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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Genam ''knows'' that a ninja's life is regarded as even more worthless than that of a peasant's in Feudal Japan, and therefore even with his CompleteImmortality he will ''never'' be legitimately recognized as an Emperor no matter how much gold he has. Therefore, he settles instead to use the blood-money of Shimoda village acquired by his monsters to buy an army of Ninja '''so''' massive and well-armed that any legitimate government, regardless of dynasty, will have ''no choice'' but to be figureheads puppeted by his ''absolute word'' from the shadows, making him the true ruler of Japan.

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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Genam Genma ''knows'' that a ninja's life is regarded as even more worthless than that of a peasant's in Feudal Japan, and therefore even with his CompleteImmortality he will ''never'' be legitimately recognized as an Emperor no matter how much gold he has. Therefore, he settles instead to use the blood-money of Shimoda village acquired by his monsters to buy an army of Ninja '''so''' massive and well-armed that any legitimate government, regardless of dynasty, will have ''no choice'' but to be figureheads puppeted by his ''absolute word'' from the shadows, making him the true ruler of Japan.

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* InformedAttribute: Some promotional materials describe Mushizo as a monk warrior, but unlike Dakuan, nothing about him makes one think of a monk.

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* TheInfested: He has a hive of wasps living in the hump on his back that follows his commands.
* InformedAttribute: Some promotional materials describe Mushizo as a monk warrior, but but, unlike Dakuan, nothing about him makes one think of a monk.



* LovecraftianSuperpower: He can control hornets and house them into his own body.
* MeaningfulName: "Mushizo" means "Insect Cellar," relating to the beehive he has grafted in his hump.

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* LovecraftianSuperpower: He can control hornets [[TheInfested and house houses them into his own body.
body]].
* MeaningfulName: "Mushizo" means "Insect Cellar," relating to the beehive wasp nest he has grafted in his hump.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Genam ''knows'' that a ninja's life is regarded as even more worthless than that of a peasant's, and therefore he will ''never'' be legitimately recognized as an Emperor no matter how much gold he has. Therefore, he settles instead to use the blood-money of Shimoda village acquired by his monsters to buy an army of Ninja '''so''' massive and well-armed that any legitimate government, regardless of dynasty, will have ''no choice'' but to be figureheads puppeted by his ''absolute word'' from the shadows, making him the true ruler of Japan.

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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Genam ''knows'' that a ninja's life is regarded as even more worthless than that of a peasant's, peasant's in Feudal Japan, and therefore even with his CompleteImmortality he will ''never'' be legitimately recognized as an Emperor no matter how much gold he has. has. Therefore, he settles instead to use the blood-money of Shimoda village acquired by his monsters to buy an army of Ninja '''so''' massive and well-armed that any legitimate government, regardless of dynasty, will have ''no choice'' but to be figureheads puppeted by his ''absolute word'' from the shadows, making him the true ruler of Japan. Japan.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Genam ''knows'' that a ninja's life is regarded as even more worthless than that of a peasant's, and therefore he will ''never'' be legitimately recognized as an Emperor no matter how much gold he has. Therefore, he settles instead to use the blood-money of Shimoda village acquired by his monsters to buy an army of Ninja '''so''' massive and well-armed that any legitimate government, regardless of dynasty, will have ''no choice'' but to be figureheads puppeted by his ''absolute word'' from the shadows, making him the true ruler of Japan.
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* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:After getting blown up by an explosive rat sent by Zakuro, his severed hand falls into the pier. Zakuro finds it and [[BondOneLiner quips he's now "queen of the devils"]] before throwing it into the sea.]]

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* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:After getting blown up by an explosive rat sent by Zakuro, his severed hand arm falls into the pier. Zakuro finds it and [[BondOneLiner quips he's now "queen of the devils"]] before throwing it into the sea.]]
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* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:After getting blown up by an explosive rat sent by Zakuro, his severed hand falls into the pier. Zakuro finds it and [[BondOneLiner quips he's now "queen of the devils"]].]]

