Bayushi Otado

SHIGEKO'S DOSSIER: I have implied that Otado may be an illegitimate child. This may not be so, since he does resemble Bayushi Korechika somewhat in appearance. In behavior, however, they are far apart - though not so far as I might have hoped. Where Korechika is polite, Otado is crude and graceless.Where Korechika hides his venom with a mask of friendship, you always know what Otado is thinking - and it's rarely pleasant. Korechika's subtlety is thrown into high relief by Otado's blatant indiscretions. Though only sixteen, Otado has already been reprimanded by Shosuro Hyobu, herself for a public brawl in a den of vice. In short, he has the cruelty of the Scorpion and the base appetites of the Crab, mated to the crassness of the Unicorn.