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* TheArcher: Jyuurouta is able to out-snipe and kill one of the supernaturally strong Ming warriors and is praised by Shogen, his superior and mentor, as being skilled with a bow. Mu-Mao as well.
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* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: Luo-Long's first encounter with No-Name is on a bridge. He attacks No-Name purely because he has a sword, albeit a sheathed one. On the bank of the river near the bridge, a fisherman gets a bite and begins trying to land the fish, there's a lot of splashing. When the duel is interrupted at a sword-lock (a move that's repeated in their duel later) by Luo-Long being told he's being called back to base, the fisherman's line snaps and the fish escapes--making No-Name the one that got away.

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* DoesThisRemindYouofAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Luo-Long's first encounter with No-Name is on a bridge. He attacks No-Name purely because he has a sword, albeit a sheathed one. On the bank of the river near the bridge, a fisherman gets a bite and begins trying to land the fish, there's a lot of splashing. When the duel is interrupted at a sword-lock (a move that's repeated in their duel later) by Luo-Long being told he's being called back to base, the fisherman's line snaps and the fish escapes--making No-Name the one that got away.
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* CombatPragmatist: Every combatant when you get down to it, Nanashi in particular. Arguably the one who is the least Combat Pragmatist would have to be Luo-Lang. But when you're a foot taller than everyone else, and hopping around like Yoda on crack, you don't really HAVE to fight dirty. The dirtiest he gets is using a corpse as a shield to rush a bunch of archers, [[spoiler:and trying to kill No-Name with his own sword and only because he lost his own own lodging it in No-Name's arm [[LodgedBladeRecycling who uses it himself once he rips it out]].]] [[spoiler: He notably betrays his commander Byakuran when Byakuran wanted to shoot No-Name while blinded and trying to climb up a platform, because he thought it wouldn't be sporting.]]

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* CombatPragmatist: Every combatant when you get down to it, Nanashi in particular. Arguably the one who is the least Combat Pragmatist would have to be Luo-Lang. But when you're a foot taller than everyone else, and hopping around like Yoda on crack, you don't really HAVE to fight dirty. The dirtiest he gets is using a corpse as a shield to rush a bunch of archers, [[spoiler:and trying to kill No-Name with his own sword and only because he lost his own own lodging it in No-Name's arm [[LodgedBladeRecycling who uses it himself once he rips it out]].]] [[spoiler: He notably betrays his commander Byakuran when Byakuran wanted to shoot No-Name while blinded and trying to climb up a platform, because he thought it wouldn't be sporting.]]
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* {{Bishounen}}: Fuugo and Jyuurouta.

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* BadassBaritone: Luo-Lang has a very deep voice in both the original and the English dub, and is one of the two best fighters in the movie.


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* BaritoneOfStrength: Luo-Lang has a very deep voice in both the original and the English dub, and is one of the two best fighters in the movie.
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* CanineCompanion: Tobimaru to Kotaro.

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* CanineCompanion: Tobimaru to Kotaro. He seems to be the boy's only companion and it's his approval that lets No-Name join the group.



* HeroicDog: Tobimaru.

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* HeroicDog: Tobimaru. He's small, but manages to kill an assassin and saves No-Name from a flying dagger at one point. He also attacks Kotaro's executioner, and while he's easily defeated and nearly killed it buys enough time for No-Name to arrive.
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* EverybodyDiesEnding: The ending is rather vague, so you can interpret it as the only survivors being [[spoiler:Kotaru and the dog. Nanashi survives the final battle but is heavily wounded, barely conscious by the end and blood can be seen in the snow behind him as he and Kotaru ride into the sunrise. The argument against it being that we only see one really bad wound (an impaled forearm) and a bunch of cuts, and the marathon he ran before he got those would mean he would be barely conscious in any case. Regardless, it all comes down to perception.]]



* KillEmAll: The ending is rather vague, so you can interpret it as the only survivors being [[spoiler:Kotaru and the dog. Nanashi survives the final battle but is heavily wounded, barely conscious by the end and blood can be seen in the snow behind him as he and Kotaru ride into the sunrise. The argument against it being that we only see one really bad wound (an impaled forearm) and a bunch of cuts, and the marathon he ran before he got those would mean he would be barely conscious in any case. Regardless, it all comes down to perception.]]
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* MeleeATrois: The film's lengthy climax have the Ming warriors and the samurais duking it out, until Nanashi arrives and became the third party of the battle.


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* NatureTinkling: Part of the bonding between Nanashi, Kotaro and Tobimaru during their journeys, where the trio stops by a lake and took a quick leak.

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* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:Shouan]] claims this after [[spoiler:he helps hand Kotaro over to the Chinese soldiers]], and insists [[NotSoDifferent Nanashi would have done the same in his position]], [[spoiler:[[MyGreatestFailure which he]] ''[[MyGreatestFailure has]]'']].

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* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:Shouan]] claims this after [[spoiler:he helps hand Kotaro over to the Chinese soldiers]], and insists [[NotSoDifferent [[NotSoDifferentRemark Nanashi would have done the same in his position]], [[spoiler:[[MyGreatestFailure which he]] ''[[MyGreatestFailure has]]'']].



* NotSoDifferent:
** Luo-Lang and Nanashi, both of whom have physical traits that would make them strangers to their own cultures, and are looking for a higher reason for fighting.
** Attempted to be invoked by Shouan to Nanashi. [[DrivenToSuicide It doesn't go over well, though he was right. Nanashi's just grown since then.]]

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