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List of The Law of Ueki characters
The following is a list of characters from the anime and manga series, The Law of Ueki.
Note: Japanese names are all in Western order (given name before family name).
- 1 Main characters
- 2 Robert's Ten
- 3 Tournament Teams
- 3.1 Team Caption
- 3.2 Team Grano
- 3.3 Team Marilyn
- 3.4 Team Barou
- 4 Heavenly Beings and God Candidates
- 5 Other power users
- 6 Manga only
- 7 Ueki's family
- 8 The Law of Ueki Plus
- 9 References
Main characters[edit]
Kosuke Ueki[edit]
Ueki Kōsuke (植木 耕助) Voiced by: Romi Park (Japanese); Cole Howard (English)
Kosuke Ueki is the main character in the series. He is in Class 1-C at Hinokuni Junior High School. Ueki's ability is given to him by Kobayashi (a.k.a. Mr. K), who is also Ueki's homeroom teacher. His level 2 power is to undo the opponent's power. He can use more than one sacred treasure weapon at the same time because of his given ability.
Ueki is an unusually calm individual, and does not care about what happens to him. He can be found snoozing in class, letting children use him as a target for shooting soccer balls (or in one case, a surfboard), and also calling the police without panicking when he faces a gang of rowdy teenagers. However, he cares for people around them, even going as far as saving Robert Haydn from falling debris in the Dogura Mansion.
According to a short profile of the main characters of The Law of Ueki (published in the end of manga vol. 16 by the author), Ueki's hobbies include cleaning up his town. In the first volume of the manga, Ueki is seen planting trees in the town park.
Ueki is a genuinely kind person who is always trying to help people. Ueki is actually a heavenly being sent to Earth by his father in order to take part in this tournament. Being a heavenly being allows him powers beyond his tree-making skills. At the end of the series, Ueki emerge as the strongest heavenly being and power user. Ueki advanced the most in terms of growth than any other character.
Ai Mori[edit]
Mori Ai (森 あい) Voiced by: Tomoko Kawakami (Japanese); Lori Barnes-Smith (English)
Ai Mori is one of Ueki's classmates at Hinokuni Junior High School. When in a casual mood, Ai is usually upbeat and friendly, although she is often shown with a very shallow side, initially believing that all power-users (with the exception of Ueki) are dangerous enemies that can't be trusted. Still, Ai cares deeply for her friends, especially Ueki. She discovers Ueki's power early on, coming to a rather unusual conclusion and at first believing him to be an alien. Upon learning of the competition Ueki is in, she decides to back him up, to keep him from losing all his talents and disappearing because of it.
She is strict with Ueki at times, especially when he looks like he is about to do something rash. Ai continuously tries to be his voice of reason, although her shallow antics and outspoken personality often annoys him. Later on in the series, she is given an ability by the King of the Celestial World Candidate, Inumaru, during Ueki's fight with Sano. However, her power's condition is that her opponent must perform a goody-two-shoes pose (raising the right leg backwards while putting both of the fists close to the mouth region). Once this power is activated, her opponent falls totally in love with glasses (usually Ai's) and will do anything to keep them from harm, like listening to Ai's orders or even defeat themselves. Also, they will not attack because they may accidentally break the glasses, and will do anything to prevent Ai from breaking them.
The food she cooks tends to look rather odd and off-putting (usually with squirming octopus tentacles), but it still tastes good. In episode 6 she claimed Ueki to be her best friend. It seems she may have a crush on Ueki as she often blushes when she sees him (especially when the manga series come to an end), but it is not admitted in the series.
Kobayashi (小林) Voiced by: Katsuji Mori (Japanese); Ben Jeffery (English)
Kobayashi, nicknamed as Mr. K (Kobasen in the Japanese versions), is a teacher at Hinokuni Junior High School. Mr. K is also a King of the Celestial World Candidate who gives Ueki his power. He is Ueki's homeroom teacher and had been carefully studying him in order to judge his worth for the tournament.
Kobayashi is usually a laid-back, forgetful, and friendly man, although he can be quite serious, depending on the situation. He has a very strong sense of justice, actually inspiring Ueki long ago when he saved him from falling off a building, and acts as both his mentor and role model. He is sent to Hell for saving (and thus helping) Ueki in his first fight against Robert Haydon. He then becomes Mori's god candidate.
It is mentioned in the show that Kobayashi's least favourite food is fried crickets in soy.
Seiichiro Sano[edit]
Sano Seiichirō (佐野 清一郎) Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese); Beau Thompson (English)
Sano can change towels into iron by holding his breath, but due to the limitations of animation, he frequently uses his power without any apparent limitations; this is especially noticeable in battle sequences.
Sano, a 9th grader at Inaho Junior High School, was known as the Genius of Robert's Ten while he was part of it. It is later revealed that the leader of Robert's Ten (Karlpaccho) had placed a Death Pentagon insect on Sano's King of the Celestial World Candidate Inumaru, that would kill him by instantly removing all his blood should Sano disobey him.
Sano is highly competent and creative with his power, creating shields, springboards (spring), traps, and even boomerangs which he calls "boomerang cutter". He is a formidable opponent with a high aptitude for combat and is considered to be a genius by others. He is very cunning and works extremely well with others to create powerful combination attacks.
His Level 2 power adds magnetic properties to his steel towels, of which he utilizes to great effect.
He seems to possess an endless supply of towels, often pulling them out of his robe in rapid succession. When he does run out, he uses the towel tied around his forehead as a last resort.
Additionally, he has a burn over his left eye which was caused during an accident with a hot spring. Still, he loves hot springs and hopes to win the blank talent to obtain the talent of hot spring discovery so he can build the greatest hot spring in the world for everyone to relax and enjoy.
Inumaru (犬丸) Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Scott Roberts (English)
The King of the Celestial World Candidate who gave Sano his powers. The two officially pair up for the tournament when Sano risks his life to save a child from a burning building, and Inumaru does likewise despite Sano's threats.
Inumaru's credo is that he can not ignore people in danger regardless of the reason, which prompts Sano to join, and to think of Inumaru as his friend rather than his Candidate. In Dogura Mansion, after being told that Sano joined Robert's Ten to save him from the Death Pentagon (a small black bug that Karlpacchio attaches to Wanko's neck, that would suck all of Wanko's blood out of him on command, thus killing him), he contrives to destroy himself, so that Sano can be freed from his obligation.
He gives Mori his power, thus breaking the most important rule of the tournament, in order to force himself to go to Hell so that the others would be saved from certain circumstances that threaten the rest of the Ueki Team. He is the one who gave Mori her power.
Was chosen as God at the end of the series.
Rinko Jerrard[edit]
Rinko Jerādo (鈴子・ジェラード) Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Angie Beers (English)
She creates special accessories in order to use her beads in more constructive ways such as:
- Rinko Rocket - Made of a special alloy and then filled with beads. She uses this to blast herself up into the air
- Beads Cannon - Special metal tubes that are filled with beads and then go over her fingers so that she can detonate one bead and send the rest of them rapidly at her opponents.
- Her recent accessory is a special glove with beads hidden inside when used with her power, producing a force impact that claims to be as great as a close-contact weapon.
She comes from a rich family and in the past many people had pretended to be her friend so that she would buy them things. Disillusioned with the seeming coldheartedness of the world, she succumbs to Robert's hypnotic charisma and joins the Ten. Initially, Rinko has a crush on Robert since he treats her as a real friend, but she eventually sees Robert for what he really is and joins up with Ueki, indeed becoming his guardian and constant caretaker.
Rinko's Celestial King Candidate is a man named Nikay, one of Margarette's followers whom she hasn't seen since the battle began.
She loves all animals, taking an immediate liking to Tenko (whom she calls "Tenko-chan"), but her weakness for cute things makes her vulnerable to Ban's power.
Note that it is wise not to insult her no matter what, for she has a side to her that makes her incredibly unhealthy for the person who insults her.
She doesn't seem to realise that she has this "evil" side and fortunately for her that she forgets whatever her "evil" side says or does. This "evil" side seems to be activated whenever someone insults her.
The only example of this is when Ban calls her an 'insect' which causes her to become furious and unlock her "evil" side. This "evil" side has no love for animals, as shown when she remorselessly swats away Ban's cute, living Pick with her special glove, then beats Ban by slapping him with the glove relentlessly. In another instance at the end of the manga series, she confesses her love to Robert, but Robert insults her (although he doesn't really mean to) by calling her "small fry". Robert becomes her second victim and has to be hospitalized for a fortnight.
In the epilogue at the last episode of the anime, Ai says that Rinko and Robert only dated once but Rinko dumped him for unknown reasons.
She is seen teaming up with Sano in various episodes.
Hideyoshi Soya[edit]
Sōya Hideyoshi (宗屋 ヒデヨシ) Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Chris Ippolito (English)
His ability to turn voices into portraits can make voices come out of them. The condition is that he needs to bend his fingers or toes.
He is a power user that Ueki and Mori meet. He is prone to deception, using various novelty gags and tricks in a fight such as soy sauce bomber. He looks out for a group of kids at a place called the Sun House.
His first King of the Celestial World Candidate, Nero, was a kind heavenly being that did not want to become the King of the Celestial World; he simply wanted to help out humans which he did at the Sun House. Soya offered to become gifted so that Nero could stay longer on Earth. Unfortunately, he helped Soya during a fight and was sent to Hell.
Then, Soya received a new King of the Celestial World Candidate, Zack, whom he hates for turning out to be a jerk and wanting him to join forces with a nasty bunch of power users. He agrees to help Ueki when he hears that they can save Nero. Although sometimes cowardly and weak when Soya performs his sneak attacks in conjunction with his power he can be a formidable foe.
In one occasion, he put his portraits on Sano's towels, then turned them back to voices in order to launch a sonic attack on Team Marylin. In addition, his ability to use his opponent voices as well work with his tricks making it easier to deceive his foes.
At the end of the series, Ai refers him as the useless member of Team Ueki. In anime, Ai refers to him as the secret savior because he gave ueki one last zai before Ueki disappeared when he was hit by Ueki's Kurogane.
テンコ Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese); Mariette Sluyter (English) (small) and Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako (Japanese); Jonathan Love (English) (big)
A large tailess yellow fox-like creature with a duiker-like horns on his head, ten blue beady eyes (with the main pair three to six times larger than the other pairs), black bat-like wings, brown stripes on his limbs and with no visible ears that helps Ueki awaken his celestial powers.
He can also change his shape to fit onto Ueki's wrist like an arm protector used by goaltenders in ice hockey to give him advice, and seems to be able to communicate with Ueki telepathically. He is a Heavenly Beast who is something of a mutation among his kind (he is born as an ancient version of Heavenly Beast, which is a ferocious-looking Godzilla-sized fox-like creature instead of an adorable cat-sized genetically-engineered house pet).
He is treated very poorly by Heavenly Beings and Ueki is the first to actually treat him with some kindness and respect. He is able to detect the power level of Heavenly Beings (his eyes lights up and changes color to red depending on which level the Heavenly Being is on) and because of his mutations has a bigger version of what is called the "awakening organ" that can awaken the hidden powers within Ueki.
Unfortunately, he can only use it to train Heavenly Beings up to 7 levels without dying for every Heavenly Being. This means that he can still use it to another Heavenly Being. Has an ability to spit out a large, roundish bunny creature that envelops Ueki and heals him within 12 hours (in the early episodes).
Fairly harsh with Ueki at times, he is nevertheless happy to have found someone who actually needs him. He also is very useful at giving advice in a fight (he is not allowed to fight or he will be sent to Hell); in the jump rope fight he tells Ueki when the rope is coming. Again, he warns Ueki about the Marilyn team's location in the smoke.
アノン Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Sean Broadhurst (English)
Hanon is a main antagonist that first appears in the middle of the anime series. He is from a race known as the Hellions, who come from the Protector clan. Anon can swallow and absorb people within himself, thus making their bodies his, as well as gaining whatever abilities they have such as Robert's power to make the ideal thing and his sacred treasures.
With a surprisingly humble nature, he has a hard time understanding humans and tends to experiment on them with reckless curiosity. Although it appears that Margarette is his father it is actually a Hellion who swallowed Margarette using his appearance.
Later in the series, he swallows King of the Celestial World who is "God" and changes up the rules of round 4. He first told Ueki that his dream is to destroy everything, but in fact, his real dream is to have someone who can defeat him.
Robert Haydn[edit]
Roberuto Haidon (ロベルト・ハイドン) Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese); Sean Broadhurst (English)
Robert Haydn is a frightening person with an equally frightening power. His power may seem weak, but it easily defeated Ueki by disabling his trees and sending Ueki plummeting to his death from the sky.
Like Ueki, he is a Heavenly Being, but it was not revealed until after Ueki discovered he was one himself. He proved to be the strongest among anything Ueki had ever battled because of his power to turn ideals into reality. It could do anything from making his sacred treasures indestructible or perfectly accurate no matter the circumstances. However, such a power comes at a price: Each time he uses this power, he sacrifices one year of his lifespan. His Level 2 power is revealed to the ability to change gravity at will.
His Sacred Treasures also had different properties: His Kurogane resembles a spiky purple ball to Ueki's cannonball, his Masshu moves quickly as a face along the surface of the ground to Ueki's Masshu bursting out from the ground, his Pick was a giant drill to Ueki's extending pillar.
To get rid of the other power users he created Robert's Ten. They act as his brawn, doing the fighting for him in order to prolong his lifespan. He is extremely ruthless and cold, with a deep hatred for humanity. This is due to his unfortunate past in which he was treated as a monster by the people of his town. After being betrayed by his friends and the people he loves, he grew to hate humanity and wishes to wipe out all existence.
After his battle with Ueki in the Dogura Mansion, Robert began to doubt his ways thanks to Ueki's strong sense of justice, thereby forcing his God Candidate Margarette to feed him to Anon, who proceeded to carry out Robert's initial plan using Robert's body as a vessel.
By the end of the series, he accepts Ueki's friendship and discards his goal of world destruction.
Voiced by: Shūichi Ikeda (Japanese); Jonathan Love (English)
He is Robert's father and the King of the Celestial World Candidate who gives him his power. Margarette sends his own son to Earth as a child so that he could choose him for the tournament. He is not above sneaky tactics to ensure his son's victory.
Later, he is devoured by a Hellion who steals his appearance with the intention of taking over Heaven. In this new form, he puts Ueki in his awakening organ (It turns out that his clan had eaten a lot of ancient Heavenly Beasts), and advances Ueki to his 9 and 10 star treasures.
Robert's Ten[edit]
The secret group of gifted students who fight for Robert Haydn.
Kageo Kuroki[edit]
Kuroki Kageo (黒木 影男) Voiced by: Yusei Oda (Japanese); Jeffrey Watson (English)
Known as Kurokage in the manga, he has the power to turn shadows into clay figures. He can create more than one clay man - even altering their appearance - which can confuse the enemy and thus keep them from finding the real Black Shadow. His favorite technique though is to create a giant clay man. If the sun disappears, so does his power.
He was the captain of his school basketball team, but because of an unfair ruling that disqualified his team from entering a tournament, he became the unemotional person who joined ranks with Robert.
During his fight with Ueki, he was defeated by a fellow member of Robert's Ten. Ueki luckily got through to him (with the help of Kuroki's little brother) and even though he was knocked unconscious he becomes good again.
Kamui Rosso[edit]
Voiced by: Harumi Sakurai (Japanese); Annika Odegard (English)
Kamui has little respect for anyone, adhering to the motto "I don't need any robots that won't listen to me." After knocking Kageo, his teammate, out, Ueki knocks him out of the tournament with some cunning tree manipulation.
Kamui's ability was similar to that of Kageo's. With the exception of turning his shadow into a robot, instead of clay figures.
Alessio Juliano[edit]
Voiced by: Ken Narita (Japanese); Charles Heffernan (English)
He is very loyal to Robert and will not stand for just anyone to join the group. He is a very short-tempered individual whom Ueki cannot help but irritate. Upon realizing his heavenly powers, Ueki puts him down for the count with Kurogane.
Alessio was shown wearing a pair of blue glasses, and a wool hat, in the anime, and was considered by Robert himself to be one of the weakest members of the 10. He has the power to turn dirt into a scythe.
Voiced by: Kōji Ishii (Japanese); Ben Jeffery (English)
Don is very proud of his strength and he always has a huge grin on his face even though he has a very large mean streak to him. Don is easily pleased and flattered when somebody says he is strong, like in the manga, and likes to show off at certain times. Don has 320 talents, all of brute strength.
In the manga, Don only has 52 talents, but their strength more than makes up for their number. Don presumably lost his talents by indiscriminately beating up people outside the tournament to show his power. Ueki retires him from the tournament with his newfound ability of Masshu.
His power was to turn his ring into a rocket. This ability suited his brute strength, and was used in counterpart to maximize his offensive capabilities.
His power is later used by Karlpaccho, while facing Ueki.
Marco Maldini[edit]
Voiced by: Shō Hayami (Japanese); Randy Brososky (English)
An expert chef who is in charge of cooking for Robert's Ten. He gets very angry when anyone insults his cooking (like Ueki did when he dumped the soup on Alessio's head).
Marco is one of the members who considers victory all that matters, nearly killing former teammates Don and Alessio with his magma, and threatening Rinko when she defects. Again, Masshu was the method Ueki used to defeat him.
His power enabled him to change tomatoes into magma. This power proved difficult for Ueki to counter, as shown in the anime, since the magma simply seeped through the trees.
Rinko Jerrard, Kosuke Ueki & Seiichiro Sano[edit]
Rinko and Sano were members of Robert's Ten for different reasons, but they later changed allegiances to Ueki's group. And though Ueki joined only to defeat the Robert's Ten and Robert himself, he was counted as an actual member. See above for more information.
(鬼) Voiced by: Chikao Ōtsuka (Japanese); Richard Lee (English)
Oni wears an all black outfit with horns and a forehead protector which is actually a form of chain mail. He doesn't say much, but he is able to defeat most opponents quickly. He is shown defeating an unnamed opponent (Kagura in the anime) with the power to change leaves into blades, but because he defeated him so quickly, it is unknown if he used his sword or his hedge clippers. Usually seen with Becky. Ueki defeats him with Ranma.
Becky Wolf[edit]
Voiced by: Yumiko Kobayashi (Japanese); Suzette Mattar (English) The shortest member of the Ten, she hates to be ignored or being called small or a child. In spite of her tough appearance, in the Japanese version, she ends most of her sentences with the word, desu. Ueki retires her with Masshu.
Becky Wolf seemed to resemble a cowgirl, because of her hat, boots, and BB-guns. Her power was to change a shot fired from a BB-gun, into a meteorite. She was shown using this power effectively against Tenko's barrier.
Taro Myojin[edit]
Myōjin Tarō (明神 太郎) Voiced by: Mayumi Yamaguchi (Japanese); Ben Johnson (English) Unlike the other participants in the battle, Taro had two powers given to him by two different god candidates, who both wanted the position of God. Taro's abilities were to turn a whistle into a laser, and CD's into buzzsaws. These were often used in conjunction, in his battle with Ueki. The buzzsaw was to simply make the opponent jump, thus making them vulnerable to Taro's laser.
In the Japanese version, he has a speech impediment that often causes him to elongate his pronunciation of the consonant "s," but in the American dub he instead appends "like" to nearly each sentence he utters. Neither of these carries over into the English translation of the manga.
Myojin fits the same personality type as most of the other Ten members, seeing friendship as weakness and showing no mercy. This makes for a very hard character shift from his goofy simpleton looks. Myojin was the one who recruited Ueki to join Robert's Ten. Ueki retires him with Masshu.
Taro is also shown to be a good analysist in his battle with Ueki, when using his two powers to counter Ueki's sacred Treasures.
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (Japanese); Roger Rhodes (English)
Carl, Robert's second in command, has the power to copy another person's power. The condition is that he has to spend 24 hours within 10 meters of them. He used this to acquire the powers of all of the other members of Robert's Ten.
He has two powers from outside the Ten which are the power to change the opponent's thoughts to a cell phone Text-message and the power to reverse one's position with the opponent's.
He uses all of these powers in combat and may actually have had more, but it is unknown as he was knocked out by Ueki's Masshu. Carl is a very sneaky (yet ironically loud) type who isn't above underhanded tactics to get what he or Robert wants.
In the manga, he is portrayed as somewhat girl-crazy, and even in the anime he says Robert's Ten should have more girls in it.[2]
(ユンパオ) Voiced by: Akiko Yajima (Japanese); Caitlynne Medrek (English)
A rotund youth with "the power to change electricity to sugar" when he opens his eyes open very wide. A replacement member of Robert's Ten. Utilises his limiting condition, as when he revert his eyes to normal size, the sugar turns back into electricity which can make for a devastating attack.
Also, Yunpao uses strange poses to distract his enemies from his large eyes and appears to be quite acrobatic as well. Loves sweets. Ueki retires him with a Pick. Yunpao seems unsuited to being in Robert's Ten, seemingly possessing no evil. He does, however, become very annoyed when he is interrupted while eating.
(カバラ) Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama (Japanese); Jordan Schartner (English)
He is a replacement member of Robert's Ten. He can also shoot out the feathers on his wings as he turns them into wing shurikens. He is an expert hunter (assassin in the English manga) and is able to shoot pachinko balls with as much power as a rifle bullet (In the manga, he throws kunais instead of pachinko balls).
He is very fond of showing off his marksmanship skills, even to the point where he will shoot any target in front of him. Due to an exploding cossack hat during his battle with Ai at the Dogura Mansion, he is bald the second time he appears (In manga, he shaved his head bald for unable to win the battle). Kabara fits with most of the Robert's Ten because of his cold hunter nature.
He felt no qualms about letting Ai suffocate during the Cossack Dance Battle, and believes that friendship is weakness. Rinko retires him with a combination of her powers with her new made weapons. Due to the nature of his match with Rinko, he develops a fear of cats.
Tournament Teams[edit]
There are five teams that made it to the final round of the tournament to choose the next King of the Celestial World. Other than Ueki's team, there is the Caption Team, Gurono Team, Marilyn Team and Barou Team. There is also Anon (disguised as Robert) and Li Ho who made it as teams of one each. Here are the various teams and their respective members.
Team Caption[edit]
Voiced by: Yu Asakawa (Japanese); Annika Odegard (English)
Leader of Capucho Team. He has a level two power which is a red gas that freezes things and makes them easily shattered by his attack alone. He wants Hideyoshi to join his group so that he could use his own power to send his freezing voice from multiple directions. Tends to get impatient and repeat certain words and phrases. His name is also written as Kapucho and Caption.
Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya (Japanese); Paul Hudson (English)
He likes to give his attacks English names that sound absolutely absurd, such as calling his billiard attack Super Dynamic Elegant Ball (this may refer to Mario, the video game character, due to the game's use of the word super, as in Super Mario. They also have the same name). This is because the anime states that English is his best subject.
Voiced by: Kōki Miyata (Japanese); Ethan Cole (English)
One of the power users that is trying to get soya to join up with them. He is quite gullible and constantly falls for Soya's tricks, even though he claims he won't be fooled. Soya defeats him by stuffing nattō soybeans down his shirt and squirting wasabi sauce up his nose.
Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese); Jordan Schartner (English)
He likes to attack from the ground where he can surprise people. One of the gifted that is trying to get Soya to join up with them.
He is very vain, especially when it comes to his hair, and also tends to use the word beautiful in his sentences. He looks more like a beautiful girl rather than a boy and has a tendency to wear girlish clothes. During the Battle Game, though, in the last few minutes of Ueki Team against Marilynn Team, Nico can be more mature than he was before.
Voiced by: Osamu Ichikawa (Japanese); James D. Hopkins (English)
Soya's current King of the Celestial World Candidate who is actually a malicious individual who wants Soya to join his newly formed group to win the tournament.
Team Grano[edit]
Voiced by: Isshin Chiba
He is the leader of Team Grano. He has the ability to turn a toy model (even a broken one) into a real life working version but he is required to play the toy model once and he can only carry ten of them with him. His level Two power is that he can control whatever he makes come to life. The condition for this power is that he has to believe whatever he is doing is right. He claims this is easy, because as far as he is concerned, anyone who stands in his way is evil. In manga, his condition for the power is playing with the toy to make it become real.
