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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Touken Danshi Kashagiri was released on January 16th, or 1/16, the same number that Ookurikara, a fellow Hiromitsu sword, is listed as in the game.
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** [[https://twitter.com/tounyan_tkrb The Tounyan Danshi series]], which is a series of merchandise that sees the Touken Danshi turned into cute cat boys, went live on February 22, 2023, which is Cat Day in Japan.
** Touken Danshi Kashagiri was released on January 16th, or1/16, 116, the same number that Ookurikara, a fellow Hiromitsu sword, is listed as in the game.
** [[https://twitter.com/tounyan_tkrb The Tounyan Danshi series]], which is a series of merchandise that sees the Touken Danshi turned into cute cat boys, went live on February 22, 2023, which is Cat Day in Japan.
** Touken Danshi Kashagiri was released on January 16th, or
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* AdaptationOverdosed: As of the time of writing, Touken Ranbu has accumulated mixed media in the form of four anime adaptations (''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', ''Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu'', ''Touken Ranbu Kai'', ''Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu''), three animated movies based on ''Hanamaru'', a CompilationMovie for ''Hanamaru'', two live-action movies, several musicals, several stage plays including a Kabuki stage play, a Hack-and-Slash video game that also received a novel adaptation, and more Manga adaptations and anthologies than this TV Tropes page can keep track of. A film adaptation of ''Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu'' is also in the works, although it's been in DevelopmentHell since 2017.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: As of the time of writing, Touken Ranbu has accumulated mixed media in the form of four anime adaptations (''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', ''Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu'', ''Touken Ranbu Kai'', ''Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu''), three animated movies based on ''Hanamaru'', a CompilationMovie for ''Hanamaru'', two live-action movies, several musicals, several stage plays including a Kabuki stage play, a Hack-and-Slash video game that also received a novel and manga adaptation, and more Manga manga adaptations and anthologies than this TV Tropes page can keep track of. A film adaptation of ''Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu'' is also in the works, although it's been in DevelopmentHell since 2017.
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** The live action special of ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'' features thinly-veiled expies of Mikazuki Munechika and Kogitsunemaru as extras.
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* TouristBump: ''Touken Ranbu'' is well known for having boosted tourism in Japan by reviving the culture of visiting museums, increasing the number of people visiting shrines, and even attracting tourists to certain cities where they travel specifically to see their beloved swords in person. Because of this, a lot of shrines and museums have started collaborating with the series, sometimes even adopting the Touken Danshi as the real-life equivalents of these swords to draw more visitors and sustain their businesses.
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* FromEntertainmentToEducation: Owing to the game's impact on pop culture, the museum industry, and the resurgence of interest in Japanese swords, ''Touken Ranbu'' and its characters are often utilized in educational settings to teach people about the history of the swords and the owners of them.
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* AdaptationSequence: Browser game —> Anthologies —> [[Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu Musical]] —> [[Theatre/ToukenRanbuStage Stage play]] —> [[Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru Anime]] —> [[Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu Another Anime]] —> [[Film/ToukenRanbuTheMovie Live-action movie]] —> [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbuWarriors Console game]] —> Another live-action movie —> Kabuki theatre —> Another anime
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*** The events of ''Touken Ranbu'' take place in 2205, during a severe global crisis that has severely affected the world's population. After learning of the tsukumogami legends, the Government of Time started employing Touken Danshi because they wears a lack of human warriors available.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. Their goal is to make the past different so that the current state of the world never happens, thereby bringing peace and happiness back to the present. The Government of Time and Touken Danshi oppose them because they think the past should be preserved and another way to fix the present should be uncovered.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. Their goal is to make the past different so that the current state of the world never happens, thereby bringing peace and happiness back to the present. The Government of Time and Touken Danshi oppose them because they think the past should be preserved and another way to fix the present should be uncovered.
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*** The events of ''Touken Ranbu'' take place in 2205, during a severe global crisis that has severely affected the world's population. After learning of the tsukumogami legends, the Government of Time started employing Touken Danshi because they wears a to make up for the lack of human warriors available.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. Their goal is to make the past different so that the current state of the world never happens, thereby bringing peace and happiness back to the present. The Government of Time and Touken Danshi oppose them because they think the past should be preserved and learned from and another way to fix the present should be uncovered.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. Their goal is to make the past different so that the current state of the world never happens, thereby bringing peace and happiness back to the present. The Government of Time and Touken Danshi oppose them because they think the past should be preserved and learned from and another way to fix the present should be uncovered.
