History WMG / SakuraWars

Now that Akiko Kuno has unfortunately passed away, Sega might have to figure out a way to replace her as the voice of Ratchet. They may [[TheOtherDarrin recast the role]] or if not, they may end up [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim killing her off]].

** Not to mention that SEGA now owns Creator/{{Atlus}}, the similar yet more widely known and well-profiting [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]-dating sims seems to fill in the quota that Sakura Wars used to.

[[WMG:Subaru Kujo of ''Sakura Taisen 5'' is bisexual.]]When you talk to her early in the game, she'll say that she thinks that genders are meaningless. Add that to the fact that she's {{Bifauxnen}} and...
* Confirmed by a missable scene in the sixth chapter, where Subaru attempts to convince Diana to accept a love confession from a girl because "when you love someone, sex does not matter. You can't control those emotions."
** One hardly has to be bisexual to be supportive of same sex couples. Indeed it isn't even certain that Subaru is female.

[[WMG:Subaru keeps his/her gender ambiguous because s/he's intersexed.]]Speaks for itself, really.
* There's a lot of evidence for this one.
** She states at one point, while avoiding a bath in the hot springs with the female characters, that she doesn't like to show her naked body.
** When the characters are divided by gender for a sleepover, she attempts but fails to get a separate room from the women.
** Rosita raises the question of, "Is she both?" in regards to her sex.
** Subaru questions whether she looks feminine enough when she attempts to dress that way for a disguise.
** A villain who targets women immobilizes the other three party members but leaves Subaru untouched until she comes right at him.
** She chooses to play boyfriend to Shinjiro in drag and seems just as comfortable doing this as playing girlfriend to him normally.
** Even after she's fallen for him, she gets angry when Shinjiro happens upon her in the hot springs.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YigjqimoKk Jossed with great justice.]]

[[WMG:The fact that there was a demon war instead of WorldWarI explains why there is alcohol in [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove Sakura Wars V.]] ]]

[[WMG: VideoGame/SakuraTaisen is the distant past of Anime/BubblegumCrisis.]]

* Very unlikely. The franchise has been under massive dormancy for years and hasn't been a profiting IP since late 00s after [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove Sakura Wars V's]] release. In fact, the only new games since the DS-spinoff were mobile-based, mainly the 2012's card game app by Mobage that included [[http://segabits.com/blog/2013/07/27/sega-announces-new-sakura-wars-game-fans-not-very-pleased/ cringeworthy [[http://game.huanqiu.com/roll/2015-01/5465175.html fanservice]] forced on the girls. Speaking which, [[https://www.segalization.com/2016/03/30/sakura-wars-mobage-service-recently-discontinued/ they seem to be doing yet another one]] while discontinuing the former.

* Very unlikely. The franchise has been under massive dormancy for years and hasn't been a profiting IP since late 00s after [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove Sakura Wars V's]] release. In fact, the only new games since the DS-spinoff were mobile-based, mainly the 2012's card game app by Mobage that included [[http://segabits.com/blog/2013/07/27/sega-announces-new-sakura-wars-game-fans-not-very-pleased/ cringeworthy fanservice]] forced on the girls. Speaking which, [[https://www.segalization.com/2016/03/30/sakura-wars-mobage-service-recently-discontinued/ they seem to be doing yet another one]] while discontinuing the former.

* Very unlikely. The franchise has been under massive dormancy for years and hasn't been a profiting IP since late 00s after [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove Sakura Wars V's]] release. In fact, the only new games since the DS-spinoff were mobile-based, mainly the 2012's card game app by Mobage that included [[http://segabits.com/blog/2013/11/01/sakura-wars-mobage-will-feature-a-costume-changing-system-and-sign-ups/ cringeworthy fanservice]] forced on the girls. Speaking which, [[https://www.segalization.com/2016/03/30/sakura-wars-mobage-service-recently-discontinued/ they seem to be doing yet another one]] while discontinuing the former.

[[WMG:The fact that there was a demon war instead of WorldWarI explains why there is alcohol in [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove SakuraWarsV.]] ]]

* Very unlikely. The franchise has been under massive dormancy for years and hasn't been a profiting IP since late 00s after Sakura Wars V's release. In fact, the only new games since the DS-spinoff were mobile-based, mainly the 2012's card game app by Mobage that included [[http://segabits.com/blog/2013/11/01/sakura-wars-mobage-will-feature-a-costume-changing-system-and-sign-ups/ cringeworthy fanservice]] forced on the girls. Speaking which, [[https://www.segalization.com/2016/03/30/sakura-wars-mobage-service-recently-discontinued/ they seem to be doing yet another one]] while discontinuing the former.

[[WMG:The fact that there was a demon war instead of WorldWarI explains why there is alcohol in [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove SakuraWarsV]]

* Very unlikely. The franchise has been under massive dormancy for years and hasn't been a profiting IP since late 00s after Sakura Wars V's release. In fact, the only new games since the DS-spinoff were mobile-based, mainly the 2012's card game app by Mobage that included cringeworthy fanservice forced on the girls. Speaking which, [[https://www.segalization.com/2016/03/30/sakura-wars-mobage-service-recently-discontinued/ they seem to be doing yet another one]] while discontinuing the former.

There's also the huge competition with today's Videogame/FireEmblem since it was retooled to more wider audience and now shares more than a lot elements with Sakura Wars-games now, yet has hit a mainstream status within the Nintendo-properties due critical acclaim and exceptional sales. Sakura Wars seems best left in the past unless there's a way it can distinguish itself from it's more popular competitors. At least the museums are still up and there's the live shows.

[[WMG:The fact that there was a demon war instead of WorldWarI explains why there is alcohol in SakuraWarsV]]

** Not to mention that SEGA now owns Creator/Atlus, the similar yet more widely known and well-profiting [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]-dating sims seems to fill in the quota that Sakura Wars used to. There's also the huge competition with today's Videogame/FireEmblem since it was retooled to more wider audience and now shares more than a lot elements with Sakura Wars-games now, yet has hit a mainstream status within the Nintendo-properties due critical acclaim and exceptional sales. Sakura Wars seems best left in the past unless there's a way it can distinguish itself from it's more popular competitors. At least the museums are still up and there's the live shows.

[[WMG: Gemini is an ancestor of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Serah Farron]].]]

[[WMG: Franchise/SakuraTaisen is the distant past of Anime/BubblegumCrisis.]]

[[WMG: Franchise/SakuraTaisen is the distant past of Anime/BubblegumCrisis.