Monster Hunter Orage/Characters

The characters of the manga Monster Hunter Orage:

Shiki Ryuuhou

If you don't have trust, you dreams will never come true! A heart of trust and the strength of one's bond are what make a real hunter! I believe in you!

An optimistic and friendly hunter. He has the mark of the Forbidden Hunter, allowing him access to all hunting grounds. Shiki recieved this for his late master Gurelli, who turns out to be the father of Irie, a fellow hunter Shiki meets and is determined to befriend. Shiki's goal is to defeat Miogaruna, the forbidden dragon of light. He strongly believes in his comrades.

• Betty
• Black Eyes
• Boy Meets Girl: More like Boy Meets Girl Who Tells Boy To Get Off Of Her Seat.
• Captain Oblivious
• Chaste Hero
• Cloudcuckoolander: In nearly every chapter, he yells, trying to communicate to his dead master about an accomplishment they made.
• Crazy Awesome
• Dual-Wielding
• Expy: Looks like Gray, but acts like Natsu.
• Good Scars, Evil Scars / Scars Are Forever: Shiki has a thin lined scar on his right cheek.
• The Hero
• Heroes Prefer Swords
• Hot-Blooded
• Idiot Hero
• You're Just Jealous: Shiki says this to Irie a lot, claiming she's just jealous of the close bond Shiki shared with Gurelli, Shiki's master and Irie's father. In reply, Irie is always displeased and denies this.
• Keet
• Love Triangle: Shiki, Irie, and Kuron. Or at least, that's what Kuron thinks.
• Naive Newcomer
• Nakama: His master Gurelli, Irie, and Sakuya. Eventually Kuron.
• Parental Abandonment: Was an orphan.
• The Power of Friendship
• Red Oni

Irie Jescar

Don't involve my partners into a crime. Are you really a hunter!!?

An experienced hunter who initially wants nothing to do with Shiki, Irie decides to join Shiki on his quest to defeat Miogaruna following her discovery that Shiki was her late father's student. However, she firmly refuses to become Shiki's comrade because of her painful past involving her "friends" who she considered her comrades - her "friends" decided to lie about completing a mission in order to get some quick cash, but Irie tells on them because they are comrades; her "friends" are arrested, and because Irie was associated with them, she was expelled from taking the Forbidden Hunter Exam and can never become a Forbidden Hunter as a result. Her friendship with Shiki slowly but surely made her have faith in having comrades once more.

• Action Girl
• Blue Eyes or Purple Eyes
• BFS: Her Weapon of Choice is a Long Sword.
• Celibate Hero
• Dark and Troubled Past: The reason why Irie has become so against the idea of having Nakama.
• Defrosting Ice Queen
• Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs
• Expy: Resembles a tomboyish-looking Lucy.
• Girlish Pigtails: Her ribbons looks a lot like nekomimi, which is lampshaded by Shiki in Chapter 2.
• Girl Next Door: To Shiki, in a way. He was her father's pupil and knew of his existence, but they never (or barely) met before meeting for the first time in Chapter 1.
• Heroines Prefer Swords
• Hot Chick with a Sword
• Ineffectual Loner: At first.
• Love Triangle: Shiki, Irie, and Kuron. Or at least, that's what Kuron thinks.
• Parental Abandonment: Her Disappeared Dad, Gurelli.
  • Irie's mother is nowhere to be found as well.
• Plucky Girl
• The Power of Friendship: Takes her a while to regain this, but she eventually does thanks to Shiki.
• Rose-Haired Girl
• Tomboy
• Tsundere

Sakuya

I've decided this is my last fight. I can't let myself run from this.

The daughter of a famous Equipment Technician, Sakuya's goal is to defeat Deruoimasu to protect the home she lived with her mother, who was killed by a Deruoimasu. After defeat the Druoimasu alongside Shiki and Irie, Sakuya joins Shiki's and Irie's quest to find Miogaruna.

• Action Girl
• The Archer
• BFG: She's a Gunner, it comes with the territory.
• Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Sakuya has been battling the Deruoimasu for years, and even when she makes her debut is covered in bandages from her injuries. Nevertheless, She Cleans Up Nicely.
• Brown Eyes
• Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs
• Girly Girl
• Go Out with a Smile: When Sakuya decides that fighting the Deruoimasu will be her last fight. She smiles at Irie and tells her to escape and take Shiki with her.
• Hot Chick with a Sword
• Ill Girl: As a child.
• Parental Abandonment: Has a Disappeared Dad who left years ago, and a Missing Mom who died.
• Plucky Girl
• Shiny Midnight Black
• Shrinking Violet: At first, more or less.
• Yamato Nadeshiko

Kuron

Shiki Ryuuhou, I will destroy you! It's a deal!

The labeled "Prince" of Akamaaya Town's Guild and the leader of the Hell Hounds, Kuron is the Number One hunter in the guild and only has eyes for Irie. He initially thinks nothing of Shiki, but later views him as a love rival for Irie after Irie leaves on a journey with Shiki. Kuron decides to do whatever it takes to become a Forbidden Hunter like Shiki in order to catch up to him and destroy him. Has a habit of getting phrases mixed up.

• Blue Oni
• Crazy Jealous Guy: His jealousy towards Shiki was enough to give Kuron a Face Heel Turn, but his feelings for Irie was enough to give Kuron a Heel Face Turn.
• Curtains Match the Window: White-Haired Pretty Boy + Gray Eyes.
• Dogged Nice Guy
• Expy: Looks like Seig Hart or an older Leon.
• Heel Face Turn
• Hopeless Suitor: For Irie.
• Ineffectual Loner: When he goes through the Dark Side to become a Forbidden Hunter.
• Love Triangle: Shiki, Irie, and Kuron. Or at least, that's what Kuron thinks.
• Peek-a-Bangs: The bangs on the right side of his face.
• Prince Charming Wannabe: Kuron thinks Irie is "just shy." She's just not interested.
• The Rival: Has a one-sided rivalry with Shiki.
• Rivals Team Up: Kuron joining Shiki, Irie, and Sakuya in defeating the Girkuza. He seems to only team up with Shiki simply for Irie's sake when she tells him to believe in Shiki because he's her Nakama.
• Rival Turned Evil: The only reason he wanted to become a Forbidden Hunter was to get revenge at Shiki for taking Irie away.
• The Sixth Ranger
• Spell My Name with an "S": Kuron or Kowloon?
• Troubled but Cute
• Veronica

Gurelli Jescar

A true hunter possesses knowledge... and values their teammates more than anything else!!

Shiki's master and Irie's father. He was a source of inspiration for Shiki and the one who gave him his Forbidden Hunter seal. The reason why Shiki strongly desires to defeat Miogaruna is because this was Gurelli's unfinished goal. Gurelli died in an accident when combining gunpowder.

• Death by Origin Story
• Disappeared Dad
• Mentor Occupational Hazard
• The Obi-Wan
• Spirit Advisor
• Too Cool to Live