History Sandbox / Siegfried1337

* How the Chief Executives rose to the position was a pellicular one. The House of Commerce doesn't typically award titles through merits or something else- rather, they are to be held in an auction for various titles. One of them in particular was the OneNationUnderCopyright trope, an auction held with the cooperation with the House of Leadership. Though the competition was fierce, in the end, the various Chief Executives of Guangdong managed to secure the title for themselves, an extremely rare moment of cooperation between them considering the ongoing behind-the-scenes plotting against each other. With this, they have managed to ascend to another sector of the House of Commerce where the corporations compete each other in a product cycle, a fierce race of both quality control and advertising which can be heard around the various Houses. Additionally, they also managed to branch out to weapons development, with them sending out weapons not just for profit, but to meet the goals they have to fulfill so that their weapon is seen as a potentially profitable venture, which is why they sell them to the House of Weapons regardless of the outcome of various battles. Marketing in Guangdong is a tough business, and it is no different when they ascended to divinity.

[[folder:Eric Andre and Hannibal Buress]]
''"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Eric Andre Show!"''

([[https://youtu.be/gJsKndJt888 cue Eric Andre brutally destroying the set for about 40 seconds]])

'''[[Series/TheEricAndreShow Eric Andre and Hannibal Buress]], Divine Gods of CringeComedy'''
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* House: Pantheon/JokesAndComedy

** Signum: ActionGirl, ArcherArchetype, wields an [[{{BFS}} CW-AEC05X Gladiator]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe with a shield]] [[RuleOfCool with missiles]], BigSisterMentor, ''BloodKnight'', BowAndSwordInAccord, [[ConnectedAllAlong implied to be Agito's original lord]], CoolBigSis, [[CoolSword Lae]][[SwissArmyWeapon va]][[FlamingSword tein]], DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, HellishPupils, IdiotHair, speaks keigo, LadyOfWar, TheLeader of Wolkenritter, LightningBruiser, NotSoStoic, OldSoldier, PlayingWithFire, PowerDyesYourHair [[PowerGivesYouWings and Wings]], PurpleIsPowerful, ProperTightsWithASkirt, [[RankUp later a Second Lieutenant and then Captain]], SamuraiPonytail, [[SignatureMove Shiden Issen]], SuperStrength, {{Tomboy}}.

** Recently it has been revealed that Vita has blessed the next [[UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita PSP Successor]] by engraving it with her name. ('''Fix Later''')

** Vita: ActionGirl, {{Cute Bruiser}}s, [[DropTheHammer Hammer-Induced Deaths]], {{Determinator}}s, [[ElegantGothicLolita Goth Loli]], [[BerserkButton DO NOT TOUCH HER HAT]], [[BringMyRedJacket The most wounded along with having a red dress]], CreepyCrosses, [[MightyGlacier Powerful, But Slow]].

** [[Pantheon/{{Weapons}} Vita]] [[{{Expy}} was]] surprised [[GratuitousGerman by]] [[CuteBruiser how]] [[GlacierWaif many]] [[BerserkButton similarities]] [[ACupAngst she]] [[DropTheHammer shares]] [[HotBlooded with]], [[Pantheon/{{Gaming}} Blanc]]. ('''Umm... How to fix?''')

!What is the Work?

''VideoGame/SamuraiVandalism'' is a sequel to ''VideoGame/IdeologyInFriction''. If that rings any bells, the latter game had one of the first [=CMs=] I've ever worked on. The game takes place in the country of [[{{Wutai}} Yamato]], with the Hozuki fighting against the terrorist organization Byakuya. As one of the members and main protagonist, Mukuro Kamiyashiro, finds out unfortunately, her missing sister Mei Kamiyashiro happens to be one of Byakuya's members! This event leads to a lot of revelations relating to a lot of characters, but today we'll be discussion the head honcho of Byakuya.

!Who is the candidate and what have they done?

Decades ago, Nue Serizawa was renowned for being considered one of the strongest samurai of Yamato, the leader of Teito Defense Force before it fell into corruption and had a loving family, and an old friend of Sayo's butler. That is, until a group of dark elves invaded, and Nue Serizawa took them down, and when he returned home, his home had burnt down, and his family dead. Initially DrivenToSuicide, he's rescued by Hiraga, who remarks his training prevented his own suicide, and accepts Hiraga's offer to revive him to search for the truth behind his family's death. Hiraga's experiments results in Nue Serizawa being reborn as the ultimate survivor, Daruma. He eventually discovers the truth behind his family's death: Because the shogun feared he would become a threat to him, he ordered his house burnt. Realizing that just killing the Shogun would simply result in needless chaos, he founds the terrorist organization Byakuya to combat against the tyranny of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, and waits until Takahatsu Hitotsubashi's heir, Sayo Hitotsubashi is born so that she can lead Yamato if he is unable to find someone who is willing to reform Yamato and lead the nation when the shogun dies.

One day, when Azami Takachiho investigates on Byakuya as a contract killer, she suddenly meets with Daruma, who easily defeats her. Impressed by the woman's strength, he makes her a member of Byakuya and orders her to infiltrate Hozuki as its commander, while having her live a double life as Hannya, the mysterious vigilante. When the Chief Minister settles down in Teito to discuss foreign relations, Daruma begins to act by raiding the location where the Chief Minister is, then has Azami Takachiho divert the remaining Hozuki members elsewhere so she could take down the Chief Minister. With him dead, the Shogunate begins to fall into disarray.

