Kurokawa

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**Kurokawa** (黒革) is an antagonist character in the *Sabikui Bisco* series.

## Personality

Despite being the one who runs things, he's considered a bad simaritian. He acts kind and uses good deeds to lure the heroes into a false sense of security, before turning the tables on them for their master plan.

He's also something of a blatant liar. He's fond of spreading these about the people he wants dead. This included selling out the Mushroom Keepers for stopping his inhumane experimentation.

Kurokawa is also a ruthless man who won't hesitate to kill anyone that gets in his master plan. He threatens to destroy a village populated exclusively by children when attempting to extort the heroes. He also shows quite a sadistic nature in making those he controls hurt those they love for his enjoyment.

On top of all that, he wants everyone under his control. As such, he resorts to inhuman methods like forcing bug time bombs down his subortinates throats and keeps them in like with a special medicine that prevents the eggs from hatching and killing them. As well as using a special spore fungus to infect his mens' brains turning them into loyal zombies. His greatest desipcable means of control is to keep the Rust-Eater cure to himself and sell for outrageous prices to make himself rich and keep everyone in line.

He also has a short temper, mostly when nothing goes his way or people failing to 'follow the script'. He also becomes enraged when he doesn't get what he wants.

## Background

Governor Kurokawa shows up commenting that charity and good deeds are self-consolation, however Milo Nekoyanagi is different. Kurokawa wonders hows the new synthesizer and that he won't be wasting his time as he is treating Pawoo, the captain of the Imihama Watch, however he wonders if that isn't just a waste of time itself as she can't be healed. Kurokawa then offers him to come and work for him, and that way he will earn lots of money and could afford Rusting treatments. In that moment, Bisco shoots an arrow landing nearby Kurokawa and Milo and sprouting mushrooms.

Kurokawa gets his men guarding him. Tirol informs Kurokawa that she failed to finish off Bisco, but managed to land a direct hit on the old man. She also informs him that Bisco isn't an ordinary archer and he managed to put a hole on the Escargot, which surprised Kurokawa. Kurokawa's men inform him that Bisco appears to try to escape through the governor's office. Kurokawa then orders them to kill him before Pawoo manages to arrest him and tells him men to split in two groups, with first consisting of 70% of them to head to the office and the remaining 30% to search downtown. Kurokawa tells Tirol that he will pay for her Escargot plane, but she also needs to search and kill Bisco and also sends 20 men with her. However, eventually Bisco and Milo manages to escape Imihama.

Kurokawa finds traces of Jabi and realizes he is alive. His men return, stating they couldn't find him in the tunnels. Kurokawa then snaps his fingers and all of his men kneel, except one. Kurokawa then states that experienced hunters don't run when chased, but try to catch their foe off-guard and outmaneuver them. He then removes rabbit mask and sees Jabi.

Kurokawa later finds Bisco, Milo and Pawoo, who had defeated a Pipe Snake and found the Rust Eater. Using his aircraft, he captures the snake body. Bisco shoots out an arrow, but the antibacterial treatment prevents the mushroom from fully growing, causing Kurokawa to comment that they can't take many shots. Bisco manages to take one of Kurokawa's men, but Kurokawa then shoots him with Rust Bullet and leaves. Later, Pawoo returns to Imihama Watch at Shimabuki Base, to find only one of her men there, who attempts to kill her. Kurokawa shows up, stating that he didn't expect she to be that fast considering her condition and reveals he has Jabi.

Kurokawa records a message for Milo and Bisco, revealing he has both Pawoo and Jabi. Even after torture, Pawoo refuses to tell him the secret of the Rust Eater. As he found an injection on her, he realizes that Milo probably knows the secret and tells him he will kill Pawoo after one week, unless Milo tells him the secret and gives him Bisco.

