Yamato Ovan

''This is the character featured in Sword Art Online: Blade Master. For the original character from Clashing Blades, see Yamato.''

Yamato Ovan is a player of Sword Art Online, and a central character in Sword Art Online: Blade Master.

Appearance
Yamato is mostly seen a black uwagi with matching divided hakama. He wears dark brown boots reaching up to his knees and is rarely seen without his white with black hem and trim haori.

Background
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Personality
Yamato is often considered a cold, indifferent, and generally apathetic individual. Since early childhood, he has exhibited a quiet, calm, and reserved demeanor, something he carried with him to adulthood. He also has shown to be wise beyond his years, possessing an incredible intellect along with life experience. Yamato is cunning and decisive, and also upholds a strong sense of honor, especially in combat with others. However, Yamato is also directionless, and has almost no sense of purpose in his life. He has claimed that he does not feel he has any reason to live, but no real reason to die either, and has settled on simply existing until he either one day finds meaning or simply fades away. To this end, he is generally indifferent towards most things, and due to this has next to no friends. The few friends he does have he also acts uninterested towards, but still feels compelled to help them whenever they need. The exception to this is his closest friend and love interest, Sakura Naoto, who he is much more open and friendly towards. Only with her has he ever been seen smiling.

Abilities
Yamato is an incredibly skilled swordsman, both in-game and in real life, and his expertise with a katana is matched by exceptionally few people. He is a master of the Kyosho Style Traditional Martial Art, and is the youngest ever to achieve the rank. His combat style employs two different techniques, both developed by him through extensive training both derogatories of the Kyosho Style: Dark Slayer and Moonlight Blade.

Dark Slayer is heavily influenced by iaido, and mainly employs rapid and accurate single handed strikes with his blade, unsheathing the blade to strike extremely quickly and with lethal precision. His Dark Slayer style is the more aggressive of his two techniques, and is recognizable by its use of draw sword techniques, terrifyingly quick and accurate strikes, and the quick and fluid movements Yamato makes throughout.

Moonlight Blade is heavily influenced by kendo, and mainly employs extremely lethal counter moves and extremely swift and powerful strikes that blow the enemy back and can smash through any guard quickly and easily, allowing for easy openings to strike through. In this technique, Yamato holds his blade in both hands, taking on a more defensive and solid posture, with an unbreakable guard. This style is recognizable by the extensive use of counters, heavy hitting strikes, and momentum. It is considered the much deadlier of his two techniques, and he rarely uses it as battles tend to end much too quickly for his tastes when he does, as well as him feeling that it doesn't give others "a fair fight".