Although he was an executioner, after his experience working together with the surviving convicts, Fuchi found that both "crime" and "evil" were entirely different from one another, with Tamiya Gantetsusai as an example. From a scientific view point, Fuchi found that samurai and criminals were not so different since they are structured the same and had a will to live, which was reason enough for the survivors to band together in trying to return home.