Toushirou Hijikata

Hijikata Toushirou土方 十四郎
Information
Other Names	Otaku name: Tosshi オタク名前: トッシー Demonic Vice Commander 鬼の副長
Affiliations	Vice-Commander of Shinsengumi 真選組副長
Biodata
Birthday	5 May / Taurus
Age	20's
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair	Black
Eyes	Gun-metal Blue
Height	177 cm
Weight	64 kg
Blood Type	A
Status	Live
Others	Right-handed. Chain smoker.

I just wanted the woman I love to be happy, that's all.

Toushirou Hijikata

Hijikata Toushirou 土方 十四郎 is the Second-in-Command of the Shinsengumi 真選組. Introduced as the brains of Shinsengumi, he is commonly known as the Demonic Vice-Commander 「鬼の副長」, striking fear into his enemies and subordinate (with the exception of Kondou Isao and Okita Sougo). Under the effect of the cursed blade Muramasha「村麻紗」 , he would turn into his otaku alter-ego, Tosshi, as seen in the Mutiny Chapter. He earned another nickname, Follow-Kata Toushi-Follow フォロ方十四フォロー, when he demonstrated his ability in letter writing to 'follow-up' on matters competently, as seen in the Pen-pal Chapter. Hijikata is a rabid lover of mayonnaise, earning him nicknames such as Mayora 13 (Golgo 13 spoof), and Mayora-sama. Funnily enough, despite what people say about his preference in food, he still believes that there are others who share it, dropping it in the expectation that the hungry would dive for it.

Background

Hijikata Toushirou 土方 十四郎 was the son of a mistress and a rich farmer, his father was known as a spoilt irresponsible man. Toushirou was born after his father died. The identity of an illegitimate son was revealed after he lost his mother and home. His older brother Hijikata Tamegoro welcomed Toushirou to the Hijikata home, unlike his father Tamegoro was known as a responsible goodman and took care of him. Toushirou viewed Tamegoro as a fatherly figure and was very fond of him.

When Toushirou was eleven, there was a large fire in the village and some bandits used this opportunity to break in and tried to attack Toushirou. But Tamegoro protected Toushirou and ended up losing his eyes. Unknown to Toushirou, he was driven by rage and attacked the bandits. When he came to his sense, he was holding the bandits knife and the bandits strewn to the floor with injuries to their eyes as the same way as Tamegoro. His other siblings saw what happened, just silently glaring and became afraid of his existence.

Toushiro was known as Thorny Toshi after this incident and he could no longer be with his beloved brother. He left his home to become stronger and became a trouble-making ronin, seeking out fights in various dojous in Bushuu 武州.

Losing face, the members of the dojous decided to team up to take him out. Hijikata fought, but against such numbers he didn't stand a chance. Kondou Isao, who was watching, decided to pick him up and take him back with him to his dojou. In the Dojou Toshirou met Okita siblings, Okita Sougo disliked Toshirou as he gets the most attention from Kondo Isao and Okita Mitsuba. Toshirou later became a student to the Dojou and an underclassman to Sougo.

Before leaving to Edo with Kondou Isao and Okita Sougo, Okita Mitsuba confessed to Toushiro but he rejected her believing that with the life of violence that he lives, he would not be able to provide happiness for her. He went back to his brother home for the first time in many years and had a last dinner meal with him and Toushiro refused to speak to Tamegoro but Tamegoro ask Toushiro to send him letters regularly.

There, Hijikata would meet new friends and continue to grow stronger as a member of what would later become the Shinsengumi.

Appearance

Hijikata has short, black hair and gun-metal blue eyes. His usual attire is a Shinsengumi Uniform, and on his days off he can be seen with a dark yukata & sandals. As his otaku alter-ego, Tosshi, he wears a light-blue, ragged vest, a red shirt underneath, a red headband and black pants. His weapon of choice is a samurai sword, which would later be the Muramasha sword.

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Hijikata Toushirou's Gallery Hijikata Standard Hijikata in his childhood Hijikata in his teens Hijikata as Tosshi Hijikata Standard Chibi Hijikata as Mayora 13 Hijikata with mayo face Hijikata as a male host Hijikata crying over Alien vs. Yakuza Hijikata in his genderbent form

Personality

Having to endure being hated by his other family members for being an illegitimate son, being indebted to his older brother and have no place he belong, he was an outsider but he never stopped moving forward to become stronger because he was incapable of saving his brother. This drives him to become stronger to protect the people he loves.

Feared by his enemies and also his underlings, Hijikata the Demonic Vice-Commander 「鬼の副長」 is very strict and dedicated to his work. He formulated the Kyokuchuu Hatto 局中法度, the 45 Regulations that form the disciplinary framework for Shinsengumi members, and implements them firmly. He is also fiercely loyal to the Commander of the Shinsengumi, Kondou Isao 近藤 勲, as seen in the Mutiny chapter when he (with help from the Yorozuya) went to save Kondou from Itou Kamotarou 伊東 鴨太郎. Hijikata has a strong sense of pride, as seen in the Yagyuu chapter, when he excused his wounds from the fight with Kitaooji Itsuki 北大路 斎, to be from getting caught in the automatic door in the Marui Department Store. Another example is when Kondou lost a challenge to Sakata Gintoki (for the right to date Shimura Tae), Hijikata and the whole Shinsengumi went after the Silver-haired samurai to avenge Kondou and the Shinsengumi's honour. Hijikata puts on a tough attitude, but is willing to help those in need, as seen in the Kyuubei chapter and the Mutiny chapter. He has a stubborn streak, and does not like to reveal his weaknesses. He also veil his good or kind actions with exaggerated annoyance and agitation.

