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Tōma is a young man with long black hair, eyes, and an androgynous appearance. Tōma's hair later becomes short, after he cuts it to show his dedication to Gantetsusai in wanting to become stronger, and makes a small braid on the left side, mirroring that of his brother's. He also receives a small scar on the right bridge of his nose after Chōbei accidentally injured him in a rampaging state.
For his attire, Tōma wears the Yamada clan's standard uniform, which is a white robe with a red lining running down the collars, a hakama with a single red band at the left gusset that is held together with a red waist cord, which holds his katana at his left hip, a funerary bell tied to a red piece of cloth at the center of his collar, and sandals. He later loses his funerary bell after trying to stop his brother from going berserk.
After a year passed since escaping the island, Tōma grows his hair back to its original length and supports a longer braid. The scar on his nose has also seemingly vanished. As for his attire, Tōma wears Chinese clothing with a dragon at the center of his robe.

Tōma believes that the key to surviving in life is adapting to one's environment, and views his brother as a prime example of this perspective. He is very caring and loyal to Chōbei since he has been his protector since they were children, and stresses out whenever harm comes to him. Because of how his father died fighting for his allies, Tōma is reluctant to cooperate with anyone except for his brother. In his own eyes, Tōma views himself as an extension of his brother instead of an ally and stated that the bandits that followed the two were merely pawns for them to use. However, Tōma soon realizes that his reliance on his brother to protect him interferes with his growth and ability to look after himself. Upon being separated from Chōbei, Tōma is willing to swallow his pride and cooperate with the survivors if it means that he could reunite with his brother and become strong enough to not only fight by his side, but to rely on his own strength to fight his battles.
When away from his brother's side, Tōma tends to act rather unfriendly when someone tries to communicate with him on friendly terms. He also displays a cocky attitude– after withstanding the Tao lessons Gabimaru and Yuzuriha instructed, Tōma smiles, thinking that he has surpassed Gantetsusai after seeing him heavily exhausted from the training.


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The Dōshi had the appearance of a butterfly and wore ceremonial Chinese clothing adorned with a beaded necklace, along with a crown bearing the Yin-Yang symbol.

The Dōshi was silent, cooperative with assisting another fellow Dōshi , and was willing to follow orders from Lord Tensen .


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The top part of the Dōshi's head resembled a centipede while the lower part, as well as the rest of his body, was human. His arms also had traces of an exoskeleton. Like the other Dōshis, he wore ceremonial Chinese clothing adorned with a beaded necklace, along with a crown bearing the Yin-Yang symbol.

As a Dōshi, he was loyal to Lord Tensen and was dedicated to the completion of his training in the ways of Tao, as he got on his knees and begged Mei to return to her previous role as being the Dōshis training partner in Bōchū Jutsu.


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Gabimaru is a young man with a below-average height. He has white, untamed hair that usually covers the right side of his face, red eyes (yellow in the anime), and is generally seen with a stoic facial expression. He is shown to be significantly muscular underneath his robe and has noticeable scars from his time in Iwagakure.
After his body was negatively influenced by Zhu Jin fusing with the Banko , Gabimaru's appearance became ghastly. His hair started sprouting peony flowers and had a large dark marking that spread from his left eye. These features were later reduced after he managed to stabilize his Tao, now only having little traces of pink flower petals in his hair and a branch marking across his left eye. Upon being freed from Arborification by Sagiri , Gabimaru's hair became shorter and had his original features returned back. After a year passed, Gabimaru's hair is shown to have slightly grown back to its original volume.
He wears the standard Iwagakure shinobi outfit, which consists of a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a frayed white sash tied at his waist. He also wears a turtleneck dickey to cover the bottom part of his face as a mask when he is prepared to go into battle. He wears ninja gauntlets and sandals with gaiters tied to his legs.
Upon infiltrating Hōrai , the left side of Gabimaru's robe became torn after Ran cleaved his hand down on his shoulder, which was later healed with Flower Tao. He later replaces his robe with a new one from a fallen Iwagakure shinobi.

Gabimaru's stoic and emotionless disposition.

As befitting his alias and reputation, Gabimaru is generally calm and apathetic, a composure that has stuck with him since birth, and normally speaks very flat tone. Even when faced with danger, such as his various execution sentences or confrontations with dangerous criminals, Gabimaru never shows any sign of concern. After being confronted by Warped Keiun , Gabimaru simply focused on retying the restraints on his hands, as demanded by Sagiri earlier, without paying any mind to the monk hitting him with his arsenal of weapons. As noted by Sagiri, Gabimaru is also a complainer when he is calm. [2] After being told by Sagiri that they would have to travel to Edo first before starting the mission, Gabimaru expressed his disapproval that he couldn't make his way to the island immediately, which had almost cost him the invitation Sagiri offered to him. When the two landed on Kotaku, Gabimaru complained about the restraints being a nuisance and the supplies he was given by the shogun as being useless. He prefers to stick with his main objective at hand and not get tangled with anything else that doesn't involve his goals, finding his fight with Keiun to be a waste of time. [3] Gabimaru also has very poor social skills, as he had trouble interacting with Yui when he first met her and was reprimanded by Sagiri and Yuzuriha for pointing a sword at Mei, as well as later being reprimanded by Gantetsusai for causing her to cry with a gaze that was unintentionally frightening.

Gabimaru giving into his murderous instincts.

During his time in Iwagakure, Gabimaru was known and admired by his peers for his cruel and ruthless killings of his victims, having been raised from infancy by Iwagakure's leader to have a complete disregard for life and that sentimentality is a sign of weakness. After suffering from amnesia where he reverted back to his old self as "Gabimaru the Hollow", Gabimaru expressed his bloodlust on how he was going to kill Chōbei after getting into a fight with him and decided to kill Fuchi, Gantetsusai and Mei without question if they were his enemies. When faced with a difficult situation in battle, Gabimaru resorts to falling into a murderous, bloodthirsty state where his only focus is to kill who or whatever gets in his way. In his own opinion, whether he chooses to kill people humanely rather than inhumanely would be irrelevant in the end. [4] As an Iwa shinobi he had followed their principles, such as continuing forward with a mission, defeating his opponents no matter what the tactics were, and that his life had no value if he were to die. [5] [6] His line of work has also made him immune to the sight of death. [7]

Gabimaru's hesitation to take Sagiri's life.

After being married to Yui, Gabimaru underwent a major change. Even though he was influenced by his leader's words of ridding himself of his emotions to become strong, Gabimaru was also influenced by Yui's kind and caring nature and came to believe in his wife's words that true strength comes from embracing one's emotions. As a result of these words being implanted into a part of his psyche, Gabimaru had managed to regain some of his humanity, thus overwriting his cruel nature as a ninja, as he would try to avoid unnecessary killing of human lives. However, when realizing that there is no other way out of it, Gabimaru will make the distasteful decision of killing but would feel grief for the lives he has taken. [8] [9]
Gabimaru's affection towards his wife causes him to act differently than when he is around others. When around Yui, Gabimaru tends to act rather nervous, embarrassed, and even flustered; a side that rarely anyone can bring out of him. He also tries to put in the effort to not act so stoic-like when in her presence but finds this to be rather difficult since he has to think hard in trying to figure out the right face to make. In light of this, the only times he is truly happy to smile comfortably is when he is with her.

Gabimaru laughing for the first time.

Upon being resolved by Sagiri to redeem himself as a new man, Gabimaru began to experience, and notice, gradual changes to his behavior, particularly allowing himself to embrace his emotions as the Asaemon had hoped. Even though he had his mission to solely focus on, Gabimaru started to show signs of care and concern for others. As Sagiri was in danger of being attacked by a Sōshin, Gabimaru subonsciously rushed in to save her. He later committed the same action when he stepped in to protect Mei from the Dōshi, saying that he could not bear to see her cry, along with wanting to repay a debt he owes her after she helped him escape from Zhu Jin's wrath. Gabimaru also broke out of his calm composure and showed genuine anger after hearing the Dōshi talk about Mei as if she was an object. After hearing Mei's wish on wanting to see Rien and Jofuku before leaving the island to start a new life, Gabimaru vowed to do whatever he could to make it happen when the time came to infiltrate Hōrai. Gabimaru also came to understand what it meant to feel sympathy, having understood the great lengths the surviving criminals and Asaemons had to endure in order to get past Lord Tensen and escape the island alive. After realizing that Rien was the wife of Jofuku, Gabimaru could not bring himself to destroy her husband's gilded body since he knew what it was like to love someone dearly and smiled as he explained his reason to her, which allowed the Tensen to accept Jofuku's passing. Through all his experience on the island, Gabimaru had come to completely reject the teachings of Iwagakure and allowed himself to break out of his emotionless shell. In the process, Gabimaru became able to smile and laugh genuinely around others for the first time in his life.
Although he can be obnoxious at times (mainly viewed by Sagiri), [10] he can be quite considerate to others at the same time. Back when he was with his wife, he advised her not to cover her scar with her hair, telling her that appearances don't matter, and did not want her to see him with a bloody face since he thought it might scare her. He later gave the same advice to Mei which caused her to see the good in Gabimaru. Because he learned basic customs from Yui, Gabimaru would show his gratitude to whoever helped him. He thanked Yuzuriha's team for freeing his head from one of the Sōshin's tentacles and praised Sagiri for her strength as well as thanking her for helping him find his resolve. Gabimaru is also a very faithful husband and is immune to seduction as he did not give into Yuzuriha's advances when she attempted to have him work with her. [11] He is also a terrible liar. [12]


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Gabimaru was a man who had his hair fashioned in a mohawk and possessed many scars around his body from his remaining time as "Gabimaru the Hollow". He wore a standard ninja outfit, which consists of a wide collar dickey , a black robe with long sleeves, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at his waist.