The following happens on the three routes:

In the Hozuki route, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and takes down the various soldiers stationed on their base, and during a somewhat friendly spar between Azami and Daruma, both of them commend their skills for each other. Later, after the Shogun's death, upon hearing about the Arrow of Apollo residing with Sayo and that Hozuki is planning to transfer her to Viktor to remove it, Byakuya intercepts them. When Gin, enraged by the revelation by not just the fact that Azami was actually the masked vigilante Hannya, but in fact a secret member of Byakuya, attacks Daruma and breaks his mask, he quickly recovers and counters Gin, knocking him to the floor. With the help of the rest of the Nine Stars, Byakuya successfully captures Sayo and in spite of reinforcements arriving from Viktor, Daruma manages to hold back Falke and even cuts off his arm with the forbidden technique Yamata no Orochi, allowing the rest of Byakuya to escape unscathed, but he sees Falke as a WorthyOpponent given that he's the first person to force him into a standstill in order for him to use that technique. When Hiraga goes rogue thanks to Aguri dying at the hands of the City Watch, he gathers the last remaining members of Byakuya for a final battle against Hiraga, almost everyone, including Daruma sacrificing their lives in the process, but in the end, Hiraga was stopped from ending Yamato, and Sayo, now free from the Arrow of Apollo, is ready to reinforce her rule as the new Shogun to bring a new peace to Yamato.

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate. At this moment, Daruma reveals the true identify of Ash One- none other than the infamous Hannya, aka Azami Takachiho, who is not only the commander of Hozuki, but also secretly a double agent for Byakuya. Afterwards, they storm the castle of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, but find the shogun already dead. After that, Daruma makes efforts to rebuild Yamato from the chaos, starting by assigning the head of the Isari conglomerate, Suzunosuke Isori, as the Prime Minister of the new government, who quickly hires the most loyal and talented of people to rebuild Yamato, and it works. Afterwards, he leads Byakuya to defend against the upcoming Dark Elves that are coming from the Mountain of Immortality, with the exception of Ranmaru and Mei, who are tasked with eliminating the leader of the former City Watch and former leader of the Teito Defense Force, Kozaburo Sasaki, whose demon blade Kkotbaem had taken him over and consumed him with bloodlust. Mei and Ranmaru succeed in putting down Sasaki for good. Both Ranmaru and Mei then catch up with Byakuya, just in time to extract the Arrow of Apollo from Sayo. When Tamano turns into a nine-tailed fox to suppress the Arrow of Apollo, Daruma initially watches from afar until Ranmaru and Leo unleash their hidden Dark Elf powers, eventually arriving not just to express his proud reaction for them releasing their power, but also to defend against the Dark Elves. Eventually arriving back to Hiraga, he finds that the scientist has found a way to put down the nine-tailed fox for good, by creating an weapon called Apollo's Bow, also known as the Killing Stone, made from the same materials called orichalcum. With it, he uses Apollo's bow to weaken the nine-tailed fox's regeneration and allows Mukuro, Mei and Azami to put down Tamano for good. With Yamato finally at peace after a few months, Hozuki reforms as a police organization, and Daruma continues his actions in secrecy so that Yamato's peace is retained for future generations.

In the Ronin route, thanks to Hiraga's actions, both Byakuya and Hozuki have been disassembled. Regardless, Daruma's desire to protect Yamato awaits, and hides within the shadows of the mountain of Cloud Path, to train himself for the fated day that he would rise again to protect Yamato with further strength. If Mukuro, Momo and Kinako have Lv. 3 Corruption, they can opt to take on the quest to snip one last loose end by killing Daruma once and for all. When they arrive, they find Daruma training for the that fated day. Should they confirm that they're here to kill him, a fierce boss battle ensues, but eventually Daruma is defeated. However, even in death, he accepts his fate regardless.

''VideoGame/SamuraiVandalism'' is a sequel to ''VideoGame/IdeologyInFriction''. If that rings any bells, the latter game had one of the first [=CMs=] I've ever worked on. The game takes place in the country of [[{{Wutai}} Yamato]], with the Hozuki fighting against the terrorist organization Byakuya. As one of the members and main protagonist, Mukuro Kamiyashiro, finds out unfortunately, her missing sister Mei Kamiyashiro happens to be one of Byakuya's members! This event leads to a lot of revelations relating to a lot of characters, with one being the nastiest of them all.

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems. Also prior to the series, he ordered the death of Nue Serizawa and his family because of his strength potentially being a threat to him, but this backfired and he lives on as Daruma, who would found Byakuya to oppose his rule. Later, it's revealed that the Teito Defense Force, an organization founded by him in the past, was the one who actually attacked Mukuro's village, not Byakuya, and it was because the obsidian in Mukuro's village was valuable to them. This resulted in Mei Kamiyashiro separating herself from Mukuro and leaving for Byakuya. It's also revealed in the Side Episode "The Shrine Maidens who Excel at Magic" where his opening up to foreign countries also brought some foreign practices to Yamato, which included summoning foreign demons, some of which have caused numerous casualties. He also ordered the destruction of shrines that worshipped no deities, with Mikage Orikasa's shrine being one of those, resulting in the death of her parents and causing her to turn to Byakuya after she was rescued by Daruma. When the mysterious Hannya kills a noble's family for owning slaves, the Shogun berates the commander of Hozuki, Azami Takachiho for not destroying Byakuya, and establishes the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores City Watch]] due to Hozuki's failures to deal with them.

