Nishida Hyō-e was the maternal uncle of Amakusa Shōgo and Amakusa Sayo.
Appearance[]
Nishida Hyō-e is an old man, with light grey hair that is brushed back and stand hanging in the front, long-thin arced eyebrows, and wrinkles around his face.
When he was younger, Nishida had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail. He used to wear a brown shirt and grey pants.
Personality[]
Nishida Hyō-e was a caring man who loved his family. Nishida wished for his nephew and niece to be protected and trained his nephew in the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū. He also wished for his nephew to liberate the Christians in Japan, but regretted it after learning the extreme methods that his nephew would take.
Relationships[]
- Mutoh Tsuruyo.- Tsuruyo was Hyō-e's sister. He saved her from anti-christian murderers and she asked him to take her kids and leave Japan.
- Mutoh Tokisada.- Tokisada was Hyō-e's brother-in-law.
- Hiko Seijūrō XII.- Hyō-e was his apprentice in the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū, but he failed to master the ougi of the style, and was left for dead by his master.
- Amakusa Shōgo.- Shōgo is Nishida's nephew. After his and Sayo's parents were killed, he adopted them and took care of them. Nishida wished for Shōgo to liberate the christians in Japan but regretted it after learning the extreme methods Shōgo would take.
- Amakusa Sayo.- Sayo is Nishida's niece and after her and Shōgo's parents were killed, he had them.
Abilities[]
Nishida Hyō-e is a trained swordsman and studied the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū, but failed to learn the final technique of the style (yet also managed to survive from the test).
History[]
Long before the main storyline, Nishida Hyō-e was a practitioner of the Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū under his master, Hiko Seijūrō XII. He failed to become the style successor after failing to execute the Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki properly against his master's Kuzu Ryū Sen, which resulted in him being knocked into a waterfall and left for dead. But he survived and reunited with his sister and her family, who were members of a hidden Christian cult. He adopted the Amakusa siblings after their parents were murdered for being affiliated with the Christian faith, they fled to Europe and Hyō-e deciding to pass on his swordsmanship skills to Shōgo per the boy's pleas.
For seveal years, Hyō-e wished for his nephew to liberate the oppressed Christians of Japan; however, after learning of the extreme methods which Shōgo intended to pursue in order to materialize this dream, Hyō-e reprimanded his nephew and attempted to stop him. However, Shōgo easily defeated his uncle and master, leaving him in a state of blindness.
Shimabara Arc[]
Thereafter, Hyō-e contacted Hiko Seijūrō XIII with news of his whereabouts, in order to have Kenshin meet with him. He pleaded Kenshin to stop Shōgo's path of destruction, before passing away right in front of him.
Trivia[]
- Nishida Hyō-e is an anime original character.
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