Shishio Makoto

Name: Shishio Makoto

Nicknames: Battousai's successor

Month Of Birth: August

Age: 31 years old

Height: 170cm

Weight: 59kg

Blood Type: O

School: -

Weapon: Nagasonekotetsu (damaged beyond repair by Kenshin), Mugenjin

Technique: -

Appearance: A bandage man

Personality: Shishio is a very complex person and is a little on the crazy side. He actually seems to love Yumi. Since he is the most evil guy in the story, he does have a very dark side. He does not care who he kills or steps on to reach his goal of conquering Japan. He is extremely smart, and rivals Kenshin both in his skill with a sword and with his mind.

Background: After the disappearance of Kenshin, Shishio Makoto took over the job. He assasinated countless men which held secrets that could have eventually lead to the downfall of the Meiji government. Due to his great desire for power, the restoration army was afraid that he will blackmail the government so they tried to murdered him by his group members and set his body on fire. amazingly, Shishio somehow remained alive though his body had been severely burned and managed to kill his assailants and escape. He waited for many years, gathering swordsmen that would follow him and creating a small army so that he could repay the Meiji government for their treachery and take control of Japan. While in the process of over throwng the government, he finds out that Kenshin is also alive, and that Kenshin is trying to stop him...

Making of Shishio Makoto: I would not be introducing this character to this corner as it was originally intended, but I've been getting a lot of questions, so I'll write as to not cause any difficulties.

In the beginning, my boss suggested I do some kind of big story, so other than making the character the main bad guy, I did not have any kind of model. At first I thought he would be out for revenge, but while I could draw the depth of his grudge well, but to put it on a larger scale he is seeking his own revenge while taking over the country. He is a reckless, destructive man, and on that point I'm basing him a little on the Serizawa Kamo of theShinsengumi. After that, the slyness of Kibagami Genjuurou from Samurai Spirits and his style affected him too.

There are a lot of things I could say about the design, but it's really Aonuma Shizuma from the movie "Clan of the Dog God". I saw the movie when I was young and it had a big impact on me, so when I thought of Shishio's body disfigured by burns, I also saw him as wearing a human-like rubber mask like Shizuma. But, not only would that make it difficult to draw his expression, but in a black-and-white manga it would be difficult to show the feel of the rubber. Also, it didn't really show his pitifulness, so I made him a man wrapped in bandages. But the bandages looked bad, so I had to think up something like making the bandages crisscross over the face, or giving some kind of weird hat to cover them up, but what? I wanted the face to have some of Kibagami's style, so I added a kimono with one shoulder bare, a pipe, an umbrella, a folding screen, and in the end a sexy girl. By the way, it just happened once, but the silhouette of Shishio in the Bakumatsu times is Kibagami. (I didn't think I'd have to draw him before his burns, so I didn't have a design at all.) If anyone saw it and was angry with me, I'm sorry.

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