Hanpeita TAKECHI said that "He is not a type of person who does excellent jobs only within the Tosa clan" (after Ryoma fled from the Tosa clan) and also "Ryoma is brave, grand, innovative, and unique, just true to his name "dragon." (in prison)
武市半平太「土佐一国にはあだたぬ奴」（龍馬脱藩後）、「肝胆もとより雄大、奇機おのずから湧出し、飛潜だれか識るあらん、ひとえに龍名に恥じず」（獄中で）