He loves toy models and know about everything related to toys. Seems to put up a nice guy front but is actually quite mean. Beaten by Ueki and his model clone created by Grano himself (he had ordered the clone to attack the evil before it, which the clone interpreted to mean Grano).
Voiced by: Yui Horie (Japanese); Jordan Henkleman (English)
He is a very timid individual and has the ability to change photos into toy models. When teamed with Pecol, Grano is unstoppable because he has endless supply of models to use.
Pecol once saw his friend getting beaten up, but did nothing to help him because he was too afraid. He longs to be strong, but ends up being duped by Grano. He is later inspired by Ueki to follow his own path towards finding strength.
Voiced by: Kentaro Ito (Japanese); Lucas Gilbertson (English)
He is able to turn his clothing into a barrier. His level Two is to attack within the barrier he makes on his opponent, but he cannot use his ability on more than a person at a time. He lied about his power saying he was invulnerable and that he could send out soundwaves, but that was just to scare his enemies.
He loves music, particularly karaoke, thus his name rhyming with a musical instrument but he is not very good at it.
He has a tendency to use the word 'baby' even during the battle between him and Ueki.
Voiced by: Toshio Furukawa (Japanese); Ryan Stockert (English)
He enjoys traditional poetry and tends to talk in a haiku pattern. He has the power to make bad puns become real on his opponents once he/she laughs. He is also able to turn the word attack on himself to attack his enemies.
He is seen wearing a ratty scarecrow-style hat.
Voiced by: Toshiharu Sakurai (Japanese); Brett Bauer (English)
Pastello likes painting and expresses himself through colors like "lucky purple" and "happy pink". He can make his drawings into a portal and using his large brush, he can tickle the opponent through the portal, thus making them laugh and become exposed to Mūnin's word attacks.
Team Marilyn[edit]
Marilyn Carrey[edit]
Maririn Kyarī (マリリン・キャリー) Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Carol-Anne Day (English)
Marilyn has the ability to stretch one second into ten seconds. She uses this power to make her look like she's using super speed. Her Level 2 is the ability to double her attack power, but it's only limited to 10 minutes. When she activates it, a gauge appears on her neck and she will collapse after the gauge empties. Reason of her defeat is her level 2.
Marylin, along with the rest of her team, grew up in a war zone in an unnamed country, so they spent their lives in training. Once the war was over, her family joined the upper class. She claims to be proud of her upbringing and how she only feels truly alive when she is fighting, but this is a facade. She holds onto a childhood promise to her dead war buddies that forces her to keep fighting, despite her actual distaste for the act.
Memorī (メモリー) Voiced by: Minori Chihara (Japanese); Morgan Partridge (English)
She uses her power with Putting's to make a combination attack. This, however, was taken out temporarily by Hideyoshi blocking her sketch pad with one of his portraits, and the loss of Pudding earlier so she has no materials. In her fight with Ai, Memory is forced to fall back on hand-to-hand combat. She is the first "victim" of Mori's power. A very competent field leader who acts as a spotter from higher ground.
She is also the smartest and the strictest of the team.
Mashū (マシュー) Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (Japanese); Ryan Stockert (English)
His power is the ability to triple his pair of hands, making him have six arms. When used with his military weapons, he can hold either six guns or two guns and two bazookas. Matthew is something of a flirt when it comes to ladies and thought Sano's dream was pointless if it didn't include women. Like all the members of the Marilyn team, he just wants to see Marilyn smile. Wears an eyepatch. Defeated by Sano's level 2.
Baron (バロン) Voiced by: Banjou Ginga (Japanese); Adam Hunter (English)
Baron is a knife user. He has the ability to move to wherever his knife is when he throws it. His level two is to immobilize himself and his opponent to the ground if he teleports within one meter of the person.
An honest and naive fellow and he always refers to himself in the third person in the Japanese version. This is toned down alittle but still existent in the Gainax dub. Baron is very loyal to Marilyn and can be quite gullible because he is tricked by Ueki repeatedly. After a long fight in which Ueki discovers his own unique fighting style, Ueki temporarily takes him out with Masshu.
Putingu (プティング) Voiced by: Kaori Fukuhara (Japanese); Ian Wolach (English)
He uses his power with Memory's to transport materials above the enemy, while she uses her power to change them into traps. He also uses his portal to hold smaller weapons such as grenades. Temporarily taken out by running into one of Memory's traps in the smoke, when she thought he was Soya, because Sano had blocked his mouth portal with a gag which also stopped him from speaking. Soya then put his portrait on Putting's back, and then spoke to make it appear it was him.
Team Barou[edit]
(All of them are Heavenly Beings)
Barou Escarotte[edit]
Barou Esharotto (バロウ・エシャロット) Voiced by: Shihou Kawaragi (Japanese); Chris Lorincz (English)
The leader and the shortest one in the group. He has the ability to replicate images from past to present and he used this power in conjunction with his Sacred Treasures to create endless attacks. Largely concerned with achieving his goals, throwing aside anything that gets in the way of said objective. Notably, he cannot use any Sacred Treasures other than Kurogane, Masshu, and Galiper with his power, as all the other Sacred Treasures are attached to the body, and using his power with them would recreate his past selves, and defeating one of his past selves would defeat him.
At the final battle, he fights Ueki and nearly defeated him before Ueki reveals his Level 2 power. Realizing that defeating Ueki as soon as possible before Ueki masters his Level 2 power is his only chance to win, he use almost all of his Sacred Treasures and creates their images, even if it recreates his past self. Ueki quickly uses his Level 2 to banish all of Barou's Sacred Weapons, but he seemingly misses one, a Pick with a past Barou using it. Barou thinks it's his chance to attack him, but Kill Norton warns him that Ueki did this on purpose, so that Ueki could attack the unprotected past Barou. Just before Barou could vanishes his past image, Ueki slams his past image with a Pick to a wall, leaving a square mark on Barou's chest and defeating him.
He has a very sad past because he accidentally used Kurogane on his adoptive mother when he mistakes her as a burglar breaking into their home. She fell into a coma for several years and wakes up terrified when he actually does use his Kurogane on several burglars. At that point, he ran out of their house thinking that he is a monster and joined Robert along with the rest of the team.
Ban Dicoot[edit]
Ban Dikūto (バン・ディクート) Voiced by: Eiji Takemoto (Japanese); John Knight (English)
He has the ability to animate things, usually with adorable faces attached to them. Likes to use the phrase To the max a lot, and is impulsive and aggressive in contrast to his more reserved teammates.
He sports a green ducktail hairdo. Like Rinko, he adores all things cute (however tries to act tough to hide it from his enemies), but he is the first person to fall victim to Rinko's "evil" side for calling her an insect and a small fry.
Diegosutā (ディエゴスター) Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa (Japanese); Corby Proctor (English)
He has the ability to turn all things invisible and colorless. He is prone to talks of manliness and wisdom.
Although he's looking like an adult, he's younger than Sano.
Kill Norton[edit]
Kiru Nōton (キル・ノートン) Voiced by: Susumu Chiba (Japanese); Charles Hefferman (English)
He has an I.Q. of 179, but strangely, even though he has a high I.Q., he is constantly outsmarted by Ai, implying he's not street smart or very gullible. He also has the talent of calculating. He named his glasses Bianca, after falling in love with them during his fight with Ai.
Ai suspects he is a pervert, but he denies these claims and states that he has an I.Q of 179 as a counter.
Ai defeated Kill using her I.Q. Kilnorton's ability was not revealed during the series. At the end of the anime, he still falls in love with his glasses without Ai using her power on him, and mutters "Glasses...glasses...glasses...", creeping Ai out.
Heavenly Beings and God Candidates[edit]
Kami-sama (神様) Voiced by: Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese); Roger Rhodes (English)
He is the current King of the Celestial World who sets up this whole tournament. As shown in the anime, God is a pervert who likes women and drinking. In a flashback, he was inspired to start the tournament, due to the actions of Ueki's adoptive mother, Haruko Ueki, who at the time was a high school student just before she was deceased.
He started the tournament to give all beings, whether human or heavenly being, a chance to create their own futures. Although his front is a mindless idiot who likes to slack off, he is actually very wise and powerful. According to a text box in the English manga, he lives in a skyscraper in the USA.
He's considered the best King of the Celestial World in history, which is a fact that he is very proud of.
Although he was pierced by Anon's Ranma and swallowed by him, he survived and was later shown in hospital, and also managed to restore some of the years to Robert's life that Anon had used up.
Yodogawa (淀川) Voiced by: Katsumi Toriumi (Japanese); Brendan Hunter (English)
Yodogawa replaces Kobayashi as Ueki's King of the Celestial World candidate. Yo-chan had a deal with another more promising King of the Celestial World Candidate, Margarette, to get Ueki to lose as soon as possible in order to take a cushy job as his assistant advisor.
He does his best to persuade Ueki to quit the tournament, but never succeeds. He rejoins to help Ueki later and apologizes for his previous behavior when Ueki is forming his team. He is at least a level 6 Heavenly Being, since in one episode, he used Raika to transport the rest of Ueki's team to stop Tenko's deadly final training. For the rest of the series, he is seen either helping Team Ueki or ingratiating himself with Kobayashi and Inumaru.
Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (Japanese); Paul Cowling (English)
A heavenly being who sent his son, Kosuke, to Earth as a baby with the same selfish intents as Margarette; to choose his son for the tournament so that he himself could benefit.
Unfortunately for him, he was not chosen as a King of the Celestial World Candidate, as Margarette was. He does, however, seem to express regret when he meets up with Ueki and company later in the anime, not revealing his true identity to Ueki due to his shame.
Pag also teaches Ueki a way to advance to his Level 2 power stating that it would be "the first and last time" he would aid Ueki. It is to be known in a later episode that he is Ueki's real father.
Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese); Suzette Mattar (English)
The King of the Celestial World Candidate who gave Taira his powers. She tried to cheat during a fight by giving Taira more water and was sent to Hell for it.
The King of the Celestial World Candidate who gave Li Ho his powers. He is also Li Ho's coach, and Li Ho wears a hat that looks like his but with different colors.
Not even Ganju himself has seen Li Ho use his powers before.
Other power users[edit]
Maruo Taira[edit]
Taira Maruo (平 丸男) Voiced by: Kenta Miyake (Japanese); Jonathan Love (English)
Usually likes to just blast fire, but he can manipulate it by gargling, sometimes making it into an explosive fireball. He wants the talent of manipulation if he wins. He was Ueki's first fight, and he lost after being hit by one tree.
Hayao Adachi[edit]
Adachi Hayao (足立 駿夫) Voiced by: Motoki Takagi (Japanese); Brett Bauer (English)
Adachi wants to obtain the talent of running because he absolutely loves track but he is not a very good runner. He loses when he meets Ueki, who Adachi is envious of for his talent to run, but promises to keep running and maybe even beat him someday. He is the parody of Kazuma Azuma in the anime Yakitate!! Japan. His supernatural power allows him to turn cotton into wooden stakes.
Li Ho[edit]
Ri Hō (李崩, Lǐ Bēng) Voiced by: Koyasu Takehito (Japanese); Roger Rhodes (English)
Li Ho considers Ueki his rival and wants to become a strong fighter in honor of his father, who fell victim to the plague. He refuses to use his power, the power to turn his hair into a staff, in his first battle against Ueki. Originally, he fights Ueki using a move he calls the Secret of the Cave Demon (秘鍵巌窟王 hiken gankutsuou) but succumbs to its weakness when Ueki grabs hold of his shoulders. He covers this weakness in Round 4 by rotating his arms and shoulders, but his technique fails once again when Anon grips onto his head to stop his movement.
During the third round, Li Ho displays a distinct growth in power, utilizing his inner power to perform powerful attacks. Channeling his power into his feet, for instance, allows him rapid movement.
Li Ho has developed a defense called T'ai chi ch'uan which is a circular strike used to repel any attack. Ueki battles him before facing Marylin, and learns new ways to use his powers and skills in battle.
Junichi Baba[edit]
Baba Jun'ichi (馬場 淳一) Voiced by: Kisho Taniyama (Japanese); Jason Booker (English)
Junichi Baba, nicknamed B.J., loves hip-hop music. He has a tendency to lie a lot, particularly about who he is when fighting other power users.
When we first meet him he convinces another power user that he is Robert Haydn. His defeat at the real Robert Haydn's hands spurs Ueki to challenge him the first time. B.J. can turn coins into wind. He is somewhat a pervert especially towards Ai. During Ueki's first battle with him, he maximizes the speed of his whirlwinds to see her underwear and during their second meeting, he rubbed her body which resulted with a punch his face.
Bolo T.[edit]
Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese); Scott Roberts (English)
Can turn his forehead into diamond, which he uses to headbutt his opponents. He can only use this power when his hands are in his pocket, which Ueki takes advantage off by accurately tearing off his pockets. Has many talents which he uses quite skillfully in battle, such as sewing, to repair said torn trouser pockets. He often incorporates the word "jan"[citation needed] at the end of his sentences. This is changed to "yo" in the English anime.
Monjiro Oniyama[edit]
Oniyama Monjirō (鬼山 紋次郎)Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese); Randy Brososky (English)
He believes in fair and square fights. He has a tendency to shorten words and phrases, and he has 299 talents.
He loves his home village and wants the village building talent if he wins in order to build his own village back up.
He teaches Ueki some basic fighting techniques to help win the fight against the Black Shadow, (Kurokage) the first person Ueki meets of Robert's 10.
Manga only[edit]
Fukusuke Hibiki[edit]
Appeared exclusively in the manga. Ueki is pursued by a boy named Fukusuke Hibiki, who is convinced that Ueki is a "tree demon king" from a children's book.
When Myojin holds up his card the first time he uses his power in the manga, it is a card with the title "The Tree Demon King and The Hero".
Ueki's family[edit]
Gengoro Ueki[edit]
Ueki Gengorō (植木 源五郎) Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese); Jonathan Love (English)
Ueki's adoptive father. He is a writer and likes anything weird or unusual. Rather than being shocked or scared at peculiar things, he shouts in excitement, especially when he saw Tenko for the first time ever. He went nuts, as Ueki had predicted, over Tenko, squeezing and stretching his face. He also enjoys sports very much. Extremely energetic. He often says, Reality is Stranger than Fiction!
Shoko Ueki[edit]
Ueki Shōko (植木 翔子) Voiced by: Akira Kosaka (Japanese); Morgan Partridge (English)
Ueki's stunningly beautiful adoptive sister, she is a student in a nursing school. She is extremely protective of Ueki, and when she first hears that he has taken part in the battle game, she reacts by complaining about all the bruises and scraped knees he will get, and that she could not bare the thought of him getting hurt.
In the series, she likes to play video games, owning a myriad of games along with the PlayStation 2, a Dreamcast and a GameCube consoles. She is very enthusiastic about playing video games with Ai.
Haruko Ueki[edit]
Ueki Haruko (植木 春子) Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara
Ueki's adoptive mother. She died in a car accident the same day in which Ueki arrived on Earth. She is the first person God meets while on a trip son Earth twenty-five years before when he is a newly elected god, when she was a high school student.
Her maiden surname is Ueki and she mentions that she has a boyfriend who is a writer, which is also Gengoro's occupation. Her daughter is her spitting image with the exception that Haruko wears her hair in a ponytail.
The Law of Ueki Plus[edit]
Nagara's Laundromat[edit]
- Kosuke Ueki (植木 耕助 Ueki Kōsuke)
- Job power: the ability to apply Grab (掴(ガチ) Gachi) on a mop.
- Unlike in original series where Kosuke Ueki had the power to transform trash into trees and the sacred weapons, Ueki starts this series powerless (since he can't use his god powers or sacred treasures or he would lose his last two zai). He follows Wool to Hangekai and with the help of Nagara he discovers a new power.
- When the mop is applied with this power, the mop is able to stretch as long as the user pleases. It also can be stretched to turn directions at the user's whim, but it has a restriction; it cannot grab things that the user cannot see. Ueki trains very hard with his power. Later he is able to bend the mop's direction and make in turn into giant hammers to beat people with. The mop seems to have great strength but it can be cut easily.
- Wool (ウール U-lu)
- A sheep from Hangekai, who insists he is a dog. He has 3 forms: one where he acts quite human (he can talk and smoke) and the other where he acts like a dog (and only barks), the third form is as known as its original form where Ueki's rainbow coloured mop's pole plug-into the back of Wool and transform into a huge winged-sheep-like creature. But the original form can only be awaken by the recognized mop-holding master of Wool. While in its original form, Ueki can apply his "Grab" effect on Wool as Wool's indestructible wools can act like Ueki's mop. In human mode, his attitude is similar to a rude uncle. His fur is very defensive and can withstand almost any sort of impact. In order to restore the cube (the lost memories of important people) in his body, he must be taken to a place called "MegaSite" in Hangekai.
- Nagara (ナガラ)
- Job power: The ability to apply Therapy (癒(テラピ) Terapi) on an hourglass.
- A 22-year-old shopkeeper of the Nagara's Laundry Shop. He may be the shopkeeper of the shop, but he is actually very bad at operating washing-machines. He is PLUS's little brother. As a job-power user, he is somewhat strong - every team that participated in the competition always kept an eye on him and his team. In order to help Ueki and achieve his own success, he used the name of the shop to participate in the competition.
- Nagara's hourglass absorbs the damage that is caused by attackers. The absorbed damage is then gradually displaced on to himself. The more damage that is absorbed, the more volume of healing therapy is stored. He is killed trying to save Ueki, Haiji and Sora after PLUS's attack but is reborn due to his unexplained ability to revive his dead cells.
- Haiji (ハイジ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply Gun (撃(ガン) Gan) on a washing machine.
- Age 17. He loves to fight and loves animals- Hence, every time he throws punches or attack moves, he will mention the name of that attack as he has named them after some form of animal. For example, "アカアナグマ百楼拳" ("Red Badger Hundred Floor Punches!") or "スコティッシュ29球拳" ("Scottish 29 ball Punches!"), etc. Haiji is Milee's older brother, and ever since their parents had died, they had to live together with Nagara. Haiji has somewhat of a sister complex, and is overly protective of Milee.
- He can summon a 3 ton, small washing machine on his knuckle as a weapon. The Gun, when applied to the washing machine, gives it an advantage to shoot out water-element shots or beams. Haiji can fire attacks like "トルネード撃(ガン)砲(キャノン) ("Tornado Gun Cannon") or "撃(ガン)MAX ("Gun MAX"), etc.
- Milee (ミリー)
- Milee is Haiji's little sister. She loves animals just like her brother. Watching his brother struggling just to protect her and all the innocent little animals from bullies, she gets upset. At the same time, she is happy because although Haiji was called a bully or spoiled child, she knew that her big brother never wanted to fight back like a bully. All Haiji wanted was to protect her.
- Sora (ソラ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply Double (倍(ダブル) Daburu) on a hamburger.
- Sora is a hamburger loving, 14-year-old teenage girl. At times, she acts silly, but she is alert and good at teamwork. She lives in the orphanage's home. Sometimes, she will come to Nagara's laundry shop and play with Milee. She has her own law on burgers: "As a good burger-lover, I should punish those other burger-lovers who illegally steal other people's burgers!"
- Whenever she eats a hamburger applied with that power, everything on her doubles:
- Deka Sora (デカソラ): Doubles her size and become a tall, powerful giant.
- Bi-Sora (バイソラ): Doubles her personality, splits into two Sora's without any side effects.
- Haya-Sora (ハヤソラ): Doubles her speed, she can run twice as fast.
- Kata-Sora (カタソラ): Doubles her strength, she is twice as strong.
- Tobi-Sora (トビソラ): Doubles her jumping skills, her jumping length is doubled.
- Bi-Haya Sora (バイハヤソラ): Her secret move. Allows 2 Sora's to use increased speed at the same time. Sometimes, depending on Sora, it doesn't work well.
Tekurin Finance[edit]
- Ginzo (ギンゾー)
- Job power : the ability to apply Return (返(カエシ) Kaeshi) on Promissory Note (借用証書 Shakuyōshōsho)
- He is an old, big, fat guy that wears glasses. He appears to be the boss of the finance company. He always picks on people that haven't returned the money that they borrowed by increasing the interest.
- In order to use his power, he must have the foe's permission with their signature on the contract of lending as proof. Then he can borrow all the damage done by the foe on him to attack the foe without receiving any damage. And once the contract is broken, the agreement is broken and if that happens, all of the damage that he had borrowed will be returned to the owner in a blow. It's not perfect, however, as other things can take the damage if put in the attack's path.
- Shiro (シロ)
- Job Power : The ability to apply Stick (貼(ペタ) Peta) on Cash (現金 Genkin)
- A greedy, rich and self-centered guy who work for Ginzo. Everything he owned and bought is always expensive and attractive. He hates people that are not concerned about the attraction of money and people that ruin his appearance, especially his extremely expensive clothes.
- He can summon notes as much as he wants for shopping and/or combat. He can use the notes as a lot of very strong stickers; they can be stick on other notes like super magnets. It can be deactivated as well. However, his power has a requirement; he must stay in the same place as when he activated his power, otherwise the notes will automatically deactivate themselves.
- Akaba (アカバ)
- Half-Job Power : He can summon a 1-ton, heavy coffer (金庫(ゲルトシユランク) Gerutoshiyuranku). The size of the coffer is slightly smaller than Haiji's 3 ton, washing machine.
- A big guy, who work for the Tekurin finance. He was given orders by Shiro to knock out Haiji. But instead of defeating Haiji, he was defeated by Haiji with his Tiger & Doria's Tree-kangaroo Punch (タイガー&ドリアキノボリカンガルー拳 Taigaa & Doriakinobori Kangarū Kobushi). He and Shiro then realize that his 1 ton, heavy coffer is no match to Haiji's 3 ton, washing machine.
Pitch-Black Hair Salon[edit]
- Necroman (ネクロマン)
- Job-power : The ability to apply "Whirl"「渦(トルネ)」on "Blowdryer"「ドライヤー」
- Age 28. Shopkeeper of the Pitch-Black Hair Salon. Although he is a hair-stylist, he has a weird hairstyle. When he tries to say "me" or "I" is always pronounced as "Orecchi"「オレっち」. He's quite a good guy and always care for his teammates. His attacks are varied by the flow of his wind's effect, for strong winds is called "Hurricane Blow" 「暴風(ハリケーン)ブロー」, for sudden move is called "Gust Blow" 「突風(ガスト)ブロー」and for cooling winds is called "Breeze Blow" 「そよ風(ブリーズ)ブロー」.
- Treat (トリート)
- Job-power : The ability to apply "Pyon (jump)" 「跳(ピョン)」on "Shampoo" 「シャンプー」
- A twenty-year-old hair-washing worker. This "pyon" effect of hers has a rubber-like substance that gives the elastic effect on the shampoo. Once stepped will be sling away elastically instead of slipped and fell. It can be put into use when chasing people, jumping and fighting. She always jumps on it in order to increase her speed to chase after Ueki and his teammates, but it still must depend on the user's strength on foot. It also can be used in combat as it can sling away impacts of attacks from foes and sling herself as a human sling-shot.
- Byaku (ビャク)
- Job Power : The ability to apply "Hard"「固(カチコチ)」 on "Hair Wax"「ワックス」
- A 16-year-old hair-styling worker. When he uses his hair wax, his hair becomes extremely hard and can actually "punch" someone. He has a very bad attitude and he is the "Snobby Prince" of the group. He never thought of the Pitch Black Hair Salon workers as friends because he was betrayed by his former friends. Instead, he thought of them as tools. But after seeing Ueki's dedication to help friends instead of himself, he has changed his attitude.
- Bomba (ボンバ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply "Intimidate"「悪(ワル)」 on "Personality"「ヅラ」
- He's a very kind guy works as a permer, he has an Afro hairstyle and wears a shirt with the word 'Cut' on it. But when he uses his powers, he becomes evil, he changed his hairstyle to a ducktail and turned his shirt inside out where 'Cut' turns into 'Bad'. But, he would be defeated easily by Haiji in one attack with his "Final Bison Fist".
Pamidoro Restaurant[edit]
- Chef Mony (モニシェフ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply "Tight"「密(ギチ)」on "Milk"「ミルク」
- A big and fat sized chef who is the boss of the restaurant. He drinks the milk which he apply "tight" to resulting all parts of his bones have tighten 100%, and turn him into an indestructible "Strong Bone Chef"! Even if he is being hit by an accelerating truck, he is still in one piece painlessly.
- Vino (ビーノ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply "Enlarge"「膨(デカ)」on "Fork"「フォーク」
- A waiter who has a headphone on his head, on the second round of the competition, he uses his power to enlarge his fork and pierce the ceiling. After the fork is pierced to the ceiling, he shrunk the fork making him able to reach the ceiling and jump into the top of the Ramen Tower and successfully get the key for the next round.
- Dolce (ドルチェ)
- Job Power: The ability to apply "Smoke"「煙(モーク)」on "Flour"「小麦粉」
- He uses his power to create a smokescreen to make the foe difficult to see.
- Omelette (オムレット)
- Job Power: The ability to apply "Bind"「縛(バク)」on "Pasta"「パスタ」
- Among these 4 people, he is the smallest. His binding effect gives the pasta a 300 kilo of power to bind the opponent, it is like an unbreakable rope.
Happiness Enterprise[edit]
The corporation responsible for the memory loss. The company's CEO is PLUS, Nagara's older brother, who wishes to destroy the stolen memories with the power of 'Erase' and replace them with a single memory of himself in order to make him the only important person to everyone in both worlds, thus achieving both world domination and functional godhood. Happiness has developed a suit capable of performing a variety of powers including an invisible shield. The suit was said to have 999 different powers. PLUS's job power is 'Beast' in the form of an amulet. It enables him to change into a huge monster with great strength and durability. Ueki is able to beat him only by using Wool's third form.
- ^ "The Law of Ueki." Animax India. March 15, 2007. Retrieved on July 23, 2009.
- ^ http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8200/thelawofueki183xw.jpg


