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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Togo Shigekata was once an ordinary samurai who narrowly survived the Shimazu Clan's defeat at the hands of Oda Nobunaga's forces during the Kyushu Campaign. But before he could take his own life, he was inspired by the sight of a [[FieldOfBlades single Katana standing amongst a field of corpses]]. Determined to become a LivingWeapon akin to the lone blade he witnessed that day, Togo decided to cast aside ''everything'' to hone his swordsmanship skills with a slavish devotion. By the time everything was said and done, Togo was now capable of [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cleaving an entire man in half]] with a [[OneHitKill single sword stroke]] and possesses enough raw strength to potentially rival Hino Choko himself.
* MadeASlave: Just like his historical counterpart, Yasuke (formally Yasawei) was enslaved as a child by the Portuguese shortly after witnessing them [[FamilyExtermination murder his family in cold blood]].
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* WhipSword: Sasaki Kojiro's ImpossiblyCoolWeapon, the Bewitched Sword: ''[[NamedWeapons Monohoshizao Nagamitzu]]'', has the almost supernatural ability to function as both a [[{{BFS}} Odachi]] and a [[VariableLengthChain variable-length]] whip due to it being comprised of some kind of highly [[FantasyMetals flexible alloy]]. With it, Kojiro was capable of parrying every shuriken Hanzo could throw at him while simultaneously striking the ninja at [[ConfusionFu increasingly unpredictable angles]].
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* WhipSword: TakeUpMySword: Both Hanzo and Honda had a strong FriendlyRivalry with each other during their youth, with the latter inspiring the former to fully embrace potential as a GuileHero {{Ninja}}. [[spoiler:So when Honda looses his life in the first round, Hanzo takes it upon himself to realize his friend's dream and even uses Honda's broken Tonbokiri as an instrumental part of his BatmanGambit against Sasaki Kojiro's ImpossiblyCoolWeapon, the Bewitched Sword: ''[[NamedWeapons Monohoshizao Nagamitzu]]'', has the almost supernatural ability to function as both a [[{{BFS}} Odachi]] and a [[VariableLengthChain variable-length]] whip due to it being comprised of some kind of highly [[FantasyMetals flexible alloy]]. With it, Kojiro was capable of parrying every shuriken Hanzo could throw at him while simultaneously striking the ninja at [[ConfusionFu increasingly unpredictable angles]]. Kojiro.]]
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** The fifth match is between UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, legendary SamuraiShinobi of the Tokugawa Clan and master CombatPragmatist, versus UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, the enigmatic masked swordsman who uses AwesomenessByAnalysis to radically amplify his lethality. [[spoiler:Hanzo wins in a massive DarkHorseVictory, but Kojiro's death remains [[NeverFoundTheBody unconfirmed]].]]
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** The fifth match is between UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, legendary SamuraiShinobi of the Tokugawa Clan and master CombatPragmatist, versus UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, the enigmatic masked swordsman who uses AwesomenessByAnalysis to radically amplify his lethality. [[spoiler:Hanzo wins in a massive DarkHorseVictory, DarkHorseVictory via RingOut, but Kojiro's death remains [[NeverFoundTheBody unconfirmed]].Kojiro survived his DisneyVillainDeath and is now being sheltered by Akechi Mitsuhide.]]
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* WhipSword: Sasaki Kojiro's ImpossiblyCoolWeapon, the Bewitched Sword: ''[[NamedWeapons Monohoshizao Nagamitzu]]'', has the almost supernatural ability to function as both a [[{{BFS}} Odachi]] and a [[VariableLengthChain variable-length]] whip due to it being comprised of some kind of highly [[FantasyMetals flexible alloy]]. With it, Kojiro was capable of parrying every shuriken Hanzo could throw at him while simultaneously striking the ninja at [[ConfusionFu increasingly unpredictable angles]].
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** When Kotarou activates her Miyabi Orochi, a nightmarish serpent-like creature made of interwined women's bodies manifests around her.
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** When Kotarou Kotaro activates her Miyabi Orochi, a nightmarish serpent-like creature made of interwined women's bodies manifests around her.
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''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: "Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist") is an AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma. It began serialization in the {{seinen}} publication ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in 2021.
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''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: "Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist") is an AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru (author of ''Manga/{{Gamaran}}'' ) and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma. It began serialization in the {{seinen}} publication ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in 2021.
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* AlternateHistory: ''This is not history as we know it.'' For starters, Oda Nobunaga has unified the country successfully, with most of his vassals, even rival ones, still alive to join the tournament.
* AnyoneCanDie: As shown pretty quickly, it is very difficult to say who will prevail in the tournament, no matter how strong or hyped they are.
* BattleAura: When the fighter gets really serious, a massive, ominous aura appears behind them, each themed after the character:
** Honda Tadakatsu has two massive Nioh statues, as his attacks have a buddhist motif.
** When Kotarou activates her Miyabi Orochi, a nightmarish serpent-like creature made of interwined women's bodies manifests around her.
** Toda''s "Zen" appears as a creepy black ghost figure behind him, while his Eyes of the White Night manifests as a blob of eyeballs around him. [[spoiler: When he focuses his perception around his opponent, the ghost now appears as a dome of shadow with eyes all over it.]]
** William Adams' aura is that of a humongous sea monster.
** Munenori Yagyu has a terrifying-looking {{Shinigami}} hovering behind him.
** Kamiizumi has a "deity" resembling a robed humanoid figure without facial traits and with arms shaped like a DNA helix.
