Then, shortly after that day… Okada Izō was racing from Kyoto to Ishibe-juku, currently in Shiga Prefecture. Why was I kept in the dark?! Teacher Takechi! Tosa, Chōshū, and Satsuma… I have a cold, so I will sleep in my room. The distance to walk normally is about 7 and a half hours, but Izō runs it in one breath and rushes to defeat bad guys with over 20 people. They were making an exaggerated assassination plan. Why was this genius swordsman Okada Izō kept in the dark?! Recovering from an illness, he ran the slightly over 30 kilometers to catch up to the assassination group, and his sword was sharper than anyone else’s. It was just because you had a cold that you didn’t say anything! Don’t introduce yourself, you fool!
Well then, in the name of heaven, punishing with “tenchuu” is, I believe, a righteous act of killing. But, regarding the act of killing in the name of heaven, did you think it was amusing? Did you think it was amusing? It’s not for heaven or others to decide, but something one must determine for oneself. I am the sword of Takeichi-sensei, and I will follow him in everything! I am the sword of Takeichi-sensei, and I will follow him in everything! The executor should harbor no deeper resentment and just carry out the job calmly. Whether or not to kill someone depends on whether the reward matches the task at hand. Ah… by the way, Kusaka-san, about the matter of assisting the imperial envoy in state affairs, you are foolish! You are foolish! Everything should be flawless when assisting the imperial envoy in state affairs… In other words, intelligent people should be discussing intelligent topics. You can kind of understand it by intuition and atmosphere, right? You can kind of understand it by intuition and atmosphere, right? When only two smart people are having a conversation, you literally can’t understand a single thing. When only two smart people are having a serious conversation, you literally can’t understand a single thing. Wait, hold on!
The other three have gathered besides Kawai Hikozō, though.
I thought that Izō is always Izō in any manga.
With such a small stature, how can I take on two big men… Actually, I’m really good at swordsmanship, haha… Later, I became one of the four great assassins of the Bakumatsu, the first being Kawakami Hikosai (Higo Domain), a personification of action who excelled in iaijutsu and reverse diagonal cuts.
Kawakami Hikozō makes a brief appearance.
Izo is recorded to be an idiot and a coward, but his swordsmanship is undeniably strong to the point of being flashy, leaving no room for interpretation.
>>2
The character is so vividly portrayed that there is hardly any room left for additional flavor, as far as can be understood from the literature…
>>8
For the time being, besides Izo, there are others who have fled or surrendered and are spilling their guts.
It was not only Izō that caused the collapse of the Tosa Kin’ō-tō.
Not quite to the extent of being like a wild child or a beggar…
It could be said that they are a lower class that can’t even be called a poor samurai.
I have a house that allows me to know and attend the same dojo as Takechi Hanpeita.
…the parts that are exaggerated… if you only look at the parts that are not exaggerated.
Because they would just be a mass murderer with a merely sadistic tendency and could not be represented in a manga…
Isn’t the physical aspect just insane?
It feels like this is what would happen if you gave a sword to Gian before he shed his spikes.
He’s a guy like Mii-chan.
>>5
Power type Mii-chan.
A type of person who could leave a name behind precisely because it was a tumultuous era.
Formation of the Man-Killing League!
>>9
Is there justice there?
>>26
Is it divine punishment?
I was quite wandering around, and there was a time when I was being taken care of by Katsu Kaishu.
Katsu Kaishu hated killing people, so why does he take care of everyone?
The sword was ridiculously strong.
On the contrary, it has become the perfect seasoning.
It should be a righteous killing, so it would be strange not to identify myself.
It’s better not to introduce myself since it’s just the formalities.
A name is important… and for a samurai, it’s only natural to introduce oneself…
There are many records of what has been done, but there are few personal records.
When I’m about to be poisoned, my favorite food is noted to be steamed buns.
Izō has a memory of being called a sword that loses its elegance the more he slashes in some game.