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Day 5 is our last ride in Fruita tomorrow we move HQ to Moab.
For our last ride we fill up with a great breakfast at Camilla's Kaffe it was chilly and ate inside this trip.
Yes…I've already forgotten and ate a big breakfast it was so good though. It played nice in the stomach this time too.
Just about every shop in Fruita has stickers that say WTF.
We drove out to Rabbit Valley before you ask we saw absolutely no rabbits in Rabbit Valley. The road out to this trail head is rough and parts of it feel like you are driving through a river bed. Eventually we made it to the trail head.
Todays ride would be Western Rim it came highly recommended and told that parts of it are open to Moto's.
Loaded up too a look at the map and off we went. We climbed a road for a bit then connects to singletrack.
It appeared that every intersection required you to climb up a steep section. The sections that offered technical challenges up the climb I really enjoyed, but couldn't they have waited to throw these in until we had warmed up a bit.
As we started to gain some elevation every where you looked offered great views
For this section there were two choices an easy way and then this steeper section.
I love a challenge
Looking out towards Western Rim….we continued on from here. The trail or road had a bit more climbing and then rolled into some serious deep powder conditions. It appeared we were entering Adventure \ Exploration mode from this point, but the road was now going to turn into a trail. At this point one of the riders was not feeling well and would be turning back. No reason to push on into the unknown when you are feeling like crap. I've been there and it just makes for a crappy experience pushing through it. Said good bye to the two that would be heading back and pushed on.
The powder road we are on heads down turns to singletrack and then became awesome from here on.
While riding and checking out the view we some how missed a turn…..how well worn the this trail was many others have made the same mistake.
We figured that out when we got to this point……climbed up on the rock above us and then another and another until we found the trail above us. Then helped each other get our bikes up and back on the trail. Then back tracked to find where we missed the trail. There was a technical stair case you came and if you were concentrating on this you would miss the turn on the right
Checking out the views as we ride along the rim
The trail just rolls along
Then we came to this unexpected playground. Rode out and around this for a bit.
Checking out the view
Watch that 1st step
Looks like a good spot to have lunch
Not a bad view for lunch
Amazing that these rocks stay perched this way
The trail would navigate around areas like this and back onto the rim again
Looking across where had just ben
Amazing views and the rock formations
Pushing on
Leaving Western Rim behind us
The trail kicks up finally and steep
You've got this
Looking back at the area we just came through. Originally we had planned on an our and back, those plans changed when we wanted to explore more and make this a loop.
Pushing on it was now hot and the group kind of leap frogged along. On some climbs my legs would truck along and others they would say it's time to walk.
For a bit it was unclear if we were on the right track, but the GPS should we were and continued on.
After some riding we start climbing and found ourselves above Western Rim trail. It was also our first encounter with Moto's that stopped and asked if we had plenty of water. Yep, we are good. I was still 3/4 full.
After a bit more climbing the trail\road we were on intersected with a section we rode in the morning and looked familiar. We followed part of it then took a different route back to the trailhead.
Rolling back to the trailhead I don't think we have ever been so happy to see the truck before. Started it up and got that AC cranked.
Unloaded the bikes and got cleaned up. Then I called the two campgrounds in Moab that have cabins to reserve a cabin for the next few days….figured this late in the season they would have plenty. Guess I should have done that earlier they were all booked for a Rodeo. Did some searching online for options and did not find anything that would fit our needs. So, I called the place up told them what we were looking for and 10 minutes later had a confirmation email. Three bedroom Condo with a two car garage and five beds, we are good and a load off the mind and much better than a Cabin
After cleaning up we made figured lets go checkout Grand Junction for dinner since we are so close. A particular place for Italian was recommended a few days earlier. Though none of us could recall the name and ate at the 1st place we found. It was ok.
Then back to Fruita unlike Moab there is not much for souvenir shops here. Walgreens was recommended by one store, but they really did not have much. So, we loaded up on soft serve….
On the way back to Camp picked up a bag of ice….the knee was acting up a bit. Now to backup photos from the last five days.
Later that night we all piled into our cabin for an impromptu slideshow of the days ride. Thanks for the great memories Fruita in the morning we packup and head to Moab