** Kojiro, in spite of his feminine beauty, has a truly hideous-looking, obese bug-like monster with an eyeball in his mouth.
* {{BFS}}: Honda Tadakatsu's precious Tonbokiri is at least twice as long as he's tall... and he towers over pretty much everyone else.
* BattleAura: When the fighter gets really serious, a massive, ominous aura appears behind them, each themed after the character:
** Honda Tadakatsu has two massive Nioh statues, as his attacks have a buddhist motif.
** When Kotarou activates her Miyabi Orochi, a nightmarish serpent-like creature made of interwined women's bodies manifests around her.
** Toda''s "Zen" appears as a creepy black ghost figure behind him, while his Eyes of the White Night manifests as a blob of eyeballs around him. [[spoiler: When he focuses his perception around his opponent, the ghost now appears as a dome of shadow with eyes all over it.]]
** William Adams' aura is that of a humongous sea monster.
** Munenori Yagyu has a terrifying-looking {{Shinigami}} hovering behind him.
** Kamiizumi has a "deity" resembling a robed humanoid figure without facial traits and with arms shaped like a DNA helix.
** Kojiro, in spite of his feminine beauty, has a truly hideous-looking, obese bug-like monster with an eyeball in his mouth.
* {{BFS}}: Honda Tadakatsu's precious Tonbokiri is at least twice as long as he's tall... and he towers over pretty much everyone else.
* DecoyProtagonist: We spend the entire first chapter from the POV of Honda Tadakatsu and Ieyasu Tokugawa. [[spoiler: Tadakatsu falls in the first round against Miyamoto Musashi, showcasing that in this tournament anything goes.]]
* DemonKingNobunaga: Oda Nobunaga is extremely cruel and called "Demon King", sitting on a magnificent throne adorned with a palanquin of skulls and pulled around by a giant sumoka with a Oni mask (Choko). Downplayed in that he's currently wizened, toothless and senile, though he used to be much more terrifying back when he was young.
* DemonKingNobunaga: Oda Nobunaga is extremely cruel and called "Demon King", sitting on a magnificent throne adorned with a palanquin of skulls and pulled around by a giant sumoka with a Oni mask (Choko). Downplayed in that he's currently wizened, toothless and senile, though he used to be much more terrifying back when he was young.
* FanserviceExtra: Kamiizumi is escorted by two beautiful women with enormous breasts, exposed by their loose kimono, willing to let him grope them at will.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Played straight more often than not, with fighters waiting until they can gauge the opponent's strength before unleashing their ace up their sleeve. [[spoiler: Deconstructed with William, who's overwhelmed by Munenori's Endless Cycle before he can use any more technique from the Dirk Dance.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler: Tadakatsu realizes that he can win by spearing Musashi's heart only if he sacrifices his left arm to stop the latter's two swords. Knowing very well that he would had more battles ahead of him, he gambles on a riskier solution to kill Musashi without sacrificing his arm, but it costs him his life.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler: Tadakatsu realizes that he can win by spearing Musashi's heart only if he sacrifices his left arm to stop the latter's two swords. Knowing very well that he would had more battles ahead of him, he gambles on a riskier solution to kill Musashi without sacrificing his arm, but it costs him his life.]]
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Honda Tadakatsu pulls this to save Ieyasu from a volley of musket fire, apologize to him one last time and escort him out of the field.]]
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* WholePlotReference: A cruel and deranged warlord who nominates his successor with a tournament featuring the strongest warriors his potential successors can hire? [[Manga/{{Gamaran}} Naosuke seems to really enjoy this.]]
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* CombatPragmatist: As befitting a Ninja, Hattori Hanzo is a master of underhanded tactics, among other things, using his cape to obscure his attacks, bringing explosives, kunai, and [[spoiler: even using some psychological manipulation.]]
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* LogicalWeakness: Toda Shingen's special ability [[DisabilitySuperpower "White Night's Eye"]] grants him [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil-esque]] HyperAwareness to compensate for his blindness. So Fuma Kotaro decides to immediately ''burst Shingen's ear drums'' via ShockwaveClap, permanently crippling his spatial awareness for the rest of the match. The fact that Shingen is also a DentedIron OldMaster while Kotaro is a SuperSoldier who can augment her already freakish physicality even further via PsychoSerum, means that Shingen is [[CombatBreakdown worn down]] to a point where he has no choice but to fall back on a SelfDestructiveCharge to land a killing blow on Kotaro. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
** To a similar extent to Shingen, Sasaki Kojiro's special ability [[AwesomenessByAnalysis "Chart of Creation"]] puts his SherlockScan into overdrive, allowing him to also achive a state of HyperAwareness where he can NoSell and [[CounterAttack hard counter]] his enemy's techniques to the [[ClockKing exact second]] they make their move. But since this ability neccesstates Kojiro being able to ''see'' his opponent, all Hattori Hanzo needed to do was throw a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] to temporarily blind Kojiro while throwing his WhipSword [[{{BFS}} Odachi's]] tradjectory off-course. Kojiro also can only make the most out of his ability if he is 100% focused on his goal. Since Hanzo is both TheSocialExpert and a cunning GuileHero, the Ninja immediatley starts exploiting Kojiro's insecurities via [[IShallTauntYou non-stop shit talking]] until the calculating swordsman is [[BlindedByRage too pissed]] [[FailedASpotCheck to notice]] [[BatmanGambit he's walking right into Hanzo's traps]].
* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants Toda Shingen and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. Both men are undisputed masters of their respective crafts with an entire lifetime's worth of combat experience under their belt, which manifests in the form of their incredible evasive abilities and superhuman reaction times. But at the end of the day, their respective advanced ages (Shingen is 83 while Nobutsuna is 93) puts them at an ''immense'' disadvantage against younger opponents who are still in their physical prime. [[spoiler:This leads to Shingen getting [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripped apart like wet tissue paper]] by Fuma Kotaro, while Nobutsuna just ''[[LifeWillKillYou dies of natural causes]]'' after unlocking the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers "Gate of Celestial Awakening"]] during his fight with Choko.]]
** To a similar extent to Shingen, Sasaki Kojiro's special ability [[AwesomenessByAnalysis "Chart of Creation"]] puts his SherlockScan into overdrive, allowing him to also achive a state of HyperAwareness where he can NoSell and [[CounterAttack hard counter]] his enemy's techniques to the [[ClockKing exact second]] they make their move. But since this ability neccesstates Kojiro being able to ''see'' his opponent, all Hattori Hanzo needed to do was throw a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] to temporarily blind Kojiro while throwing his WhipSword [[{{BFS}} Odachi's]] tradjectory off-course. Kojiro also can only make the most out of his ability if he is 100% focused on his goal. Since Hanzo is both TheSocialExpert and a cunning GuileHero, the Ninja immediatley starts exploiting Kojiro's insecurities via [[IShallTauntYou non-stop shit talking]] until the calculating swordsman is [[BlindedByRage too pissed]] [[FailedASpotCheck to notice]] [[BatmanGambit he's walking right into Hanzo's traps]].
* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants Toda Shingen and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. Both men are undisputed masters of their respective crafts with an entire lifetime's worth of combat experience under their belt, which manifests in the form of their incredible evasive abilities and superhuman reaction times. But at the end of the day, their respective advanced ages (Shingen is 83 while Nobutsuna is 93) puts them at an ''immense'' disadvantage against younger opponents who are still in their physical prime. [[spoiler:This leads to Shingen getting [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripped apart like wet tissue paper]] by Fuma Kotaro, while Nobutsuna just ''[[LifeWillKillYou dies of natural causes]]'' after unlocking the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers "Gate of Celestial Awakening"]] during his fight with Choko.]]
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* LogicalWeakness: Toda Shingen's Seigen's special ability [[DisabilitySuperpower "White Night's Eye"]] grants him [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil-esque]] HyperAwareness to compensate for his blindness. So Fuma Kotaro decides to immediately ''burst Shingen's Seigen's ear drums'' via ShockwaveClap, permanently crippling his spatial awareness for the rest of the match. The fact that Shingen Seigen is also a DentedIron OldMaster while Kotaro is a SuperSoldier who can augment her already freakish physicality even further via PsychoSerum, means that Shingen Seigen is [[CombatBreakdown worn down]] to a point where he has no choice but to fall back on a SelfDestructiveCharge to land a killing blow on Kotaro. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
** To a similar extent toShingen, Seigen, Sasaki Kojiro's special ability [[AwesomenessByAnalysis "Chart of Creation"]] puts his SherlockScan into overdrive, allowing him to also achive a state of HyperAwareness where he can NoSell and [[CounterAttack hard counter]] his enemy's techniques to the [[ClockKing exact second]] they make their move. But since this ability neccesstates Kojiro being able to ''see'' his opponent, all Hattori Hanzo needed to do was throw a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] to temporarily blind Kojiro while throwing his WhipSword [[{{BFS}} Odachi's]] tradjectory off-course. Kojiro also can only make the most out of his ability if he is 100% focused on his goal. Since Hanzo is both TheSocialExpert and a cunning GuileHero, the Ninja immediatley starts exploiting Kojiro's insecurities via [[IShallTauntYou non-stop shit talking]] until the calculating swordsman is [[BlindedByRage too pissed]] [[FailedASpotCheck to notice]] [[BatmanGambit he's walking right into Hanzo's traps]].
* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants TodaShingen Seigen and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. Both men are undisputed masters of their respective crafts with an entire lifetime's worth of combat experience under their belt, which manifests in the form of their incredible evasive abilities and superhuman reaction times. But at the end of the day, their respective advanced ages (Shingen (Seigen is 83 while Nobutsuna is 93) puts them at an ''immense'' disadvantage against younger opponents who are still in their physical prime. [[spoiler:This leads to Shingen Seigen getting [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripped apart like wet tissue paper]] by Fuma Kotaro, while Nobutsuna just ''[[LifeWillKillYou dies of natural causes]]'' after unlocking the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers "Gate of Celestial Awakening"]] during his fight with Choko.]]
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* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants Toda
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** The second match is between Toda Shingen, a renown BlindWeaponmaster who uses a kodachi (short-sword) as his weapon of choice, versus Fuma Kotaro the Sixth, current domineering head of Fuma {{Ninja}} Clan who possesses inhuman [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] which she uses in tandem with her own unique EpicFlail variant of the FuumaShuriken. [[spoiler:Kotaro wins.]]
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** The second match is between Toda Shingen, Seigen, a renown BlindWeaponmaster who uses a kodachi (short-sword) as his weapon of choice, versus Fuma Kotaro the Sixth, current domineering head of Fuma {{Ninja}} Clan who possesses inhuman [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] which she uses in tandem with her own unique EpicFlail variant of the FuumaShuriken. [[spoiler:Kotaro wins.]]
