Buddha/Characters

Siddhartha (Buddha)

The prince of the Shakya tribe. He leaves the palace to become a monk. He achieves enlightenment. Trying to help people suffering, he teaches and inspires a great number of people.

• Actual Pacifist
  • Suicidal Pacifism - At least his followers often see it that way.
• Arranged Marriage
• Bishonen - In the beginning.
• Friend to All Living Things
• The Heart
• Magnetic Hero
• The Messiah
• Rebel Prince

Tatta

A thief with the ability to possess animals. Growing up, he wants vengeance against the kingdom of Kosala for killing his family and friends. Befriends Buddha and Migaila. Later marries Migaila.

• Friend to All Living Things - As a child.
• Idiot Hair - As a child.
• Revenge
• Street Urchin

Migaila

A bandit falling love with Buddha early in the series. Her eyes are burnt out as punishment for scheming to marry him. Later marries Tatta.

• Blindfold Of Power
  • Eye Scream
• Hot Shonen Mom

Dhepa

A samanna (a non-Brahmin monk), who believe that humans are meant to suffer. Befriends Buddha, but the two part ways due to differences in belief. Eventually becomes one of Buddha’s disciples.

• Eye Scream

Asaji

A young boy with a runny nose, following Buddha and Dhepa. After almost dying of fever, he gains the power to see the future, even his own death.

• The Omniscient
• Oracular Urchin
• Snot Bubble - Always there.
• Waif Prophet
• Wise Beyond Their Years

Devadatta

One of Buddha's first disciples. He leaves the sect when he is not chosen to be Buddha's successor and attempts to form his own sect by stealing Buddha's followers.

• Ambiguously Gay
• Bishonen
• Kids Are Cruel - The other kids constantly bullied him. When they got trapped in a cave with litte water, he killed the others to stay alive. So it works both ways.
• Raised by Wolves
  • Wild Child - For a while.
• Troubled Child

Ananda

The half-brother of Devadetta through their mother. A former criminal who becomes one of Buddha's major disciples. The devil Mara protected him after Ananda's father offered him in exchange for sparing his life. Ananda seeks revenge on all humanity until Buddha saved his life.

• Healing Factor - While protected by Mara.
• Unusual Eyebrows

Virudhaka

The Crystal Prince. Prince of Kosala. His father married a slave, having been tricked into thinking she was a noble woman. After learning this, he banishes his mother to the slave quarters and lets her die with the other slaves when a plague breaks out among them. Later imprisons his own father and rules Kosala.

Bimbisara

The king of Magadha, whom Asaji prophesies will be killed by his son. This torments Bimbisara all his life. Bimbisara is overthrown by his son Ajasattu and locked in a tower where he gradually starves to death.

• Offing the Offspring - Tried this on the infant son out of fear, didn't manage to go through with it.
• You Can't Fight Fate

Prince Ajasattu

Bimbisara's son. Tries to kill Buddha, and is imprisoned in a tower by his father. He falls in love with a blue-eyed blonde slave named Yudelka, and vows revenge on his father when she is murdered. Later overthrows his father.