Kumatetsu

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**Kumatetsu** is the titular deuteragonist of the movie *"The Boy and the Beast"*. Kumatetsu is a potential successor to the throne of the Beast Kingdom. He has to choose someone to be his apprentice and he ends up choosing a human boy named Ren (and later names him Kyuta).

## Information

Kumatetsu strength of a bear and the agility and speed of a monkey. He's quite immature despite being an adult. While Kumatetsu has the Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy skill, he has little etiquette or humility. His philosophy not only on combat but with any of life's challenges, to the point that he can't comprehend hesitation or self-doubt in others. In the first duel of the film, he at least has the ego to let Iozan throw a few punches of his own, but in the final competition he goes all out on Iozan from the word go. When he first finds Ren on the street, he towers over the terrified boy, leering with Red Eyes, Take Warning and forcefully taking his small face in his massive paw. His physical power and sheer size are rivaled only by Iozan, and his temper and roughness are unmatched. However, he makes a surprisingly good mentor and father figure, and though he may bellow and roar, he's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold underneath it all. He's a loud, violent, skilled warrior and assuming his huge beast form makes him much larger and more powerful, but quickly burns through his energy and leaves him exhausted. Besides Kyuta/Ren's attempts to define his identity, the movie is also about Kumatetsu developing discipline and growing as an individual. He's noted by everyone to lose his temper easily seeing he's a very hotheaded beast and is always screaming at the top of his lungs. It's implied that all beasts have this but Kumatetsu fully utilizes this the most. He bulls up into a bigger form of himself and has immense strength. He is frequently referred to as an "idiot" by almost everyone. He's hot-tempered, self-centered, and arrogant but has proven to be caring and good-hearted. Kumatetsu is always yelling for no reason but during the final fight with Iouzen when he's down and Kyuta encourages him to get back up he states that he's not going to lose and let's out a giant roar the even allows him to float in the air while doing so. While he's stated to be physically stronger than Iouzan, he lacks actual discipline, and even his inexperience child apprentice has a better grasp of evasion and tactics. Before Kyuta/Ren came to live with him, Kumatetsu's house was a complete pigsty. Filled with empty bottle, pillows, and dust. Once he sets his mind to something, there's no turning back. He himself boasts about this as a point of pride.

## Appearance

Kumatetsu has thick, black eyebrows. He has Hibiscus fur and red eyes.

## Relationships

### Kyūta

He acts as a father figure to Kyuta. As he shares a parent-child relationship with Kyuta/Ren — despite their constant arguing and insults to each other, both have a deep bond and love for each other. After being critically injured by Ichirôhiko, Kumatetsu decides to be reincarnated as a sword that would help Kyuta defeat Ichirôhiko, while his spirit is inside of Kyuta. When Kumatetsu is reincarnated as the god of a sword in order to fill in the void inside Kyuta, so Kumatetsu will forever live on inside of Kyuta. They can still talk to each other and they will literally always be together.

## Trivia

* Kumatetsu bears a resemblance to his actor Kōji Yakusho.
* The "kuma" part of his name means "bear".