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Seiji was forced by his grandfather to compete in a Kendo tournament against Kazamatsuri Shingo, another famous Kendo practitioner. Shingo had never been in the Junior's Tournament against Seiji before and wanted to try. During their fight, while Shingo was losing, he threw something into Seiji's left eye—his right eye being covered by his hair. Enraged, Seiji strikes (i.e. punches/slugs/hits) Shingo in the face, knocking off his facemask, and ultimately knocking (i.e. unconscious) Shingo out (this is a complete breach of etiquette). Seiji's grandfather, furious, sends Seiji to the "hanare" (i.e. a storage room separate from the main building), unaware of Shingo's deception. While inside, the Korin Yoroi appears before Seiji.
Seiji didn't believe he was wrong in hitting Shingo. Had he not drawn shame to himself, and protected Shingo's act of deceit, Shingo would have forever been banned from Kendo. This course of action proved Seiji understood the heart of "Rei." Naturally, once Shingo woke up, everyone knew the truth.
Some time later, Shingo sent a letter to Seiji hoping to see him again at the next year's tournament. For anyone interested, here is what the letter said:
"I regretted hearing your absence at this year's Tournament... But, a tournament without you had no challenge. And even though I won, I don't feel satisfied. I believe that I'll see you there next year..."
necessaries...
Seiji's green yoroi (i.e. translated as "armor") is Korin, and it draws its power from light. His weapon is called a "nodatchi" (i.e. large, two-handed sword with enormous cutting power), which has a shuriken at its hilt (the sword appears several inches longer than Seiji—perhaps six feet). His surekill, "Rai Ko Zan"—roughly translated as "Lightning Cut"—is a large form of light energy, which is either thrown from his Korin Ken (i.e. sword) in a concentrated ball, or thrust at an enemy as he jumps and/or slashes.
Seiji has the power of "Rei" (i.e. translated plainly in English as "courtesy," but it is [in its entirety] "a way of acting," or "a way to behave," which isn't as cut and dry as simple "courtesy") in the Japanese version, but the dubbing company, for whatever reason, changes this to "Wisdom" for the North American version. Nina has a detailed description of the Troopers' kanji, as well as a better understanding of the kanji themselves. Please visit her site (i.e. click on her name) for a full analysis.
Seiji is the only Trooper to have a direct opposite on the battlefield. Anubis, who controls darkness, dukes it out with Seiji on numerous occasions throughout the first and second season. Seiji rarely battles other Masho, but Anubis seems to be the one he has most difficulty dealing with (i.e. he knocks Naaza flat in episode 5).
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Seiji is usually calm in battle—for about ten minutes. But things go awry and Seiji gets pissed, especially if Nasuti is taken captive/held hostage. According to YST Encyclopedia, Seiji is "skilled" (i.e. the other Troopers refer to him as such), so he probably has the most fighting experience of the Troopers (i.e. extremely handy on the battlefield, and probably the reason why he's always fighting alone).
Nasuti and Jun are almost always placed in Seiji's care—either on purpose or by coincidence—while roaming the streets of Shinjuku. (It looks as though the creators wanted to make things as difficult as possible for Seiji. *laughs*) Oddly enough, Seiji always manages to save Nasuti and Jun—as well as himself—and still give the episode a happy ending (i.e. whatever he was fighting fled in defeat). Nasuti and Jun have been known to assist Seiji in some areas of fighting (i.e. such as being bait), so it's fair to say they help save each other.
Throughout most of the first season of YST, many battles revolve around Seiji and Anubis, who duke it out to [almost] the end, with Seiji always emerging as the victor (i.e. he survived). These fights are the most entertaining—in personal opinion—since Seiji always puts up a very good fight. Seiji is usually left to battle the Masho on his own, much unlike the other Troopers who are often paired in groups of two (sometimes more) when facing an opponent (which is odd given he isn't the main character of YST).
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