Major Arcana XII: The Hanged Man - Minamoto Kouji: The Hanged Man card is a card of waiting, meaning 'suspension'. It is often portrayed as a figure hanging upside down from a tree or cross, bound by rope and sometimes blindfolded. The card implies a sacrifice in order for change to occur. For Kouji, there were a lot of sacrifices related to his journey in the Digital World. When he was called to other world, he was in the process of accepting life with his new stepmother - he was ready to call her 'Okaasan'/Mother. The call took him away from this, and put his life in a state of suspension, where he shunned the company of others and his personal growth was placed on hold as he tried to understand his reason for being in the Digital World. The great sacrifice entailed to the Hanged Man comes in the form of Kouji's twin brother, Kouichi, whom he finally meets in the Digital World - his reason for coming. Kouji learns much about being a better person from his twin, but before they return to the real world, it is discovered that Kouichi was severely hurt and he dies. The others are able to revive him with the power from the digital world, but Kouji's moment of growth is expressed through Kouichi's sacrifice that allows the others to save the digital world. Kouji is depicted here hanged from an oddly-shaped cross, which is a combined perversion of the japanese characters for 'light' and 'dog', both of which apply to Kouji's inner power as the wolf-like warrior of light. Kouji is bound to the cross by bloodied bandages to represent trials he had to overcome for his own growth and also Kouichi's sacrifice.

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