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* UriahGambit: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:In order to get Kojiro killed and complete Kuro's training, Kanemaki Jisai tells the rest of his students that whoever can prove themselves to be the strongest among them in their next mission can have [[ObliviouslyBeautiful Kojiro]] as a ''SexSlave'' while stoking their [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] by claiming that Kuro was secretly planing to take Kojiro for himself. This leads to Jisai's students murdering one another until only Kuro and Kojiro were the only ones left standing. But since Jisai intentionally kept both LockedOutOfTheLoop over what was going on, Kojiro believed that Kuro had become yet another "demon" who murdered all of their friends when he was [[NotWhatItLooksLike only defending himself], leading Kojiro to decapitate Kuro in a DuelToTheDeath. But at the end of the day, [[TheBadGuyWins Jisai finally gained]] the [[LackOfEmpathy coldblooded]] HumanWeapon he desired so much. [[DarkHorseVictory Just not the one he was personally betting on]].]]
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* UriahGambit: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:In order to get Kojiro killed and complete Kuro's training, Kanemaki Jisai tells the rest of his students that whoever can prove themselves to be the strongest among them in their next mission can have [[ObliviouslyBeautiful Kojiro]] as a ''SexSlave'' while stoking their [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] by claiming that Kuro was secretly planing to take Kojiro for himself. This leads to Jisai's students murdering one another until only Kuro and Kojiro were the only ones left standing. But since Jisai intentionally kept both LockedOutOfTheLoop over what was going on, Kojiro believed that Kuro had become yet another "demon" who murdered all of their friends when he was [[NotWhatItLooksLike only defending himself], himself]], leading Kojiro to decapitate Kuro in a DuelToTheDeath. But at the end of the day, [[TheBadGuyWins Jisai finally gained]] the [[LackOfEmpathy coldblooded]] HumanWeapon he desired so much. [[DarkHorseVictory Just not the one he was personally betting on]].]]
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* CampGay: Nobunaga's page Mori Ranmaru is portrayed as an [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] DragQueen who serves as both the Tournament's bombastic ringside announcer as well as the primary source of [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] in the story.
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* CampGay: Nobunaga's page Mori Ranmaru is portrayed as an a [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] DragQueen who serves as both the Tournament's bombastic ringside announcer as well as the primary source of [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] in the story.story.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: While the story features several PrettyBoy characters across its diverse cast, UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro takes the cake for being a RavenHairIvorySkin [[BeautifulAllAlong Beauty]] who is so androgynous under his [[CoolMask Noh mask]] that even ''Ranmaru'' can't discern Kojiro's gender on first glance. [[spoiler:This gets PlayedForDrama during Kojiro's FlashbackBPlot, where its revealed that his attractiveness within a martial arts school full of [[ImAManICantHelpIt hormonal teen boys]] compounded with a complete lack of self-awareness over [[ObliviouslyBeautiful the effect he had on them all]] radically increased Kojiro's likelihood of [[BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim being gangraped]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim by his peers]]. Its also heavily implied that the young Kojiro probably would've been sexually assaulted a long time ago had [[BestFriend Kuro]] not been there to [[AFriendInNeed watch his back]].]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady: While the story features several PrettyBoy characters across its diverse cast, UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro takes the cake for being a RavenHairIvorySkin [[BeautifulAllAlong Beauty]] who is so androgynous under his [[CoolMask Noh mask]] that even ''Ranmaru'' can't discern Kojiro's gender on first glance. [[spoiler:This gets PlayedForDrama during Kojiro's FlashbackBPlot, where its revealed that his attractiveness within a martial arts school full of [[ImAManICantHelpIt hormonal teen boys]] compounded with a complete lack of self-awareness over [[ObliviouslyBeautiful the effect he had on them all]] radically increased Kojiro's likelihood of [[BeautifulSexualAssaultVictim being gangraped]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim by his peers]]. Its also heavily implied that the young Kojiro probably would've been sexually assaulted a long time ago had [[BestFriend Kuro]] not been there to [[AFriendInNeed watch his back]].]]
** To a similar extent to Shingen, Sasaki Kojiro's special ability [[AwesomenessByAnalysis "Chart of Creation"]] puts his SherlockScan into overdrive, allowing him to also achive a state of HyperAwareness where he can NoSell and [[CounterAttack hard counter]] his enemy's techniques to the [[ClockKing exact second]] they make their move. But since this ability neccesstates Kojiro being able to ''see'' his opponent, all Hattori Hanzo needed to do was throw a [[SmokeOut smoke bomb]] to temporarily blind Kojiro while throwing his WhipSword [[{{BFS}} Odachi's]] tradjectory off-course. Kojiro also can only make the most out of his ability if he is 100% focused on his goal. Since Hanzo is both TheSocialExpert and a cunning GuileHero, the Ninja immediatley starts exploiting Kojiro's insecurities via [[IShallTauntYou non-stop shit talking]] until the calculating swordsman is [[BlindedByRage too pissed]] [[FailedASpotCheck to notice]] [[BatmanGambit he's walking right into Hanzo's traps]].
* WhipSword: Sasaki Kojiro's ImpossiblyCoolWeapon, the Bewitched Sword: ''[[NamedWeapons Monohoshizao Nagamitzu]]'', has the almost supernatural ability to function as both a [[{{BFS}} Odachi]] and a [[VariableLengthChain variable-length]] whip due to it being comprised of some kind of highly [[FantasyMetals flexible alloy]]. With it, Kojiro was capable of parrying every shuriken Hanzo could throw at him while simultaneously striking the ninja at [[ConfusionFu increasingly unpredictable angles]].