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*** Because ''Touken Ranbu'' is a work that is open to interpretation, Digitarou decided that it would be best to provide two anime adaptations from the outset. This way, they could prevent the situation where viewers would watch one Touken Ranbu anime and either love or hate it. While ''Katsugeki'' was meant to be more "exciting," ''Hanamaru'' was meant to be lighter and softer in order to accommodate different interpretations of the characters.
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*** Because ''Touken Ranbu'' is a work that is open to interpretation, so Digitarou decided that it would be best to provide two anime adaptations from the outset. This way, they could prevent the situation where viewers would watch one Touken Ranbu ''Touken Ranbu'' anime and come away either love loving or hate hating it. While ''Katsugeki'' was meant to be more "exciting," ''Hanamaru'' was meant to be lighter and softer in order to accommodate different interpretations of the characters.
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** Digitarou once expressed interest in creating a FightingGame for ''Touken Ranbu''. While this game hasn't yet come about, ''Touken Ranbu'' did eventually receive a Warriors game in the form of ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbuWarriors''.
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** According to Digitarou, there is no set canon in the Touken Ranbu universe and thusly anyone’s interpretation of Honmaru is canon to them.
** In a 2017 Sakucon panel, Digitarou explained many aspects of the settings lore that don’t receive much clarification in the game itself:
*** Touken Ranbu is set in 2205 during a major world crisis where the world has population has taken a huge hit. The Government of Time began to employ Touken Danshi after hearing the legends of tsukumogami due to the lack of actual human warriors.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. They want to restore peace and happiness to the present by changing what happened in the past so that the current state of the world never happens. The Sword Army is sent to stop them because they believe that the past should be preserved and another way of fixing the present should be found.
*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. The game’s Nagasone was made into an uchigatana to fit the general legend of Kondou Isami owning a Kotetsu uchigatana, thus being an intentional deviation.
*** Digitarou decided that it would be best to give Touken Ranbu two Anime adaptations from the start because Touken Ranbu is a work that is up to interpretation and they wanted to avoid a situation where people would watch one Anime and come away loving or hating it. Hanamaru was intentionally made to be lighter and softer while Katsugeki was intended to be more “exciting,” with both catering to different interpretations of the characters.
** In a 2017 Sakucon panel, Digitarou explained many aspects of the settings lore that don’t receive much clarification in the game itself:
*** Touken Ranbu is set in 2205 during a major world crisis where the world has population has taken a huge hit. The Government of Time began to employ Touken Danshi after hearing the legends of tsukumogami due to the lack of actual human warriors.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. They want to restore peace and happiness to the present by changing what happened in the past so that the current state of the world never happens. The Sword Army is sent to stop them because they believe that the past should be preserved and another way of fixing the present should be found.
*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. The game’s Nagasone was made into an uchigatana to fit the general legend of Kondou Isami owning a Kotetsu uchigatana, thus being an intentional deviation.
*** Digitarou decided that it would be best to give Touken Ranbu two Anime adaptations from the start because Touken Ranbu is a work that is up to interpretation and they wanted to avoid a situation where people would watch one Anime and come away loving or hating it. Hanamaru was intentionally made to be lighter and softer while Katsugeki was intended to be more “exciting,” with both catering to different interpretations of the characters.
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** According to Digitarou, president of DMM, executive producer of ''Touken Ranbu'', there is no set canon in the Touken Ranbu universe and thusly anyone’s ''Touken Ranbu'' universe, so anyone's interpretation of Honmaru is canon valid to them.
**In During a 2017 Sakucon panel, panel in 2017, Digitarou explained many aspects clarified a number of the settings setting lore points that don’t receive much clarification aren't fully covered in the game itself:
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***Touken Ranbu is set The events of ''Touken Ranbu'' take place in 2205 2205, during a major world severe global crisis where that has severely affected the world has population has taken a huge hit. The world's population. After learning of the tsukumogami legends, the Government of Time began to employ started employing Touken Danshi after hearing the legends of tsukumogami due to the because they wears a lack of actual human warriors.
warriors available.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work.They want Their goal is to restore peace and happiness to the present by changing what happened in make the past different so that the current state of the world never happens. happens, thereby bringing peace and happiness back to the present. The Sword Army is sent to stop Government of Time and Touken Danshi oppose them because they believe that think the past should be preserved and another way of fixing to fix the present should be found.
