Weed

Weed is the protagonist of Ginga Densetsu Weed and a minor character of Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion and Ginga: The Last Wars. He is currently retired 3rd supreme commander of Ōu.

He is the son of Gin and Sakura and is the last-born brother of Joe and Yukimura. He is also the father of Sirius, Orion, Rigel and Bellatrix; the first three being the protagonists of Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion and Ginga: The Last Wars.

## Weed

### Relatives

Riki (grandfather)Gin (father)Unknown mother

## Background

Weed is the son of Gin and Sakura. One day, Weed, while hunting birds for his ill mother, meets a hunting dog, GB, an English Setter. Weed attempts to steal GB's catch, but fails to do so despite much effort. Caught, Weed explains to GB that he needed the bird for his very ill mother. Pitiful, GB allows Weed to take the bird.

Weed with a dove for his mother.

Later on, GB goes hunting ducks near a pond, this time with his packmate Sasuke. Not long after, Sasuke is caught by a guard dog. To save GB and Sasuke, Weed does the Zetsu Tenrō Battōga, a technique only his father and grandfather Riki could perform, for the first time, severing the guard dog's ear.

But another dog arrives to the scene - Smith, one of Gin's most loyal comrades. Afraid of Smith's powerful aura, the guard dog quickly releases Weed and Sasuke and retreats into his dog house. After having a short conversation with Weed, Smith finally realizes that he is the son of Gin.

The three dogs then head to the old house where Sakura lies so Smith can talk to her about Gin. There, Sakura asks Smith to bring Weed to his father in Futago Pass. Shortly after Smith promises her, Sakura dies from her illness. Heartbroken, Weed and the others bury her body, and the three head for Futago Pass and the adventure begins.

## Personality

Weed is a very brave, compassionate and kind dog with an unusually strong sense of justice. He also has charisma like Gin. He is friendly and always ready to help other dogs, rarely doubting their intentions unlike GB.

When first met in the series, he is a polite and calm little puppy, raised well by his mother. He mourns the death of his mother and often thinks about her and wishes her spirit to give him the strength to carry on. He isn't afraid to die but hates the idea of others sacrificing themselves for him.

Weed, being raised with the rightful stories about his father, has a strong but slightly naive sense of moral. Even when he hadn't met his father, he strongly believed in him and respected him, seeing him as the true symbol of justice.

Although evildoers make him angry, he wishes to give them a second chance as all living beings have only one life. He is shocked when Jerome disobeys him and kills the Foxhound Spies (Thunder and Lecter in the anime). However, after he calms down, he admits that Jerome's doing sounded quite sensible as it saved him and his comrades.

He is very persistent, never giving up and telling others to hang on. Though he is small and not very strong yet, he has natural skill and great speed. He can be impulsive and reckless due to his youth and sometimes the swings of sadness and anger take control of him.

In GDW:O, Weed has grown into a mature adult, as a father he loves his children dearly wishing for their well being and safety. But he is not afraid to discipline his children especially Orion when trying to teach him about the army's rule of combat.

Despite having grown up as a wild dog his whole life, Weed like his family does have a soft spot for one human in particular and that's Daisuke. He does appreciate Daisuke's help when they need it showing his trust in his father's owner.

He's believed to inherit his grandfather Riki's sense of justice and his father Gin's courage.

Like his friends, he is also full of spirit and strong willed too.

## Appearance

Weed is a brindle (jp.: Tora-Ge) Akita-Kishu mix with the fur color silver and with blue eyes. Although his fur color is called silver by Yoshihiro Takahashi, it's actually portrayed bluish. His brindle color is shown with thin lines all over his body.

Throughout his life, It can be noticed as Weed matures through the series, both mentally and physically. In GDW only his body is growing while his eyes keep looking big and young. From GDWO on his eyes got smaller and more severe and it increases in GTLW much more. Since then he looks like an actual adult.

## Trivia

* Weed received his name by GB who took inspiration from the surrounding plants. He claimed Weed would never be alone and would always have friends by his side because the plants are everywhere.
* Despite the fact that Weed is a mixed breed between Akita, from his father Gin, and Kishu mix, from his mother Sakura, he is stated to be a purebred Akita in Ginga Densetsu Weed Meishōbu Retsuden.
* Weed is the youngest of all the Ouu supreme leaders.