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| 17 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sakura_taisen_main_illustration.png]] |
| 18 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Maidens who pledged their lives to steel, [[RightMakesMight cut through evil]] and [[ForGreatJustice show the way to justice]]!"'']] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | ->''"Hashire kousouku no Teikokukagekidan!\ |
| 21 | Unare shougeki no Teikokukagekidan!"''[[labelnote:Translation]]\ |
| 22 | Run at the speed of light, Imperial Combat Revue!\ |
| 23 | Roar with power, Imperial Combat Revue![[/labelnote]] |
| 24 | -->--From ''Geki! Teikokukagekidan'', the [[AnimeThemeSong original theme song]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | ''Sakura Wars'' is a video game franchise created by Oji Hiroi of Creator/RedEntertainment and developed by Creator/{{Sega}}, which started in 1996. The games eventually branched out into {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VAs, several TV series and a [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie film]]. The games, now at their sixth release in the series, are a combination of DatingSim and [[TurnBasedStrategy tactical combat]], and have a near-fanatical following. Though [[NoExportForYou most have seen no release outside Japan]], the first two games were officially released in UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} in 2006 and 2008 respectively, and the fifth game was released in North America on March 30, 2010 and in Europe a month later. The first four games were also released in Chinese and Korean alongside several spinoffs. |
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| 28 | The series primarily takes place in the RoaringTwenties, but with [[AlternateHistory one key twist]]: Instead of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, an occult conflict called the Demon Wars took place in 1918, pitting [[TheLegionsOfHell hellish creatures from another plane of existence]] against a plucky band of humans. Although the humans [[SealedEvilInACan won]], half the band was lost. With [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness international approval]], [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Japan]] continues advancing its groundbreaking steam-powered technology, preparing for the demons' [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil inevitable return]]. |
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| 30 | In Japan, these preparations take the form of the Imperial Combat Revue. Their [[EliteArmy elite squad of warriors]], the [[ThemeNaming Flower Division]], is equipped with steam-powered battle armor called Kobu as well as the weapons and skilled needed to fight the demons. Due to a quirk in the part-magical technology of the Kobu, all the members of the Flower Division (save for their commanding officer) are women. By taking advantage of a pun in Japanese ("Teikoku Kagekidan" can mean "Imperial '''Combat''' Revue" or "Imperial '''Opera''' Revue" depending on the kanji used), the Flower Division make their headquarters underneath the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo, where they maintain their cover identities as stage performers when not slaying demonic forces. This allows for a lot of music in between the battle scenes, and no small amount of incidental comedy. In due time, their successes lead to the formation of the Paris and New York Combat Revues, who fight similarly (albeit with their own unique spin on things). |
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| 32 | The series has a total of five OVA series covering the daily lives and struggles of the different combat revues. Creator/{{Radix}} handled the animation for all but one of them. The first two focus primarily on the Tokyo Flower Division with ''Ouka Kenran'' (''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'') revealing how the team was originally established and ''Gouka Kenran'' (''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'') highlighting the familial unity of the girls. These were dubbed in English by Creator/ADVFilms who hired a cast that gave both series a more multicultural feel to them. The themes in both stories were reused for the third and fourth OVA series starring the Paris Flower Division. The third series, licensed by Creator/FUNimation, had been released with the subtitle of ''École de Paris''. Soon enough, the fourth series ''Le Nouveau Paris'' followed suit. The fifth OVA series (based appropriately enough on the fifth game) was titled ''New York, New York'' with Creator/{{AIC}} producing the animation like they did in ''So Long, My Love''. It depicted the New York Star Division facing a new threat after the events of the fifth game. |
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| 34 | In addition to the [=OVAs=], there is a movie, released in 2001. Like the episodes of the second series, the film is also a self-contained story in the same continuity (no AlternateContinuity here) and leaves no hanging plot threads behind; the new character introduced here even goes on to appear in the later ''Sakura Wars V'' game. The movie also substantially expands the world of ''Sakura Wars'' beyond Japan, exploring in greater depth the dynamics of the prototype team fielded in wartime Europe. The movie takes place just after the end of the third game (Paris) and before the beginning of the fourth (which ended the "Tokyo arc"). This makes extensive use of CGI effects, particularly for the ''Kobu''. Creator/PioneerEntertainment licensed and dubbed the movie instead of Creator/ADVFilms (Note: Creator/FUNimation now owns the license to the film, along with other titles by Creator/{{Geneon}}), along with different voice actors and fewer attempts to provide diverse accents that ADV did. |
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| 36 | There is also [[Anime/SakuraWars2000 a TV series version]] which is an AlternateContinuity from the [=OVAs=]. Produced by Creator/{{Madhouse}} and aired in Japan in 2000, it follows the plotline of the first game but with multiple (and ''major'') alterations, particularly in the personalities of the villains and some of the principals themselves. The TV series bears an [[DarkerAndEdgier overall darker tone than even the original games]]. |
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| 38 | The manga, which was released in Japan from 2003 to 2021, adapts the first game again albeit with minor alterations inspired by the TV series. Much of the first half had been released in English by Creator/{{Tokyopop}}, though the rest were not translated after most of the company's operations ceased. A motion comic production of the manga was also done by [=TOMOTOON=] and released in August 2013. |
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| 40 | ''Sakura Wars'' is a legendary license and is one of the few franchises to make a truly successful expansion into nearly every form of media. The series' voice actors regularly performed (up to 2008) in sold-out Broadway-style "live shows" and radio dramas (all set in the ''Sakura Wars'' universe), and a ''Sakura Wars'' cafe/store stood in the Sega amusement center in Tokyo until its closing in March 2008. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | An attempt to localize the series for digital distribution [[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kiss-Me-Sweet-The-Sakura-Wars-Localization-Project/382878205094476 sprung up]], though no updates have been made since 2021. There is also a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5BL8NzLBo completed fan translation]] for the Saturn version of the first ''Sakura Wars'' game by Iwakura Productions. |
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| 44 | Ichiro Ogami, Sakura Shinguji, Erica Fontaine, and Gemini Sunrise also made an appearance in ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'', a crossover game produced by Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment, Sega, and Creator/{{Capcom}}. They return for the sequel as well, bringing none other than Advertising/SegataSanshiro with them. |
