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Now that the true purpose of the Revues is widely known, there will be those who don't want to see the Flower Division reestablished because they believe it will draw unwanted attention. The last thing they want is to give the demons reason to focus on their home again.
Complicating matters further, while some agree that it is important to keep fighting the good fight, they disagree with any revival of the theater aspect of operations, seeing that aspect as wasteful and unimportant. Why dedicate any time at all to trying to entertain civilians and lift their spirits when they could instead spend that time training? This comes complete with critics insulting those who laid down their lives protecting them, dismissing and downplaying their sacrifice by suggesting that they only died because they weren't serious enough. Thus, the Flower Division finds themselves having to defend themselves on multiple fronts, and may have to excel in the World Combat Revue War competitions simply to prove that they're capable of balancing all aspects of their jobs.
In the gameplay videos, we've already seen two members of the Berlin and Shanghai Combat Revues. For the tournament battles, however, there will be an additional member so that the revues can fight three-on-three. Maybe they're new recruits to the team.
- Jossed for the additional combatants being new recruits and confirmed for the three-on-three battles.
- Sakura will have a very interesting past with Kamiyama, given that she often sees him as his big brother. Maybe we will get to see them play together only to be separated during the Great Demon War.
- Her parents will adopt Kamiyama when his biological parents are killed by the demons, so that might explain why she'll end up calling him as her big brother.
- The Battle of Tokyo will not only separate her from Kamiyama, but she will be Forced to Watch her hometown getting destroyed by the demons.
- Confirmed with Kamiyama and Sakura's separation, Jossed with Sakura being forced to watch her hometown's destruction.
- Maybe Hinata will end up sacrificing her life when she gets perished in the destruction of Sakura's hometown.
- Confirmed.
We know that Anastasia will be transferred to the Imperial Combat Revue at the beginning of the story. Given that, as well as her past with the Combat Revues over in Europe, she might have been previously involved with the international revue tournaments.
There are two reasons for the change:
- Tite is the artist of the popular hit manga and anime Bleach and Sega wants to use Bleach's popularity to get his fans interested into the Sakura Wars franchise since sells of the last Sakura Wars game weren't that good and they are hoping newcomers will change that.
- Another is to avoid any bad press for the newest game due to the revelation of Kosuke's messy love life. (In 2014, Kosuke finally divorced his 1st wife and was planning to marry his new fiance. However, he was cheating on her with cosplayer Nekomu Otogi and got her pregnant, so he married her in 2016 and didn't bother to tell his fiance after she came back from overseas and told her the truth by letter! The fiance wasn't pleased and sued him for emotional distress. To make things more awkward, his newest wife is 30 years younger than him and is around the same age as his oldest daughter!)
- Most of the Japanese interviews that came out was due to the team making suggestions of nominating Kubo anyway.
Given the location of the bromides for the characters that appeared in the previous games, the return of Sumire Kanzaki as well as the fact that the Berlin Combat Revue was established after Ratchet left New York for Berlin at the beginning of New York, NY, there's bound to be more references to the earlier games.
- Confirmed.
Since we know the Mikasa was taken over by Okubo Nagayasu and crashed into Tokyo Bay after the Final Battle in Fall in Love, Maidens, the Imperial Combat Revue may salvage and rebuild it with new weapons during the intervening years between that game and Project Sakura Wars.
- Confirmed. A new version of the Mikasa appears in the game.
In the original game, Sakura Shinguji unintentionally caused a disaster during the Ai Yueni stage play when she trips over her shoes and destroys the stage. Since the game's first play is Momotaro, it will also turn into a disaster thanks to Sakura Amamiya since she has less experience in acting.
- Confirmed. She, along with Hatsuho and Claris, end up causing the disastrous performance of Momotaro.
He will help form the World Luxuriant Opera Federation all in an effort to cause chaos within Tokyo using the demons and pitting the Combat Revues against each other.
- Confirmed.
Nagoshi is a long-time member of Sega and we know that he directed the announcement trailer. He will most likely be involved in some capacity as an executive producer if and when his name does show up at the end of the credits.
- Confirmed. He's one of the executive producers along with Kenji Matsubara.
