Faithfulness is a subject that many really don’t understand, Loyalty is something most people don’t really understand these days, everyone wants to be their own boss and never work for anyone and it’s all good
Watching the movie Arcane, League of Legends I saw how Silco even though he was a villain was surrounded by loyal men and that alone was the reason why he reigned even though he was in the slums.
But talking about loyalty, the first thing that comes to everyone’s mind is man’s best friend, the dog.
The movie DC league of super pet, the dog said a quote that I found rather impressive, “Dogs love unconditionally”
I heard this story about the most loyal dog, named Hachiko and I decided to share it here with you all
About two months after Hachiko was born, a professor and agricultural scientist at Tokyo Imperial University (now the University of Tokyo) named Hidesaburo Ueno acquired the young Akita-inu.
While the Japan Times says that Hachiko was “given” to the professor, Time Out Tokyo claims that Ueno actually bought Hachiko for the then-princely sum of 30 yen, as he was actually in search of a pure-bred Akita. Either way, Ueno and his new companion made their way from Hachiko’s birthplace to the professor’s residence in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
Interestingly, per Time Out Tokyo, Hachiko’s original name was just Hachi. Ueno reportedly based his name on the number eight, due to its association with fortune and good luck in Japanese culture
This dog would always follow its master to the train station every day to see his master off and wait till his master returned and follow his master back home.
One day, his master Hidesaburo Ueno died while teaching, and there was no way Hachi the dog could have been told or shown his master
Even after Hidesaburo Ueno died and Hachi was transferred to a different household, the dog kept stubbornly returning to the very spot in front of Shibuya Station where he would meet his master after the day’s work (via Time Out Tokyo). By the time the Akita-inu pup was transferred to the care of someone living in Tomigaya (a district that was quite close to the station), Hachi’s trips to Shibuya Station became a regular occurrence. This made it a common sight for the people at the station. Unfortunately, even though his unending loyalty eventually gained Hachi much respect and admiration, this wasn’t the case initially.
It was reported that the dog was often bullied sometimes while he waited at the train station for his master but this never demoralised the dog
For the next seven years after Hidesaburo Ueno’s passing, Hachi continued to show up at Shibuya Station in the vain hope of seeing his master again. It’s likely that Hachiko would have simply continued to be a generally unremarkable (albeit regular) sight at the station if it hadn’t been for someone who took notice of his unique habit and published a story that almost instantly made the faithful Akita-inu famous.
Hachi died outside the Shibuya Train Station on March the 8th 1935, nine years, nine months, and fifteen days after his master, but that was not to be the end of this remarkable dog’s story.
After his death, his body was cremated and his ashes were kept next to his beloved master’s grave in Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, funny enough the story of the dog became part of the education system in Japan, teachers used his vigil as an example of family loyalty, one of the core values of the Japanese culture.
In 1948, a bronze sculpture of Hachi was commissioned and placed outside the Shibuya train Station and in 2015 another statue was made of the dog Hachi jumping up to greet Ueno at the end of the work day.
I believe humans can be loyal, it may seem impossible but it is achievable
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