Character Profile: Tetsunosuke Ichimura

Tetsunosuke Ichimura is a ferocious 15-year-old. In the name of justice and against the will of his older brother, Tetsu desperately hopes to join the Shinsengumi, an elite group of swordsman sworn to protect the capital. His goal is to become stronger so he can avenge his parents who were killed two years earlier by the Choshu clan. Wading through a sea of espionage, intrigue, and flowing blood, the young boy must decide to shed his humanity and become a demon of the Shinsengumi, or to relinquish his hatred and become a Peacemaker in the spirit of his father.

Tetsu is cheerful, active, and he is strongly competitive and fears no opponent. He is generally energetic and very, very emotionally. Tetsu also has a strong will, is relentless, and works for what he wants. His appearance is boyish and he is small in stature, but he absolutely hates being mistaken for a child or to be called a shorty or anything else that means short (like Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist).