Despa

 (デスパー, Desupa) is a character in Ousama Ranking and its anime adaption. He is a prince of the Underworld, younger brother of King Desha, and older brother of Ouken.

Appearance
Despa is an average-height man with blond hair, brown eyes, long eyelashes, and a thin moustache. He wears a red coat with a white fur collar, white hose, and enormous black bloomers with gold details.

Personality
Despa appears to be a typical dandy, obsessed with his own appearance and favoring the finer things in life. In spite of his outward appearance Despa seems to be a capable and resourceful man, and has gladly taken on Bojji as his apprentice (for a price).

Despa believes his older brother, Desha, is deeply envious of both Despa's abilities and Despa's good looks. This is a dubious claim, as Desha's abilities seem to rival or exceed Despa's, and Desha appears to be comfortable with his own appearance. In all likelihood Despa may be the one who is envious of Desha. The two have an antagonistic relationship.

In spite of their fraught relationship Despa is loyal to his brother, and won't hesitate to cooperate with him to protect the Underworld.

Though Despa appears to be a very frivolous person, he cares deeply for Bojji and shows enormous empathy for the young prince, even going so far as to stage a "fake" fight to help Bojji gain confidence in his abilities.

Plot
The second son of the god Satun, younger brother of King Desha, and technically current crown prince of the Underworld, Despa has lead a tumultuous life riddled with danger and hardship.

Though the circumstances of his early life are unknown, upon reaching adulthood Despa conspired with his brothers Desha and Ouken to overthrow their father. Satun had become a sadistic tyrant in his pursuit of immortality, slaughtering many of his own subjects, obsessed with the idea that humans contained a clue to the ability.

After serving for the majority of the war, Despa became disgusted with the brutal and inhuman behavior he witnessed among Desha's troops. When Desha refused to correct his soldiers for fear of damaging their morale, Despa angrily quit, leaving the resistance before its decisive battle against Satun's forces.

The revolution was successful, and Despa assumed a place in the newly-crowned Desha's court alongside his brother Ouken. Despa was there when Ouken first revealed his immortality, and felt deep dread for his younger brother.

Sometime later Despa began using his magical perception to help others develop their abilities. He quickly grew wealthy and notorious in this role, supposedly having assisted a highly-ranked king at some point. With his reputation growing, Despa was eventually sought out by a young guardsman named Bebin.

Bebin was desperate to increase his own abilities, and Despa happily assisted, for a price. Despa's training was enough to turn Bebin from an ordinary guardsman into one of the Big Four of the Bosse Kingdom.

Years later Bebin, now the spymaster for the Bosse Kingdom as well, would charge Kage with escorting Bojji to the Underworld to acquire training from Despa. Again, Despa was happy to train Bojji, for a price. With Despa's diligent training Bojji was finally able to make use of his true abilities, and quickly became an incredibly powerful combatant. Despa also proved himself a wise and kind-hearted mentor to the young prince, helping grow Bojji's self-confidence.

While Bojji completed his training, strange events began to unfold in the Bosse Kingdom, culminating in the release of six notorious Underworld prisoners into the Bosse Kingdom's castle. This would be the latest attempted coup by Miranjo, now in her guise as the Magic Mirror. Despa and his brother Desha quickly responded, splitting the Order of the Underworld troops between themselves, and invading the Bosse Kingdom both overland and via a magic portal deep below the Bosse Kingdom's castle.

Despa was present during Bojji's battle with the terrifying Ouken, and was ultimately slain by the rampaging immortal along with everyone else on the field. While briefly dead, Despa and Bojji witnessed Kage attempting to cross over to the afterlife, only to be stopped and rescued by Miranjo. Despa provided further counsel to Bojji during this time, helping him through the traumatic experience.

Once resurrected, and with Miranjo defeated, Despa was finally able to capture his true goal: the Demon. Despa and Desha had long ago planned to use the Demon's power to restore Ouken's mortality, and Despa attempted to do so on the spot, only to be thwarted by a recently-restored Daida. Daida used the wish to restore Miranjo's original body, giving the mage a chance at redemption. As the wish was granted the Demon freed itself and disappeared, but not before taunting Despa.

Though bitter at first, Despa recalled a vision of his younger brother, and decided he was meant to help save Miranjo before he could save Ouken.

Desha
Desha and Despa do not get along. Despa considers his brother a heartless ogre for what transpired during Desha's revolution, and Desha considers Despa a pompous and grating person. Still, the two have a grudging respect for one another, and don't hesitate to help each other further the interests of the Underworld.

Despa seems to act as a direct emissary for Desha when the king can't be present, suggesting a deep level of trust between the brothers.

Ouken
In contrast to his relationship with Desha, Despa seemed genuinely fond of his younger brother. Ouken was one of Despa's first students, and Despa's teachings still influence Ouken's deranged mind to this day.

Bojji
Despa is perhaps Bojji's first true mentor, and immediately saw past Bojji's weakness to appreciate the prince's true abilities instead. He was a strict and relentless teacher to Bojji, but found Bojji to be a talented and willing pupil, and quickly developed a deep affection for him.

Bojji and Despa's relationship remains strong even after the completion of Bojji's training.

Kage
Though not a direct teacher to Kage, Despa has developed a respect and friendship for the young shadow as well. Despa and Kage are a bit more comedic and confrontational in their interactions together, but like each other all the same.

Demigod
Despa is a demigod, or a human/god hybrid. In contrast to his brother King Desha, Despa inherited a very small amount of his father's power. This power manifests as the ability to sense the strengths and weaknesses of anything he touches, including living beings. He prefers to use this ability to sense the hidden strengths in people, and then help them develop and master those strengths.

In Bojji's case Despa was able to sense that the young prince has absolutely no physical strength. He was also able to sense that Bojji had excellent speed, accuracy, and intelligence, which Despa then trained Bojji to use in a new personal fighting style.

Despa's ability to sense strength & weakness is so great that he's able to discern weak bonds between molecules.

Communication Magic
Despa is capable of communicating with his older brother, King Desha, over vast distances. He does so by speaking into his own cupped hand. The two are able to hear each other and converse freely.

Trivia

 * 's name likely derives from the Greek God, Hades (ハデス, Hadesu).