![]() Yamato says he will fight for Wano that day, but the samurai decide to break out and fight Kaidou immediately to make sure Yamato does not die in the cave like Kaidou wants and that he survives until that day. Ten days later, the samurai tell Yamato that at this rate, they may not be able to see the battle that Oden predicted would happen in twenty years. Everyone proceeds to read it together as Yamato is left amazed by Oden's tales. ![]() As the other samurai request to Yamato that he be called "Nobody Important", Yamato shows Ushimaru Oden's journal, but says he has trouble reading it. Ushimaru then cut Yamato free from his chains, saying that he had been friends with Oden and that everyone in the cave adored Oden, and they heard Yamato's declaration as him. Ushimaru sacrifing his life for Yamato's. Yamato grew extremely scared, believing the samurai would hate him due to his heritage however, the samurai proceeded to immediately give him the food, saying they did not feel hunger. He left them all with food provisions for only a single person, and gave them swords to fight over it. Around that same time, Kaidou locked his son Yamato in a cave along with the samurai prisoners for a month or until they agreed to finally obey him. The rebellion was ultimately quashed by Kaidou as Ushimaru and his fellow samurai, Fugetsu Omusubi and Uzuki Tempura, ended up imprisoned on Onigashima not long after the end of their rebellion. The daimyo all refused and staged a rebellion against him. ![]() Eight years later, after executing the daimyo of Kuri Kozuki Oden, Orochi gave the remaining four daimyo the chance to submit to him. Twenty-eight years ago, he took part in a daimyo meeting where Kurozumi Higurashi posing as Kozuki Sukiyaki convinced the daimyo to support Kurozumi Orochi as a temporary shogun. Ushimaru served as daimyo for an unknown period of time before 20 years ago, with the komagitsune Onimaru serving as his companion. Ushimaru alongside Onimaru as they appeared 39 years ago. He was shown using it on the swords Kaidou gave to his group while imprisoned, drastically increasing the power of his attacks. Ushimaru possessed Busoshoku Haki, which is known as "Ryuo" in Wano. When cutting through the boulder, Ushimaru was shown dual-wielding with a sword in each of his hands, and true to Kawamatsu's statement, he was shown with a hunched-over, lunging posture very similar to Zoro's charging attacks. With the aid of Busoshoku Haki, Ushimaru could cut through Yamato's chain and later through a massive boulder using only what seemed to be regular swords provided by Kaidou. SwordsmanshipĪccording to Kawamatsu, he was a master swordsman who wielded the blade in a very similar manner to the powerful present-day swordsman Roronoa Zoro. Abilities and PowersĪs daimyo of Ringo, Ushimaru had full control over the region. ![]() Īlthough he maintained his dedication to the code, Ushimaru considered himself to be a disgraced samurai after being defeated and imprisoned by Kaidou and so humbly declined to share his name with Yamato. Ultimately, Ushimaru's selflessness and unwillingness to give into enemy pressure led him to break out of the cave with the other samurai and mount a suicidal final stand against Kaidou purely for the sake of Yamato surviving until the final battle Toki prophesied. Ushimaru displayed exceptional kindness towards Yamato, encouraging the boy's dream to become Oden and bearing no resentment over his heritage as Kaidou's son. When Kaidou attempted to force his imprisoned samurai into a death game over food with his son Yamato, Ushimaru and the others showed no hesitation in refusing the food and allowing Yamato to have it, not wavering from the samurai code. He opposed the takeover of Kurozumi Orochi and remained steadfast in this even after being imprisoned by Kaidou, his spirit never showing any signs of breaking. Ushimaru was an honorable, selfless, and kind samurai.
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