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| 46 | At SEGA FES 2018 (over a decade after the release of ''Sakura Wars V''), a sixth mainline entry was finally announced, also titled ''{{VideoGame/Sakura Wars|2019}}'' and released in December 2019 in Japan, with an international release in April 2020. An animated adaptation of the game was announced at the 2019 Tokyo Game Show, as well, and also premiered in April 2020. |
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| 48 | On October 15, 2021, it was announced that Ogami, Sakura, Erica, Gemini and Shinjiro Taiga will be part of the first DLC for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars30'', marking the first official appearance of the franchise in the popular ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' franchise after only showing up in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' |
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| 50 | '''Character tropes go on to the [[Characters/SakuraWars Character Sheet]]'''. |
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| 52 | Nothing to do with the manga called ''Manga/SakuraDiscord''. |
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| 60 | [[folder:Games]] |
| 61 | [[index]] |
| 62 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|1996}}'' (1996): [[WhereItAllBegan The one that started it all]]. In 1923, Ichiro Ogami, a fresh-faced Imperial Navy Ensign, is assigned to the Imperial Combat Revue, a clandestine organization dedicated to defending Tokyo from the threat of demonic invasion. Joining him are swordswoman-in-training Sakura Shinguji, haughty aristocrat Sumire Kanzaki, feisty Okinawa-born martial artist Kanna Kirishima, French psychic prodigy Iris Châteaubriand, Chinese scientist Kohran Li, and Russian sharpshooter Maria Tachibana. The first game to be developed for the Platform/SegaSaturn. |
| 63 | * ''VideoGame/HanagumiTaisenColumns'' (1997): A ''Sakura Wars''-themed version of ''Columns''. The only ''Sakura Wars'' game that is on an arcade system, that being Sega's ST-V. |
| 64 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie'' (1998): Two years after the first game, a new demonic threat arrives, pressing the Imperial Combat Revue back into service. This time, they are joined by Orihime Soletta, an Italian actress; and Reni Milchstraße, a German tactical genius. |
| 65 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsGB'' (2000): A spin-off on the Platform/GameBoyColor set between the first and second mainline games, wherein the PlayerCharacter is a new recruit to the Imperial Combat Revue who works with Ogami and the rest of the Flower Division to keep the peace. |
| 66 | * ''VideoGame/HanagumiTaisenColumns2'' (2000): A sequel to ''Hanagumi Taisen Columns'' and the only ''Columns'' game for the Platform/{{Dreamcast}}, and the first ''Sakura Wars'' game in overall to be released on said system. |
| 67 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning'' (2001): When a supernatural menace threatens Paris, Ogami is dispatched to the City of Lights to aid the fledgling Paris Combat Revue. Under his command are Erica Fontaine, a clumsy but spirited nun; Glycine Bleumer, a noblewoman; Lobelia Carnili, a notorious criminal; Hanabi Kitaoji, a grieving widow; and Coquelicot, a Vietnamese orphan. The first game to be developed by Overworks for the Dreamcast. |
| 68 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsGB2'' (2001): The sequel to the first Game Boy Color spinoff. Set after the second game, the PlayerCharacter is, once again, a Combat Revue newcomer fighting to protect Tokyo. Unique to this game is the ability to customize your own spirit armor. |
| 69 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens'' (2002): No sooner does Ogami return from his mission to Paris does a new threat emerge in the form of a golden spirit armor terrorizing the capital! It will take the combined might of the Imperial and Paris Combat Revues to save the day! |
| 70 | * ''[[VideoGame/SakuraWarsInHotBlood Sakura Wars: In Hot Blood]]'' (2003): A remake of the first game developed by Overworks and the first to be developed for the Platform/PlayStation2. |
| 71 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsStoryMysteriousParis'' (2004) |
| 72 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsVEpisode0SamuraiDaughterOfTheWild'' (2004): A prequel to the fifth game that centers around Gemini Sunrise's exploits before joining the New York Combat Revue. |
| 73 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove'' (2005): In 1928, Ogami's nephew Shinjiro Taiga, a fresh-faced Navy graduate, is dispatched to America to aid the fledgling New York Combat Revue. Joining him in protecting the Big Apple are Gemini Sunrise, a Texan cowgirl and samurai aficionado; Cheiron Archer,[[note]]Named Sagitta Weinberg in Japan[[/note]] a Harlemite gangster-turned-lawyer; Rosita Aries,[[note]]Named Rikarita Aries in Japan[[/note]] a feisty bounty huntress from Mexico; Subaru Kujo, a mysterious and androgynous Japanese actress; and Diana Caprice, a frail but spirited physician. The first game to be developed by Sega's [=GE2=] division, it was also the first to be localized in North America and Europe for the [=PS2=] and the Platform/{{Wii}}. |
| 74 | * ''[[VideoGame/DramaticDungeonSakuraWars Dramatic Dungeon: Sakura Wars — Because You Were There]]'' (2008): A GaidenGame for the Platform/NintendoDS that brings together the Imperial, Paris, and New York Combat Revues to contend with a new demonic threat that has left our heroes unable to use their spirit armors! Taking place after the events of the fifth game, it would be the last game in the original series before the soft reboot... |
| 75 | * ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|2019}}'' (2019): In 1940, a new generation of the Imperial Combat Revue, led by Seijuro Kamiyama, must rise to protect Tokyo. Under the guidance of Sumire Kanzaki, a founding member of the previous Revue who had retired from the front lines, he is joined by Sakura Amamiya, a fan of Sakura Shinguji; Hatsuho Shinonome, a hot-blooded shrine maiden; Azami Mochizuki, a prodigious shinobi-in-training; Anastasia Palma, a reknowned Grecian actress; and Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake, a Luxembourg-born scholar and magician. The first game to be developed by Sega's reorganized [=CS2=] division for the Platform/PlayStation4, it was also the first to be localized by Sega themselves. |
| 76 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraRevolutionBloomingMaidens'' (2020-2021): A {{Defunct Online|VideoGames}} GaidenGame released for smartphones, and the franchise's first mobile entry to date. In 2011, Japan is recovering from an attack on the imperial capital made 16 years prior. Using a form of energy known as "Mirai", the country appeared to be on the road to reconstruction, but after activating the New Captial Tower, demons known as "Kouki" began to appear and the cherry blossoms stopped blooming. To protect and entertain the people, the government created the Great Imperial Combat Revue B.L.A.C.K., but their current peace is a false one. A separate Imperial Combat Revue, along with new recruit Shino Sakura, rose among the people to expose the conspiracy and take back Japan. |
| 77 | [[/index]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Anime]] |
| 82 | [[index]] |
| 83 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheGorgeousBloomingCherryBlossoms'' (December 18, 1997 -- July 25, 1998): This OVA series depicts the foundation of the Imperial Combat Revue, including Sakura's recruitment into the Revue and her first battle, along with a DenouementEpisode taking place after the events of the first game. |
| 84 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheRadiantGorgeousBloomingCherryBlossoms'' (December 18, 1999 -- December 21, 2000): A second OVA series, based on the second game, that [[ADayInTheSpotlight explores individual members of the Imperial Combat Revue in each episode]]. |
