Crank (Toushin Toshi II)

About
Toushin Crank is one of the warriors who won the Toushin Tournament and were awarded the title of Toushin. A petty despot, Crank enjoys nothing more than a trip to Toushin City to exert his considerable social powers. During Seed Cashima's attempt to win the Toushin Tournament, he began to bully one of the previous year's winners, Sayaka, now turned indentured servant to the city, and frequently raped her in public, which served as a dire reminder of the Toushin's absolute power in the city.

While Crank initially strikes both Seed Cashima and Serena Phraze as a powerful warrior, the Toushin has experienced a tremendous fall from grace, assuming he ever even had it. The reason for this downfall is unknown. His fighting style is a bizarre one involving the use of his testicles in combat, and was easily defeated by Seed after he becomes Toushin himself, not least due to exposing himself. While he is presumably an Angel Eater, this is never made explicit, and Apros outright excludes him when telling Seed she has only two other "worker ants" still alive (Toushins Kurzweil and Gentobou). After being defeated by Seed, he attempts to endear himself to the new Toushin as a toady, which Seed rebuffs.

Crank is not seen again after Seed's escape from Toushin Mansion.

Trivia

 * Crank's ultimate fate is not depicted on-screen, but according to the "Bonus Corner" section of Toushin Toshi II's Alice's Mansion, Crank tripped on his way back from the bar and drowned in a puddle of water. "It was a miserable death."
 * In Tournament of the Gods: Title Match, Apros' comment about there only being two other Toushin alive was moved to Kurzweil Durimgray. In short, nobody likes Crank.
 * During the epilogue of Rance 03, the character Wrench Luncheon mentions having a cousin named Crank, and describes them as being a sparta with an active presence in many fighting tournaments across The Continent; implying that an alternate version of the Crank of the Toushin Toshi Series exists within the setting of the Rance Series. Crank's name, which can be used to refer to a mechanism used to rotate objects in a circular motion, follows the same naming scheme used by Wrench and her father Rachett Luncheon.