GARO

This is the title-character from the Japanese tokusatsu television series, Ougon Kishi GARO (Japanese 黄金騎士牙狼, meaning "Golden Knight Fanged Wolf").

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Saejima Kouga (aka Golden Fang GARO) is the Golden Makai Knight of the East. Kouga is a young man who apparently thinks in nothing else than destroying Horrors. His father was the one that started his training at an early age and he still trains on a daily basis to sharpen his skills. Since childhood Kouga thought highly of Saejima Taiga (his father) and respected him above everything else. Because of Saejima's constant hunts he doesn't allow Kouga to associate with anyone besides Jabi, Amon, and Gonza.

One night young Kouga got out of bed after hearing Gonza's concern for Taiga. He followed Taiga into the forest and witnessed a fierce battle between his father and Taiga's fallen student. Kouga came out of hiding and his student tried to kill him, but Taiga took the blow and was impaled by his own disciple's hand. Taiga gave the mark of death on Barago before he dropped the Sword of Garo while attempting to protect Kouga in his final fight. Zaruba helped Taiga convey his final thoughts to Kouga to take the title of Garo and to be brave. Kouga and Gonza at first tried every means to lift the sword out of the ground from brute strength to crane, but it would remain stuck in the forest until Kouga mastered to wield soul metal. It will take almost a decade for his son to be strong enough to lift the sword out of the ground and assume his place as the Golden Knight.

Kouga is not a social person and always keeps his feelings to himself, but possesses a noble and kind heart behind his emotionless facade. He spared Kaoru's life because she reminded him of his mother, but never told her about her situation. When asked by the watchdogs and Zaruba of his intentions about Kaoru, he just said he only let her live to use her as a bait to the Horrors.

As GARO the Golden Knight his armor helps protects him from damaging blows, but his armor isn't unbreakable. If a Horror is strong though they can damage and injure Kouga. Should the armor be exposed to a very powerful blow the armor will retract before the 99.9 seconds time limit. The Sword of GARO a powerful weapon that can cut down almost anything, only a rare few Horrors are strong enough to resist its force. Kouga is able to using a technique called "Blazing Armament." This is when he uses the Madou Fire from his lighter to encompass his sword and his armor to increase his damage potential. In the series he's able to use Blazing Armament without the use of the Madou Fire Lighter. When riding Gouten his combat strength is increased and his sword is able to transform into GARO-ZAN-BA "Wolf Slashing Horse". Because his armor is composed of soul metal, the armor reacts to his will along with Madou Fire.

Kouga fought all this time believing in his cause to destroy Horrors in the name of Taiga and the Garo legacy, but it was discovered his father's killer was a Makai Knight. It made Kouga question his reasons and actions for slaying Horrors. His resolve wasn't weakened, but was focused directly at Taiga's fallen student Barago.

While in a losing fight with Kodama, Kouga lost his way and used darkness to empower his armor. Because Soul Metal reacts to the wielder, Kouga's body was being consumed by his own armor. His armor deformed into a giant golden werewolf-like berserker, killing Kodama in the process (impaled and ripped to shreds). While in darkness his armor surpassed the 99.9 seconds limit and Zaruba asked for Zero's help in taking down the Garo armor. After Zero managed to get through Kouga's mind he struck Kouga's armor in the belly and it hit the triangle armor piece (weak spot) and Kouga's armor was lifted, saving Kouga's body and soul.

In his quest to save Kaoru they found each other in the undeworld realm and he went on to battle with Meshia. Meshia was a strong opponent and Kouga was losing the fight because Meshia kept unleashing Horrors on him. At one point a large group of Horrors tackled and restrained Kouga, but at this point Kaoru's painting came to life and became the Golden Flying Knight. Kouga in reality couldn't have beaten Meshia, but Meshia was over-confident in her power and didn't react fast enough when Kouga struck his sword into Meshia's brain. After she fell Kiba reappeared and tried to bring Kouga down with him. When that failed Kiba returned to the human realm and fought Garo for the last time. Kiba was also arrogant and lost to Garo. After the final battle Kouga was reassigned to the northern district and had an emotional farewell with Kaoru. Kouga finally saw the final product of Kaoru's art in her father's book and Kouga was brought to tears. Kouga was last sene in the northern district and Zaruba just detected a Horror behind Kouga, he reacted and "Chapter of The Dark Knight" ends here.

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