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I have heard that there are to be changes to Savings Credit round about now. Can you tell me what they are to be?
There are two kinds of Pension Credit. There is Guarantee Pension Credit which is paid to people who have reached women's pension age. This brings a person's income up to a level set by Parliament.
Then there is Savings Credit which pays extra to people over 65 who have made some savings towards their retirement (e.g. a personal pension or capital). Savings Credit may be paid in addition to Guarantee Pension Credit or on its own. However, Savings Credit will not now be payable to people who reach pension age on or after April 6, 2016.
When a person is on Savings Credit there is a period during which they do not have to report certain changes in their circumstances, such as increases in their savings. That period normally lasts for five years but lasts for an indefinite period in certain circumstances.
Also people whose periods are due to end between April 2019 and April 2021 will have those dates brought forward.
People will be written to explaining how they will be affected or you can phone the Pension Credit Helpline on 0800 991234.
I have contacted the council asking how I can qualify for Council Tax Benefit. They told me I had to be on full Pension Credit, yet you did not mention this in your recent item about Council Tax. Have the Council given me false information? I receive Pension Credit (Savings) of £60.49 a month.
I was sorry to hear that your council told you that you had to be on 'full Pension Credit' to qualify for Council Tax Benefit. I do not understand what they mean by 'full Pension Credit'.
People qualify for 'maximum help with Council Tax' if they receive certain means-tested benefits, including Guarantee Pension Credit. People may also qualify for less than the maximum if their income is below the level where they can qualify for maximum benefit. What this level is depends upon their circumstances.
I am afraid I do not know how your Pension Credit has been calculated but if you send me more detail I will try and help you further.
I was told today that, because my husband and I both receive low rate disability and mobility we are each entitled to £75 a week. Is this right? I do not know what the benefit is called.
I think the benefit your informant has in mind is a Carer's Allowance or Carer's Addition. But these are only payable to people who care for those on high rate benefit for disability.


