I thought they were startled more because Kenshin refused such an impressive invitation, which would have allowed him to climb in rank. The guy you're thinking of is Katagai.
Any chance Katsura could have had a fake koseki made for Kenshin in case anyone decided to do a background check? I think Tomoe was definitely fooled. Kenshin carried himself and spoke pretty much as a samurai would.
In Tsuiokuhen, what dialect of Japanese were all the characters using? Probably just standard so a modern audience could understand, huh? No one speaks keigo anymore, right?
As for the wedding, couldn't Kenshin and Tomoe have just gone to a Shinto temple and done an ad hoc ceremony? It wouldn't even had to have been legally binding.
As for the family name, what confuses me is Watsuki refers to Tomoe as Himura Tomoe, but continues to call Kaoru Kamiya Kaoru even after she and Kenshin are married (on the name plates in the dojo). If Kaoru married Kenshin in 1879, she would have taken Kenshin's myo.
Re: KenshinxTomoe
Any chance Katsura could have had a fake koseki made for Kenshin in case anyone decided to do a background check? I think Tomoe was definitely fooled. Kenshin carried himself and spoke pretty much as a samurai would.
In Tsuiokuhen, what dialect of Japanese were all the characters using? Probably just standard so a modern audience could understand, huh? No one speaks keigo anymore, right?
As for the wedding, couldn't Kenshin and Tomoe have just gone to a Shinto temple and done an ad hoc ceremony? It wouldn't even had to have been legally binding.
As for the family name, what confuses me is Watsuki refers to Tomoe as Himura Tomoe, but continues to call Kaoru Kamiya Kaoru even after she and Kenshin are married (on the name plates in the dojo). If Kaoru married Kenshin in 1879, she would have taken Kenshin's myo.