Ranshi & Tanshi

"The godly beast hunting all of the sinners in an endless hell of a hunt . "

—The Jester Prince

Ranshi and Tanshi ( 蘭市及び短資 ) are two of the earlier Deatchments created by the powers of the Hakuri Hakuri no Mi, the second born of The Hakuri Children. They are the first “sons” of Demetrius D. Xavier, created from his liver and stomach. They now reside in The Mother Hakuri with their other brothers, sisters and father.The two are famed in their brute force fighting, rivaling the greatest masters.

But they are rather one of the most disturbing of the hakuri children, because of the ability. Tanshi living inside the body of Ranshi, rarely coming out. With a bounty an unknown bounty, but as hinted by Fredric it is a very big one considering that the World Government. Wishes to see these creatures are killed, by any means necessary.

But now the two are sent out to act the front runners into Demetrius many missions and other agendas. The two are a feared assassin team killing thousands and cold blood, not feeling a thing for what they have done. The fearless beast of Demetrius, rarely listening to their master's commands.

Appearance
The most common is Ranshi which is the more humanoid looking, making think of him as the only one in appearance. Generally Tanshi is sleeping within Ranshi’s body, only coming out when his muzzle is removed. Ranshi is mostly seen, he is a very muscular and huge man. He hair pale purple hair, with blue lips (which aren’t really seen because of his muzzle).

His hair comes down pass his back, as it moves about when he runs or such. But rather strange positions he never really stands up straight, he is seen in an animalistic poses and on his hands and knees. Looking as if he was a beast waiting to attack it prey, he also has a very chilling feeling to him. Through the muzzle are holes allowing him to breath, but his own breath can be seen as steam or even as if it was winter. In terms of clothing, Ranshi’s outfit never changes but strangely like a child he must get dressed by servants. He is more animalistic so doesn’t really see a need for cloths, but over both the per and post- time skip. His out remains constant; much like Soyokaze his outfit is very traditional. Consisting of traditional imperial and fighting robes, loose fitting for Ranshi were he can fight better.

From top to bottom, Ranshi is seen wearing a metal muzzle around his mouth that keeps Tanshi within his body and he wears chains on his wrists limiting his movement (as shown in the infoxbox). His top half consists of orange robe, top over a Yukata top. Colored a pale blue, with an imperial fan design on the sleeves. The sleeves are very loose fitting were he can move easier. Over this he wears a green Hoari vest, tied down to stay in place. On the vest is a set of two white Yuigesa, connected to a set of cords tying the haori together. On his bottom, he wears a pair of extremely baggy green Hakama’s matching his haori vest. He goes barefoot much like Soyokaze, although he goes barefoot because he is more beast than man. His own feet are badly scared and injured, much like his hands being constantly on all fours. His hands are extremely disgusting look, scars and other injures.

Although a rare sight, but when Tanshi appears is when Ranshi has is muzzle off so Tanshi can go in and out of Ranshi’s body with lighting speed. Tanshi’s appearance is disturbing and demonic, as the few who have seen Tanshi. Tanshi has a head of a human, which looks exactly like Ranshi. He has the body of a worm or snake like creature and has a set of scythes for hands which he does battle with. Out of the two Tanshi is ironically is the one who talks and Ranshi is mostly silent. You might get a few hisses or moans out of him but nothing much is ever heard. But his moans can sent chills down anyone’s spine.

Ranshi
Ranshi at first glance comes off as a very mysterious child, never speaking only leaving out some moans and hisses, nothing more. Ranshi is the main body that is seen and is known, unlike Tanshi. Ranshi is said to be Demetrius destructive beast, living up to the title. Ranshi never speaks; he is more beast than man. He is very lustful for fighting and bloodshed, always looking for a fight. Even if that fight was with a small child, Ranshi enjoys killing, defeating and destroying anything he gets his hands on. Although Ranshi is extremely close minded and simple minded at that matter, he thinks, acts and is a beast simple as that.

