Mestre Buscapé

— Mestre Buscapé to Sanjou Ichiri.

**Mestre Buscapé** (real name unknown) is a master of capoeira style Angola and a very famous capoeirista across all capoeira communities, from Brazil to Japan. He is recognizable for being comedic during his fights, blending his silliness and goofy acting with his unpredictable and powerful skills. Buscapé is the master of Sanjou Ichiri, Futaba Jyungo and Saeki siblings (though Yuuto didn't practiced capoeira as much like the others) and instructed them the fundamentals of capoeira Angola and Batuque.

Despite being only present in the earliest chapters of the manga, Mestre Buscapé played a major role for his students' growth and his influence still remains as strong as his students keeps getting stronger.

## Appearance

Buscapé is often mistaken for a "homeless" due to his attire consisting of old-looking, ragged clothing all colored in dark and his messy hair filled with dreadlocks also accentuated his seemingly dirty appearance. He carries with him a Patula as a necklace and a hip-bag where he puts his money. His most noticeable physical traits are his white beard and long hair with dreadlocks, with a hat on the top of his head.

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## Personality

Mestre Buscapé is often seen as a calm yet smiling individual but can become very clumsy, goofy-like and disturbing when excited to see people he becomes interest with (e.g. Buscapé meeting Sanjou Ichiri for the first time).

## Biography

### Past & Youth

Mestre Buscapé was born in Brazil possibly in the 1960's and at some point during his life, he learned Capoeira ANgola and earned his apelido. Over the years, he rose to become a strong capoeirista and become a mestre with a high reputation; during rodas, he was known for his slow and delicate yet powerful capoeira style.

## Abilities

### Fighting Style

Mestre Buscapé is a renowned Angola capoeirista, which is known for it's elusive and smooth yet powerful techniques.

### Techniques

* **Ginga**: One of the primary fundamentals of Capoeira Angola, the primary smoothness of the Angola style.
* **Mandinga**: Also known as "mandika".
* **Rabo de Arraia**: The first technique he displayed in the manga, as well the first kicking technique of capoeira he show to his students.
* **Negativa**: Another fundamental technique of Capoeira.
* **Meia Lua de Frente**:

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Sanjou Ichiri: Buscapé is the one who opened the gates of Ichiri's locked potential within her.
* Futaba Jyungo: His first student and the first person he remained close with. Despite Jyungo speaks Spanish, Buscapé seems to understand him very well.
* Mestre Amoroso: Buscapé and Amoroso were very close friends, Amoroso seems to praise his old friend very high.

### Rivals

* Pedro: Because of an inconvenient misunderstanding, Pedro adamantly believed Buscapé was an enemy sent from Lança Mortal and even tried to eliminate the capoeirista by himself. The fight between the two resulted into a stale match, neither of them won. Though it is clear Pedro wasn't the winner in his heart, as only fear remained and he went to search for Ichiri.

## Notes & Trivia

* Mestre Buscapé is modeled after the famous capoeirista Mestre Cobra Mansa (also known as *Cobrinha* and *Cobrinha Mansa*, translating as "tame snake" and "little cobra" respectively), who is also known for his humorous facial expression.
	+ Like Buscapé, Mansa has a graceful yet deceptive style of capoeira, mixing it with dynamic and aggressive style within the rodas.
	+ Cobra Mansa is known to journey across the globe to spread the knowledge of capoeira and records events and everything about the martial art, he is even viewed as an "historian of capoeira". Mestre Buscapé also has this kind of hobby to adventure himself in other countries and search for more about capoeira, even being labelled as a "seeker".
	+ The name "*Buscapé*" is inspired on another famous capoeirista, Mestre Mário Buscapé, who was a a disciple of Mestre Bidel. Bidel was a disciple of Besouro Mangangá himself. Buscapé is said to be the oldest remaining Angola capoeirista alive to this day.