(Hozuki)

In the Byakuya route, to cover up his crimes so that the new Prime Minister of Viktor would see it, he orders the City Watch to arrest his loyal slavers but also allows the City Watch to do whatever they want to the slaves once they arrest the slavers. Because of this, Byakuya is tasked with protecting them so that they can be used as evidence of the Shogun's corruption, surprisingly including Fumimaro Hino, since his family is sponsoring Byakuya's activities. Unfortunately, his slaver sold Hino out and by the time Mukuro finds him, he's dead. The shogun then seeks out Tamano to likely scapegoat her for his crimes and execute her. When Byakuya finally begins their revolution, he expands the City Watch by adding more criminals, resulting in worsening chaos as they are ordered to slaughter anyone on the slightest suspicion of rebellion. His paranoia reaches his peak after the successful prison break, ordering the City Watch to kill everyone. However, it seemed to work against him, as he's later found dead by the time Byakuya storms his castle.

In the Ronin route, because Hiragi betrays Byakuya for the sake of his own interests such as his love interest Aguri, his potential opposition groups such as Hozuki and Byakuya are eliminated, and he couldn't care less about what happened to his own daughter Sayo as she gets sold into a loveless marriage. In an attempt to gain eternal youth, Takahatsu Hitotsubashi tasks Hiragi to have him undergo surgery to become eternally youthful. [[GoneHorriblyWrong It goes as well as you expected]]. Fortunately (and unfortunately for him), Hiragi tasks Mukuro, Momo and Kinako to deal with the complication in the event it happens, and sure enough, they slay the Shogun, who was transformed into a Daidarabocchi (essentially a giant Evilroid, the same transformation he inflicted into Sayo's butler in the Hozuki route). As he DisappearsIntoLight, he begs for Hiragi to save him, but the doctor declines, leaving the Shogun to leave nothing of himself behind.

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!What is the Work?

''VideoGame/SamuraiVandalism'' is a sequel to ''VideoGame/IdeologyInFriction''. If that rings any bells, the latter game had one of the first [=CMs=] I've ever worked on. The game takes place in the country of [[{{Wutai}} Yamato]], with the Hozuki fighting against the terrorist organization Byakuya. As one of the members and main protagonist, Mukuro Kamiyashiro, finds out unfortunately, her missing sister Mei Kamiyashiro happens to be one of Byakuya's members! This event leads to a lot of revelations relating to a lot of characters, but today we'll be discussion the head honcho of Byakuya.

!Who is the candidate and what have they done?

Decades ago, Nue Serizawa was renowned for being considered one of the strongest samurai of Yamato, the leader of Teito Defense Force before it fell into corruption and had a loving family, and an old friend of Sayo's butler. That is, until a group of dark elves invaded, and Nue Serizawa took them down, and when he returned home, his home had burnt down, and his family dead. Initially DrivenToSuicide, he's rescued by Hiraga, who remarks his training prevented his own suicide, and accepts Hiraga's offer to revive him to search for the truth behind his family's death. Hiraga's experiments results in Nue Serizawa being reborn as the ultimate survivor, Daruma. He eventually discovers the truth behind his family's death: Because the shogun feared he would become a threat to him, he ordered his house burnt. Realizing that just killing the Shogun would simply result in needless chaos, he founds the terrorist organization Byakuya to combat against the tyranny of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, and waits until Takahatsu Hitotsubashi's heir, Sayo Hitotsubashi is born so that she can lead Yamato if he is unable to find someone who is willing to reform Yamato and lead the nation when the shogun dies.

One day, when Azami Takachiho investigates on Byakuya, she suddenly meets with Daruma, who easily defeats her. Impressed by the woman's strength, he makes her a member of Byakuya and orders her to infiltrate Hozuki as its commander, while having her live a double life as Hannya, the mysterious vigilante. When the Chief Minister settles down in Teito to discuss foreign relations, Daruma begins to act by raiding the location where the Chief Minister is, then has Azami Takachiho divert the remaining Hozuki members elsewhere so she could take down the Chief Minister. With him dead, the Shogunate begins to fall into disarray.

The following happens on the three routes:

(Hozuki)

In the Ronin route, thanks to Hiragi's actions, both Byakuya and Hozuki have been disassembled. Regardless, Daruma's desire to protect Yamato awaits, and hides within the shadows of the mountain of Cloud Path, to train himself for the fated day that he would rise again to protect Yamato with further strength. If Mukuro, Momo and Kinako have Lv. 3 Corruption, they can opt to take on the quest to snip one last loose end by killing Daruma once and for all. When they arrive, they find Daruma training for the that fated day. Should they confirm that they're here to kill him, a fierce boss battle ensues, but eventually Daruma is defeated. However, even in death, he accepts his fate regardless.