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You won't want to miss this one
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley and the publisher to read and review. All opinions are my own.
I was drawn to pick up which under all because of its title. It sounded like it could have an interesting angle on the supernatural world. I'm so glad that I didn't pass this one up. Supernatural prison, witch apprenticeship and a shady vampire parole officer? Count me in! I was surprised to find that this is Kay Latour's debut novel, as the world building is fantastic. I want more books in this universe! Kay Latour just stepped into my radar.
With a lot of books about witchcraft I have found that they simply say the spell and then ta-da! Magic. But I really liked how things could to wrong with potion making and witchcraft in this book, even if the right words were said and the right ingredients were used. It makes it feel more like an art, something you will only get good at with enough practice. In many books I feel as if magic comes too easy.
I really loved Bryn as a main character. She is so used to being considered scum, or rather "slodder" that it is hard for her to get used to being treated as a person of value. She truly takes advantage of her second chance, fighting against prejudices alongside those who had the compassion to take a chance on her. She is a well developed character and comes across very realistic.
The pacing and the plot of this book are both done great. I found myself trying to drag this book out because I didn't want it to end! I am hungry for more of this story and I hope that it becomes a series. I would suggest this to anyone who enjoys fantasy.


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Clearwater Compliance will host another of its Blue Ribbon Panel discussions on Information Risk Management Essentials on May 28 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central time.
At a time when threats to personal information maintained by vast numbers of companies are growing in frequency, sophistication and severity, the subject matter and opinions that will be delivered this event are ideal for business leaders and managers with responsibility for information risk management, corporate compliance, and HIPAA-HITECH privacy and security compliance.
With a prestigious line up of impressive panellists including OCR Investigator Sonya Hanafi, JD, MPH, American Bar Association's HITECH Business Associates Task Force Chair, John R Christiansen, JD and CISO for Sentara Healthcare, Kathy Jobes, the discussion promises to be a lively and informative one.
Topics covered in this Blue Ribbon Panel will include:
- Why healthcare is the next cyber security battleground
- How healthcare information professionals can make a compelling case for action
- The importance of safeguarding information assets
- How to understand and act upon specific information risk management requirements covered in numerous regulations and best business practices
- A panel discussion with an opportunity for questions and answers
This Information Risk Management Essentials Blue Ribbon Panel will be moderated by Bob Chaput, CEO and founder of Clearwater Compliance LLC, who has extensive experience assisting businesses and individuals in developing highly secure information technology strategies linked with business strategies and goals. Previous panels have focused on Risk Analysis Dos and DONTs, HIPAA-HITECH Implications for Business Associates and Subcontractors, How to Prepare for HIPAA Enforcement Actions, and Risk Transfer and Cyber Liability Insurance.
"Too many privacy, security and compliance professionals struggle with the basics of information risk management while too many board members and executives lack awareness of the heightened threat environment and education in information risk management. That's why we developed this live, interactive event that describes exactly what is required and expected by the Office for Civil Rights when compliance reviews, audits and investigations are conducted," said Bob Chaput, CEO of Clearwater Compliance. "The session will help professionals to build a case for action and assist them in establishing, organizing and maturing their information risk management program."
Registration for the free event is available here.
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Some great news!
We sold our little house today! We got a great price at auction that we are really happy with.
No more open houses here. No more stressing about toys being everwhere. No more people tramping through my house.
I did love styling the house and I did love that people were seeing our beautiful house (and made some great comments!) AND I love that we have sold to a really nice couple who intend to live in it and not just use it as an investment property.
Now on to the search!


