 To emphasize his hate of the Meiji Government, Watsuki drew the Japanese kanji for on the back of Sanosuke's jacket in the original series, but on the kanzenban redesign, the tattoo is located inside his clothes.Unlike in the manga where Sanosuke uses an oversized zanbatō as a weapon, Watsuki gave him a more historically authentic zanbatō; a sword notably thinner and longer in design.He also gave him an armor-like cloth to make him look more as a warrior.