In "Juuni Taisen," a battle royale between 12 warriors named after the zodiac animals is played out, and the fight continues until only one remains. We will be taking a closer look at the boar warrior Inoniku, introducing him in detail as a character and how he performs in the battles of Juuni Taisen.
Profile of Ino-niku, the Boar Warrior
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In "Juuni Taisen," 12 warriors with a wide variety of abilities and characteristics appear, and a battle royale unfolds in which they fight until only one remains. One of them is the Boar Warrior, Inoniku, whose father was the previous tournament winner. Her father is the Boar Warrior's father, and she takes on the mission of ensuring that her clan of Boar Warriors wins the tournament again. What kind of character is Inoniku? Let's start by unraveling her profile and then get a little more detailed about her.
Inou Niku with the impressive machine guns in both hands
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Inou Niku, the boar warrior, looks like a young lady and behaves with dignity and elegance, but what catches your eye more than anything is the machine guns in both hands. It is the weapon she normally uses in battle, and we can see her moving cautiously on her way to the venue where the Twelve Wars will be held. The story of the Twelve Wars begins with a somewhat dangerous atmosphere, so many people will surely sense something strange and unusual just from seeing her walking around.
Her father was the winner of the previous tournament
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Inoniku appears as a participant in the 12th Juuni Taisen, but her father is also the winner of the previous tournament, the 11th Juuni Taisen. Although he was somewhat injured in that battle, he showed an incredible ability to recover, and began to make thorough preparations so that the Boar Warriors would win the next tournament. And so, in order to achieve the feat of winning again, Inoniku began undergoing rigorous training that would make him vomit blood immediately after the 11th tournament ended.
The title is "Kills richly"
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The warriors who participate in the Juuni Taisen are given titles as well as names as warriors. The boar warrior Inoniku has the title "Kills richly", and from that we can imagine what kind of warrior she is. In one scene in the story, he is shown fighting with a machine gun in each hand that can fire without reloading, allowing him to hit his opponents with a volley of bullets and take them down.
What role does Inou Niku play in the Twelve Kingdoms?
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In "Juuni Taisen," where 12 warriors continue to fight until only one remains, each character acts as they wish. In addition to the main characters, each character is given an equal opportunity to appear, which makes it easier to understand their characteristics. So, how did the Boar Warrior, Inoniku, perform in the 12th Twelve Great Wars? Let's take a look at the battle scenes depicted in the game.
Inou Niku thinks and acts to take the initiative
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When he is informed that the 12th Juuni Taisen will be held, Inou Niku, a boar warrior, quietly heads alone to the venue. The film shows him calculating how he will take the lead and win the tournament, but when he enters the venue he sees some familiar faces and realizes that it won't be as easy as he thought it would be. The tournament will be filled with talented fighter such as Utsui, the Ox warrior who boasts of his incredible strength, and Suna, the Monkey warrior who resolves disputes peacefully, but Inoniku has no doubt that he will win.
One person who did not agree with Sunazu's peace plan
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When the start of the Juuni Taisen was announced, the monkey warrior Sunazu proposed a peace plan to everyone in the venue, saying that there was a way to end the battle without anyone getting hurt. Ino-Niku was not happy about this and did not agree with her peace plan. He thought there was something shady behind Suna's suggestion, but more warriors than he expected agreed, and the paranormal meat belatedly tried to raise its hand. But at that moment, the floor collapsed, and the warriors were scattered across the city.
Defeated by Yuuki after the floor collapses
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Many warriors took advantage of the floor collapse to hide here and there, but Innocent Niku was standing on the rubble and sensed the enemy's presence there. Out of the dust emerges the rabbit warrior Yuuki, who is showing signs of fighting, and his superhuman flesh responds with a response. He tries to lull his opponent into a false sense of security with his superhuman flesh's special ability, "Like Water," but when someone immobilizes him from behind, he is stabbed in the chest by Yuuki, killing him.
Wandering the streets as a walking dead
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Using the special ability of the Rabbit Warrior Yujo, "Necromancer," the superhuman meat becomes his friend and is controlled at will. When she sets out into the city with Yuuki, she is ordered to search for other warriors, and she wanders the streets. However, she is devoured completely by the Rooster Warrior Niwatori's Bird Burial, and she is quickly eliminated from the stage of the Twelve Wars at the very beginning of the story.
Special abilities of the ino-meat
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The warriors who appear in Juuni Taisen often have special abilities and skills, but what kind of special abilities do the ino-meat have? As the Twelve Wars progress, each warrior demonstrates their abilities, and each battle unfolds quickly and intensely. Check out what abilities Inoniku shows off, and what directly relates to her strength.
Continues to fire his gun wildly "Like water (no reload)"
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The machine guns in Innocent's hands fire bullets when the trigger is pulled, but one difference is that there is no time to reload. This is due to her special ability, "Like Water (Non-Reload)," and many opponents will wait until she runs out of bullets before approaching. However, because she can literally fire bullets like water, she excels at a fighting style in which she creates an opening for her opponent to let their guard down, and then in that moment continues to shower them with bullets.
