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The Nation of Zhao, all its citizens from the top to the very bottom...I could not care less about what happens to them afterwards.
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~ Tou Jou expressing himself in front of Ri Boku and Zhao officials.
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What depraved darkness...Mind numbingly so...
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~ Ri Boku's inner thoughts on his king.
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Lose Gyou and your body shall be carved into pieces, Ri Boku! And not only you, but every last one of your lackeys and followers will share the same fate! Do you hear me!? HAHAHAHAHAH!!
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Tou Jou, also known as the 9th king of Zhao, was an overarching and now posthumous antagonist of the historical seinen anime and manga series, Kingdom.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
Stripped Ren Pa, the Greatest General of Zhao and one of the most important military commanders in all of China, of his rank simply because he didn't like him.
Threatened execution of Ri Boku, his newly appointed prime minister and great general if he didn't immediately rescue one of his lovers.
Exiled Ri Boku following the failure of the Coalition Invasion and allowed the Zhao Military to become stagnated and even more corrupt during his absence.
He was a very public sexual deviant and pedophile.
Allowed corruption to prosper in the Zhao government and courts.
Wanted to execute Ri Boku, one of the most irreplaceable military figures of the current era, for his failure to prevent the fall of Gyou. However, he mainly wanted him dead because he grew to dislike the man and wanted to bring about the destruction of the Zhao Kingdom.
Gleefully bit and ripped off his oldest son's ear as the young prince tearfully begged him not to execute Ri Boku.
Before his death, he had his youngest son, who is just like him, become his official successor and the current king of Zhao amid an invasion that threatens the very existence of the entire state of Zhao.
Trivia[]
While a disgusting deviant and pedophile, Tou Jou was one of the first openly bisexual characters to appear in the series.