* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: The Fake Ryuubi he takes Riri a kid hostage and threatened Kouchuu to commit assassination whats worst he leaves innocent people behind to die just for fame and glory]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny -- NightmareFuel aside, anything involving Chousen in the first OVA, which involves NorioWakamoto in all his [[LargeHam GLORIOUSLY HAMMY VOICE]] are guaranteed to make you laugh.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In the original game with Sousou, the key Wei generals and strategists at his mercy, Kakouton and Kakouen assume that a statement from Kazuto signals that their [[spoiler: execution has been scheduled. Rather than bargain for their lives, both of them beg Kazuto to spare Kyocho out of their set of TrueCompanions. Their reasoning is while all of them would gladly follow Sousou to their deaths, Kyocho is still young, barely a teenager, and has many years ahead of her yet.]]
* EarWorm -- Pretty much every single ending theme of the anime
* LesYay -- All over the place. For one, ''several'' of the main characters are openly interested in other women, notably Chouun. Then, there's Sousou's harem...
** In the {{OVA}}, Sousou upholds her [[PsychoLesbian reputation]] by going at it with Keifa on-screen
** Kakuka appears to be ''extremely'' [[{{Nosebleed}} enthralled by Sousou]]
** Otome Tairan takes it UpToEleven when Sheren (Sonsaku) and Shuuyu were going at it off screen which includes rear gates, camps, and everything you can use as a strategy.
** Moukaku and her gang of {{cat girl}}s appear to be obsessed with large breasts.
** Ganryou and Bunshuu of the En faction truly care for each other. Too bad their boss is nuts.
** Gien falls in love with Ryuubi at first sight.
** The scene where Ryuubi is saved by Butterfly Mask (Chounn).
* MagnificentBastard -- Quite possibly Ukitsu; Choujou in ''Otome Tairan'' might count.
* {{Moe}} -- Almost the entire female cast.
* NightmareFuel -- You may be at least a bit squeamish at Bachou's appearance in episode eleven of season one...
** Or anything Chousen and Himiko...''really''...
* PlayerPunch - An almost literal application for those who played the games and then get into the anime. For example Kayuu keeps saying that she's the type who lives a long life while players know [[spoiler: she dies in almost all the scenarios]] and Sonsaku expressing the fact that she doesn't know what would happen if she or Shuyuu lost each other. [[spoiler: We do. Shuyuu would eventually have what amounts to a nervous breakdown, cause a civil war in Koutou instigated by Ukitsu and commit suicide by burning down the palace. Not to mention becoming a much more bitter and cruel woman than the one we know from the anime.]]
* VillainDecay -- Ukitsu started off as seemingly invincible, only to be [[spoiler: killed by Ryuubi of all people]] later on! Choujou also seemed very powerful and influential, but it turned out that she was just being [[spoiler: used by Ukitsu, who ended up turning her into a rat]].
** And the biggest waste of villain potential throughout the course of the series has to be the masked, cloaked man from episode 8 of season 1. He orchestrated a successful kidnapping, and subsequently an almost successful assassination attempt. He resurfaces later on, but is unfortunately revealed to be [[spoiler: the Fake Ryuubi]]. His decay is so drastic, that it's almost impossible to imagine that the two are in fact the same person.
* WhatAnIdiot -- En Faction
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids -- While Koihime has a very lighthearted and whimsical feel to it, it either directly or indirectly refers to alot of things meant for {{seinen}}. And that's not even getting into the completely gratuitous {{Fanservice}}.
* TheWoobie - The Ton faction in general and Chinkyuu's backstory in particular. Their role is pretty much [[spoiler: to be blamed for horrible, horrible crimes that they did not commit]].

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