Masanosuke Akitsu

Masanosuke Akitsu is a highly skilled swordsman from a prominent family whose severe shyness repeatedly costs him jobs. Feeling that he does not belong in his hometown, he leaves and is hired by Yaichi as a bodyguard for the Five Leaves without initially realizing the group's involvement in kidnapping. He admires Yaichi's carefree nature while being curious about his past.