History Characters / ToukenRanbuTachiPartTwo

* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: He tells Suinshinshi "No hard feelings" just before very nearly breaking him in an attempt to force Mikazuki to confront him]].

* {{Tsundere}}: [[spoiler: He has very complicated feelings for Mikazuki Munechika following what was heavily implied to have been a fundamental disagreement between the two that led to the collapse of their once very close friendship. He acts very aloof or hostile toward him whenever they interact in the present, giving the impression that he resents him at first. However, he is actually lonely in the citadel without Mikazuki, and he even has hallucinations about their happy times together and talks to the moon as though it were Mikazuki. As well, right before beating Suishinshi up to bait Mikazuki into a confrontation with him, he regretfully tells Suishinshi to snuggle up to Mikazuki until he gets tired of it because he can no longer do so]].

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* CoolBigBro: Despite the fact that Shokudaikiri is his senior, he regards him as a cute little brother and wants to be seen as a big brother to him.

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* MartialPacifist: Influenced by his master, who was a monk, Kousetsu prefers to solve things without violence, but will fight when necessary.
* RareRandomDrop: Is one of the four-petal tachis, along with Ichigo, Tsurumaru, and Uguisumaru.
* ReluctantWarrior: Really doesn't like fighting.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Tsurumaru Kuninaga was forged by the son (or grandson) and disciple of the Sanjou's swordsmith, Gojo Kuninaga, but you wouldn't know it from the browser game alone due to a lack of in-game interactions between him and the Sanjou, his Unlisted school, and the fact that it's not mentioned in his bio. To make up for this, the adaptations have him develop a relationship--or, by default, have one--with Mikazuki Munechika, the representative work of the Sanjou school. However, only ''Hanamaru'' has made reference to the connection between the Sanjou and Gojo schools; the other adaptations have their own reasons for why Mikazuki and Tsurumaru are paired off, and he hasn't yet meaningfully interacted with the other non-Mikazuki Sanjou in any continuity to demonstrate what kind of relationship he has with them, if any. On the whole, when he's not with Mikazuki, he's treated more like a Dategumi-aligned Touken Danshi than a descendant of the Sanjou.

* TheNicknamer: He calls Shokudaikiri "Mitsu-bou" and Ookurikara "Kara-bou," "Bou" being a term of endearment for young boys. He also never says it in the browser game, but the stage play reveals that he calls Taikogane Sadamune "Sada-bou."
** He refers to Sayo Samonji as "Sayo-bou" in the anime ''Touken Ranbu Kai'' and the stage play its based on, suggesting that its a general nickname he uses for younger swords in those continuities.

* {{Foil}}: To Mikazuki Munechika.
** Mikazuki's color palette is dark, with him mostly wearing dark blue, whereas Tsurumaru primarily wears white.
** Although they approach their mission similarly--preferring to work alone and taking on most of the emotional weight of their missions while maintaining a carefree exterior to conceal the strain they feel--Mikazuki tries to handle everything on his own to spare others the unpleasantness of the lengths he must go to protect history, while Tsurumaru forces others to face these same painful things head-on in order for them to grow and better cope with their roles as the protectors of history.
** Mikazuki tends to take on a lot of responsibility by listening to other people's pain, whereas Tsurumaru tends to shut other people out so he doesn't have to hear what he doesn't want to hear.
** Both of them exhibit a degree of hypocrisy in their positions. [[spoiler: Mikazuki attempts to shield others because he believes that they are not emotionally capable of bearing the responsibility, even though he advised Iwatooshi to treat Imanotsurugi like an adult when he reveals the truth about his non existence to him. Tsurumaru, on the other hand, angrily criticizes Mikazuki for treating the rebels of the Shimabara Rebellion like a statistic in an effort to preserve history, despite the fact that he not only actively led these same individuals to their deaths for the same reason but also made his teammates follow suit, with the justification that it is their duty to preserve history no matter how painful it is]].

* TheChainsOfCommanding: As a veteran Touken Danshi in the citadel, he is not only responsible for the citadel's overall leadership, but he is also frequently called upon to carry out some of the most difficult and emotionally draining missions. Naturally, this is a stressful situation to be in on its own, [[spoiler: but it becomes even more so for him due to the combination of the grief he feels over having lost a friend, followed by the intense loneliness and frustration he felt after his best friend abandoned the citadel in search of the friend he's still grieving for, leaving him to feel the loss of both, but unable to process either due to the Saniwa's and the citadels over-reliance on him. As a result, he is left in a mentally vulnerable state, exhibiting concerning signs of psychosis that go unnoticed by most people because he projects an air of toughness that he believes is appropriate for a leader when around others]].

* AdaptationalFriendship: In the original browser game, the two don't have a personal relationship, but it's become standard practice for the spin-offs to show that he either has or develops a close relationship with Mikazuki Munechika. Similar to the Dategumi, this actually has a historical basis: not only was the Mikazuki Munechika forged by Tsurumaru's forgers mentor and father (or grandfather), but also likely that they're the representative works of their respective, connected schools.

* AmbiguouslyRelated: Tsurumaru Kuninaga was forged by the son (or grandson) and disciple of the Sanjou's swordsmith, Gojo Kuninaga, but you wouldn't know it from the browser game alone due to a lack of in-game interactions between them and Tsurumaru, and the fact that Tsurumaru's school is unlisted in his book description. The spin-offs attempt to address this by consistently depicting Mikazuki and Tsurumaru as friends, but the efforts to bridge the Sanjou and Gojo schools are also, for some reason, typically restricted to interactions with Mikazuki alone; when he does appear in a work with other Sanjou, he rarely, if ever, interacts with them in a particularly meaningful way, if he interacts with them at all.

* BoisterousBruiser: Portrayed as this in ''Katsugeki''.

** He also appears in the film adaptation, but his face is either obscured in the shots in which he appears or he is only heard offscreen.

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