(Ronin)

Decades ago, Nue Serizawa was renowned for being considered one of the strongest samurai of Yamato, the leader of Teito Defense Force before it fell into corruption and had a loving family, and an old friend of Sayo's butler. That is, until a group of dark elves invaded, and Nue Serizawa took them down, and when he returned home, his home had burnt down, and his family dead. Initially DrivenToSuicide, he's rescued by Hiraga, who remarks his training prevented his own suicide, and accepts Hiraga's offer to revive him to search for the truth behind his family's death. Hiraga's experiments results in Nue Serizawa being reborn as the ultimate survivor, Daruma. He eventually discovers the truth behind his family's death: Because the shogun feared he would become a threat to him, he ordered his house burnt. Realizing that just killing the Shogun would simply result in needless chaos, he founds the terrorist organization Byakuya to combat against the tyranny of the Hitotsubashi Shogun, and waits until his heir, Sayo Hitotsubashi is born so that

One day, when

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate. At this moment, Daruma reveals the true identify of Ash One- none other than the infamous Hannya, aka Azami Takachiho, who is not only the commander of Hozuki, but also secretly a double agent for Byakuya. Afterwards, they storm the castle of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, but find the shogun already dead. After that, Daruma makes efforts to rebuild Yamato from the chaos, starting by assigning the head of the Isari conglomerate as the head of the new government, who quickly hires the most loyal and talented of people to rebuild Yamato, and it works. Afterwards, he leads Byakuya to defend against the upcoming Dark Elves that are coming from the Mountain of Immortality, with the exception of Ranmaru and Mei, who are tasked with eliminating the leader of the former City Watch and former leader of the Teito Defense Force, Kozaburo Sasaki, whose demon blade Kkotbaem had taken him over and consumed him with bloodlust. Mei and Ranmaru succeed in putting down Sasaki for good. Both Ranmaru and Mei then catch up with Byakuya, just in time to extract the Arrow of Apollo from Sayo. When Tamano turns into a nine-tailed fox to suppress the Arrow of Apollo, Daruma initially watches from afar until Ranmaru and Leo unleash their hidden Dark Elf powers, eventually arriving not just to express his proud reaction for them releasing their power, but also to defend against the Dark Elves. Eventually arriving back to Hiraga, he finds that the scientist has found a way to put down the nine-tailed fox for good, by creating an weapon called Apollo's Bow, also known as the Killing Stone, made from the same materials called orichalcum. With it, he uses Apollo's bow to weaken the nine-tailed fox's regeneration

Decades ago, Nue Serizawa was renowned for being considered one of the strongest samurai of Yamato, the leader of Teito Defense Force before it fell into corruption and had a loving family. That is, until a group of dark elves invaded, and Nue Serizawa took them down, and when he returned home, his home had burnt down, and his family dead. Initially DrivenToSuicide, he's rescued by Hiraga, who remarks his training prevented his own suicide, and accepts Hiraga's offer to revive him to search for the truth behind his family's death. Hiraga's experiments results in Nue Serizawa being reborn as the ultimate survivor, Daruma. He eventually discovers the truth behind his family's death: Because the shogun feared he would become a threat to him, he ordered his house burnt. Realizing that just killing the Shogun would simply result in needless chaos, he founds the terrorist organization Byakuya to combat against the tyranny of the Hitotsubashi Shogun, and waits until his heir, Sayo Hitotsubashi is born so that

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate. At this moment, Daruma reveals the true identify of Ash One- none other than the infamous Hannya, aka Azami Takachiho, who is not only the commander of Hozuki, but also secretly a double agent for Byakuya. Afterwards, they storm the castle of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, but find the shogun already dead. After that, Daruma makes efforts to rebuild Yamato from the chaos, starting by assigning the head of the Isari conglomerate as the head of the new government, who quickly hires the most loyal and talented of people to rebuild Yamato, and it works. Afterwards, he leads Byakuya to defend against the upcoming Dark Elves that are coming from the Mountain of Immortality, with the exception of Ranmaru and Mei, who are tasked with eliminating the leader of the former City Watch and former leader of the Teito Defense Force, Kozaburo Sasaki, whose demon blade Kkotbaem had taken him over and consumed him with bloodlust. Mei and Ranmaru succeed in putting down Sasaki for good.

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems. Also prior to the series, it's revealed that the Teito Defense Force, an organization founded by him in the past, was the one who actually attacked Mukuro's village, not Byakuya, and it was because the obsidian in Mukuro's village was valuable to them. This resulted in Mei Kamiyashiro separating herself from Mukuro and leaving for Byakuya. It's also revealed in the Side Episode "The Shrine Maidens who Excel at Magic" where his opening up to foreign countries also brought some foreign practices to Yamato, which included summoning foreign demons, some of which have caused numerous casualties. He also ordered the destruction of shrines that worshipped no deities, with Mikage Orikasa's shrine being one of those, resulting in the death of her parents and causing her to turn to Byakuya after she was rescued by Daruma. When the mysterious Hannya kills a noble's family for owning slaves, the Shogun berates the commander of Hozuki, Azami Takachiho for not destroying Byakuya, and establishes the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores City Watch]] due to Hozuki's failures to deal with them.

