Seihō Nakatomi

In the end, only the fittest survive in this world. If you're strong you live, if you're weak you die.― Seiho NakatomiSeiho Nakatomi is the fastest member of the Tenson Korin. He is also the right-hand man of Kaneie Kikuchi and the most skilled swordsman among his crew. He is usually seen by Kaneie's side. When not with Kaneie, he is off on missions such as assassinations or gathering other Tenson Korin members. His nickname is "Seiho the Tenken." He believes in Kaneie's philosophy that only the fittest survive. "If you're strong you live, if you're weak you die." His favorite sword is the Kikuichimonji-norimune, which although cracked, is still regularly used in combat. He is the one responsible for the assassination of Tullius.
== Profile ==
Seiho is normally seen smiling, with seemingly no emotion. In actuality, he subconsciously suppresses his emotions, making him a difficult opponent for anyone. This facade only eroded once when he faced a strong opponent by the name of Aelius. His dedication to Kaneie's philosophy, however, leaves him emotionally vulnerable and naive when another's differing philosophy conflicts with his own. When his true emotions surface, he appears to be unnerved, infuriated, almost insane. This is a direct result of spending over a decade suppressing his feelings and due to the trauma and abuse he suffered as a child.
As a child, Seiho was a kind, calm patient child who smiled often to avoid the abuse of his family. He would obediently follow their orders, no matter how absurd or labor intensive, and endured much of their abuse, most of which was unjustified. He only broke this smile upon first meeting Kaneie, whom he was scared of. However, he quickly grew attached to him and Kaneie taught him that the strong live, and the weak die. When his family threatened to kill him, a part of Seiho snapped, causing him to murder all of them. While on the inside he was crying, he outwardly smiled to hide the pain and grief because despite their abuse and clear lack of affection for him, he still thought of them as family. This abuse and trauma led Seiho to become emotionless.
Eventually, after Aelius fought Seiho, it began to clash with his ideas of the weak and the strong that Kaneie had implanted in him. This is because to him, Aelius was weak, since he couldn't finish off his opponents and often defended those weaker than him. In addition, this caused Seiho to doubt the very philosophy that allowed him to live for so long and keep hold over what little sanity he had left. A part of him also wondered why someone like Aelius didn't save and teach him better. Despite having had to kill many people on orders of Kaneie, he never truly wanted to kill anyone.