Milo comes to Shimabuki Base alone and wants to see Pawoo. Kurokawa tells him to tell him the secret first and Milo states you need to mix the mushroom with other ingredients, but as he does, it causes white spores fly and that blocks the field vision of everyone and puts Kurokawa's pawns to sleep. Milo then inflicts several cuts on Kurokawa, revealing its weapon is coated in poison and he will treat him only if he tells him where Pawoo and Jabi are. Using a hidden bow on his prosthetic left arm, Kurokawa shoots Milo with a puppetshroom, a mushroom that lets him control people using a chip in his head. Kurokawa reveals he is a former Mushroom Keeper and doesn't care about the Rust Eater effects, but wishes to monopolize it and gain money and control over the government. Milo still refuses to reveal the secret, and Kurokawa decides to kill him, but Bisco then comes and stops Kurokawa. Kurokawa reveals that he is the one who spread the superstition that the Mushroom Keepers spread rust and that he sold out them to earn money and live good. He attempts to shoot Bisco, but Bisco blows his prosthetic arm. Kurokawa then controls Milo to make him shoot Rust arrows at Bisco. In order to save Bisco, Milo reveals the secret is Mushroom Keepers blood, but Kurokawa explains that he can't let them live as they will hunt him down. He forces Milo to shoot Bisco, but Bisco manages to catch the arrow and throws it back at Kurokawa, injuring his eye. Jabi then comes and uses a mushroom to knock out Kurokawa. As Bisco and the rest escape the base, Kurokawa sends his pawns to chase them and they manage to recapture Jabi.

Kurokawa takes Jabi to Miyagi base, where he shows him that he is boiling rust and explains that due to people getting helhtier from the medicine they offer, they start to earn less money, but he plans on creating more demand. Jabi the figures that Kurokawa intends to create artificial Rust Wind. Kurokawa confirms, revealing he has a Tetsujin, one of the five or six in Japan, who is still functional and have a Rust engine. Kurokawa intends to create condensed Rust bullets and shoot them out with Ganesha Cannon, creating Rust Wind. Kurokawa asks Jabi to join him and give him young Mushroom Keepers as the Mushroom Keepers blood is able to activate the Rush Eater true effects. Jabi refuses, even after Kurokawa threatens to destroy the Mushroom Keepers village. Kurokawa intends to shoot him, but one of his henchmen starts beating Jabi. Kurokawa gives him a knife and tells him to cut Jabi's fingers, so that he can't use a bow anymore, but the henchman frees Jabi and attacks Kurokawa, revealing to be Bisco, who then throws Kurokawa a floor below them.

Bisco then heads down to fight Kurokawa. As they fight, Bisco defeats some of his human experiments, but his fingers shatter due to the rust, making him unable to use a bow. Kurokawa manages to shoot Bisco, but he still comes at him and breaks his arm while punching Kurokawa. Thinking he would win, Kurokawa prepares to shoot Bisco, but Milo comes in time and shoots an arrow, ripping Kurakawa's artificial arm. Bisco then pushes Kurakawa down a boiling Rust, where Kurakawa dies.

Kurokawa somehow reemerges as a revived Tetsujin. As he destroys the government forces, he heads south towards Imihama, while calling Bisco's name. Milo imitates Bisco and challenges Kurokawa, telling him he will kill him over and over again and that having a big body won't save him. Kurokawa then fights Milo, who is then joined by Jabi and the two cause more mushrooms to grow on the Tetsujin body, causing him pain. Launching a large attack, Kurokawa causes the group to fall off the cliff. Kurokawa then proceeds toward Imihama, passing by Calvaro Shellsand Sea and destroying Nuts town. Milo engages him there, along with Pawoo and the Imihama Watch, but Kurokawa defeats them and continues. In front of Imihama, Milo again challenges Kurokawa pretending to be Bisco. As they fight, Milo manages to get on Kurokawa's Tetsujin back and starts stabbing it, but Kurokawa grabs him and throws him at the Imihama wall. From the stab wounds, Bisco comes out fully healed and joins Milo.

Kurokawa fights him, but each of Bisco's arrow now grow Rust Eaters and he manages to split the Tetsujin in two. The Tetsujin the bulges up, ready to self-destruct. Bisco and the rest figure that out and form a plan to break its armor and reveal the pilot, Kurokawa. As they do, Kurokawa is revealed to be half merged on the forehead of the Tetsujin. Kurokawa states that he is like Bisco and doesn't die easily. He manages to protect himself from two of Bisco's arrow, but as Bisco prepares another, Kurokawa throws his arm at Bisco, covering his eyes with blood. However, Milo helps him out with the aim and they blow a hole in Kurokawa's head, killing him and the Tetsujin by growing large amount of Rust Eaters.

## Etymology

* The surname **Kurokawa** means "black" (黒) (**kuro**) and "leather" (革) (**kawa**).
	+ his surname is named after a species of hydnoid fungus called "boletopsis leucomelaena"