Eikichi Hyodo/Relationships

## Family

### Yuko Hyodo

They are both brothers from the family onion farm. The two are polar opposites in absolutely everything; while Yuko is successful in school and her friends, Eikichi is mediocre who always puts himself down. Despite the clear difference between them, Eikichi has always shown appreciation for his sister and what she does, being committed to defending her legacy at all costs. He is shown to be concerned for his sister when she shows wounds and bandages on her body, attributing it to her clumsiness.

After discovering his sister's secret life fighting Sagakos, he is vowed to replace her and fulfill his sister's legacy. Throughout his journey in Sagako Busters, he realizes that freeing Yuko from her onion is his responsibility, as he is the only one who can help her. Even clouded by his negative feelings, he finds the motivation to continue in the words of his own sister, who told him to stop putting himself down and thinking that he was less than others.

After being released from her onion, Yuko breaks down in tears upon seeing her older brother and tells him that she has heard and seen all the fights and battles that Eikichi has done to protect her and Saga. Even as a mature and independent girl, she has always appreciated her brother's efforts. Both are happy to meet again. Even Yuko notices how big her brother has grown while he was in Sagako Busters.

### Yasuko Hyodo

Eikichi's mother. She is the one who tends the onion farm where Eikichi and Yuko work. Both have a somewhat conflictive relationship at the beginning of the story due to Eikichi's rebellious and disinterested attitude. After being kidnapped by the Sagako Busters team, Yasuko doesn't show much concern, as she thinks that the group will help Eikichi to become a real man and leave his rebellious stage. When they finally meet again after the mansion's collapse, she tends to the group and her son to give them shelter as they search for a way to defeat the gigantic Sagako.

Years later, Eikichi inherits the Hyodo farm and becomes a farmer who works on it. Protecting and caring for the legacy of onions.

## Saga Sagako Busters

### Tae Yamada

Tae is the one who kidnaps Eikichi to take Yuko's place within the group, even if this is by force. She didn't trust Eikichi due to how undisciplined he was because he lacked much motivation to be like his sister. So, she treats him as inferior and compared him to Yuko, who was perfect. Little by little, Tae is understanding how Eikichi is someone different from Yuko, and he contributes to the group in what he can. Deep down, she is quite proud of his accomplishments, even though she tries to hide it.

Their relationship is quite strained at times, especially coming from Tae, who is known to be quite aggressive towards him. When Eikichi seeks employment at Karatsu Busters, Tae is upset that he wants to work there, since for Tae that place is special. Even so, with Tae's attitude, Eikichi seems to have feelings for Tae when he becomes somewhat jealous of her when she mentions that she is getting married. In the end, all of this was a way to prevent MJ from pestering Tae that she should find a partner.

Although Tae was initially quite aggressive towards Eikichi, she begins to show more sincere emotions towards him when the situation gets complicated. When Eikichi gets hit by Higashino, Tae is the one who goes to talk to him to give him motivation to keep going. Although she says it sincerely, what Eikichi wanted was to be taken out of the room so he would feel useful to the group and not just another pawn.

He later reconsiders thanks to Saki, who makes him see that the one who has to decide whether he is needed or not is himself. Tae and Eikichi can have a normal conversation until chapter 13. Eikichi breaks the ice with Tae, who discuss their dreams and the Saga they long to see. Tae laughs when she hears that Eikichi got hurt in something as absurd as a dodgeball game at his school, while he bursts out laughing when he hears that she wanted to be an idol.

Without Anna and Hanako, the fate of Saga depends on the two of them. They both work together to set a trap for Magatsuhi, which works too well. In the final battle, Eikichi feels that the fate of Saga rests on her shoulders, and it is Tae whom must decide. Even if he is injured in the leg, Eikichi will watch over Tae's happiness by wanting her to be happy. Her words make her sister's onion glow, and she passes the power to him, who passes it to Tae by hugging her. With Tae now having the sealing power, she asks Eikichi for one last order and that is to climb up to the Sagako, where Tae seals Magatsuhi inside her.