Since he was a former "Gabimaru the Hollow", Gabimaru was a merciless shinobi that wreaked havoc during his time. He also followed the teachings of the Iwagakure chief, believing in his words that having emotions was weakness.


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From what was shown is that he had his hair fashion in a topknot and wore simple robes, along with a kataginu.

Having chosen to abandon Iwagakure in favor of a normal life with his son and wife, he was a man who was too overwhelmed by the village's ideals and had only thought of what was best for his family. Since he had to adhere to the village's customs, the man felt that he had no choice but to pass on its ways to his son by trying to figure out a name that is fitting for a potential Iwagakure shinobi.


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From what was shown was that she was a woman whose hair was fashioned in a bun and wore simple robes.

Having chosen to abandon Iwagakure in favor of a normal life with her son and husband, she was a woman who was too overwhelmed by the village's ideals and had only thought of what was best for her family. Since she had to adhere to the village's customs, the woman felt that she had no choice but to pass on its ways to her son by trying to figure out a name that is fitting for a potential Iwagakure shinobi.


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Gantetsusai's master was advanced in age, having a well-wrinkled faced and a short stature. His eyebrows fall down to the corner of his eyes and supported a small goatee. He wore a robe and a large kasa.


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Ginkakubō was a bald man with his eyes covered in shadows and tattooed of a snake coiled around his entire head. As a Iwagakure shinobi, he wore the standard uniform, which is a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. He also wore a mask.

Ginkakubō was a silent individual that only responded with grunts. He had great respect for the current Gabimaru since he is looked as Iwagakure's strongest shinobi, even after his abandonment of the village, and kneeled before him after their reunion. Despite his admiration, Ginkakubō followed his duties as a Iwagakure shinobi and was willing to kill Gabimaru, however, rather than using force, he and Kinkakubō pleaded to him to take his own life in order to fulfill the promise the village chief stated in preserving his honor in Iwagakure if he were to kill himself.


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Gui Fa has short, apricot yellow colored hair, and blue eyes. Because of their shyness, Gui Fa is almost always seen keeping their face concealed by a book. When revealed, Gui Fa displays a face that is expressionless. Rather than siding with either a male or female form like their fellow Tensens, Gui Fa chooses to assume a body that combines both sexes together. Also, unlike the other Tensens, Gui Fa is unique in that their eyes are permanently surrounded by dark sclera instead of temporarily activating when experiencing intense emotions due to the body they possess. [2]
During their affiliation with Lord Tensen, Gui Fa wore a white robe with their sleeves fastened to their wrists, a hakama tied together with an obi bearing a gem, and walked around bare foot. After expending their Tao trying to protect the Basin , Gui Fa's body became reduced to that of a child's.
After living up to the 21st century, Gui Fa's body eventually progressed back to its previous form and they started to wear a strip turtleneck sweater, pants, and shoes.
As a child 1,000 years ago, Gui Fa lacked the dark sclera around their eyes.

Gui Fa maintains a complete deadpan demeanor and is known to be extremely shy around others, as they prefer to cover their face with a book at all times to avoid making eye contact. According to Mei, Gui Fa was shy even in the past and has noted that it has gotten worse over time. After being approached by Sagiri, Gui Fa desperately tried to make sure that she did not see their face by shifting their position. The only rare times Gui Fa is willing to show their face to others is if they were to become serious or would be in a situation where they would need to use their hands for other things.
As a Tensen, Gui Fa lacks the emotional compacity to understand the feelings of other living things, and as such, shows no sympathy towards humans, only seeing them as material to create Tan. Gui Fa even admitted that they believe that their kind and humans are incapable of coming to an understanding and that they found Sagiri's attempt at a negotiation with them to be pointless. Regardless, they have shown no signs of hostility when encountering them and would rather not engaged in conflict. Gui Fa is a firm believer that a Tensen is solely meant to follow the way of Tao and things such as bonds and emotions were less of a priority, evening going so far as to view Mei's emotions as her simply "play-acting". After five members of Lord Tensen were defeated by the human survivors, Gui Fa stated that they did not feel a sense of vengeance since they took their passing as part of their training and knew that they can be simply revived back with the Basin.
Upon learning the truth about how they and the other Tensens truly came to be, along with being left behind by Rien, Gui Fa started to develop a change in behavior. Despite their previous statement on how a Tensen like themselves do not harbor emotional feelings of attachment, even towards their own kind, Gui Fa told Mei that they were glad to see that she was still alive in the midst of the Banko's chaos and made the decision to watch over the deceased Tensens that were cultivating in the Basin for a millennium with Mei at their side, which they also had hoped that they would resurrect sooner than what was required. In regards to humans, Gui Fa started to allow themselves to show sympathy towards the race they subsisted on for centuries, such as warning Yuzuriha about the I Ching concerning the fates of the human survivors, along with helping Tōma revive Chōbei using the Basin. Despite their role as a Tensen to only focus on the way of Tao, it has been hinted by Gui Fa that they deeply desired to understand the meaning of life. Upon hearing Mei explain how she learned what it means to live after being raised by Hōko, the Tensen admitted for a brief moment that they felt a sense of envy towards her. Ultimately, Gui Fa would make the decision to leave their past on the island behind and start a new life where they would learn to adapt to human society.
Unlike the other Tensens (with Zhu Jin as an exception), Gui Fa prefers to take the middle ground in that they do not side with one gender and instead choose to maintain a body that showcases both sexes. Because of this point of view, Gui Fa finds the Bōchū Jutsu training to be a ridiculous concept and believes that their method is more effective.


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Hagetaka was a young genin with long black hair. He wore the standard Iwagakure shinobi uniform, which is a black robe with long sleeves, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. He also wore a mask.

Hagetaka was a genin that admired Gabimaru and felt honored to die by his hands.


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Heikichi is a thin man with hair fashioned into a topknot.

Heikichi is humorously described by his wife Oryō as a man of few words since he has a hard time interacting with people. He is very caring and loving towards Oryō. After Oryō came to his side as he was being beaten by Shichimatsuya's men who came to collect the money he owed, Heikichi tried putting her out of harm's way by standing in front of her. As an inn keeper, Heikichi can be careless when following the policies his wife employment that dictates that they should treat their guests with hospitality. As a cook, Heikichi has a great passion for food and is always looking for ways to improve his cooking, as he had hoped to receive feedback from Gabimaru and Sagiri after serving them. He also takes great pride in seeing his guests enjoy his cuisines.


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Hōko's entire body was made up of tree bark due to the effects of the Arborification taking over his former body. His head had a single hole, which acted as his eye, along with a nose and a mouth.

Hōko was polite and showed no signs of hostility. He provided Gabimaru's group with food, a bath and was willing to provide them with information about the elixir and the island. This act of kindness was mainly due to the fact that he honored the final wishes of those who come to the island, knowing their eventual fate to meet their demise by the hands of Lord Tensen . He stated that he was incapable of lying. Despite Hōko's accommodating demeanor, he wished to live peacefully on the island and made it clear, albeit bluntly, that he did not want Gabimaru and his group to cause any problems for himself or Mei.
Hōko was a firm believer of the religious façade Lord Tensen provided and viewed them as gods because of their overwhelming power. Even after learning from Mu Dan that his religious beliefs were false, Hōko still viewed him as a god and thought of his actions as divine punishment. However, after being persuaded by Sagiri, he was willing to defy Lord Tensen out of good reason.


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Hōrubō was a very elderly man with sunken eye sockets and a bald head. He wore a dark, frayed monk's robe with a rakusu . His body was also strangely constructed, possessing coiled limbs that are able to extend for at least 2 meters. [2]

As a death row criminal, Hōrubō was a brutal individual and was shown to be quite murderous, as he intended to take an opportunity at sea to kill Aza Chōbei before the two landed on Kotaku.


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The Iwagakure chief was a tall, bald old man with a long flowing beard that went all the way down to his waist line. As for his attire, the chief wore a simple robe underneath a black haori.

The Iwagakure chief was a cruel and ruthless man who held little to no love for anyone, even his own children, who he scarred one of them to crush her dreams of living a normal life. He valued seeing the shinobi under him develop into strong and merciless assassins and taught them into believing that sentimentality would make them weak. He was also very cunning as he used genjutsu to trick the shinobi he commanded into believing that he was immortal as a way to keep them in line and tricked Gabimaru into granting him his wish of living a peaceful life with Yui if he were to take on one last mission that was set up for him to be arrested and executed. When in business, the chief acted professional and politely, and sought to please his clients.
He also saw all his fellow shinobi as dispensable pawns and more as tools rather than humans. When he found out Gabimaru went on the mission to retrieve the Elixir of Life he granted the shogun a large amount of his army because on that island was "something that belonged to him", proving that he was also extremely possesive and egoistic, refusing to let anyone be outside of his supervision.


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While alive, Jofuku was a man with black hair that he had kept tied into a bun and sported a beard and a moustache. As for his attire, Jofuku wore a simple black robe that was held together by a white obi. Due to living for centuries, Jofuku became very frail in his old age, developed deep wrinkles, his hair turned white, his beard grew in length, and required a cane to move about.
After Rien encased his corpse in gold, Jofuku's was dressed with Taoist robes, adorned with three beads (the first reaching down to his chest, the second reaching to his stomach, and the third reaching all the way down to his torso), and a crown on his head.

Jofuku was a man dedicated to his research, along with being extremely loyal to the Qin Emperor, having spent years in trying to create an elixir of immortality for him and built Hōrai for when the time came to welcome him to the island after his task was complete. He was also a loving husband to his wife Rien.


