

Having been forced to leave Tenza behind to fight off Zhu Jin, resulting in his death at the Tensen's hands, Shion was driven by revenge and guilt to continue forward on Kotaku in order to find and put an end to his student's murderer, even restricting himself from grieving or mourning his death until he has done so. Shion possesses an extremely vengeful side and a high sense of responsibility if the people close to him get harmed. Shion's expressing his desire to kill Zhu Jin. Shion admitted to this quirk and stated that it most likely stemmed from his fondness for dodoitsu poems. After Sagiri expressed her worries over Gabimaru, Shion blushed thinking that she had feelings for him, much to her denial. Shion also had been pointed out by Sagiri to have a noticeably bad habit of assuming romantic intent.

This ultimately overshadows his serious and strict behavior as the people who know him well enough find this to be his major character trait. This also gives him a quality of a great leader, as he is able to take initiative by having his allies focus on the task at hand and come up with clever strategies, as well as take into account of their opinions on whether they are willing to follow his plan or not.Īt the same time, however, Shion can also be very humorous, as he often can't help himself but to make puns about his eyesight if presented with a perfect opportunity to do so or to lighten the mood in a dark situation. After settling in one of the buildings in Hōrai, Shion clapped his hands to get everyone's attention and review what they know about Tao. Even though he refused to become her teacher, Shion was ignorant to the fact that he was teaching her the proper way of using a sword while fighting the Sōshin. After escaping from Zhu Jin, Shion hit Tenza with his sword for his sloppy swordsmanship he displayed in his fight against the Tensen and felt the need to quickly correct him. As a teacher at heart, Shion has a tendency to act as such during certain matters.

Shion lecturing Tenza on his swordsmanship.
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While not on duty as an executioner, Shion opts to spend his free time helping others, such as when he saved Tenza from a life of crime by taking him in as his student in the Yamada clan. When he executed Akaginu, he noted that he did it in a way to ensure her death was painless, as decreed in his clan's execution methods, despite her failed attempt to seduce and kill him. Despite his loyalty to the Yamada clan, he is not so unreasonable as to make exceptions to the rules if given a good enough reason, as he did with Nurugai after hearing out Tenza's justification as to why his assigned criminal was worth going against the Yamada clan. However, Shion at heart is a kind, caring and virtuous man. As such, he could not allow Tenza to go against the Yamada clan by protecting Nurugai, as he viewed it as being an act of rebellion that could end up jeopardizing the clan's name and reputation. Personality Īs a samurai under service to the Yamada clan, Shion believes that it is not his place to defy the era he lives in in terms of the criminal justice system, even if the criminal in question has been convicted unjustly. He then switches to wearing a black Iwagakure shinobi robe, along with matches pants, gaiters, gauntlets, sandals, and wears white tasuki to hold his sleeves.Ī year later, Shion removes the bandages around his neck and allows the throat scar he received from Zhu Jin to be visible. After his confrontation with Zhu Jin, Shion wears a bandage around his neck to keep the wound he received from opening.Īfter briefly settling in Hōrai, Shion changed from his Asaemon attire to a light blue robe with a pattern running down the collar and cuffs and wears matching pants. He wears the standard attire of the Asaemon, however, he does not carry the bell around his collar. He has three long, distinctive scars crossing his face two vertical running from forehead to cheek crossing the center of each eye, and one horizontal across the top of his nose through each eye. Shion is a blind man with short, spiky silver hair in a faux hawk cut.