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If you own a car, you might be very happy with it, as car ownership is something which no doubt offers you a lot of privileges that you can't enjoy when you commute and use public transportation. It might come as a surprise to you when people suggest that, in some situations, you might need the services of a rental car. In what ways do you need a rental car? If you look closely into it, however, you will find that even when you own your own car, there are still situations in which a rental car will be more beneficial to use. Here are some of the many major benefits you can achieve through getting a rental car.
- Protecting your own car. Cars are definitely not made to last forever. Each car has its own specific lifespan, and if you are careful, this lifespan can be extended, saving you a lot of money. However, if you take your car wherever you need to go, including other cities and other countries, you are putting this car at risk of wear and tear and even damage, all of which will considerably shorten its lifespan. When you travel, then, it is the best idea for you to hire Wellington Airport Car Rental.
- Gaining peace of mind. No matter how much you love to travel, it can and will bring you some stress and worry. This is especially so if you take your own car along. What do you do if your car breaks down in the middle of the road? How long will it take to have it repaired? The good news is that you can eliminate all these worries when you get a rental car. When you get a rental car and it breaks down, you can get help from the Car Hire company that you rented it from, gaining you a lot of benefits and peace of mind indeed.
- Choosing from a wide selection of cars. Maybe you are traveling with a bunch of your friends and need a bigger car to drive around. Maybe you plan to visit some outskirts of the city, traveling over unpaved roads and needing a stronger car to take you around. It is good to know that a company that offers car rentals has a lot of vehicles to offer you, each one geared to fit specific needs. You can certainly benefit many things from finding a good company that offers car rentals. Continue getting more facts at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHIfyhDzZ8o.


