History Characters / BlueEyeSamurai

* AnimalMotifs: She is compared to a pig by her father and her caretaker Seki much to her chagrin as an animal that can live in a sheltered position seeking freedom but does not have the tools to survive when it gets that freedom. Later episodes have the symbolism of a bird trapped in a cage applied to her as she recieves several as gifts for her [[spoiler:wedding to the shogun's son]].

* GuileHero: Akemi is resourceful and very good at getting her way purely on her wits, looks and charisma. This is something that Seki has instilled in her from a young age to help protect her interests as a woman in a mans world.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayaErskine

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasiOka

* AntiHero: Of the NominalHero variety. She is mostly concerned with her own quest for {{revenge}} and is mostly uncaring towards the feelings of others as she pursues this quest. She will, at the very least, avoid killing those who are not a threat and, despite admitting that she is no samurai, has a sense of honor: [[spoiler:when Madame Kaji's brothel comes under fire by a bandit gang as a result of a mission she failed, she stays and defends the establishment with her life against overwhelming odds instead of simply carrying on with her journey]].
* BerserkButton: Insulting her mixed-race status or calling her a freak/demon for it is a good way to get yourself slashed to ribbons, as shown in the [[EstablishingCharacterMoment very first scene of hers]].

* ShootTheDog: She's willing to do some fairly ruthless things in the name of pragmatism for her revenge. [[spoiler: Most evidently, she goes through with assassinating a innocent woman at Madame Kaji's request, although it is something of a MercyKill.]]

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: He seeks to be "Great," it doesn't matter at what and he seeks to obtain that wisdom from Mizu who he believes has already achieved greatness.

* KillerBearHug: He nearly [[spoiler: kills Mizu this way in their final confrontation, squeezing her into his metal chestplate and breaking several bones in the process]].

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Half-mockingly notes to Mizu that Edo is burning to the ground because of her pursuit of revenge at any cost. Declaring that its her 'white' half showing and speculates that she really ''is'' his daughter.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Half-mockingly notes that Edo is burning to the ground because of her pursuit of revenge at any cost. Declaring that its her 'white' half showing and speculates that she really ''is'' his daughter.]]

* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: He seeks to be "Great", it doesn't matter at what and he seeks to obtain that wisdom from Mizu who he believes has already achieved greatness.

* FireForgedFriends: Originally he only held contempt for Mizu but after they [[spoiler:rescue each other from Shindo's trap they find themselves much closer]]

* IAmAHumanitarian: Tragically in his past to survive during a famine he had to [[spoiler:eat his sisters liver to survive]].

* SweetPollyOliver: Mizu disguises herself as a man, when growing up it was because the bounty on her head was for a girl, now she does so because the limited options for a woman traveling through Edo-era Japan.

* ChoiceOfTwoWeapons: Mizu carries a sword as her main weapon but [[spoiler: the weights on her arms and legs can form a staff to attach to her blade, transforming it into a naginata]].

* SecretKeeper: Because he accidently see's her bathing, he is the only one who knows that Mizu is actually a woman.
* StealthHiBye: He is as he says "naturally stealthy" despite his large size, so much so that Mizu ties a bell on him so she won't be caught of guard.

* FireForgedFriends: Originally he only held contempt for Mizu but after they [[spoiler: rescue each other from Shindo's trap they find themselves much closer]]

* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: After a season of adventures and character development [[spoiler:after meeting Taigen again she realizes she has grown and changed to much to be satisfied with just being his wife and living quietly and that she has the potential for greatness in her.]]

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Throughout the season Akemi languishes in her position as a woman, that she does not have the freedom and the choices that a man in her position would have, but her caretaker Seki repeatedly points out that what she does have is the cunning and the charisma to use the position she has to obtain not only the freedom she desires but to rule above the men in her life if only she applied herself.

* CombatPragmatist: "No one does murder quite like the British,", as he says and he is all to happy to use the technological gap of a gun versus a sword to get the leg up on an opponent.

* EvilColonialist: This is part of his ultimate goal [[spoiler: to take over Japan and open its borders to the British and rule it through a puppet Shogun.]]

The protagonist of the story, a young swordsman of MixedAncestry. Mizu has spent a lifetime being beaten down, shunned and hunted for the mistake of their birth and seeks revenge on the father who sired them.

* MixedAncestry: Born to a Japanese mother and a white father, Mizu's entire life has been dictated by the racism of the era to a mixed race person.

* AntiHero: She is mostly concerned with her own quest for {{revenge}} and is mostly uncaring towards the feelings of others as she pursues this quest. She will, at the very least, avoid killing those who are not a threat and, despite admitting that she is no samurai, has a sense of honor: [[spoiler:when Madame Kaji's brothel comes under fire by a bandit gang as a result of a mission she failed, she stays and defends the establishment with her life against overwhelming odds instead of simply carrying on with her journey]].

* AnimalMotifs: She is compared to a pig by her father and her caretaker Seki much to her chagrin.

* {{Determinator}}: When climbing through the castle Mizu is [[AgonyOfTheFeet impaled through the foot]], drugged, beaten, strangled, exploded with a grenade ''twice'' and thrown from the castle and still manages to climb her way on the outside to the top floor while carrying someone.

* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: He grew up in the same village as Mizu and used to bully her for her heritage.

* SmallNameBigEgo: He believes himself the finest swordsman in the land despite his handy defeat by Mizu in the first episode. He claims TheBattleDidntCount because he was drunk at the time.

* TheMedic: He is knowlegeable about medicines and is able to brew remedies for Mizu when she is injured.

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The protagonist of the story, a young swordsman of MixedAncestry. Mizu has spent a lifetime being beaten down, shunned and hunted for the mistake of their birth and seeks revenge on the father who made them.

* {{Determinator}}: When climbing through the castle Mizu is [[AgonyOfTheFeet impaled through the foot]], drugged, beaten, exploded with a grenade ''twice'' and thrown from the castle and still manages to climb her way on the outside to the top floor while carrying someone.

* DesperatelySearchingForAPurposeInLife: He seeks to be "Great", it doesn't matter at what and he seeks to obtain that wisdom from Mizu who he believes has already achieved greatness.
* DisabledArtist: Due to a birth defect he was born without hands, but he is an accomplished chef and when he leaves his father's restaurant the customers notice the steep decline in food quality.