History YMMV / TheYagyuNinjaScrolls

* MagnificentBastard: Jubei.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Otori and Oshina say they're jealous of Okei because Juubei's been really nice to her, he makes [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/y_m/v05/c046/10.html one of the most hilarious faces imaginable]].

** [[BigBad Akinari Kato ]] is a tyrannical Daimyo who rules the lands of Aizu in a [[TheCaligula hedonistic hell]] where he [[SerialRapist has girls abducted]] to serve as [[SexSlave slaves]] and toys for his pleasure before allowing his pet psycho squad, The Seven Spears, to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture them to death]]. When his vassal, Mondo Hori, rebels to save his daughter from such a fate, Akinari has him and the Hori men tortured to death. Throughout the series, Akinari abuses, tortures and rapes those who fall into his clutches, and when he is so terrified by [[TheHero Jubei Yagyu's]] constantly hounding him, he makes himself feel better by abducting and violating the innocent daughter of a lord who had the bad fortune to host him for a night. When he finally gets a hold of the surviving Hori women, Akinari sentences them to death by crucifixion and orders it to be made as drawn out as humanly possible.
** Dohaku Ashina, the ruler of the Ashina ninja and the [[TheManBehindTheMan secret ruler of Aizu who pulls Akinari's strings]], soon reveals himself to be [[DragonInChief the true villain]]. Dohaku is [[EvilOldFolks a 107-year-old immortal man]] and when Jubei begins his heroic actions in Aizu, Dohaku's response is to begin having random women [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] and their [[DecapitationPresentation heads displayed]] as a deterrent. He then proceeds to have multiple women abducted for Akinari's harem or to be sacrificed in his dark rituals. Worse still, he raised his own beautiful young daughter as Akinari's concubine to get an heir from Akinaris bloodline, intending to do away with Akinari and Akinari's trueborn son. When Oyura ends up [[TakingTheBullet intercepting a blow Dohaku had meant for Jubei]], Dohaku [[VillainousBreakdown breaks down]], screaming furiously how all she was to him was something to produce a PuppetKing and refusing to save her life.
** Uroshido Koshichiro is the leader of the Seven Spears and TheDragon to Akinari. A talented MasterSwordsman who serves as an EvilCounterpart to Jubei with equal skill, but none of the honor, virtue or goodness, Koshichiro opens the series dragging the men of Hori before the Hori women and then promptly initiating a slaughter of the women just to hurt the men more. Koshichiro leads the Spears in their disposal of women Akinari is bored with and kidnaps newlywed couples to [[FrameUp frame Jubei's ally Princess Sen as a rapist]], forcing concubines to rape the men and giving the women to Akinari. While Koshichiro is seen as a WorthyOpponent by Jubei, Jubei makes it clear it is only because he [[BloodKnight deeply desires to face Koshichiro's skill against his own]] and makes it clear that he has nothing but hatred and contempt for the man himself.

* CompleteMonster: Three.
** Akinari Kato is a tyrannical Daimyo who rules the lands of Aizu in [[TheCaligula a hedonistic hell]] where he has girls abducted to serve as slaves and toys for his pleasure before allowing his pet psycho squad, The Seven Spears, to torture them to death. When his vassal, Mondo Hori, rebels to save his daughter from such a fate, Akinari has him and the Hori men tortured to death. Throughout the series, Akinari abuses, tortures and rapes those who fall into his clutches, and when he is so terrified by TheHero Jubei Yagyu's constant hounding him, he makes himself feel better by abducting and violating the innocent daughter of a lord who had the bad fortune to host him for a night. When he finally gets ahold of the surviving Hori women, Akinari sentences them to death by crucifixion and orders it to be made as drawn out as humanly possible.
** Dohaku Ashina, the ruler of the Ashina ninja and the [[TheManBehindTheMan secret ruler of Aizu who pulls Akinari's strings]] and [[DragonInChief soon reveals himself to be the true villain.]] Dohaku is [[EvilOldFolks a 107 year old immortal man]] and when Jubei begins his heroic actions in Aizu, Dohaku's response is to begin having random women beheaded and their heads displayed as a deterrent. he then proceeds to have multiple women abducted for Akinari's harem or to be sacrificed in his dark rituals. Worse still, he raised his own beautiful young daughter as Akinari's concubine to get an heir from Akinaris bloodline, intending to do away with Akinari and Akinari's trueborn son. When Oyura ends up [[TakingTheBullet intercepting a blow Dohaku had meant for Jubei]], Dohaku [[VillainousBreakdown breaks down, screaming furiously how all she was to him]] was something to produce a PuppetKing and refusing to save her life.
** Uroshido Koshichiro is the leader of the Seven Spears and TheDragon to Akinari. A talented MasterSwordsman who serves as an EvilCounterpart to Jubei with equal skill, but none of the honor, virtue or goodness, Koshichiro opens the series dragging the men of Hori before the Hori women and then promptly initiating a slaughter of the women just to hurt the men more. Koshichiro leads the Spears in their disposal of women Akinari is bored with and kidnaps newlywed couples to frame Jubei's ally Princess Sen as a rapist, forcing concubines to rape the men and giving the women to Akinari. While Koshichiro is seen as a WorthyOpponent by Jubei, Jubei makes it clear it is only because he [[BloodKnight deeply desires to face Koshichiro's skill against his own]] and makes it clear that he has nothing but hatred and contempt for the man himself.

** Dohaku's is either ordering innocent women killed as a message to Jubei, or his reaction to [[spoiler: Oyura's death at his own hand.]]

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: When Otori and Oshina say they're jealous of Okei because Juubei's been really nice to her, he makes [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/y_m/v05/c046/10.html one of the most hilarious faces imaginable]]

* CompleteMonster: ''So'' many to list. All Seven Spears and Akinari are notable examples. As well as Dohaku.
** Akinari is a sadistic daimyo who glories in his power while abusing the people in his territory. Especially the women, who he keeps as hostages or rapes as he feels like. It gets so bad, the Hori clan launches their failed revolt,
** The Seven Spears all qualify for this. They get to rape and kill the women when Akinari is bored with them. It's hard to determine if one is worse than the others as all of them commit horrendous acts, but most notably when they break into the Divorce temple and butcher the Hori women while the men are forced to watch, leaving only seven survivors. There are other moments like Koro Ginshiro delivering an innocent innkeeper's daughter to Akinari to rape as a pick me up for his mood, Shiba Ichiganbo kidnapping girls to deliver to Akinari and killing their families if they object, and the delightful little scheme they have to humiliated Princess Sen by kidnapping married couples and having the men raped by captive women and deposited outside her temple
** Ashina Dohaku, the ManBehindTheMan and the true ruler of the Ashina clan. Dohaku wages a psychological war on the people of Aizu by having innocent women killed and their heads displayed, having women kidnapped for Akinari's pleasure...and especially how he treats his own daughter as nothing more than a pawn in his game.

** Ashina Dohaku, the ManBehindTheMan and the true ruler of the Ashina clan. Dohaku wages a psychological war on the people of Aizu by having innocent women killed and their heads displayed, having women kidnapped for Akinari's pleasure...and especially how he treats his own daughter as nothing more than a pawn in his game.

* CompleteMonster: ''So'' many to list. All Seven Spears and Akinari are notable examples. As well as Dohaku.