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*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. Thegame’s game's Nagasone was made into an uchigatana to fit the general legend of Kondou Isami owning a Kotetsu uchigatana, thus being an intentional deviation.
*** Because ''Touken Ranbu'' is a work that is open to interpretation, Digitarou decided that it would be best togive Touken Ranbu provide two Anime anime adaptations from the start because Touken Ranbu is a work that is up to interpretation and outset. This way, they wanted to avoid a could prevent the situation where people viewers would watch one Anime Touken Ranbu anime and come away loving either love or hating hate it. Hanamaru While ''Katsugeki'' was intentionally made meant to be more "exciting," ''Hanamaru'' was meant to be lighter and softer while Katsugeki was intended in order to be more “exciting,” with both catering to accommodate different interpretations of the characters.
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*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work.
*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. The
*** Because ''Touken Ranbu'' is a work that is open to interpretation, Digitarou decided that it would be best to
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*** When asked if Touken Ranbu will have a marriage system like VideoGame/KantaiCollection, he says they’ll consider it, as he’s like that system, too.
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*** When asked if Touken Ranbu ''Touken Ranbu'' will have a marriage system like VideoGame/KantaiCollection, ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'', he says they’ll they'll consider it, as he’s he wants a system like that system, that, too.
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*** He explains that the reason Touken Ranbu has so many adaptations and mixed media is because they wanted diversity among the formats.
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*** He explains that the reason Touken Ranbu ''Touken Ranbu'' has so many adaptations and mixed media is because they wanted diversity among the formats.
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* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: There have been a few incidents where artists have been attacked for not being able to create new art for the characters over the course of the browser games' existence. Most infamously, [=Sata3=], the artist of Mikazuki Munechika and Kogitsunemaru, was unable to draw Anniversary sprites for the characters and was harassed so badly on Twitter that they were forced to write an lengthy apology/explanation just to get fans to calm down. Since then, the official TKRB_HT Twitter account has prefaced tweets about new art admonishing users not to harass or message the artists about these things.
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* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: There have been a few incidents where artists have been attacked for not being able to create new art for the characters over the course of the browser games' existence. Most infamously, [=Sata3=], the artist of Mikazuki Munechika and Kogitsunemaru, was unable to draw Anniversary sprites for the characters and was harassed so badly on Twitter that they were forced to write an lengthy apology/explanation just to get fans to calm down. Since then, the official TKRB_HT Twitter account has prefaced tweets about new art admonishing users not to harass or message the artists about these things.things.
* WordGod:
** According to Digitarou, there is no set canon in the Touken Ranbu universe and thusly anyone’s interpretation of Honmaru is canon to them.
** In a 2017 Sakucon panel, Digitarou explained many aspects of the settings lore that don’t receive much clarification in the game itself:
*** Touken Ranbu is set in 2205 during a major world crisis where the world has population has taken a huge hit. The Government of Time began to employ Touken Danshi after hearing the legends of tsukumogami due to the lack of actual human warriors.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. They want to restore peace and happiness to the present by changing what happened in the past so that the current state of the world never happens. The Sword Army is sent to stop them because they believe that the past should be preserved and another way of fixing the present should be found.
*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. The game’s Nagasone was made into an uchigatana to fit the general legend of Kondou Isami owning a Kotetsu uchigatana, thus being an intentional deviation.
*** Digitarou decided that it would be best to give Touken Ranbu two Anime adaptations from the start because Touken Ranbu is a work that is up to interpretation and they wanted to avoid a situation where people would watch one Anime and come away loving or hating it. Hanamaru was intentionally made to be lighter and softer while Katsugeki was intended to be more “exciting,” with both catering to different interpretations of the characters.
*** He says he that loves all the swords, but that Muramasa has a special place in his heart, likely referencing to his owning a real Muramasa blade.
*** When asked if Touken Ranbu will have a marriage system like VideoGame/KantaiCollection, he says they’ll consider it, as he’s like that system, too.
