KENSAKU!!!!!
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In episode 33, Shiraishi Kensaku was on the scene as Egos attacked the laboratory of his friend Jin Makoto.  When the battle was over, Jin's professor was killed, and the professor's daughter, Mayumi, left an orphan.  Kensaku tried to care for the little girl in the hospital, but when he went to visit, she said that she could smell the "blood" on his hands.  He tried to explain that as a soldier he fought for justice and not evil, but she felt that it was still blood, and he began having a crisis of conscience. He even tried to scrub the blood from his hands in a very Lady MacBeth like manner.   So he decided to take her for an outing without his battle suit!  Unfortunately Egos caught him and he was gunned down before her eyes, trying to protect her.  The others arrived too late. Kensaku was killed.  But as they were saluting him, Jin Makoto grabbed his uniform and became the new Battle Cossack!

I remember I was 6 when I saw this episode.  I was so sad.  But my dad told me to look how bravely he died, and peacefully too.  He died saying that he felt hot and wished he had some shave ice and that next time, Egos would die.  It made a strong impression on me as a 6 year old boy, and remember his bravery to this day.  The portrayal was tragic, poignant (particularly to a 6 year old kid), and well acted. The moral impcliations of fighting were closely examined and death was taken very seriously. You'd never see anything like this on watered down American kids programming of today.

So this page is my memorial to a 30 year old character, who greatly influenced me as a child, and is still a hero to me today.