Heart of a Samurai Characters

Manjiro's your basic good guy, who doesn't ever do anything bad and consistently makes what seem to be the right, moral choices. So he's actually a pretty static character. He may go through a lot,...

Captain Whitfield's the "Man," but in a totally good way. He's cultured (he reads poetry and plays the violin), but he's also all about working hard with his hands, whether it's manning his ship or...

Think of Goemon as that best friend who's always naysaying stuff and finding things wrong about a situation. He's a bit of a complainer, and also not very imaginative. Or, not in a positive way—h...

Think of the most racist, surliest person you know and you've got yourself Jolly. He's the classic villain to Manjiro's classic protagonist. In fact, he's almost cartoonish in his villainy, like wh...

Terry is Manjiro's best friend (besides the Captain) in America. A guy his age who doesn't have an issue with Manjiro's race, Terry's a prize—he's also the complete opposite of Goemon, who is all...

Tom is a lot like another villain in the book—Jolly. He's a classic bully who's willing to throw racial slurs at Manjiro without any sense of guilt. On the first day of school, he tells Manjiro:...

Not much is said about Mrs. Whitfield—she just kind of shows up one day because the captain's decided to marry and create a family for Manjiro—but the little that we do know makes us think she'...

Catherine is Manjiro's girl. Well, okay, not exactly—it's not like they're official or even going out. It's just clear that Manjiro likes her and she likes him back. She even tells her friends th...