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Name: Sanosuke Sagara Nicknames: Sano, Zanza Age: 19 Sex: male Height: 179cm Weight: 71kg Date of birth: February, 1860 Zodiac sign: Pisces Blood Type: B job: Member of the Kenshin Gumi...well all he ever does is fight and not pay his bills for eating *Tae hitting Sano on the head* weapon: He used to have a Zanabatou (zanza) (huge sword), but kenshin cut it in half while they fought. Now he relies on his fists Fighting style: Futai no Kiwami |
History: Sanosuke used to be always looking for a fight and a worthy challenger and remained unbeaten until he met Kenshin. He was origionally hired to kill Kenshin, but Kenshin didn't only beat him in the fight, he also beat him mentally. He showed Sano that what he was doing (fighting for no good) was not the way he was supposed to live. When Sano was little he was a member of the Sekihoutai, lead by Captain Sagara. When the restauration was coming Sano, being a child with no family name, took the name of the man he honoured the most, captain Sagara's. But then the Inshinshishi betrayed the group (they said it was a false army, spreading false promises) and every member, including Captain Sagara, was killed. Thanks to Sagara's bravery, Sano got away. He was thrown off a cliff by Sagara in an attempt to save the life of his friend, giving away his own. Sano lived up to taking revenge for the loss of his friend, but realised, thanks to Kenshin, that taking revenge was no way to honour the dead. So he joined Kenshin and his friends and stood by them in battle.
Kenshin and Sano become real good friends, as well in life as in battle. Kenshin trusts Sano with any job he gives him. He's never going to admit it, but he cares for everyone in the group very much and he really does have the hots for Megumi! He wears a kimono with on the back the symbol for 'bad' written on it.
Sano does seem kind of a coldy when it comes to women, (never shows Megumi he digs her) until he meets Sayo. Shogo's sister seems to be the only girl alive to have touched his heart. I won't tell you how it ends though, because that would be a major spoiler :p
Commentary of Nobuhiro Watsuki:
For the Shinsen-Gumi
fans, it's not difficult to guess who Sanosuke is based upon. It's Sanosuke
Harada, Captain of the 10th division of the Shinsen-Gumi. He was a very
handy man, known as one of the 5 most goodlooking men of the Shinsen-Gumi,
even so that he's discribed as very fat in the book of Ryotaro Shiba "The
burning sabre", my bible. Always in battle, he has participated in every
critical battle of the Shinsen-Gumi. He was a very rude and impatient
man, but because of his modest origins, he managed to show a great sensibility
sometimes. He took good care of his units, especially the of the younger
ones. Even though he always had a personal opinion, he's the caring big
brother type, very common in manga. Even though he was presumed dead after
the war of Ueno, the legend tells that he survived and lead a group of
bandits in China.
Because I like him a lot, he's integrated in Kenshin under the name of
'Sanosuke Sagara'. I'm very happy that he's quite popular amongst the
readers, but unfortunatly his name is frequently misspelled.
His graohical model is, inspite of what most readers think (because of
Sano's haircut probably), not the classical model of a manga character.
He's based upon 'Lump' from the manga named 'Lump Lump of Arabia', written
by my master Takeshi Obata. For creating Sanosuke I've based myself upon
some sketches from Lump from the days I drew them as an assistant.
The commentary
of Mr. Watsuki was taken from the origional rurouni kenshin french manga
albums and translated in English. All rights reserved.