Decades ago, Nue Serizawa was renowned for being considered one of the strongest samurai of Yamato, the leader of Teito Defense Force before it fell into corruption and had a loving family. That is, until a group of dark elves invaded, and Nue Serizawa took them down, and when he returned home, his home had burnt down, and his family dead. Initially DrivenToSuicide, he's rescued by Hiraga, who remarks his training prevented his own suicide, and accepts Hiraga's offer to revive him to search for the truth behind his family's death. Hiraga's experiments results in Nue Serizawa being reborn as the ultimate survivor, Daruma. He eventually discovers the truth behind his family's death: Because the shogun feared he would become a threat to him, he ordered his house burnt. Realizing that just killing the Shogun would simply result

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate. At this moment, Daruma reveals the true identify of Ash One- none other than the infamous Hannya, aka Azami Takachiho, who is not only the commander of Hozuki, but also secretly a double agent for Byakuya. Afterwards, they storm the castle of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, but find the shogun already dead. After that, Daruma makes efforts to rebuild Yamato from the chaos, starting by assigning the head of the Isari conglomerate as the head of the new government, who quickly hires the most loyal and talented of people to rebuild Yamato, and it works. Afterwards, he leads Byakuya to defend against the upcoming Dark Elves that are coming from the Mountain of Immortality, with the exception of Ranmaru and Mei, who are tasked with eliminating the leader of the former City Watch and former leader of the Teito Defense Force, Kozaburo Sasaki, whose demon blade Kkotbaem had taken him over and consumed him with bloodlust. Mei and Ranmaru succeed in putting down Sasaki for good,

(Daruma's past)

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate. At this moment, Daruma reveals the true identify of Ash One- none other than the infamous Hannya, aka Azami Takachiho, who is not only the commander of Hozuki, but also secretly a double agent for Byakuya. Afterwards, they storm the castle of the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, but find the shogun already dead. After that, Daruma makes efforts to rebuild Yamato from the chaos, starting by assigning the head of the Isari conglomerate as the head of the new government. Afterwards, he leads Byakuya to defend against the upcoming Dark Elves that are coming from the Mountain of Immortality

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems. Also prior to the series, it's revealed in the Side Episode "The Shrine Maidens who Excel at Magic" where his opening up to foreign countries also brought some foreign practices to Yamato, which included summoning foreign demons, some of which have caused numerous casualties. He also ordered the destruction of shrines that worshipped no deities, with Mikage Orikasa's shrine being one of those, resulting in the death of her parents and causing her to turn to Byakuya after she was rescued by Daruma. When the mysterious Hannya kills a noble's family for owning slaves, the Shogun berates the commander of Hozuki, Azami Takachiho for not destroying Byakuya, and establishes the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores City Watch]] due to Hozuki's failures to deal with them.

In the Byakuya route, to cover up his crimes so that the new Prime Minister of Viktor would see it, he orders the City Watch to arrest his loyal slavers but also allows the City Watch to do whatever they want to the slaves once they arrest the slavers. Because of this, Byakuya is tasked with protecting them so that they can be used as evidence of the Shogun's corruption, surprisingly including Fumimaro Hino, since his family is sponsoring Byakuya's activities. Unfortunately, his slaver sold Hino out and by the time Mukuro finds him, he's dead. The shogun then seeks out Tamano to likely scapegoat her for his crimes and execute her. When Byakuya finally begins their revolution, he expands the City Watch by adding more criminals, resulting in worsening chaos as they are ordered to slaughter anyone on the slightest suspicion of rebellion.

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe. In the next meeting between the Nine Stars of Byakuya, he announces that the final battle against the Hitotsubashi Shogunate has begun, and kickstarts the revolution by destroying the Shogun's reputation by crushing the groups related to the Hitotsubashi Shogunate, resulting in anarchy taking over Yamato. He later tasks Mukuro to rescue prisoners that were allies of Byakuya. The successful prison break causes most of the nobles and conglomerates to either evacuate or join the rebels, effectively completing the decline of the Hitotsubashi Shotgunate.

In the Byakuya route, to cover up his crimes so that the new Prime Minister of Viktor would see it, he orders the City Watch to arrest his loyal slavers but also allows the City Watch to do whatever they want to the slaves once they arrest the slavers. Because of this, Byakuya is tasked with protecting them so that they can be used as evidence of the Shogun's corruption, surprisingly including Fumimaro Hino, since his family is sponsoring Byakuya's activities. Unfortunately, his slaver sold Hino out and by the time Mukuro finds him, he's dead. The shogun then seeks out Tamano to likely scapegoat her for his crimes and execute her.

In the Byakuya route, after Mukuro defects to Byakuya and performs some tasks for them, Daruma raids Hozuki's base of operations and easily defeats Momo, Gin and Leo without breaking a sweat, and later takes down a group of Hozuki soldiers and knocks out Lieutenant Ryu Nitobe.

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems. Also prior to the series, it's revealed in the Side Episode "The Shrine Maidens who Excel at Magic" where his opening up to foreign countries also brought some foreign practices to Yamato, which included summoning foreign demons, some of which have caused numerous casualties. When the mysterious Hannya kills a noble's family for owning slaves, the Shogun berates the commander of Hozuki, Azami Takachiho for not destroying Byakuya, and establishes the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores City Watch]] due to Hozuki's failures to deal with them.

