Ikkyu
Ikkyu (一究, Ikkyū) is the main antagonist of the one-shot Millionaire Village, the fifth episode of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series. He is a boy working as a butler in the Millionaire Village and welcomes Rohan and Izumi when they arrive to buy a mansion.
Appearance
Ikkyu is a small child with a somewhat oversized head and large, globular eyes. He has unkempt hair with a braid forming a crest on the top of his head.
Ikkyu wears a dark bulter uniform with a bow tie and a checkered pants.
In the TV Drama, Ikkyu's appearance is altered. He lacks his more otherworldly features such as his distinctive eyes, and is portrayed as an ordinary, albeit creepy boy. Ikkyu retains his braid, but now has a bob cut rather than unkempt locks. His eyebrows are painted white, reminiscent of the Hikimayu tradition.
Ikkyu wears a black blouse covered in gold buttons over a white shirt and a white tie decorated with a green brooch. He also wears red pants and purple velvet socks.
Color Schemes
Personality
Ikkyu is dedicated to serving his masters and showing impeccable manners. He doesn't show any emotions and doesn't show concern when seeing people suffer for their bad manners, as "there is no compromise when it comes to manners," even though his facial expressions show otherwise.
For unknown reasons, he also is capable of staying awake after being affected by Heaven's Door and is aware of what happened to him without any prior knowledge of Stands.
In the TV Drama, Ikkyu's character is noticeably more unhinged. He is somewhat more vicious as he is shown to enjoy seeing the distress of his guests after they lose what is dearest to them. He notably sets up a test to make Rohan fail, indirectly exhibiting some cunning and malevolence. He is also shown losing his cool and slapping the floor in frustration after Rohan beats him at his own game.
History
Millionaire Village
Ikkyu is the butler working for the Mountain Gods in Millionaire Village. He watches the residents of the village to see if they have good manners or not, as the place is under a certain curse where those who show manners gain something and become rich, while those who don't lose something precious to them, such as a friend or family member. When his masters decide to sell another house, Ikkyu greets customers Rohan Kishibe and Kyoka Izumi at the front door of the gates. Ikkyu escorts them from the main entrance to the house and leaves them with some tea in one of the rooms, and waits patiently outside the room behind a curtain. Rohan suspects they are being tested to see if they can drink the tea with proper manners. Rohan states that it is better to wait, but Izumi decides to drinks the tea as best she can.
Ikkyu appears almost immediately after she barely sips the tea and asks them to leave. He mentions that Izumi has already breached three rules of good manners and the land will not be sold to rude people. Izumi is confused, but Ikkyu goes on to explain that as guests, they should have not shamelessly sat in the "seats of honor," which are located across from the entrance: until the host arrives, the proper thing to do is to wait in the lower seats facing the other wall. The second rule they broke was stepping on the edges of the tatami mats in the Japanese-style room. Finally, the third rule was that, while it is proper to drink while holding a saucer when one's knees are higher than the height of the table, it is unrefined to hold the teacup by placing the fingers through the handle. With the explanation over, Ikkyu asks them to leave again.
Izumi begs Ikkyu for another try at displaying good manners, to which the butler complies and goes to relay this request to the masters. Rohan suddenly realizes a baby bird he found earlier and kept in his pocket had died, while Izumi receives a phone call and learns her mom and fiancee were in a car crash together and died. Ikkyu returns and says the masters have allowed Izumi to retry the test of manners, but Rohan disregards his words and quickly uses Heaven's Door on the butler, discovering the curse behind the village. Ikkyu, unlike other non-Stand users affected by Heaven's Door, maintains consciousness and faces Rohan with his face still turned into a book. Ikkyu claims that Rohan broke another rule by turning him into a book without his permission, and Izumi suddenly has a heart attack and seemingly dies.
Rohan begs the butler to forgive her, but he says there is no compromise when it comes to manners. When Rohan agrees to another test, he is presented with a plate of corn alongside various utensils. Ikkyu asks Rohan how he would go about eating the corn; Rohan states that using utensils would be too obvious a trap, and that the correct way is eating it with his bare hands. Rohan also points out that Ikkyu has broken a rule himself by standing on the edge of a tatami mat: Rohan had made the butler unable to see the edges of tatami mats when he turned him into a book earlier. Rohan thus claims victory and asks for Izumi's things to be returned to her.
Ikkyu cries that Rohan has cheated, and that cheating will incur the wrath of the gods; Rohan disagrees, noticing that he hasn't been punished for Ikkyu's transgression. Ikkyu asks Rohan if he would like another test, but Rohan declines, stating that he is leaving and is never coming back. As he carries Izumi outside the villa, he notices that the baby bird has returned to a healthy state.[1]
Chapters / Episodes
Manga Appearances- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 5: Millionaire Village
Anime Appearances- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 5 (OVA): Millionaire Village
Live Action Appearances- Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 1 (TV Drama): Millionaire Village
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References
- ↑ Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Episode 5: Millionaire Village
