A recurring character, Manzō is a lampoon of Hanzo Itami. Aside from the main trio, Momotaro and Ichiemon the announcer, he is probably the only other character shown in multiple episodes (discounting flashbacks and multiple-part episodes). His persistence and enthusiasm are not without humorous results. As he is a law enforcer, he carries a jitte with him wherever he goes and is apparently able to use it to perform calisthenics. In all three episodes in which he appears, he plays the narrator for part or all of the story. Oddly enough, his narration transcends time, as he has narrated about future events which he could not feasibly be alive long enough to know about, like Vincent Van Gogh, and the Zen movement in the '60s. It also seems to be no accident that his seiyu Unshō Ishizuka is the same as that of Jet Black, as the two characters share much in common, especially considering that Shinichiro Watanabe directed both series.