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* [[Out with a Bang]]: One of the protagonists of ''Gai-Jin''.

* [[Privateer]]

* [[Stock Ninja Weaponry]]: In ''[[Shogun]]'', the shinobi aiming at {{spoiler|Mariko's life}} are described wielding [[Poisoned Weapons|poison-covered shurikens]], swords and [[Overly Long Name|"scythe-like knives connected to long weighted chains"]] (aka: Kusarigama).

* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: One possible interpretation of {{spoiler|Shogun}}, depending on whether you consider {{spoiler|Toranaga}} to be the bad guy or not. He is unquestionably power-hungry, ruthless, manipulative and has no regard for keeping solemn promises he made in the past, but his combination of [[Morality Pet|genuinely caring for certain people]] coupled with being an all-round [[Magnificent Bastard]] of the highest order makes the reader more likely to overlook his bad aspects. It doesn't change the fact that he is arguably the darker shade of gray in the [[Gray and Gray Morality]] of the book.

* [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]]: In the miniseries, used as a [[Translation Convention]]. Portuguese (and/or Japanese and Dutch, depending on the POV character) is rendered as contemporary English. When Blackthorne and Mariko slip into Latin, however, it's rendered as Ye Olde Butchered Englishe. "I say thou art beautiful, and I love thee!"

 

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