Saito Hajime

Saito is one of my favorite Rurouni Kenshin characters. His cynicism really appeals to me; in fact his personality is a lot like mine. He even looks a bit like me!

Though Saito came through the Revolution just like Kenshin, for better or worse he's the only RK character who is adapting to the rapidly-changing world portrayed in the series. All the other characters are being left behind by history, or are maybe trapped by history. Wooden swords in the age of guns?

Saito's only concession to the past is his katana. His hard-boiled vigilante ways would be recognizable and comprehensible in the twentieth century or even the twenty-first...
 

Added: 6/1/02 From: Celga
 
Saito Hajime