Hao Asakura - Other Appearances

Other Appearances

In Hao's appearance in the Shaman King anime series, it is stated that his incarnation as a Patch member was defeated by an unnamed member of the Asakura family and his spirit ally using the Futsunomitama Sword and the 1080 beads containing the powerful spirits of the Asakura family. Toward the conclusion of the series, he is confronted by the X-Laws, a paramilitary organization of shaman led by Iron Maiden Jeanne, who make a disastrous attempt to defeat him by opening the Gate of Babylon. Hao subsequently comes to regard the Shaman Fight as a waste of time and elects to seize the Great Spirit by force using the power of the Spirit of Fire, which has become sufficiently powerful after consuming Jeanne's spirit Shamash. Yoh attempts to defeat him before he can succeed, but is overwhelmed and his soul is consumed after Hao expresses disgust with Yoh's attitude that "everything will work out". Yoh's friends arrive and try to defeat Hao using a binding spell that defeated him 500 years prior with the spirits of the Asakura ancestors contained the 1080 beads wielded by Anna. Hao's defeat comes when Yoh's soul breaks free before being fully consumed and Yoh uses the combined power of all the shamans in the tournament and the Great Spirit to boost Amidamaru's power and destroy Hao.

Hao does not appear in Funbari no Uta, the short story series written by Takei that takes place seven years after Shaman King, though he appears in Shaman King - Hana's Epoch, which focuses on Hana Asakura, the son of Yoh and Anna, during Hana's teenage years. Hana, frustrated with how he is unable to exercise his abilities as a shaman like his father had, encounters Hao, now existing as the Shaman King. After Hana recognizes him as "Uncle Hao", Hao announces to Hana that he will soon meet his future bride, Anna III, the daughter of Silva and an itako disciple of Anna I.