"You wanna dig out my tush-crystal, Yukine?!"
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“ | I was human once, myself. And when a human has someone he wants to protect... he is very true to that... and very cruel. | ” |
—Tenjin, Chapter 61 |
Tenjin (
Appearance[]
Tenjin appears to be a middle-aged man in his late 50s, with grey hair that is shoulder length when down. He is normally seen wearing sokutai sugata
Personality[]
"It's still just an idea..."
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Being the God of Teaching, he has values for those who pray to him, have diligence, and work hard. He is very wise and often speaks in a poetic manner. However, he has a playful side, shown when he teases Yato with a 10,000¥ bill saying that he doesn't have any change, before throwing Yato a 5¥ coin; he can also be frivolous at times and may be prone to abandon a certain task, such as restraining Yato for abusing Hiyori's body via possession, if girls nearby compliment about his appearance.
Unlike other lenient gods, such as Yato or Bishamonten, Tenjin is quick to exile any of his shinki should they sting him. Also, like many other gods, excluding some exceptions such as Ebisu, Tenjin finds strays to be repulsive and will not take them in as one of his shinki unless, in Kugaha's case, he finds it vital for the situation.
He also enjoys popularity as one of the most prominent Gods, at one point being shown to have a rivalry with Ōkuninushi over who would get the most followers and being angered when he "only" got third place in the popularity poll for most popular God in chapter 58, losing to Inari and Ebisu.
Skills & Abilities[]
- Influence in Education: As the god of learning, Tenjin holds influence over the academic success of humans who pray to him.[4]
- Lightning Manipulation: As he is also associated with thunder gods,[5] Tenjin can wield lightning.[6][7]
Known Shinki[]
Given Name | Alternate Name | Human Name | Vessel Name | Status | Vessel Form |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ayumu (歩) | Ho | Ayu (歩喩) | Hoki (歩器) | Current | Box of purification salt[4] |
Nanami (南) | Na | Nayu (南喩) | Naki (南器) | Current | Saddled cow[4] |
Mi (実) | Unrevealed | Miyu (実喩) | Unrevealed | Released[8] | Unrevealed |
Mochi (望) | Unrevealed | Moyu (望喩) | Unrevealed | Current | Unrevealed |
Makoto (真) | Shin | Mayu (眞喩) | Shinki (真器) | Current | Smoking pipe[2] |
Saku (斯) | Shi | Saku | Shiki (斯器) | Deceased | Unrevealed |
Quotes[]
- To Yukine: "You still bear the Yuki mark. If I gave you a new name, you would have two. Then it would be just as if you had no face." (Chapter 9)
- To Ebisu: "Those who learn from success grow prideful. On the contrary... those who learn from failure run to extremes. You can't learn anything from total affirmation, or total denial. And the more you think, the nastier you get." (Chapter 66)
- To Tsuyu: "All I want... is to make it to next year, to see the plum blossoms in bloom." (Chapter 71)
- To Hiyori Iki: "Happy is the god who finds that irreplaceable someone who will wait for him through countless incarnations. That someone becomes more precious to him than his own life. But a god's love doesn't only give– it also takes. Like the sea or a mountain. You might say the gods are those seas and mountains, merely imitating human form." (Chapter 79)
Trivia[]
- Tenjin is prone to making bad jokes, however, he is constantly scolded for it by his shinki.[9]
- Tenjin consists of the kanji "Heaven, sky" (
天 , ten) and "god, deity" (神 , jin). - He was ranked the third most popular god behind Inari and Ebisu. This caused him to curse under his breath before pretending to be happy about the achievement, implying he likes attention and wished to be more popular.[10]
- He does fly into rage occasionally, so he always has three shinki on hand to cast purgatory.[11]
- His main criteria for adopting shinki is whether or not they can draw a borderline against their master.[11]
References
- ↑ Chapter 3: Like Snow (Vol 1)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 4: A Few Godly Perspective (Vol 2)
- ↑ Wikipedia: Sokutai
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 79: Near Love, Far Love (Vol 20)
- ↑ Volume 23: Biter, page 80 (translation notes)
- ↑ Chapter 24: Always (Vol 7)
- ↑ Chapter 89: Echoes of the Word (Vol 23)
- ↑ Chapter 12: To Cut, or Not To Cut (Vol 4)
- ↑ Chapter 9: Abominable Creature (Vol 3)
- ↑ Chapter 58: Messy Entanglements, Crossed Signals (Vol 15)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Volume 16: Surprise Character Trivia Part 2 (author's notes)