Shimura Ken

Shimura Ken (志村 剣) was the Samurai father of Shinpachi Shimura and Tae Shimura. He also owned the Shimura Dōjō.

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He was a samurai before the Amanto came in and took over Edo. He was the founder of a country samurai training dojo, run by his family. He later died after having two children, Shinpachi and Tae, regretting that he never got to see the Edo skies clear of Amanto ships.

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 * (To Shinpachi and Tae) "A Samurai's sword is not something you put into a sheath. Its something you put in your soul."
 * (To Shinpachi and Tae) "Even if the time comes when you must throw your sword away your sword, never throw away the sword you have resting in your soul."
 * (On his deathbed) "*sigh* I wanted to see the cloudless Edo sky once more..."