| 85 | * ''Anime/{{Sakura Wars|2000}}'' (April 8, 2000 -- September 23, 2000): A loose adaptation of the first game's story. |
| 86 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'' (December 22, 2001): [[TheMovie A feature-length film]] taking place between the third and fourth games, depicting the Imperial Combat Revue's struggle to protect Tokyo while Ogami is on dispatch to Paris. This film also introduces Ratchet Altair, who would become a major character in ''So Long, My Love''. |
| 87 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsSumire'' (December 18, 2002): An OVA film [[ADayInTheSpotlight focused on Sumire Kanzaki]] and her final days in the Imperial Combat Revue before retiring from the front lines. The OVA coincides with [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Sumire's voice actress, Michie Tomizawa, going into retirement following her marriage]]. |
| 88 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsEcoleDeParis'' (March 19, 2003 -- August 20, 2003) |
| 89 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsLeNouveauParis'' (October 20, 2004 -- March 16, 2005) |
| 90 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsNewYork'' (April 4, 2007 -- August 1, 2007): An OVA series taking place after the events of ''So Long, My Love'', which depict the New York Combat Revue's battle against a new demonic threat. |
| 91 | * ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheAnimation'' (April 3, 2020 -- June 19, 2020): Taking place after the events of the 2019 game, this series depicts the new Imperial Combat Revue's continued efforts to protect Tokyo from demonic incursion, while also contending with the Moscow Combat Revue. |
| 92 | * ''[[Anime/SakuraRevolutionBloomingMaidensSpecialAnime Sakura Revolution: Blooming Maidens: Special Anime]]'' (September 2, 2020): An ONA acting as a prologue to the game, released along with its opening video. |
| 93 | [[/index]] |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Novels]] |
| 97 | [[index]] |
| 98 | * ''Literature/SakuraTaisenZenya'' (1997—1998) — A prequel to the first game, it focuses on the lives of Sumire Kanzaki, Iris Châteaubriand and Kohran Li before they joined the Imperial Combat Revue. |
| 99 | * ''Literature/SakuraTaisen'' (1999—2000) — The novelization of the [[VideoGame/SakuraWars1996 1996 video game of the same name]], written by Creator/SatoruAkahori. |
| 100 | * ''[[Literature/SakuraTaisenGoukaKenran Sakura Taisen: Gouka Kenran]]'' (2001) — The novelization of ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki. |
| 101 | * ''[[Literature/SakuraTaisenTaishoRenka Sakura Taisen: Taisho Renka]]'' (2001—2002) — A series of spin-off adventures focusing on Ogami and the Imperial Combat Revue. |
| 102 | * ''[[Literature/SakuraTaisenKatsudoShashin Sakura Taisen: Katsudo Shashin]]'' (2002) — The novelization of [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie the film of the same name]], written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki. |
| 103 | * ''Literature/SakuraTaisenParisZenya'' (2005—2006) — Set a few years before ''Is Paris Burning?'', focusing on the early lives of the Paris Combat Revue members. |
| 104 | * ''Literature/ShinSakuraTaisenTheNovelHizakuraNoKoro'' (2019) — Set one year before the 2019 ''Sakura Wars'', focusing on Sumire Kanzaki organizing a new Flower Division. |
| 105 | [[/index]] |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
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| 109 | !!The series provides examples of: |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 113 | [[folder:A-C]] |
| 114 | * TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: {{OVA}} 3 and later, using the same style as ''Is Paris Burning?'', dubbed Neo-CG. This also applies to most of the series, with the TV series adaptation being a notable exception to this. |
| 115 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 116 | ** At one point, Kayama brags that he's [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED the man who makes the impossible possible]]; makes sense, given he's voiced by Creator/TakehitoKoyasu. |
| 117 | ** Creator/NorikoHidaka, who voices Erica, had already played an [[Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater optimistic French character]] before. |
| 118 | ** It's not the first time that Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard, who voices Glycine, has played [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 a blonde woman who fights in blue]]. |
| 119 | * AliensSpeakingEnglish: All of the characters speak Japanese in the original games, including the Paris Combat Revue (based in Europe) and the New York Combat Revue (based in North America). |
| 120 | * AllForNothing: By the beginning of the 2019 ''Sakura Wars'', it's clear that the efforts of the original Combat Revues were all for naught since the demons have returned to attack Tokyo and the Imperial Combat Revue is now a shell of its former self, at least until Sumire contacts Kamiyama to lead the team. |
| 121 | * AllThereInTheManual: The first illustration book details that the demons were originally caused by Hōjō Ujitsuna's failed experiment back in 1524. They were first detected in 1536. |
| 122 | * AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: |
| 123 | ** In chapter 6 of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars1996'', Crimson Miroku invades the Imperial Theater so that the Hive of Darkness will cause chaos in Tokyo. |
| 124 | ** In ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie'', Keigo Kyogoku has Shiro Amakasa and the Imperial Japanese Army stage a coup d'etat and invade the Imperial Theater, temporarily forcing the Imperial Combat Revue into hiding. |
| 125 | ** In ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'', Douglas-Stewart has the Imperial Japanese Army take over the Imperial Theater after Ikki Yoneda is captured. Fortunately, it doesn't last long thanks to Yokihiko Ota's help. |
| 126 | ** In chapter 4 of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', Yaksha launches a full scale assault on the Grand Imperial Theater. |
| 127 | * AlternateHistory: |
| 128 | ** It's uncertain exactly when the world of ''Sakura Wars'' diverged from ours, though it may have been several centuries ago; at one point in the manga, Yoneda finds references in an old history text to a war fought between Japan's samurai and supernatural enemies resembling the demonic entities. Possibly a case of Parallel History, as many nations and events seem to be identical or similar to our world; for example, Yoneda is cited as being a great hero of the Russo-Japanese War, and Maria comes to the team as a veteran of the Russian Civil War. |
| 129 | *** There was also a mention that the [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} British]] Empire (aka the British Colonial Empire) exists in the [=ST=] world. |
| 130 | ** The most immediate divergence though would be the Demon Wars of 1918, which take the place of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. |
| 131 | *** Hiroi also mentioned that the ST verse does not have the Great Kanto earthquake nor a pro-ultranationalist military in the government. |
| 132 | ** Another bigger divergence in the 2019 ''Sakura Wars'', as it takes place in 1940, while still in the Taisho era.[[note]]This is especially relevant here for many reasons: The real Emperor Taisho, aka Yoshihito, died in 1926 and the Emperor Showa, aka Hirohito, was the one who lived in that time period in his place. Also, keep in mind the Emperor Taisho of the ''Sakura Wars'' universe is very likely not the same one as the RealLife one, as the kanji of his name is quite different from the real one. That could mean either UsefulNotes/WorldWarII never happened in this setting or it happened in a very different fashion, just like the previous Demon Wars.[[/note]] |
| 133 | * AnachronicOrder: |
| 134 | ** The first OVA, ''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', was released from 1997 to 1998 and takes place before and during ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|1996}}'', with the last two episodes being released after ''Thou Shalt Not Die''. |
