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Tatara | |
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| Full Name | Karumu Raotsue |
| Birthdate | March 21 (Aries) |
| Constellation | Bond (娄) |
| Age | 12, later 20 (Byakko Senki) 110 (Original Series) |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Height | 181 cm |
| Known Relatives | Kasaru Raotsue (Older Brother)✝ Suzuno Osugi (Lover)✝ |
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| Additional Information | |
| Beast God | Byakko |
| Title | Seven Star of Byakko |
| Rank | Warrior |
| Occupation | Warrior Guardian of Byakko Shinzaho
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| Real World | |
| Manga | Chapter 1 |
| Anime | Episode 43 |
| Created by | Yuu Watase |
| Voiced by | Jin Yamanoi (anime) |
| Other Information | |
| Fushigi Yuugi Fushigi Yuugi: Byakko Senki | |
Tatara (娄宿), birth name Karumu Raotsue, is a Celestial Warrior of Byakko. Born under the star Bond (娄), he’s the second Celestial Warrior of Byakko to joined and is the lover of Suzuno Osugi, the Priestess of Byakko, in Fushigi Yuugi: Byakko Senki and appears as a supporting character in Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play.
- "Though we had to part, though we could never be together again. We had no regrets. Even if she returned to her world, married another man and had children with her. If the woman I loved was happy, then I could be happy. And I am. Our hearts had joined and so, even if she lived in a different world, that time, we really were together always, always. I would never let go of this feeling, or my love for her."
- —Tatara to Miaka
Appearance
As an adult in Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play, Tatara is 110 years old, appearing to be 20 years old due to a longevity spell casted by his fellow warrior, Subaru. He still remains faithful to Suzuno, and because of this, he guards Sairou's Shinzaho in the Byakko tower since Suzuno left the Universe of the Four Gods. When Tatara is removed from the Byakko tower, he rapidly ages.
Personality
Story
Fushigi Yuugi: Byakko Senki
Karumu was born as the youngest son of the more or less affluent Raotsue family from Sasu, a satellite state of Sairou. When he was a little boy, however, his and his brother Kasaru's village was wiped away by a vicious sandstorm, leaving the Raotsue brothers as the sole survivors.
Karumu and Kasaru traveled together from then on, and Karumu decided to set his bad emotions aside as to not burden his beloved older brother.
While traveling through the desert, Karumu and Kasaru came across a slain caravan and its two survivors: Suzuno Osugi and Neiran.
The brothers found Suzuno once again—this time in the middle of a sandstorm in the desert—along with Tokaki. Karumu felt awkward upon seeing how Suzuno had grown and how 10 years have passed in her perspective. This feeling makes him somewhat unable to reconnect with her and so he chose to distance himself from her.
Shortly after reuniting, however, Miboshi's attack on the village mortally wounded his older brother Kasaru, who was injured while protecting Suzuno. With Kasaru dying in his arms, and with the monsters attacking, Karumu's celestial powers awakened, summoning numerous plants to kill all the monsters. As he cried, Tokaki and Suzuno were surprised to see the mark of Byakko atop his right hand, thus revealing that Karumu was the celestial Warrior Tatara.
Fushigi Yuugi: The Mysterious Play
He first appears when Soi and Nakago are seeking and finding Sairou's Shinzaho in order to summon Seiryuu. Though he was tortured, he still refuses. He still remains faithful to Suzuno, and is only devoted to her.
Miaka and Tatara meet when Miboshi casted a spell that drained Miaka's speech and when Nakago took her to the dungeon where Tatara was. When Miaka wakes up, Tatara realizes that her speech was drained. The two of them then manages to escape. On the way, they meet Yui, who's acting completely firendly and as if she considers Miaka as her friend again. Miaka then starts to use signs to speak and tell her that she cannot summon Suzaku since Nakago has the Shinzaho. Tatara understands as Yui walks off and gets the Shinzaho from Nakago. Miaka said that she was thirsty, so Yui heads off to get a drink, but accidentally spills it and tricks Miaka into giving the Shinzaho to her. She then locks the door and runs away.
Tatara then says that he will never allow them to get his beloved Suzuno's Shinzaho, and Miaka asks who Suzuno was, and Tatara tells her that Suzuno is the name of the only woman he had ever loved, briefly explains his and Suzuno's story.
Miaka and Tatara manage to escape thanks to Tatara's plant power, and on the way they meet the other Suzaku warriors and Subaru and Tokaki, and were engaged in a battle with Miboshi. Though Chiriko died to defeat him, Tatara is seriously wounded despite the efforts Subaru and Tokaki made to save him.
In the anime, an additional scene gives extra closure to Tatara's story. In the real world, an elderly Suzuno is dying at her home in Morioka and she's being tended to by Miaka's brother Keisuke, his best friend Tetsuya, and her grandson Toki. She dies the exact moment Tatara passes away in the arms of Tokaki: their spirits show up in the snowy garden of Suzuno's traditional home, hug one another, and peacefully depart together to the afterlife.
Relationships
Abilities
Tatara can control plants as a Byakko Celestial Warrior despite the shape they take in. His base attacks are weak and slow, but even on a very unstable state he manages to knock out Miboshi.
Trivia
- Media previous to Fushigi Yuugi Byakko Senki Chapter 7, including but not limited to Tatara's trading card and a tweet from Yuu Watase[1] cite Tatara as being "Kasaru", however, as of Chapter 7, it appears younger brother Karumu is actually Tatara.[2]
- Although the brothers' surname is first given as "Raotsue",[3] Kasaru later gives their last name as "Tsuonie".[2] No information has yet been provided for the discrepancy.
Gallery
References
| Byakko | ||
| Members: | Tatara · Tokaki · Subaru · Toroki · Amefuri · Kokie · Karasuki | |