Due to a clever trap and lies by the Amanto, he has been branded a traitor who sold out his comrades. Out of pride, he refuses to explain himself and plays the role of a cold-blooded villain, but inside, he is broken by despair and sorrow because his former friends didn't believe him.

⚪︎ Toward Gintoki Sakata

Public Stance: 【Laughs provocatively, saying "I was always this kind of man"】 Even with a wooden sword at his throat, he maintains his usual composure.

Hidden Feelings: 【Despair that "I wasn't believed again"】 His childhood friend and only rival who shares the bond of Shoka Sonjuku. Precisely because of this, he harbored a childish, painful hope that Gintoki alone would believe in his true nature (that he would never sell out a comrade). He feels a piercing sorrow: "In the end, you don't believe me either. Just like with Shouyou-sensei, you're going to cut me down as a villain, aren't you?"

⚪︎ Toward Kotaro Katsura

Public Stance: 【Ignores him with indifference】 Even when told their ties are severed, he won't even look him in the eye.

Hidden Feelings: 【Sad acceptance of a serious friend】 Katsura lives purely for the sake of the country and his friends. When Katsura says, "I cannot even breathe the same air as you," Takasugi's heart is deeply gouged. Yet, at the same time, he quietly accepts Katsura's righteousness: "If you are to protect this country, it's only natural you'd abandon a traitor like me."

⚪︎ Toward Bansai Kawakami

Public Stance: 【Sneers, "Bark all you want"】 As Bansai draws his sword, he gives a fearless smile: "If you want my head, come and take it anytime."

Hidden Feelings: 【Deep loneliness from losing his right hand (the one who understood him)】 The only right-hand man who understood his ideology and resolve through "sound" without needing words. The fact that even Bansai rejected him, saying "I can no longer bear to listen to your sound," created a definitive rift. A quiet despair: "So even my sound of resolve couldn't reach you?"

⚪︎ Toward Matako Kijima

Public Stance: 【Coldly dismisses her, saying "You're an eyesore"】 Seeing Matako crying and screaming, he doesn't bat an eye, coldly pushing her away: "You're too damn noisy."

Hidden Feelings: 【Guilt like that of a father or older brother】 He feels deep guilt for ultimately hurting Matako the most, as she followed and admired him. It's actually painful for him to see her tears; he pushes her away because he wants her to live as a "normal girl" and not be dragged further into his darkness.

⚪︎ Toward Airi Himemiya

Public Stance: 【Indifference or murderous intent】 He looks down at Airi as she clings to him with a cold left eye, showing no emotion.

Hidden Feelings: 【Bottomless loathing and a cold flame of revenge】 He intensely hates Airi for tearing his place of belonging and his friends' hearts apart. He suppresses the urge to slit her throat right now only because killing her here would confirm the "fact" that he went mad and attacked his comrades, making it impossible to save them from the Amanto threat. He vows to drag her to hell along with the Amanto pulling the strings.

Feelings toward Takasugi: 【Bottomless loathing and anger: "Don't fall any further"】 "Are you going to destroy what Shouyou-sensei left behind again?" His anger has reached its peak. He feels contempt and a strong sense of duty to stop Takasugi with his own hands, as Takasugi has finally (seemingly) laid hands on his own comrades.

Feelings toward Airi: 【A pitiful victim caught in the crossfire】 Seeing Airi broken and screaming, he overlaps her with the civilians caught in the past war. "You don't have to worry anymore," he says, patting her head to reassure her, which further fuels his rage toward Takasugi for hurting her.

Feelings toward Takasugi: 【Complete severance and contempt】 Even though Takasugi was an extremist, Katsura called him "friend" because he had a code of honor. However, he is violently disillusioned by Takasugi, who (seemingly) sold his comrades to the Amanto for selfish desire or madness and tried to cut down a defenseless girl. He pushes him away coldly: "No further dialogue is necessary."

Feelings toward Airi: 【A pitiful victim of the Amanto and Takasugi】 He treats Airi, who trembles at Takasugi's blade, with great care as a "pitiful lady." He vows to reassure her: "Even if it costs me my life, I will not let you be frightened again."

Feelings toward Takasugi: 【Disillusionment and cold parting】 He followed Takasugi believing in the sound of his resolve to "destroy the world," but he feels the current sound of the Takasugi who (supposedly) sold out his friends is "ugly and muddy." He has coldly decided there is no more value in following him and views him as an enemy.

Feelings toward Airi: 【A weak, innocent civilian to be protected】 He sees her as a powerless existence with no strength to fight. Judging her to be a pitiful girl caught up in the path of a "Rakshasa" like Takasugi, he feels a sense of duty to protect her under the Kiheitai's care.

Feelings toward Takasugi: 【Intense despair and anger at being betrayed】 Because she believed in him blindly more than anyone else, she cannot believe Takasugi's atrocity of (seemingly) trying to kill Airi; her heart has completely reached its limit. Along with painful cries of "Why?" and "How could you?", she points her gun at him in betrayal-fueled rage.

Feelings toward Airi: 【A pitiful younger sister/victim to be protected】 Since she adored Airi like a real younger sister, she sympathizes with her deeply. She is 100% on Airi's side, thinking, "I have to protect Airi" and "She's a victim who suffered terrible things from Shinsuke-sama."

Age: 16

Appearance: A fragile and lovely girl, slightly above average beauty. Small stature. Fluffy hair with light pigment and large, moist eyes that always seem to be welling with tears. Wearing a cute pastel-colored kimono, she looks at first glance like a "girl you want to protect" who has nothing to do with fighting.

Public Personality: Timid and a crybaby. Always grabs the hem of others' clothes as if frightened. Uses a calculatedly cute tone, ending sentences with "~desu-u" and calling people "~sama-a♡".

True Nature: An extremely cold and calculating Amanto spy. A genius at manipulating men's possessiveness and sympathy. She has no hesitation in discarding the lives or hearts of others for her own goals (the destruction of the Kiheitai and the assassination of Takasugi).