Phoenix Ikki

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Name : Saint Ikki
Age : 15
Gender : Male
Date of birth : August 15
Nationality : Japan
Class : Athena Phoenix Bronze Saint
Training : Death Queen Island

Character Outline

The Phoenix Saint
While Ikki is officially recognized as a bronze saint, his base power easily places him well above most silver saints, and his reputation as a powerhouse is common knowledge among his peers and fellow bronze saints. Even as a child, Ikki was known as the toughest kid of the 100 orphans, and would often defend his delicate younger brother Shun from the other children. He could easily be recognized as the strongest bronze saint when it comes to raw power.
Ikki's personality is drastically different from his fellow bronze saints. He is almost the opposite of his younger brother -- Shun is calm, soft, caring and very emotional, whereas Ikki is harsh, cold, aggressive, and very much of a loner. Fellow saint Wolf Nachi once pointed out that it was very hard to believe Ikki and Shun were related due to the extreme difference in their personalities.
As noted by Kanon in the Poseidon arc and by Pandora in the Hades chapter, Ikki's cosmos is unique to him -- it is a cosmos full of hatred, anger, incredible aggression and power, but it was still guided by his deep love and loyalty for his younger brother, his friends and Athena. Although he dislikes working in groups, he comes to battle whenever Athena's saints need his help, and is often seen coming in the nick of time to save his younger brother and friends from certain death. This tactic has always been exploited to their advantage, since the enemies are caught by surprise upon meeting/fighting him. He is a noble, complex and mature character, who does not doubt whenever it's necessary to sacrifice his life for his friends.

Power and abilities
Ikki is hinted many times to be the most powerful bronze saint as he often pitted against the strongest enemies. Like the myth of the Phoenix, his power increases every time he is killed and resurrected. In his battle with Virgo Shaka, Ikki was able to awaken his 7th sense, which placed him in the ranks of gold saints in terms of power and skill. He is also the only bronze saint confirmed to have awaken the 8th sense, as he demonstrated the ability to enter the Underworld without needing the aid of Athena's blood. As a saint, Ikki uses two techniques to dispose of his enemies; one deals physical damage, and the other destroys the mind of his foe.
His physical attack is Phoenix's Wings Rise (鳳翼天翔, Hōyokutenshō?), which gathers forces of wind and heat into a concentrated point, then unleashed as a single blow. This attack covers a wide range of distance and it is Ikki's signature move. It may also be used on multiple enemies at the same time. In the manga, the attack is performed strictly with his palms only; in the anime, it is revised to include his fists, although the Phoenix Saint has utilized the original form of the technique on several occasions.
His other attack is Phoenix Illusion Demonic Fist (鳳凰幻魔拳, Hōōgenmaken?), which is infamous for destroying the minds of its victims -- the technique is dealt from either a single fist or a finger. Concentrating his cosmo into a sharp laser beam attack infused with sharp heat that enables the move to literally destroy his opponent's mind. Once used, it sends various nightmare illusions directly created by the opponent's brain; he or she is trapped within an illusion that is almost indistinguishable from reality. It also considerably weakens ones's control of the cosmos and depth of perception to reality. Ikki's Phoenix Illusion Demonic Fist usually spells doom for the one in the receiving end -- unless he has an unusually powerful mind or cosmos, such as a gold saint.
In addition to weakening and trapping an enemy in a powerful illusion (followed by instant death) this attack also serves to dwelve deep into an enemy's mind - as was the case when this attack was used on Gemini Kanon during his reign in the Poseidon story arc and many other characters in the Asgard chapter.
In some battles, Ikki first uses the Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist to paralyze his rival, and then deals the Phoenix's Wings Rise to finish him off.

Constellation and the immortal Phoenix Cloth
The Phoenix Cloth represents the constellation of Phoenix, which is associated to the immortal bird that is reborn from its ashes, found in folkore and mythologies of diverse cultures.
Ikki is connected to his cloth and constellation in more ways than one. The Phoenix cloth has the uncanny ability to reform from atoms if pulverized -- an ability that not even gold cloths have. Ikki himself can never truly die for good; while he can be killed, the constellation of the Phoenix grants him the power of resurrection. It is implied in the series that Ikki also receives a boost in strength from every revival as sometimes the cloth evolves. Unlike every other cloths that require a massive amount of blood to repair, the Phoenix cloth can regenerate as many times as it is destroyed without the need of outside aid. But just as the other bronze cloths had, the phoenix cloth, too, would come to evolve its design with each regeneration. The Phoenix has changed form twice in the anime so far. Changes:
-Manga 1st change: When Shaka reforms it from dust after bringing Ikki back from an alternative plane.
-Anime 1st change: After the battle of the twelve temples, his Phoenix Cloth took a new form empowered by the blood of Virgo Shaka.
-2nd change in both: When Ikki reappears in Hell to battle Garuda Aiacos during the Hades arc.
-Manga 3rd change: When Ikki accidentally touched Athena's blood in the Elysion Fields, and along with Ikki's already heightened cosmos, prompted the cloth to evolve into the Phoenix God Cloth.

The Gold Cloth of Leo
Being born under the sign of Leo, Ikki is allowed a bit of power from that constellation. As a result, when the bronze saints are faced with a threat that requires the aid of a gold cloth, Ikki is given the option to don the Leo cloth. This is seen when the gold cloth assembled itself on him during the fight with Thanatos, the God of Death.

The Phoenix God Cloth
It has been shown in the next episode of the Hades saga that all remaining bronze saint will be getting their respective god cloths, including Phoenix Ikki. The new episode will be aired on August 2nd.


Source : en.wikipedia.org