* ThirdPersonPerson: Fuma Kotaro the Sixth speaks almost exclusively in the third person, a quirk she apparently had since her days as a young trainee within the Fuma Clan.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Fuma Kotaro the Sixth speaks almost exclusively in the third person, a quirk she apparently had since her days as a young trainee within the Fuma Clan.
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** The forth match is between the sword-saint Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, an elderly veteran samurai famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, versus Hino Choko, a behemoth of a [[SumoWrestling rikishi]] who is [[TheDreaded dreaded as a demon]] for his [[TheBigGuy herculean strength]]. [[spoiler:Choko wins.]]
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** The forth fourth match is between the sword-saint Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, an elderly veteran samurai famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, versus Hino Choko, a behemoth of a [[SumoWrestling rikishi]] who is [[TheDreaded dreaded as a demon]] for his [[TheBigGuy herculean strength]]. [[spoiler:Choko wins.]]
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* TykeBomb: A key aspect of Sasaki Kojiro's DarkAndTroubledPast is that he was one of the thirty orphaned children Kanemaki Jisai took under his tutelage for the express purpose of creating a HumanWeapon that could serve as his instrument of revenge against his rivals. [[spoiler:Ironically enough, Jisai ''[[TeachersUnfavoriteStudent despised]]'' Kojiro due to seeing him as a distraction to his [[TheAce star pupil]] Kuro, and plotted an entire UriahGambit specifically to get Kojiro killed and complete Kuro's training in one fell swoop. A gambit GoneHorriblyRight when Kojiro [[KillTheOnesYouLove decapitates Kuro instead]] before [[DesperatelyNeedsOrders demanding Jisai to give him new orders]].]]
* UriahGambit: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:In order to get Kojiro killed and complete Kuro's training, Kanemaki Jisai tells the rest of his students that whoever can prove themselves to be the strongest among them in their next mission can have [[ObliviouslyBeautiful Kojiro]] as a ''SexSlave'' while stoking their [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] by claiming that Kuro was secretly planing to take Kojiro for himself. This leads to Jisai's students murdering one another until only Kuro and Kojiro were the only ones left standing. But since Jisai intentionally kept both LockedOutOfTheLoop over what was going on, Kojiro believed that Kuro had become yet another "demon" who murdered all of their friends when he was [[NotWhatItLooksLike only defending himself], leading Kojiro to decapitate Kuro in a DuelToTheDeath. But at the end of the day, [[TheBadGuyWins Jisai finally gained]] the [[LackOfEmpathy coldblooded]] HumanWeapon he desired so much. [[DarkHorseVictory Just not the one he was personally betting on]].]]
* UriahGambit: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler:In order to get Kojiro killed and complete Kuro's training, Kanemaki Jisai tells the rest of his students that whoever can prove themselves to be the strongest among them in their next mission can have [[ObliviouslyBeautiful Kojiro]] as a ''SexSlave'' while stoking their [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] by claiming that Kuro was secretly planing to take Kojiro for himself. This leads to Jisai's students murdering one another until only Kuro and Kojiro were the only ones left standing. But since Jisai intentionally kept both LockedOutOfTheLoop over what was going on, Kojiro believed that Kuro had become yet another "demon" who murdered all of their friends when he was [[NotWhatItLooksLike only defending himself], leading Kojiro to decapitate Kuro in a DuelToTheDeath. But at the end of the day, [[TheBadGuyWins Jisai finally gained]] the [[LackOfEmpathy coldblooded]] HumanWeapon he desired so much. [[DarkHorseVictory Just not the one he was personally betting on]].]]
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* HypercompetentSidekick: After the Tenkaichi was declared, Yasuke pledged his UndyingLoyalty to Nobunaga's second son Oda Nobukatsu, who is seen by the other daimyo participating in the tournament as a incompetent fool who Yasuke's service is wasted on. And Nobukatsu, suffering from ChronicSelfDeprecation, actually ''[[HisOwnWorstEnemy agrees]]'' with the harsh assessments of his critics. But Yasuke dismisses Nobukatsu's crippling self-doubt and explains that he chose to serve him because he ''genuinely'' believes the [[AChildShallLeadThem Young Lord]] [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre has what it takes]] to usher in a [[DawnOfAnEra true era of peace]] for Japan.
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** The second match is between Toda Shingen, a renown BlindWeaponmaster who uses a kodachi (short-sword) as his weapon of choice, versus Fuma Kotaro the Fifth, Sixth, current domineering head of Fuma {{Ninja}} Clan who possesses inhuman [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] which she uses in tandem with her own unique EpicFlail variant of the FuumaShuriken. [[spoiler:Kotaro wins.]]
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* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: This is a running theme with every single HistoricalDomainCharacter participating in the tournament, but special mention goes to Yasuke. In real life, Yasuke was one of the most obscure and enigmatic of Oda Nobunaga's retainers by virtue of the scant amount of information surrounding his life and the conflicting accounts regarding what happened to him after being captured by Mitsuhide. But here in ''Tenkaichi''? Yasuke is portrayed as Nobunaga's [[TheDreaded Dreaded]] [[TheDragon Right Hand Man]] and a LivingLegend of the same caliber as ''Franchise/JohnWick''.
