Tamaokuri
Born: Dec 4, 1964
Died: Still Alive?
There are many words to describe Muraki. Evil, cruel, sadistic, sexy, creepy, bastard. All work perfectly. I've seen a lot
of nasty villians in my time, but none as bad as him. Of course, depending on your views, he might be the biggest victim of
all the characters. Muraki spends most of the series stalking Tsuzuki, kidnapping Hisoka, slaughtering people like cattle, and
trying to drag Tsuzuki off... sometimes trying to get Tsuzuki to sleep with him, other times trying to decapitate Tsuzuki to use
his body as a vessel to implant his step-brothers head on so he can have his perfect revenge.
Muraki had an insanely troubled childhood. Not much is known about his father, but his mother was clinically insane. She abused Muraki and treated him as if he was her own lifelike porcelain doll. This had a traumatic effect on Muraki himself, and could explain why he's a bit on the crazed side and is so obcessed with dolls. At a later point in his life, he had learned his father slept with another woman, and Muraki was introduced to his step-brother Saki. In the anime series, Saki was a twisted individual who killed Muraki's mother and father. He had attempted to kill Muraki but he was shot and killed by the family butler just short of dealing a death blow to Kazutaka. Muraki preserved his brother's head and spinal cord, and currently houses it in a large tube in an underground labratory.
At some point in his life, either in high school or college, Muraki met his lifetime best friend, Mibu Oriya. He also has a fiancee. We know nothing about her other then her name is Ukyou. A lot of people in the fandom question Ukyou's health. Some say she has passed away, others say she is in poor health and might pass away soon. I haven't read volume 8 myself yet, so I don't have any input on it at this moment. :3
Muraki has powers of his own as well. He can summon beasts like dragons, gryffons and bats. He can teleport in a swirl of white smoke, but one thing is apparent.. similiar to an Alchemists reliance on transmutation circles (based in Fullmetal Alchemist), Muraki's powers seems to be generated from pentagram shapes. Muraki's left eye is false (said to be mechanical), the circumstances of how he got it do not exist, but some people believe his made a pact with a demon for his powers, and gave his eye in return for it, and that his eye is the source of his magical powers.
Voice Actor Information:
Japanese Seiyuu: Shô Hayami
Other Roles: Wolfwood (Trigun) - Kiyotsugu Gowa (Gasakari) - Shion (Please Save my Earth)
American Voice Actor: Liam O'Brien
Other Roles: None (Presumably a stage actor)
