History Characters / SamuraiDeeperKyo

* {{Jerkass}}: Kyo ''radiates'' jerkass energy from energy corner of his being. And this is probably him being nice. To the people he likes, he usually insults, and refers to Yuya as an ugly dog, as well as "Servant #1, Benitora is Servant #2.

** She even gets more than a little creepy with it at times, like when Benitora and Kyo fought a match for fun, and Okuni was sweating bullets, feeling herself up, and depending on the translation, said she wanted to see the winner [[Squick bathe in the loser's blood]].

** Pretty much the entire point of his character that determination, skill, and spirit can overcome his genetic limits. [[UptoEleven And it does]].

* RedOniBlueOni: With Benitora

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: With Tokito. He tries to act indifferently about it, but usually just ends up failing miserably.

* SuperPowerMeltdown: The Medusa Eye, sort of.

** He's actually a ninja. But he uses samurai based swords, but tends to attack in more speed based, stealthy ninja like ways.

* SarutobiSasuke: [[{{CaptainObvious}} for the obvious reasons]]...

* CuteBruiser: She crushed a man's skill with her bare hand when called an old woman, by accident.

The leader of the Goyosei. Taihaku represents the element of metal (or gold in the translated version). However, unlike his other comrades in the Goyosei, lacks elemental powers of any type. Taihaku is by far the most compassionate and benevolent of the Goyosei and a good bit of the cast in general. He is greatly respected by Shinrei and even Keikoku to a certain extent. In his free time, he looks after the children that are considered the failures of Mibu experiments, even though this is looked down on.

The Wood of the Goyosei. Saishi is an attractive looking woman with an impressive bust, [[NaughtyNurseOutfit dressed in a nurse's uniform]] (which is perplexing since this takes place in the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate). She, along with her companion Saisei, guard the second of the five gates leading into the Mibu stronghold. In spite of her cute appearance, she is exceptionally cruel and undeniably evil. She enjoys toying with enemy and ally alike. She is armed with the ability to resurrect the dead as extremely difficult to kill zombies as well as potent regenerative abilities that allow her wounds to heal near instantaneously.

[[spoiler: After a prolonged battle, it is revealed that Saishi is the only one of the pair that is an actual member of the Goyosei and that Sasei is another of Saishi's animated corpses. She is eventually defeated by Akira after he successfully nullifies her regenerative abilities with his ice techniques.]]

* AGodIAm: Played terrifyingly straight. He even has the power to create and destroy at will. Subverted at the end when it is revealed that [[spoiler: he too is one of the Mibu's battle puppets, just one of the ones that is closest to the true Mibu, so his power rivals theirs.]]

* TheBerserker

* TheMedic

* WholesomeCrossdresser

* HealingFactor

* CuteBruiser

* {{Jerkass}}

* EyesAlwaysShut

* BuxomIsBetter

* ImpossiblyLowNeckline

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Part of why she fell for Kyo

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Attempted. [[spoiler:She jumps in front of Nobunaga's sword to save Kyo, believing she will die.]] Then,[[spoiler: [[IGotBetter she got better.]]]]

* TheMole: Akari is secretly [[spoiler: Ashura, Hishigi's Imperial Guard, who was sent to spy on Kyo.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He became a Berserker and slave to the Mibu in order to save his daughter Anju (Antera)]].

* FightingFromWithin: When his body is [[spoiler: taken over by Nobunaga]].

* TheBigGuy

* TheBigGuy

* ImAHumanitarian

* ImAHumanitarian: Reluctantly

One of the current Four Elders, thought to be the most powerful ever (which is saying something when you consider the Badassery of Muramasa and Shihodo and the rest). Was at one point the leader of the Taishiro. Wields a ''huge'' Main/{{BFS}} named Hakuya and, when all else fails, his [[EvilEye Medusa Eyes]]. Inarguably the smartest character in the series. He appears to be rather silent and calm at first, but as pretty much the entire cast--especially Sasuke, Kyo, Akari, Yuan and Julian--finds out, you shouldn't piss him off...

After Kyo's "death" at Sekigahara, Akira went on with his life, striving to achieve invincibility in battle. When Kyo finally returned, in the body of Kyoshiro Mibu, Akira had drifted so far off that he'd gone and become an antagonist...