*** When asked how many swords to expect, he says there should be at least 100 total. By 2024, the game has exceeded that number.
*** He explains that the reason Touken Ranbu has so many adaptations and mixed media is because they wanted diversity among the formats.
* WordGod:
** According to Digitarou, there is no set canon in the Touken Ranbu universe and thusly anyone’s interpretation of Honmaru is canon to them.
** In a 2017 Sakucon panel, Digitarou explained many aspects of the settings lore that don’t receive much clarification in the game itself:
*** Touken Ranbu is set in 2205 during a major world crisis where the world has population has taken a huge hit. The Government of Time began to employ Touken Danshi after hearing the legends of tsukumogami due to the lack of actual human warriors.
*** The panel also reveals the goals of the Historical Retrograde Army, which are never explained nor explored in any other work. They want to restore peace and happiness to the present by changing what happened in the past so that the current state of the world never happens. The Sword Army is sent to stop them because they believe that the past should be preserved and another way of fixing the present should be found.
*** The original Nagasone Kotetsu, which was brought onto the panel, is actually a wakizashi. The game’s Nagasone was made into an uchigatana to fit the general legend of Kondou Isami owning a Kotetsu uchigatana, thus being an intentional deviation.
*** Digitarou decided that it would be best to give Touken Ranbu two Anime adaptations from the start because Touken Ranbu is a work that is up to interpretation and they wanted to avoid a situation where people would watch one Anime and come away loving or hating it. Hanamaru was intentionally made to be lighter and softer while Katsugeki was intended to be more “exciting,” with both catering to different interpretations of the characters.
*** He says he that loves all the swords, but that Muramasa has a special place in his heart, likely referencing to his owning a real Muramasa blade.
*** When asked if Touken Ranbu will have a marriage system like VideoGame/KantaiCollection, he says they’ll consider it, as he’s like that system, too.
*** When asked how many swords to expect, he says there should be at least 100 total. By 2024, the game has exceeded that number.
*** He explains that the reason Touken Ranbu has so many adaptations and mixed media is because they wanted diversity among the formats.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: As of the time of writing, Touken Ranbu has accumulated mixed media in the form of four anime adaptations (''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', ''Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu'', ''Touken Ranbu Kai'', ''Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu''), three animated movies based on ''Hanamaru'', a CompilationMovie for ''Hanamaru'', two live-action movies, several musicals, several stage plays including a Kabuki stage play, a Hack-and-Slash video game that also received a novel adaptation, and more Manga and anthologies than this TV Tropes page can keep track of. A film adaptation of ''Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu'' is also in the works, although it's been in DevelopmentHell since 2017.
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* AdaptationOverdosed: As of the time of writing, Touken Ranbu has accumulated mixed media in the form of four anime adaptations (''Anime/ToukenRanbuHanamaru'', ''Anime/KatsugekiToukenRanbu'', ''Touken Ranbu Kai'', ''Wanpaku! Touken Ranbu''), three animated movies based on ''Hanamaru'', a CompilationMovie for ''Hanamaru'', two live-action movies, several musicals, several stage plays including a Kabuki stage play, a Hack-and-Slash video game that also received a novel adaptation, and more Manga adaptations and anthologies than this TV Tropes page can keep track of. A film adaptation of ''Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu'' is also in the works, although it's been in DevelopmentHell since 2017.
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* CashCowFranchise: Is one for Nitro+ and still going strong. Even the games spin-offs have become cash cow franchises.
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* CashCowFranchise: Is It quickly developed into one for Nitro+ Creator/NitroPlus the year after it's initial release and is still going strong. strong nearly ten years later. Even some of the games spin-offs adaptations have become cash cow franchises.major cashcows of their own.
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** A replica for Mikazuki Munechika had also been made and displayed with the intentions of potentially showing fans what the Tenka Goken may have looked like when it was first was forged. He also received a voice-acted proplica in 2022 that was put on display during several events.
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** A replica for Mikazuki Munechika had also been made and displayed with the intentions of potentially showing fans what the Tenka Goken may have looked like when it was first was forged. He also received a voice-acted proplica in 2022 that was put on display during several events.