Since we now know that Sega's CS2 team is developing the game rather than Sonic Team and given Tetsu Katano's previous involvement in the Sonic franchise, there's bound to be some regulars of the franchise and the Yakuza franchise involved. Maybe they will include Shun Nakamura or Akira Nishino as producers, as well as Toshihiro Nagoshi?
- Confirmed. Shun Nakamura is the battle director, Akira Nishino is the production supervisor and Toshihiro Nagoshi is the executive producer.
The demons will search for the Imperial Key in the hopes of unleashing an unspeakable doom to Tokyo while the combat revues will try to stop them from doing so. Eventually, they will find it and the demons will unleash a powerful attack on Tokyo akin to the Great Demon War, forcing the rival Combat Revues to work together and stop the enemy.
- Confirmed. The Imperial Key turns to be Sakura's sword, the Amamiya Kunisada.
Seeing new twists and turns for this series would be interesting.
Since Daisuke Gōri unfortunately committed suicide back in 2010 and is therefore no longer with us, the developers and writers will have to figure out some way to write Yokihiko out of the game. Maybe they could kill him off and leave Kotone Seiryuin and Kikunojo Oka at the two remaining members, since Kazuki Yao and Taiki Matsuno are still alive. If Yokihiko does show up, maybe a famous actor like Ryūzaburō Ōtomo or Tsuguo Mogami would replace Gori.
- Jossed. He simply doesn't appear in the game.
Since Thou Shalt Not Die clocked in at 13 episodes as the longest game in the series, it's probably fitting that the game should have around 10 episodes or so to restart the series with a bang.
- Jossed. It's eight episodes.
- In the French trailer, Kamiyama reveals that he possesses the power of the demons. Maybe he could get corrupted by that power at some point during the game or become immune to those powers so he can fight them with the new Flower Division.
- Oboro might have created an illusion using Kamiyama's likeness to trick the Flower Division.
- All jossed. Kamiyama doesn't have any demon powers and it's one of his three decisions to bluff Mr. I.
- At some point during her music video, her Koubu begins to spark. Based on the trailers we've seen, Sakura will either pull a Taking You with Me on the enemy or use up all she has to destroy the enemy's mecha. In the aftermath, she'll get the Mugen.
- Or Kamiyama will order Sakura to use the damaged Koubu and destroy a boss' already weakened mecha.
- She'll destroy the koubu during her Final Battle with Yaksha.
- All Jossed. Sakura's koubu gets destroyed by Yaksha.
- Her maternal ancestors were destined to die after performing a very powerful spell to kill the demons or reaching a certain age.
- The ancestors inflicted by the curse will die at a certain age (i.e. their 40s or even their 60s).
- All jossed.
Recall in So Long, My Love, when Ratchet could rejoin the fray for a time in the final mission if players pursued her, in spite of her spiritual energy dropping to the point where she would be unable to pilot one. Sumire originally retired from the Tokyo Combat Revue because of her own dwindling spiritual energy, but if the situation is dire enough, she might just hop back into the cockpit!
- Jossed.
She may probably die trying to redeem Yaksha and convince her to return to the Flower Division.
- Jossed. She survives the whole game.
Tis the only game in the series that came west...so why not?
- Jossed. They don't appear.
Since Ikki Yoneda and Kaede Fujieda temporarily resumed their position as commander and vice-commander of the Imperial Combat Revue, respectively, they might have gone into exile or retired shortly after the Great Demon War.
- Jossed. They don't appear in this game.
Given the fact that that Sumire Kanzaki is returning in this game and the Berlin Combat Revue is based in Germany, maybe Leni Milchstraße will become the commander of that revue after returning to Germany in the Great Demon War.
- Jossed. She's trapped along with the rest of her friends after the Great Demon War.
Kohran will return to China after the Great Demon War and serve as the commander of the newly-formed Shanghai Combat Revue. So, she might make an appearance in the game along with Sumire and the other revue commanders.
- Jossed. She's trapped along with the rest of her friends after the Great Demon War.
Ratchet Altair, as we know, helped form the Berlin Combat Revue not long after leaving New York a few months after So Long, My Love. Since it was all but confirmed that the revue would make an appearance in this game, maybe one of its founders will be the captain of the group. Also, judging from the trailers regarding the international combat revues, there will probably one male captain and one female member.