Another one of Kyo's Four Emperors, real name Date Masamune, Bontenmaru is TheBigGuy distilled. Huge and muscular, he fights with his bokken- and when the battle drags, he throws that away and wades into the enemy with his fists, tearing them limb from limb. He's not what you'd call "reliable-" one of his first moves was betraying Kyo and Muramasa to Keikoku, but he quickly [[EasilyForgiven rejoins the nakama]] after nothing comes of it.

::'''Kubira'''

::'''Makora'''

* {{Determinator}}

The legendary slayer of a thousand men, not to mention the title character. Known as the single deadliest Samurai in the history of the world, Kyo is currently suffering from a tiny problem. He's stuck in the body of his most hated enemy, who sealed away his real body in a hidden location [[spoiler:Mt Fuji, actually.]] Over the course of the story, Kyo must contend with an [[Main/SortingAlgorithmOfEvil increasingly outrageous succession of enemies]], who range from crazed Samurai out to kill him for revenge or reputation to enemies who are more or less gods. Ultimately Kyo must fight his way through the legions of the infamous Mibu Clan [[spoiler:to which he used to belong]] in order to learn the secrets surrounding his origin...or rather, that's why everyone else is going. Kyo could probably care less about that. In battle Kyo fights using the Mumyou-Jinpuu-Ryu, and wields the powerful longsword, Tenro. By the end of the story, Kyo is without a doubt the most powerful character in the entire series.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Due to sharing a body with Mibu Kyoshiro. Kyo begins as more of a SuperpoweredEvilSide, but progresses to a full-on Freaky Friday as he gets more deeply characterized. Ultimately, this culminates in . . .
* GrandTheftMe: . . . Kyoshiro stealing Kyo's body. [[spoiler: It was all part of Kyoshiro's plan, of course.]]

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: ... and hilarity ensues.
* SuperPowerMeltdown

A sixteen-year-old bounty hunter who stumbles upon Mibu Kyoshiro at the beginning of the story. She's looking for the man with the cross-shaped scar on his back who killed her older brother. However, her attempts to turn Kyoshiro in for the reward wind up involving her with the deadly Mibu clan and opening the door on her brother's mysterious past. . .

* ActionGirl: In the beginning, she was a capable fighter. Later, she went under {{Main/Chickification}}.

* DynamicEntry: In what is probably Yukimura's greatest CrowningMomentOfAwesome, he [[spoiler: bursts onto the scene as the Crimson King is about to kill his men, Yuya and Sakuya, and uses his Seikireigan to cut down THREE Suzaku's simultaneously.]]

* LightIsNotGood: His sword is called "White Night" and he uses light-based attacks.
* MadDoctor: His nickname, but he's mostly a subversion. Some of his distant underlings and emulators, however...

Hotaru's mentor and surrogate father, and one of the current Taishiro. He took his mother's place after she died. It is revealed later that [[spoiler: he and his entire family are essentially prisoners of the Taishiro due to their mother's "treason".]]

* Really700YearsOld: Several ''thousand''.

* ParentalAbandonment: His mother, Ian, was killed [[spoiler: by Hishigi]] for learning too much about the Sendai Aka No Ou, and his father, Julian, left his family and has been working ever since to set up a way to avenge her.

* CloudCuckoolander

The First Crimson King is encountered by Kyo, as he is in fact [[spoiler:the soul of Tenro, Kyo's BFS. The Shodai Aka no Ou merely wanted his people to live lives of comfort and happiness, but ultimately realized that their godlike power only served to lead to their self-destruction, as the fulfillment of all their desires left them with only one source of true stimulation...slaughter through battle, most especially of each other. He grants Kyo the mark of the True Crimson King after Kyo overcomes his demon blood (the very thing that brought about the downfall of the rest of the Mibu).]]

* Main/{{Determinator}}
* Main/AxCrazy
* Main/{{Badass}}
* Main/BadassNormal
* Main/BigDamnHeroes
* Main/BigDamnVillains
* Main/BloodFromTheMouth
* Main/CommediaDellArteTroupe
* Main/ImplausibleFencingPowers
* Main/OneManArmy