| 135 | ** The second OVA, ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', was released from 1999 to 2000. While the first episode takes place during the original ''Sakura Wars'', the rest of the OVA takes place during ''Thou Shalt Not Die''. |
| 136 | ** The ''École de Paris'' and ''Le Nouveau Paris'' [=OVAs=] were released long after ''Is Paris Burning?''. |
| 137 | %%* AncestralWeapon: Sakura's sword, Ayame/Kaede's sword, Yoneda's sword, Yamazaki's sword. |
| 138 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: |
| 139 | ** ''Thou Shalt Not Die'' ends with Ogami being sent overseas to Paris to lead a new Flower Division there. |
| 140 | ** Towards the end of ''Is Paris Burning?'', Ogami receives an order to return to Tokyo soon. Once the Paris Combat Revue finally defeats Salu, Ogami leaves Paris for Tokyo to reunite with his friends from the Flower Division, as established in ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'' and ''Fall in Love, Maidens''. |
| 141 | ** At the end of ''Fall in Love, Maidens'', Yoneda gives Ogami his katana and deems him the new commander of the Flower Division. |
| 142 | * AnimeAccentAbsence: Averted in the dubs of the various [=OVAs=] and TV series, but strikingly obvious by comparison in the [[Creator/{{Geneon}} (Pioneer)]] dub of the movie. |
| 143 | %%* TheAnimeOfTheGame |
| 144 | * AnimeThemeSong: One of the catchiest anime songs of the nineties -- a bizarre but effective mix of rock, pre-war [[JapanesePopMusic J-pop]], and idol charm, with an oddly compelling martial aspect. |
| 145 | * AnyoneCanDie: If the series wants you dead, regardless of who you are, you die. |
| 146 | * ArcWords: |
| 147 | ** "A Taisho era tale to touch hearts." |
| 148 | ** "Bang! To the rooftops!" |
| 149 | * ArtisticLicenseHistory: |
| 150 | ** There was no UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, yet the Russian Revolution of 1917 still somehow happened despite the fact that Russia's constant failures in WWI were the chief reasons that the revolution happened in the first place. If not for the war, Russia would probably turn into a constitutional monarchy, since that was where it headed after the revolution of 1905. |
| 151 | ** There's also alcohol being served openly during Prohibition, although it could be argued that in this timeline Prohibition never happened. |
| 152 | ** In ''So Long, My Love'', it's stated that {{Jazz}} originated in Harlem. While it's true that Jazz was especially ''popular'' in Harlem, it was really invented in New Orleans. |
| 153 | * BadassCreed: From the theme song. |
| 154 | -->[Sakura] "We will fight for justice!" |
| 155 | -->[Maria] "Even if we have to risk our lives for the sake of this war!" |
| 156 | -->[Kanna] "We will stand our ground!" |
| 157 | -->[Iris] "Someday, this imperial capital..." |
| 158 | -->[Kouran] "Till the day the evil disappears..." |
| 159 | -->[Sumire] "We will continue to fight in this war!" |
| 160 | -->[All] "We are the Imperial Flower Attack Group!" |
| 161 | * BaitAndSwitchCredits: The intro for ''In Hot Blood'' features the Revue launching into space and engaging in combat. This never happens in the game. |
| 162 | %%* BattleAura |
| 163 | * BatmanGambit: The Grand-Mère and Ambassador Sakomizu do this in the events of the ''École de Paris'' [=OVA=] by leveling empty houses near Lobelia's hideout to cut off several escape paths, which leads her into an ambush conducted by the Préfecture de Police de Paris. This was followed by the use of ultrasonic devices to pin Lobelia onto the wall. Following her escape into the sewers, more Préfecture de Police de Paris officers ambush her there with rifle grenades and cryotorpedoes to get her guard down and severely lower her spirit energy by making her use her pyrokinesis powers. Ambassador Sakomizu fires an anti-spirit bullet from a sniper rifle to paralyze her so that the police can easily capture her before she is incarcerated in prison, [[ForegoneConclusion which would lead to her recruitment in the Paris Combat Revue]] by the time of ''Is Paris Burning?''. |
| 164 | * BigBad: Various including: |
| 165 | ** The Tenkai and Aoi Satan/Shinnosuke Yamazaki in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars1996''. |
| 166 | ** Keigo Kyogoku in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie''. |
| 167 | ** Calmar and Salu in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning''. |
| 168 | ** Brent Furlong in ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie''. |
| 169 | ** Ōkubo Nagayasu in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens''. |
| 170 | ** Patrick Hamilton in ''Samurai Daughter of the Wild''. |
| 171 | ** Oda Nobunaga in ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''. |
| 172 | ** Jeanne D'Arc in ''Because You Were There''. |
| 173 | ** President G/Sotetsu Genan in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''. |
| 174 | * BigGood: |
| 175 | ** Ikki Yoneda in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars1996'', ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie'', ''Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie'', ''VideoGame/SakuraWars4FallInLoveMaidens'' and ''Because You Were There''. |
| 176 | ** Isabel "Grand-Mère" Lilac in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning''. |
| 177 | ** Ichiro Ogami and Michael Sunnyside in ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''. |
| 178 | ** Sumire Kanzaki in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019''. |
| 179 | * BilingualBonus: Anyone who speaks Sanskrit will understand the chant the Hive of Darkness performs. |
| 180 | * BittersweetEnding: This is a staple of the series. |
| 181 | ** ''Sakura Wars'' (1996) -- Satan has been sent back to hell, the Hive of Darkness is obliterated and Tokyo is saved, but Ayame commits a HeroicSacrifice and ascends into heaven. |
| 182 | ** ''Thou Shalt Not Die'' -- Kyogoku is dead, the Black Demons are no more, Musashi has been destroyed and Tokyo is saved once again. But Ogami has to leave for France to lead the Paris Combat Revue, and Kazuma and Yamazaki are KilledOffForReal. |
| 183 | ** ''Is Paris Burning?'' -- Salu has been defeated, the Paris Phantoms are no more and Paris is saved. However, Ogami must return to Tokyo to rejoin his allies. |
| 184 | ** ''Fall in Love, Maidens'' -- Nagayasu's spirit has been purified but the ''Mikasa'' has been destroyed, the Rose and Wind Divisions retire and the Paris Combat Revue has to return to France. |
| 185 | ** ''Le Nouveau Paris'' -- The Paris Combat Revue defeat the count and his plans to destroy Paris, but it's implied that a lot of death and destruction has been done by the time Erica used her spirit powers to "save" him. While Paris rebuilds the Eiffel Tower, the count's benefactor responsible for breaking him out of confinement is still on the loose in France. |
| 186 | ** ''Samurai Daughter of the Wild'' -- Patrick Hamilton is dead and Gemini saves Texas, but Gemini has to bid her friends farewell and leave for New York. |
| 187 | ** ''Sakura Wars'' (2019) -- Both Sotetsu Genan and Yaksha are dead, Tokyo is saved once again, Sakura Amamiya has achieved her goal to become an actress, the Imperial Combat Revue gains the respect of the other Combat Revues as well as the adoration of the public. But the Archdemon is still out there and the original Combat Revues are still trapped in Shadow Tokyo. |
| 188 | * ButNotTooForeign: Despite the FiveTokenBand trope being a major selling point of the series, many of the cast are either Japanese or of partial Japanese descent. |
| 189 | ** The first team only had two characters without any Japanese descent, with blond-haired, blue eyed Maria being half-Japanese. |
| 190 | ** In ''Thou Shalt Not Die'', Orihime Soletta, is half-Italian, half-Japanese. The other newcomer Leni is wholly German, however. |
| 191 | ** ''Is Paris Burning?'' has Hanabi Kitaoji, a half-French, half-Japanese noble. |
| 192 | ** In ''So Long, My Love'', which is set in New York, not only is the main character Japanese, but so are Subaru and the merchant you can get special bromides from. MissionControl member Anri is also half-Japanese, and Sunnyside and Gemini are Americans who are fans of Japanese culture. |
