History Characters / RurouniKenshinMangaOnlyCharacters

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ashitaro was first an orphan, then a lowly thief, then a low-ranked ChildSoldier and errand boy of [[spoiler: the Juppongatana]], ''then'' [[spoiler: was jailed for five years after the Juppongatana was disbanded]] and, before [[RecruitedFromTheGutter being taken into the dojo]], had to cut a deal with the police to stay there. Heck, the guy has [[spoiler: Shishio's sword the Mugenjin]] ''and'' [[spoiler: he's seen using one of Shishio's techniques, forcing [[RetiredBadass Kenshin]] to use the ''Kuzuryuuzen'' to stop him.]]

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: As seen at first sight.

-->"If I cannot buy your company, I shall buy '''you'''. Perhaps you shall less easily refuse the company of a ''master'' rather than a customer" [[note]](This is an allusion to the "mi-uke" practice, in which a geisha's customer would buy her freedom from her master/s in exchange for marriage or being his mistress)[[/note]]
* SocialDarwinist: Just like Shishio, Sameo believes in a society where the strong survive and the weak are their slaves or die. Much ''unlike'' Shishio however, where his world would be anarchy where anyone can be strong if they will and impose themselves to be, Sameo prides his philosophy of how [[DayOfTheJackboot the government, especially the military, should have precedence and even sovereignty over civilians.]] [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, he's not the strongest - Shishio is.]]

* MultiEthnicName: His first name is American while his last name is Japanese.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Due to his terrible past, he's capable of eating almost anything. In ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' he's seen trying to eat something he pulled from the trash before Alan stops him, and later he also attempts to eat thrown riceballs until Alan stops him for the sake of Ashitaro's self-worth.

** In ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' he refuses to [[spoiler: let go of the Mugenjin]] because he wants to sell it for a good price, then get nice food... and give the rest of the money to Alan so he can fill his dream and go to the USA. Alan is driven to tears when he finds out.

* WrongSideOfTheTracks: He spent some time in a slum before being jailed, and came back with a not-exactly-thrilled Alan when released.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: When young, Asahi was a low-ranked errand girl of the Juppongatana. After Shihio's death and its dissolution, she was MadeASlave by different people until she was pretty much adopted by Kenshin and Kaoru.]]

* HoneyTrap: In ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' [[spoiler: she's forced to try befriending Ashitaro solely to try getting from him a "treasure" that he had found between the Juppongatana's dissolution and being thrown in jail: Shishio's sword, ''Mugenjin''.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: When young, Asahi was a low-ranked errand girl of the Juppongatana. After Shihio's death and its dissolution, she was pretty much MadeASlave until she was pretty much adopted by Kenshin and Kaoru.]]

* RecruitedFromTheGutter: ''RK Ibun: Ashitarō zenka ari'' is all about Kenshin and Kaoru doing this for him and Alan.

* MixedAncestry: Not only he has a foreign first name and light hair, but his teacher Kaoru explicitly says that Alan's father wasn't Japanese. In fact, up until the end of '' Ashitarō zenka ari'' he dyed his hair black to avert [[HalfBloodDiscrimination being abused for his heritage.]]

* HairColorDissonance: In ''RK Ibun: Ashitarō zenka ari'' he has dark hair, but it's shown as much lighter in ''Hokkaido arc''.
* MixedAncestry: Not only he has a foreign first name and light hair, but his teacher Kaoru explicitly says that Alan's father wasn't Japanese.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He got into the HUGE brawl featured in the ''Hokkaido arc'' beginning because he tried to help Asahi against her abusive owner and her BadBoss.
** Also, in ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' he refuses to [[spoiler: let go of the Mugenjin]] because he wants to sell it for a good price, then get nice food... and give the rest of the money to Alan so he can fill his dream and go to the USA. Alan is driven to tears when he finds out.

* OddFriendship: He and Alan are comple opposites, but at the end of ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' they've reached this.

* RecruitedFromTheGutter: ''Hokkaido arc'' begins with Asahi being rescued from her masters and taken in by Kaoru and Kenshin.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Due to his terrible past, he's capable of eating almost anything. In ''Ashitarō zenka ari'' he's seen trying to eat something he pulled from the trash before Alan stops him, and later he also attempts to eat thrown riceballs until Alan stops him.

* RecruitedFromTheGutter: As shown in ''RK Ibun: Ashitarō zenka ari'', Alan was a thief until he got caught and taken to the Kamiya dojo, where he's now a live-in student.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ashitaro was a low-ranked ChildSoldier of [[spoiler: the Juppongatana]] and before [[RecruitedFromTheGutter being taken into the dojo]], had to cut a deal with the police to stay there when he got caught dining-and-dashing at the Akebeko. Heck, the guy has [[spoiler: Shishio's sword the Mugenjin]] ''and'' [[spoiler: he's seen using one of Shishio's techniques, forcing [[RetiredBadass Kenshin]] to use the ''Kuzuryuuzen'' to stop him.]]

* TheFashionista: She's seen wearing a very cute ''hakama'' and taking pride on how she styled it personally.

* {{Expy}}: Of Yutaro. Both are young men with foreigner blood who practice kendo at the Kamiya dojo, are booksmart in their own ways, flirt around a bit, and don't tend to throw themselves into action as easily as others.
* MixedAncestry: Not only he has a foreign first name and light hair, but his teacher Kaoru explicitely says that Alan's father wasn't Japanese.

* {{expy}}: Ashitaro is what Yahiko would've been, had he not been taken in by the Kamiya dojo.

* {{Expy}}: The Tsubame to Ashitaro's Yahiko and Alan's Yutaro, only more outspoken. Heck, she's introduced via being mistreated by someone who "owns" her, even if in different circumstances.

