History VideoGame / Onechanbara

In 2009, two games from the series were released in the United States: ''Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' [[note]]Known as ''VorteX ~ The Descendants of The Cursed Blood ~'' in Japan [[/note]] (for {{Xbox360}}) and ''Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' [[note]]''Revolution'' in Japan[[/note]] (for the {{Wii}}). A live-action movie based on the series was also released in the same year.

In 2009, two games from the series were released in the United States: ''Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' (for {{Xbox360}}) and ''Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' (for the {{Wii}}). A live-action movie based on the game series was also released in the same year.

''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released in Japan on January 19, 2012 for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki, the game stars a pair of vampire sisters named Kagura and Saaya. ''Z'' was the first of the series that wasn't a budget game like its predecessors, and the marketing has been rather big. However, due to its Xbox-exclusivity, it failed to attract a wide audience (not that it was making any pretense to do so...). The game had an UpdatedRerelease for PS3 on October 24, 2013, featuring [=NoNoNo=], a character from [=D3Publisher=]'s other franchise, the [[DreamCClub Dream Club]] series. A {{PS4}} exclusive sequel, ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'', was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States.

* StanceSystem: A staple of the series that also doubles as RealTimeWeaponChange. Aya can switch from single to dual wielding swords, and Saki has access to grapples moves with her fists, Reiko pulls out a shotgun or SMG, and Misery's sword becomes a WhipSword (the latter two ladies are playable in ''Bikini Zombie Slayers''). Kagura and Saaya more so count as real time weapon change, but it can still work as stances since their fighting styles completely change.

* StanceSystem: A staple of the series that also doubles as RealTimeWeaponChange. Aya can switch from single to dual wielding swords, and Saki has access to grapples moves with her fists, Reiko pulls out a shotgun or SMG, and Misery's sword becomes a WhipSword (the latter two ladies are playable in ''Bikini Zombie Slayers''). Kagura and Saaya more so count as real time weapon change, but it can still work as stnaces sinces their fighting styles completely change.

* KnifeNut: When not using her swords, Aya can use her throwing knives/kunai instead.
* LimitBreak[=/=]SuperMode: In Z2 Chaos, both the Baneful Blood and Vampire Sisters get an upgrade from their enraged state. Aya and Saki get Xtatic, and Kagura and Saaya gain access to Dare Drive. Their transformations work similar to [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Devil Trigger]], though you still lose some health or are more susceptible to damage just like the enraged state. The girls can recover health by killing zombies and getting random drops of blood crystal from them. Also, the girls become more stripperific due to their transformations with the exception of Saaya.

* MiniGameCredits: Taking a page out of Devil May Cry, the ending of Onechanbara Z has Kagura and Saaya face off Aya and Saki for the last time. This time however, you are invulnerable while they aren't, to [[NintendoHard give you a chance]].

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kagura & Saaya to Aya & Saki; but more so Kagura because she wears an outfit similar to [[http://andriasang.com/comy2j/images/23esn/ Aya]] and carries twins swords. Though Kagura seems to have a cockier attitude compared to Aya going by the first trailer.

Two games from the series have been released in the United States: ''Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' (for {{Xbox360}}) and ''Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' (for the {{Wii}}). There's also a live-action movie based on the game series.

A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters. The game was the first of the series that was not a budget game like its predecessors, and the marketing has been rather big. However, due to its Xbox-exclusivity, it failed to attract a wide audience (not that it was making any pretense to). The game had an UpdatedRerelease on the PS3 (release date: Oct. 24, 2013), featuring [=NoNoNo=], a character from [=D3Publisher=]'s other franchise, [[DreamCClub Dream Club]] series.

A sequel to Onechanbara Z for PS4, titled Onechanbara Z2: Chaos, was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States. It features upscaled graphics, full 60 FPS, and two new characters.

* LimitBreak[=/=]SuperMode: In Z2 Chaos, both the Baneful Blood and Vampire Sisters get an upgrade from their enraged state. Aya and Saki get Xtatic, and Kagura and Saaya gain access to Dare Drive. Their transformation work similar to [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Devil Trigger]], though you still lose some health or more susceptible just like the enraged state. The girls can recover health by killing zombies and getting random drops of blood crystal from them. Also, the girls become more stripperific due to their transformations with the exception of Saaya.

