Tetsuro, The Iron Fang
Kitsui Tetsuro (狐井 鉄浪 きつい てつろう) was a doberman pinscher Field Instructor in Matt's precinct from the Kauai division of McGarrett, who protected the Dusk Lycanroc Yugure n her pups in Ni'ihau back in 1997. Matt knew this ronin-coded blitzhunder when Mahiru & Mayoru were just Rockruff twins prior to evolving.
Born in Tokugawa in 1947, and starting his cop dog duties in 1994, He was the 18th son in the Kamitsuchi (神槌 かむつち) samurai clan dating back to the Showa period, and masters of the Judgement Fang technique (罰牙切術 ばきぎりじゅつ). Or so he says to the coydog n his fellow officers.
What he neglected to mention was that Kamitsuchi (嚙槌) were a generation of metalworkers with teeth as hard as a Tungsten Carbide press; some of his predecesors had a paw in attacking Pearl Harbor after Hiroshima in WW2; and that he was a weeabo with muscles from Tokugawa, who built up his resume n bio from his action n period manga collection: a 9ft geek playing ronin in the force. Least the physical peak hid his otaku shame from his coworkers, who had known about this side of their Liutenant 2 years in the precinct.
Despite the doctored dossier, the manual labor making suspension wires and automobil chassis in his family's factory was a key factor in his diligence and fortitude when it came to hard-boiled police work, and garnered much needed respect from McGarrett to a wannabe samurai dog who swings his billy club like a Tanto behind closed doors.
Sadly, Kitsui had his life taken in 2003 from a stab to the left shoulder blade by a game hunter's bowie knife. He and his poacher pals were gunning for rare livestock in the protected wild of Niihau. While Kitsui put up a hardass front for the law, he was hiding a nurturing spirit under the fangs and that kevlar vest, bringing essential petcare supplies, easy-to-chew food n rocks for the rock wolves, and some of his own weeb stash to entertain the pups. Mahiru took a liking to the dog in blue's love of Japan culture n language, a kinda tribute to their father figure. If Kitsui hadn't braced the hole to stop him from flaying the wolves while they dig out an exit, the Lycanroc trio wud be mountain boots or ginsu knives.
Now Matt hasn't told Hiru of his late not-dad's closet otaku personae, promising to keep it secret from the family of three their savior was a dork like her, tho I think she embraced this kinda love to honor the dog cop, tho you wish she had learned English like her mother and older sister. save on subtitle budget on TV. Least they translate it in comics under brackets.
