Brave Force

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Brave Force (ブレイブフォース, Bureibu Fōsu^?) are a hayashi rock band whose music is passionate enough to resonate with spirits.

Overview[]

Not much is known about this band, other than that they take requests to ward off evil spirits through heavy metal music. They are implied to be highly recommended hayashi to hire, as Seiko credited them to Momo on their performance being genuine, though at the same time, not so much renowned to where the famous spirit medium could recognize them upon meeting.

Members[]

Brave Force [v · e]

Hideji (Guitarist)	Patarson (Bassist)	Toshiro (Vocalist)	Yoshikichi (Drummer)

Commissions[]

Expel the Evil Eye out from Jiji

Status: Cancelled

Brave Force were hired by Seiko to help with exorcising the Evil Eye out from Jiji. In the midst of their performance, Jiji begged for them to spare the Evil Eye, having felt pity for the yokai. The performance was then cancelled by Seiko as she agreed to comply with Jiji's request.

Onbusuman Operation

Status: Success

Brave Force were hired by Seiko again for assistance with releasing an Onbusuman that was bound to Rin Sawaki. While the band, Seiko, Momo, and Okarun were being carried on a dashi as an army of spirits chased after them, they put on their musical performance to erect a barrier that would protect the dashi from the spirits as they pass through the streets. With Rin's help as a substitute for the vocalist, after he had been knocked out, the job was a success.

Abilities and Powers[]

Supernatural Abilities[]

Spectral Resonance [v · e]
Though they are not spiritually aware, the members of Brave Force are able to play special heavy metal music that is capable of reaching the realm of the dead, which helps to effectively counter against spirits.

Songs
Hunting Soul
	A song Brave Force played for Seiko's exorcism of the Evil Eye in order to keep the yokai entertained. In the anime, the song also attracted the attention of spirits from a nearby grave site.
Barrier Song
	A song played for the cleansing of the Onbusuman bound to Rin Sawaki that had the power to cast an evil spirit warding barrier. While shown to be most effective against giant evil spirits, a flaw to the barrier is that it can easily be slipped through by evil spirits of average size due to the large mesh of the barrier being uneven. The barrier also can only be kept active if the vocalist continues to sing along with their bandmates, otherwise a substitute would have to fill in for them.

Battles & Events[]

Onbusuman Arc
- Onbusuman Operation

Chapter Appearances[]

Kintama Hunt Saga[]

[v · e · ?]Cursed House Arc
28. That's A Premonition About The Turmoils of Love!	Absent
29. First Love!	Absent
30. Don't Give Up!	Absent
31. The Life of an Anatomical Doll	Absent
32. Let's Go to the Cursed House	Absent
33. Better Decide Which One's Into Her	Absent
34. The Kito Family Is Coming	Absent
35. Where's The Tsuchinoko Monster?	Absent
36. The Kito Family's Old Lady	Absent
37. Like, This Is the Legend of the Giant Snake	Absent
38. Mongolian Death Worms Are Deadly	Absent
39. The Evil Eye	Absent
40. Contract	Absent
41. Jiji the Prodigy	Absent
42. Escape! Multistage!	Absent
43. You Won't Get Away With This!	Absent
44. That House Is a Damn Eyesore	Absent
45. It's a Pump	Absent
46. Put That Fire Out	Absent
47. That's, Like, Way Deadly	Absent
48. That UFO Is Awesome	Absent
49. He's, Like, Sealed	Mentioned
50. Let's All Carry Around Hot Water	Absent

[v · e · ?]Evil Eye Arc
51. We Can All Stay There Together!	Mentioned
52. The Hayashi Performers Are Here	Debut
53. We Became a Family	Appears
54. Get a Part-Time Job	Absent
55. Moe Moe Tri-Beam	Absent
56. Feeling Kinda Gloomy	Mentioned
57. Scary Dudes at School	Absent
58. Symphony No. 6	Flashback
59. Symphony No. 9	Absent
60. You Can Do It, Okarun!	Mentioned
61. The Evil Eye's Briefs	Absent
62. I Want to Rebuild the House	Absent