| 193 | %%* CallingYourAttacks |
| 194 | * TheCaptain: Ogami, Shinjiro and Kamiyama are talented, but just fresh out of OCS and have no practical experience yet. |
| 195 | %%* CherryBlossoms: Of course. |
| 196 | * ChildSoldier: Most members of all three Flower Division s are, at the oldest, in their late teens or early twenties. Iris and Coquelicot are the most notable, being preteens. |
| 197 | * ChillyReception: Ogami and Shinjiro in the games and Sakura in the AlternateTimeline TV series and the canon [=OVAs=]. Ogami and Shinjiro are both belittled and used as errand boy as part of a SecretTestOfCharacter, while Sakura is mocked and looked down upon as a newbie CountryMouse. |
| 198 | * CirclingBirdies: Erica in ''Sakura Wars: Ecole de Paris'' |
| 199 | %%* CityOfCanals |
| 200 | * ColonCancer: From [[VideoGame/SakuraWars2ThouShaltNotDie the second]] to [[VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove the fifth game]], the franchise became known for adding subtitles, which also extends to [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie the film]]. |
| 201 | * ColorCodedCharacters: Very much so. Not only their uniforms, but also their outfits, and sometimes even their special attacks, to an extent. The uniforms worn by the revues' captains as well as their kobus are all colored white. |
| 202 | %%* CombinationAttack |
| 203 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 204 | ** The manga has many of these, sometimes bordering on {{Discontinuity Nod}}s -- like a lighthearted TakeThat at the redesigned Kobu from the [=PS2=] version of the first game. |
| 205 | ** Sumire's first scene in 1 has her asking Ogami to get a replacement fork for the one she dropped. Guess what Sumire's first event with Ogami involves, in the third game? |
| 206 | ** The angel who shows up during Erica's special skill in ''Is Paris Burning?'' looks rather familiar. That's because it happens to be Ayame. |
| 207 | ** Ogami asks why the Baragumi are still staying with the Flower Division, and their response to his question is pretty much familiar if you've ever heard [=Geki!Tei=] in full. |
| 208 | ** One of the training Blanches seen in ''Ècole de Paris'' has markings indicating that Douglas-Stewart was the main manufacturer. Guess who gets involved as a major bad guy in [[Anime/SakuraWarsTheMovie the animated film]]. |
| 209 | %%* CoolShip: ''Shogeimaru'' and ''Mikasa''. |
| 210 | %%* CoolTrain: Apparently mandatory for the series. |
| 211 | %%* CrossPoppingVeins |
| 212 | [[/folder]] |
| 213 | |
| 214 | [[folder:D-F]] |
| 215 | %%* DatingSim: One of the main trademarks of the franchise. |
| 216 | * DefeatEqualsExplosion: Whenever an enemy or boss is killed in battle, they often explode violently. |
| 217 | * DemonicInvaders: The existence of the Kouma and their attempted attacks on Earth. [[AllThereInTheManual Official material suggests that they started to appear first in pre-Meiji Japan]]. |
| 218 | * {{Determinator}}: Everyone to an extent, but mostly Ogami. In 4, there is a part where the boss disables everyone's Kobu, so everyone else is down except for him, and he has a few seconds left before he himself gets taken out of the fight. So what does he do? Fly right into the enemy's face, stab at it with his Kobu's swords, then get out of the pilot's seat moments after his Kobu has been totally wrecked, only to stab his sword at the monster's face. Followed by an UnflinchingWalk out of the explosion that occurs. |
| 219 | * DialogueTree: Complete with timer to complicate the system; sometimes letting the timer run out [saying nothing] is the right thing to do! |
| 220 | %%* {{Eagleland}}: The fifth game; type-1 to a ludicrous degree |
| 221 | * EstablishingCharacterMusic: When a main female character is introduced, their {{leitmotif}} plays in the background. |
| 222 | %%* EvilIsHammy: ''Every single villain'' in the fifth game. |
| 223 | * EvilTowerOfOminousness: |
| 224 | ** In ''Is Paris Burning?'', Salu transforms the Great Oak Tree into a giant fortress to the point where it even towers over the Notre Dame Cathedral. |
| 225 | ** Azuchi Castle takes over most of New York in the final chapter of ''So Long, My Love''. |
| 226 | ** By the end of the 2019 ''Sakura Wars'', Sotetsu Genan has set up his fortress in the center of Tokyo's National Stadium. |
| 227 | %%* ExplosiveOverclocking: Almost everything made by Kohran. |
| 228 | %%* FestivalEpisode |
| 229 | %%* FighterLaunchingSequence |
| 230 | * FingerSnappingStreetGang: In the second OVA, there's a trio of [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything gangsters who consider the most important part of being a gangster to be rhythmic snapping and posing in unison]]. Their "patrol" consists solely of performing dance moves on a dock. |
| 231 | * FiveTokenBand: The five ladies in your squadron in the fifth game consist of a white CountryMouse, a SassyBlackWoman, a young Hispanic [[TheGunslinger bounty hunter]], an Asian [[InsufferableGenius super-genius]], and an ill girl in a wheelchair. |
| 232 | %%* FluffyFashionFeathers: Some of the stage outfits. |
| 233 | * ForegoneConclusion: |
| 234 | ** In ''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', anyone who is familiar with the first game will know that the Hive of Darkness and Aoi Satan will not only survive the events of the OVA since they die in the game proper; Sakura's training with Arataka will succeed and she will leave Sendai for Tokyo; and Ogami will replace Maria as the Flower Division's captain. |
| 235 | ** The fact that Ayame surviving the entirety of the first OVA and first episode of ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'' is made clear, since she dies at the end of ''VideoGame/{{Sakura Wars|1996}}''. |
| 236 | ** Also for ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', anyone who has played ''Thou Shalt Not Die'' were able to figure out that Ogami will be leaving for Paris; and based on the fact that Ogata and Orihime have a loving relationship in the fourth episode, it’s safe to presume that they already reconciled. |
| 237 | ** Iris makes up with Leni in the second episode of the ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'' since they perform together in ''The Blue Bird'' during ''Thou Shalt Not Die''. |
| 238 | ** Since ''École de Paris'' takes place before and during ''Is Paris Burning'', we already know that Erica, Glycine and Coquelicot will join the Flower Division in Paris; Lobelia will be detained in preparation for her recruitment; and Salu will survive the events of the OVA. |
| 239 | ** In ''Le Nouveau Paris'', Erica will step down as captain since we know that Ogami will still be the captain by the time of ''Fall in Love, Maidens''. |
| 240 | * FramedForHeroism: In ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', there is a point where Kohran, in costume as a character she plays on the radio, faces down a mecha with a prop gun; Maria is actually the one who makes the shot. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[folder:G-M]] |
| 245 | * GaidenGame: A few of them, although the most notable are ''Sakura Wars Story ~Mysterious Paris~'', where players assume the role of a Japanese private eye named Kojiro Akechi and Miki Akechi, a dancer at the Chattes Noires. This was followed by ''Sakura Wars V Episode 0 ~Kouya no Samurai Musume~'', where players play Gemini prior to her arrival in New York City and ''Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Taisen ~Kimi aru ga tame~'', which takes place a year after the events of ''Sakura Wars V'', including the [=OVA=]. |
| 246 | * GameChanger: Without Ichiro Ogami, Shinjiro Taiga and Seijuro Kamiyama's involvement, the Imperial, Paris and New York Combat Revues would never have eradicate the demons threatening the cities. |
| 247 | * GatlingGood: Erica's upgraded Kobu F2 sports a Gatling gun. Still comes with a cross. |
| 248 | %%* GayParee: The third game. |
