Ochimusha Direct

“And you?” the boy asked.

He looked down at the sleeping boy. Takeshi , he thought. Strong bamboo. A thing that bends but does not break. ochimusha

Kenshin looked at his chipped sword, his empty gourd, his armorless chest. “I was. Now I am an ochimusha . A fallen one.” “And you

“No.”

: Episode 5, titled "Ochimusha," uses the term to describe the character Teru after he loses his "status" (and his hair) in a psychic battle, symbolizing his loss of a superiority complex. his empty gourd

“Are you a samurai?”

Understanding the Ochimusha: Feudal Japan’s Fallen Warriors