Being so closed minded and simple minded, he is not use to battle strategy nor simple smarts. Ranshi goes right into the fight, which can extremely intimidate opponents or people in general, which sends most opponents running away. Ranshi has shown in battle that he uses his bare hands and even going so far as his mouth, biting into an opponent. But Ranshi does seem want to find a strong opponent to fight, although never said or such. Ranshi is a master tracker so he can pick up on scenes, he likes to smell out opponents be it man, woman or child. A stranger side of Ranshi’s personality is the fact that he has been said by Demetrius that he is a masochist loving pain, thus why if he is injured he comes back for more. Ranshi has shown to have a bit of smarts but very little, such as taking a small child in his hands when he was being attack. Ranshi has shown also to have no loyalty to Demetrius or any one, but only listens to Tanshi.

Ranshi has shown time and time again that he can’t be control, such the reasons why Demetrius had to put him chains and muzzled him. Ranshi has shown to have even struck at Demetrius (although it was really one of his creator clones or demonic puppets). But Demetrius great caution when dealing with this beast, thus why he created Tanshi and forced him into Ranshi’s body.

Although like most of the hakuri children, Ranshi is not ashamed that he such great pride and confidence in his skills. Although he doesn’t talk, many opponents think that he is mocking them. His strength is legendary, with his pride become arrogance. Ranshi shows his arrogance in a weird way, he loves to rip off the shirts of opponents. The wanting to see them sweat and break down at the sight of his power, which even Soyokaze questions why he does this.

Ranshi like any other beast likes meat and even flesh; he goes after body parts and such for himself. Never really doing anything for Demetrius, eating the bones and such giving him more energy and strength. Since Ranshi is “eating” for two people, he loves to eat as well but rather disturbing and things normal people who run away at. Shown as he sunk his teeth into the arm of a Marine officer and Ranshi went so deep that it showed that half of his bone was gone.

Tanshi
Compared to Ranshi, Tanshi is very mysterious as well since he rare makes appearance. He is the one of the two that speaks, very well at that matter. From what has been seen from his rare appearance is that, Tanshi is a very commanding and demanding creature. Acting as the “Big Brother” between the two, Tanshi is the only one who could control Ranshi. But in caution that Tanshi might get any ideas, Demetrius locked him up in Ranshi’s body. Tanshi is rarely left out, only when Demetrius thinks that Ranshi is over doing it. When he does Tanshi yells out and Ranshi stops, but in battle.

Tanshi can be just as twisted and demented as Ranshi, although Tanshi loves to use some tricks in battle. He has the ability to dig into the ground and travel that way, so he can surprise others. But like Ranshi, they both have a great love to eat and bit into opponents. Tanshi has shown to have great arrogance in himself, but sometime cowardice when he is out numbered or out done. Then he will go back into Ranshi’s body, then Ranshi finishes the job.

Demetrius
Their relationship with Demetrius is rather different from any other of the Hakuri Children. Demetrius chained and muzzled Ranshi, where he could be put under some kind of control or limitations. Demetrius keeps Ranshi this way while in The Mother Hakuri. Going a step farther Demetrius as locked Ranshi up in a cage like structure that keeps under control. Demetrius when he first released Ranshi into the world, he had a team of four horses pull the cart like cage Ranshi was in. But Demetrius doesn’t give Ranshi a certain mission or such like the other children. He uses Ranshi to create more chaos, in major battles or in some missions. Demetrius has called Ranshi and Tanshi his trump card, once they were released Demetrius’s victory is assured. Demetrius keeps them around because they have such an extreme way of fighting and combat, making them nearly unstoppable.

The Hakuri Children
Their relationship with the other Hakuri children is unique as well. Demetrius forbids any of their brother or sisters to go near them. They seem to not really care about their brothers or sisters, much like Soyokaze. They fight for themselves and themselves only.

Immense Strength
Despite Ranshi’s chains and muzzle and Tanshi’s own appearance, they are capable of achieving feats of immense strength. The way in which they commonly utilizes this is through hand-to-hand combat and blunt physical trauma. Only a few fist and leg blows from Ranshi is necessary to cripple and kill her opponents, including stronger ones. Ranshi is capable of withholding his strength when it proves necessary. Likewise, one swing from Tanshi’s scythe is enough to wreck the earth underneath him and unleash a large fissure that can extend for miles. Ranshi's expertise in hand-to-hand combat is extremely efficient in taking down opponents quickly. The unique art of martial arts is a step up from most feudal-based hand-to-hand techniques. Once an unarmed opponent gets within arms reach, Ranshi uses his hands to immobilize certain limbs so that his opponent's movements are limited. Then, while the opponent falls into the forced "trap", Ranshi performs a finishing move that tosses the opponent to the ground in order for a swift execution or capture. This can effectively nullify other forms of hand-to-hand.

