Ojiya (お自夜, Ojiya) was a bandit along with her husband, Hibukuro. She was the mother of Dororo.
Appearance
Hibukuro's treasure whereabouts tattooed on Ojiya's back
Ojiya is a young woman with fair skin and black eyes. Her long black hair is spiky and is styled as bangs that are parted from the left side, it is also tied with a green ribbon near the end of her hair length. She wears a cream dark cream coloured kimono, red vest with scale-like pattern over it, and a dark green hakama. She also wears leg warmers and black sandals. All clothing attributes of Ojiya were later replicated by Dororo when he reached adulthood.
Unknown to many people, one half of the map showing the whereabouts of Hibukuro's treasure was tattooed on her back.
After loosing her bandit clan from Itachi, Ojiya's clothing regressed to that of plain kimono tied with a Fudoshi. She also lose some of her weight, making clear indentations on her chin.
Personality
Plot
History
Ojiya was a woman with deep hatred towards the samurais due to what they wars and corruption brought upon to the poor villagers. Sometime in her life, she joined the bandit clan devoted to raiding the samurai and helping the poor. There, she met the leader of the clan, Hibukuro, who she eventually fell in love and married to.
Ojiya handling Hyakkimaru
Hibukuro the first to found a deformed baby by the river before bringing it over to Ojiya. Initially perplexed and freaked out by its appearance,the two wasn't sure whether it was human or not. However, once Ojiya realized that the baby had the same needs as that of a regular human, she took care of it as if it's her own . They eventually brought the baby to a doctor, Jukai, to check on its condition, who later took in the baby as his own son, Hyakkimaru.
| Humans
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Biwamaru • Dororo • Hibukuro • Hyakkimaru • Hyogo • Itachi • Jukai • Kagemitsu Daigo • Kaname • Mio • Munetsuna • Mutsu • Nui No Kata • Ojiya • Osushi • Oume • Okowa • Sabame • Saburota • Saru • Shiranui • Souryo • Sukeroku • Tahomaru • Take • Tanosuke • Yajiro |
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| Demons
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Arijigoku • Bakemonogani • Bandai • Deiki • Hakumenfudo • Shark Demons • Kyubi • Lizard Demon • Maimai-onba • Nihil • Nokosaregumo • Nue • Twelfth Demon |
| Ghouls
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Ayakashigi • Jorogumo • Amanojaku |
| Spirits
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Jishō Nun Ghost • Kanekozou • Okaka • Yōkai Kozō • Midoro |
| Others
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Nota • Chibi |