Atori

Atori is a young man whose hair is kept short. His working outfit is a simple white shirt, dark trousers, and an apron. One of his legs ends in a prosthetic, and the joining point where it meets the limb is marked by plainly visible scarring, the result of an attack by pirates.

He carries an unhurried, level-headed manner. Rather than agonize over things outside his control, he accepts them and makes a point of not burdening other people with his troubles.

Atori took over the bistro from his grandfather, who had founded it, and developed enough culinary and business sense to keep it thriving. He also trained as a swordsman, reckoned the strongest fighter on his island until raiders changed that. Six months before the story, pirates assaulted the island, stripped the decorative door from his shop, and severed his leg when he resisted, after which they settled in as unwelcome rulers. Around then he started teaching the basics of swordplay to Hiwa.

The villagers once begged the visiting Marines to deal with the pirates, but the arrests were short-lived and the freed crew took revenge, so the islanders learned to coexist quietly. When G-5 Marines made an emergency landing, the residents voted to say nothing of the pirates. Tashigi later ate at Atori's bistro, and he asked her not to interfere. After noticing Hiwa training swordsmanship with Tashigi, he grew worried when the girl failed to come home that night and went to Tashigi, who realized Hiwa had struck at the pirates' hideout and sent Atori to alert Smoker while she set off to rescue her.