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Characters introduced in Asura Blade: Sword of Destiny
Yashaou
A traveling swordsman in search of worthy opponents.- The Chains of Commanding: Averted. The sequel reveals that he was a competitor for the leadership of his clan, but as doing so would prevent him from being able to explore the world and fight exiting duels with other warriors he basically sabotaged himself so that he could continue his adventuring ways.
- Expy: Yashaou may remind you Crono, another sword-wielding, redheaded hero. His appearance also has some resemblance to Hayato Kanzuki particularly in regard to his hairstyle and wearing a metal plated headband. However, personality wise he's a bit more like Haohmaru.
- Fiery Redhead: As can be seen here
. - Heroes Prefer Swords: And he more specifically prefers a katana.
- Multi-Melee Master: In addition to his katana, he also has a dagger that he can pull out for some up-close attacks.
- Playing with Fire: Many of his attacks involve fire effects.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Goat's blue.
- Walking the Earth:
Goat
A mercenary who is constantly troubled by the death of his family.- BFS: He uses a zweihander-style blade in battle.
- Epic Flail: He has a flail as a secondary weapon.
- Expy: Let's see, a mercenary with an oversized sword who is continually brooding about some cataclysm from his past. Sounds a lot like Cloud Strife.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the blue to Yashaou's red.
Rosemary
A woman born into a noble family who seeks the eponymous Asura blade in the hopes of restoring the kingdom she hails from.- Expy: Her appearance and abilities are quite similar to Rose from the Street Fighter series.
- Hot Witch: She has knowledge of sorcery and uses that to bend demonic spirits to her will to aid her in battle.
- Jiggle Physics: In the second game. Seriously, those things have a mind of their own.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's a busty, sword-wielding babe who wears a skintight leotard. Even more evident in the sequel, where her already generous bust increase several cup sizes and gains Jiggle Physics that would make Mai blush.
- Supermodel Strut: In Eternal Warriors, Rosemary's Power Floats walking animation is replaced with her doing a confident strut with swaying hips, to illustrate her Proud Beauty personality.
- Telekinesis: Uses this ability to wield her sword while leaving her hands free for fighting at the same time.
Alice
A young princess skilled in necromancy who has runaway to seek her own adventures.- Alice Allusion: With the unique distinction of being an Alice expy with necromancy powers.
- Alternate Self: In Asura Buster, there is another version of her (called "Alice!") as a Secret Character based on her play style from the prior game. Interesting to note that there is an in-story justification for this in that it is said that the younger Alice accidentally performed a time travel spell that sends her three years into the future.
- Genki Girl: Though she is a princess who is expected to observe royal decorum, but she is also an energetic and highly curious girl who wants to explore the world.
- Immortality Seeker: Finding the secret of immortality is what has piqued her interest, inspiring her to go adventuring in the first place.
- Necromancer: Her specialty which she can perform via a proficiency via a grimoire-like book of spells that grants her power over the dead.
- Token Mini-Moe: She's the youngest character in the series being introduced as ten years old in the first game.
Lightning
The head knight of a noble yet reclusive kingdom, Lightning is ordered by his king to retrieve the Sword of Dynasty.- Dual Wielding: He uses two swords simultaneously in battle.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: He's the leader the of the troops of his kingdom and he has the martial skill to back up his credentials.
- Shock and Awe: He certainly has a name that is fitting to his power set.
Taros
A large automaton designed for military use that will doggedly pursue any mission it is programmed to do.- Golem: Taros is supposed to be one of these, but his immense size makes him more of a Humongous Mecha.
- Shout-Out: Based on the figure of Talos from Greek mythology.
Zam-B
An undead criminal resurrected by Alice's father for the purpose of finding and bringing back his runaway daughter.- Malevolent Masked Men: He's always wearing a metal mask that covers the top part of his face.
- Our Zombies Are Different: He's a reanimated corpse. In this case, this seems to involve a green goo of some sort. He also weaponizes this liquid for projectiles via his spit.
- Power Fist: He uses an oversized gauntlet in combat.
- Punny Name: The small, undead character appropriately named "Zam-B" (Zombie).
- Super Spit: Has this as one of his attacks.
- Wild Hair: Keeps his hair in this fashion as can be seen here.
Footee
A martial artist who is descended from a long line of warriors.- Bare-Fisted Monk: One of the few fighters in the series who uses neither weapons nor any sort of magic.
- Lightning Bruiser: Footee, to the point where she's a borderline
Game-Breaker. - Pink Means Feminine: Her outfit is primarily pink.
