Taizou Hasegawa

About Hasegawa, Taizou

Zodiac: Gemini Hasegawa used to work as an official for the Bakufu until a disaster involving an Amanto diplomat named Prince Hata went down. He was supposed to protect the guy, but things fell apart. His boss basically told him to kill himself over the shame, so Hasegawa bailed instead. Back then, he was all about keeping humans in line with the Amanto. That changed after he met Gintoki. The encounter shifted something in him, and he ended up punching Hata in the face—which obviously got him fired. Since then, his life's been pretty rough. New job, same ending: he gets let go almost immediately. Most employers seem put off by the whole sunglasses-and-goatee thing he's got going on. He'll never ditch the sunglasses though. They're basically all he's got left from when things were actually good. He tried swapping them for some half-moon specs once and almost committed to it, but ultimately decided he was going to own his current life instead and went back to them. These days you'll catch him working whatever gig he can find—usually something temporary. The nickname "Madao" stuck around, which is short for "marude damena ossan"—basically means he's a totally useless middle-aged guy. He hates it, obviously. He and Gintoki get along fine and spend most of their downtime gambling, especially at pachinko parlors. Hasegawa never wins though. Over the years he's picked up random work: managing a supermarket for a friend, driving a taxi, that kind of thing. He's separated from his wife Hatsu because of the whole unemployed situation, but they still talk. They're not completely cut off.

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