- Jossed in regards to the members, which are two females (Elise is the captain and Margarethe is her subordinate).
Not only will we see some faces from the original games such as Ichiro Ogami and Shinjiro Taiga, but they will team up with the new Imperial Combat Revue and competitors from the other revues in the World Combat Revue War to fight the Final Boss. The team will be led by Kamiyama, Ogami and Taiga. We'll see some of the original Koubus (including the F3s, Tenbus or Soubus), Eisenkleids, and Stars as well. It will be a great Shout-Out to fans of the first five games.
Since we know that the Combat Revues have all sacrificed their lives to save Earth from the demons, there will be memorials and statues there. They will be erected at Ueno Park for the Imperial Combat Revue, the Place de la Concorde for the Paris Combat Revue and Central Park for the New York Combat Revue.
Just before the Great Demon War, Kamiyama proposed to marry Sakura when they were older. Then, the Great Demon War happened and they were separated. Based on the recent footage, Kamiyama might have forgotten about that since that tragedy.
At the end of the game, Sumire will ram the Mikasa into the enemy's lair to help Kamiyama and the Imperial Combat Revue fight the Final Boss and it will probably destroy the ship in the process. If Sumire survives the explosion, she'll have to use an escape pod or her own Koubu, albeit with some injuries.
But on the other hand, if she dies in the Mikasa's explosion or in her Koubu's destruction during the Final Battle a la the RMS Titanic, the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster or, in fiction, the DeLorean in Back to the Future Part III, Sumire will call to everyone via the intercom (This is my final transmission), which will reinvigorate the the Revues to avenge Sumire and eradicate the demons for good. Then, all of the Revues and the people of Tokyo will hold a memorial service for Sumire at the Imperial Theater or the stadium. Sumire will be considered a legend and an inspiration to everyone in addition to her former comrades who have perished in the Demon War.
Many have commented that the masked female that Sakura Amamiya was fighting in the intro video was actually Sakura Shinguji brainwashed by the demons as commentators noticed that her hair style resembles that of Shinguji. Thus speculating that the same may have happened to the others.
- Jossed. The real Sakura is still trapped in the Reverse Capital.
Yaksha's not her real name. Sakura took the pseudonym after the Great Demon War.
- Jossed. She's an Evil Doppelgänger.
After the Great Demon War, Sakura will disguise herself as one of the enemies while leaking information to Sumire Kanzaki and the Imperial Combat Revue. Ultimately, they will form a strategy on how to defeat them.
- Jossed. She's a villain throughout the game.
Maybe she'll remember everything after being snapped out of her brainwashing. Think Orihime from the film.
Only to get a Heel–Face Door-Slam when she gets killed by the Big Bad.
- Jossed. She gets killed by Sakura and Kamiyama.
Ichiro Ogami, who has retired as a member of the Flower Division and is currently investigating what really happened to Sakura and his allies during the Battle of Tokyo. Ultimately, he will help the heroes take down the bad guys.
- Jossed. Ogami's still trapped in Shadow Tokyo.
Once he realizes what President G is really like, Mister I will have his reinforcements help the Combat Revues.
In one of the scenes for Claris's MV, she opens her magic book to cast a spell on Kamiyama shortly after the incident at the bookstore in the location preview video.
Hakushu hinted that she fought alongside Oboro in the past. In her potential backstory, she might turn out to be Evil All Along. Once Sakura finds out the truth about Hakushu, the latter will become a Broken Pedestal for her.
The ending of the 2019 game shows that the original Combat Revues are still sealed within Shadow Tokyo. If a new sequel comes out, the new Combat Revues will rescue the original ones the next time they enter Shadow Tokyo.
Since Leyla turned out to be alive at the end of Sakura Wars the Animation, she may end up having a major role to play in a potential sequel.
Sakura, Erica and Gemini are confirmed as DLC in Super Robot Wars 30. It's more likely that while fighting in Shadow Tokyo, they got thrown into the multiverse of SRW, and they will have to spend time gathering the other lost members before they can come back.