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I cannot believe it is already the end of the semester. Granted, we have a few weeks left but it is getting down to the final push of Fall 2015. I have been doing most of my blogs about stress and how to cope with obstacles that pop up throughout the semester. This is a weird time of the year where we are stressed about how much we have been stressed throughout the year and we "cannot" let it go waste. The truth is, all the stress and hard work always pays off. No matter how you end this semester, everything will be okay.
That is a pretty bold statement and believe me, I hate it when someone tells me that everything will be fine and I just need to "chill out". The reason you are stressed and staying up late and consuming so much caffeine is because you are passionate about your schooling and progress. You are getting an education for YOU, no one else. However you are feeling, do not stop pushing. Sometimes it seems impossible to stay up that extra hour and really perfect that last paper, but you can do it. An hour is only 4% of your day. With that, remember, an hour is only 4% of your day. So, take a nap if you need it, go to lunch with a friend, or call your mom. Even though we are stressed and worried, it is no excuse to let ourselves slip. You cannot give everything you have to school, you must take care of yourself and remember to love yourself. After all, you are the one that got you here in the first place!
I have done some research and found a few easy, cheap things to do for an hour in Chico! This is only one hour of your day but it could make all of the difference. I am a sucker for the WREC, I love going with a friend and walking on the treadmill and chatting a little bit. There is also Honey Run Covered Bridge, if you haven't gone, you should. It is beautiful and a really unique part of Chico. It is a little bit of a drive, but sometimes taking a drive is relaxing and can take your mind off of any extra stuff that you may be worried about. The Saturday Farmers Markets are always fun. You don't need to buy anything or spend a lot of time there to have fun and meet come of the free spirited people of Chico. Hey they have free samples too!
Keep some fun ideas in the back of your mind just in case you find yourself ready for a brain break within the next few weeks.
All in all, everything WILL be okay in the end. You have made it this far! With that, thank you for reading my blogs for those of you who have taken the time to do so. This is the last blog I will write for Liberal Studies and I just wanted to thank you for everything. If you have come in to meet with me throughout the last few years I enjoyed talking to you! Have a great end to the semester and wonderful holidays spent with loved ones!


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When he arrived in London from his childhood home in Kenya, Shiraz Boghani held a dream of training to be a chartered accountant handling the funds of other people to find success. The dreams of the young Shiraz Boghani in 1969 have been surpassed with ease by the reality of this well-known hotelier and care home owner; the success of Mr. Boghani has seen his business empire expand to include 19 hotels managed through his Splendid Hospitality Group and 18 care homes and rehabilitation facilities operating under the Sussex Healthcare brand.
The Splendid Hospitality Group has become one of the leaders in the hotel industry of the U.K. through the innovative nature of the work completed to build a reputable and luxurious chain of hotels. After working in the financial industry, Shiraz Boghani decided to invest in the healthcare industry and made the decision to invest in a new company, Sussex Healthcare for which he remains co-Chair and founding partner of the company.
Despite the success he has achieved as a leading member of the healthcare industry, Shiraz Boghani is best-known as the leader of the Splendid Hospitality Group which now operates 19 hotels across some of the most impressive locations in the U.K. The Splendid Hospitality Group made its first mark in the 1990s when it began to build a chain of hotels with limited services which would become the largest part of the industry by the turn of the 21st-century. Under the leadership of Shiraz Boghani, the Splendid Hospitality Group has grown in success to become one of the leading luxury hotel groups in the nation with investments including London's $121 million Hilton London Bankside. Over the course of recent years the success using branded hotels the Splendid Hospitality Group has looked beyond the confines of the English capital to establish hotels in popular regional locations such as Leeds and Bristol.


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price: $6.50--3.3oz.
Name: NAGA Bar
Location: Fog City News, 455 Market street
one block south of Rand Mc Nally store, SF
This is a very interesting milk chocolate bar with curry powder and coconut flakes. I had to tell everyone about it because, though possibly an unbelievable flavour combination, this is absolutely exquisite!


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Here is the latest batch of earrings added to my Etsy store. Most are $4 each, but the bottom-right with the gears are from my epoxy resin crafting and so they are $7.
Click here to go to my Earrings category and check them out! I also have a coupon; take 20% off orders of $20 or more, through Dec 18. Code is CHRISTMAS2016.


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Viewpoint is located on the main arterial route through Salford and heading towards Manchester City Centre. With excellent transport links via rail, road and bus, the development is perfectly located to provide efficient access routes to the city centre, MediaCityUK and the rest of the Salford Quays development.
With more than £650m invested in Salford over the past decade, and a further extensive regeneration programme planned for Salford Central in 2018, the area is set to undergo a large change.
From urban buzz to greenbelt tranquillity, Salford is home to a mixture of waterfront, urban and countryside locations, creating a city where over 220,000 people want to live, work, study and visit.
Well known as a channel for academic and business talent, students and young professionals get a great start here with an award-winning University that boasts a new digital campus at the world famous MediaCityUK.
Salford is integral to the Greater Manchester economy (the economic powerhouse of the north west of England), with an economy that has grown by more than 12% since 2004. Key components of the local economy include a large public sector, a strong financial and professional services market and an expanding creative and digital new media sector.
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Win Scanner virus. How to remove Win Scanner rogue system optimizer
Win Scanner (also in some cases known as WinScanner) is nothing but another malware that is extremely risky to have on your machine. It was developed by cyber criminals as a system optimizer but the truth is that it only pretends to be such useful device.
Win Scanner originates from the same scareware family as its "mate" called Scan Disk. Win Scanner presents bogus scan results in order to convince you that some security problems and hard drive errors have been identified on your workstation. One of the most common pop-ups of Win Scanner is a notice about hard drive missing. Thus, Win Scanner tries to trick you by this horrifying information and to push you into searching for a remedy for removal of identified problems. This malicious fake system optimizer may also state that you have RAM memory problems and critically high CPU temperature. Whatever the real situation with your PC is, Win Scanner always claims that there's something really bad with your system and then offers you to run defragmentation and have other important things done.
Needless to say, it will recommend you to purchase Win Scanner full version for such aim. At the same time, Win Scanner will not even create the impression to help you until you purchase its license. This is the main trick of the day. All efforts made by Win Scanner are fully aimed at convincing you into buying its licensed version. You need to refrain from doing so and not let Win Scanner frighten you. No matter how persuasive it might be, do not believe anything it tells you. Win Scanner was elaborated to take advantage of unaware PC users and to trick them. We hope you will not be among them. Remove this virus right now.
Win Scanner automatic remover:
1. Download the latest version of GridinSoft Trojan Killer to clear (not infected) computer and install it.
2. Update the virus database.
3. Copy the entire folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" to your jump drive (memory stick). Normally it is located at the following path: (C:\Program Files\GridinSoft Trojan Killer). "C" stands for the system disk of your computer. The name of the system disk, however, can be marked with another letter.
4. Open your jump drive (memory stick). Find the folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" there. Open it , find the file under the name "trojankiller.exe" and rename it to "iexplore.exe".
5. Move memory stick to infected PC, open "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" folder and run iexplore.exe. Optional: copy the folder "GridinSoft Trojan Killer" from your jump drive to some other folder created on your PC and run "iexplore.exe".
Win Scanner manual removal guide:
Delete Win Scanner files:
%TempDir%\Windows Update.exe
%Desktop%\Win Scanner.lnk
%Programs%\Win Scanner
%Programs%\Win Scanner\Win Scanner.lnk
%Programs%\Win Scanner\Uninstall Win Scanner.lnk
Delete Win Scanner registry entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random]"
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "[random].exe"


text: Physicists have used muon detectors to reveal a large, previously unidentified chamber inside the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt. The group would next like to scan the country's second largest pyramid, known as Khafre's pyramid. In the 1960s, Lab researcher Luis Alvarez used muon imaging to scan this pyramid. He found nothing, but the technology has improved since then. More>


