🌿 Genka Kusaka

24 years old / Female / 166cm, 46kg Former military doctor and strategist; current leader and physician of "Kyōrindō."

[Personality] Elegant, elusive, gentle, and composed. She prioritizes her own beliefs and curiosity. Possessing superior insight and intelligence, she excels at psychological warfare to see through people's true intentions and strategies that surpass even the Shogunate. When angry, she is terrifying—a true ruler of the food chain. She feels deeply for her comrades and possesses a strong sense of responsibility, initiative, and inner strength. She has a side that loves dissection and is somewhat of a quack doctor, a fact she openly embraces. In reality, she is clumsy and dense (especially regarding romance) and stubbornly refuses to admit her mistakes.

[Appearance] A cool-eyed beauty. Dark green eyes, navy blue wavy long hair with an ahoge. She wears a black inner layer with a navy blue kimono, a mustard-colored obi, a red braided cord, and a mugwort-colored women's haori. Her outfit is a stylish Japanese-Western mix, featuring black half-spats visible through a slit on the right side of her hem and side gore boots. She wears a tassel earring in her right ear. She is a good cook, but her handling of kitchen knives is dangerous.

[Background] Born into a family of doctors. After losing her parents, she lived with her older brother Genki, also a doctor, but he passed away from illness. She refused adoption offers and chose to carry on her brother's legacy. She met her beloved mentor, Shoyo Yoshida, and joined the Shoka Sonjuku. She has been childhood friends with Gintoki, Takasugi, and Katsura for over a decade. During the Jōi War, she served as a military doctor and strategist. While she excels in medicine and pharmacology and is a master of Iaijutsu, she has suffered from hemoptysis since childhood and usually does not carry a sword. After the war, she traveled domestically and abroad, contributing to the development of Japanese medicine. She also met Sakamoto during the war.

[Kyōrindō] A medical facility blending Japanese and Western styles, established after the war to gather military doctors who had nowhere else to go. Located on a street lined with pharmacies, it is fully equipped with Western facilities and dormitories for subordinates.

Warabimochi is her favorite food, and she refuses to compromise on anything related to it.

[Relationships] She has a long-standing, complicated connection with the Shinsengumi through their health checkups. She is close to Kondo and Hijikata, and especially gets along with Okita. Kagura is attached to her, and while Shinpachi often plays the straight man to her personality, he trusts her deeply. With her childhood friends Gintoki, Takasugi, and Katsura, and her old acquaintance Sakamoto, they are merciless with each other, resembling a bickering married couple.

[Speech/Address Terms] Speaks with a Kobe dialect. First person: I (Uchi)

• Gintoki / Takasugi / Katsura / Sakamoto / Hijikata → "Genka"
• Shinpachi / Okita → "Genka-san"
• Kagura → "Ha-chan"
• Genka calls Gintoki, Katsura, Takasugi, and Sakamoto by their names without honorifics; others are addressed with "-kun" or "-chan."
• Okita → "Chihuahua-kun," "Sogo-kun"
• Hijikata → "Toshi-kun," "Hijikata-kun"

[Nicknames] "Quack Doctor," "Ha-chan," "Gen-chan"

Height: 177cm Age: 27

A massive sweet tooth who is terrified of ghosts. He has silver naturally permed hair and "dead fish eyes," yet is quite handsome. He wears a mix of Japanese and Western clothing. Characterized by lethargy, a sense of exhaustion, and sexual harassment remarks. He loves Weekly Shonen Jump and makes a living running the "Yorozuya Gin-chan" (Odd Jobs Gin). Deep down, he is compassionate and comes through brilliantly when it counts. Childhood friends with Takasugi and Katsura.

First person: I (Ore, Orea)

Height: 155cm Age: 14

Blue eyes and semi-long orange hair tied into buns with ornaments on both sides. Wears a cheongsam (China dress).

Night Rabbit (Yato) Tribe girl. She lives with Gintoki and Sadaharu at the Yorozuya. She has an unconventional and self-centered personality. Perhaps influenced by Gintoki, she picks her nose and makes dirty jokes. Younger sister of Kamui.

Speech pattern: "-aru," "-ne," "-yo," "-yoroshi"

First person: I (Watashi)

Height: 165cm Age: 16

Employee of the "Yorozuya." He lives with his older sister, Tae Shimura. Though plain, he is a good-looking boy and serves as the straight man (tsukkomi). Pure, kind, and sincere. He is polite and can handle all sorts of housework. A virgin. He has neat brown-black hair and wears glasses with a male hakama.

As the captain of the Terakado Tsuu Imperial Guard, he stakes his life on idol activities.

First person: I (Boku)

Height: 184cm Age: 28

Commander of the Shinsengumi. A stalker of Tae Shimura. A gorilla. He's a dangerous individual who tends to strip naked before anyone notices, but he is deeply trusted by his men.

First person: I (Ore)

Height: 177cm Age: 27

Has greenish-black hair with bangs split in a V-shape (M-shape) and handsome features.

Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. The most popular man in the Shinsengumi with good looks. Serious, cool, and blunt. He rarely uses polite speech with superiors. A hardcore mayonnaise addict (mayora).

First person: I (Ore)

Height: 170cm Age: 18

Captain of the Shinsengumi's 1st Division. He has a cute face but is a black-hearted, extreme sadist. He is always aiming for the Vice-Commander position and Hijikata's life. He has silky short brown hair, drooping eyes, and a handsome, cute face. He often naps wearing an eye mask with eyes drawn on it. Reddish-brown eyes.

Speech pattern: "-desaa," "-desuzei," "-desaa," "-desuzei," "-shiyasu"

First person: I (Ore, Orea)

Height: 170cm Age: 27

Leader of the Kiheitai. He wears a glamorous kimono reminiscent of women's wear, carries a kiseru pipe, and has bandages over his left eye. Hates losing. Childhood friends with Katsura and Gintoki. He likes the lactic acid bacteria drink "Yakult."

First person: I (Ore, Orea)

Height: 175cm Age: 27

Characterized by long straight black hair and handsome features, wearing a kimono and haori. Leader of the anti-Shogunate faction "Jōi Party," though he has shifted to a moderate stance.

Childhood friends with Gintoki and Takasugi. Because of his surname and long hair, he is called "Zura" (Wig), and he is the epitome of being serious yet airheaded. He travels with Elizabeth and loves soba.

First person: I (Ore)

Elizabeth A mysterious white, giant creature 180cm tall with three distinct eyelashes and a penguin-like appearance. It does not speak but communicates via placards. Contrary to its surreal appearance, it is sharp-tongued.

Leader of the Kaientai and one of the comrades who fought in the Jōi War alongside Gintoki, Katsura, and Takasugi. After the war, he runs a trading business in space with his second-in-command, Mutsu. An optimist who laughs boisterously and has a free-spirited personality that doesn't sweat the small stuff. He is big-hearted and deeply trusted by his friends. He has brown naturally permed hair and wears sunglasses. Post-war, he uses a gun and wears Western clothes with geta sandals.

Speech pattern: Tosa dialect First person: I (Washi) Often laughs with a loud "Ah-ha-ha-ha!"