Tsurube was an average-sized man with semi-long dark brown hair tied in a topknot. He wore a light gray kimono, a dark gray hakama, a black kataginu with white Kurozumi Family crests on both sides, white tabi socks and sandals.[1]
Tsurube did not have any respect or patience for Kouzuki Oden, ignoring his requests and mockingly hurrying him into the boiling oil. However, true to his nickname, he was rather careless which ended up costing his life.[1]
Abilities and Powers
Tsurube was not particularly powerful as he died nigh-instantly after falling into boiling oil, which Kouzuki Oden managed to withstand for over an hour.[1]
Twenty years ago, Tsurube was assigned to watch over Kouzuki Oden and direct him into pot of boiling oil for his execution. When Oden turned to Kurozumi Orochi and Kaidou, and requested a chance to survive, Tsurube mocked him and hurried him into the boiling oil. However, he accidentally slipped and fell into the pot himself, immediately receiving fatal burns and perishing in front of the onlookers after barely climbing out of the oil.[1]
Trivia
He is likely named after Careless Hachibe (うっかり八兵衛,Ukkari Hachibē?), a character from the long-running Japanese period drama Mito Kōmon.
"Tsuru" may be derived from tsurutsuru (つるつる?), the Japanese onomatopoeia for something slippery, as he slipped and fell into the boiling oil.
