A Summary of the Character Correlation and Relationship Charts for 'Tenmaku no Jadu-gar'! You Only Need to Remember These 5 People to Understand Everything
Tenmaku no Jadu-gar is
incredibly interesting, but I can't keep the characters' names straight at all.
Are you watching it in that state?
On X, there are posts saying things like "I can't remember the characters' names" or "I'm just watching based on intuition," so there are quite a lot of people with the same problem.
Sitara, Toregene, Tolui, Sorkhokhtani, Ogedei.
The names are similar, and with Toregene's past revealed in Act 6,
I'm sure there are people whose relationship charts have completely collapsed.
In this article, I will organize the characters of Tenmaku no Jadu-gar by faction and
reconstruct the correlation and relationship charts using only text.
Since this is based on up to Act 6, "The People of Mergen," there will be no spoilers for future developments, and historical facts are isolated in the second half.
Please read on with peace of mind!
You only need to remember these 5 characters from Tenmaku no Jadu-gar
To conclude,
there is absolutely no need to remember every single character.
If you grasp just these 5 people at first, you can properly follow the skeleton of the story.
The 5 people you should remember are Sitara, Toregene, Tolui, Sorkhokhtani, and Ogedei
Sitara: The protagonist. A slave girl whose hometown was burned. She now calls herself "Fatima"
Tolui: The fourth prince. The very person who destroyed Sitara's hometown = her direct enemy
Sorkhokhtani: Tolui's primary wife. The person who keeps Sitara by her side as a tutor in academics
Ogedei: The third prince and the second emperor after the death of Genghis
Toregene: Ogedei's sixth wife. A presence that could be called another protagonist
If you have these 5 in mind,
the rest will naturally connect as "whose family they are" or "whose subordinate they are."
The correlation chart of these 5 people stands on just 4 lines
There are only 4 lines you need to remember.
First, for Sitara, Tolui is the enemy who burned her hometown.
Second, Sitara serves Sorkhokhtani,
and has even received a mission as a spy.
Third, that same Sitara has teamed up with Toregene.
Fourth, Toregene's current husband, Ogedei, is
a person from the side that killed her previous husband.
In one sentence, it's "a story about a girl who infiltrated the house of her enemy and teamed up with a wife who shares the same pain."
Once you see this,
you won't get lost even if you forget the minor names.
Organizing the characters of Tenmaku no Jadu-gar from the Khwarazm side
Sitara (Fatima) is the protagonist who went from a slave girl to the inside of the empire
Sitara (CV: Akira Sekine) is a slave girl taken in by a family of scholars in Tus, eastern Iran.
The Mongol army took everything from her family, including the math book "Elements."
After that, she took the name of the late lady and calls herself "Fatima,"
using only her wisdom as a weapon to enter the inside of the empire.
Since the same person is called by two names,
this is the first point of confusion.
Fatima and Muhammad are the mother and son of the scholarly family that took in Sitara.
Fatima (CV: Fumiko Orikasa) was the lady who cherished the orphaned Sitara like her own child, and she is killed by the Mongol army.
The name Fatima, which Sitara uses, is this person's name.
Her son Muhammad (CV: Jun Saito) is the person who taught the young Sitara, 'If you study and become wise, you will know what is best to do.'
These words determined Sitara's life.
After that, he went on a journey to seek the truth.
Sila is a boy from Samarkand who ingratiates himself with Tolui to survive.
Sila (CV: Yumi Uchiyama) is a boy from Samarkand who became a Mongol prisoner.
He takes on the role of an interpreter,
and possesses the shrewdness to ingratiate himself with Tolui for the sake of his own advancement.
Organizing the characters of 'Tenmaku no Jadugar' from the Mongol Imperial side.
This is where the largest number of people are.
However, just dividing them into 'Princes' and 'Consorts' makes it easier to understand.
You can remember Genghis Khan and his four princes by listing them from top to bottom.
The princes of Genghis Khan (CV: Tamawashi Ichiro) are, from eldest to youngest: the first prince Jochi (CV: Kenji Nojima), the second prince Chagatai (CV: Daisuke Namikawa), the third prince Ogedei (CV: Hiro Shimono), and the fourth prince Tolui (CV: Ryota Suzuki).
Chagatai is a strict person who values law and order, but at his core, he has a desire to protect slaves and the common people.
The key point is the custom of ultimogeniture (inheritance by the youngest son).
