Tōma Aza Husbando

Aza Tōma is a major supporting character of Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku. He is the younger brother of Aza Chōbei. After his brother was arrested, Tōma infiltrated the Yamada Clan in order to reunite with his brother in prison. After Chōbei accepts a mission to retrieve the Elixir of Life from an island for the shogun, in exchange for the pardon, Tōma acted as his Yamada Asaemon monitor. Tōma is a young man with long black hair, eyes, and has an androgynous appearance. Tōma's hair later becomes short, after he cuts it to show his dedication to Gantetsusai in wanting to become stronger, and makes a small braid on the left side, mirroring that of his brother's. He also receives a small scar on the right bridge of his nose after Chōbei accidently injured him in a rampaging state. For his attire, Tōma wears the Yamada clan's standard uniform, which is a white robe with a red lining running down the collars, a hakama with a single red band at the left gusset that is held together with a red waist cord, which holds his katana at his left hip, a funerary bell tied to a red piece of cloth at the center of his collar, and sandals. He later loses his funerary bell after trying to stop his brother from going berserk. After a year passed since escaping the island, Tōma grows his hair back to its original length and supports a longer braid. The scar on his nose has also seemingly vanished. As for his attire, Tōma wears Chinese clothing with a dragon at the center of his robe. Tōma believes that the key to surviving in life is adapting to ones environment and views his brother as a prime example. He is very caring and loyal to Chōbei since he has been his protector since they were children and stresses out whenever harm comes to him. Because of how his father died fighting for his allies, Tōma is reluctant to cooperate with anyone except for his brother. In his own eyes, Tōma views himself as an extension of his brother instead of an ally and stated that the bandits that followed the two were merely pawns for them to use. However, Tōma soon realizes that his reliance on his brother to protect him interferes with his growth rate to look after himself. Upon being separated from Chōbei, Tōma was willing to swallow his pride and cooperate with the survivors if it meant that he could reunite with his brother and become strong enough to not only fight by his side but to rely on his own strength to fight his battles. When away from his brother's side, Tōma tends to act rather unfriendly when someone tries to communicate with him on friendly terms. He also displays a cocky attitude. After withstanding the Tao lessons Gabimaru and Yuzuriha instructed, Tōma smiled thinking that he has surpassed Gantetsusai after seeing him heavily exhausted from the training.