-->'''Oda Nobutada:''' You are not merely another retainer of father's, [[RecruitedFromTheGutter serving by his side because you piqued his curiosity]]. When that Lord of Lords' head was [[PriceOnTheirHead the most sought-after in all of Japan]], ''you'' were his [[PraetorianGuard Imperial Guard]]. One of the only two whom he wished to be beside him in battle. [[ILikeThoseOdds Droves of spears, hails of arrows, and armor piercing iron guns]]...in that hellscape of a battlefield where death came in all forms, you and Hino Choko of the "Godly Physique" were the [[BashBrothers two warriors who preserved father's life]]. You are without a doubt...the '''"[[WorldsStrongestMan Strongest]] [[SuperToughness Living Shield]]."'''
-->'''Oda Nobutada:''' You are not merely another retainer of father's, [[RecruitedFromTheGutter serving by his side because you piqued his curiosity]]. When that Lord of Lords' head was [[PriceOnTheirHead the most sought-after in all of Japan]], ''you'' were his [[PraetorianGuard Imperial Guard]]. One of the only two whom he wished to be beside him in battle. [[ILikeThoseOdds Droves of spears, hails of arrows, and armor piercing iron guns]]...in that hellscape of a battlefield where death came in all forms, you and Hino Choko of the "Godly Physique" were the [[BashBrothers two warriors who preserved father's life]]. You are without a doubt...the '''"[[WorldsStrongestMan Strongest]] [[SuperToughness Living Shield]]."'''
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The real life William Adams was an English Navigator who washed up on the shores of Japan and rose to become a respected diplomatic advisor to Tokugawa Ieyasu before settling down with a wife and two children. In the ''Tenkaichi'' universe, William is a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil serial rapist]]'' who massacred dozens of samurai upon reaching Japan's shores and demanded that Mohri Terumoto hand over as much booze and women he wants or else he'll murder him too and conquer his territory.
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** The sixth match is between Yasuke, the indomitable African samurai who loyally served as the retainer to Oda Nobunaga himself, versus Togo Shigekata, founder of the Jigen-ryu school of combat who is notorious for his [[ArmorPiercingAttack Armor Piercing Attacks]].
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** The sixth match is between Yasuke, the indomitable [[MadeOfIron indomitable]] [[WesternSamurai African samurai samurai]] who once loyally served as the retainer TheDragon to Oda Nobunaga himself, versus Togo Shigekata, founder of the Jigen-ryu school of combat who is notorious for his [[ArmorPiercingAttack Armor Piercing Attacks]].
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* LogicalWeakness: Toda Shingen's special ability [[DisabilitySuperpower "White Night's Eye"]] grants him [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil-esque]] HyperAwareness to compensate for his blindness. So Fuma Kotaro decides to immediately ''burst Shingen's ear drums'' via ShockwaveClap, permanently crippling his spacial awareness for the rest of the match. The fact that Shingen is also a DentedIron OldMaster while Kotaro is a SuperSoldier who can augment her already freakish physicality even further via PsychoSerum, means that Shingen is [[CombatBreakdown worn down]] to a point where he has no choice but to fall back on a SelfDestructiveCharge to land a killing blow on Kotaro. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
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* LogicalWeakness: Toda Shingen's special ability [[DisabilitySuperpower "White Night's Eye"]] grants him [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil-esque]] HyperAwareness to compensate for his blindness. So Fuma Kotaro decides to immediately ''burst Shingen's ear drums'' via ShockwaveClap, permanently crippling his spacial spatial awareness for the rest of the match. The fact that Shingen is also a DentedIron OldMaster while Kotaro is a SuperSoldier who can augment her already freakish physicality even further via PsychoSerum, means that Shingen is [[CombatBreakdown worn down]] to a point where he has no choice but to fall back on a SelfDestructiveCharge to land a killing blow on Kotaro. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants Toda Shingen and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. Both men are undisputed masters of their respective crafts with an entire lifetime's worth of combat experience under their belt, which manifests in the form of their incredible evasive abilities and superhuman reaction times. But at the end of the day, their respective advanced ages (Shingen is 83 while Nobutsuna is 93) puts them at an ''immense'' disadvantage against younger opponents who are still in their physical prime. [[spoiler:This leads to Shingen getting [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripped apart like wet tissue paper]] by Fuma Kotaro, while Nobutsuna just ''[[LifeWillKillYou dies of natural causes]]'' after unlocking the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers "Gate of Celestial Awakening"]] during his fight with Choko.]]
* OldMaster: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] through contestants Toda Shingen and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna. Both men are undisputed masters of their respective crafts with an entire lifetime's worth of combat experience under their belt, which manifests in the form of their incredible evasive abilities and superhuman reaction times. But at the end of the day, their respective advanced ages (Shingen is 83 while Nobutsuna is 93) puts them at an ''immense'' disadvantage against younger opponents who are still in their physical prime. [[spoiler:This leads to Shingen getting [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ripped apart like wet tissue paper]] by Fuma Kotaro, while Nobutsuna just ''[[LifeWillKillYou dies of natural causes]]'' after unlocking the [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers "Gate of Celestial Awakening"]] during his fight with Choko.]]
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* LogicalWeakness: Toda Shingen's special ability [[DisabilitySuperpower "White Night's Eye"]] grants him [[ComicBook/Daredevil [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Daredevil-esque]] HyperAwareness to compensate for his blindness. So Fuma Kotaro decides to immediately ''burst Shingen's ear drums'' via ShockwaveClap, permanently crippling his spacial awareness for the rest of the match. The fact that Shingen is also a DentedIron OldMaster while Kotaro is a SuperSoldier who can augment her already freakish physicality even further via PsychoSerum, means that Shingen is [[CombatBreakdown worn down]] to a point where he has no choice but to fall back on a SelfDestructiveCharge to land a killing blow on Kotaro. [[spoiler: It doesn't work.]]
