History VideoGame / Onechanbara

* {{Combos}}: In ''Zombie Slayers'', you can chain attacks after another only when you execute the attack on a specific frame during the previous one. This is referred to as "Cool Combination Attacks" and a visible motion blur signals your chance to create combos.

* FurBikini: Since feather-trimmed ones count.

* AssKickingPose: Kagura ''loves'' doing these, with some hilariously cheesy Engrish thrown in. The final one however, does come off really badass.

* BadassBiker: Aya.
* BadassCape: Aya gains a bitchin' cape as part of her redesign for Onechanbara Z. How she manages to make a black frilly cape look freaking badass is anyone's guess.

* ChainsawGood: Saaya. Her ultimate version of it combines it with a ''V8 engine''.

* EpicFlail: The misleadingly-named Morning Star, Saaya's special weapon, is actually a heavy flail. Rather good for crowd control, but not as effective as Kagura's Hydra Blade, and doesn't have combo abilities.

* {{Expy}}: In Bikini Samurai Squad there are zombies that look nearly like [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Hugo Andore]]

* ElegantGothicLolita: Saki now sports some gothilicious dress as part of her killing routine. Note that this hasn't diluted her badassery even for one bit.
* GunsAkimbo: Annna

* HeelFaceTurn: Saki

* {{Joshikousei}}: Saki
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Eva]]

* MegaTwintails: Kagura's hair can give [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] a run for her voicebanks.

* MyNaymeIs: Annna.

* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Kagura's Exceed is a boomerang blade that can keep an enemy stunned in place.

* SailorFuku: Saki's preferred go-to costume. Until Z. See Gothic Lolita entry above.

* SexyWalk: Aya especially.

* SwordAndGun: Reiko can switch between a regular sword and either a shotgun or SMG.
* TattooAsCharacterType: Aya apparently has a curved tattoo on her lower backside, [[RuleOfSexy for whatever meaning there is]].

* TimeAbyss: Himiko is 300 years old ''human''.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Saki used to sport some before changing to goth-loli dress.

* EssenceDrop

* ZettaiRyouiki: Saki used to sport some before changing to gothloli dress.
* ZombieApocalypse: Repeatedly.

* BadassBiker: Ada.

** TheBigGuy: [[BoistrousBruiser Kagura]]

* HeadbuttingHeroes: Even though Kagura and Saaya realize that Aya and Saki [[spoiler: were NOT the cause of the zombie outbreak in ''Onichanbara Z: Kagura'']], the two pairs of sisters [[HereWeGoAgain challenge each other to a fight at the end of the game]] ([[InTheBlood due to the rivalry between the bearers of the Baneful Blood and Vampiric Clan just being too strong to ignore]]), and [[GoodVersusGood start a brawl with each other]] [[BatmanColdOpen that continues right into the intro of Onechanbara Z2: Chaos]]. Even when the story mode of ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'' begins (when the attack of the new villains force the feuding sisters into TeethClenchedTeamwork, all of them (well, all [[ActualPacificst except for Saaya]]) [[SnarkToSnarkCombat take every chance they have to trade insults and wisecracks at each other's expense]]

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

** TheHero: Aya
** TheLancer: Misery
** TheSmartGuy: Reiko
** TheBigGuy: Saki
** TheHeart: Annna

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. One year later, a UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}-exclusive sequel, ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'', was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States. The game was later released on PC through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person HackAndSlash games (later SpectacleFighter games, starting with ''Z: Kagura'') developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of Simple Series budget game line released only in Japan and 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.

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 UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}). A live-action movie based on the series was also released in the same year.

The fifth main game, ''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. Unlike its predecessors, ''Z'' wasn't a budget game and its 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...).

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.

* 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 grapple 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 changing, but the game(s) themselves count them as stances.

''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person Main/HackAndSlash games (later SpectacleFighter games, starting with ''Z: Kagura'') developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of Simple Series budget game line released only in Japan and 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.

* MegaTwintails: Kagura's hair can give [[{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]] a run for her voicebanks.

* MissionPackSequel: From ''Z Kagura'' to ''Z II Chaos'', there are many, ''many'' recycled assets, levels, enemies and bosses, it feels more like an expansion than a full blown sequel, in fact there are ''more'' stuff copy-pasted from ''Kagura'' than brand new things introduced in ''Chaos'', somewhere around 65% old to 35% new. Critics are already merciless on this series, had ''Z Kagura'' been [[NoExportForYou localized]] they sure would have been even more unkind to ''Z II Chaos''.

''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games (later SpectacleFighter games, starting with ''Z: Kagura'') developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of Simple Series budget game line released only in Japan and 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.

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. One year later, a UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}-exclusive sequel, ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'', was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States.

''Z2: Chaos'' was also released on PC through Steam.

* ActionCommands: Onechanbara Z: Kagura uses this for finishers against bosses, and later, DegradedBoss(es). This is not only for show however, ActionCommands that has you slicing off wings, hands, limbs, or what-have-you do decrease the monster-du-jour's attack repertoire, making it easier (theoretically) to finish them off. For bonus points, whomever between the two sisters performs the finishing move gets to have the Boss's power for the rest of the game, so strategic thinking is there, if a bit limited. Oddly, the game insists on the term "Quick Time Kill", rather than the usual QTE.

''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of Simple Series budget game line released only in Japan and 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.

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. One year later, a {{PS4}}-exclusive sequel, ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'', was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States.

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. One year later, a {{PS4}}-exclusive sequel, ''Onechanbara Z2: Chaos'', was released on October 10, 2014 in Japan and July 21, 2015 in the United States.

* UpdatedRerelease: After a year, Onechanbara Z is finally coming to PS3, which means there is no need to import an [=Xbox=] 360. To sweeten the deal, they are also throwing a free CanonImmigrant to boot!