[v · e · ?]Onbusuman Arc
121. Who's This Person?	Absent
122. Let's Form a Club	Absent
123. The Class Rep's Secret	Absent
124. Ombusman	Absent
125. Let's Do an Exorcism	Appears
126. It's a Parade Float. It's a Festival. It's Ninomiya	Appears
127. Float Performance Face-Off	Appears
128. Let's Be Idols	Appears

[v · e · ?]Danmara Arc
129. Kawabanga	Appears
130. Mission Impossible	Absent
131. It's, Like, Pride	Absent
132. Delinquents' Track Meet	Absent
133. Where's Zuma?	Absent
134. Deadly Magic Object	Absent
135. She Went and Entered It	Absent
136. It's, Like, a Board Game	Absent
137. That Zuma Dude	Absent
138. Start Game	Absent
139. Let 'Em Eat Cake	Absent
140. How to Use Powers	Absent
141. Eatin' Too Many Treats	Absent
142. That's Enough Of Sweets!	Absent
143. Let's Take a Break!	Absent
144. Let's Go On An Adventure!	Absent
145. Commence Castle Siege	Absent
146. Castle Sieges Are Hard	Absent
147. It's a Megabrawl	Absent
148. Game Cleared	Absent
149. That Devil, the Fairy-Tale Card	Absent
150. This Guy's a Pain	Absent
151. Get That Family Jewel Back	Absent
152. Turbo Granny vs. Brella Boy	Absent
153. Unji Zuma	Absent
154. Unji Zuma 2	Absent
155. Unji Zuma 3	Absent
156. 'Brella Boy	Absent
157. Masamichi Bega	Absent
158. That Kawabanga Girl	Absent
159. Escape from the Cursed Trunk!	Absent
160. The Power of the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card	Absent
161. Saint-Germain, the Mysterious Man	Absent
162. Let's Blow the Demonic Fairy-Tale Card Away!	Absent
163. Saviors, Don't Be Late!	Absent
164. She's Gone All Little!	Absent
165. Family Jewels—Intact	Absent

Bonus Appearances[]

[v · e · ?]Dandadan Daizukan Stories
1. Momo	Absent
2. Okarun	Absent
3. Aira	Absent
4. Jiji	Absent
5. Bamora	Absent
6. Kinta	Absent
7. Rin	Flashback
8. Unji	Absent
9. Sanjome	Absent
10. Turbo Granny	Absent
11. Rokuro Serpo	Absent

Anime Appearances[]

[v · e · ?]Season 2
13. Like, This is the Legend of the Giant Snake	Absent
14. The Evil Eye	Absent
15. You Won't Get Away With This!	Absent
16. That's, Like, Way Deadly	Absent
17. We Can All Stay There Together!	Mentioned
18. We Became a Family	Debut
19. Feeling Kinda Gloomy	Mentioned
20. You Can Do It, Okarun!	Flashback
21. I Want to Rebuild the House	Absent
22. The Secret Art of Being Attractive	Absent
23. Hey, It's a Kaiju	Absent
24. Clash! Space Kaiju vs. Giant Robot!	Absent

Trivia[]

HAYASii Infobox — The name of the band in the anime.

In the anime, Brave Force is instead named the HAYASii, most likely due to be the band being unnamed in the manga until the release of Dandadan Daizukan, which was a few days before the release of Episode 18.
Since they aren't at least spirit sensitive, Seiko states that it would be incorrect to classify Brave Force as spirit mediums.
- As stated by Seiko, them not having any spiritual power or the ability to perceive spirits is actually to their advantage during exorcisms. As this protects them from being possessed or haunted by malevolent or violent spirits during such ceremonies.
In the English Dub for Episode 18, Toshiro's vocals for Hunting Soul were done by Marc Hudson of DragonForce and Hideji's guitar was done by the former guitarist of Megadeth, Marty Friedman, while the entire song was composed by Kensuke Ushio.
- In the Japanese Dub, Toshiro's vocals were done by Kishō Taniyama of GRANRODEO.
They visually resemble the Japanese rock band, X Japan.
- The names of its members are also a reference to some of the X Japan members.

References[]

↑ Dandadan Daizukan, Page 89

[1] Dandadan Daizukan, Page 89

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