In this modern age, kendo could only be considered a practice for tempering the spirit and strengthening the body. Becoming stronger was merely an unexpected bonus. Compared to making the members stronger, Hijikata would rather turn them all into cultured people. Unfortunately, that seemed even more difficult than making every last one of them stronger.
However, Otae had something to say about that. "So you're not denying what this gorilla said? But judging by how your disciples performed just now, the Kondo Dojo clearly hasn't passed down its true teachings to them. Even their most basic sword grips were a complete mess, utterly disord—wait, I get it. So this is what a prestigious school is like?" As the heir to a dojo herself, Otae felt qualified to say such things. The students she had just greeted with her fists had sword grips that went far beyond merely being messy—they were like a chaotic dance of demons. Calling them swordsmen was an insult to swords... The most outrageous part was that someone had even held four bamboo swords in both hands. She had no idea how he had managed to hold them at all, and he even had one clenched in his mouth. As a proper dojo heir, she truly could not overlook someone desecrating swords like that.
It was only because Otae had knocked him out too quickly. Otherwise, he would definitely have told her, "What's wrong with Five-Sword Style? Zoro from One Piece uses three swords. I use five, which is even more than him! As long as I master Five-Sword Style, I'll definitely become a swordsman—a strong one—just like the Vice Commander!" It couldn't be helped. Who told Hijikata that Sougo had talked him into believing the Iron-Cutting realm was so similar to One Piece?
Of course, Hijikata