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Information
Title	???
Gender	Male
Age	Unknown
Role	Sell items
Other
Voice	None
Seiyū	Akio Ōtsuka
First appearance	Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
Last appearance	Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack

??? is a mysterious character from the Boktai series based on Solid Snake from the Metal Gear series. He has unknown skills and hides items in his stomach (a reference to when Snake had hidden cigarettes in his stomach in the game Metal Gear Solid).

Story

In Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django, Django found ??? stuck in the House of Time, a place with distorted time and space where past and present collapse. He has no memories of who he is and it's believed he's a visitor from another world. After being rescued, he goes to San Miguel and opens a shop. He sells "blindboxes" that contain random items and weapons. He also gives titles and hints to Django.

Blindboxes

The Blindboxes has five levels, each level has nine items and price, starting with 200 Soll. The items inside are divided by six consumables and three weapons, the Blindbox contains one item chosen randomly.

Snake can partially recover his memory after the player upgrade the Blindboxes to the maximum level through JoySpot, after reach the last level and hitting him, he will start remembering his past with a head and stomach pain. After that, Snake will give the player the Star Piece.

Unfortunately, it's a characteristic only available in the Japanese release of Boktai 2, for the USA and European release the boxes can only be upgrade to level 2, and Snake dialogues are not available.

Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Level 4		Level 5
200 Soll		??? Soll		??? Soll		??? Soll		??? Soll
	Zweihander		Bastard Sword		ZweihanderSP		Bastard SwordSP		MuramasaSP
	Corsesca		Partizan		CorsescaSP		PartizanSP		Rune SpearSP
	Axe		Battle Axe		AxeSP		Battle AxeSP		Heavy AxeSP
	Speed Nut		Redshroom		Earthly Nut		Speed Nut		Tasty Meat
	Tiptoe Nut		Blueshroom		Solar Nut		Power Nut		Jerky
	Power Nut		Chocolate		Drop of Sun		Redshroom		Chocolate
	Chocolate		Healer		Tomato Juice		Blueshroom		Healer
	Healer		Magical Potion		Chocolate		Chocolate		Magical Potion
	Magical Potion		Elixir		Sunblock		Sunny Clog		Elixir

Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack

In Boktai 3: Sabata's Counterattack, he still has amnesia and appears in four locations during night-time, with Garigari-kun appearing in the same locations during daytime. He sells a item and an accessory in each location. If the items are sold to Lita, they can be bought at her store at any time. The four accessories give negative statuses when used alone, but when all are used together the negative bonuses become positive and the Dark Trance lasts longer.

Store

Image	Name	Price	Location
	Redshroom	50	Lifeless town B, Floor 2 Room 3
	Wolf Fang	1200
	Blueshroom	200	White Forest B, Room 12
	Undead Fingernail	1200
	Elixir	200	Ancient Tree B, Floor 4 Room 14
	Bat Wing	1200
	Bearnut	400	Pirate Island A, Basement 2 Room 10
	Rat Tail	1200

Gallery

Snake lost in the House of Time

Trivia

Metal Gear easter eggs

• In Boktai's first game, Master Otenko will react to different expressions if you use some popular names, like "Hideo" or "Snake".