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Or, conversely, you can tell there's more to him by looking at
his eyes: the mesmerizing multifaceted eyes of a tussock moth (lymantriidae
family). The name "Dokuga" itself means "Poisonous Moth." |
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Fittingly, his sorcerer mask is that of a moth face -
huge eyes, antennae and all. He wears it attached as the
hood of his shirt, and you can normally see the antennae
trailing behind.
When he needs the extra boost of power that magic masks
give, he raises it over his face. Or sometimes he dons
it as a disguise to hide his CrossEyes tattoos.
One of his moth powers is flight. It appears to be a
combination of hangglider-type wings and rocket
propulsion, and he can even carry passengers. |
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Another manifestation of Dokuga's
moth powers is his freakish bug strength despite his
small frame.
Brawn is the forte of the stocky Ushishimada, who owes
his strength to his association with the ox. But
even he is
impressed by Dokuga's ability.
There's Dokuga effortlessly lifting Ushishimada on the
left, catching the huge landlady's fall on the right
and, up above, even carrying "Darth Kai" with virtually
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Of course, Dokuga's most potent moth power, as per his
namesake, is poison. It kills when ingested; blinds and
irritates when applied topically.
It is certainly a useful power, yet doesn't rise to the
level that his world would consider worthy or magical.
The poison is bound strictly to his saliva and he can't
turn it on, off, or control it in any way. Poor thing
even gets
dehydrated if he uses it too much.
Most significantly, he cannot emit smoke, so the power
is restricted to very close range unless he slathers it
onto a projectile. |
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| The need to get close to his opponents in
order to fully utilize his abilities is probably part of the
reason why he's also more bruised and scarred than any of the
other CrossEyes Officers. As evident from the stab wounds on his
back and the multitude of blocking cuts on his forearms,
Dokuga's not someone who sits back and has others do the
dangerous work for him. |
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| This is more related to his general
sensitivity than his moth powers, but Dokuga also has an uncanny
intuition about some things. |
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He was able to recognize his long lost Boss.
Twice. Even though none of the other Officers sensed
anything. Even though the Boss had no crosses around his
eyes. Even though the Boss had a lizard face. Even
though Caiman himself had no idea he was the CrossEyes
Boss.
Dokuga was able to
repeatedly sense Fujita, who was in invisible
stealth mode cast by an elite sorcerer.
In fact, the only flaw in Dokuga's intuition seems to be
when it's overruled by his niceness. When he was
approached by enemies disguised as harmless priests, he
could sense danger, but he was touched by their feigned
cowering and lowered his guard. |
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