* Main/AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleofAntiHeroes Type V]]. AND HOW.
* Main/AxCrazy: Kyo is one hell of a blood thirsty guy.
* Main/BadassAbnormal
* Main/BerserkButton: Threaten Yuya. Go on. See what happens.
* {{Main/BFS}}: Tenro, of course.
* Main/BloodFromTheMouth
* Main/BloodKnight: A self-admitted case of the highest degree.
* Main/DanGreen
* Main/FreakyFridayFlip: Due to sharing a body with Mibu Kyoshiro. Kyo begins as more of a SuperpoweredEvilSide, but progresses to a full-on Freaky Friday as he gets more deeply characterized. Ultimately, this culminates in . . .
* Main/GrandTheftMe: . . . Kyoshiro stealing Kyo's body. [[spoiler: It was all part of Kyoshiro's plan, of course.]]
* Main/ImplausibleFencingPowers: Only slightly more implausible than the rest of the cast, but still absurd by real-world standards. Fortunately, they're also [[RuleOfCool incredibly awesome.]]
* Main/JerkAss
* Main/LastOfHisKind
* Main/OneManArmy: How else did you think he single-handedly slew 1000 men at the Battle of Sekigahara?
* Main/PhysicalGod: By the end of the series, there really isn't anyone left who can stand up to him in battle and not be [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped]].
* Main/QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Shiseiten
* Main/RedBaron: Everybody calls him "Demon-Eyes" Kyo.
* Main/RedEyesTakeWarning: Literal incarnation of this trope, although it is subverted later on.
* Main/SharingABody
* Main/SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: ... and hilarity ensues.
* Main/SuperPowerMeltdown
* Main/TheFourGods: The Ultimate Techniques of the Mumyou-Jinpuu-Ryu are pretty much these 4, plus the hidden fifth.
* Main/TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: When Muramasa passes down the Ultimate Techniques through an off-screen TrainingFromHell.
* Main/UnstoppableRage: The direct result of someone touching Kyo's BerserkButton.

* Main/BadassAbnormal
* Main/CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Turns out he's even stronger than Kyo was. Kyo, being the main character, eventually surpasses Kyoshiro.

* Main/ImplausibleFencingPowers: only slightly less implausible compared to Kyo's.
* Main/OneManArmy

* Main/ActionGirl: In the beginning, she was a capable fighter. Later, she went under {{Main/Chickification}}.
* {{Main/Chickification}}: Less {{egregious}} than some cases; she never loses her abilities, but with the other characters constantly getting [[{{BFS}} new weapons]], [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique employing secret moves]], [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential taking their skills to the next level]], and generally going UpToEleven, she gets left behind in terms of power.

* Main/CoolGun: She has a three barreled pepperpot revolver. She was able to use it during the first half of the story, but she [[GunsAreWorthless never used it that much]] as it progressed.

* Main/MacGuffinGirl: For the a good portion of the story, confronting Shinrei to save her life drives Kyo forward.

* Main/ContractualImmortality: No more than the rest of the main cast, but a bit more noticeable in the comic relief.
* Main/DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Shinkage Reverse Eight-Sun is almost as damaging to him as it is to the people he uses it on.
* Main/DoggedNiceGuy: From early on he is this towards Yuya. Although, towards the end it becomes apparent that he's starting to develop a thing for [[spoiler: Mahiro]].
* Main/DopplegangerAttack: Central to many of his moves; a rare non-ninja example.
* Main/EyesAlwaysShut
* Main/HistoricalHeroUpgrade
* Main/KansaiRegionalAccent

* Main/ShipperOnDeck: Does this for a number of ships actually, the most prominent being Akira/Tokito. [[SheIsNotMyGirlFriend Neither Akira or Tokito react kindly towards his "suggestions".]]
* Main/YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Or in this case, pink hair.
* Main/WellDoneSonGuy: He's always looking for this from his father [[spoiler:Ieyasu Tokugawa]] but it never seems to quite work out.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Why she fell for Kyo

* Main/AnIcePerson: Many of his techniques involve the creation and manipulation of ice.

* Main/CantCatchUp: Sort of. He has no "Samurai Blood" and thus has to work twice as hard to get half as strong. And he reached the limit of his growth a ways into the story. Because of this, he can't get any stronger than he is and falls behind a bit when [[spoiler:Anthony uses his needles to give Hotaru, Benitora, and Shinrei upgrades.]]
* Main/ChildSoldier: Happily slaughtering his way through entire battlefields at the tender age of 15.
* Main/CradlingYourKill: To Saisei.
* Main/{{Determinator}}: To a degree that stands out even in this manga. He purposely blinded himself in order to achieve another level of perception.

* Main/DisabilitySuperpower: Subverted in that he disabled himself intentionally to gain his "eyes of the heart."
* Main/DualWielding: With swords.
* Main/OddFriendship: With Benitora, of all people.