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Ju Fa was of average height, with long, yellow flower petal hair that resembled locks, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body or a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body. His attire consisted of a pale-yellow robe underneath a haori, a beaded necklace with a golden flower amulet, a loose black hanfu, a white hakama tied with a black obi, and black boots.
In his and Tao Fa's Kishikai state, their bodies melded together to create a large, bulb body, resembling somewhat like a heart, formed from their Yin and Yang bodies, with unusually shaped petals acting as feathers/wings, and vines protruding from the bottom as tails. The head of the Kishikai possessed four faces, two from the left being Ju Fa's Yin and Yang faces while the right being Tao Fa's. Upon switching to their defensive form, the body releases multiple spore vines and their faces switch places. According to Fuchi, he felt that their Kishikai was the embodiment of "love".

Ju Fa was very short tempered and had aggressive tendencies towards anything that irritated him in the slightest, which even applied to his fellow Lord Tensen members, as he destroyed Zhu Jin's head for allowing Gabimaru, a human, to get the better of them in a fight. While it's true that all members of Lord Tensen have a complete disregard for human life, Ju Fa was the one Tensen who truly despised the race with a passion, believing them to be nothing more than "livestock" in creating more Tan. After Aza Chōbei joined Lord Tensen, Ju Fa did not bother properly addressing him by his name, instead referred to him as "it", and refused to have Tao Fa become friendly with him. He also expressed his disgust in being in the same room as him.
Aside from this personality, Ju Fa possessed a genuinely strong love and care for his partner and other half Tao Fa. He has been very protective of her ever since the two were little, as he could not bear to see her injured even if their bodies were capable of healing itself, and had also sympathized with her deep sorrow of wanting to end Lord Tensen's pursuit of immortality. Though Tao Fa showed signs of being mentally ill as she tried coping with her depression, Ju Fa did not look at her in this light, rather viewed the world they lived in as being mad.
Ju Fa preferred to assuming their Yang form as they found the male gender to be well-suited for them because of their moods and ease of handling. In terms of their Yin form, Ju Fa was opened to using the female body for Bōchū Jutsu.


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Shūkan had two facial markings running down his eyes and had his hair fashion in a topknot. He wore a robe with line patterns and a dark vest.


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Kinkakubō was a large, stocky man. He was hairless, had wide eyes with dilated pupils, a very noticeable flower tattoo on the middle of his face, whiskers, and a small nose. Kinkakubō wore the standard Iwagakure shinobi uniform, which is a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. He also wore a mask.

Kinkakubō had great respect for the current Gabimaru since he was looked as Iwagakure's strongest shinobi, even after his abandonment of the village. As such, Kinkakubō insisted on referring to him as "most revered Gabimaru". After reuniting with the rogue shinobi, Kinkakubō prostrated himself and became obedient in providing him with information on past events. Nevertheless, Kinkakubō kept in mind of his duties as a Iwagakure shinobi and followed the village chief's orders of killing him, however, Kinkakubō's respect for the young man made him sought out a more suitable method. Rather than trying to use force, Kinkakubō begged Gabimaru to consume Ginkakubō's toxic salvia that would kill him painlessly in order to fulfill the promise the village chief stated in preserving his honor in Iwagakure if he were to kill himself.


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Kiō was a man with a shaved mohawk and a tattoo engraved on the left side of his face. He also possessed a long tongue that he stuck out at times. He was clad in a black shinobi garb that was similar to the style of a Iwagakure shinobi except without the frayed sleeves.

Kiō was a cruel, sadistic and violent man whose preferred method of intimidating people was to crush their spirits by destroying their valuables rather than inflicting pain. Upon entering Meoto-ya , Kiō caused Heikichi to become distraught after destroying his ingredients that he figured was important to him. He took satisfaction in mocking Heikichi and Oryō 's predicament of being in debt, as he told Oryō that he would charge her for slapping him in the face, and twisted her arm in retaliation. Kiō was also arrogant and prideful, as he told Gabimaru (unaware of his identity) that he was no match for him and that he should be honored that he was moments away from being killed by his sword, while also using the Iwagakure name.


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Kumokiri had short black, a left eye that has a white iride and a dark sclerae, and wore the standard Iwagakure shinobi uniform, which was a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. He also wore a mask.

Kumokiri followed the shinobi's rule of conduct, which is to follow the orders given to him by either his employer or the people overseeing the mission no matter what he is ask to do, even stating that he was willing to offer his own life if ask to do so, which was proven when Yamada Asaemon Kiyomaru ordered him to kill himself before he had a chance to set foot on Kotaku.


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The top part of the Dōshi's head resembles lettuce leaves, while the rest of his body is human. Prior to meeting the second landing party, the Dōshi wore ceremonial Chinese clothing adorned with a beaded necklace. After battling Shugen, the Dōshi was left badly damaged.

The Dōshi is very loyal to Lord Tensen in following orders and showed no intentions of defiance or revealing important information. He is also very ambitious, as he hoped to achieve the rank of Chisen by presenting Shugen's head to Lord Tensen as a gift.


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Mei is a child with pink eyes and long hair that she wears in two braided Chinese-style buns at the back of her head. As for attire, she wears a red, long sleeve robe, a skirt, and walks around barefoot.
Initially, during her time spent in Lord Tensen, Mei was a full-grown woman and wore a lavender robe. However, after defying Rien, she received a scar-like mark that ran down across her back and had her body reduced to that of a child's. After her first use of Tao, Mei's face and body started to mature and grew about the same height as Fuchi. Her body eventually grew back to what it original was after releasing her Tao for the second time to save Gabimaru. After honoring Hōko's wish by extracting his remaining Tao to rejuvenate herself, Mei reverted back to her former child body.
In her Kishikai state, Mei resembles a gigantic moth with many pistil-shaped tentacles on her thorax and five large petal-like wings, shaped exactly like plum blossoms.
After several years passed since the Edo Period, Mei is revived back to her former child body and is shown wearing similar clothes as she did in the past.

Mei is a shy, quiet, and innocent girl who becomes easily frightened when harm comes to her. She is especially kind and caring to the people around her that she views as her allies and is also accepting of others when seeing their good qualities. When they first met, Mei was afraid of Gabimaru because of his intimidating demeanor but, after showing signs of respect towards her, she wasn't afraid to come near him. Mei also has a sense of knowing what's right from wrong, believing that Rien's cruel research on the Hōko needed to be stopped. Unlike the Tensens, Mei does not have a low opinion on humans, or have any reason to look down on them, and was willing to help the survivors who came to the island in any way she could.


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Momokichi was designed to have shaggy hair, eyes that have dark sclera around them, and a noticeable large horn protruding from the left top part of his head. He is bare-chested while wearing a fur pelt on his back and has an armor plat on his right arm. At his waist, Momokichi wears a ragged covering along with amour plating, samurai helmets, two skulls, and five swords. He possesses abnormally large feet with untrimmed toenails while wearing fur as foot wear with an armor platting for his right.


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Makiya was a man with short hair that was braided from the back, prominent eyelashes and lips. He also had slightly pointed ears that had three piercings and sharp nails. He wore a dark jacket with a large collar. Underneath he wore a shirt and a necklace with an upside down cross.

Makiya was known to be an individual who was quite ambitious and manipulative, having brainwashed people into believing his fabricated religion in order to overthrow the shogun. He was also susceptible to a woman's charms, which end up leading to his death after easily being taken advantage of by Yuzuriha .
Makiya also spoke with a tone of a woman. [2]


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Mu Dan was of average height, with short red, flower petal hair, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body or a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body. He wore a dark long sleeve Taoist robe with a Yin-Yang diagram at the center, a beaded necklace with a peony flower attached at the end, baggy pants, and dark boots.
In his first appearance, Mu Dan's head was not completely formed and was instead substituted with peony flowers.
In their Kishikai form, Mu Dan had a pair of emaciated bodies representing their Yin and Yang forms that were locked together from the head. The bodies had long, elongate necks and one thin long arm. The bodies were attached from the trouser to a large, bloomed flower and were being supported by two legs that split from the bottom forming two thin sticks.

Mu Dan had a calm and carefree attitude, as he usually carried around a smile on his face, while having a blunt way of speaking. Under his carefree demeanor, Mu Dan possessed a cruel and sadistic personality towards humans, as Tao Fa noted that he was well-known within Lord Tensen for his love of toying with the race. While the main goal of Lord Tensen is to extract Tao from humans to create Tan, Mu Dan took the group's complete disregard for human life a step further by modifying the humans who venture to the island into his personal minions that he can use however he wishes, whether it's to have them fight on his behalf or merely act as his chair. He also goes so far as to not think of them as servants, rather as his toys. This mistreatment can be seen as an obsession, as Mu Dan expressed his love for tinkering as he sat on a Kyōshi and joyful thought of the ways he had planned to modify Sagiri, Senta, and Yuzuriha once he captured them.
As a Tensen, Mu Dan valued humans for their exquisite Tao and would become more delighted to come across one that showed promise. When he sensed that Yuzuriha was able to perceive Tao, Mu Dan's curiosity opened up as to how far she could go if he could teach her how to wield it properly through battle, which would benefit him since he could subjugate her to Bōchū Jutsu. In his final moments, Mu Dan became captivated by the state of Shion's Tao that leaned towards the concept of Yin-Yang harmonizing.
Like the other members of Lord Tensen, Mu Dan lacked feelings of empathy and sympathy towards even his own colleagues, as he showed no signs of pity towards Zhu Jin after they had been reduced to a weakened state and simply mocked them along with Tao Fa . Despite this, he is supportive of Lord Tensen's goal to achieve perfect immortality. 200 years ago, Mu Dan spoke with disappointment in his voice that Lord Tensen would soon fail their mission if the Hōko were to die and gave into desperation, along with Tao Fa and Ju Fa, in resorting to luring out humans from the mainland to the island.

Mu Dan accepting his death.