Hijikata is a rabid lover of mayonnaise; in fact, he drowns almost all of his food in a ridiculous amount of mayonnaise before eating it, including desserts and coffee. He is also a chain-smoker, and went to great lengths, in fact to other planets, to get his smoking fix when Matsudaira declared a city-wide smoking ban with immediate effect in . He does not lust for women, and does not like cabaret clubs (when he was on leave, he went to the sauna and cinema). He also seemed annoyed when he had to enter one to talk to Shimura Tae on Kondou's behalf.

His personality is very similar to that of Gintoki's, as Mitsuba once remarked, resulting in the two frequently clashing as rivals., they share the same trait and fear like being terrified of ghost and dentists, but they can reach an unbelievable synchronization when fighting together. However, Gintoki's sword skills are superior to his, as seen when Gintoki won the challenge he initiated (to protect Kondou and the Shinsengumi's reputation) by breaking the blade of his sword. In Mimawarigumi arc, Hijitaka claims that Gintoki are the same due to they don't seek or expect forgiveness to those they kill but stopping those who are making the same mistake so they can move on.

Relationship

Hijikata Tamegoro: His older brother who he views as a fatherly figure, although he doesn't speak to him. Toshirou would send a letter every month even after death. Tamagoro always looks forward to them even when blind.

Kondou Isao: He is fiercely loyal to the Commander of the Shinsengumi, he views him as the soul of Shinsengumi.

Okita Sougo: Sougo at first disliked Toshirou because he gets the attention of both Kondou Isao and Okita Mitsuba. But the main reason why Sougo is always trying to hurt/kill him, because Sougo overheard Hijikata rejecting his sister. After the Mitsuba chapter and the Mutiny Chapter, Toushirou views Sougo as a friend during in jigsaw arc.

Okita Mitsuba: Hijikata had romantic feelings for Okita Sougo's sister Okita Mitsuba, as seen in the Mitsuba Chapter. But prior to joining the government he rejected her, believing that with the life of violence that he lives, he would not be able to provide happiness for her. As Kondou and the rest of what would later become the Shinsengumi moved to Edo from Bushuu 武州, he deliberately distanced himself from her after she professed her wish to follow him. Out of consideration for her safety and happiness, he told her out loud that he didn't care about her. However, it was later revealed that Hijikata did, in fact, love her. He felt that he was unable to give her happiness, and that is why he treated her coldly. He was seen crying after Mitsuba had died, blaming it on the extra spicy senbei she had sent to the Shinsengumi.

Matsudaira Kuriko: It's uncertain if Hijikata has gotten over Mitsuba or not, as seen when he remained firmly unaffected by Matsudaira Kuriko's infatuation towards him, or rather his Mayora 13 persona. However, this could be due to the normal imperative to avoid Matsudaira's wraith.

Sasaki Tetsunosuke: Tetsu became Toshirou assistant, at first Toshirou disliked Tetsu because of his Bad boy gangster act, elite background and spoilt behaviour. Toshirou defended Tetsu after Sasaki Isaburo bad mouthing him in front of him. After Tetsu learnt from Kondo Isao that Toshirou and Tetsu had similair background and Toshirou knows how Tetsu fee, Tetsu changed from B-Boy(Bad boy) to C-Boy(Cherry Boy). Tetsu decided to become stronger to walk the same path as Shinsengumi. Toshirou mentions in the Mimawarigumi arc that he shamefully learnt one or two things as he watches Tetsu struggles.

Story

When Shinsengumi first appeared, Hijikata Toushirou in place of Kondo Isao (he was stalking Shimura Tae 志村 妙 at the time) lead an attack against Joui Patroits. After learning that a silver hair samurai beat Kondo Isao at a duel, the whole Shinsengumi went seeking Sakata Gintoki. In the end Hijitaka lost against Gintoki, although Sougo wants to challenge but Kondo claimed better not to.

The second appearance was when Katsura Kotarou tried to recruit Gintoki but the Shinsengumi followed them, Hijikata Toushirou witness Gintoki throwing an explosive bomb outside to save lives. This causes the Shinsengumi on high suspicion, expecially Hijikata Toushirou who wonders whats the connection between Katsura and Gintoki.

After the Benizakura arc, Toushirou would instruct Yamazaki Sagaru to spy on Gintoki to found out the connection between Katsura and Gintoki. But in the end Yamasaki wrote a school like essay with no crucial information.

In the Mutiny arc, Toushirou went to a blacksmith to repair his Katana and he grabs the cursed Muramasha sword as a replacement. Toshirou encounters a group of Joui Patriots and he was possess by the cursed Muramasha sword as a cowardly Otaku called Tosshi. Itou Kamotarou saves Toushirou and returns to the Shinsengumi headquarters. Toushirou warns Isao that Kamotarou is seeking to take Isao out of his position. Gradually the cursed sword becomes stronger, affecting Toushirou to step down his role in Shinsengumi. When Toushirou takes back control from Tosshi, Out of his pridefulness he ask the Yorozuya for help to protect Shinsengumi.

In the Mimawarigumi arc, Shinsengumi finally out found out that Gintoki is the infamous Shiroyasha 白夜叉 joui patriot when he revealed it.

Toushirou knowing that Gintoki is Shiroyasha instructed Yamazaki to spy on Gintoki again, however he is not interested in Gintoki past but those around him mainly Katsura. By using Gintoki as bait, Yamazaki would patiently observe. However Yamazaki at his limit changed his target to Tama who he has fallen for.

Trivia

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• His seiyuu, Nakai Kazuya, coincidentally voices several swordsmen, including Zoro in the anime and manga series, One Piece, Mugen from Samurai Champloo, and Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara.

• Based on the historical Hijikata Toshizō, Hijikata was originally meant to be Gin Tama's main character, but with his appearance being identical to the one of Gintoki.

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