* Main/ReverseMole: He played this role by killing Ajira of the 12 God Shoguns and taking his place.
* Main/SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: With Tokito. He tries to act indifferently about it, but usually just ends up failing miserably.

* Main/TheBerserker
* Main/DiagonalCut: One of the few aversions in this series; he fights with his fists or his bokken, but both are treated as blunt instruments.
* Main/EyePatchOfPower: He lost his eye when he was very young, but it hasn't hindered him- in fact, as he explained to Sasuke, he's so used to people attacking his blind side that he's more aware there.
* Main/GentleGiant: Big, muscular body? Check. Superhuman strength and endurance? Check. Plays OneManArmy with nothing but ''a wooden sword and his bare hands?'' Check. Possesses a [[TheBerserker berserker mode]]? Bonus points. Has a soft spot for little girls (not like that!) and reads shojo manga? You bet he does.

* Main/HealingFactor: After being heavily damaged, he can hibernate to regenerate himself in hours.
* Main/HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Bontenmaru is a pseudonym of Date Masamune. "Hero" is debateable (as it is for most figures around that time) but he's definitely historical.
* Main/MadeOfIron: Even moreso than the rest of the cast. His skin so tough it deflects blades.
* Main/SelfMadeOrphan: Important to his backstory- he killed his father and brother to clear the way for his own seizure of power.
* Main/SuperpoweredEvilSide: Well, more superpowered worse side.

* Main/UnstoppableRage: His entire "beast mode" bit.

* Main/TheMedic

* Main/SuperPowerMeltdown: The Medusa Eye, sort of.
* Main/WholesomeCrossdresser

* DanceBattler: Twofold. Firstly, Shinrei's basic form of attack is a dance-like technique that allows him to change the direction his swing mid-stroke, which throws off an opponent who can read the path of the blade since the path of said blade changes midway through the swing, catching him off guard. Secondly, even if the enemy figures out a way around the first type of attack, by the time they do so, Shinrei will have memorized their rhythm and can anticipate their moves perfectly.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: He's convinced to side with the heroes and is then offed by [[spoiler: Fubuki]] practically a few seconds later.

* Main/{{BFS}}: Hakuya
* Main/DrivenToSuicide: Well, until Fubuki tell him that he isn't allowed to die until Fubuki says it's okay.
* Main/EyepatchOfPower: Something of an "Entire left side of his body" patch of power. And HOW.
* Main/GoodScarsEvilScars: After the Medusa Eyes die, he is covered in very nasty scars.

* Main/TheStoic
* Main/TakingYouWithMe: Tries to do this with Kyo in order to save Fubuki. It doesn't work.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Subverted
* [[spoiler: RedEyesTakeWarning]]

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* GentleGiant: The largest of the Taishiro, but one of the most benevolent characters in the entire series, and that includes the majority of the main cast.

* {{Main/Chickification}}: Less {{egregious}} than some cases; she never loses her abilities, but with the other characters constantly getting [[{{BFS}} new weapons]], [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique employing secret moves]], [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential taking their skills to the next level]], and generally going BeyondTheImpossible, she gets left behind in terms of power.

* [[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]:

A kind, perverted and bumbling medicine peddler that starts off as a bounty for Yuya who carries an oversized sword. Later turns out that he shares his body with Kyo and releases him every time he draws the sword. Well.. until that stops working and Kyo takes over his body. As the story progresses you find out he's the "Man with the Cross on his Back" and a possible successor to the Red King. He remains absent for a good part of the plot, although his presence is mentioned constantly.

* AntiHero

* HitmanWithAHeart

* Main/ActionGirl: In the beginning, she's shown as a capable fighter.
* {{Main/Chickification}}: Less {{egregious}} than some cases; she never loses her abilities, but with the other characters constantly getting [[{{BFS}} new weapons]], [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique employing secret moves]], [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential taking their skills to the next level]], and generally going BeyondTheImpossible, she gets left behind in terms of power.
* Main/CoolGun: She has a three barreled pepperpot revolver.

* HeroicSacrifice: Attempted. She jumps in front of Nobunaga's sword to save Kyo, believing she will die.

* TheNecromancer: She has the power to raise people from the dead as zombies that are terrifyingly hard to kill. With a little extra work, she can create even more dangerous super zombies that were once famous warriors. Notable examples include Benkei and Yoshitsune and Saisei, who is actually Tomoe Gozen.