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Essex Review
Extract from No 245 Volume LXII (January 1953)
The Plan for Essex
By Hervey Benham
"After three years' work by the County Planning Advisor, Mr F Longstreth Thompson, and his staff … the County Plan has in the past three months been exhibited at Walthamstow, Ilford, Romford, Rayleigh, and, Colchester. During the coming year a public inquiry will be held on it, and thereafter its provisions will control the next twenty years' development within the county.
"The main feature of general county interest is, of course, the creation of the two new towns in Harlow and Basildon, each of which will have a population of 80,000.
"The Plan also shows these expansions of existing towns for purposes of accommodating what is picturesquely termed the 'London overspill': Aveley, Grays, Tilbury, from 63,300 to 82,000; Benfleet from 19,570 to 25,000; Billericay from 7,100 to 15,000; Braintree from 15,200 to 21,000; Brentwood from 26,200 to 38,000; Chelmsford from 47,000 to 68,000; Colchester from 53,000 to 70,000; Epping from 5,900 to 8,900; Rayleigh from 9,300 to 14,000; Rochford from 9,300 to 15,000; Stanford-le-Hope from 8,600 to 20,000; Wickford from 6,100 to 14,000, and Witham from 6,200 to 21,000.
"It is certain that the National Farmers' Union will be a principal objector … .
"Road improvements naturally bulk large in the Plan. The most important project is for a new ring road (the North Orbital) running from Hoddesdon north of Theydon Bois, and south of Brentwood to link up with the proposed Dartford Tunnel, and connecting with a new road into London at Noaks Hill, west of Brentwood. Two existing main roads are drastically replanned, the London-Norwich-Newmarket (A11) over most of its length along the Essex-Hertfordshire boundary, and the London-Norwich (A12) by the provision of by-passes at Brentwood, Ingatestone, Hatfield Peverel, Witham, Kelvedon, Copford, Stanway, and Stratford St Mary. Long-term rail electrification is shown to Colchester and Bishop's Stortford. The latter is likely to be first served, thanks to Harlow.
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*Updated with English Language version!
The Poltergeist reboot, produced by Sam Raimi has released the movie poster and a teaser trailer yesterday. We've got our hands on an early copy of the full trailer expected out today… but it's in French. That won't stop you from forming rock solid opinions on whether Raimi's reboot can hold a candle to Tobe Hooper's incredible original. Take a look and make up your mind Internet.
Let's start with the teaser from yesterday:
Now let's take a look at the full trailer and pretend we know what everyone is saying. That's how my friends and I watched Akira for years until we found an English dub.
*Updated with English Language version!
That trailer just proves that everything is fun and games until the possessed evil clown doll pops up. Here's the new poster and a gallery of production stills:
Gil Kenan (Monster House, City of Ember) is in the hot seat as director. The script was done by David Lindsay-Abaire (Oz The Great And Powerful, Inkheart) and stars Sam Rockwell, Jared Harris, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements, and Jane Adams.
Poltergeist hits theater screens July 24th. CHeck back later for the English version when it hits later today.
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The development of gender and sexuality, including issues involving sexual orientation, sexual differentiation, intersexuality, transgenderism and asexuality, hold great fascination to me. I am continually striving to maintain my understanding of these topics at the level in line with the most recent scholarly findings. Other areas of interest encompass the treatment of sexual dysfunction, mating psychology, and human/primate relationship dynamics and patterns. Additionally, I place great importance on the conduct of meticulous and comprehensive research design and statistical analysis, in both clinical and experimental contexts.
My graduate work has largely focused on the topics of Human Sexuality and Gender. However, under this umbrella, it can be considered as diverse. Given my penchant for and experience with evolutionary psychology, I was very interested in the paradox of male homosexuality. If it is that there is a strong genetic component to homosexuality, given that they incur a significant reproductive disadvantage, how is it that this genetic component has been allowed to perpetuate over evolutionary time? This is the question I spent time examining during my time at the University of Lethbridge. I have also been invited to speak on this and similar topics at the University of Cambridge, at Hughes Hall College and at an assortment of organizations in the surrounding area.
Switching themes, I have always been fascinated with that which lies between the dichotomies of male-female, man-woman, and so on. As such, I knew I wanted to work with one of the Disorders of Sexual Development (a DSM-5 term) or intersex conditions that regularly result in the demonstration of gender and/or sexual ambiguity. As such, I worked with Dr. Melissa Hines and Dr. Vickie Pasterski with boys and girls with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), a condition that results in heightened prenatal androgen exposure. With this population, I examined gender identity presentation (as measured using multi-faceted and standardized measuring tools) in a population of 7-11 year-old girls and boys with and without CAH.
Publications, Posters, & Papers
Masters of Philosophy Dissertation (Cambridge University, UK): Abild, M. L. (2014) Gender identity development in children with heightened prenatal androgen exposure. In partial fulfillment of a Master of Philosophy degree.
Master of Science Dissertation (University of Lethbridge): Abild, M. L. (2012). Kin selection and male androphilia: Sociocultural influences on the expression of kin-directed altruism. In partial fulfillment of a Master of Science degree.
Abild, M. L., VanderLaan, D. P., & Vasey, P. L. (2014). Does geographic proximity influence the expression of avuncular tendencies in Canadian androphilic males? Journal of Cognition and Culture, 14, 41–63.
Abild, M. L., VanderLaan, D. P., & Vasey, P. L. (2013). No Evidence for Treating Friends' Children Like Kin in Canadian Androphilic Men. Journal of Sex Research, 50, 697-703.
Vasey, P.L. & Abild, M. L. (2013). A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the Internet Tells Us about Sexual Relationships (book review). Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 1101-1103.


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Fog moved back in as temperatures dropped to the mid teens. We know what happens when fog mixes with freezing temperatures, FROST! Shortly after I woke up, I looked outside to see a thick coating of frost covering the trees and grass, I immediately got my cameras ready and chased the fog till the sun broke though. Any kind of dramatic shift in light usually offers a great opportunity for dynamic and unusual photos. The new page image above and the one's below are a product of the days efforts.
One of the most compelling attributes of photography and Glacier National Park are the colors. After watching the season pass and colors change here for almost 10 years it always is a surprise to me that there are new and different colors almost every time I venture out.
I always like to shoot in color, but in some cases I like to reproduce black and whites and or sepia style images. Changing colors and tones allows me a little bit of creative control that is not available when looking just at the light reflecting off a mountain. As beautiful as that is, I like to mix it up a bit sometimes, particularly in the winter months.
I hope you are finding plenty to photograph in your area, if you're not, ask yourself why? I'm willing to bet that most of you have enough time to get out at least once a week and take a few photos. Try shooting the same subject or from the same location once a week for a few months, at the end of the project, you'll be surprised at the results. . .
Your source for the most relevant photographs, information and adventure from the Crown Of the Continent, Glacier National Park, the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the Rocky Mountain Front, Montana. Images are © property of Tony Bynum www.tonybynum.com Images available for licensing, but may NOT be used without permission.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Glacier National Park - Frosty Foggy Winter Morning
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text: Buyers are required to place orders; timely deliveries of consignments are our primary concern. We keep a stern quality check on the various stages of designing and manufacturing or be it sourcing of raw material as well. We make certain that the materials used are of high quality and standard. The Refined Sunflower Oil, made available by us, is highly nutritious and low in cholesterol content.


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TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. — Life is slow and uneventful in Tuolumne, an old mining and logging town of 1,800 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It's not on the road to any tourist destinations, storefronts have sat empty for years and usually the only traffic is to the casino or the grocery store on the edge of town.
"People ride their horses to the bar, that's the type of town this is," said Tree Neal, who owns a tattoo parlor. "If you sneeze, three people call up and say, 'Bless you.'"
But sleepy Tuolumne became a boomtown this week as the Rim fire came within a few miles, sending a plume of smoke into the sky and triggering school closures and voluntary evacuations. So many firefighters streamed in that they soon outnumbered residents.
The unincorporated community became the site of one of two main incident command posts for one of the largest blazes in California history, a staging area for more than 2,000 firefighters who filled the town park with tents and cots and its streets with fire engines.


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.Enjoy Your Own Nature Retreat In This Impeccably Maintained Colonial On Over 2 Acres Of Manicured Property. Located On Peaceful Cul-De-Sac, And Backed By Serene Target Rock Nature Preserve. Details Are Paramount Here. Granite Counters, Stainless Steel Appliances, Whole House Generator, Paver Patio To Heated In-Ground Saltwater Pool And Poolside Cabana. Spacious Entry Foyer & Rooms, Sought After First Floor Master Suite, Optional Additional Master On Second Floor. Seacrest Association.
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By Sumio Ito and Leika Kihara
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's financial regulator is urging banks to strengthen safeguards against potential market turbulence from a U.S. interest rate hike expected later this year, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Policymakers believe Japan's banking system remains sound with no immediate signs of financial imbalances or excessive risk-taking.
But with massive holdings of Japanese government bonds (JGB) and increased exposure to overseas lending, Japanese banks remain vulnerable to losses if interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, expected to begin this year, trigger a spike in global bond yields.
The Financial Services Agency, the country's financial regulator, is warning banks to be ready to cope with market volatility that may heighten from the Fed rate hike – as well as from the Greek debt crisis and China's shadow banking woes.
"Such overseas developments … may not directly affect Japanese banks," FSA Commissioner Kiyoshi Hosomizo told regional bank executives in a meeting earlier this month, according to the minutes of the meeting.
"But they will undoubtedly have (spill-over) effects via the economy and markets," he said. "It is therefore important (for banks) to take appropriate risk-management measures," such as conducting stress tests and holding ample capital and liquidity at hand.
An FSA spokesman declined to confirm Hosomizo's remarks.
Policymakers around the world are bracing for some bouts of market volatility as the Fed embarks on its first rate hike in nearly a decade on signs of strength in the U.S. economy.
The Bank of Japan's aggressive money printing has crushed market interest rates – the 10-year JGB yields barely 0.5 percent – and prodded banks to unload 34 trillion yen ($28 billion) in JGBs in the past two years.
Still, Japanese banks hold roughly 125 trillion yen in JGBs and 50 trillion yen in foreign securities, BOJ data show.
Reflecting such changes in money flow, the FSA and the BOJ have jointly stepped up their "macroprudential" oversight – looking to identify and minimize risks to the financial system amid broad shifts to the economy.
The BOJ estimates that most banks have capital buffers to withstand a 2 percentage-point rise in long-term interest rates. But a 1-point rise would hit banks with 7.5 trillion yen in valuation losses on their JGB holdings.
(Additional reporting by Takahiko Wada and Taiga Uranaka; Writing by Leika Kihara; Editing by William Mallard and Richard Borsuk)