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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo
Anji (the monk) was the one that sprang to mind for me too, though he really isn't evil. A fallen monk, for sure, but more what I would call misguided than evil. For all his anger I think he still tries to live by a moral code he sees as consistent with his Buddhism.
Warrior monks (Sohei) actually played a crucial part in much of feudal Japanese history and did a whole lot of things most people today would call evil, but I don't recall seeing them depicted in anime too much. It was actually a topic on the Suggestions board a while back, but Buddhists of any stripe are much less common as major characters in anime than Shinto priests and (especially) miko.
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I've only seen them in Kenshin. So I guess RK has a monopoly on sinister Buddhists
