Ode Iou

(尾手 院王, Ode Iō?, lit. Ode Iou)

Original

“Mark well this moment, as I, Ode Iou, unveil to you the noble visage of he who will rule Japan forevermore!
”

—Ode Iou before transforming and attacking Oboromaru and The Prisoner

**Ode Iou** is the main antagonist of the Twilight of Edo Japan chapter, The Infiltrator. The incarnation of Odio of the Bakumatsu period, he is the feudal lord of the Ode clan who seeks to plunge Japan in a state of eternal chaos and war.

## Profile

### Appearance

Ode Iou wears very simple looking red, yellow and purple Japanese robes. His head is bald at the top with hair at the very back which he keeps tied back in a frayed topknot and has a thin mustache.

### Personality

Ode Iou is a power-hungry and chaotic megalomaniac. His goal is to become the sole ruler of Japan, keeping it engulfed in ceaseless war. He treats his people as nothing more than disposable pawns, not hesitating to send even his closest followers to fight Oboromaru in is place, likely to their deaths. Ode Iou is more than willing to sacrifice his very humanity to further his ambitions.

## History

### Twilight of Edo Japan: The Infiltrator

Ode Iou is one of many powerful men who seek to consolidate power in a disorganized Japan and overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate. To that end, he has forged pacts with insidious spirits and demons, placing them under his command in the fortress of the Ode clan, Ode Castle. In addition, he has organized the abduction of a revolutionary who espouses the modernization of the nation, keeping him prisoner within his castle's dungeon. With the power of Japan at his fingertips, Iou deems his reign to be inevitable.

In an effort to stop the power-hungry warlord, the Enma ninja clan deploys the young ninja Oboromaru on a mission to infiltrate Ode Castle, rescue the Prisoner, and assassinate Ode Iou. After traversing the castle grounds, facing Ode's many servants, and encountering the prisoner, Oboromaru confronts Ode Iou on the castle's fifth floor. Iou pulls a gun on the ninja and sends his royal guard after him, but the group is easily dispersed by he and the prisoner. Iou summons Miyamoto Musashi to deal with the pair as he makes his escape to the top of the castle.

Oboromaru and the prisoner give chase and corner Ode Iou in his throne room. After he fails to put up a fight against Oboromaru, the warlord requests the pair follow him to the castle's roof. As they arrive, Iou transforms before their eyes into a frog-snake demon, the Gamahebi, proclaiming all of Japan to be his. The monster bears upon the pair, but for the future of Japan, Oboromaru and the prisoner are able to slay the beast. The Gamahebi plummets off the castle roof with a plume of red smoke, ending the tyranny of the Ode.

### Final Chapter: The Dominion of Hate

A statue of Ode Iou's demonic form is found in the chamber of statues inside the Archon's Roost, alongside the other incarnations of Odio. It is fought once more with only Oboromaru in the true ending route, as part of a gauntlet of every incarnation. If Oersted is selected as the protagonist, the Gamahebi is briefly playable in an alternate outcome of his climactic showdown with Oboromaru and the prisoner

## Strategy

Ode Iou is an easy fight in his standard form. Depending on whether or not Oboromaru has rescued the prisoner before confronting him, Iou's attacks will differ, as the prisoner may have shot Iou's gun out of his hand. Even with his gun, though, he is very weak for such a eminent figure, and will go down from almost anything. What you should beware of is his true form.

## Stats

* With gun
* Without gun

* Combat Stats
* Information

## Stats

### Power

11
352
32

### IQ

36
48
60

## Techniques

### Technique 2

Short-barreled Shot
Monkshood

### Technique 4

Sticky Fluid
Yoja-Ensatsuken

## Other Values

### Movement Rate

1x2
0

### Back LVL

- 4
- 6

## Immune to

### Neck

* Affinities
* Detrimental Statuses

## Detrimental Status Affinities

### Fire

LVL - 2

### Earth

LVL + 2

### Demonic

LVL - 4

### Void

LVL + 2

* Combat Stats
* Information

## Stats

### Power

14
352
32

### IQ

36
48
60

## Techniques

### Technique 2

You idiot sence!
Yoja-Ensatsuken

### Technique 4

Poison Needle
Prayer

## Other Values

### Movement Rate

1x2
6

### Back LVL

- 4
- 6

## Immune to

### Paralyze

O

### Neck

* Affinities
* Detrimental Statuses

## Detrimental Status Affinities

### Fire

LVL - 2

### Earth

LVL + 2

### Demonic

LVL - 4

## Gallery

Ode Iou's in game spriteArtwork depicting the original version of The Infiltrator.Promo art depicting Secret Orders for the remakeLINE sticker for remake (wave 2)
## Trivia

* He is based off of Oda Nobunaga, a Japanese feudal lord that was known as the "Demon King" due to his reputation in battle.