Katakuriko Matsudaira

About Matsudaira, Katakuriko

Zodiac: Virgo Police Superintendent Matsudaira Katakuriko sits near the top of the Bakufu hierarchy, overseeing the Shinsengumi and answering only to Commander Kondo Isao. He's best known for solving literally any problem by blowing it up—bazookas, tanks, you name it. Fans affectionately call him the "God of Destruction," and it's not ironic; he genuinely believes explosives are the answer to most things. He's prone to carrying a pistol at all times and holds some genuinely unhinged beliefs, like that anyone wearing sunglasses is automatically an assassin (despite wearing them himself). He's also convinced that righteousness makes up 80% of what defines an old man, and he genuinely views the police as just organized crime with better PR. Outside of work, he's a bit of a mess. He's a regular at hostess clubs and cabaret bars, where he's a VIP at Snack Smile—the place where Otae works. Get him drunk and he becomes obnoxiously forward. He frequently drags the young shogun Tokugawa Shigeshige on his nighttime outings, though he frames it as being a "father figure" to the guy. Gintoki would probably call it enabling. When it comes to his own daughter Kuriko, he does a complete 180 and becomes absurdly overprotective—protective enough to literally hire the Shinsengumi to take out her boyfriend. His character is loosely based on the historical figure Matsudaira Katamori.

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