| 249 | * GenderFlip: From 2010 to 2011, Red Entertainment created a two-game series called ''Scared Rider Xechs'' for the Playstation 2 (later ported to PSP). The series is a reverse harem equivalent of the Sakura Wars franchise. The game includes similar graphics, and mechs are involved in the storyline. |
| 250 | %%* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Iris and her bear, Jean Paul. |
| 251 | * GratuitousFrench: Played with in the original ''Sakura Wars'' games, but also prevalent in the Japanese and English versions of the ''École de Paris'' [=OVA=]. |
| 252 | %%* GrowingUpSucks |
| 253 | %%* HardWorkMontage: Several. |
| 254 | %%* HermeticMagic |
| 255 | * HeroicBSOD: Happens to Ogami and his nephew Shinjiro after being recruited to join with the Tokyo/New York Fighting Troupes. They had a hard time at first since they were suppose to be officers in the [=IJN=] before they were relegated to employee duties, but they eventually got over it. |
| 256 | * HeroicSacrifice: |
| 257 | ** Ayame saves Ogami and his friends at the cost of her own life. |
| 258 | ** In ''Thou Shalt Not Die'', Kazuma Shinguji willingly sacrifices himself to stop Kyogoku from killing Sakura. |
| 259 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga is the demonic BigBad of ''Sakura Wars V''. |
| 260 | ** You can say the same for Ranmaru, Tenkai, Ōkubo Nagayasu and Tutankhamen. |
| 261 | * HonestAxe: Rikkarita in ''Sakura Wars 5'' is fond of asking criminals, "[[BlingBlingBang The gold gun or the silver gun...]] which do you want to get shot with?" |
| 262 | %%* HotBlooded: Ogami, Sakura, Glycine. Ogami even gets this as a rank 3. |
| 263 | %%* HumansAreBastards: UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga certainly thinks so in ''Sakura Wars V''. |
| 264 | * IconicSequelCharacter: |
| 265 | ** ''Thou Shalt Not Die'' introduced Orihime Soletta, Leni Milchstraße, Kaede Fujieda, Yuichi Kayama, Kotone Seiryuin, Yokihiko Ota, Kikunojo Oka, and Keigo Kyogoku. |
| 266 | ** ''Is Paris Burning?'' gives us Erica Fontaine, Glycine Bleumer, Coquelicot, Isabel "Grand-Mère" Lilac, Norimichi Sakomizu, Mell Raison, Jean Leo, Ci Caprice, and Salu. |
| 267 | ** ''Sakura Wars: The Movie'' has Ratchet Altair, Brent Furlong, and Patrick Hamilton. |
| 268 | ** ''Fall in Love, Maidens'' introduces Ōkubo Nagayasu. |
| 269 | ** ''Samurai Daughter of the Wild'' has Gemini Sunrise, Juanita Cushing, Brad Basileus, and Chamber Westwood. |
| 270 | ** ''So Long, My Love'' has Shinjiro Taiga, Michael Sunnyside, Cheiron Archer, Rosarita "Rosita" Aries, Subaru Kujo, Diana Caprice, and Oda Nobunaga. |
| 271 | ** The 2019 ''Sakura Wars'' introduces Seijuro Kamiyama, Sakura Amamiya, Hatsuho Shinonome, Azami Mochizuki, Anastasia Palma, Clarissa "Claris" Snowflake, Kaoru Rindo, Komachi Oba, Reiji Shiba, Yang Xiaolong, Huang Yui, Arthur, Lancelot, Elise, Margarete and President G/Sotetsu Genan. |
| 272 | * IconicSequelSong: Kohei Tanaka's score contains several instantly recognizable leitmotifs and themes for the characters. The Paris Combat Revue's theme, "Under the Imperial Flag", makes its debut in ''VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning''. "Earth Warriors", the New York Combat Revue's theme, also appears in ''VideoGame/SakuraWarsSoLongMyLove''. |
| 273 | %%* ImpossiblyCoolClothes |
| 274 | %%* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: The way Sumire usually wears her kimono. |
| 275 | * InkSuitActor: Akio Suyama and Creator/ChisaYokoyama are really similar to Ogami and Sakura respectively in RealLife, especially in theater plays. |
| 276 | %%* ItsRainingMen: Prevalent in 4. This is also how the [=PariGumi=] arrive in Tokyo in their Kobu. |
| 277 | * JustTrainWrong: Despite the Combat Revues in Tokyo and Paris having bullet trains as a mode of transportation, there are a few things wrong with that. Japan developed the high-speed railway lines in 1964, with France following in 1981. They also weren't powered by steam, which ended around the same time that the bullet trains were being developed. |
| 278 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Quite a few characters wield long swords. |
| 279 | %%* KiManipulation |
| 280 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: Players of the English release of the fifth game may feel like this is in effect as staple concepts are barely explained in the beginning. Being the fifth in a popular series, it assumes familiarity with them and the other divisions. Even some of the promotional material assured those who have somehow played earlier games that all of the systems they're familiar with and more are in this game but gave no such assurance for those new to the series. |
| 281 | %%* LeftHanging |
| 282 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Inverted as whilst the characters each have themes they usually change for each game -- that is if the characters appear in more than one game. |
| 283 | %%* MagicalGirl: They're more like {{Magical Girl Warrior}}s. |
| 284 | %%* MagicFromTechnology |
| 285 | * MarketBasedTitle: The franchise is known as '''Sakura Taisen''' in Asia. Outside, it's known as '''Sakura Wars'''. |
| 286 | %%* MaskPower |
| 287 | * TheMasquerade: The reason why the Japanese, French and American government allowed for the secret existence of the various anti-demon Combat Revues. |
| 288 | %%* AMechByAnyOtherName: The Kobu. |
| 289 | * MileLongShip: The ''Mikasa'' is about 8 kilometers (5 miles) long. |
| 290 | %%* MiniMecha: The ''Kobu'' combat suits. |
| 291 | * TheMusical: This starts to get confusing as it becomes a case of "A Show Within A Show Within A Show" at times. Aside from the in-game musicals performed by the various teams there have actually been several musicals performed in Creator/{{Takarazuka|Revue}} style (although it should be noted that these musicals do feature the majority of the male voice actots playing their respective characters too). What makes it even more special is that, unlike a lot of musicals based on anime/games, all the voice actors respectively play their characters leading to some very funny scenes such as the seiyuu who plays Ogami being extremely short and Iris' voice actress makes a joke on it since she is taller than him. Usually a musical takes the form of two parts. The first part is a story that focuses on the characters themselves and the second part actually has the characters perform a play/musical such as Blue Bird. The latter got significantly longer as the musicals progressed. The Flower Division team naturally had the most musicals. The Paris and New York troupes did not get that many. In fact the Paris troupe only had one mini-musical made. |
| 292 | ** Also noteworthy is the special stage show (and {{OVA}}) to say good bye to Sumire and her voice actress Creator/MichieTomizawa, when Tomizawa decided to leave the franchise. |
| 293 | *** Technically speaking though that didn't happen so much musical wise as she continued (and still does) to make guest appearances and even attends the live events. Voice acting-wise it's actually Orihime's voice actress Maya Okamoto who now doesn't attend them since she now lives in the USA when she moved there after 1999 to study theater [[note]]Although she did move between America and Japan before moving back to the latter (at least temporary). She finally returned in the 2011 Budoukan show. [[/note]]. |
| 294 | %%* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours |
| 295 | * MythologyGag: Maria's White Russian commanding officer Yuri having a physical resemblance to Ken Nakajima. Considering that Kosuke Fujishima did have a hand in character designs for the first five games, this is not a surprise. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:N-Z]] |
| 299 | * NephariousPharaoh: ''Sakura Wars: New York'' has King Tut trying to take over New York City. During TheRoaringTwenties. And the only people capable of stopping him are a MagiTek {{Steampunk}} spec-ops team who masquerade as a theatre troupe. |
| 300 | * {{Ninja}}: Ninjas appear in various forms throughout the series, with the 2019 game having one among the heroes with Azami Mochizuki. |