Immense Speed
Even without the use of a haki produced speed, Ranshi possesses a great deal of raw physical speed that more than makes up for his usual forgoing of actual high-speed techniques. Even though he is quite proficient in the use of haki regardless. His raw speed is mainly attributed to his beast like powers are aligned with, as wolves are fast and dextrose creatures. In fact, Ranshi’s speed is easily one of his most advanced skills, only lagging behind his slow mind as he seems to have a natural affinity for moving at skillfully high speeds during everyday life, training and within battle. His speed and impressive physical strength allow him to effortlessly keep pace with the likes of the greatest of master- who happens to have quite the degree of skill in the utilization of the art themselves. Ranshi's speed has often been said to be a less refined version of the masters his own movements. Ranshi’s own speed can use a technique that was stated by Tanshi called their quick step, which almost a teleportation technique. Although in reality it is Ranshi focusing haki into his leg and can disappear in a flash and then reappear somewhere else. But of course Ranshi can only travel up to 10 yards away from his original spot, thus why it isn’t a teleportation technique.

Immense Durability
Due to their blood lust and the will to fight anyone, both have exhibited a level of endurance against attack that labels them as one of the most durable members of the hakuri children as he is fit to fold his haki to cushion blows and then instantly contract his muscles to all but eliminate fighting strikes upon his body and lower the cutting affinity of bladed weapons. Ranshi’s durability was nothing short of astounding, as he was continually fit to operate relatively normally even when receiving several cuts to his body from the likes of the great sword masters, further showing his unbelievable durability by surviving a fully-powered logia attack. As his skills and haki developed, so did Ranshi's durability against damage. He has repeatably shown himself to take grievous injuries and still keep going, once fighting off and eventually triumphing over the combined efforts of many marine officers. Ranshi's durability and sheer reckless abandon has allowed him to survive meetings with the likes of an admiral.

Agility
Their base reflexes and response time, explained by Tanshi to be due to the beast innate agility and the smaller mass of the form itself. Ranshi has just great agility, to the point where it looks like he is flying just a few inches off the ground as he moves. He can jump off and on different tree limbs and other objects in the area, making it such a hard opponent to capture.

Intelligence
This is directly a skill of Tanshi’s, Ranshi has very limited intelligences. Tanshi has shown to have such a very strong mind, such as gaining control of Ranshi. Tanshi’s full genius hasn’t not been shown yet, because he is locked up in Ranshi’s body.

Masochist
Both of them have shown to be extremely masochistic, both loving to feel pain. But oddly enough the pain gives them more of a drive to fight, loving to get injured by others. They get a strange drive from this, it helps increases their powers, which constantly shocks every opponents. Tanshi has stated that the more injures and fights Ranshi fights in the stronger he will become. Until he himself will be as stronger as “father” or even stronger. Tanshi hasn’t shown as much of being a masochist unlike Ranshi.

Telepathy
The two have shown to have communicate with each other through Telepathy, of course only Tanshi can do this ability to Ranshi.

Haki
For both haki was a very easy skill to learn, although both had to have to learn haki on their own.

Kenbunshoku Haki
Both had an easy time learning this type, Ranshi’s haki has been shown more than Tanshi’s haki. Ranshi shows to be a master in this type of haki.

Busoshoku Haki
Both have shown to have learned this haki as well, but Tanshi has had a much harder learning this time. But again Ranshi had an easy time learning this as well, having an expert level in this and Tanshi having a novice level.

Haoshoku Haki
This haki was the hardest for both to learn, but since Demetrius was born with this haki they were as well. Ranshi has shown to have mastery in this, while Tanshi doesn’t know this type at all giving him a disadvantage in battle.

Hell's Destruction Skill
"Not Yet Revealed"

Trivia

 * As noted by the Creator, Ranshi will be seen the most he will be the main character of the two. Tanshi will only make minor appearance, since the creature only comes out when Ranshi's muzzle is removed.