Buruge

Buruge (ブルゲ)
Breed	Unknown
Affliation	Hōgen's Pack, Ōu army
First appearance	GDW vol 19 chp 6, GDW episode 17
Last appearance	GDW vol 46 chp 5, GDW episode 25
Family or owners	Unnamed family
Status	Alive (Anime); Deceased (Manga, died from injuries)
Voiced by	Koji Yusa

Buruge of Yashamori is one of Hōgen's four platoon leaders and later an Ōu soldier.

Appearance

Buruge is a reddish brown dog with brown eyes.
He has dark brown ears and markings on face. There's two scars crossing his face.

In GDW anime, his eyes are blue-grey.

Personality

Buruge is a brave and quite courteous male. He is fair and sensible but seems to be quite strict about orders.
He has a sense of duty, not wanting to giving up after going into the war. At first he seems to believe that any kind of commander needs to be obeyed since that is what minions should do.

He seems to be more or less unaware of Hōgen's true nature and even when Hōgen treats his minions harshly, he believes that he is doing so because he is a commander in hard situation - war.

Though originally assumed to be just a bad guy, he has a rightful heart and he cares about his minions.
He defends Kyōshirō and takes care of him when he is accused of being a spy and wounded.

Buruge seems rather calm and wise and he gladly joins Gin after realizing what kind of male he is.

In the anime version, Buruge's personality changes greatly and he becomes more of a generic villain. He is overly confident in his unique skill and seems to lose his willigness to live after losing his battle with Kyōshirō.

Ginga Densetsu Weed

Manga

Buruge joined Hōgen together with Batto, Kite, Kintarō, Jaw, Mirko and Tōbē. He becomes one of Hōgen’s platoon leaders after proving himself worthy in a fight together with Kite, Batto and Tōbē. Buruge is the one who brought back Kyōshirō to Gajō, the fortress of Hōgen. However, he did not get credit for it because Batto discovered that Kyōshirō is a traitor.

Buruge is sent out by Hōgen to gather food for the whole army, but his platoon gets surrounded by Weed's pack. Weed talks to Buruge. The puppy lets him go, telling him that the humans will blow up Gajō and recommending him to leave Hōgen. Buruge then sends two of his minions to Hōgen to tell what Weed said. Buruge sees a helicopter and knows that what Weed said is true. He decides to leave Hōgen's forces and return to his home area. On his way, Buruge also meets Gin and the reinforcement pack and he decides to fight for him and defeat Hōgen.

Before the final battle, Buruge tricks Hōgen that he might send out more soldiers but Hōgen discovered this when he heard Buruge howling for the Ōu Soldiers in which one of the Kōga dogs, Toshimitsu, only came to assist him. When Hōgen got angry with him for making him a fool, Buruge gathered his courage to stand up for himself and tried to attack him but he fails to as he was flung off the cliff. Fortunately, he survived this and he was seen in the pack watching Weed battle Hōgen.

In the Monkey arc, he was recruited by GB to help Weed battle the baboon Shōgun. After the battle, he settles down with the Ōu pack until at that time, Hokkaidō was in trouble with the invasion of Victor's army.

Later, Buruge was taken captive along with Gin and his army at the gorge by Victor's soldiers. Sadly, with many days of starvation, thirst and injuries, Buruge had suffered heavy mortal wounds from fighting Bozlev's soldiers. Before he died, he asked Kyōshirō as a last request to eat his flesh to help him stay alive but Kyōshirō refused this and ate his fur instead.

Anime

Buruge in the anime

Buruge is one of Hōgen's 4 generals. He was once a fighting dog and because of his unyielding determination, he earned such nicknames as "The Death God" and "The Demonic Warrior".

Unlike in the manga, he, Kite, and Batto were shown in the anime fighting the Ōu soldiers.

During the Battle of Gajō, he fights and is defeated by Kyōshirō. Then, GB takes the three defeated generals, Batto, Kite and Buruge to a hot spring to heal. Gin lets them join him. The three cry tears of regret and decide to leave Hōgen's forces. After this, Buruge wasn't seen in the pack during the final battle of Weed and Hōgen.

See more pictures in Buruge (Photo Gallery).