Originally, the person closest to being the next emperor was the youngest son, Tolui.
Yet, it was Ogedei who ascended to the throne.
At this point, the seeds of the succession struggle have already been sown.
By the way, Genghis Khan himself is only depicted from behind in the work.
The voice is provided by active sumo wrestler Tamawashi-zeki, and this is said to be his first attempt at voice acting.
Tolui and Sorghaghtani are Sitara's enemy and his primary consort.
Tolui is the prince with the greatest military power in the empire and the person who destroyed Sitara's hometown.
His primary consort, Sorghaghtani (CV: Misaki Kuno), is a Nestorian Christian of the Keraite tribe who wishes to incorporate Western knowledge, obtained a manuscript of 'Elements,' and kept Sitara by her side as a tutor.
What is clever is that Sorghaghtani is not a villain.
Because of her privileged upbringing, she is indifferent to the sacrifices of others and does not realize that she is deeply resented.
On X, the assessment that 'even the characters on the enemy side have their own positions and thoughts' gained support.
Remember Ogedei and his consorts as the First Consort, Third Consort, and Sixth Consort.
The First Consort, Borakchin (CV: Kujira), was a former consort of Genghis Khan and is a person of great strategy.
The Third Consort, Kyrgyzstani (CV: Mayumi Shintani), is as small as a child.
And the Sixth Consort is Toregene.
Her position as the Sixth Consort, which is low in rank, is directly linked to the reason she is isolated in the inner palace.
Toregene, Guyuk, and Qadaq are the other protagonist and those around her.
Toregene (CV: Ami Koshimizu) was a daughter of the Naiman tribe and the wife of Dair, the chief of the Merkit tribe's Ukhaz clan.
Everything was taken from her by the invasion, and she ended up with Ogedei, the side that killed her husband.
She dotes on her son Guyuk, but he is an emotionally unstable boy.
Qadaq (CV: Yusuke Numata) is Guyuk's tutor, and his mistaking Sitara for a thief and taking him into custody was the start of their meeting.
Characters and relationship chart appearing in the past of Toregene in Act 6 of Jadugar of the Tent
What increased all at once in Act 6, 'The People of Mergen', is
Toregene's family from her Merkit era.
Dair was the chief of the Uhas clan of the Merkit tribe and Toregene's first husband
Dair (CV: Akira Ishida) was Toregene's first husband, who was much older than her.
Even after realizing defeat, he tried to save at least his people,
and made the decision to offer his daughter to Genghis Khan.
Ultimately, he surrendered and fell into slavery himself,
and died in battle after a rebellion.
Despite his short screen time, he is an unforgettable character,
with many viewers commenting that he 'stole their hearts'.
Kulan is Dair's daughter and Toregene's stepdaughter
This part is easy to get wrong, so I will write it clearly.
Kulan (CV: Inori Minase) is not Toregene's biological daughter.
She is the daughter of her husband Dair,
which makes her a stepdaughter.
Kulan decided on her own to leave, determined to 'go to save the people'.
Toregene opposed this until the end, saying, 'This child is different from me'.
Kurtugan is Kulan's friend and a master archer
Kurtugan (CV: Shoya Chiba) is Kulan's friend and a young man skilled with a bow.
He continued to resist even after the surrender,
and died in battle after a rebellion.
Summarizing the Merkit-era relationship chart in one line
Toregene and her husband Dair,
and their daughter Kulan.
This was her original family,
and it was the side of her current husband, Ogedei, that took everything from them.
Just by redrawing this single line,
the meaning of Toregene's tears in Act 6 changes entirely.
Three twists in the Jadugar of the Tent correlation chart that are easy to get confused about
The reason you can't remember the names isn't because of your memory,
but because the relationships themselves are twisted.
Twist 1: Sitara is doing the exact opposite of what Sorghaghtani ordered
Sitara was sent to Toregene as a 'spy to prevent uprisings in Mongolia'.
However, what she actually did was
form an alliance with the side causing the uprising.
On X, there are voices of confusion, such as 'Is she working as Sorghaghtani's spy while also teaming up with Toregene?'
Conversely, once you grasp this point,
the driving force of the story becomes clear all at once.
Twist 2: Toregene's current husband is the person who defeated her previous husband
For Toregene, Ogedei is
the person who defeated her former husband Dair, and also her current husband.
It is a situation where the enemy and her family are the same person.
The reason she doesn't smile in the inner palace
is all contained right here.