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** Chinese mobile game ''VideoGame/TheTaleOfFood'' combines elements from ''Touken Ranbu'' and ''VideoGame/FoodFantasy''. Unlike the games above, it has seen some success in its home country, but not so much Japan.
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* PromotedFanboy: Yana Toboso ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs famous]] for being the creator of ''Manga/BlackButler'') used to draw and post ''Touken Ranbu'' fanart on some of her social media platforms. She would later draw cover pages for two of the official manga anthologies, illustrate a chapter of one of them, and eventually get to design a character for the game: the tantou Hyuuga Masamune.
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** Creator/ArinaTanemura, famous for her {{Shojo}} series such as ''Manga/FullMoon'' and ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'', made doujinshi for ''Touken Ranbu'' before being commissioned to make an official HighSchoolAU Manga for the series.
** Yana Toboso ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs famous]] for being the creator of ''Manga/BlackButler'') used to draw and post ''Touken Ranbu'' fanart on some of her social media platforms. She would later draw cover pages for two of the official manga anthologies, illustrate a chapter of one of them, and eventually get to design a character for the game: the tantou Hyuuga Masamune.
** Creator/ArinaTanemura, famous for her {{Shojo}} series such as ''Manga/FullMoon'' and ''Manga/PhantomThiefJeanne'', made doujinshi for ''Touken Ranbu'' before being commissioned to make an official HighSchoolAU Manga for the series.
** Yana Toboso ([[JustForFun/OneOfUs famous]] for being the creator of ''Manga/BlackButler'') used to draw and post ''Touken Ranbu'' fanart on some of her social media platforms. She would later draw cover pages for two of the official manga anthologies, illustrate a chapter of one of them, and eventually get to design a character for the game: the tantou Hyuuga Masamune.
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** In the Anime ''Anime/KissHimNotMe'', there is a fake series that is a thinly veiled reference to ''Touken Ranbu'' called Kacchu Ranbu, which has personified armor instead of swords.
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** In the Anime ''Anime/KissHimNotMe'', Manga ''Manga/KissHimNotMe'', there is a fake series that is a thinly veiled reference to ''Touken Ranbu'' called Kacchu Ranbu, which has personified armor instead of swords.
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** The Anime ''Anime/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'' makes several references to the series, as Narumi is shown to be a fan of Kashuu Kiyomitsu, and has a keychain of him, as well as him set as her phone wallpaper, while Hanako cosplays as Shokudaikiri Mitsutada in episode 3. In the film version, there's also cosplayers of Mikazuki Munechika, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and Yamatonokami Yasusada dancing in the crowd.
** In the Anime ''Anime/KissHimNotMe'', there is a fake series that is a thinly veiled reference to ''Touken Ranbu'' called Kacchu Ranbu, which has personified armor instead of swords.
** In episode 18 of the Chinese drama series ''Walk Into Your Memory'', one of the characters attends a cosplay party dressed as Mikazuki Munechika.
** The Anime ''Anime/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'' makes several references to the series, as Narumi is shown to be a fan of Kashuu Kiyomitsu, and has a keychain of him, as well as him set as her phone wallpaper, while Hanako cosplays as Shokudaikiri Mitsutada in episode 3. In the film version, there's also cosplayers of Mikazuki Munechika, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and Yamatonokami Yasusada dancing in the crowd.
** In the Anime ''Anime/KissHimNotMe'', there is a fake series that is a thinly veiled reference to ''Touken Ranbu'' called Kacchu Ranbu, which has personified armor instead of swords.
** In episode 18 of the Chinese drama series ''Walk Into Your Memory'', one of the characters attends a cosplay party dressed as Mikazuki Munechika.
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Touken Danshi Kashagiri was released on January 16th, or 1/16, the same number that Ookurikara, a fellow Hiromitsu sword, is listed as in the game.
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* BadExportForYou: The soon-to-be-defunct US version of the game had a few problems. The theme songs of the swords when set as Attendant were notably absent as well the instruments meant to obtain them, and the translation was iffy in some places, at times looking as though it was machine-translated.
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* BadExportForYou: The soon-to-be-defunct defunct US version of the game had a few problems. The theme songs of the swords when set as Attendant were notably absent as well the instruments meant to obtain them, and the translation was iffy in some places, at times looking as though it was machine-translated.