After living for another few centuries, Mu Dan eventually gave up on his will to live and wished to be free of his only purpose in life. After entering his Kishikai, Mu Dan went berserk expressing whether he will kill the opponent he faces or if they will kill him. During his final moments, Mu Dan looked in awe to see Shion's Tao reacting to the Yin-Yang of life and death, a state he expressed was perfect and something he could never attain, and gave his gratitude to Shion for putting him to rest after waiting 1,000 years for this very moment.
Mu Dan stated that he was a believer in functional beauty and preferred the male gender because there was nothing wasted in its composition.


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Nikimaru was bald with hairy eyebrows and a beard. He wore a robe with cross patterns.

Nikimaru was shown to be a man who would rather take the easy way out, as shown when he tried to escape by attacking the guards than risk his life in a massacre. He also views women as being weak as he tried to attack Sagiri first.


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Nobusuma was a young genin with shaggy hair and wore the standard Iwagakure shinobi uniform, which is a black robe with long sleeves, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. He also had fingers with sharp nails that were in a claw-fashion.

Nobusuma was a genin that admired Gabimaru and felt honored to die by his hands.


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Nurugai has quite an androgynous appearance, with her Asaemon having only figured out that she was a girl after undressing. She has dark tanned skin and long, black, messy hair that reaches down past her shoulders when left untied; although she usually ties the hair up above her head. Later in the chapters, Nurugai's hair becomes smoother. Her body is also noticeably muscular.
She is seen wearing very scrappy clothes, her top lacking sleeves, a bone necklace, and bandages wrapped around both of her wrists. She also wears black pants that end somewhere halfway down her calves, also lacking any footwear.
After briefly settling in Hōrai, Nurugai changed into an orange vest with a mandarin collar and black pants. She keeps her bone necklace and carries her sword on her back.
A year later, Nurugai chooses to allow her hair to flow back, continues to wear her hoop earrings, and wears a kimono. According to Nurugai, she decided to appear this way after taking note of how the girls around her look, which made her appear a lot more feminine and attractive to men, much to her fancy.

Nurugai originally looked down on samurai, viewing them as stupid. Her disdain for them stems from the fact that they were partially responsible for killing her people. Because of this incident, Nurugai felt a strong guilt for leading her village's extermination, even believed that the reason why she is on a dangerous mission is because she was receiving divine punishment for her actions and accepted death. However, after Tenza makes Nurugai take her own desires into account, Nurugai realizes that she wants to stay alive to return back to her home. After being influenced by Tenza and being by Shion's side, with his task of protecting her, Nurugai's opinion of samurai may have changed and sees that not all of them are bad.
Nurugai cares greatly towards the people she has a deep connection with. She cherished the time she had with her grandfather and felt that she needed to be punished for causing his death. After the death of Tenza, Nurugai begged Shion to teach her swordsmanship and his ability to sense Tao to avenge him, stating that she could not stand by and watch as more people she cares for die in front of her. During her and Shion's fight with Zhu Jin, Nurugai ran out of the Taisoku Palace with tears running down her face after Shion begged her to leave him as he prepares to sacrifice himself to kill the Tensen. However, after remembering how Tenza opened up her resolve, Nurugai returned to save Shion and counselled him into giving up his vengeance.
Nurugai is also very helpful. She was generous enough to guide a group of samurai that were lost (not knowing that their mission was to execute her people). She removed Senta's flowers from his Arborified body just in time, tried to help Yuzuriha by unknowingly using the Tao restoration and assisted Sagiri in helping Shion fight Mu Dan in his Kishikai. Nurugai also showed that she has a lowest level of modesty, having no shame when she exposed her naked body to Tenza. Despite not always expressing it, Nurugai can sometimes bring out her feminine side. After being charmed by Tenza's chivalry, Nurugai vowed to make him her groom and wanted to try on new clothes with Yuzuriha.


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Oryō is a slim woman with black hair. She is recognized by Sagiri and other men to be quite beautiful. As for attire, she dresses herself in an old kimono.

Oryō is an outspoken woman who cares very much for her husband Heikichi, going so far as to try and attack an official for his sake. As an inn keeper, Oryō behaves in a professional manner, possessing a sales smile whenever new people come in, and is very strict towards her husband about upholding the policies she employed on to both of them that centers on giving good hospitality to their guests. While a good hostess, she can be very presumptuous about her guests (at least ones who come in pairs), as she presumed that Gabimaru and Sagiri were either a couple or two people engaging in an illicit affair, which prompted her to put their futons together for the night.


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Ran was of average height, with long, purple leaf hair that was tied back into a ponytail and a white flower on the right side of his face, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body or a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body. He wore a changshan with a flower pattern, a sleeveless shirt underneath that also bear flower patterns, dark pants, and sandals.
In their Kishikai state, Ran's body grew to an enormous size, was made entirely from long black and white leaves, and a single dark left breast. They had four arms, each pair representing his two chi's. They also had a pair of heads representing their Yin and Yang, and were conjoined from the mouth. The heads were surrounded by leaves that they could close to protect their face, resembling a burgonet helmet .

Ran was very loyal to Rien and carried the same view of seeing the Tensens as family. Upon being reunited with Mei, after the two were separated for so long, Ran was filled with joy and tried pleading with his banished sister to rejoin Lord Tensen, stating that it broke his heart after finding out that she left and believed that Rien only banished her out of love. Even after she refused, Ran still desired to have her return even if he had to use force.
Like all the members of Lord Tensen, Ran had no sympathy for humans and used them as he saw fit. He believed that it was a futile effort for the trespassers to invade the palace and try their hand at opposing the Tensens, showing signs that he views them inferior compared to his family. However, he is not above praising or admiring them if they show impressive skills.
Due to specializing in Dō'in, Ran was extremely passionate about the physical workings of the body and fighting styles that can only be obtained through diligent training. As such, he had a tendency to stretch his body even in conversation. Upon transforming into his Kishikai, Ran expressed his physicality while attacking Gabimaru and Yuzuriha. He was also up to the challenge of facing the two in their use of ninjutsu in order to strengthen his Dō'in training.


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In her youth, Rien had violet eyes and hair, which made up a single large bang hanging from the left side of her face. After living for a millennium, Rien became extremely advanced in age. She had lost her hair and showed traces of twigs and leaves sprouting from her head due to suffering from Arborification .
The Tao puppets Rien controlled reflected her youthful appearance from way back and wore the same clothing, which was a white robe, a matching long-sleeved hanfu, a hakama, and black boots. For her departure to Japan, Rien had her main puppet change into Taoist robes that had a decorated pattern on the collars and belt and wore a crown on her head. Upon her ship being hijacked, Rien loses these robes to fight more comfortably against her enemies, choosing to allow the upper half of her body to be exposed while wearing a beaded necklace and revealed her hidden gold armbands. She also had a ribbon freely float loosely around her.
In her Kishikai, Rien gained two additional pairs of arms with their own gold armbands, and three new sets of eyes; a pair underneath her originals and one on her forehead. Her skin became a dark shade, and her body received a heart-shaped marking located below her clavicles and two markings resembling flaming wreaths where her abdomen, or tanden, is. Her body also produced a ring with flowers upon the back of her neck. Upon managing to survive having her plant ovule destroyed by Sagiri, a large portion of Rien's body was formed into a bundle of lotus flowers, which included a pair of misshapen wings on her back that seemed to have come from remnants of her extra arms.

Rien possessed a sociopathic personality, having spent and endured countless years in trying to achieve her goal of reviving her late husband Jofuku by going through horrendous lengths involving the lives of humans. She felt nothing for humanity, viewing humans as inferior beings whose only redeeming quality is their Tao that she could use to create Tan without a shred of guilt or remorse, and was more than willing to sacrifice all human life in Japan if it meant that she could have Jofuku back in her life again. This unfeeling attitude also applied to other living things such as the Hōko , having used them for her research against their will and allowing the Tensens to absorb their Tao.
While Rien usually maintained a calm and collected composure, she was not excluded from feelings of emotions, such as irritation and anger, which was usually when she found herself faced with things that are an interference with her plans. During her departure to Japan, Rien wept in front of Jofuku's gilded corpse and embraced it as she expressed her desire to see him again. Later, she displayed happiness at the thought of her plans finally coming close to completion and made preparations for the momentous occasion by laying out items for a married couple. In fact, the only times she remembers being happy was when Jofuku was still by her side. In the past, Rien was noted by the Tensens to have been much kinder and caring. However, following the start of her Arborification, Rien's apathetic personality developed since she found that time was running short for her to complete her research.

“ So very irritating. Listen well, human scum. I am Shinsen. All hermits surpass humanity, and I am the highest class of hermit. By nature an insect such as yourself cannot touch me. ”

— Rien expressing her superior status to Shugen.

Rien looking down on Shugen as she casually sits on his sword.

Since she had acquired transcended powers, Rien had a severe god complex, believing that all mortals were beneath her and that none could come close to even laying a single scratch on her in an act of defiance. Similar to her colleague Zhu Jin , Rien was often vexed when she had to handle confronting troublesome humans who were brave enough to fight against her, as she found it absurd that the surviving humans who had made it off Kotaku would have the audacity to think that their low-level capabilities could stand a chance against a Sennin such as herself. Despite her low opinion of humans, Rien did acknowledge the fact that they are not all weak and that there are a rare few who have superior capabilities, such as Gabimaru , Aza Chōbei , and Shija .
Despite being perceived as cold-hearted, Rien did possess a sense of camaraderie and compassion on a few rare occasions. After discovering Mu Dan's corpse, Rien went outside of Hōrai for the purpose of seeking out his killer and expressed her vengeful attitude after encountering Chōbei by asking if he was the one responsible for her subordinate's death. After welcoming Chōbei into Lord Tensen, Rien agreed to the human's request to leave his brother out of the Rite of Consumption ritual after cooperating with Lord Tensen. If anything, despite her neglection to humans, Rien expressed what little compassion she had by wishing Gabimaru pleasant dreams as he Arborified. After receiving words of sympathize from Gabimaru, as a married man, Rien finally learned to accept Jofuku's passing and showed mercy by healing the wounds she inflicted on Gabimaru and Sagiri before allowing herself to move on into the afterlife.