* LimitBreak[=/=]SuperMode: In Z2 Chaos, both the Baneful Blood and Vampire Sisters get an upgrade from their enraged state. Aya and Saki get Xtatic, and Kagura and Saaya gain access to Dare Drive. Their transformation work similar to [[Franchise/Devil May Cry Devil Trigger]], though you still lose some health or more susceptible just like the enraged state. The girls can recover health by killing zombies and getting random drops of blood crystal from them.

* {{Portmantitle}}: The title, 'Onechanbara', is a portmanteau of 'onē-chan', an affectionate [[JapaneseHonorifics Japanese term of address]] for an older sister or a young woman, and 'chanbara', a word referring to the genre of samurai films, particularly the classic ones (much like Wild West films over here in the West). [[note]]Note that for the pun to be retained in romanization, one has to use modified Hepburn (or another romanization scheme like Nihonsiki - indeed, since these romanization schemes tend to drop the hyphen used for honorifics like 'Onē-chan', this might be better anyway) rather than traditional Hepburn, which romanizes the kana ん / ン as 'm' rather than 'n' before an m, b or p (since that's closer to how it's actual pronounced).[[/note]]

A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters. The game was the first of the series that was not a budget game like its predecessors, and the marketing has been rather big. However, due to its Xbox-exclusivity, it failed to attract a wide audience (not that it was making any pretense to). The game had an UpdatedRerelease on the PS3 (release date: Oct. 24, 2013), featuring [=NoNoNo=], a character from [=D3Publisher=]'s other franchise, [[DreamCClub Dream Club]] series. A sequel to Onechanbara Z is slated to be released in October 10th in Japan for PS4, titled Onechanbara Z2: Chaos. It will feature upscaled graphics, full 60 FPS, and two new characters.

A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters. The game was the first of the series that was not a budget game like its predecessors, and the marketing has been rather big. However, due to its Xbox-exclusivity, it failed to attract a wide audience (not that it was making any pretense to). The game had an UpdatedRerelease on the PS3 (release date: Oct. 24, 2013), featuring [=NoNoNo=], a character from [=D3Publisher=]'s other franchise, [[DreamCClub Dream Club]] series. Furthermore, a second Updated Re-release is slated for PS4, titled Onechanbara Z2: Chaos. It will feature upscaled graphics, full 60 FPS, and two new characters.

A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters. The game was the first of the series that was not a budget game like its predecessors, and the marketing has been rather big. However, due to its Xbox-exclusivity, it failed to attract a wide audience (not that it was making any pretense to). The game is slated for an UpdatedRerelease on the PS3 (release date: Oct. 24, 2013), featuring [=NoNoNo=], a character from [=D3Publisher=]'s other franchise, [[DreamCClub Dream Club]] series.

* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: Kagura and Saaya are not Romanians. They come from there, yes, and their [[spoiler:later ex-]]headquarters were there, but Romanians they are not. Some gaming news outlets decide "eh, close enough" [[http://www.siliconera.com/2012/12/26/rumor-onechanbara-z-kagura-coming-to-another-console-in-2013/ anyway]].

* DuelingGames: Of the inadvertent variety. On top of being niche as all heck, Onechanbara Z's initial [=Xbox=] 360 release pits it up against the more known LollipopChainsaw. Now, only the most hardcore of fans know this game exists.

* SleeperHit: Out of all the dozens upon dozens of Simple Series games that [=D3Publisher=] cranks out, Onechanbara is one of the few that really became sort of a sleeper hit. Not bad for budget games.

* WorldOfActionGirl: Every single woman in the series is a total badass.

* ActionGirl: Every female character!

* [[IGotBetter We Got Better]]: Both Kagura and Saaya recovered really well after [[spoiler: their employer]] sent missiles to their faces to rid them with their quarry, the Baneful Blood Sisters.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The new zombie crisis in Onechanbara Z is in fact the doing of the [[spoiler: vampire clan that had sent Kagura and Saaya]], aimed at luring out and then exterminating the threat of Banful Blood (i.e. descendants of the Baneful Blood, with Aya and Saki deemed to be the most dangerous of them all). When they find the heroines in the middle of a duel with Aya and Saki, they decide that the dhampyr sisters, also carriers of the Baneful Blood, have just been expended as well.

