Zanjinsai Otogi

Zanjinsai Otogi
Biographical Information
Status	Deceased
Date of birth	1866
Age	Unknown
Place of birth	Mountains
Date of death	Unknown
Place of death	Mountains
Physical Description
Species	Ogre
Gender	Male
Organizational Information
Relatives	Tesshin Otogi (Father) Morihito's Grandfather (Descendant) Reiji Otogi (Descendant) Morihito Otogi (Descendant)
Affiliation	Otogi Clan
Appearances
Manga Debut	Chapter 90

Zanjinsai Otogi (乙 (おと) 木 (ぎ) 嶄 (ざん) 仁 (じん) 斎 (さい) , Otogi Zanjinsai^?) is a supporting character in Witch Watch series.

He was an ogre and a member of the Otogi Clan in the era after the Great Mage War. Centuries later, he and other ogres would train Morihito Otogi.

Etymology

• The name Zanjinsai means "high mountain" (嶄) (zan), "humanity/virtue/benevolence" (仁) (jin) and "purification/room/worship/avoid" (斎) (sai).
• Zanjinsai's surname Otogi means "witty/chic/quaint" (乙) (oto) and "tree/wood" (木) (gi).

Appearance

Zanjinsai is an old person so he has little hair. His hair is tied up in the back, he has a big beard and mustache and his eyebrows have a lot of hair and has an x-shaped scar on his forehead, as well as earrings in his ears.

He wears a white hakama and a square pattern vest.

Personality

He is a calm and wise person. Despite his calm demeanor, he is a very skilled person learning Qigong from ogres and creating his own technique.

History

Zanjinsai was born in 1866, when the great mage war had ended and the ogres were once again familiar to the witches. Zanjinsai would be born as a member of the Otogi clan and Tesshin Otogi's son.

Many years later, during his old age, he would write in the book of martial arts to guide his descendants.

Abilities

• Ogre Qigong Fighting Arts: Being an ogre, Zanjinsai was an expert in Qigong creating his own technique.

Equipments

• Walking Stick: Zanjinsai usually carries his cane to walk, when he is in a fight he doesn't usually use his cane to fight.

Trivia

• Zanjinsai is a reference to the old masters that appear in the manga like Netero from Hunter x Hunter or Roshi from Dragon Ball.
• In the omake of chapter 91 included in volume 11, his name was written as Ganjinsai.