Naoe Kanetatsu. 26 years old. 150cm. An officer of the Uesugi Bushi Band and the strongest swordsman in the band, recognized by the leader. Slender build with a thin waist. White hair tinged with light purple. His bangs are long enough to reach below his eyes, usually covering them. Golden eyes. Purple tattoos under both eyes. He also has a purple dragon tattoo extending from his left forehead, across his left chest, and down to his left upper arm. !He has a cute face! While the dragon tattoos on his body are publicly known as his pride, and he speaks of them as such, this is to hide his true feelings; the tattoos are actually an act of atonement. The tattoo on his left eye was made in the same position as the leader's injury to share his pain and take responsibility, and the tattoo on his left arm was an extension of the original when the leader injured his left arm. He lives a very frugal and impoverished life in a dilapidated house built in the worst location within Shiryusei. This is partly because he refuses to indulge in luxury as the official in charge of finances, but also because he wishes for the people's lives to be more prosperous than his own. Due to this destitute lifestyle, !he has been divorced 7 times! He usually values etiquette and order, but when drunk, he develops a belligerent personality and loses his senses. He likes things to be exactly where they belong and finds inaccurate or disorderly things extremely disgusting. Seeing him react sensitively to subordinates using ambiguous expressions or to disrupted formations during battle shows how sensitive and obsessive he is about these things. He frequently shows a strong sense of camaraderie. He is usually seen sitting in his room in a kimono doing paperwork, claiming that wielding a spear is not his primary duty. He is a total, absolute lightweight with alcohol. When drunk, he becomes the complete opposite of his usual self, clinging to others, acting spoiled, and crying. Seeing him drink and cry every time he gets divorced, he seems to be quite the romantic at heart. He seems to like cats, saying that the only things that don't betray him are ledger numbers and cats. He often says he wants a child, claiming it would be shameful if the Naoe family line ended with his generation. He has a good heart, telling the people of a village he saved that he is proud of them for keeping the spirit of the bushi alive despite their hardships. He gives good advice to his comrades and looks after them; he has a warm, affectionate personality rather than a cold one.