DARK-HAIRED SIDE KICKS in Several Famous Anime/ Manga

   Dark haired side kicks from several famous anime/manga series. I need to point out on the title due this specific aspect of the characters which I will explain shortly below. However, first of all, I need to introduce a little bit about each character and from which anime & manga they are from.

1. Dragon Shiryū (Doragon no Shiryū) - 2nd from right in the picture - is one of the important fictional character from the SAINT SEIYA manga & anime created by Masami Kurumada as the side kick and nakama/close friend to Seiya as the main character. He is considered the most mature and wisest of the five saint. Shiryū is the Bronze Saint of the Dragon constellation which possesses legendary defensive and offensive properties on his cloth. He is also one of the ten surviving orphans trained to become Athena's Saints by Mitsumasa Kido. When Kido passed away, Shiryū and his allies become the main guardians of his adopted granddaughter, Saori, as she is Athena's reincarnation.

2. Uryū Ishida (Ishida Uryū) - 3rd from right in the picture - is a Gemischt Quincy who lives in Karakura Town in BLEACH Anime and manga. He is a doctor at Karakura Hospital as a grown up and was a close friend of Ichigo Kurosaki since they were in high school. He is a former Sternritter of the Wandenreich with the designation A: Antithesis, formerly one of Yhwach's Schutzstaffel, and had been named by Yhwach (the last main villain in the series) as his future successor. He was a shady friend turned enemy in the ending of the story who 'betray' Ichigo as the main character.

 

3. Uchiha Sasuke (Sasuke Uchiha) - 1st from right in the picture - One of the famous grey character in NARUTO anime and manga. He famously known as somewhat did not know to be categorized into. A friend or a foe? and since I did not and will not follow or read or watch Boruto, in my mind about him would be the opportunist who should be watched out for. 

4. Aki Hayakawa (Hayakawa Aki) - 2nd from left in the picture - was the deuteragonist character of the Public Safety Saga in CHAINSAW MAN Anime and manga. He was a Public Safety Devil Hunter working under Makima (control devil)'s special squad who had made contracts with the Curse Devil and Future Devil, and a former contract with the Fox Devil and pretty close to Denji as the main character who also joined the same squad. However, During the Gun Devil arc, he was killed and possessed by 20% of the Gun Devil, thus becoming the host of the Gun Fiend (Jū no Majin) and has a tragic end in Denji's hand. Their friendship was interesting since the beginning but they were used by makima for her personal purpose.He was a good guy with a sad ending.

5. Megumi Fushiguro (Fushiguro Megumi) - the 3rd from left in the picture - is the deuteragonist character of JUJUTSU KAISEN anime and manga series. He is a grade 2 jujutsu sorcerer and first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High alongside Yuji Itadori (main character) and Nobara Kugisaki. Megumi is also a descendant of the Zenin Clan. Megumi was born outside the clan and was eventually found by Satoru Gojo (the most famous character), who mentored him and enrolled him at Jujutsu High as his student. His fate nearly came to an end when Sukuna, the main villain, possessed his body and mind to then killed many people. However, Yuji managed to beat him and help Megumi back to his senses. 

 

6. Inosuke Hashibira (Hashibira Inosuke) - 1st from left in the picture - is one of the main characters companion of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and along with Zenitsu Agatsuma, a traveling companion of Tanjiro Kamado and Nezuko Kamado (the center characters in the story). He is also a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps. He was raised in the forest since he was a baby, therefore he has the wild and rough attitude towards others but nonetheless, kind and helpful. He is probably the kindest, most naive and easy going also funny side kick among all six characters I've mentioned here. I kind of like him the most.

The thing is, as I noticed closely on to these Japanese anime or manga series and also others too, mostly the side kick to the main characters has always been or mostly has dark hair (black). I don;t know maybe it is referred to the original hair of Asian or Japanese people or it is just a coincidence. But it is like as if it's a must to have at least one aside the main character to have them. Be it a good turn bad guy, a loyal friend or a shady envious character, they somehow represent people in real life to us. After all, some of these stories might be or highly inspired from life itself anyway.  I always wonder about this for so long after watching so many anime and read manga for years. 

The illustration is a random fan art I drew based on its official character drawings back then.