Pochi

A baby tanuki who can speak the human language. It speaks about himself in the first person in the Japanese manga. It's gender is unknown. He met Utsuho when he saved him from poachers.

==It is very polite and has very good manners, but has some faults in it's thinking, and is quite an optomistic airhead. Because of this, pochi often causes trouble for the other members of the party. When Pochi's heart is moved by something, it has a habit of clapping it's hands in applause. Pochi is the opposite of Utsuho, as it has no skills in lying in the least, and is quite simple. However, thanks to that simpleness, Pochi was able to obtain one of the 9 Treasures, the "Seven-Colored Rainbow" very easily, which the others could not do. At the beginning of the series, Pochi was very weak-willed, but in later developments Pochi has gained the courage to draw on the enemy's faces or try to save Utsuho from danger. As Pochi has been "raised" by Utsuho, Pochi has come to not know fear. Pochi has a tendency to draw out his sentences, adding "～" marks to the end of his speech to show his slow-speaking personality. It has a very strong bond with Utsuho, and likely has the most amount of trust with him. Pochi loves taking afternoon naps with Utsuho, and taking walks with him.==

Background
Pochi was taught by it's mother tanuki that it was important to trust humans. This however, almost led to it's death when a deceitful hunter killed his mother and tricked it to come to him as well.

Role in the Plot
It's mother was killed by a cruel trapper, and was saved by Utsuho when it seemed Pochi was going to be captured as well. It then becomes "family" with Utsuho, and goes on his journey to save 1,000 people with him as the first member of his party.