SPIRIT's Diary

Since Edo Period, Inusaka Keno, the warriors of "智(Chi/wisdom)" has been very popular. Because “He is a beauty man like female, and he's no discomfort even if he becomes cross-dressing.” “He is extremely cruel despite of beauty people, and even kill women and children of enemy family without hesitating.” But he has a bit human touch. It's that he is a little gay. In original work, there is "Asakeno's woo to Kobungo". Asakeno is Keno's fake name as the female dengaku performer, and he flirted with Inuta Kobungo, the warrior of "悌(Tei/brotherhood)", with condition that Keno will release Kobungo from the prison. He even said and offered his head to Kobungo, "I want to be killed by you if this love won't become true." By unknown reasons, Kobungo responded it. However, in ancient Japan, "Shudou(日本語：衆道)/male homosexuality" like this was not rare. For example, Yajirobee(Yaji-san) and Kitahachi(Kita-san), the heroes of Tokai...

 Sixth, I decided to introduce Inusaka Keno. ・Inusaka Keno's character He has an orb engraved with the character "智(Chi/Wisdom)." He has a peony-shaped birthmark on his right elbow (right thigh in the OVA "The Hakkenden"). Before he was born, his father was killed by the evil vassals, Makuwari Taiki and Komiyama Ittouta. And to escape their eyes, his mother gave him a girl's name, and from the age of 3 to 15, he belonged to a female dengaku troupe, which was a nightlife business at the time. He's a beautiful boy who looked natural even when dressed as a woman. So, he distinguished himself as a female dengaku performer, Asakeno, and he approached to Makuwari and finished his revenge. His cunning and versatility, even dressing up as a woman, a begger and so on, to try to revenge, make him stand out in comparison to the other Hakkenshi who are all the samurais like samurais. In the original work and elsewhere, he is often portrayed as a taciturn, unsociable...