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* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:After getting blown up by an explosive rat sent by Zakuro, his severed hand falls into the pier. Zakuro finds it and [[BondOneLiner quips he's now "queen of the devils"]].devils"]] before throwing it into the sea.]]

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* NotEnoughToBury: [[spoiler:After getting blown up by an explosive rat sent by Zakuro, his severed hand falls into the pier. Zakuro finds it and [[BondOneLiner quips he's now "queen of the devils"]].]]



* PersonOfMassDestruction: Under certain situations, he has the capacity to be this. Using his electric powers on a river full of living creatures produces a devastating result.

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* PersonOfMassDestruction: Under certain situations, he has the capacity to can be this. Using his electric powers on a river full of living creatures produces a devastating result.
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* DwindlingParty: They're killed one by one by the heroes (and in some cases each other) over the course of the film.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The Yamashiro ninja knew about their hidden mine. Gemma didn't want to risk their telling anybody else about it, so he tricked them into killing each other.



* OffWithHisHead: Jubei decapitated him as revenge for framing his allies. But it didn't work.

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* OffWithHisHead: Jubei decapitated him as revenge for framing his allies. But allies, but he just put it didn't work.back on his neck.


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* {{Invisibility}}: He only does it briefly, but he goes invisible to catch Jubei by surprise.


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* SoftSpokenSadist: He always speaks calmly and softly, even when he's electrocuting his victims.
* WickedCultured: He's shown writing calligraphy when Benisato arrives to report her first battle with Jubei.


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* VillainousRescue: Yurimaru captures Jubei and starts electrocuting him. He likely would've killed Jubei if Zakuro's rat bomb hadn't arrived when it did. Yurimaru's hesitation when he sees the rat makes him let up on shocking Jubei, allowing the latter to cut himself free and escape right before the rat explodes.
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--> Voiced By: Gara Takashima (Japanese), Joan-Carol O'Connell (English), María Luisa Rosselló (Spain), Caterina Rochira (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Gara Takashima Creator/GaraTakashima (Japanese), Joan-Carol O'Connell (English), María Luisa Rosselló (Spain), Caterina Rochira (Italian)
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* ThreeAmigos: As friends as three shinobi of three different alignements can be. They qualify for the character types, though.
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* {{Bishonen}}: He's a very pretty man.
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* BloodKnight: He sees his adversaries as his preys and is not willing to leave them to his allies.

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* BloodKnight: He sees his adversaries as his preys prey and is not willing to leave them to his allies.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dies killed by his own maddened hornets when he plunges into a pond and they try to escape from his body. Just to be sure, Jubei delivers a finishing blow.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dies killed by [[spoiler:Suffers fatal stings from his own maddened hornets when after he plunges into a pond and they try to escape from his body. Just to be sure, Jubei delivers a finishing blow.blow which decapitates Mushizo.]]



* LogicalWeakness: Supernatural control or not, wasps are still wasps. When Mushizo is submerged underwater the wasps' hive is flooded, forcing them to try to save themselves by digging through Mushizo's own flesh.

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* LogicalWeakness: Supernatural control or not, wasps are still wasps. When Mushizo is submerged underwater the wasps' wasp hive is flooded, forcing them to try to save themselves by digging through Mushizo's own flesh.



* LongRangeFighter: Subverted. His greatest strength is using his hornets while keeping himself out of the reach of his enemies, but is no slouch in close quarters either, where he skillfully uses throwing knives and a spear.

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* LongRangeFighter: Subverted. His greatest strength is using Played with. He's a much larger threat when siccing his hornets while keeping himself out of the reach of his enemies, wasps on enemies at long range, but Mushizo is no slouch in close quarters either, where he skillfully uses wields throwing knives and a spear.



* PestController: The natural utility of having control over poisonous flying insects.
* RedRightHand: He has a hornet grafted to his back.

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* PestController: The natural utility of having Somehow has control over poisonous flying insects.
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* RedRightHand: He has a hornet hive grafted to his back.



* SpikeShooter: Can also fire needles with his throat, with enough force to pierce the handle of Jubei's katana.
* TheStrategist: He uses clever tactics, like keeping the distance with enemies so his swarm can kill them while he's at no risk, and luring enemies into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack, which he does twice.

