Seikichi Kuroda

Seikichi Kuroda
黒田 清吉
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Gender	Male
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Black
Chapter Debut	1
Relatives	Unknown
Occupation	Hekikuu High Student
Anime
Voice Actor	Kōji Ishii

Seikichi Kuroda is the former Guardian of Hekikuu High School. Even though he is one the main characters of the series, he is also considered the comic relief due to his over-the-top reactions.

ABOUT

Appearance

Seikichi is a burly student and is considered one of the burliest students in the school. He stands at least a whole head taller than the other students, with Seiichiro Kitano just barely reaching his shoulders with the top of his head. He keeps his hair short and is shown to be a bit wavy, or curly.

In Chapter 1, Seikichi is shown to have a chiseled face and a prominent brow, making him look villainous. As the artwork develops, Seikichi's head became more round and larger, to emphasize his bigger build, and a smaller nose.

Personality

Even though Seikichi commands respect from some of the student body, he is also a known coward. He will put on airs and be over-confident if he thinks he is against a weaker opponent, but won't hesitate to run away or make excuses if he is against anyone stronger. Because of a misunderstanding confrontation with Seiichiro, Seikichi is very terrified of him but also respects him.

He is very proud to be a thug in his school and shares a rivalry with Yuji Takahisa as who is the "Hekikuu #2" under Kitano. He also tries to maintain appearances that he is still the Guardian to those who are ignorant of his position, such as with Takashi Ogisu. He typically skips class to smoke or drink beer behind the school and hang out with his friends. While he loves violence, he is considered one of the weakest delinquents in the group and typically loses every fight he gets into.

He is also a hypocrite and quickly turns around on things he just said. A good example is telling his followers that true heroes don't seek credit for their good deeds only to try and explain to everyone they were the true heroes when people thought it was someone else.

He is also blindly in love with Ryoko Koiso since he first saw her and is not shy at proclaiming his love. He is even willing to overcome his fear of Seiichiro and confront him over it. Ryoko, in turn, holds him in contempt and tends to beat him up in response, partly because he annoys her so much and partly because of his ignorance towards his surroundings.

Despite his shortcomings, Seikichi is actually very intelligent when he wants to be and somewhat cunning. He tends to wax philosophical sayings, but he fails in following through when the situation gets tense, causing him to take back what he said. He is also loyal to Seiichiro (though this is mostly out of fear) and will support Seiichiro's wishes, even if he is afraid. He also commands respect from his two friends and underlings, Gorou Tokiyama and Jirou Ooshita, even though they are both exasperated by his reactions.

Abilities

Despite his cowardice, Seikichi is actually a very powerful hand-to-hand combatant. Because he is larger than most students, his punches hit very heavily and he can take hits very well, even against strong opponents like Takashi Ogisu. This only works when he believes he is against a weaker opponent or when he is unaware of his surroundings, either from not paying attention or if he was knocked out to degree.

HISTORY

The Guardian of Hekikuu High

After Seiichiro enters class and makes his introduction, word of his "terror" has spread to Seikichi Kuroda, the current Guardian of the school and is told this by his friends. Feeling insulted that a fellow delinquent did not show courtesy by greeting him and that someone might not respect his status, Seikichi barges into Seiichiro's classroom to demand respect.

Seikichi then storms into the class demanding to know who the transfer student is, even violently threatening a student where he is. After seeing Seiichiro, he was immediately frightened. Instead he pretended the student in front off Seiichiro was the transfer student, lying he was giving Seikichi dirty looks and proceeds to drag him away to beat him up, ignoring Jirou saying it wasn't him.

After beating up the student, Jirou tells Seikichi that he wasn't who they were after, though Seikichi reveals he already knew that. He explains to them that because of all the fights he's been in he was able to size up who is strong or weak and incorrectly says that judging from his eyes, he was not only strong but lived for the thrill of the fight. When they explain how scared they were scared from seeing him, Seikichi says that was his ki, like in some popular battle manga and that Seiichiro doesn't fight to show off and if they took one step closer, Seiichiro would have whipped our his knife. He continues saying his intuition tells him that Seiichiro is a dope addict, judging from the bags under his eyes and his white skin. He warns his friends to not provoke him or he might rip them apart and they agree.

After class, Gorou reports that he heard Seiichirou was muttering something in the sky about flowers and bliss (Seiichirou was simply expressing his gratitude to nature and cheering himself up after seeing what a lovely day it was). Drinking his beer, Seikichi incorrectly tells them that because he's been in so many fights, it was withdrawal symptoms because his smack's running out and that he might explode any minute. Jirou starts to worry, asking what they should do. Seikichi states it works their favor and it'll be easier to take care of him if something happens while tossing aside his beer can.

While they are smoking, Gorou and Jirou ask Seikichi if Seiichiro isn't the type of guy to come looking for the Guardian, pointing out that he's an unpredictable guy and might come after him pretty hard. Seikichi admits that they have a point but he won't lay down without a fight. This shocks them and they ask if he can fight someone like a heroin addict. Seikichi confidently tells them that not going out to fight him is different than him coming to fight him, earning their praise. They then find Seiichiro looking at them with a scary look while holding a tree trunk (unaware he was just cleaning up the campus). They scream and then Jirou and Gorou urge Seikichi to fight, pushing him towards Seiichiro. Seiichiro trips over his own feet trying to run away and stumbles forward from the tree's weight, but they don't see that as they argue. Jirou and Gorou accuse Seikichi of lying to them and Seikichi gives up asking himself why it had to happen while he was smoking. He turns around finally to see Seiichiro rushing towards him. He tries screaming at them to get out of the way (it only comes out as "KIEEEE!!") and slams the tree trunk into the wall after tripping over a rock, narrowly missing Seikichi. Seiichiro silently looks down at Seikichi with a bloody nose from slamming his face into the tree (worried they will be mad at him). They abandon all pride and beg for Seiichiro to spare their lives and not kill them. Seikicihi even decides to give his Guardian title to Seiichiro while they are begging, not listening to Seiichiro try to say he should be the one to apologize, not them. Seikichi and the others then decide to be Seiichiro's underlings, greeting him formally and offering to carry his bag.

RELATIONSHIPS

Gorou Tokiyama

He is one of Seikchi's underlings and looks similar to his friend, Jirou Ooshita. His defining features are his slicked hair and thinner eyebrows.

Jirou Ooshita

He is one of Seikchi's underlings and looks similar to his friend, Gorou Tokiyama. His defining features are his curlier hair and bushier eyebrows.

Seiichirou Kitano

Seikichi respects, but mostly fears, Kitano.

QUOTES

• "I know this cause I've been around so many fights, ya know."

GALLERY

Kuroda's appearance in Chapter 1

Kuroda in the OVA.