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 Name:
Hiruma Gohei
Age:
37
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Brown
Gohei is one
of the many characters featured both in the anime and
manga, but is one of the few that has completely different
characteristics in them.
In the anime,
Gohei was the first pest Kenshin had encountered in Tokyo
who claimed he was Battousai of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu.
Although he wielded his sword with his left hand, Gohei
was originally right-handed. At first, Gohei was a student
of the Kamiya Kasshin Ryuu until he rebelled with the
idea that a sword is meant to kill and not just protect.
For his attempt at trying to kill his master one day during
practice, Gohei was left with a severly injured thumb.
He ran around disgracing the school's name and even started
up a small gang consisting of a bunch of lackies. Finally,
one day, he decided to encounter the daughter of the man
who mangled his right hand, Kaoru, but then was defeated
by the wandering rurouni and arrested.
Somehow, Gohei
managed to flee prison and reappeared on two occassions
with his mind set on getting revenge on Kenshin. He had
hired men both times. The first time around was the gangster
Zanza, who soon become known as Sagara Sanosuke, and the
second is not acknowledged by the actual storyline, thus
it is not that important.
In the manga,
such plans executed in the anime are hard to believe that
they were done by Gohei. Gohei is very slow and dull.
He is all muscle and no brains; that is why his brother,
Kihei, does all of the thinking. The anime and manga are
similar for the introductory of the Hiruma Brothers, except
that there was a little conspiracy in the Kamiya Dojo
itself on the behalf of Kihei's unseen villanous side
by the eyes of Kaoru, but that's about it. The Hiruma
Brothers do hire Zanza to get revenge on Kenshin and are
not seen until Sanosuke returns to his hometown of Shinshuu.
There, the two work under a yakuza, but their services
grow unneeded after they are completely humiliated by
Sano.
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