Twist 3: The princes are splitting into two axes: the Ogedei family and the Tolui family
The empire is not monolithic.
There is the house of Ogedei, who became Emperor,
and the house of Tolui, who holds the military power.
At this stage, it is enough to just grasp the structure that 'there are two houses'.
The meaning of 'Jadoo-gal' in 'Tenmaku no Jadoo-gal' is 'witch' in Persian
Jadoo-gal means magician or witch, and Tenmaku refers to a Mongolian ger
Jadoo-gal is a Persian word meaning 'magician' or 'witch'.
Tenmaku refers to a ger, which is the dwelling of Mongolian nomads.
In other words, it means 'Mongolian witch'.
The English title is 'A Witch's Life in Mongol'
The English title is also literally 'A Witch's Life in Mongol'.
It originates from records of the real woman who served as the model for the protagonist,
who was feared as a witch in the harem.
Why would a girl who uses wisdom as her weapon
come to be called a witch?
The title itself is a foreshadowing of the story.
Historical models for the characters in 'Tenmaku no Jadoo-gal' (Spoilers ahead)
From this point on, we will be discussing historical facts.
If you do not want to know how the story unfolds,
you can skip to the next heading.
The model for Sitara is Fatima Khatun
The historical model for Sitara is a real woman named Fatima Khatun.
She is recorded as having wielded immense power as a close aide to Toregene, who became the empress of Ogedei.
The model for Toregene is Töregene / Turakina
Toregene's name is spelled differently depending on the historical source;
in Mongolian-based languages it is Töregene,
and in Persian it is Turakina.
The historical Toregene was also from the Naiman tribe,
and was initially the wife of the son of a Merkit chieftain.
The setting in the story that she was 'Dair's wife' is how the author, Tomato Soup, filled in the gaps,
and it has been praised even by those knowledgeable about history as being 'within a natural range compared to historical facts'.
Sorkhokhtani and Dair Usun are also real historical figures
Sorkhokhtani Beki also existed,
and she was the mother of four sons: Mongke, Kublai, Hulagu, and Ariq Boke.
This is the lineage that leads to the later Yuan dynasty.
Dair is also recorded as Dair Usun,
and in historical fact, he appears as the side that abducted Genghis Khan's wife, Borte.
The timeline of the 6th act matches historical facts precisely
The meeting between Toregene and Sitara is set in the autumn of 1229, the year of Ogedei's enthronement.
The battle with the Naiman and Merkit was in 1204.
The '25 years ago' mentioned in the story
is a calculation that matches perfectly.
Streaming services where you can watch 'Tenmaku no Jadoo-gal' from episode 1
It is broadcast every Saturday night at 11:30 PM on the 24 TV Asahi stations.
It is available for unlimited viewing on ABEMA, d Anime Store, Prime Video, U-NEXT, DMM TV, WOWOW On Demand, and others.
If you want to watch for free, use the catch-up streaming on TVer and ABEMA
If you want to catch up without spending money, you can use the catch-up streaming on TVer and ABEMA.
ABEMA supports free viewing for 6 days after the broadcast.
However, you cannot watch episodes after that period has passed, so it is not suitable for those who want to rewatch from episode 1.
For binge-watching and reading the original work, use U-NEXT; for the lowest price, use DMM TV
U-NEXT costs 2,189 yen (tax included) per month and comes with a 31-day free trial.
Since you can also read e-books with the points you receive every month, it is a good fit for those who want to follow the original work as well.
If you just want to keep costs down, DMM TV is the way to go.
It costs 550 yen (tax included) per month and has a 14-day free trial.
I think this is sufficient for those who mainly watch anime.
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Summary
We have organized the characters and relationship chart for Tenmaku no Jadu-gar.
Let's review just three key points.
The first is that you don't need to remember every single character.
You can follow the story with just these five: Sitara, Toregene, Tolui, Sorghaghtani, and Ogedei.
The second is that the relationship chart for Tenmaku no Jadu-gar can be organized all at once by dividing it into the Khwarazm side and the Mongol Imperial side.
You just need to add Toregene's Merkit era to that.
The third is that the source of the confusion lies in three twists.
Sitara, who acts in direct opposition to orders;
Toregene, whose husband is the enemy of her previous husband;
and the houses of the princes that are splitting in two.
Even if you can't remember the names, that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the work at all.
Just keep these five in mind and fully enjoy the next broadcast!