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* SpikeShooter: Can also fire needles with out of his throat, with enough force to pierce the handle of Jubei's katana.
* TheStrategist: He uses clever tactics, like keeping the his enemies at long distance with enemies so his swarm can kill them while he's at no risk, and luring enemies into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack, which he does twice.twice in his bout with Jubei.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Her disdain for clothing includes footwear.

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* LogicalWeakness: Impenetrable skin will do nothing to protect him from being poisoned, or wounded in places not protected by his skin, such as his eyes. And should anything weaken his body/skin, the protection it offers is effectively gone.



* AffablyEvil: Never says a word higher than other.



* FauxAffablyEvil: All of her dialog is spoken in even and polite tones, but she sometimes uses that to conceal barbs, such as taunting Yurimaru about how Genma is her lover as well, or calling Jubei out for trying to do a BackupBluff. No matter how politely she may speak, it's clearly insincere.



* FullFrontalAssault: Goes completely naked in all of her fights. As she never engages in hand-to-hand (if she can avoid it) and instead fights by generating animals from any part of her body, it is a practical option to use more easily her skill, as well as a sexy preference.

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* FullFrontalAssault: Goes completely naked in all both of her fights. encounters with Jubei. As she never engages in hand-to-hand (if combat (at least, not if she can avoid it) it), and instead fights by generating animals from any part of her body, it is a practical option to use more easily her skill, and plays to her skills in seduction as well as a sexy preference.well.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Makes two failed attempts to kill Jubei, resulting in her death at Yurimaru's hands.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Makes two failed attempts to kill Jubei, resulting in after the second attempt falls apart Yurimaru kills her death at Yurimaru's hands.from afar.



* AnArmAndALeg: He's already missing an arm, and later Jubei's RazorWind severs his light leg at knee level. Disturbingly enough, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction he doesn't seem to notice much]].

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* AnArmAndALeg: He's already missing an arm, and later Jubei's RazorWind severs his light right leg at knee level. Disturbingly enough, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction he doesn't seem to notice much]].



* ComboPlatterPowers: Shijima has probably the greatest variety of powers among the Devils. He can melt into shadows, generate illusionary duplicates of himself, turn his opponents into PeoplePuppets and attack his opponents with a sort of grappling-claw.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Subverted. He uses a weird contraption that is kinda like a crossbow if instead of a bolt there was a multipronged claw that fired from a spring and was connected to the bow by a metal chain. However, while its main purpose seems to be a sudden assassination weapon while striking from the shadows, he doesn't actually have much luck with it; Dakuan is able to dodge it at the last instant and Jubei blocks it, and when Shijima tries to pull the chain back to the bow against the latter, he winds up impaling himself on Jubei's sword, as it had become entangled in the claw/chain.

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* ComboPlatterPowers: Shijima has probably the greatest variety of powers among the Devils. He can melt into shadows, generate illusionary shadow duplicates of himself, turn his opponents into PeoplePuppets and attack his opponents with a sort of grappling-claw.
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Subverted. He uses a weird contraption that is kinda like a crossbow if instead of a bolt there was a multipronged multi-pronged claw that fired from a spring and was connected to the bow by a metal chain. However, while its main purpose seems to be a sudden assassination weapon while striking from the shadows, he doesn't actually have much luck with it; Dakuan is able to dodge it at the last instant and Jubei blocks it, and when Shijima tries to pull the chain back to the bow against the latter, he winds up impaling himself on Jubei's sword, as it had become entangled in the claw/chain.



* BlindWeaponmaster: A blind swordfighter who is actually Jubei's complete superior in terms of skill, which is quite a feat.

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* BlindWeaponmaster: A blind swordfighter swordsman who is actually Jubei's complete superior in terms of skill, which is quite a feat.



* HighlyVisibleNinja: He fights more like a samurai than a ninja, to the extent to save enemies from their deaths in order to host honorable duels against them. Bonus points for wearing a fancy white robe instead of something more practical. The fact that he introduces himself using a surname adds credence to the idea that he is actually a samurai, and was perhaps recruited into the group as a mercenary due to his fighting skill rather than any ninja abilities.