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''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist) is a 2021 AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma.
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''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: Strongest "Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist) Artist") is a 2021 an AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma.
Azuma. It began serialization in the {{seinen}} publication ''Monthly Young Magazine'' in 2021.
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And thus the titular Tenkaichi was born! A [[Gorn bloody]] [[NoHoldsBarredContest no-holds-barred]] CombatByChampion tournament where 16 of the land's most notorious combatants representing their respective patrons have gathered to fight to the death over the future of Japan.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''This is not history as we know it.'']]
''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist) is a 2021 AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma.
InAWorld where UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga did not perish at Honnō-ji and succeeded in unifying all of Japan under his banner, the infamous [[DemonKingNobunaga Demon King of the Sixth Heaven]] ushered a decade of peace and prosperity before being struck with the revelation that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he is not long for this world]]. A successor ''must'' be named before a [[SuccessionCrisis crisis can unravel everything that he has built]]. But Nobunaga, desiring to see [[BloodKnight human struggle and bloodshed]] one last time before he kicks the bucket, declares that he will personally hand over his mantle to whoever can produce the strongest warrior in the country.
And thus the titular Tenkaichi was born! A [[Gorn bloody]] [[NoHoldsBarredContest no-holds-barred]] CombatByChampion tournament where 16 of the land's most notorious combatants representing their respective patrons have gathered to fight to the death over the future of Japan.
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!!''Tenkaichi'' provides examples of:
* AmazonianBeauty: [[UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro Fuma Kotaro]] [[LegacyCharacter the Sixth]] is a [[MostCommonSuperpower busty]], [[HartmanHips curvaceous]], StatuesqueStunner ActionGirl who is '''[[MusclesAreMeaningful absolutely jacked]]''' as a result of the inhumane medical experiments the Fuma Clan subjected her to.
* BloodKnight: The entire reason the Tenkaichi Tournament exists in the first place is because of a terminally ill Oda Nobunaga wanting to witness a ultraviolent spectacle before he passes away. The tournament itself is also rife with contestants who signed on specifically to enjoy a good brawl even if it means suffering a brutal death at the hands of a stronger opponent.
* ButterflyOfDoom: [[spoiler: Honda Tadakatsu's loss to Miyamoto Musashi results in Tokugawa Ieyasu being written off as a potential successor to Nobunaga. This means that the entire Edo Period as we know it, all 260 years of peace and prosperity under the Tokugawa Shogunate, ''never happens.'']]
* CampGay: Nobunaga's page Mori Ranmaru is portrayed as an [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] DragQueen who serves as both the Tournament's bombastic ringside announcer as well as the primary source of [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] in the story.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every contestant (and by extension the respective lords they represent) have a real-life counterpart who was active during Japan's UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod. The only real exception is the current Fuma Kotaro, who in this universe is a woman who surpassed the famed Fifth Kotaro and took his mantle for herself.
* PointOfDivergence: The AlternateHistory of ''Tenkaichi'' begins when UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide suddenly decides to ''not'' betray Nobunaga at Honnō-ji after receiving some kind of premonition of the future regarding how peaceful Japan would look like if another man succeeds in uniting the nation...[[GoodIsBoring and deeming that future too "boring" for his taste]].
* TournamentArc: The entire plot revolves around the titular Tenkaichi Tournament, where 16 fighters battle to the death in a series of brutal matches where the reigning champion will have their lord named the next ruler of Japan by Nobunaga himself.
** The first match is between a 16 year old UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, who in this timeline hit a plateau in his development as a duelist due to lacking challenging opponents to face, versus UsefulNotes/HondaTadakatsu, one of the Tokugawa Clan's most famous generals and veteran of over 100 battles without facing any injury. [[spoiler:Musashi wins.]]
** The second match is between Toda Shingen, a renown BlindWeaponmaster who uses a kodachi (short-sword) as his weapon of choice, versus Fuma Kotaro the Fifth, current domineering head of Fuma {{Ninja}} Clan who possesses inhuman [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] which she uses in tandem with her own unique EpicFlail variant of the FuumaShuriken. [[spoiler:Kotaro wins.]]
** The third match is between a 29 year old Yagyu Munenori, bloodthirsty practitioner of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu sword fighting style who is boasted to have no equal, versus William Adams, a barbaric Englishman who washed up on the shores of Japan and desires to RapePillageAndBurn every inch of his new home. [[spoiler:Munenori wins. ''[[CurbStompBattle By a landslide]]''.]]
** The forth match is between the sword-saint Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, an elderly veteran samurai famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, versus Hino Choko, a behemoth of a [[SumoWrestling rikishi]] who is [[TheDreaded dreaded as a demon]] for his [[TheBigGuy herculean strength]]. [[spoiler:Choko wins.]]
** The fifth match is between UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, legendary SamuraiShinobi of the Tokugawa Clan and master CombatPragmatist, versus UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, the enigmatic masked swordsman who uses AwesomenessByAnalysis to radically amplify his lethality. [[spoiler:Hanzo wins in a massive DarkHorseVictory, but Kojiro's death remains [[NeverFoundTheBody unconfirmed]].]]
** The sixth match is between Yasuke, the indomitable African samurai who loyally served as the retainer to Oda Nobunaga himself, versus Togo Shigekata, founder of the Jigen-ryu school of combat who is notorious for his [[ArmorPiercingAttack Armor Piercing Attacks]].
