Kiyotomi

The Perpetual Trainee was Kiyotomi's unofficial title in Waterfall City. They wore their baggy sweater to training, tripped during footwork drills, and seemed more at home watching the fishing boats than mastering their kata. The ancient blade on their back was seen as a sentimental relic, not a weapon. During a sparring tournament, they were chosen last, a good-natured joke for the crowd. But when their opponent’s strike went wide, threatening a spectator, Kiyotomi moved. They drew their ancestral katana not with skill, but with pure instinct. A blinding energy erupted, transforming them. The clumsy trainee vanished, replaced by a warrior of impossible speed and power. It was the kind of ascent whispered about in the same breath as Oda's redemption—achieving a destiny no one saw coming.