Personality
Rarely seen angry or without a smile, Yamamoto has a warm and friendly personality and stops any arguments that occurs between his comrades.[2][3] He is popular among his classmates and loves to play baseball to the point of attempting suicide when he is unable to play.[4] Because of baseball, Yamamoto holds his physical health in high regard and focuses on protecting his body in battle. However, as the series progresses, he decides not to focus on protecting his body so he can protect his friends using all of his strength. He hates to lose and is ridden with guilt and regret upon defeat.[5][6]
Yamamoto remains calm during life-or-death struggles.[7] In addition, he is a rapid learner and understands a situation better than anyone.[8][9] This leads Reborn to claim he is a "born hitman".[7] However, Yamamoto is oblivious to the fact that he and his friends are mafiosi, believing that they are playing a game and that Reborn's weapons are toys.[10] He is also optimistic to the point of naïvetè; although many of the opponents he meets during the series attempt to kill him, Yamamoto searches for a way to defeat them without mortal injury, such as using the back of his blade or not dealing a killing blow, and attempts to save his opponents as they are about to die.[11] Even after accepting his role as Tsuna's Rain Guardian and the Vongola's swordsman, he continues to balance his life between baseball and swordsmanship,[12] only devoting himself to swordsmanship when he needs to protect his friends.[6]
[edit]Weapons and abilities
Due to his baseball training, Yamamoto possesses a strong body and the best reflexes and stamina of all the Vongola, giving him a natural advantage.[13] He is able to dodge bullets shot at close-range and from a distance.[10] Yamamoto originally uses a bat he receives from Reborn. When swung over 300 kilometres per hour (190 mph), the bat changes into a katana.[14] After training under his father, Yamamoto receives "Shigure Kintoki" (時雨金時 Shower in Late Autumn, Golden Moment), a shinai that changes into a katana while using the "Shigure Soen Ryu" (時雨蒼燕流 Shigure Sōen Ryu, lit. "Shower in Late Autumn, Blue Swallow Style").[15] His training in the series' alternate future allows him to create an affinity between the Shigure Kintoki and his Rain Flame, something his adult self could not accomplish.[16][17] Yamamoto then learns to fuse his swallow box weapon, called "Kojirō" (小次郎) or the "Rondine di Pioggia" (Italian: Swallow of the Rain), with the Shigure Kintoki. This, along with the three short swords his Akita Inu Vongola box weapon "Jirō" (次郎) carries on its back, creates the quadruple irregular blade "Asari Ugetsu" (朝利雨月). The three short swords can be used for aerial combat, ranged attacks, flying or propulsion.[6] Kojirō is also capable of creating heavy rainfall.[18]
Yamamoto utilizes the Shigure Soen Ryu he learned from his father. Because the style will be passed on to only the worthy students, the forms are taught once and the student is expected to memorize.[8] The students are then able to create a form in addition to those they learned, signifying the student's true worthiness to succeed the style.[11] Because of the nature of the Shigure Soen Ryu, weaker branches deteriorate and other branches disappear because there is no worthy successor. This leads Yamamoto to believe the style is flawless and invincible. Yamamoto was taught eight forms: four defensive and four offensive.[19] He then creates another four: two offensive,[11][20] one involving his Kojirō box weapon[12] and one that combines all the forms.[21] He also uses Squalo's attack "Attacco di Squalo" (Italian: Attack of the Shark), which causes a moment of paralysis after a strong sword swing. When combined with a Rain Flame's attribute of tranquility, the attack causes full body paralysis. He later gains the Vongola Gear Rain Necklace, which in its Cambio Form gives him two swords, utilising his both his box weapons to create a 12th Shigure Soen Ryu technique designed to counter illusions.
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