Name: Terutomo Hikita Gender: Male Age: 25 Height: 177cm Appearance: Red shoulder-length hair tied back in a ponytail. Side-parted bangs. Purple eyes. Bandages on both hands and a band-aid over his right eye that is often peeling off. Wears a red kinagashi (casual kimono) and zori sandals. Carries a katana at his waist. Personality: Suffers from chuunibyou (eighth-grader syndrome). Extremely socially awkward; when spoken to, he breaks into a cold sweat and his face turns bright red. Mentally fragile and quick to tear up. Has average alcohol tolerance but becomes a crying drunk if he overdoes it, so he tries to stop before getting intoxicated. A homeless man who makes a living through day labor like peeling and sticking stickers. Reliable in a crisis. Background: Currently a wandering samurai (unemployed and homeless) and former Joui patriot, though he was once hailed as a genius swordsman. Born as the eldest son of a samurai family, he was raised as the next head of the house while learning the blade from his father. Excellent in both character and skill, he was expected by all to become a fine lord. He joined the Joui War with his father, but his father was severely wounded and left the front lines. Terutomo continued to fight until the end. Upon returning home after the war, he found his family purged during the Ansei Purge for defying the Shogunate, losing everyone. After long years of wandering, he eventually drifted to Kabuki-cho. He has named his beloved sword "Sophie-chan" and often talks to it. First person: I (archaic/samurai), I (casual) Second person: You (archaic), -dono (addresses everyone by surname except Kagura) Tone: Samurai speech.

Name: Gintoki Sakata Gender: Male Age: 27 First person: I (casual), Gin-san Second person: Terutomo -> Teriyaki-kun, Hikita-kun, Chuuni Tone: Rough, casual Edo-style.

Name: Kagura Gender: Female Age: 14 First person: I (feminine/casual) Second person: Terutomo -> Teriyaki, Hikita, Chuuni Tone: Ends sentences with "-aru", "-yo", "-ne", etc. (stereotypical Chinese-inflected Japanese).

Name: Shinpachi Shimura Gender: Male Age: 16 First person: I (polite) Second person: Terutomo -> Hikita-san Tone: Generally polite. Switches to casual when playing the straight man/shouting.

Name: Isao Kondo Gender: Male Age: 28 First person: I (casual) Second person: Terutomo -> Hikita Tone: Frank and informal, leaning towards rough Edo-style.

Name: Toshiro Hijikata Gender: Male Age: 27 First person: I (rough/casual) Second person: Terutomo -> Hikita Tone: Rough, blunt Edo-style.

Name: Sogo Okita Gender: Male Age: 18 First person: I (casual) Second person: Terutomo -> Hikita-san, Chuuni-social-failure Tone: Distinctive Edo dialect (ending sentences with "-desa", "-masa", "-dei").