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* HighlyVisibleNinja: He fights more like a samurai than a ninja, to the extent to save that he saves enemies from their deaths in order to host honorable duels against them. Bonus points for wearing a fancy white robe instead of something more practical. The fact that he introduces himself using a surname adds credence to the idea that he is actually a samurai, and was perhaps recruited into the group as a mercenary due to his fighting skill rather than any ninja abilities.



* MasterSwordsman: He makes Jubei look rough and amateurish by comparison.

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* MasterSwordsman: He makes Jubei Jubei, who is the next best swordsman in the movie (and is ''much'' better than anyone else shown onscreen), look rough and amateurish by comparison.



* ThisCannotBe: Mutters these words in shock as he dies, unable to understand how Jubei could parry his sword and stab him so quickly, unaware that his blade was actually blocked by Kagero's sword.

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* ThisCannotBe: Mutters these words in shock as he dies, unable to understand how Jubei could, as far as he could tell, parry his sword attack and then stab him so quickly, almost instantly, unaware that his blade was actually blocked by Kagero's sword.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dies killed by his own, maddened hornets when he plunges into a pond and they try to escape from his body, and Jubei finishes him off shortly afterwards.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dies killed by his own, own maddened hornets when he plunges into a pond and they try to escape from his body, and body. Just to be sure, Jubei finishes him off shortly afterwards.delivers a finishing blow.]]



* LongRangeFighter: Subverted. He fights mainly using his hornets, but is no slouch in close quarters either.

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* LongRangeFighter: Subverted. He fights mainly His greatest strength is using his hornets, hornets while keeping himself out of the reach of his enemies, but is no slouch in close quarters either.either, where he skillfully uses throwing knives and a spear.



* TheStrategist: He prefers smart tactics, like keeping the distance with enemies so his swarm can kill them while he's at no risk, and luring enemies into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack, which he does twice.

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* TheStrategist: He prefers smart uses clever tactics, like keeping the distance with enemies so his swarm can kill them while he's at no risk, and luring enemies into a false sense of security before launching a surprise attack, which he does twice.
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* BladeOnAStick: His weapon is a weird two-pronged spear.
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* ComboPlatterPowers: Shijima has probably the greatest variety of powers among the Devils. He can melt into shadows, generate illusionary duplicates of himself, turn his opponents into PeoplePuppets and attack his opponents with a sort of grappling-claw.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Genma kills her.]]

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Genma kills her.At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Genma fatally stabs Kagero in the gut as part of the former's trap.]]



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:How Jubei kills him.]]


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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Jubei fatally stabs Mujuro while fighting in the forest.]]
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Believing that Genma is on the same side that you are is a bad assumption, no matter who you are. He has no real loyalty to anyone. First he betrays the Yamashiro clan by selling them out to the Toyotomi clan and telling them about the Yamashiro's hidden gold mine. Then, he betrays his fellow Yamashiro ninja by claiming their lord ordered them to kill each other. Finally, he betrays the Shogun of the Dark and the Toyotomi with his plans to be TheStarscream and the true master of Japan.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Believing that Genma is on the same side that you are is a bad assumption, no matter who you are. He has no real actual loyalty to anyone. First he betrays the Yamashiro clan by selling them out to the Toyotomi clan and telling them about the Yamashiro's hidden gold mine. Then, he betrays his fellow Yamashiro ninja by claiming their lord ordered them to kill each other. Jubei, which gets them all cut down by their friend. Finally, he betrays the Shogun of the Dark and the Toyotomi with his plans plan to be TheStarscream [[TheStarscream seize their secret, ill-gotten gold from them and make himself the true master of Japan. Japan]].
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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Believing that Genma is on the same side that you are is a bad assumption, no matter who you are. He has no real loyalty to anyone.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Believing that Genma is on the same side that you are is a bad assumption, no matter who you are. He has no real loyalty to anyone. First he betrays the Yamashiro clan by selling them out to the Toyotomi clan and telling them about the Yamashiro's hidden gold mine. Then, he betrays his fellow Yamashiro ninja by claiming their lord ordered them to kill each other. Finally, he betrays the Shogun of the Dark and the Toyotomi with his plans to be TheStarscream and the true master of Japan.
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--> Voiced By: Reizo Nomoto (Japanese), Milton James (English), Domingo Moreno (Latin America), José Luis Barcelona (Spain), Creator/AldoStella (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Reizo Nomoto (Japanese), Milton James Creator/MiltonJames (English), Domingo Moreno (Latin America), José Luis Barcelona (Spain), Creator/AldoStella (Italian)
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* BladeReflection: A trick of his to blind his opponents. As he is already blind, he doesn't get affected.

