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In the distant future, demons have taken over the earth, and only a few people possessing great powers and martial arts skills were able to survive. The young sword-master Lao comes back from his long exile/training in order to stop [[RivalTurnedEvil Rei, his former friend]], and end the demonic influence in the world.

''Bujingai'' ([[TheForeignSubtitle subtitled]] ''Swordmaster'' in Europe and ''The Forsaken City'' in the U.S.) is a 2003 HackAndSlash game for the Platform/PlayStation2 by Creator/{{Taito}} and Creator/RedEntertainment, based on {{Wuxia}} and set mostly in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] world occupied by demons. Its main character, Lao, is based on, is voiced by and uses motion capture of Creator/{{Gackt}}, who also helped write the storyline.

An interesting side note: This is one of the games that [[Franchise/TouhouProject ZUN]] worked on during his nebulous 'day job' as a programmer.
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!!''Bujingai'' contains examples of:
* ActionBomb: Poisonous Watchers have harmful death explosions.
%% * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Rei.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The first two bosses. One is a huge humanoid monster [[HellishHorse which looks like a sort of undead horse]], and the other is a sort of lion-monster.
%% * {{BFS}}: Lao's swords, based on a Dadao and a Jian. Also the penultimate boss.
* BloodlessCarnage: No one ever bleeds.
%% * BlowYouAway: The ''Senranken'' magic.
* BoringButPractical: Your first spell, Gouenken, is a basic fireball projectile that costs little energy to use and can take out most common enemies in two hits and the weakest in one. It's also the best way to beat Malron of Venom, the giant spider boss who constantly summons smaller spiders to attack for magic energy and has a spin attack that makes engaging it in close combat suicide.
* CallingYourAttacks: Lao and [[spoiler:Master Naguri]] yell the name of the spells they cast.
* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Yohfa]] was brought back to life by Rei, but [[spoiler:has a Dragon-demon sealed in her]].
%%* CoolOldGuy: Master Naguri.
* CounterAttack: Lao can block an incoming magical attack by spinning his swords. With the right timing, he can send it back and inflict massive damage.
%% * DeathFromAbove: ''Tenseiken'', the slowest yet strongest magic in Lao's arsenal.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: ''Jinbuken'' summons a barrage of flying blades that surrounds Lao and hit his enemies.
* DualWielding: Lao wields a humongous curved sword in his right hand and a long, straight sword in his left. Rei {{Dual Wield}}s thin, [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana-like]] sabers.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Imagine Lao as Creator/{{Gackt}} wearing Chinese clothes, earrings and dark purple lipstick.
* ExcusePlot: Screw the plot!! Just go around hacking away at demons for fun!
%% * FaceHeelTurn: Rei, after [[spoiler:witnessing Yohfa's death]].
* FinalBossNewDimension: The final battle takes place on a newly created small planet in the/a demon-dimension, which is then sliced in half in order to form a proper platform.
* FinalExamBoss: Both of the last two bosses require you to use basically every skill you've acquired. There's also a sort of final exam stage in the form of the penultimate level (see PlatformHell below), a series of platforms in the demon-dimension with a cloud motif.
%% * {{Fireballs}}: ''Gouenken!''
* GainaxEnding: Lao beats Rei, but [[spoiler:the latter pulls a NotQuiteDead moment and sends Lao into space...followed by the intro video]]. [[MindScrew Interpret]] ''[[MindScrew that!]]''
* GiantSpider: Some enemies are large, spider-like monsters with the head of a bull and a gaping maw on their bodies.
* HeroicMime: Lao is pretty much silent through out the game save for him yelling out the names of spells.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: So much so that Lao manages to [[spoiler:save Yohfa by cutting only the demon inside her]].
* InASingleBound: No kidding, you can double jump, run on walls, and even glide from one platform to the next.*
* InkSuitActor: Lao is Creator/{{Gackt}}.
%% * LegionsOfHell: The demons.
* LethalLavaLand: One of the levels takes place inside a series of caverns culminating in a volcano.
%% * LightEmUp: The ''Ryuuseiken'' and ''Tenseiken'' spells.
%% * TheLostWoods: The second level. A bamboo forest, to be specific.
%% * MirrorBoss: [[spoiler:Master Naguri's spirit]] fights Lao to test his skills.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The penultimate boss is a gargantuan white dragon.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: While he has no problem using minions, Rei takes on a hint of this [[spoiler:during the final battle]]. If you would lose by falling off the stage, he'll catch Lao and throw him back into the ring ([[GameplayAndStorySegregation unless your health is almost completely gone]]).
-->''"Sorry old friend, you'll die by my hand, and mine alone!"''
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Demons are the main enemies of the game, aside from reanimated corpses and Rei, but they're not the conventional western sort of demon.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: The most common demons resemble some sort of flesh puppets with swords and a paper charm on their face. Many of the stronger demons look even stranger. The default puppet-ish demons [[JustifiedTrope might base their appearance on]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi Jiang Shi/Kyonshi]], creatures from Myth/ChineseMythology that are usually visualized wearing similar styles of clothing and with paper charms over their faces.
* PlatformHell: In the last level, you must navigate several platforms above the clouds in order to reach a mystical temple.
%% * PosthumousCharacter: Master Naguri [[spoiler:and Yohfa, sort of]].
* PostDefeatExplosionChain: Defeated enemies vanish in a bunch of purple explosions.
%% * RecurringBoss: The first two monsters and Rei.
* RiseToTheChallenge: After Malron of Venom, Stage 6 has rising lava.
%% * SceneryPorn
%% * ScreamingWarrior: Lao.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: One level is set on a frozen mountain containing a holy temple dedicated to the Si-Ling [[TheFourGods four deities]].
%%* SpiritAdvisor: Master Naguri.
* TempleOfDoom: The third level takes place in a multi-terraced temple built into a mountainside. It is infested with demons and has several traps as well.
* UpgradedBoss: Mistress of Cruelty is an upgraded version of the Overlords.
* WakeUpCallBoss: You better master parrying by the time you fight Mahler.
* WarmUpBoss: The first boss is the Overlord of Tears.
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