Yamada Asaemon Tsumutsumu

Yamada Asaemon Tsumutsumu
Kanji	山田浅ェ門 努々
Alias	Guardian Deity of the Kitchen (漆黒の死神, Kuriya no Chinjugami)
Biological Information
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Age	15
Height	181 cm
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Elemental Attribute	Wood
Class	Rōnin
Occupation	Samurai Yamada Asaemon
Rank	7th
Affiliation	Yamada Clan
Debuts
Manga Debut	Asaemon Chapter

Yamada Asaemon Tsumutsumu (山田浅ェ門 努 (つむ) 々 (つむ) ) is the 7th rank Asaemon of the Yamada clan.

Appearance

Tsumutsumu is a young man with short scruffy hair. As an Asaemon he wears the clan's standard attire, which is a white robe with a red lining running down the collars, a hakama with a single red band at the left gusset that is held together with a red waist cord, and a funerary bell tied to a red piece of cloth at the center of his collar. He also chooses to wear the standard dark haori on top of his attire.

Personality

Tsumutsumu is a fully devoted follower of Shugen who is willing to support him wherever he goes, even agreeing with Gagaimo that he would enter the cauldron of Hell if the Asaemon were to say the word.

History

Asaemon Chapter

Before allowing him to depart to Kotaku, Tsumutsumu and Gagaimo begs Shugen to have them accompany him. Despite their plea, the two agreed upon Shugen's request to watch over the household while he is away.

Abilities and Powers

As the seventh ranked Asaemon, Tsumutsumu is viewed as being one of the next suitable heads of the Yamada clan.

Kenjutsu

Further information: Tameshi Ittō-ryū

Like every Asaemon, Tsumutsumu has the capabilities of decapitating his victims with a single cut of his sword.

Other Skills

Tsumutsumu possesses housework skills that includes cooking rice and sewing, which according to Shugen, acts as an important pillar to the Yamada clan. Shugen also noted that this skill causes the town girls to become drawn to the Yamada Dōjō.

Trivia

• Tsumutsumu's given name is composed of the kanji for "work, toil" (努 tsumu) along with an iteration mark (々).
• Though he received praise from Shugen, Tsumutsumu's skills on whether or not he is a strong samurai is questionable due to the nature of the hierarchy within the Yamada clan that focuses less on a member's fighting abilities to become the next head of the clan. There is a possibility that the Asaemon falls within this circumstance as Jikka thought to himself that Tsumutsumu was too weak to join the Additional Landing Party.
• According to the Asaemon Chapter:
  • Tsumutsumu's hobbies are gardening and Ikebana.
  • Tsumutsumu's specialty is sewing and cooking rice.
  • Tsumutsumu also likes to observe the butterflies and bees gathering around the flowers.