* EvilCounterpart: Surprisingly, Kagura and Saaya, since their benefactors are the bad guys.

* VampiresAreRich: The main villains of Onechanbara Z Kagura are the ruling cadre of a vampire clan that raised Kagura & Saaya and sent the pair to fight the new zombie crisis until they [[spoiler:proceed to double-cross the heroines mid-story.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The new zombie crisis in Onechanbara Z is in fact the doing of the [[spoiler: vampire clan that had sent Kagura and Saaya]], aimed at luring out and killing the most dangerous descendants of the Baneful Blood, Aya and Saki. When they find the heroines in the middle of a duel with Aya and Saki, they decide that the dhampyr sisters, also carriers of the Baneful Blood, have outlived their usefulness.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Meta-example. Saaya's chainsaw is named Jason. [[FridayThe13th Jason uses a machete]], [[TexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface uses a chainsaw]].

* [[HesJustHiding They're Just Hiding]]: [[spoiler: Aya and Saki]] pulls this after having been declared dead at the end of Onechanbara Z. Kagura and Saaya are meant to be their replacements.

''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of a budget game line released only in Japan and, yes, Europe. The games involve a team of sisters, Aya and Saki, who are among the few survivors of a zombie outbreak. Complicating matters, both sisters suffer from a curse known as "Baneful Blood", which drives them crazy when they come in contact with the zombies' blood. They have vowed to use everything in their power to drive back the zombies so that they can once again live in peace.

A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for {{Xbox360}}. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters.

* ActionCommands: Onechanbara Z: Kagura uses this for finishers and a new system called blood recovery. Blood recovery is when you can come back from dying by drawing in your own blood. This will make you very powerful, but the draw back is that you are more [[GlassCannon susceptible to damage]]

* AndYourRewardIsClothes
* BadassAdorable: Saki.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted.

* ChainsawGood: Saaya.
* CuteBruiser: Saki.

* ExcusePlot: Scantily clad young women slice up thousands of zombies, spilling gallons of blood and LudicrousGibs in the process. What did you expect? If you answer "a deep plot with complex characters", you're a big, fat, liar.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: the subtitles

* FanService: how else to explain their attire.

* FluffyFashionFeathers: Aya's outfit has the bikini and feather boa. Kagura's outfit is very similar.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Aya's weapon of choice.

* SiblingTeam: Aya and Saki.
* {{Stripperiffic}}:Most of the female characters, but mainly Aya.

* SwipeYourBladeOff: A necessary tactic, as blood accumulates on your weapons quickly as you slice through the zombie hordes, and getting too much blood on it will cause them to get stuck.

* VampiresAreRich: The main villains look like they're of nobility in Onechanbara Z: Kagura.
** They are the ruling cadre of the vampire clan [[spoiler:that raised Kagura & Saaya and sent the pair to fight the new zombie crisis...... until they proceed to double-cross the heroines mid-story. The new crisis is in fact their doing as well, aimed at luring out and killing the most dangerous descendants of the Baneful Blood (Aya and Saki). When they find the heroines in the middle of a duel with Aya and Saki, they decide that the dhampyr sisters, also carriers of the Baneful Blood, have outlived their usefulness as well]].
* VirtualPaperDoll: ''Bikini Samurai Squad'' allows you to customize the appearance of your characters.
* WhipSword: Eva's weapon which is later used by Misery. Kagura uses a rope dart-like variant consisting of two knives with long ribbons tied to the handles.
* ZettaiRyouiki
* ZombieApocalypse

* {{Portmantitle}}: The title, 'Onechanbara', is a portmanteau of 'onē-chan', an affectionate [[JapaneseHonorifics Japanese term of address]] for an older sister or a young woman, and 'chanbara', a word referring to the genre of samurai films, particularly the classic ones (much like Wild West films over here in the West). [[hottip:*:Note that for the pun to be retained in romanization, one has to use modified Hepburn (or another romanization scheme like Nihonsiki - indeed, since these romanization schemes tend to drop the hyphen used for honorifics like 'Onē-chan', this might be better anyway) rather than traditional Hepburn, which romanizes the kana ん / ン as 'm' rather than 'n' before an m, b or p (since that's closer to how it's actual pronounced).]]

* BadassLongHair: Saki, Ada and Misery.

** TheChick: Annna