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Rokurōta was a child who presumably suffered from an abnormal case of gigantism , standing larger than Yamada Asaemon Genji who is quite tall himself. He had messy dark hair, wore a mask covering his entire face with only a single eye hole, and had an immensely muscular body. His attire was a sleeveless worn-out robe that was held by a sash.

Rokurōta was a brutishly violent individual who went on wild, animalistic rampages that endangered the people around him. In addition, he was constantly starved to where his stomach would growl loudly and cause him to cry if he went too long without a single scrap of food. While appearing and acting as a monster on the surface, Rokurōta's behavior is actually mannerisms of a child, as the giant was merely an oversized little boy who wanted to play and satisfy his never-ending hunger. It was because of his child mentality that Rokurōta lacked the understanding to communicate with others as well.


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Saya was a little girl with light-pigmented yellow hair and orange eyes. Due to her illness, she had a very frail body. As for attire, she wore a simple robe.

While being bedridden because of her sickness, Saya tried to cheer herself up whenever she felt sadden by closing her eyes and envisioning things she liked; whether it was a domestic cat, a person she loved, or a family member.


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Shija had long, slick dark hair, slight hints of shadow below their eyes, and a shade of lipstick. Underneath their hair covered a scar on their forehead above their right eye, which was self-inflicted in their past attempt to mirror Yui . Their attire consisted of the standard uniform of a Iwagakure ninja, which was a black robe with long sleeves that are frayed, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist. They also wore a hannya mask that was later cut in half by Kiyomaru.
As they prepared to go into battle, Shija tied their hair into a small bun in the back and had a bang parted to the right side of their face.

As a Iwagakure shinobi, Shija viewed themselves as a pawn for their master and only prioritized on the orders they had been given on a mission no matter what the situation was. To this extent, they held no sense of concern for their fellow ninja allies since they too have the same mindset. After Kiyomaru ordered Kumokiri to kill himself, Shija was unfazed by his death and merely followed his orders of leading the squad before his passing. Another example being how they ignored the fact that a hand full of their subordinates were slaughtered by a Monshin and simply gave the order to one of them that was still alive to kill it despite the state they were in. They also only spoke when it was necessary. On the other hand, Shija is a Iwagakure shinobi first and foremost, as they put the chief's orders above the mission if they are connected.

Shija's infatuated demeanor when around Gabimaru.

Shija had respect and a deep infatuation towards Gabimaru, as a meeting with him, or even a mere thought about him, would have Shija break out in an excited, love-struck behavior. They believed that he was truly worthy of the name "Gabimaru" and would not stand by as others doubted him. Even after he had defected from the village and was seen as an embarrassment by the chief, Shija still maintained their respect for Gabimaru, believing that the dangers of Kotaku would not be enough to kill him.
However, Shija was a psychotic and unstable individual, as their love for Gabimaru could be seen as being a twisted, borderline obsession. They thought of themselves as Gabimaru's supporter and was driven to commit horrendously violent acts from the shadows for his sake in the past, having killed all the young candidates that were training for the title. Years later to when Gabimaru became appointed as the next Hollow, Shija killed a few jealous Iwagakure shinobi after they had badmouthed Gabimaru behind his back. Shija also expressed to Gabimaru their willingness and honor to die by his hands and that the only person they desperately desired to kill was him alone. Shija's love for Gabimaru even prompted them to burn their face to mirror Yui after he became married to her. After being sent to Kotaku, Shija was driven to find and engage in a death match with Gabimaru no matter what.
Shija also found death to be fulfilling, believing that it was the only way to truly understand life from the fear and despair that comes from the experience. Having been stripped of the sensation to feel pain from their Iwagakure training, Shija suffered a life of boredom in the past and only came to relish the pleasures of death after coming close to it by Gabimaru's hands.
In battle against their opponents (with the exception of Gabimaru), Shija was very ruthless and sadistic. They believed that battles were not won through strength but by playing dirty as they fought by exploiting their opponent's vulnerability (or their "love") and took pleasure in it. While fighting Rien, Shija took advantage of the ships being of high importance to the Tensen by attempting to set them on fire and passed the Elixir of Life to the ninja, presenting them an opening to attack with shuriken and set Rien ablaze while distracted. Through this, Shija was shown to be very perceptive as they figured out that Rien was holding back her power to not damage the ships and knew that the gourd she had on her was the Elixir of Life based on her reaction to when they stole it. During their confrontation with Sagiri, Shija had her restrained to violently drug her.
For reasons unknown, Shija had a rather odd perspective of men and women, viewing everyone they encounter (with the exception of Gabimaru) as being old regardless of their correct age and referred to them as such.


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Shion is a blind man with short, spiky silver hair in a faux hawk cut. He has three long, distinctive scars crossing his face; two vertical running from forehead to cheek crossing the center of each eye, and one horizontal across the top of his nose through each eye. He wears the standard attire of the Asaemon, however, he does not carry the bell around his collar. After his confrontation with Zhu Jin, Shion wears a bandage around his neck to keep the wound he received from opening.
After briefly settling in Hōrai, Shion changed from his Asaemon attire to a light blue robe with a pattern running down the collar and cuffs and wears matching pants. He then switches to wearing a black Iwagakure shinobi robe, along with matches pants, gaiters, gauntlets, sandals, and wears white tasuki to hold his sleeves.
A year later, Shion removes the bandages around his neck and allows the throat scar he received from Zhu Jin to be visible. He is seen traveling in a simple robe.

As a samurai under service to the Yamada clan, Shion believes that it is not his place to defy the era he lives in in terms of the criminal justice system, even if the criminal in question has been convicted unjustly. As such, he could not allow Tenza to go against the Yamada clan by protecting Nurugai, as he viewed it as being an act of rebellion that could end up jeopardizing the clan's name and reputation. However, Shion at heart is a kind, caring and virtuous man. Despite his loyalty to the Yamada clan, he is not so unreasonable as to make exceptions to the rules if given a good enough reason, as he did with Nurugai after hearing out Tenza's justification as to why his assigned criminal was worth going against the Yamada clan. His kindness also extends to his work. When he executed Akaginu, he noted that he did it in a way to ensure her death was painless, as decreed in his clan's execution methods, despite her failed attempt to seduce and kill him. While not on duty as an executioner, Shion opts to spend his free time helping others, such as when he saved Tenza from a life of crime by taking him in as his student in the Yamada clan.

Shion lecturing Tenza on his poor swordsmanship.

He is also very serious and strict. As a teacher at heart, Shion has a tendency to act as such during certain matters. After escaping from Zhu Jin, Shion hit Tenza with his sword for his sloppy swordsmanship he displayed in his fight against the Tensen and felt the need to quickly correct him. Even though he refused to become her teacher, Shion was ignorant to the fact that he was teaching her the proper way of using a sword while fighting the Sōshin. After settling in one of the buildings in Hōrai, Shion clapped his hands to get everyone's attention and review what they know about Tao. This also gives him a quality of a great leader, as he is able to take initiative by having his allies focus on the task at hand and come up with clever strategies, as well as take into account of their opinions on whether they are willing to follow his plan or not.

Shion making a pun about his eyesight.

At the same time, however, Shion can also be very humorous, as he often can't help himself but to make puns about his eyesight if presented with a perfect opportunity to do so or to lighten the mood in a dark situation. This ultimately overshadows his serious and strict behavior as the people who know him well enough find this to be his major character trait. Shion also had been pointed out by Sagiri to have a noticeably bad habit of assuming romantic intent. After Sagiri expressed her worries over Gabimaru, Shion blushed thinking that she had feelings for him, much to her denial. Shion admitted to this quirk and stated that it most likely stemmed from his fondness for dodoitsu poems.

Shion's expressing his desire to kill Zhu Jin.

Shion possesses an extremely vengeful side and a high sense of responsibility if the people close to him get harmed. Having been forced to leave Tenza behind to fight off Zhu Jin, resulting in his death at the Tensen's hands, Shion was driven by revenge and guilt to continue forward on Kotaku in order to find and put an end to his student's murderer, even restricting himself from grieving or mourning his death until he has done so. As a consequence to his mind becoming clouded with nothing but rage and hatred, Shion became willing to risk life and limb no matter what obstacles he had to face. During his battle with Mu Dan, Shion showed no hesitation in causing himself to suffer heavy amounts of blood loss and persisted on until the Tensen was slayed. Upon finally reuniting with Zhu Jin, Shion expressed a deep desire to kill them that even the Tensen found terrifying and was ultimately willing to sacrifice his life if it meant that he can finally bring justice to Tenza's death.
Following his escape from Kotaku, Shion made the decision to relinquish his status as a samurai and the Yamada Asaemon name to serve as Nurugai's protector, as he could not condone executing an innocent and believed that he cannot change as a man if he remained a samurai. After a year passed since he assumed his role as her guardian, he has developed a protective attitude towards her that is akin to a doting father, having sacred off a few men who were hitting on her and gave her a lecture as to why she should avoid men while cleaning her face.


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Susubikimaru and Hyakume wore shinobi masks and the standard Iwagakure shinobi uniform, which is a black robe with long sleeves, a black tattsuke bakama, and a white sash tied at the waist.

The two had been shown to be loyal genin that were willing to follow the orders of their squad leader Shija with no regards to their safety.