- Put on a Bus: She doesn't return for the sequel. Her unexplained disappearance actually is a plot point in the story of Chen-Mao, her student, in that game.
- Tomboyish Ponytail: Puts her hair into this style.
Curfue
- The Dragon: For S. Geist
- Evil Redhead: As a notable contrast the heroic redhaired Yashaou.
- Family-Friendly Firearms: His pulse rifle is such a science-fiction-y style laser weapon. However, he also has grenades and also a Bayonet attachment which are much more like real-world weapons. Averted in the case of S. Geist's other minions which Curfue can call up for his supermove.
- Goggles Do Nothing:
- Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: A sadistic mad man who killing and hurting people for an evil overlord and also smokes? Definitely on the evil side.
- The Gunslinger: Firearms are his main weapons of choice.
- SNK Boss: Even though he is just the sub-boss fight before the battle against S. Geist, many players have stated him as being more difficult. You can read here (Other Fighting Games) under the relevant entry for more details.
- The Social Darwinist: He believes this about the post-apocalyptic world the Asura series is set in and thus isn't bothered by anyone "too weak" to survive.
S. Geist
An evil warlord who possesses the eponymous sword of destiny and also has a plan to resurrect a being known as the "Earth Dragon" in order to claim the world for himself.- Big Bad: Of the first game.
- Blood Knight
- Evil Overlord
- SNK Boss
- Whip Sword: Uses a chain-sword.
Characters introduced in Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors
Sittara
A swordsman from the same clan as Yashaou who resents him for denying him the position of patriarch of their clan.- Ambition Is Evil: He REALLY Wanted to be the head of the clan, but his loss to Yashaou in the competition to attain the position of patriarch denied him the ability to achieve that. Now he seeks to kill the hero for denying him leadership of the clan.
- Ax-Crazy: Yashaou finds out how unwell adjusted he is firsthand.
- Braids of Action: A male example as can be seen here.
- Casting a Shadow: One of his abilities which differentiates with Yashaou.
- Driven by Envy: Against Yashaou.
Leon
An arrogant and narcissistic knight who comes from the same noble yet reclusive kingdom as Lightning.- Dual Wielding: Leon, like Lightning, also uses a two-sword fighting style.
- Foil: He's given a characterization of narcissism in contrast to the relatively humble Lightning.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His appearance is similarly Bishonen-like to that of Lightning, but Leon has somewhat longer hair.
- Shock and Awe: Just like with Lightning.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Subverted. He was intended to be Lightning's replacement for the second game, but instead the developers chose to give Leon an entirely different moveset and gameplay style.
Zinsuke
A samurai who, along with the ninjas Rokurouta and Nanami, have been sent by their emperor to investigate a lost continent.- Iaijutsu Practitioner: He uses this particularly sword fighting style.
Rokurouta
A ninja who along with his sister, Nanami, and the samurai Zinsuke have been sent to investigate a lost continent.- Ninja: Who also uses plenty of stock ninja weapons as well.
Chen-Mao
A martial artist who is a student of Footee who has gone on a search for her missing master.- Bare-Fisted Monk: Like her master Footee.
- Happily Adopted: By Footee following her parents' passing. Hence when Footee goes missing, she has a personal stake in trying to find her.
Nanami
A kunoichi who has shapeshifting abilities. She's the younger sister of Rokurouta.- Ms. Fanservice: Not to the extent of Rosemary, but she certainly has some attention getting assets, including a cleave-baring outfit and gracious legs, that she flaunts in victory animation.
- Secret Character: In Asura Buster along with an alternate version of Alice based on her playstyle from the first game.
- Voluntary Shapeshifter: Which allows her to transform herself into a copy of her opponent.
Vebel
A strange pink slug-like creature that is fought from within a deep and dark cave.- Combat Tentacles: Though the things coming out of it are actually tongues. See "Too Many Mouths" below for details.
- Too Many Mouths: As can be seen here.
King
A malevolent ruler who has aims for achieving godhood.- Big Bad: Of Asura Buster.
- Duality Motif: In addition to the having a vertical split color scheme, one half of his body is masculine and the other half is feminine.
- Expy: He is to some extent like Gill from Street Fighter III in that he has a two-toned coloring to his body, though with a gender motif as well, with the red-ish left side masculine and his right of his body being blue and feminine. In terms of his fighting style, it is much more like that of the Apocalypse boss battles in the Marvel vs. Capcom games.
- Manly Facial Hair: Well, the male half of his face is bearded.
