Immortality: Tenzen was born sharing his body with a demonic symbiote that usually conceals its presence so that only its closed eyes are visible as a wart/growth on each of Tenzen's ears.Furthermore, the ever-present eyes on Tenzen's ears can actually see, allowing the symbiote to perceive Tenzen's surroundings while Tenzen himself is in no condition to do so. This means that it will not initiate the self-healing process while suspicious characters are nearby to ensure that they will not hinder Tenzen's recovery in any way (as seen with the delayed recuperation during the time when Tenzen's body was carried around by Saemon while searching for some suitable clay to copy Tenzen's appearance) and will generally only begin to heal Tenzen's wounds once ensured that he is alone to keep his method of regeneration secret. Regenerative Symbiote: The aforementioned symbiote that is the source of Tenzen's recuperative power is also partially sentient. Even if he has to rape her to do it - which he attempts at least twice over the course of the series. He also lusts after Oboro and desires to take her for his wife in order to become the true lord of Tsubagakure. He fights with a brutal, ruthless tenacity and won't hesitate to involve innocent bystanders to guarantee a victory. Ogen dismisses Tenzen's complaints and heads out to meet with Hanzo the 2nd to confirm her selection.Īlthough his initial impression is of a pragmatic fighter concerned solely for the honor and future of his clan, Tenzen is actually a sadistic and mendacious individual who revels in conflict and bloodshed. He is also seen speaking with Ogen when Oboro was still a child, trying to convince Ogen that Oboro was not the right selection for heir to Tsubagakure. Tenzen's anime version was also suggested to have secretly viewed his powers as more a curse than a blessing, as he said aside to Oboro during his duel with Gennosuke that suffering the pain of both death and rebirth for more than 200 years was beyond any suffering she could possibly imagine.
Years later the Adult Tenzen would defect to the Iga where, unbeknownst to the others, he secretly manipulated both clans into retaining their hatred for each other in the name of his own vengeance. Baby Tenzen was then cut from his mother's womb and taken to be raised as a Kouga. The anime also expands slightly on Tenzen's backstory, by identifying his mother as an Iga woman who was slain by her lover (a member of the Kouga ninjas and Tenzen's father). In the anime however Ogen stops just before telling Oboro where she believed the parasite came from, leaving its identity ambiguous.
Because of his powers, Tenzen gradually began to consider himself the future leader of Tsubagakure an ambition that was not unnoticed by Lady Ogen. In the manga, Ogen tells Oboro that the symbiote creature is Tenzen's twin brother with whom he merged with inside their mother's womb shortly before being born. Tenzen's backstory differs slightly between the manga and anime. He keeps his katana tucked in the belt that ties around his hakama. Tenzen wears a greyish-purple kosode with a white haori over it and grey hakama.
His ears each possess a small growth which is actually the closed eyes of a demonic symbiote that inhabits his body. Two of his side locks curl forward, resembling horns and giving him a devilish appearance which is further accented by his upward growing eyebrows.There is an ever-present shadow over his eyes. Tenzen is a rather tall man with long black hair which he sweeps back, leaving him with no fringe.
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