One-Eyed Itsuki

Worn as trophy or warning — nobody is quite sure which. The Chicken Bones fighters have a ceremony for everything and share it with no one.

Between midday and dusk. The Orange Afternoon fighters are in the middle of something — not finished, not starting, exactly where they need to be.

Every cracked card. White is the beginner's belt, and torn is how the crack left it, border and all: a White card is never printed. A repair earns Blue.

'Itsuki' — a tree, deep roots and one straight trunk. He lost the eye in a story he tells four different ways depending on how much he likes you, and what's left sees more than most manage with two.

Unglamorous and honest. The Black Peasant Rags fighters didn't dress for anyone else. They dressed for function and found that function is its own statement.

The world through affection. The Loveheart Shades fighters see everything as worth caring about — and have found this is more effective than the alternative.

The warrior and the wanderer. Worn by those who are between destinations but never between fights.

The turned. 419 fighters who crossed into the demon form — hungrier, harder, and unmistakable on sight. The Dojo's second race, and its darker half.

Organization-issue. The Yakuza Club fighters have backup in the weight of the weapon itself — it carries institutional authority.