* MadeASlave: Like Tsubame, she was a vassal to rather shady people

* StreetUrchin: He was a thief until he got caught and taken to the Kamiya dojo, where he's now a live-in student.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ashitaro was a low-ranked ChildSoldier of [[spoiler: the Juppongatana]] and before arriving to the dojo, had to cut a deal with the police to stay there when he got caught dining-and-dashing at the Akebeko. Heck, the guy has [[spoiler: Shishio's sword the Mugenjin]] ''and'' [[spoiler: he's seen using one of Shishio's techniques, forcing [[RetiredBadass Kenshin]] to use the ''Kuzuryuuzen'' to stop him.]]

* MissingMom: Naname died of pneumonia few after Outa's birth [[spoiler: and that's one of the reasons a pre-teen Sano ran away from home.]]

* TheGeneralissmo: An official of the newly created Imperial Japanese Navy, and prides himself after his work out in seas of Osaka Castle.

-->"If I cannot buy your company, I shall buy '''you'''. Perhaps you shall less easily refuse the company of a ''master'' rather than a customer" [[note]](This may be an allusion to the "mi-uke" practice, in which a geisha's customer would buy her freedom from her master/s in exchange for marriage or being his mistress)[[/note]]
* SocialDarwinist: Just like Shishio, Sameo believes in a society where the strong survive and the weak are their slaves or die. Much unlike Shishio however, where his world would be anarchy where anyone can be strong if they will and impose themselves to be, Sameo prides his philosophy of how [[DayOfTheJackboot the government, especially the military, should have precedence and even sovereignty over civilians.]] [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, he's not the strongest - Shishio is.]]

* [[spoiler:VictoriousLoser: Even if this guy is a future embellishment for ''Ruler of Flame'', Sameo's ideals can be considered more in line with the Empire of Japan on a tangible level.]]

* EvilIsHammy: A throughly rotten bastard, but also entertaingly loud and flashy.
* IHaveYounowMyPretty: When Yumi refuses to perform for him since she doesn't want to work with anyone affiliated to the Meiji Goverment, his reply is this:
-->"If I cannot buy your company, I shall buy '''you'''. Perhaps you shall less easily refuse the company of a ''master'' rather than a customer" [[note]](This may be an allusion to the "mi-uke" practice, in which a geisha's customer would buy her freedom from her master/s in echange for marriage or being his mistress)[[/note]]
* SocialDarwinist: Just like Shishio, Sameo believes in a society where the strong survive and the weak are their slaves or die. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, he's not the strongest - Shishio is.]]

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[[folder: Oibore aka the Geezer]]

[[folder: Hanabi]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: As Yumi is mourning for her dead "sister" Hanabi, she realizes that the twins aka her other "little sisters" aren't anywhere on sight and have been taken away by Ichigase's Wadatsumi troops. Then she experiences almost exactly the same terror that a parent or an older sibling experience when their children or little siblings are taken away.]]

!! The Higashidani family (father Kamishimoemon, mother Naname, daughter Uki, second son Outa, plus [[spoiler: first son Sanosuke]])

* GenkiGirl: She is a cheerful, kind young woman and quite the contrast with the snarky, bitter and slightly sad Yumi. [[spoiler: Of course, [[KillTheCutie the poor girl gets killed off]] [[CynicismCatalyst to kickstart Yumi's recruitment into the Juppongatana]].]]

* MoralityPet: Both she and the twins were this to Yumi, who hesitated to leave Yoshiwara to try protecting them. [[spoiler: It horribly fails when poor Hanabi is bloodily murdered by Ichigase.]]
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: She's a very good seamstress and is seen sewing back the buttons of a shirt belonging to [[spoiler: Houji Sadoshima]], [[http://mangafox.me/manga/rurouni_kenshin_uramaku_honoo_o_suberu/c001/19.html while singing happily]]. [[spoiler: After Hanabi [[StuffedIntoTheFridge is bloodily murdered]], Houji kinda repays the favor by shooting one of the culprits dead ''exactly'' on the spot where a chest button should go.]]

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: As she's mourning the dead Hanabi, Yumi realizes that the twins aren't anywhere on sight and have been taken away by Ichigase's Wadatsumi troops. Then she experiences almost exactly the same terror that a parent or an older sibling experience when their children or little siblings are taken away.]]

* TheCutie: They're always happy and cute and adore their "Big Sis" Yumi. [[spoiler: So of course [[BreakTheCutie they get broken]], but at least they live.]]
* MadeASlave: [[spoiler: After killing Hanabi, Ichigase kidnaps the two little girls and intends to sell them as slaves to foreign crews, who have "takne a fancy to Japanese things", like the two "porcelain dolls". This is foiled by the Juppongatana, as Yumi [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offers herself to Shishio]] in exchange for saving the girls and punishing Hanabi's death.]]

* SocialDarwinist: Just like Shishio, Sameo believes in a society where the strong survive and the weak are their slaves or die. Unfortunately for him, he's not the strongest - Shishio is.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler: When Yumi realizes that the twins aren't anywhere on sight after Hanabi is found dead, she experiences almost exactly the same terror that a parent or an older sibling experience when their children or little siblings are taken away.]]

* MadeASlave: [[spoiler: After killing Hanabi, Ichigase kidnaps the two little girls and intends to sell them as slaves to foreign crews, who have "takne a fancy to Japanese things" like the two "porcelain dolls". This is foiled by the Juppongatana, as Yumi [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offers herself to Shishio]] in exchange for saving the girls and punishing Hanabi's death.]]

* MadeASlave: [[spoiler: After killing Hanabi, Ichigase kidnaps the girls and intends to sell them as slaves to American crews. This is foiled by the Juppongatana, as Yumi [[PleaseIWillDoAnything offers herself to Shishio]] in exchange for saving the girls and punishing Hanabi's death.]]