(canon death quote: "Okita-kun.... Finally.... With you...")
[Yamato dies while fighting at Ikedaya. Against his better instincts and all his warnings to Kashuu, Yamato allows himself to be distracted by Okita's collapse and Kashuu's first "death". That distraction costs him--Yamato isn't quick enough to block an enemy spear's attack, and once again, Yamato is forced to watch a blade break right before his eyes. Only this time, it's his own.
A tsukumogami's physical form is stronger than a human body. It doesn't need to eat or even breathe. It can take massive amounts of damage. But it has a fatal flaw--it's irrevocably linked to its vessel. When a sword breaks, the spirit dies, no matter the state of the physical body.
Once again, Yamato is helpless to protect his beloved people, his precious master, his dearest comrades. But this time, he's the one leaving them behind. It's a bittersweet end--pain, regret, helplessness... and relief. Relief, because he'd never stopped loving Okita. And now, at last, they can be together again.]
xxi - goodbye redux
(canon death quote: "Okita-kun.... Finally.... With you...")
[Yamato dies while fighting at Ikedaya. Against his better instincts and all his warnings to Kashuu, Yamato allows himself to be distracted by Okita's collapse and Kashuu's first "death". That distraction costs him--Yamato isn't quick enough to block an enemy spear's attack, and once again, Yamato is forced to watch a blade break right before his eyes. Only this time, it's his own.
A tsukumogami's physical form is stronger than a human body. It doesn't need to eat or even breathe. It can take massive amounts of damage. But it has a fatal flaw--it's irrevocably linked to its vessel. When a sword breaks, the spirit dies, no matter the state of the physical body.
Once again, Yamato is helpless to protect his beloved people, his precious master, his dearest comrades. But this time, he's the one leaving them behind. It's a bittersweet end--pain, regret, helplessness... and relief. Relief, because he'd never stopped loving Okita. And now, at last, they can be together again.]