Shichika Yasuri

Shichika Yasuri is the main male protagonist from the Katanagatari anime and light novels.

Shichika is the seventh head of the Kyotōryū school of Japanese sword martial arts.

Appearance
Shichika has a seven-pointed leaf motif throughout his design. His hair is shaped as a leaf and leaves appear on his thick, red ribbon belt, hands, ponytail, and hakama. As Shichika is not familiar with society, he walks around only half-clothed. He considers being fully clothed a hassle as it impairs his movement while fighting.

Formally, he wore a plain leaf-shaped vest and plain pants with a thick, black ribbon belt.

At the end of the series, he wears Togame's one-sleeved kimono (now dyed red) as a belt, as well as tying a lock of her hair to it.

Personality
As Shichika knows nothing of the outside world, leaving him clueless to how embarrasing, annoying, or obvious his actions can be. In other words, he is often confused by simple customs and even has trouble telling people apart. He was raised as a weapon, and as such, is bad at expressing emotion, though he does regard Togame as his wielder. He states that he is in love with her, following her orders even when finding them to be a hassle. As he meets more people, he becomes more human and feels remorse for his previous actions.

When he was a child, he was innocent.

Abilities
Kyotōryū: As a practitioner of the legendary Kyotōryū fencing school, he does not use a literal sword when fighting. Instead of a sword, he uses his hands and legs as weapons; the Yasuri family has historically been unable to handle real swords.

Kyotōryū: "Red Poppy" and "Daphne" hybrid striking technique - This technique allows Shichika to take all weight out of his enemy and his blows, making it possible to kill his opponent 272 times before it hit the ground, as seen in his fight with Uron.

Enhanced Strength: Due to his training since a very young age (likely since the day he could walk), even when not using Kyotoryu Shichika boasts of extreme strength surpassing that of ordinary humans, best illustrated in his fight against Zokuto Yoroi.

Extreme Speed: Shichika's base speed in battle also greatly exceeds common standards, since he can move so fast as to create afterimages, as shown in his fight against Zanto Namakura and Ento Jyuu.

Enhanced Durability: It is shown that Shichika was able to sustain multiple bullet wounds from Ento Jyuu and was still capable of defeating Emonzaemon Sōda, as well as destroying the last Deviant Blade.

Immense Reflexes: Shichika's reflexes are enhanced beyond the human limits. In shogunate's castle, he was capable of stopping Zantō Namakura's strike with his bare hands, simply blocking any of retainers' attacks easily, with an exception of Emonzaemon Sōda's Ento Jyuu.

Trivia

 * Shichika Yasuri literally translates to "Seven Flower Rasp".  His father's name, Mutsue, partially translates to "branch", symbolically making him the product of the tree that is Kyotōryū.