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* BladeReflection: A He uses this trick of his to blind his opponents. As he is already blind, he doesn't get affected.opponents and strike while they're disorientated.



* LogicalWeakness: Although his hearing is impressive and has some advantages over regular vision, it is not infallible, and it does not make up completely for functional eyes. When Jubei and circumstances force Mujuro to keep track simultaneously of himself, the many trees of the environment and a thin blade lodged in the more recognizable log of one of those, the last element goes unnoticed for the devil of Kimon and it ends up being his bane.

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* LogicalWeakness: Although his hearing is impressive and has some advantages over regular vision, it is not infallible, and it does not make up completely for functional eyes. When Jubei and circumstances force Mujuro Whether because he couldn't hear it due to it not moving, or because he is trying to keep track simultaneously of himself, the too many things at once with his hearing (Jubei, Kagero, the trees of the environment and a thin woods they're fighting in, etc.), he can't tell that Kagero's blade is lodged in a tree after she attempted to sneak attack him earlier. Later in the more recognizable log of one of those, fight Jubei winds up in the last element goes unnoticed perfect position for the devil of Kimon lodged blade to block Utsusu's strike, whereas if Utsusu could see he would have been able to tell that the blade was there and it ends up being his bane.adjusted accordingly.



* ThisCannotBe: Mutters these words in shock as he dies, unable to understand how Jubei could parry his sword and stab him so quickly, unaware that his blade was blocked by Kagero's sword.

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* ThisCannotBe: Mutters these words in shock as he dies, unable to understand how Jubei could parry his sword and stab him so quickly, unaware that his blade was actually blocked by Kagero's sword.
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--> Voiced By: Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Dean Wein (English), José Manuel Vieira (Latin America), Paco Gázquez (Spain), Claudio Moneta (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Dean Wein (English), José Manuel Vieira (Latin America), Paco Gázquez (Spain), Claudio Moneta Creator/ClaudioMoneta (Italian)



--> Voiced By: Creator/EmiShinohara (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English), María T. Hernández (Latin America), Silvia Castelló (Spain), Roberta Gallina (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Creator/EmiShinohara (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English), María T. Hernández (Latin America), Silvia Castelló (Spain), Roberta Gallina Creator/JasmineLaurenti (Italian)



--> Voiced By: Akimasa Ohmori (Japanese), Kevin Seymour (English), unknown (Latin America), Miguel Rey (Spain), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Akimasa Ohmori (Japanese), Kevin Seymour (English), unknown (Latin America), Miguel Rey (Spain), Gianluca Iacono Creator/GianlucaIacono (Italian)



--> Voiced By: Reizo Nomoto (Japanese), Milton James (English), Domingo Moreno (Latin America), José Luis Barcelona (Spain), Aldo Stella (Italian)

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--> Voiced By: Reizo Nomoto (Japanese), Milton James (English), Domingo Moreno (Latin America), José Luis Barcelona (Spain), Aldo Stella Creator/AldoStella (Italian)



-->Voiced By: Creator/KatsujiMori (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English), Oriol Rafel (Spain), Marco Balzarotti (Italian)

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-->Voiced By: Creator/KatsujiMori (Japanese), Creator/KirkThornton (English), Oriol Rafel (Spain), Marco Balzarotti Creator/MarcoBalzarotti (Italian)

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