oh so modern and sexy!

Okay, needless to say, this shrine is dedicated to one of my best friends, Loki, because Tasuki is her favorite Fushigi Yuugi character. :)
Well, to be fair, he's one of my favorites too, or else he wouldn't have rated a shrine on my page.
Tasuki mostly serves as the comic relief of FY, but he has a very caring, serious side too. (the honest grief he expresses over Nuriko's and Chiriko's deaths are very clear expressions of what a loving person he is on the inside. don't let his foul mouth and brash bandit ways fool you.)
Speaking of his foul mouth, let me now get my curse/rant at Pioneer animation over with. They RUINED Tasuki's english voice!! Now, don't get me wrong, I like his dub voice actor, he did a wonderful job as Dark Schneider, but as Tasuki, he sounds too old!! Sheesh, Tasuki is supposed to be seventeen, not thirty-something! Everyone praise Hayashi Nobutoshi!! (The boy can sing too! And is the PERFECT Tasuki)
Second Pioneer-Tasuki gripe, they wimped out and edited his language!! Sheesh, and it's not because they're completely avoiding cuss words, because I've noticed that in the first tape, they actually added some where the original didn't have them. But, it highly irks me, Tasuki's potty mouth is part of the charm of his character, and `correcting' his language detracts from him. He's a bandit for crying out loud, and most bandits don't have perfect language!
Ah well, maybe I'm being too harsh on dub Tasuki, after all, it's hard to take over an already-established character with such a huge fan following. And he `does' grow on you. (At least he doesn't have a brooklyn accent like dub Koji...grrrrr.)
Tas as a stripper?
And of course, that deal about him hating women...who has this ever fooled? Me thinks the bandit protests too much! ;) Oh yeah, and for the record, I think it's absurd that so many people think that Tasuki is gay (and has a physical relationship with Koji of all things! sheesh!) I say I hate men, (teasing) but that doesn't mean I like women! Tasuki is not gay! (That's Tomo-chan's job ;)
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All right, some background on Tas-chan. (as if you already didn't know.) His real name is Shunu (cute) , He's seventeen years old (during the first series, he's nineteen during the second OAV), five foot ten, and is the leader of the mount leikaku bandits.
Obviously enough, his main power is considered to be his tessen (iron fan), which he uses to shoot fire. But, when I thought about, it made me wonder. Tasuki was given his fan by a sorceror (that's what they say in the dub)and until Taiitsu-kun `upped' it's powers, anyone could use it. He real, inherent power seems to be speed (which he uses to swoop in and capture Miaka in his premiere episode), and his skill with fighting. (If Miaka hadn't made him stop, Tas-chan would've beat the living daylights out of evil Tamahome!)
cool picture!