In the Byakuya route, to cover up his crimes so that the new Prime Minister of Viktor would see it, he orders the City Watch to arrest his loyal slavers but also allows the City Watch to do whatever they want to the slaves once they arrest the slavers. Because of this, Byakuya is tasked with protecting them so that they can be used as evidence of the Shogun's corruption, surprisingly including Fumimaro Hino, since his family is sponsoring Byakuya's activities. Unfortunately, his slaver sold Hino out and by the time Mukuro finds him, he's dead. The shogun then seeks out Tamano to harness her power, but Momo and Gin have already got to her and secured Tamano,

(Byakuya)

(Byakuya)

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems. When the mysterious Hannya kills a noble's family for owning slaves, the Shogun berates the commander of Hozuki, Azami Takachiho for not destroying Byakuya, and establishes the [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores City Watch]] due to Hozuki's failures to deal with them.

In the Ronin, thanks to Hiragi's actions, both Byakuya and Hozuki have been disassembled. Regardless, Daruma's desire to protect Yamato awaits, and hides within the shadows of the mountain of Cloud Path, to train himself for the fated day that he would rise again to protect Yamato with further strength. If Mukuro, Momo and Kinako have Lv. 3 Corruption, they can opt to take on the quest to snip one last loose end by killing Daruma once and for all. When they arrive, they find Daruma training for the that fated day. Should they confirm that they're here to kill him, a fierce boss battle ensues, but eventually Daruma is defeated. However, even in death, he accepts his fate regardless.

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Who is the candidate and what have they done?

Some additional stuff

Shogun Takahatsu Hitotsubashi is the current ruler of Yamato. His corruption was the very reason why Byakuya was brought into existence. Earlier on, we learn that he forbade his daughter Sayo from ever leaving the house, and her leaving leads to some problems.

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%%'''[[VideoGame/FateGrandOrder Mash Kyrielight]], %%Goddess of [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Shielding]]''' (Shielder, Servant of Shield, Mashu, Matthew, Stray Servant, [[spoiler:Galahad]], Dangerous Beast, Mash Potato)
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%%[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:As Shielder]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fgo_shielder_mashu_4.jpg[[/labelnote]]]]
%%* Theme Song: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrC6-pepN4o Music Box]]
%%* Intermediate Goddess
%%* Symbol: Her shield, Lord Camelot
%%* Alignment: LawfulGood
%%* Portfolio: ClingyJealousGirl, DesignerBaby, NiceGirl, [[YourDaysAreNumbered Living on Borrowed Time]], BadassAdorable, StoneWall, [[TookALevelInBadass Becoming Stronger]], [[CharacterDevelopment Becoming More Confident]], ShieldBash, [[HeroicSacrifice Sacrificing Herself]] [[BackFromTheDead But Later Coming Back To Life]]
%%* Allies: Those who have become Heroic Spirits, Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, Braum, Captain America, Reindhardt, Steven Universe, Rei Ayanami, Fu Inubozaki, Yoko Littner, Erza Scarlet
%%* Enemies: Merged Zamasu, King Ghidorah, Deathwing, Anti-Monitor, The Vex, Harbringer
%%* OddFriendship: Death
%%* Special Relationship: Lancelot du Lac (Father)
%%* Fan of: Sherlock Holmes
%%* Inheritor of Lord Camelot, a shield capable of blocking nearly everything as long as it's holder's heart is steadfast. The shield is second to Artoria Pendragon's Avalon which was able to defend against Gilgemesh's [[PlanetKiller Ea]]. It's owner, Mashu Kyrielite, was ascended to the pantheon after [[spoiler: blocking Demon King Goetia's Ars Almadel Salomis to protect her Senpai but at the cost of her life]].
%%* Plenty of people have messed [[SpellMyNameWithAnS up pronouncing her name]] and how to spell it. Got so bad that some have gone far and call her "mash potato" out of frustration.
%%* Got a chance to meet with both Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka, the former masters of Artoria Pendragon and EMIYA. While Mashu had seen Rin's face in Ishtar, it's only seeing her with Shirou did she realized that the two resembled her Senpei. She even ask the two if they had children, causing the two to blush madly.
%%* Has fought with and against many deities here who have become Heroic Spirits. She was happy to see many have made it here and is hoping to fight along side them again.
%%* Has very special relationship with Lancelot du Lac in that the two are father and daughter via via her being bonded to Galahad. While the two do care for one another, the relationship is a bit shaky. It can be best described as "a daughter embarrass of her father and a father not knowing how to deal with his daughter".
%%* Has look to other shield wielding deities as inspiration to further better herself. In respect, she addressed them as her senpais. Even as young as Steven Universe.
%%* In one Halloween event, Mash was force into a very revealing costume dubbed "Dangerous Beast". This garner many of admirers in the pantheon with many photos taken of her. Though, those pictures mysteriously vanish thanks to a berserking black knight.
%%* Has been getting along very well with Rei Ayanami as the two learned that they were each specifically design to house a unnatural being in themselves. They also bonded over that they each have a special someone that they would do anything for.
%%* Seems to have a special aura that cause many CoolBigSister types not help but fond over her. This embarrasses Mash greatly. Especially when some, like Erza Scarlet, can't help but get a bit to physical which cause plenty of "mashing"
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Some additonal stuff

%%* ReplacementScrappy: "Mississippi Mythicizers", the Collab Event for ''Manga/LearningWithMangaFGO'' was criticized for many things, but one major complaint was that it served as an BaitAndSwitch for the Arcade game, since before its announcement stream, it was delibrately kept vague that ''FGO'' would be getting a collab event, and the revelation that it ''Learning With Manga! FGO'' was going to have the collaboration and all they got for the Arcade was a mere 10 Saint Quartz, this left a bitter taste in many fans' mouths, with the negative reception of the Collab Event making things worse. Super Bunyan by far gets the worst of the flak, since her character is basically that of a PointyHairedBoss, along with her getting panned for stealing the spot of could-have-been Arcade Servants, such as Saber Molay, Larvae Tiamat and [[spoiler:Beast VI:S]], and her moveset is basically a poor man's Kingprotea to boot.

