History Characters / LikeADragonIshin

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Although he spends most of the story as Saito Hajime, he still ends up doing some of the same deeds as the historical Ryoma. He brokers peace between Choshu and Satsuma domains who were arch enemies, setting the Meiji restoration to motion, [[spoiler:but did so completely by accident while drunk and he doesn't remember it afterwards. Also he modifies the letter to the shogun to demand the abolition of social castes, thus sowing the seeds for Japanese democracy.]]

CharacterSpecificPages: [[Characters/LikeADragonKazumaKiryu Kazuma Kiryu]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonGoroMajima Goro Majima]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonAkiraNishikiyama Akira Nishikiyama]] | [[Characters/LikeADragonIchibanKasuga Ichiban Kasuga]]\\

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:He seemingly dies from his wounds during the raid on Omiya (where the historical Nakaoka was mortally wounded), but TheStinger shows that he survived and is writing Sakamoto Ryoma's biography under a pen name.]]

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed compared to other examples on this page but his original appearance was based on how he appeared in ''3'' whereas he now looks more like he does from ''0'' onwards giving him a relatively smoother, younger face despite still being most known for being the oldest Captain.

* DrowningHisSorrows: He drowns himself in booze after hearing of [[spoiler:Takechi's death]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Miss Tatsu from ''VideoGame/Yakuza0'', albeit with a different fighting style.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler:Following the Kyo fire, Ito tries to position himself to be the Shinsengumi's next Chief by evoking Kondo Isami's death, specifically how he'd been murdered by a ronin. Hijikata, however, had only said that Kondo was 'absent', as always, and never mentioned that he'd been killed or how, exposing that Ito had played a role in Kondo's death.]]

** StartMyOwn: [[spoiler:After Ito's attempts to take control of the Shinsengumi via treachery fail, he leaves the Shinsengumi along with Takeda, Todo and most of their remaining troops to start a rival militia commanded by him, the Goryo Eji.]]

!!Sakamoto Ryoma/Saito Hajime

* BeenThereShapedHistory: He's Sakamoto Ryoma! This trope should come to him naturally. Although he spends most of the story as Saito Hajime, he still ends up doing some of the same deeds as the historical Ryoma. He brokers peace between Choshu and Satsuma domains who were arch enemies, setting the Meiji restoration to motion, [[spoiler:but did so completely by accident while drunk and he doesn't remember it afterwards. Also he modifies the letter to the shogun to demand the abolition of social castes, thus sowing the seeds for Japanese democracy.]]

Samurai of Choshu. [[spoiler:Leader of the Chohu Loyalist Party that wants to restore rule to the Emperor of Japan.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:One drunken night, he insisted that Saigo Kichinosuke of the Satsuma Domain Katsura Kogoro of the Chosu Domain drop their grudge and simply try to enjoy a simple night on the town with him. A generational grudge that kept two major Loyalist factions at each other's teeth was buried, allowing them to unite as one powerful Loyalist alliance strong enough to take on the Bafuku. With the fake Ryoma Sakamoto buying foreign weapons for this alliance, the country is effectively on the brink of a destructive all-out civil war which is especially disastrous when foreign powers like the British could exploit the situation and reduce a wartorn and weakened Japan into a colony.]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Attempted. Once Ryoma seemingly agrees to execute him for being a spy for the Chosu, he pulls out his sword despite being vastly outnumbered by elite warriors and defiantly mocks the Shinsengumi and Kondo Isami before declaring that they'll never defeat the Chosu. He also spitefully tries to reveal that "Saito" is actually Ryoma but is [[KilledMidSentence cut down just in time by Inoue.]]]]
* {{Irony}}: Apparently built up a reputation as one of the more honest and trustworthy members. [[spoiler:He's actually spying on the Shinsengumi for Katsura and his Chosu faction and it gets him killed once the other members find out. He even accuses Ryoma of being untrustworthy despite being a mole long before he even joined the Shinsengumi.]]

* OpportunisticBastard: [[spoiler:Defects with Ito to form the Goryo Eji but isn't particularly loyal to that either, seeing it as a sinking ship that'll [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness collapse entirely once Takechi's done with them.]] He uses his knowledge of Todo being a ReverseMole to blackmail Ryoma into connecting him with the Chosu in preparation for when he deserts the Goryo Eji.]]

Samurai of Choshu. [[spoiler:Leader of the Chosu Loyalist Party that wants to restore rule to the Emperor of Japan.]]

* TheFettered: [[spoiler:Leader of the Chosu Loyalists, but he's not desperate enough to set a city on fire to accomplish his goals the way Yoshida Toshimaro is, considering the whole idea to be terrible, messy, and unnecessary. He even plotted to have the plans leaked just to ensure that the Shinsengumi prevent the plans from ever following through.]]

One of the highest ranking members of the Chosu Loyalist Party. He's one of the biggest names behind the proposed plan to set fire to the city of Kyo as part of a ploy to "liberate" the Emperor from the Shogunate during the chaos.

!!! '''Portrayed by:''' [[Characters/Yakuza4 Sodachi]]

* BeenThereShapedHistory: He's Sakamoto Ryoma! This trope should come to him naturally. Although he spends most of the story as Saito Hajime, he still ends up doing some of the same deeds as the historical Ryoma. He brokers peace between Choshu and Satsuma domains who were arch enemies, setting the Meiji restoration to motion, [[spoiler:but did so completely by accident while drunk and he doesn't remember it afterwards. Also he modifies the letter to the shogun to demand the abolition of social classes, thus sowing the seeds for Japanese democracy.]]