Shoujurou

The old hands on the lower docks just call them Captain. It’s a title they earned not in war, but by guiding fishing barges through the treacherous currents at the base of Waterfall City for forty seasons. They remember when their world was defined by the weight of a net and the price of fish in the plaza. Survival was the only victory that mattered. Then they saw Hiro fight, not for coin or territory, but with a fierce, burning joy that felt more real than any catch they’d ever hauled from the depths. That day, Shoujurou felt the call of a different tide. They traded their boat for a sturdy pair of boots. They are no great hero, but they learned from Hiro that a leader’s job isn't always to find the safe harbor, but sometimes to point toward the storm worth sailing into.