The machine guns he uses are "Aishuu" and "Inoshigoi"
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The machine guns held by the boar warrior Inoshigoi in both hands are named "Aishuu" and "Inoshigoi". The "non-reloading" ability allows him to fire unlimited bullets, with enough power to turn his opponent's body into a beehive or even to shreds of flesh. It's a very troublesome ability, as it's depicted as if he is firing his firearm forever.
The wish of Ino-Niku in Juuni Taisen
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If you win the Juuni Taisen, you can fulfill "one wish that you absolutely must come true" as a bonus prize. In the scene where the child warrior Nezumi uses her Hundred Click, we learn about the wishes of the other warriors, but what wishes does Inou-niku confess there? We will explore the reasons and goals for which she is fighting in the Twelve Wars.
What she wants is "I want love"
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What Innocent wants is "I want love", which comes from her past circumstances. Innocent's father, who won the 11th Juuni Taisen, is immediately giving his two daughters a special education in preparation for the next tournament, and is working to help them win again. So he gives Inoniku a thorough education, to the point of mercilessly punishing him with his fist if he makes a mistake. It can even be called abusive, but it shows his desire to be recognized by his father and receive his parental love.
Innocent Meat wishes to create a harem if it wins
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When the young warrior Nezumi uses Hundred Click to ask the other warriors what their wishes are, Innocent Meat confesses that it will "grant a harem." 35 When Nezumi finds out that Inoniku's wish is to have a harem surrounded by handsome men from Okusan, he can't hide his confusion, and even if he thinks about it calmly, he is troubled by the fact that he is a child and cannot understand. Inoniku is the only one who uses "the one wish that he desperately wanted to come true" for his own desires, and in stark contrast to his appearance and behavior, he is portrayed as being ugly.
What kind of past did Inoniku have?
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Each story in "Juuni Taisen" is told by a warrior, who tells the tale of their past and how they became warriors. Of course, the story of the boar warrior, Innocent meat, is also depicted in the first episode, where it is revealed that he had a painful past. Let's take a look at what kind of past he had and how he became a boar warrior.
He was whipped by his father and loved by his mother
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His father, the winner of the 11th Juuni Taisen, gave him an education that goes beyond the word strict, and all of it was for the sake of winning the 12th Juuni Taisen as well. Although she was whipped almost every day, the innocuous girl was raised with what could be called doting love from her mother. Having received opposing feelings from her parents, she eventually developed a style to live up to their expectations, dressing in dressy aristocratic clothing and carrying a machine gun in each hand.
The younger sister had the right to participate
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Inou Niku's younger sister was originally supposed to participate in the 12th Juuni Taisen, but she was driven to suicide by Inou Niku's plot. The methods used are brutal, both physically and mentally, and not only do they destroy the environment around the younger sister, but the practical training also forces her to be conscious of beating her opponents to the core, all of which are traumatic. Eventually, the younger sister's mind breaks down, and the younger sister is given a knife to kill herself with, which she does, taking the right to compete for herself.
He has also commanded various battlefields as a warrior
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Innominiku, who has a past of traveling on various ships as a boar warrior, meets the warriors participating in the 12th Juuni Taisen in various places. Among them was the Monkey warrior Sunagra, but he was unable to accept her methods at all and came to detest her. When he meets Sunagra at the meeting place, he smiles on the surface, but deep down he is feeling like he is going to vomit blood.
Considering the strength of the supernatural meat!
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In "Juuni Taisen", the strength of the participating warriors is ranked by the warrior of the year of the horse, Hishiji, and the national authorities. Among them, how strong is Innocent meat, who was forced to leave the Juuni Taisen early in the opening? Let's take a closer look at the strength of Inoniku, the Boar Warrior, based on the battle scenes depicted in the story and the abilities he possesses.
A machine gun that never runs out of bullets can dominate the battlefield
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The special ability of the boar warrior Innocent Niku, "Non-Reload", allows him to fire bullets unlimitedly, so even if Usui or Sunazu have high abilities, they have no choice but to hide behind cover and wait it out. Also, the unlimited aspect of this ability means that you can easily dominate the battlefield and take the lead. Although this is a very powerful ability, it is no exaggeration to say that it only shows its true value at long range, so you will probably be content with its mid-level abilities.
His overconfidence is his weakness
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Another weakness of the ino-niku is that his overconfident personality often becomes a disaster. It's true that his special abilities are powerful, but because he's so confident, he often neglects the situation of the 10th place, which is clearly shown in his fight with Yujo. This is partly due to her inability to grasp her opponent's abilities, but more than anything, it's because she was constantly repeating images in her simulations, which could be said to be her greatest weakness.
Pay attention to this supernatural being who fights with the sole desire to be recognized!
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I have summarized the boar warrior Innominiku, but every one of her actions is filled with the desire to be recognized by her father. This is well reflected in the desire to be "loved," and it can be seen that she desires her father's love more than anything else. Although she only appears in a few scenes, there are still many scenes that leave a strong impression. There are also some hints at the story, so be sure to pay attention to those as well.