| 301 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[TheMusical Musical theatre]] + HumongousMecha + TurnBasedStrategy + DatingSim. |
| 302 | * NoblewomansLaugh: Sumire, Glycine from ''Is Paris Burning?'' and ''Fall in Love, Maidens'' |
| 303 | * NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: Played straight in TheMovie and with Orihime and Leni in the [=OVAs=]. |
| 304 | * NothingIsTheSameAnymore: |
| 305 | ** As of ''Thou Shalt Not Die'', Ogami is dispatched to lead a new combat revue in Paris to help fight off the Paris Phantoms. |
| 306 | ** After ''Sakura Wars: The Movie'', Ratchet Altair forms another combat revue in New York City. |
| 307 | ** As of the 2019 ''Sakura Wars'', the World Luxury Operatic Federation has been formed and there are more Combat Revues based in Shanghai, London and Berlin. |
| 308 | * OldSaveBonus Use the same Memory Card on your [=PS2=] that you saved ''Sakura Wars'' with to play ''Is Paris Burning?'' and ''Samurai Daughter of the Wild'', and oh boy you'd be in for a world of fun!! |
| 309 | * OnceAnEpisode: |
| 310 | ** Every game in the series traditionally features a date with the person with the most trust points available. |
| 311 | ** The games also feature a gigantic FinalBoss battle, usually in a lair of sorts. |
| 312 | * TheOneGuy: Ogami for the first four games, Taiga for ''So Long, My Love'' and Kamiyama for the 2019 ''Sakura Wars''. 2019 also has Xiaolong as the One Guy for the Shanghai Combat Revue, and Arthur for the London Combat Revue. |
| 313 | * OutOfTheInferno: Ogami did this once after his Kobu was totaled in ''Fall in Love, Maidens''. |
| 314 | %%* PeacockGirl: At least one set of the stage outfits. |
| 315 | %%* PillarOfLight |
| 316 | * PimpedOutDress: Many of the stage outfits, and some of the girls' evening dresses. |
| 317 | %%* PluckyGirl |
| 318 | * POVBoyPosterGirl: The series features Sakura in all of its marketing and packaging, but Ogami is the player character and protagonist. |
| 319 | %%* PoweredArmor: Obu, Kobu, Eisenkleid, Jinbu, STAR, Mugen, etc. |
| 320 | %%* ThePowerOfActing: Sumire. |
| 321 | * ThePowerOfLove: The player characters often fall in love with the girl who has the most trust points at the end of the games. |
| 322 | %%* PreExplosionGlow |
| 323 | * {{Prequel}}: |
| 324 | ** The first OVA series, ''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', is primarily a prequel to the original 1996 game. |
| 325 | ** The first episode of ''École de Paris'' serves as a prequel to ''Is Paris Burning?''. |
| 326 | %%* PrettyInMink: Soletta, Lachette, Glycine. |
| 327 | * PsychicPowers: Most everyone, with Iris and Erica being the most overt. Diana also is supposed to have such strong powers that they're physically harmful to her, but she rarely has overt displays of them. |
| 328 | * RagTagBunchOfMisfits: Each of the main teams in the series is made up of disparate people from across the world who ultimately come together to protect the world: |
| 329 | ** The original Flower Division of the Imperial Combat Revue consists of a fresh-faced Imperial Navy graduate, a clumsy swordswoman, a haughty aristocrat, a Russian war veteran, a cheerful French girl with PsychicPowers, a Chinese MadScientist, an Okinawan {{Tomboy}} martial artist, an Italian actress, and a German ChildSoldier. |
| 330 | ** The Flower Division of the Paris Combat Revue was originally led by the aforementioned Navy soldier and consists of a clumsy nun, a haughty BlueBlood, a Vietnamese circus magician, an Italian-Romanian BoxedCrook, and a Japanese-French widow in mourning. |
| 331 | ** The Star Division of the New York Combat Revue consists of the ''nephew'' of the aforementioned Navy soldier, a clumsy Texan cowgirl, a Harlemite gangster-turned-lawyer, a Mexican bounty huntress, an androgynous Japanese savant, and an ill niece of the commanding officer. |
| 332 | ** The new Flower Division consists of a Navy captain, another clumsy swordswoman, a {{Tomboy}} {{Miko}}, a {{Ninja}}, a Luxembourger [[SpellBook libromancer]], and a Grecian actress. |
| 333 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: The reason why the Sumire [=OVA=] was developed, given that her voice actress Michie Tomizawa was going to get married and retire. |
| 334 | * ReformedCriminal: |
| 335 | ** Lobelia Carlini was an infamous outlaw from Paris who was serving a thousand-year jail sentence before she joined the Flower Division. |
| 336 | ** Sagiitta Weinberg/Cheiron Archer served as the leader of the Centaur biker gang before becoming a lawyer. |
| 337 | ** Hatsuho Shinonome was the leader of a vigilante gang before she became a founding member of the new Flower Division. |
| 338 | %%* RelationshipValues |
| 339 | * TheRoaringTwenties: The first five games and the film take place between 1923 and 1928. |
| 340 | * RollerbladeGood: Strangely enough, while Kobu have wheels built in their feet, only Glycine is shown using this feature in both combat and cutscenes. |
| 341 | * RousseauWasRight: The games fairly unambiguously take the position that humans are innately good and just need proper guidance and support to avoid going astray. Genuine evil comes from external forces like demons or TheUndead. |
| 342 | * RuleOfCool: Everything from punching acid out of the way from launching robots and airships from underneath city streets. |
| 343 | * RunningGag: |
| 344 | ** One of the main heroines tripping over herself due to their clumsiness. |
| 345 | ** Erica is repeatedly arrested by the police for running around in town with her machinegun. Also Erica's tendency to smash her head against poles, doors, or whatever nearby. This happens when she sleeps. |
| 346 | ** Sumire and Kanna getting into arguments. |
| 347 | ** Kayama showing up with a guitar to impress Ogami and the girls, despite having little knowledge of playing it. |
| 348 | ** Rosarita using her pet weasel as emergency food. |
| 349 | ** Shinjiro being forced to dress up as Peppermint or being given new nicknames by Michael. |
| 350 | %%* {{Samurai}}: Ogami, Sakura, Taiga; in a looser sense, Sumire and Gemini as well. |
| 351 | * SavedByCanon: |
| 352 | ** ''The Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'' is set before and during the [[VideoGame/SakuraWars1996 original game]], so Ayame Fujieda, Aoi Satan and the Hive of Darkness will survive the events of the OVA. |
| 353 | ** In the first episode of ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'', Ayame will also survive the events of that episode since it also takes place during the first game. |
| 354 | ** The ''École de Paris'' OVA, which is set during the first half of ''[[VideoGame/SakuraWars3IsParisBurning Is Paris Burning?]]'', ensures that Salu and Douglas-Stewart are going to end up alive and well. |
| 355 | * SavedForTheSequel: ''Thou Shalt Not Die'' and ''Is Paris Burning?'' ended with a few plot points dangling to be resolved in the next game. |
| 356 | * SchizoTech: 1920s psychotronic steam-tech battlesuits. |
| 357 | ** At one point in the manga, an announcement is made at the beginning of a play: "Also, please turn off your steam mobile phones..." |
| 358 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: |
| 359 | ** When Ogami is first transferred to Tokyo, he's only told about the theatrical side of the Flower Division, as a test to see whether he's compatible with the group outside of battle, and the kind of person they'd be willing to follow in battle. |
| 360 | ** Also, near the end of ''So Long, My Love'', Mr. Sunnyside informs Taiga that he will have to sacrifice one of the members of theStar Division if he is to defeat Nobunaga. In the end, it turns out that the correct choice (and the one Taiga makes) is to ignore Sunnyside and vow to keep everyone alive. |
| 361 | * ShowWithinAShow (As part of their cover, the Flower Division put on plays in the Theatre, e.g. "Crimson Lizard" or "Les Miserables"; Sumire's family owns a movie studio which occasionally employs the troupe in films; they also take part in radio dramas ''and'' model for characters in manga.) |
| 362 | * ShoutOut: |
