History Film / ToukenRanbuTheMovie

* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler: At the end of the second film, Kotone returns to the Tokyo Museum to see Mikazuki Munechika on display in sword form and can apparently hear his voice, calling his name as she did earlier in the film to summon him, though the movies ends before it's made clear if she was able to summon him again]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: History is saved, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro is released from the curse, but the Touken Danshi have to leave their temporary Saniwa behind to return to their original citadels, and the Government of Time erases the memories of everyone from 2012 so that history can unfold as intended. However, the Touken Danshi promise not to forget their temporary masters before leaving. The film concludes with Kotone wandering through the Tokyo Museum and stumbling upon Mikazuki Munechika again in sword form again, who asks her to call his name. She does, and the film cuts to black before it is revealed whether she was able to summon him]].

* ExtremeDoormat: Kagami, who is disrespected and bullied by his coworkers. In the end, Yamanbagiri Chougi stands up for him.

* SameCharacterButDifferent: Mikazuki Munechika, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, and Honebami Toushirou are returning characters, but they're from an alternate citadel than the one depicted in the first film.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Actually a plot point; The Touken Danshi can't manifest in 2012 at full power without use of a temporary Saniwa's abilities, which is why Mikazuki Munechika uses Kotone as a temporary Saniwa, Hasebe seeks out Mitsuru, and so on.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: History is saved, and Yamanbagiri Kunihiro is released from the curse, but the Touken Danshi have to leave their temporary Saniwa behind to return to their original citadels, and the Government of Time erases everyone's memories from 2012 so that history can unfold as intended. The film concludes with Kotone wandering through the Tokyo Museum and stumbling upon Mikazuki Munechika again in sword form again, who asks her to call his name. She does, and the film cuts to black before it is revealed whether she was able to summon him]].
* BlessedWithSuck: At least with the way the film portrays it, having Saniwa powers has few benefits. Sure, you can talk to and befriend objects, as well as summon hot dudes to be your servants, but you can hear the voices of all objects that contain spirits, including ordinary objects like bracelets and vases, not just swords. [[PowerIncontinence Not to mention that the Saniwa's hearing of them is almost always depicted as involuntary and painful]], like a sudden sharp sound in their ears and head when the spirits start talking. And to top it all off, once the Historical Revisionists learn about any Saniwa, they become the target of their army.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: A variant. Mikazuki explains that demons are born from the human imagination and grow stronger by collecting and appropriating people's memories. This is also true for Tsukumogami, who can manifest only when they are remembered by people, and disappear when they are forgotten.

* ExcusePlot: The sudden plot point where Touken Danshi need temporary Saniwa to be summoned in 2012, temporarily bonding them to a random human with Saniwa powers. While this aspect of the story was clearly added to push the theme that anyone can be a Saniwa, no matter who they are, their age, or where they come from (In Japan, anyway), it contradicts the first film (and pretty much every other entry in the franchise) where the Touken Danshi only needs to be summoned by one Saniwa and can operate in any time period fine otherwise.

** [[spoiler: In the end, the Government of Time erases everyone from 2012's memories of incidents that occurred throughout the film, and history plays out as it previously did]].

** The real Saniwa in this film is more like a plot device than anything, and thusly is barely in the movie. He doesn't even have any speaking lines.
** Nearly every advertised Touken Danshi not named Mikazuki Munechika, Yamanbagiri Chougi, Heshikiri Hasebe, or Yamanbagiri Kunihiro is barely in this movie:
*** After the films prologue, Ichigo Hitofuri and his group stay behind in 2205 to observe future changes, while Mikazuki Munechika travels to 2012 to find Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Unfortunately for them, the majority of the film's events take place in 2012, so whenever they appear onscreen again, it's for a brief, expository scene. [[spoiler: They don't even go to 2012 until the film's final climactic battle against the Historical Revisionists]].
*** Heshikiri Hasebe, Higekiri, and Hizamaru are the only Touken Danshi who are in 2012 from their debut scenes, but they donn't actually show up with their temporary Saniwa until around 40 minutes into the movie.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Aya, Kotone's childhood friend, becomes comatose after having her memories stolen by the Historical Retrograding Force. After her, it's shown that this is beginning to happen to many people throughout Tokyo]].

* ExcusePlot: The sudden plot point where Touken Danshi need temporary Saniwa to be summoned in 2012, temporarily bonding them to a random human with Saniwa powers. While this aspect of the story was clearly added to push the theme that anyone can be a Saniwa, no matter who they are, their age, or where they come from (In Japan, anyway), it contradicts the first film (and pretty much every other entry in the franchise) where the Touken Danshi only need to be summoned by one Saniwa and can operate in any time period fine otherwise, regardless of what happens to their original Saniwa.

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: After being rescued by Mikazuki and his team from the Historical Revisionists, Minamoto no Yorimitsu and his team proceeded to slaughter an innocent village full of people, which is depicted in all of it's gruesome, bloody detail. Yamanbagiri Kunihiro even comments that they resemble demons themselves despite Minamoto no Yorimitsu being the hero who would go down in history as the slayer of the oni Shuten-Douji. [[spoiler: Meanwhile, despite the malicious legends surrounding him, Shuten-Douji is portrayed as sympathetic. He is first encountered by Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, severely injured by Minamoto no Yorimitsu's men and mourning the loss of his village. The only reason he curses Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in the first place is because of his inability to accept that this is how history unfolds, as well as because of Yamanbagiri's unsympathetic (from his perspective) reaction to his and his people's fate]].

* TheLoad: All of the temporary Saniwa, as they seem to lack even the first movie Saniwa's ability to create protective barriers, meaning that the Touken Danshi they have temporary control over spend most of the movie protecting them from Historical Revisionists. Justified, however, as, outside of having Saniwa powers, they really are just ordinary people dragged into the film's plot.

** The real Saniwa is barely in the movie.

*** After the films prologue, Ichigo Hitofuri and his group stay in 2205 to observe future changes, while Mikazuki Munechika travels to 2012 to find Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Unfortunately for them, the majority of the film's events take place in 2012, so whenever they appear onscreen again, it's for a brief, expository scene. [[spoiler: They don't even go to 2012 until the film's final climactic battle against the Historical Revisionists]].
]Ichigo Hitofuri and his team stay behind in 2205 to observe what's happening in the future as Mikazuki Munechika goes to 2012 to find Yamanbagiri Kunihiro. Unfortunately for them