Goku

**Goku** is an apprentice Samurai to Hanaichi. One of the Seven Keys to Pandora's Box, Goku dutifully helps his master in his mission to track down the other Keys.

## Personality

Goku is a dutiful and respectful young Samurai. He is loyal to his master Hanaichi, defending him and following his orders without question. He is generally kind and courteous to everyone. One his most glaring traits is his appreciation for Princesses. Having no fated partner of his own, he treats Princesses he meets with extra kindness an attention. However, this admiration exposes one of his few flaws: envy towards Samurai that do have Princesses. Though he hides his jealousy, it can leak out into his behavior if he believes a Samurai isn't treating their partner as well as they should. This can make it difficult for him to befriend other Samurai.

## History

Goku's history is unknown beyond the fact that he became a Samurai using a Locker Item that wasn't connected to a Princess, and therefore has no known fated partner. At some point he was scouted by Hanaichi, who recognized him as one of the keys to the boxes left by Fudo Myo-o, and he chose to join him as a student.

## Synopsis

Goku is first seen following a young girl named Ichigo. Outside her school, he abducts her and takes her back to his master, who flew them into space just in time to avoid being destroyed along with Ichigo's homeworld. Hanaichi then uses Ichigo's strong gravitational pull to locate Daruma and Hachimaru. However, Hanaichi's old rival was accompanied by Sen, a Samurai Officer who was hunting them. The elite attacks, and Goku steps up to defend his master, but Daruma awakes from his slumber and intervenes. After everyone realizes they are on the same side, the two parties agree to journey together.

As they travel, Goku forms a rivalry with Hachimaru, and proves to be better than his new ally in every way. This escalates further when he easily overtakes Hachimaru in a sparring session, provoking his opponent to lash out at Ann. When Goku lectures him about it later, he explains why he dislikes Hachimaru: because he has no Princess, seeing a Samurai mistreat their partner upsets him.

When Ata arrives for a second run at Hachimaru, Goku get separated from Hachimaru and Ann when Ata blasts their ships with an Angular Warhead. Goku calls for an emergency jump, which saves everyone but cripples their vessel. As such, Goku isn't seen again until after Ata is defeated and Hachimaru leaves for the realm of Fudo-myo-o. When he travels with the group back to Hachimaru's homeworld, watching Ann visit Dr. Furuta's grave in her partner's place, he continues traveling with his allies in search of the remaining Keys.

## Relationships

#### Hanaichi

Goku is the disciple of Hanaichi. Though little is known about how they met, his loyalty to Hanaichi is unwavering.

#### Hachimaru

Goku initially fails to get along with Hachimaru because of his perceived mistreatment of Ann. While Hachimaru was able to improve his relationship with Ann, it is unknown if Goku managed to reconcile with him before he became a spiritual being.

## Trivia

* **Go** (五 (ご) , ***Go***?) means "Five and **Ku** (空 (くう) , *Kū*?) means "Sky".
* **Goku** share his name with the Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball protagonist **Son Goku** (孫 (そん) 悟 (ご) 空 (くう) , ***Son Goku***?), although the reading is the same, the name originated from The **Monkey King** known as **Sun Wukong** in Chinese, a legendary figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel **Journey to the West** (西游记/西遊記) and many later stories and adaptations.
* **Goku's** Key Holder has the form of a monkey, linking both to the **Journey to the West's** protagonist.