to the original Tessaiga, indicating that it is a very powerful weapon on a similar level to the sword. This is most likely because his grandfather, who was very powerful, endowed it with his spiritual powers, or perhaps even forged it.
If you have anyother info just post it along with other things like comments and pictures. ^_^
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