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Gantetsusai is a large man with dark hair split into three sections and tied in a ponytail, along with a mustache and a beard also split into three section. His wardrobe consists of a yukata along with a hakama, tied together with an obi.
After cutting off his left hand after it was infected by the Paradise Butterflies, Fuchi helps replace it with a hook. After his battle with Tao Fa and Ju Fa, Gantetsusai received a few minor facial scars and a tsuba eyepatch from Fuchi after ripping out his left eye in order to properly sense Tao.
Upon taking on the task of destroy the Banko's tandens, Gantetsusai procures shinobi equipment and starts wearing a headband and tasuki to hold up his sleeves. After returning to Edo to present the Elixir of Life to the shogun, Gantetsusai changes into a different robe.
A year later, Gantetsusai chooses to remove his left hook hand and wears a doctor's robe for his business.

Gantetsusai considers fighting to be fun and lives to seek out and battle strong opponents that can make him feel a thrill whenever he has to draw his blade. Even when critically injured, Gantetsusai carries a satisfied smile from the adrenaline he gets from fighting and feels as though he is becoming stronger with each injury. However, he is not very disciplined, preferring to recklessly fight his opponents head-on without thinking of a clear strategy, or listening to his allies, and hates it when others try to interfere with his enjoyment. Gantetsusai has also shown to be honorable as he thought it would not feel right to attack an unconscious Shugen after finding him, regardless of it being a perfect opportunity to avenge Fuchi. He is shown to be immune to intimidation, or possibly even fear, as he kept a straight face when Fuchi drew his sword towards him and when he first encountered one of the Monshin on the island, only finding it as being disturbing. However, he can be shocked when unexpecting events occur. Gantetsusai also does not bother remembering people's names and instead gives them nicknames, although he will remember the names of those who made a big impact on him.

Gantetsusai expressing his desire to become a legendary warrior.

Gantetsusai has a massive ego and wishes to go down in history as a legendary figure. He believes that by performing extraordinary feats and people remembering his name throughout generations is the true form of immortality rather than gaining the Elixir of Life. He original thought that fighting strong opponents would guide him on this path but after arriving on the island, he believes the path lies in slaying monsters and immortal beings such as Lord Tensen, which is the reason why he allied himself with Gabimaru. His high view of himself causes him to think that even strong allies, such as Gabimaru, are beneath him and believes that he should be the one to take down the strong opponents. After Gabimaru successfully defeated one of the Dōshi, Gantetsusai jumped in to claim victory and take credit, though he was not satisfied with how the ninja took control in the end.

Gantetsusai's angry reaction after being underestimated.

Gantetsusai hates being underestimated and tends to lash out in anger; the reason for his death sentence being that a daimyo did not believe that he could cut down a dragon based on his epithet, which resulted in Gantetsusai cutting down his gate which bore a dragon to prove that he was wrong. He also holds grudges, as he vowed to return to the damiyo's mansion to cut it down and wanted to kill the Butterfly Dōshi after coming under the impression (based on his appearance and control over the Paradise Butterflies) that he was the one responsible for forcing him to cut off his left hand after it became affected with Arborification from one of the butterflies. After Tōma prepared to attack Gantetsusai first (between choosing Fuchi and Mei) because of his handicap, Gantetsusai grabbed his sword and quickly grew angry after knowing that Tōma thought he would be easy to defeat.

Gantetsusai's perverted nature.

Gantetsusai also has a perverted side. During the tryout for the departure group of criminals to Kotaku, Gantetsusai had taken note of Yuzuriha 's physique during the massacre and later commented this to Fuchi upon landing on the island. [2] He became depressed that Mei reverted back to her child body after he had hoped that he could carry her while fully grown. He also reacted with excitement upon seeing Tao Fa's exposed body as she prepared to fight against him and Fuchi. Despite his perverted behavior, Gantetsusai also has morals. He believes that a swordsman such as himself should not engage in womanizing since it was "an enemy of the sword"; the reason being that he is familiar with geishas is because he once acted as a security guard for a brothel. [3] He is shown to act polite towards young and innocent females. After Gabimaru caused Mei to feel threatened by his glare, Gantetsusai reprimanded him by splattering the ninja with Sōshin blood and took the liberty of carrying her on his shoulder as they made their way to Hōrai. He also felt disgusted of the thought of the Dōshi using her for Bōchū Jutsu to complete their Tao training.
Gantetsusai is also loyal to his comrades and is willing to put in the effort if it is for a worthy cause. He can also show kindness and compassion, such as going out of his way to carry Mei on his shoulders for the majority of his travels and thought it might be safer for her to escape the island alone instead of waiting for the survivors to acquire the elixir. He was also willing to train Tōma after seeing his devotion to become stronger and allowed him to be with his brother instead of forcing him to stay on the survivors' side.
While he is a battle hungry man, Gantetsusai draws the line when it comes to fighting in a warzone after his past experience on the frontlines. He believes that luck determines whether a person gets to live or die on the hellish battlefield, which he considers to be unenjoyable compared to a proper fight, and that there is nothing to be gained such as pride. After a three sided conflicted ensued in Hōrai between the survivors, the Iwagakure shinobi, and the Dōshi army, Gantetsusai made the decision to flee with Fuchi, Tōma and Chōbei instead of fighting, explaining to them that one of the only ways to survive in a war is to run rather than fight.

Gantetsusai devoting part of his life to treating the wounded.

Upon reflecting on Fuchi's understanding for the value of life after he had died to save him, Gantetsusai had underwent a major change, realizing that his desire to fight monsters was an escape from growing old and was no longer motivated to do so. Rather than jump onboard Rien's ship to fight Shugen and the Tensen, Gantetsusai solely focused his mind on slowing it down by trying to cleave it in two for the survivors to catch up and was prepared to board the other ship without a second thought, stating that he was not about to throw away the life he had been given. Gantetsusai has also learned to recognize and admit to those he thinks are stronger than him, as he told both Rien and Shugen in confidence that a certain superior man would come to take his place and defeat them. After receiving the pardon, Gantetsusai chose to live his life as both a doctor who treats people and as a swordsman who is willing to take on strong challengers.
Gantetsusai has a habit of touching his chin underneath his yukata.


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Seikichi had no eyebrows, slick hair and wore a robe decorated with clouds.


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Tao Fa was of average height, with short, pink flower petal hair that formed a flower at the top of her head, golden colored eyes, and possessed either a slender, feminine build when assuming their Yin female body or a well-toned, muscular body when assuming their Yang male body. She wore a pink hanfu with two ribbons, a black robe underneath, a beaded necklace with a golden peach amulet, a white hakama tied with a yellow obi, and black boots. Underneath her layer of clothing, Tao Fa wore a silk bikini top and a skirt.
In her and Ju Fa's Kishikai state, their bodies melded together to create a large, bulb shaped body, resembling somewhat like a heart, formed from their Yin and Yang bodies, with unusually shaped petals acting as feathers/wings, and vines protruding from the bottom as tails. The head of the Kishikai possessed four faces, two from the right being Tao Fa's Yin and Yang faces while the left being Ju Fa's. Upon switching to their defensive form, the body releases multiple spore vines and their faces switch places. In Fuchi's opinion, the appearance of Tao Fa and Ju Fa's Kishikai was the embodiment of "love".

Tao Fa was outwardly cheerful and friendly, as she was rarely ever seen in a bad mood, which was a stark contrast to her partner Ju Fa. Even after Chōbei's betrayal where the human cooperated with his brother to attack and slice off her head, Tao Fa did not express any anger towards him for his actions but rather disappointment for thinking that they had formed a friendship. Her demeanor also applied to humans as well, or at least ones that were willing to cooperate with Lord Tensen's plans such as Chōbei. However, she still carried the same view of using them as tools to create Tan and showed no signs of remorse towards them.

Tao Fa flirting with Chōbei and Tōma.

Because she specialized in Bōchū Jutsu, Tao Fa was quite vulgar and often liked to flirt with others. After meeting with Chōbei and Tōma for the first time, Tao Fa asked if they wanted to join her and Ju Fa in Bōchū Jutsu and offered herself to Fuchi despite him being her enemy, seductively stating that she was willing to show him anything he wanted to see, whether it was her organs that Fuchi was only interested in. She also had a preference as to who she found attractive. During their encounter, Tao Fa took a liking to Fuchi because she thought that he looked cute, while brushing off Gantetsusai because of his old age and felt disgusted when he expressed his perverted behavior towards her body.

Tao Fa losing her smile after Gantetsusai's offensive comment about Lord Tensen.

While presented as a cheerful individual on the surface, it was later revealed and admitted by Tao Fa herself that this was only a coping mechanism for her to painfully endure Lord Tensen's 1,000 year struggle to gain true immortality. On the other hand, Tao Fa also gave speculation that her behavior in general was a sign that she was already mentally unstable. In the past, Tao Fa felt sorry for the Hōko and didn't like the idea of using them as tools to replenish their Tao. However, after the Hōko were on the verge of extinction, and realizing that Lord Tensen's training would be all for not if they died, Tao Fa no longer felt any sympathy for the Hōko or anything living as long as it meant that Lord Tensen would be finished with their pursuit for immortality. This was proven when she used one of the Hōko's corpses as bait to lure in humans from the mainland as new sources of Tao, an action that gave birth to her constant smiling. After Gantetsusai commented on how Lord Tensen enjoyed "toying" with humans, Tao Fa immediately lost her smile from Gantetsusai's misunderstanding remark and expressed her grief.
Tao Fa had stated that they preferred the female gender because of their liking to their appearance. As such, they also acted feminine on top of their appearance.


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The Dōshi's head is made entirely of finger-like tentacles. He wears ceremonial Chinese clothing along with a crown. His lower body was then destroyed by Chōbei and had his wardrobe stolen by the bandit.