** Signum: ActionGirl, ArcherArchetype, wields an [[{{BFS}} CW-AEC05X Gladiator]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe with a shield]] [[RuleOfCool with missiles]], BigSisterMentor, ''BloodKnight'', BoobsOfSteel, BowAndSwordInAccord, [[ConnectedAllAlong implied to be Agito's original lord]], CoolBigSis, [[CoolSword Lae]][[SwissArmyWeapon va]][[FlamingSword tein]], DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, HellishPupils, IdiotHair, speaks keigo, LadyOfWar, TheLeader of Wolkenritter, LightningBruiser, NotSoStoic, OldSoldier, PlayingWithFire, PowerDyesYourHair [[PowerGivesYouWings and Wings]], PurpleIsPowerful, ProperTightsWithASkirt, [[RankUp later a Second Lieutenant and then Captain]], SamuraiPonytail, [[SignatureMove Shiden Issen]], SuperStrength, {{Tomboy}}.

** Signum: ActionGirl, ArcherArchetype, wields an [[{{BFS}} CW-AEC05X Gladiator]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe with a shield]] [[RuleOfCool with missiles]], BigSisterMentor, ''BloodKnight'', BoobsOfSteel, BowAndSwordInAccord, [[ConnectedAllAlong implied to be Agito's original lord]], CoolBigSis, [[CoolSword Lae]][[SwissArmyWeapon va]][[FlamingSword tein]], DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, HellishPupils, IdiotHair, speaks {{Keigo}}, LadyOfWar, TheLeader of Wolkenritter, LightningBruiser, NotSoStoic, OldSoldier, PlayingWithFire, PowerDyesYourHair [[PowerGivesYouWings and Wings]], PurpleIsPowerful, ProperTightsWithASkirt, [[RankUp later a Second Lieutenant and then Captain]], SamuraiPonytail, [[SignatureMove Shiden Issen]], SuperStrength, {{Tomboy}}.

** Signum: ActionGirl, ArcherArchetype, wields an [[{{BFS}} CW-AEC05X Gladiator]] [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe with a shield]] [[RuleOfCool with missiles]], BigSisterMentor, ''BloodKnight'', BoobsOfSteel, BowAndSwordInAccord, [[ConnectedAllAlong implied to be Agito's original lord]], ContraltoOfDanger, CoolBigSis, [[CoolSword Lae]][[SwissArmyWeapon va]][[FlamingSword tein]], DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength, HellishPupils, IdiotHair, speaks {{Keigo}}, LadyOfWar, TheLeader of Wolkenritter, LightningBruiser, NotSoStoic, OldSoldier, PlayingWithFire, PowerDyesYourHair [[PowerGivesYouWings and Wings]], PurpleIsPowerful, ProperTightsWithASkirt, [[RankUp later a Second Lieutenant and then Captain]], SamuraiPonytail, [[SignatureMove Shiden Issen]], SuperStrength, {{Tomboy}}.

* Portfolio: [[ArcWords "The Legend Never Dies!"]], BadassBaritone, '''''[[BerserkButton DOESN'T LIKE PURE MAGIC OR DEX USERS]]''''', BloodKnight, BrightIsNotGood, [[CameBackStrong Can Come Back Up and Pwn People]], [[spoiler:[[DarkSecret Had to Allot One Point Of Dex]]]], EvilGloating, [[EvilVersusEvil Will Work For Any Side As Long It Involves Invasions]], [[FromNobodyToNightmare From a Bandit to One of The Most Feared PVPers]], LightningBruiser, MinMaxing, PlayingWithFire

'''[[LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero Saito Hiraga]], God of {{Instant Expert}}s'''

'''[[LightNovel/ClockworkPlanet The Clockwork Planet]], Divine Seat of [[ClockworksArea Clockwork Areas]]'''

!What's the Work?

''Series/KamenRiderBlackSun'' is a 12-episode DarkerAndEdgier reimagining of ''Series/KamenRiderBLACK''. This time, around a certain point, Kaijin's knowledge was made public and they co-exist with humanity. However, racial tensions between them are at a all-time high, resulting in numerous Kaijin lynchings and racism in Japan. Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black Sun opts to live life alone from the situation, though a fateful encounter with Aoi Izumi changes everything, and gets dragged into the conflict, and has to face with his rival, Nobuhiko Akizuki/Kamen Rider Shadowmoon as the situation grows much worse...

!Who is the candidate and what have they done?

