Afro

Afro, or better known as Afro Samurai, is the main protagonist of the Afro Samurai series.

Afro is an incredibly talented swordsman whose father was decapitated in front of his own eyes as a child. That traumatic experience caused an innocent little boy to have a mind flustered with revenge and, with that, Afro grew into a cold-blooded killer, willing to kill anyone in his pursuit of the number one.

As the number two, Afro has killed many in defense and revenge for the ultimate goal of avenging his father.

When Afro was young his father, Rokutaro, was challenged by the Number 2, Justice. In the battle that followed Afro's father was beheaded before his eyes, his still living head thrown in front of him as Justice removed the Number One Headband. He then told Afro he was sorry that he had to see his father's death and that Afro would be filled with hatred for him. He told Afro to challenge him when he was ready to duel a God before walking away cackling.

Afro took his Father's head and the Number 2 headband from Mt. Shumi and lived on the edge before he was ambushed by bandits who easily overpowered him and took the Number 2 headband for themselves, leaving him to die. He was rescued by Sword Master and Jinno, who then raised him in the Sword Master's dojo for orphaned children where he was to be trained as a swordsman. During Afro's time at the dojo he killed numerous lowlifes in an attempt to learn the location of the stolen Number 2 Headband before learning his Sword Master was the Number 2. He questioned his Master on the matter and met him beneath a bodhi tree for a duel, but the duel was disrupted by the arrival of the students and a huge mob of thugs and crooks seeking the Number 2 headband.

In the ensuing battle, Sword Master sought to show Afro the terrible price of being the Number 2, but in the end he is killed by Afro, who has flashbacks to the scene of his fathers death, which angers him enough to do the deed. Afro, Jinno, and Otsuru are the only students at the dojo who survive, just after the battle Ninja Ninja appears and attempts to comfort Afro and acts as his road dog/herald/companion following him until he reaches Kuma years later.

Afro begins his journey to take vengeance on Justice and makes his way to Mt. Shumi by way of Low Down East whilst having to deal with those seeking the Number 2 headband including large numbers of thugs, The Empty Seven and their assassins, hired or otherwise built, such as the Afro Droid and Machine Ninja, as well as his childhood friend Jinno, who had been turned into the Cyborg Kuma.

Afro at last meets Justice at the end of season 1 where he engages him in a duel. He slices off both of his arms, and narrowly avoids a hidden third arm before removing it and a piece of his chin, mostly decapitating Justice. After a moment, Justice begins talking again and stands up, then rights his head and attempts to impale Afro through the head with a spike manifested from the floor. Afro fakes dying to lure Justice close and surprises him when he attempts to take the No. 2 Headband. He swings down the Spike and slashes Justice down to the waist knocking off his poncho. He then viciously slices him hundreds of times till all that is left is a pile of chopped chunks of Justice and his hat which flies forward. Afro claims his Headband, becoming the new Number 1. As we see in the end of the episode Justice smiles not being dead.

In Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Afro attempts to leave his bloody life of cruelty and brutality behind him, but he is tracked down by Kuma and his sister Sio who took the Number one Headband from Afro and stole the lower half of Rokutaro's Skeleton's Jawbone after rooting up his casket. Afro begins seeking around for the Number Two Headband to kill Sio for disturbing his Father's grave and stealing the Number one Headband. After Afro gets a lead, he heads to a city where the Number two lives. He meets the man he is supposed to kill, Shichigoro. Afro fights and kills him now having earned the right, he heads to fight Sio. Along the way he battles and destroys her three henchmen Bin, Michael and Tomoe. Soon after, Afro finds Sio and Kuma waiting with a secret weapon: Afro's own Father (or at least his Clone). Afro soon finds the newly revived Rokutaro is an ungodly, barbaric force and kicks Afro in the abdomen crushing his ribs; partnered with the unwillingness to fight his own Father the clone quickly crushes Afro's throat and is killed by his false father. After Jinno and Rokutaro's clone fight and Jinno's life support makes contact with the blood spilled by Afro, restarting his Heart. Afro gets up and raises his sword and hears his Father telling him to kill his Clone. Afro complies and tells the Clone that although he may look like his Father his real Father died a long time ago he then rushes forward and kills his Father's monstrous clone.

Afterwards Afro starts heading to Mt. Shumi but on his way back he meets Kotaro again who draws his sword then Afro hands him The Number Two Headband in a scene reminiscent of the scene with him and Justice telling him whenever he was ready and carries on, Afterwards Ninja Ninja tells him he supports his decision before the film ends and it cuts to Takimoto & Justice.

After racing and defeating almost an endless barrage of Afro Droids he had reached the top and stabbed what he had thought to be Justice only to find out that he was dead a long time ago as he dissipates into dust, Afro is shocked and Ninja Ninja then states that he had become god. Kotaro then arrives after Ninja Ninja leaves Afro alone, he then bows down prepared to meet his death when his body instinctively dodged Kotaro's Attack and slicing his head off to which he screams in anger and pain.

Outside waits Ninja Ninja and Takimoto asking him what his plans are as god to which he replies, "I will keep moving forward..."

In the Legacy of Chris Thorndyke, Afro was seen in the Orochi saga, participating in the tournament. He fought against Cloud and was impressed by his skills. He even helped Chris and the rest of the cast fight against Orochi and defeated him. After that, Afro left.

And he is reprised by Samuel L. Jackson in the English dub and he will be voiced by Bin Shimada in the Japanese dub.

## THEMES

* Huey vs. Uncle Ruckus Theme (The Boondocks) - Fighting Cloud
* Down with the Sickness - Afro fighting Lord Orochi