* Main/StaffChick: Subverted since... well, "she" isn't a really a girl...

A kind, perverted and bumbling medicine peddler that starts off as a bounty for Yuya who carries an oversized sword. Later turns out that he shares his body with Kyo and releases him every time he draws the sword. Well.. until that stops working and Kyo takes over his body. As the story progresses you find out he's the "Man with the Cross on his Back" and a possible successor to the Red King. He remains absent for a good part of the plot.

* Main/BloodFromTheMouth: This troper has lost count of the occasions this happened.

* Main/BodyguardCrush: Again, with Yuya. The "bodyguard" part is debatable (he identifies her as "servant #1" fairly early on in the manga) but the "crush" part certainly isn't.

* {{Moe}}: Her cute exterior bellies just how sick and twisted she really is.

* Main/MagnificentBastard
* Main/{{Moe}}

* JerkassWoobie: A woobie because of his [[spoiler: terrible childhood in Aokigahara]]

* MagnificentBastard: Is always moving behind the scenes, doing the Crimson King's dirty work for him, even going so far as to [[spoiler:manipulate Kyoshiro into killing Yuya's adopted and Sakuya's biological brother.]]

One of the current Four Elders, thought to be the most powerful ever (which is saying something when you consider the Badassery of Muramasa and Shihodo and the rest. Was at one point the leader of the Taishiro. Wields a ''huge'' Main/{{BFS}} named Hakuya and, when all else fails, his [[EvilEye Medusa Eyes]]. Inarguably the smartest character in the series. He appears to be rather silent and calm at first, but as pretty much the entire cast--especially Sasuke, Kyo, Akari, Yuan and Julian--finds out, you shouldn't piss him off...

* Main/HoYay: With Fubuki. A lot.

* CrazyAwesome

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny

* DeadlyUpgrade: He manages to pull this off twice. The first time he invokes his Inferno's Chill power, which allows him to use his life-force in order to surpass physical laws and generate temperatures below absolute zero. Then he does it a second time in his battle with [[spoiler: Tokito, where he turns his Inferno's Chill power on himself, which activates the pressure points Jullian had stimulated earlier, giving him a huge boost in power and allowing him to use the colder still, Heaven's Chill attack. This comes at the cost of completely wrecking his body, although he is later healed by Kyo's blood.]]

* Main/ReverseMole: He played this role by killing Ajira of the 12 God Shoguns and taking his place.

* FlamingSword: Subverted, he usually just shoots the flames out the tips of his sword, he almost never actually sets it ablaze and hack people with it.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She uses her zombies to get the measure of Kyo, Akira and Botenmaru's abilities and plan for a future confrontation. However, this is averted as Akira easily surpasses her expectations.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of the few capable of using the Red Eyes.

One of the current Four Elders, thought to be the most powerful ever (which is saying something when you consider the Badassery of Muramasa and Shihodo and the rest. Was at one point the leader of the Taishiro. Uses an incredibly cool Main/{{BFS}} named Hakuya and, when all else fails, his [[EvilEye Medusa Eyes]]. Also, is inarguably the smartest character in the entire series. He makes life. He appears to be rather silent and calm at first, but as pretty much the entire cast--especially Sasuke, Kyo, Akari, Yuan and Julian--finds out, you shouldn't piss him off...

* Main/EyepatchofPower: Something of an "Entire left side of his body" patch of power. And HOW.
* Main/GoodScarsEvilScars: After the Medusa Eyes die, he is covered in very nasty scars...

* RedEyesTakeWarning

* Main/PhysicalGod: By the end of the series, there really isn't anyone left who can stand up to him in battle and not be [[CurbStompBattle curb stomped].

* Main/AntiHero: AND HOW.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: A LOT. [[OrIsIt Possibly.]]

The Wood of the Goyosei. Saishi is an attractive looking woman with an impressive bust, [[NightNurse dressed in a nurse's uniform]] (which is perplexing since this takes place in the early years of the Tokugawa shogunate). She, along with her companion Saisei, guard the second of the five gates leading into the Mibu stronghold. In spite of her cute appearance, she is exceptionally cruel and undeniably evil. She enjoys toying with enemy and ally alike. She is armed with the ability to resurrect the dead as extremely difficult to kill zombies as well as potent regenerative abilities that allow her wounds to heal near instantaneously.