Surely you’re riding on a horse or a boat.
I thought of this! Izo and Takechi have been Ryoma’s close friends since his childhood!
I think the person who seasoned it is amazing.
>>19
I wonder who seasoned that? Shiba?
>>23
Is it Tetsuya Takeda…?
>>19
Did we not go to defeat tengu with the three childhood friends and have a kendo showdown with Goto Sojiro and Itagaki Taisuke?!
>>19
I saw it in “Ooi Ryoma.”
If I had been born in the Sengoku period…
>>20
Although I was strong in sword fighting with blades,
If you ride a horse and recklessly charge in solo, it might end up with you getting turned into a hedgehog by an arrow…
However, when it comes to Izo-san, it feels like he wouldn’t have become this famous outside of this era.
>>21
There are many people besides Izo-san who could only become famous in a chaotic world…
Skilled (or capable) with one’s arms.
Loose lips.
>>22
How’s the head?
>>37
I cannot cut down a fool.
Good at Tosa dialect.
The author is really putting in the effort to research.
When I look at such a cute Izō-kun
I enjoy the pleasure of suffering from torture.
>>25
Gave up with 2 stones.
It’s strange how they’re still being treated as if they were guarding me even after death, and the bizarre popularity is incredible.
Since the time of Izou, the interest in Izou’s original charm has become widely known.
From now on, I will be tortured a lot and will probably spill a lot of information.
Before being tortured a lot, did you tap quickly and say everything? Well, it wouldn’t be strange if you were tortured additionally.
Every work has the same personality!
No matter how poorly it is written about in any book, it is a fact that the creature remains strong.
It’s pretty calm, like FGO.
>>38
It has become strange to see someone who is not a Berserker in FGO.
>>40
I was surprised by that because I don’t play FGO.
An assassin, huh… That’s certainly true…
>>38
Recently I’ve been quiet, but when it comes to experience points, I’m just a real jerk like Izo Okada.
What is it that a mad dog is so good at guarding?
There is a record that appropriate instructions were given to the person being protected.
If I had just kept being Katsu Kaishu’s bodyguard, I might have died differently…
>>45
Well… either way, I’ll probably die young…
Is it a creation that Professor Takechi got so furious that he was about to be erased and spilled everything?
Once his name started to become known, Okada Izō began to grow arrogant.
In his pure and innocent days, Dandōn no Izo.
Even if I’m continuing my bodyguard work, if the bodyguard says something like “Want to grab a drink?” I’ll probably drink right away.
It can only be said that it was unfortunate to be born with a lack of intellect and extraordinary sword skills in an era that glorified killing more and more.
I love the story of John Manjiro’s bodyguard.
I really like how weak Okada Izō’s torture is.
Also, she’s so cute that she could be mistaken for a girl, so I hope she appears more often.
It’s a good interpretation that I messed up because I naively believed in the facade of divine punishment since I’m an idiot.
In other cases, they tend to be portrayed with a bad character due to their strong desire for honor.
Isn’t it Izō-san who has such a beautiful death poem?
Okada Izō seems to have been convenient to use as a killing machine because he was not very bright.
Among the people who kill, Kawakami Hikozō was hated a lot for changing his political stance and enriching himself, as he would cut down anyone—friend or foe—at that moment.
Izo-san, even though you’re like this, your handwriting is beautiful.
The entertainment in this area during the late Edo period is so excessive it’s shocking.
Is this non-fiction?
I always took “tenchū” to mean something like “a punishment on behalf of heaven!”
I was thinking that the heavens were calling for the old regime to be overthrown like during the Yin and Zhou revolution, and acted justly…
The theory that Okada Izō and Sakamoto Ryōma were childhood friends is based on the flimsy reasoning that since Takechi and Ryōma were relatives, there might have been some interaction with Izō, who was Takechi’s student.
The problem of too many assassins in the Bakumatsu period.
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