5 years after Tae's death, Eikichi still feels like he couldn't save her that day. While the others have moved on with their lives, he feels stuck in that past. It isn't until Jofuku talks to him again and tells him that Tae's spirit continues to protect Saga, that he gains the courage to move on with his life.

### Hanako Hakase

She is the one who helps Eikichi with the necessary machinery to face the Sagakos, and who increases his height by 20 centimeters to fight against one of them in a disco. During the events of Chapter 5 it is Eikichi's responsibility to take a drunk Hanako to her room in the mansion. Which ends badly because Eikichi falls asleep on the way and Hanako used him as a guinea pig for one of her experiments.

Eikichi is usually somewhat uncomfortable around Hanako, as he often falls victim to Hanako's experiments on him. Hanako has always seen him as her “little brother” and treats him as such. She sees how Tae and Eikichi's relationship resembles a sibling relationship, feeling proud of both of them. As such, she relies on Eikichi and the power of onions, worrying that he understands the power of him to defeat the spider Sagako.

### Anna Shuri

Anna trained Eikichi as a host at a club where he works part-time. This training was done so that he would know how to behave elegantly and stop being as clumsy as before, as well as gain a lot of confidence in the actions he performed. As such, this was part of the training for Eikichi to gain the “triple A” necessary to defeat the Sagako.

Anna is the only member of the Busters that Eikichi seems to feel better with. Not only is she the sane one, but he also avoids being constantly beaten up or turned into a guinea pig. He was visibly concerned when she suddenly disappeared while they both searched for a Sagako in Karatsu. After her disappearance, he realized that she was she who kept the group together by being a fundamental part of the structure of Saga Sagako Busters.

On his own initiative, he goes to look for Anna in the city because he knows that something bad happened to her. When the two finally meet, Anna tries to sneak out, but is stopped by Eikichi, wanting to know what is happening to her. Anna tells him about her past life in Tokyo and everything she had lived up to now, being an officer named Keiji Higashino that she had met in Tokyo the reason why she had disappeared for several days. Eikichi manages to convince her to rejoin the team and face the problem with trusted people and face this potential threat to Saga.

Like Hanako, Anna treats him as her “little brother” and watches over his safety. When he is beaten by Higashino, she is so furious that she promises to bring him back as alive as possible when she finds him. As the most perceptive of the Busters, she knows that if Eikichi fights with his injured leg, he will be a burden on Tae. So, she tells him that they came prepared with a cannon to defeat the last Sagako.

### Jofuku

Meeting him for the first time accidentally, Jofuku quickly accepts Eikichi after some doubts about his physique and his performance within Sagako Busters. MJ confides in Eikichi by telling him a lot about the background of Saga's curse and trusting him to save the fate of Saga's failed stars.

## Others

### Takeo Go

Accidentally, he thought that Takeo was a Sagako and had the group go to attack him directly at his school. After the incident, he proceeds to apologize to the giant man, but not before asking him about the injuries he has on his body.

After he tells them that the school is cursed, the Busters help seal the Sagako that was tormenting students who tried to confess. Thanks to their intervention, Takeo manages to propose to Sachika when they are ready.

### Keiji Higashino

Learning of Anna's past and the danger Higashino himself is to the Sagakos, the group splits up to search for him. Eikichi goes through the forest to prevent him from killing more Sagakos. However, he can only witness the death of several Sagako at the hands of the detective. Visibly outraged and furious, he goes to confront him about what he did to those creatures, but what he didn't expect is that he was attacked by Higashino, who beats him up and insults the Busters' legacy.

The trauma generated by Higashino incapacitated Eikichi for over a week, leaving him in a state of depression. Feeling that his efforts are worthless and refusing to file a charge for what he did, as he is in a “I'm worthless” state of mind.

### Saki Nikaido

Their meeting is brief after the accident, with Saki scolding Eikichi for his pessimistic attitude and encouraging him to go ahead by his own decisions and not let others decide for him. Conversation that makes Eikichi find motivation in himself and return to the group.