| 363 | ** The Kobu-launching Revolver Cannon built into the Arc de Triomphe is suspiciously similar to [[Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats a certain giant hero-launching revolver built into a pizzeria.]] Considering that Creator/SatoruAkahori was a writer for both works, it's likely an intentional reference. |
| 364 | ** The title "Sakura Wars: École de Paris" is a shoutout to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Paris School of Paris]] group of artists. |
| 365 | ** The Kobus have a similar design to the Armored Troopers from ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS'' |
| 366 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: You'd be hard pressed to find '''any''' work produced from the 90s onwards that is ''this'' far up the scale of Idealism. |
| 367 | ** That said, ''Sakura Wars 3'' shifts matters a bit further towards cynicism in the introduction of previously mentioned BoxedCrook Lobelia, brought onto the team in exchange for a reduction of her ''thousand year'' prison sentence and explicitly threatened with death if she messes up. To quote a line from her first episode. |
| 368 | --->'''Coquelicot:''' ''Lobelia... You're making us look like the bad guys...'' |
| 369 | * SteamNeverDies: Quite a few trains as well as cars, boats and planes are powered by steam engines, and the series is set during the time where steam-powered vehicles were being phased out. |
| 370 | * SteamPunk: Despite the games being set in the early 20th century, it seems society hasn't moved to DieselPunk or oil-based fuels yet. Instead, the mechs are powered by steam as well as spirit energy. Things are also closer to the bright and optimistic GayNineties versus the actual time period following World War 1 (which never happened here anyway). |
| 371 | %%* TheStinger: Common across the mainline series since ''Thou Shalt Not Die''; see individual work pages. |
| 372 | * StoppedNumberingSequels: While ''So Long, My Love'' was originally titled ''Sakura Wars V'', ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'', being a SoftReboot, ditches the numbering scheme altogether. |
| 373 | * SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Ayame from the perspective of anyone who watches the [=OVAs=] and plays the video games in chronological order. |
| 374 | * SuperRobotGenre: Girls in mystically powered steampunk mechs vs. demons is the premise after all. Think ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' with mechas and steampunk. |
| 375 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kaede Fujieda from ''Sakura Wars 2'', for her sister Ayame. |
| 376 | * SymbolicBlood: Steam seems to be the Kobu equivalent for blood. In the TV series, the Kobus are often seen blowing off steam right after being knocked out or immobilized, regardless of whether there is any visible damage or not.) |
| 377 | * TeamShot: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed.]] After every battle, the heroines ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Ogami]]) pose for a photo with the tagline "To victory!". Ogami finds this somewhat awkward the first couple of times it happens. Every time new characters are introduced, they also find it incredibly dumb - but a couple of battles later, they're happily joining in. The high-water mark is in the third game, where Ogami is assigned to command a new team of girls - and is left as the only one posing, whilst his new comrades-in-arms recoil in confusion. |
| 378 | -->'''Glycine:''' Huh? What's that supposed to be? |
| 379 | -->'''Erica:''' Mr. Ogami, what are you doing? |
| 380 | * ThemeMusicAbandonment: |
| 381 | ** The Paris Combat Revue themes were never used for ''So Long, My Love'' nor the 2019 ''Sakura Wars''. |
| 382 | ** The New York Combat Revue's themes were also not incorporated into the 2019 ''Sakura Wars''. |
| 383 | * ThemeNaming: Flowers for the Flower Division; stars, constellations and the like for the Star Division. |
| 384 | %%* TimeCompressionMontage |
| 385 | * TimedMission: Some of the missions in both adventure and battle modes must be cleared within a limited time. |
| 386 | * TimeLimitBoss: Some of the bosses must be defeated within a set time limit. If you let the timer run out, it can trigger a Game Over and force you to restart the battle. |
| 387 | %%* TitleDrop: Yoneda's soliloquy at the end of 4. Also doubles as a TearJerker. |
| 388 | %%* TurnBasedStrategy |
| 389 | * TheUnwantedHarem: Ogami's relationship with the girls -- a leftover from the "dating sim" part of the original games. |
| 390 | * VirginPower: ''Hinted'' at, though never explicitly stated. The main theme ''does'' state that the girls are maidens, and even a member of the [=PariGumi=] who gives off an "experienced" vibe -- Lobelia -- is, in her OAV focus story, explicitly stated to have not done the sorts of things that men and women normally do together when she took men up to her room, and is compared to the Virgin Mary. |
| 391 | * VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Some of the dialogue choices you can make range from jerkish, to outright cruel. Though, in the long-run, making those choices can severely weaken your allies in combat and make the games nigh impossible to complete. |
| 392 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Sumire and Kanna could be the poster children for this trope. |
| 393 | * WeaponSpecialization: Mostly everyone. |
| 394 | ** The heroes and and most of the leading women use [[HeroesPreferSwords katana]] as their weapons of choice, with the PlayerCharacter DualWielding swords while Sakura Shinguji, Gemini, and Sakura Amamiya use only one katana. |
| 395 | ** The refined, prim, and proper Sumire uses a [[NaginatasAreFeminine naginata]]. |
| 396 | ** Maria, the battle-hardened Russian Revolution veteran, uses firearms. |
| 397 | ** Kohran, the quirky scientist, uses rockets to fight at range, in addition to small remote-controlled robot drones for her LimitBreak. |
| 398 | ** Iris foregoes weapons in favor of using [[MindOverMatter psychokinesis]]. |
| 399 | ** Kanna, the BareFistedMonk, foregoes weapons in favor of hand-to-hand combat. Any weapons she does use often include gauntlets to increase her striking power. |
| 400 | ** Reni, the tactical wunderkind, uses a lance. |
| 401 | ** Orihime, a famous actress, uses FingerGuns to hit enemies with BeamSpam. |
| 402 | ** Erica is the one outlier among the leading ladies in terms of weapon choice: instead of using a katana, she uses an antique cross-shaped machine gun. |
| 403 | ** Glycine, the Viking-descendant noble, uses a halberd. |
| 404 | ** YamatoNadeshiko Hanabi using a bow. |
| 405 | ** Career-criminal Lobelia uses [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinesis]] in conjunction with massive WolverineClaws. |
| 406 | ** Coquelicot, a stage magician, uses a magic baton. |
| 407 | ** Tough-as-nails Cheiron uses a [[ChainPain chain]]. |
| 408 | ** Noh acting savant Subaru uses [[CombatHandFan Combat Hand Fans]] that can [[BlowYouAway conjure powerful winds]]. |
| 409 | ** Bounty huntress Rosita uses GunsAkimbo. |
| 410 | ** Nature-loving nurse Diana uses syringe-shaped water cannons, in addition to a bird-shaped robot drone to administer healing. |
| 411 | ** RetiredBadass Ratchet uses [[DeviousDaggers throwing daggers]]. |
| 412 | ** Tomboyish shrine maiden Hatsuho uses a massive rocket-powered mallet. |
| 413 | ** Ninja prodigy Azami uses a PowerFist that conceals various ninja weapons, in conjunction with martial arts. |
| 414 | ** Book-learned magician Claris uses a SpellBook to cast libromancy spells. Her mecha also has a magic tome. Why? [[RuleOfCool Why not!]] |
| 415 | ** Cool and collected Anastasia uses GunsAkimbo, including a pistol and a [[ParasolOfPain parasol-concealed]] HandCannon. |
| 416 | * WeddingsInJapan: Sakura's participation in a traditional ceremony at the end of ''The Radiant Gorgeous Blooming Cherry Blossoms'' OVA. |
| 417 | * WorldOfActionGirls: Most of the main Combat Revue characters have various scenes where they can kick major demon ass. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | ---- |
| 420 | ->''"Flower Division... To victory!"'' |
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