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''This is not history as we know it.'']]
''Tenkaichi: Nihon Saikyo Bugeisha Ketteisen'' (lit: Strongest Under Heaven: Battle To Decide Japan's Best Martial Artist) is a 2021 AlternateHistory FightingSeries {{Manga}} written by Yosuke Nakamaru and illustrated by Kyotaro Azuma.
InAWorld where UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga did not perish at Honnō-ji and succeeded in unifying all of Japan under his banner, the infamous [[DemonKingNobunaga Demon King of the Sixth Heaven]] ushered a decade of peace and prosperity before being struck with the revelation that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he is not long for this world]]. A successor ''must'' be named before a [[SuccessionCrisis crisis can unravel everything that he has built]]. But Nobunaga, desiring to see [[BloodKnight human struggle and bloodshed]] one last time before he kicks the bucket, declares that he will personally hand over his mantle to whoever can produce the strongest warrior in the country.
And thus the titular Tenkaichi was born! A [[Gorn bloody]] [[NoHoldsBarredContest no-holds-barred]] CombatByChampion tournament where 16 of the land's most notorious combatants representing their respective patrons have gathered to fight to the death over the future of Japan.
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!!''Tenkaichi'' provides examples of:
* AmazonianBeauty: [[UsefulNotes/FuumaKotaro Fuma Kotaro]] [[LegacyCharacter the Sixth]] is a [[MostCommonSuperpower busty]], [[HartmanHips curvaceous]], StatuesqueStunner ActionGirl who is '''[[MusclesAreMeaningful absolutely jacked]]''' as a result of the inhumane medical experiments the Fuma Clan subjected her to.
* BloodKnight: The entire reason the Tenkaichi Tournament exists in the first place is because of a terminally ill Oda Nobunaga wanting to witness a ultraviolent spectacle before he passes away. The tournament itself is also rife with contestants who signed on specifically to enjoy a good brawl even if it means suffering a brutal death at the hands of a stronger opponent.
* ButterflyOfDoom: [[spoiler: Honda Tadakatsu's loss to Miyamoto Musashi results in Tokugawa Ieyasu being written off as a potential successor to Nobunaga. This means that the entire Edo Period as we know it, all 260 years of peace and prosperity under the Tokugawa Shogunate, ''never happens.'']]
* CampGay: Nobunaga's page Mori Ranmaru is portrayed as an [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] DragQueen who serves as both the Tournament's bombastic ringside announcer as well as the primary source of [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] in the story.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Every contestant (and by extension the respective lords they represent) have a real-life counterpart who was active during Japan's UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod. The only real exception is the current Fuma Kotaro, who in this universe is a woman who surpassed the famed Fifth Kotaro and took his mantle for herself.
* PointOfDivergence: The AlternateHistory of ''Tenkaichi'' begins when UsefulNotes/AkechiMitsuhide suddenly decides to ''not'' betray Nobunaga at Honnō-ji after receiving some kind of premonition of the future regarding how peaceful Japan would look like if another man succeeds in uniting the nation...[[GoodIsBoring and deeming that future too "boring" for his taste]].
* TournamentArc: The entire plot revolves around the titular Tenkaichi Tournament, where 16 fighters battle to the death in a series of brutal matches where the reigning champion will have their lord named the next ruler of Japan by Nobunaga himself.
** The first match is between a 16 year old UsefulNotes/MiyamotoMusashi, who in this timeline hit a plateau in his development as a duelist due to lacking challenging opponents to face, versus UsefulNotes/HondaTadakatsu, one of the Tokugawa Clan's most famous generals and veteran of over 100 battles without facing any injury. [[spoiler:Musashi wins.]]
** The second match is between Toda Shingen, a renown BlindWeaponmaster who uses a kodachi (short-sword) as his weapon of choice, versus Fuma Kotaro the Fifth, current domineering head of Fuma {{Ninja}} Clan who possesses inhuman [[SuperStrength strength]] and [[SuperReflexes reflexes]] which she uses in tandem with her own unique EpicFlail variant of the FuumaShuriken. [[spoiler:Kotaro wins.]]
** The third match is between a 29 year old Yagyu Munenori, bloodthirsty practitioner of the Yagyu Shinkage-ryu sword fighting style who is boasted to have no equal, versus William Adams, a barbaric Englishman who washed up on the shores of Japan and desires to RapePillageAndBurn every inch of his new home. [[spoiler:Munenori wins. ''[[CurbStompBattle By a landslide]]''.]]
** The forth match is between the sword-saint Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, an elderly veteran samurai famous for creating the Shinkage-ryū school of combat, versus Hino Choko, a behemoth of a [[SumoWrestling rikishi]] who is [[TheDreaded dreaded as a demon]] for his [[TheBigGuy herculean strength]]. [[spoiler:Choko wins.]]
** The fifth match is between UsefulNotes/HattoriHanzo, legendary SamuraiShinobi of the Tokugawa Clan and master CombatPragmatist, versus UsefulNotes/SasakiKojiro, the enigmatic masked swordsman who uses AwesomenessByAnalysis to radically amplify his lethality. [[spoiler:Hanzo wins in a massive DarkHorseVictory, but Kojiro's death remains [[NeverFoundTheBody unconfirmed]].]]
** The sixth match is between Yasuke, the indomitable African samurai who loyally served as the retainer to Oda Nobunaga himself, versus Togo Shigekata, founder of the Jigen-ryu school of combat who is notorious for his [[ArmorPiercingAttack Armor Piercing Attacks]].
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