The Japanese publication Newtype ranked him as the fifth best male anime character of the 1990s.He was ranked as the first, then second, then third most popular male anime character in the Animage Anime Grand Prix for the consecutive years of 1993, 1994, and 1995. Hiei is a popular character among fans of the series.The name 'Jagan' or evil eye is used by other characters Ban Mido from Get Backers and by Alucard from Hellsing.At the end of the manga, he is assigned as one of the guardians of the portals between the human and demons realms. During the Dark Tournament he taps into the unruly fires of hell, known as the Dark Flame of the Overlord, or in the English dub, 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame', which he eventually masters. He also has superhuman speed and can produce and control fire. Hiei is an expert with a Katana due to the environment in which he grew up. He is told his twin sister has run away and decides to search for her as well. When he gets there, he finds his mother's grave and his lust for revenge fades. He loses his tear-gem during a battle and, realizing he must now find the stone as well as the Ice Domain, went to the Osteopath Shigure and has the Evil Eye (Jagan in Japanese, referred to as the Jagan Eye in the English anime dub) implanted in his forehead which gives him many powers, including hypnosis, telepathy, and clairvoyance or remote viewing.Įven with the Jagan, Hiei cannot find his tear stone, though he easily finds the Ice Maidens' glacier home. He later decided to find the ice domain in order to take revenge on the women who cast him out. The only times he found peace were while looking at the tear-gem from his mother. He managed to survive though, and grew up in the wilderness where he developed a thirst for killing. Hiei was thrown from the floating Ice Domain by Hina's closest friend Rie, to his supposed doom. As her children were born, Hina wept two tears which crystallized and were given to the babies. Hiei who is once known as Imiko' ('cursed child'), was born as one of the twin children of the Ice Maiden Hina.

A male child is born only if the Maiden had sex with a male, which is forbidden in their society. The Ice Maidens reproduce every 100 years asexually, always giving birth to a female.

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