Budo

Budo is one of The Empire's most feared and well-respected generals, as well as leading the Imperial Guard; who are in charge of protecting the palace. He is the highest-ranking general in The Empire with the title of great general. Noted for his immense strength and all-round battle prowess, he commands a great deal of respect from his subordinates and other factions alike.

Appearance
Budo is a tall muscular man with spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He wears a dark gray suit of armor with his Teigu Adramelech, white pants and a red cloak. His shoulder guards are notably large and have yellow tomoe markings on them.

Personality
Described as a man who rarely leaves the imperial training grounds, General Budo is a hardened man, with years of training and military hardship shaping him to his current state. As a general born from a celebrated lineage, Budo takes great pride in his honor, and that of the empire. Unlike most generals, he doesn't affiliate himself with the Prime Minister, and the general downright detests him. He even went on to state that once the rebels would be crushed, those who caused chaos in the country would incur his "wrath".

Budo was shown to be serious man in his duties in protecting the palace and the emperor as he was shown to be angry when Wave and Syura almost use their Teigu to fight inside of the palace and he threatened to kill them if they ever did it again, and when Syura teleported the Night Raid members into the palace to capture them, Budo punched him after their capture due to the possibility of harm coming to the emperor from his plan and gave his promise to kill him if this was ever repeated.

Budo was shown to hold the belief that the soldiers of the empire shouldn't be fighting each other and instead save their effort to defeat the rebels as shown when Wave didn't want to stop beating Syura despite being declared the winner of the duel, Budo punched and angrily scold him, but then smiled as he was leaving while saying that they are both strong and should focus on stopping the rebel instead of fighting.

History
Born into family with many well-known generals, Budo was trained throughout his life in order to follow the demands from his family and country. Not much is known about him, due to his continuous military drills and training, which rarely causes him to actually leave training grounds.

When called upon by the Prime Minister to deal with a rebel army dealing with the south, Budo swore that he would destroy the rebels. However, shortly after making that statement, Budo noted his detestment at the Empire's current state and vows to change it by eliminating the cause of the chaos himself.

When Syura staged a trap for Tatsumi and Lubbock, sending both of them to the palace. Budo personally intervenes and easily defeats Tatsumi before punching Syura for his actions that could have brought harm to the Emperor. Budo reappears when Lubbock attempted to escape, preparing to kill Lubbock should Izou fail to kill Lubbock.

He was later assigned as one of the two executioners for Tatsumi's execution the other being Esdeath. On the day of Tatsumi's execution, Budo was once again questioned by Tatsumi about his view on the current empire with Budo insisting again that he will deal with the insurgance first before dealing with Honest. When Mine crashes the execution to rescue Tatsumi, Budo attempted to attack Mine but was overpowered by Pumpkin and was blasted off instead. Budo, however, reemerges from the rubble of rocks unfazed by Mine's attack. Calling Akame's name, Budo curses Night Raid for causing chaos in the imperial palace, vowing to execute all of them.

Equipment &amp; Skills
Budo possesses the Teigu Adramelech, which allows him to use electric attacks. Budo commands equal, if not, more respect and regard than Esdeath towards fellow officials. As the Empire's highest ranking military officer, Budo is assumed to be an extremely proficient fighter and his appearance implies great strength and endurance.

Relationships
Esdeath: Esdeath has been seen to have sarcastically refers to him as Old Geezer but still hold Budo in high regards and respects him due to his strength.

Honest: Though he requires of Budou to accomplish tasks, it is made clear that their relationship is of mutual dislike, refering to him as a Stubborn Bastard. Similarly, Budou often makes offhand comments on the corruption Honest brings to the Empire.

Syura: Like Esdeath and his father, Syura holds great regard for Budo's strength. He refers to Budou as Lightning Geezer.