Characters
- Yasohachi Yamagishi (山岸 八十八, Yamagishi Yasohachi?)
- AKA Boss (親分, Oyabun?). The violent yet pure hearted protagonist. He is the son of a butcher. He is assumed dead at the end of the 1st series, but is alive in part 2.
- Mitsuko Yagyū (柳生 みつ子, Yagyū Mitsuko?)
- AKA Jūbei (十兵衛?). The beautiful descendant of the Yagyū ninja family and the heroine of the story. Like Yamagishi, she is assumed dead at the end of the 1st series, but seen alive in part 2.
- Fukurokōji (袋小路, Fukurokōji?)
- AKA Ikidomari (イキドマリ, Ikidomari?, Dead End) Yamagishi’s subordinate. During the Harenichi War, the harsh situation forces him to experience shell shock and he commits suicide.
- Sayuri Yoshinaga (吉永さゆり, Yoshinaga Sayuri?)
- AKA Hige Godzilla (ヒゲゴジラ, Hige Gojira?, Bearded Godzilla). He greatly resembles a caveman, sporting a bushy beard around his mouth, wearing tiger pelt, and usually carrying a club. A teacher at the school, he speaks in a style of Japanese typically used by women. At the end of the 1st series he is seen severely wounded and crawling away from a pile of dead bodies.
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