The Tentacle Dōshi is polite and non-violent, preferring to use peaceful solutions rather than using force. However if this were to fail he will have no choice but to fight back. He has great pride in his status and looks down on the low class such as the Sōshin and Monshin, viewing them as trash for their lack of intelligence and found it insulting when Chōbei thought he was one of them.
He is somewhat overconfident in his abilities, believing that Chōbei's defeat was imminent because of his intelligence. This caused him to let his guard down and allowed Chōbei to strike back and injure him.
Though he keeps himself calm and compose, he can be pressured when he is put in a difficult situation. After Chōbei managed to inflict damage to him and sensed that his Tao was continuing to grow, he feared for his life and even resorted to call on the Sōshin for support, the beings he looks down on. The pressure later overwhelmed him when he could not comprehend how Chōbei managed to master Tao.
He is loyal towards Lord Tensen, however, after being enslaved by Chōbei and Tōma, he was forced to guide them to Hōrai.
The Tentacle Dōshi also has a speech disorder where he stutters at the beginning of his sentences.


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Tokugawa Nariyoshi is a rather stocky man who is slightly bald, wears a topknot, a small moustache and goatee, and has closed eyes. His main attire consists of wearing fashionable pattern kimonos.

The shogun is characterized as an extremely greedy and irrational individual. Having discovered that the legendary Elixir of Life existed on an mystical island, the shogun obsessively sent out teams in order to acquire it, in spite of the many failures, until he came to the decision to send out a group of death row criminals in hoping that results will be made. Upon gathering the recruited criminals, the shogun requested that they all engage in a massacre as a way to find the ones who were the most qualified, only to become unaware that this would only result in badly injured participants as noted by Aoki . On top of his greedy demeanor, the shogun is also rather impatient as he could not wait any longer for the vanguard party to retrieve the elixir after only two days had passed since their departure and decided to send out another team to speed up the progress, while also not considering that the people he hired had their own agenda depending on the numbers his employer dispatched. The shogun is also oblivious towards the well-being of others or anything that could be seen as gruesome or unnatural. He was not spooked at the slightest when only a single bloomed man came back from each expedition team he sent was lost and found enjoyment in watching the gathered death row criminals massacre each other. During the execution of all the family members from the Silver Serpent Group by Yamada Asaemon Shugen , the shogun happily watched as a spectator and ended up rewarding the Asaemon with a famed blade and clothing for his service. Though the shogun claimed that he had only chosen people who had exceptional skill for the second landing party, Isuzu knew that this was false and the truth was that the members were rather pawns for the shogun's amusement since she knew that if success were to be made on the mission then the shogun would have sent Shugen from the very beginning.


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Keiun was an extremely large and muscular man. He wore a red mask that concealed his rugged, scarred face and a white headcowl with a scratched metal headband. He wore yellow beads, a frayed sleeveless traditional monk's robe, a thick rope tied around his waist, white pants, and wooden sandals. Along with having multiple scars around his body, he had armor grafted to his arms and chest, which he called his "Living Armor". [2]

Keiun was a man who had a blood thirsty passion for weapons and believed that he could bring out the true capabilities of every weapon he used. From Gabimaru's perspective, his love for weapons can be seen as being perverted. He was ruthless and cunning, as he came up with the idea of slaughtering the criminals sent to Kotaku so he can take his time searching for the Elixir of Life.


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Eizen had long spiky red hair and wore a large eyepatch that covered his missing left eye. He wore a dark haori underneath the standard attire of a Asaemon, which is a white robe with a bell tied to the left collar and a hakama held together by a waist-cord.
When he was younger, Eizen's hair was much shorter and wore a different eyepatch at the time.

Eizen had great pride for the Yamada clan and believed that no task was impossible for them when it came to executing convicted criminals, even his assigned criminal Rokurōta who was known to be impervious to all sorts of weapons. As an executioner, Eizen acted professional in his line of work as he knew that defiling the execution grounds by trying to bring pain to the condemned with his blade would defile the magistrate and followed the Yamada clan's ideal way of ending lives by cutting his victims painlessly, a concept which he tried to impart to a young Shugen. He found it atrocious at how Gabimaru ruthlessly dealt with the criminals in the death match for the expedition to Shinsenkyō . Eizen was also kind and caring as he promised to look after Shugen when he was young, which brought a great influence to him in the present. Eizen seemed to be also a good mentor, having taught Shugen about the ideals of being an executioner and helped a young Tenza to think about the path he should choose by telling him about the history between Shion and his late student Tesshin .
Like a few of his fellow clansmen, Eizen believed that women in the Yamada clan should not follow the path of a samurai, which caused him to have a conflicting relationship with Sagiri . He was fully aware of Sagiri's fear of taking the life of another and tried using this to discourage her from taking on the shogun's mission. Eizen also bluntly told her to her face that as a woman she was not suited to become an executioner and that her place was to live a comfortable life within the household. Despite his disapproval, Eizen did try to look after her as a fellow clansman as he attempted to protect her from a few convicted criminals that targeted her (though this may also have been because of his doubt that she could handle killing them).
He seemed to act a bit reckless, being prone to react quickly without thinking further and the consequences of his actions, this is what caused his demise, as he was shocked when Rokurōta destroyed his sword, subsequently killing him.


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Fuchi was a young man with below-average height, being 2 centimeters shorter than Gabimaru who stands at 150cm, blonde hair with bangs and a hime-cut. He also had an ahoge on the top of his head. His most noticeable feature was the shadow below each of his eyes. As an Asaemon he wore the standard uniform, which was a white robe with a bell tied on the left collar, along with a hakama held together with a waist cord and sandals. Over it he wore a dark kataginu and had a pair of pouches at his waist cord that held his dissection tools. He carried two swords strapped to his back, which was a short sword with a hook tip and a saw blade.

Fuchi was a rational thinker that had a good sense of judgement in situations and carried a no-nonsense view when it came to matters that he deemed were unscientific, pointless, and illogical, such as Gantetsusai's and Gabimaru's imaginary battle and the time he spent wasting on trying to unlock the ability to use Tao. To best get around obstacles, Fuchi focused on gathering and gaining a clear understanding of new information. This included wearing down his enemies instead of trying to kill them in order to extract intel.
He had great pride as a Yamada Asaemon and did not tolerate anybody speaking disgracefully about the Yamada clan. He was very close with his Asaemon comrades and would give them nicknames instead of using honourifics. After having learned that a few of his comrades' lives were taken, Fuchi became heart broken and briefly went into a more serious demeanor when talking to Mei, stating that his eyes had become more opened to the situation and bluntly told her that he was willing to hold her partially accountable, since she was cut from the same cloth as Lord Tensen, depending on the information she gave him. He also did not care for traitors as he brushed off Tōma's gratitude for healing his wounded nose.

Fuchi's obsession for dissecting.

Even though the Yamada clan mainly deal with testing new swords and executions, Fuchi preferred, and had a deep passion, for studying the human anatomy to improve medical science that came with the trade. He whole-heartedly believed that anatomical research would save lives and despised those who thought so little of this study. This does not only apply to humans, Fuchi could become intrigued by any organism that had special qualities, such as the undying Lord Tensen or the Sōshin. When Gabimaru explained to Fuchi and Gantetsusai about Lord Tensen, Fuchi became startled to hear of such a being and asked many questions to know more about them. It was for this reason that Fuchi was willing to ally with him. This preference however can be seen as an obsession. After Gabimaru and Gantetsusai killed many Sōshin, Fuchi cackled in delight as he got the chance to examine their corpses and was quick to think that a dissection would reveal a few answers to Mei's mysterious growth rate. During his fight with Tao Fa, Fuchi expressed his satisfaction in knowing that he could revolutionize medical science from his first-hand experience of feeling pain from her Tao attacks, prompting the Tensen to go so far as to state that he was crazy in the head. This behavior became sort of a running-gag as the series went on.

Fuchi ignoring his injuries as he prepares to heal Gantetsusai.

Fuchi was also a kind and selfless person who put the lives of others first before himself, which acted as his driving force to pursue anatomical research. He treated Gantetsusai's amputated left hand by replacing it with a hook, took the time to heal Gabimaru's injuries as much as he could after his fight with Aza Chōbei, treated Tōma's wound despite him being a traitor of the Yamada clan, and used the tsuba on his sword as Gantetsusai's eyepatch, which was noted by Shugen as misplacing his Asaemon soul. Upon learning about the deaths of his Asaemon comrades, Fuchi stated that he understood the value of life that he could not learn from his studies. It was for this reason that he allowed the Aza brothers' enslaved Dōshi to roam free instead of dissecting him as he had hoped. He had wished that both the surviving criminals and executioners together would be able to return home safely and was willing to defy Shugen from attacking Gantetsusai if it meant not seeing another life taken away. Fuchi's kindhearted nature carried with him towards the end. Even though his life was in great peril after getting cut down by Shugen, Fuchi chose to use whatever strength he had to treat Gantetsusai's injuries instead and did not carry any ill feelings for Shugen's actions.
Although he was an executioner, after his experience working together with the surviving convicts, Fuchi found that both "crime" and "evil" were entirely different from one another, with Tamiya Gantetsusai as an example. From a scientific viewpoint, Fuchi found that samurai and criminals were not so different since they are structured the same and both had a will to live, which he found was reason enough for the survivors to band together in trying to return home.


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Gagaimo is a young man with long black hair and dark eyes. As an Asaemon he wears the clan's standard attire, which is a white robe with a red lining running down the collars, a hakama with a single red band at the left gusset that is held together with a red waist cord, and a funerary bell tied to a red piece of cloth at the center of his collar. Instead of the standard dark haori, Gagaimo wears one that is clear and has a floral pattern.

Gagaimo is a fully devoted follower of Shugen who is willing to support him wherever he goes, even declaring to him that he would enter the cauldron of Hell if he were to say the word.


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Genji was a large, muscular man with dark and white hair and large eyebrows split into three sections. He wore the standard attire of a Asaemon, which was a white robe with a bell tied on the left collar along with a hakama held together with a waist cord that holds his two swords, and sandals. Instead of having the standard tasuki, Genji costumed his uniform with chains.

Genji was best described as a man who was only best suited to martial arts and had trouble with other activities. Like a few of his fellow clan members, Genji believes that women in the Yamada clan should not follow the path of a samurai. He stated to Sagiri that he believed that her only duty was to become the bride of the next head of the clan and that her skills were inferior when it came to surviving on the island. However, after understanding how Sagiri chooses to live her life, Genji came to accept her as a samurai and entrusted her to kill Rokurōta with his sword as his last dying wish.
As a samurai, Genji was a very strict man when it came to bushidō . He believed that a samurai's sword contains the wielders soul and felt disappointed after he noticed how Sagiri lost her original sword.  He also became enraged with how she spoke her mind about wanting to live her life, stating that what she said was not the way of a samurai.
Despite his serious demeanor and intimating appearance, Genji had a weakness for women, something he was known for by his fellow clansmen. Although he was a slow learner, Genji was determined to write a letter to a woman he had feelings for with the help of Shugen teaching him calligraphy that took him a year to learn. Instead of returning home as instructed after his assigned criminal was killed by Yuzuriha , Genji fell for her charms and decided to watch over her while making up the excuse of saying that she was too dangerous to be escorted by one Asaemon.
Genji was also kind and caring as he showed his gratitude to Shugen for helping him learn calligraphy by writing a letter of thanks and reading it out loud in front of the public despite the embarrassing moment. He also gave his little sister words of encouragement about her stature.


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Isuzu was a very tall, dark-skinned woman with long, unruly hair. She wore the standard attire of an Asaemon, which was a white robe, a hakama, a red waist cord that held her two swords at her left hip, a bell tied to her left collar, and sandals. Like her brother, Isuzu also wore chains to act as her tasuki. She also previously wore a dark haori on top of her robe during her departure to Kotaku.
After taking on the task of destroying the Banko's tandens, Isuzu procured shinobi equipment such as gauntlets, a pair of gaiters, and a metal plate headband with four spikes. She also started to wear her brother's tasuki chains as a necklace.

Isuzu was very respectful when working with her allies and wished to avoid any conflict between them, though she became rather timid when trying to exercise authority. However, in battle, or when one of her allies were to step out of line, Isuzu behavior drastically changes to where she becomes more serious and fiercer. Isuzu was also capable of self-restraint, which was greatly expressed on her face, when dealing with a troublesome situation, such as when she tried holding back her anger to reason with Sagiri as to why she should not continue defending the criminal Yuzuriha from her.
Like Kiyomaru, Isuzu was greatly loyal to Shugen and did whatever she could if it was all for his sake. She followed his view of justice in believing that all criminals should not be given mercy, or to those that protect them as well, and also believed that he was never in the wrong. To this point, she was not willing to cooperate with criminals even if dire circumstances arise. However, Isuzu was willing to temporarily set aside her morals just once by working together with the criminals of the vanguard to destroy the Banko and reunite with Shugen.

Isuzu preparing to commit seppuku.

Like her brother Genji, Isuzu followed the samurai code of honor known as bushidō . After Gantetsusai brought Fuchi's dead body, Isuzu was prepared to commit seppuku for the death of her fallen Asaemon comrades on the island and hoped that her death would appease the shogun.
As a child, Isuzu was sensitive about her stature and would often be referred to her as a gorilla. However, after receiving words of encouragement from her brother about gorillas being strong animals, Isuzu no longer took it as an insult and believed that gorillas embody the concept of bushidō.


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Jikka has violet hair tied in a topknot, bangs that frame the sides of his face, and small amounts of facial hair. He is usually seen with a relaxed expression. He wears a dark haori with the standard attire of a Asaemon underneath: a white robe, along with a hakama held together with a waist cord, and sandals. He chooses to not wear his funerary bell tied to his collar and has the the two threads hang loose.
During the report to the shogun regarding the completion of the mission, Jikka makes himself look more presentable by choosing to shave his facial hair, have his bangs tied back to his topknot, and wears his funerary bell with his Asaemon robe.

Jikka is a laid-back individual who compared to his fellow clan members, especially Shugen, is less dedicated to his work as an Asaemon. He mainly describes himself as someone who is very well patient in life and that all things will come his way as long as he remains in this state of mind. However, he also admits to being an opportunist at times if he sees that there is a chance that he can slightly push his agenda forward. Because of this behavior, very few people are unable to gain the slightest read on his motives. Jikka also admits to not being a believer in plans and that it is better to not raise his hopes up when working with others, or even himself to this extent.

Jikka's overall way of life.

Jikka stated that he is an individual that prefers to enjoy life to the fullest rather than focus on status and rank. This way of thinking greatly shows in his life as an executioner as he has been reported to attend his execution assignments while intoxicated and even sold his own sword as a way to collect money for his sexual exploits. He has no problem in being dishonest as he lied to the shogun's officials about how he felt guilty of not completing the mission after his criminal was killed by Aza Chōbei, when in actuality, Jikka expressed great joy at the time and shook Chōbei's hand in gratitude. He can also come off as rather rude and disrespectful to others around him regardless of who they are, even towards his fellow Asaemon. As a result of his despicable personality, Jikka has received a bad reputation amongst his peers in the Yamada clan, which causes to have his skills doubted. Instead of taking his work as an executioner seriously, Jikka finds that his ideal way of living his life is being promiscuous, which he refers to as indulging in "pleasures of the flesh". This characteristic shows itself whenever Jikka is around both sexes in public, tending to act out rather perverted and flirtatious. He is fond of the Red-Light District and stated that his drive for wanting to leave the island is to continue his sexual adventures with multiple people from specific areas.
Jikka believes that it is unwise to be involved in dangerous situations, preferring not to have anything to do with Kotaku after witnessing how dangerous the island was and believes that those that did were foolish. To this extent, he was not above insulting the shogun. After being forced to depart to Kotaku once again, Jikka spent his time sulking and tried to convince Aoki in to returning to the mainland and tried another attempt at persuading Shugen after witnessing the monsters that attacked the second landing party.
Jikka lacks the capacity to feel empathy, remorse, or guilt, traits not unlike that of a psychopath. Solely driven by his ambition to ascend as the head of the Yamada clan and escape the drudgery for a luxurious life, Jikka confesses to having no emotional ties to his fellow clansmen. After finding the corpse of Eizen, Jikka did not show any signs of emotional distress or join in with Shugen, Isuzu, and Kiyomaru in giving him a proper burial, only wishing to leave the island. Jikka even went to go so far as to conspire with Chōbei and Tōma in killing Shugen, Sagiri, and Shion to become the only ranked Asaemon to survive and secure his place as the next head. From this, Chōbei, a ruthless person himself, characterized Jikka as someone who was "clearly missing a soul." Jikka believes his actions are justified, as he views the pursuit of greater achievements as a natural aspiration for any man. The only times he is willing to help others is if all goes his way to achieving his goals. In turn for killing the surviving ranked Asaemons, Jikka agreed to turn a blind eye to the Aza brothers' escape from the island and make up a false report to the shogun. After the battle against Rien, Jikka agreed to make a false death report to the shogun about the surviving death row convicts and executioners of the vanguard, as them being out of the way would not hinder him from becoming the Yamada clan's next head. He was also willing to make sure that Yuzuriha's village would not come after her and had setup a meeting place for Gabimaru to reunite with Yui, as well as have Iwagakure become disbanded.


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Like all Asaemon, Kichiji wears the clan's attire of a Asaemon, which is a white robe with a bell tied to the left collar and a hakama held together by a waist-cord. His hair is also fashioned in a topknot.

Kichiji appears to be a man that respects the traditions of his clan. He and his fellow clan members strongly believe that women in the clan should not wield a sword and looks down on his daughter for attempting to follow down the path of a samurai.


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Kishō had short hair with his face framed with bangs. He wore a dark haori with the standard attire of a Asaemon underneath, which is a white robe with a bell tied on the left collar along with a hakama held together with a waist cord, and sandals.

Kishō was an individual who was known for never losing his composure and rarely acting assertive. He was able to see the big picture in situations and found it annoying when people questioned his way of handling them. Kishō had shown that he didn't mind in taking the easy way out, offering to cut down Gabimaru to help Sagiri return home instead of following through with the mission. He also didn't like to be pushed around. After being set straight by Gabimaru, Kishō smiled saying that his time with finding the elixir will run out and the shogun had plans to have people from Iwagakure involve, which had Gabimaru concern.
Kishō was also someone who didn't have ambition, as he did not care about who would become the new head of the Yamada Clan and wasn't interested in competing with his fellow clansmen. He was shown to not be a strickler and was rather more flexible about following rules, as seen when he allowed his assigned criminal to cut off the bindings and to fight Gabimaru. To him, every criminal is a lowlife who doesn't deserve to even argue with, to the point of beheading the corpse of Warped Keuin to prove he did not abandon the mission.


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Kiyomaru was a child with wavy hair that was brushed over to the right side of his face. He wore a dark kataginu on top of the standard attire of an Asaemon; a white robe, a hakama, a red waist cord that holds his sword at his hip, a bell tied to his left collar, and sandals.

Due to his young age, Kiyomaru was very immature, shown as he spoke rudely to one of his superiors and recklessly ordered one ninja to kill himself to prove his loyalty. Kiyomaru was also very arrogant and disapproved of being looked down on by others, as he declared that he was far superior to everyone that came along on the mission and cut off a ninja's mask to prove his strength to Aoki after hearing him doubt his abilities for being an unranked Asaemon. Aside from his childhood behavior, Kiyomaru was very loyal to Shugen and would do anything he commanded.