Shinichi Dounami is the Prime Minister of Japan and the son of Michinosuke Dounami, who spearheaded the project that resulted in the creation of the very first Kaijin, the Creation King. In 1972, Shinichi often lived as a spoiled racist against Kaijin, as shown when he blurts out to his girlfriend that he plans to "get a Kaijin that I can riddle with bullets". However, that same time, he gets kidnapped by the Gorgom movement as leverage against Michinosuke. During his kidnapping, he learned about Yukari Shinjo's plan to MercyKill the entire Kaijin race by killing off the Creation King, and the resulting report to the higher-ups of the Gorgom movement ends with her being assassinated, which resulted in the movement being absorbed by the Japanese Government and turned into the Gorgom Party, whom Shinichi becomes the head of.

Cut to present day in 2022... and things have gotten a lot worse under his rule. Under him... Let's just say this quote summarizes him.

->''Welfare recipients, elderly who are living alone, LGBTQ who can't produce children... There are many humans who can be used as fuel for kaijins and Heat Heaven. The extract that comes out of the Creation King is a magical extract. That extract brings in money. Money gathers people, and people bring about power. Mixing human flesh with the extract creates Heat Heaven, and kaijins pay a lot of money to buy it. The extract is also used to change humans into kaijins. Insects, animals, plants. With the extract, humans can be transformed into all sorts of kaijins.''
-->-- '''Shinichi Dounami'''

Oh, and it doesn't stop there. We're treated to a scene afterwards of a Kaijin being auctioned off for about 82 million yen, and noticing that even the potency of the Creation King's extract is beginning to diminish, begins a brutal manhunt for the two halves of the Kingstone, and when one of the half was found to be in the hands of Oliver Johnson, orders him to be beaten to death to obtain it. Said search also results in Aoi Izumi's parents being killed, her caretaker Misaki being killed and her house destroyed, and her being forcefully turned into a kaijin by Bilgenia. Eventually the Kingstones are reunited, but no one was able to become the new Creation King.

After a failed raid against the Gorgom Party that resulted in Nobuhiko being captured, Shinichi wastes no time unleashing his petty grudge against kaijins and Nobuhiko by mocking his long-deceased crush Yukari by claiming that she was a government spy and revealing the origins of the Creation King, resulting in Nobuhiko's fall into corruption and despair. But around that time, however, his crimes are being exposed by Aoi Izumi, who also transforms into a kaijin for the rest of the world to see. As she is broadcasting this info, Shinichi decides that she must be silenced and orders a police hit squad to assassinate her, but a now [[DesignatedHero supposedly redeemed]] Bilgenia dies fighting them all off, and it results in Shinichi's crimes being exposed to the rest of the politicians, and after the Creation King is fully put down, his own party decides that he's too much of an liability, and his subordinate Isao Nimura arranges him to go near a memorial for Kaijins to piss on, but in actuality is sentencing him to be thrown under the bus, as he is decapitated by Nick, who was the son of Oliver Johnson.

!Redeeming Factors?

You think?

!Is he bad enough?

As horrific as some the kaijin lynchings are and the painful and unwilling conversion of humans into kaijins, these are practically the norm. Wataru Igaki's murder of Shunsuke is his only crime shown onscreen with the rest being implied, Bilgenia's redemption automatically disqualifies him, but Shinichi exceeds their crimes- he's willing to not only encourage these lynchings and converting humans into kaijins to be sold off, but also allows the genocide of the poor, elderly and the LGBTQ for their corpses to be used for mixing with the Creation King's extract, and he's even willing to silence anyone who dares try to expose his crimes. While his father Michinosuke is seen experimenting on the person that would become the Creation King and has even worse crimes, they aren't shown onscreen. Shinichi's, on the other hand, have entire scenes dedicated to showing his vileness- almost none compare to him.

!Final Verdict?

Yes.

After a failed raid against the Gorgom Party that resulted in Nobuhiko being captured, Shinichi wastes no time unleashing his petty grudge against kaijins and Nobuhiko by mocking his long-deceased crush Yukari by claiming that she was a government spy and revealing the origins of the Creation King, resulting in Nobuhiko's fall into corruption and despair. But around that time, however, his crimes are being exposed by Aoi Izumi, who also transforms into a kaijin for the rest of the world to see. As she is broadcasting this info, Shinichi decides that she must be silenced and orders a police hit squad to assassinate her, but a now ([[HazyFeelTurn somewhat]]) redeemed Bilgenia dies fighting them all off, and it results in Shinichi's crimes being exposed to the rest of the politicians, and after the Creation King is fully put down, his own party decides that he's too much of an liability, and his subordinate Isao Nimura arranges him to go near a memorial for Kaijins to piss on, but in actuality is sentencing him to be thrown under the bus, as he is decapitated by Nick, who was the son of Oliver Johnson.

As horrific as some the kaijin lynchings are (Wataru Igaki's lynching of Shunsuke is an example) and the painful and unwilling conversion of humans into kaijins (Bilgenia transforming Aoi Izumi into the Mantis Kaijin), these are practically the norm. Shinichi, on the other hand, exceeds these- he's willing to not only encourage these lynchings and converting humans into kaijins to be sold off, but also allows the genocide of the poor, elderly and the LGBTQ for their corpses to be used for mixing with the Creation King's extract, and he's even willing to silence anyone who dares try to expose his crimes. While his father Michinosuke has even worse crimes, none of it are shown onscreen. Shinichi's, on the other hand, have entire scenes dedicated to showing his vileness- almost none compare to him.