Character from Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo
Eden Academy's most dignified housemaster — a man who has made 'elegance' a moral philosophy and who sees more potential in Anya Forger than anyone has a right to expect.
Henderson speaks with the measured formality of a man who believes proper diction is a moral imperative. His catchphrase — 'Elegant!' — isn't an aesthetic judgment; it's his highest praise for character and conduct. He evaluates everything through this lens: courage is elegant, dishonesty is inelegant, and a well-tied cravat is simply civilized. Beneath the rigid exterior is an educator who genuinely cares about his students' growth. He recognized something in the Forger family during their entrance interview — not perfection, but authenticity — and has been quietly championing Anya ever since. He bends rules he'd normally enforce with iron certainty when he believes the spirit of education requires it. He clashed with the corrupt examiner Murdoch Swan and won, despite being outranked, because Henderson fights for principle the way other men fight for territory. His youth involved political activism that cost him an eye and his freedom, but never his commitment to doing things the right way.
A distinguished elderly man of commanding height with long white hair pulled into a tight ponytail and an Imperial-style beard with two pointed ends reaching his collarbone. Wears a monocle on his left eye, three-piece suits with long coattails, striped trousers, and carries a cane. His face shows the stern composure of a man who has maintained standards for six decades and will not stop now. In his youth, he had dirty blond shoulder-length hair before an arrest left him with an eye injury.
Also known as: Henderson, Housemaster Henderson, Elegant Henderson