Ikki Tousen: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
m (No longer on Hulu.) |
(update links) |
||
Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
The souls of the greatest warriors, generals, and strategists of the era of Chinese history immortalized in ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' have continued on beyond their deaths, [[Soul Jar|sealed]] within ''magatama'' beads handed down from generation to generation. For 1,800 years, the gems have dominated the destiny of their holders - the "Toushi", or "Fighters" - increasing their bloodlust and fighting skills while [[You Can't Fight Fate|forcing them to re-enact the lives and deaths of their counterparts]]. |
The souls of the greatest warriors, generals, and strategists of the era of Chinese history immortalized in ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'' have continued on beyond their deaths, [[Soul Jar|sealed]] within ''magatama'' beads handed down from generation to generation. For 1,800 years, the gems have dominated the destiny of their holders - the "Toushi", or "Fighters" - increasing their bloodlust and fighting skills while [[You Can't Fight Fate|forcing them to re-enact the lives and deaths of their counterparts]]. |
||
[[Next Sunday |
[[Next Sunday A.D.|Now]], the newest generation of Fighters has gathered around seven high schools [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe|in the Kanto region around Tokyo]], re-enacting the battles as something in between a semi-organized street fighting [[Tournament Arc|tournament]] and an all-out gang war. And at Nanyou Academy (read: Nanyang and eventually the Wu kingdom), [[Idiot Hero|Idiot Heroine]] Sonsaku Hakufu has arrived. |
||
And she has ''no'' clue about ''anything'' in the last two paragraphs. All Sonsaku knows is that [[Blood Knight|she likes to fight]], and her mom not only gave her a necklace with a pretty ''magatama'', but also told her to make a good impression by beating up fifty Fighters on her first day. She ''definitely'' doesn't know that she's the "[[Reincarnation]]" of Sun Ce, the ruler of Wu known as the "Little Conqueror (Shou Haoh)" - the one who it's said might have united the Three Kingdoms himself if not for his untimely death. |
And she has ''no'' clue about ''anything'' in the last two paragraphs. All Sonsaku knows is that [[Blood Knight|she likes to fight]], and her mom not only gave her a necklace with a pretty ''magatama'', but also told her to make a good impression by beating up fifty Fighters on her first day. She ''definitely'' doesn't know that she's the "[[Reincarnation]]" of Sun Ce, the ruler of Wu known as the "Little Conqueror (Shou Haoh)" - the one who it's said might have united the Three Kingdoms himself if not for his untimely death. |
||
Line 32: | Line 32: | ||
* [[Attempted Rape]]: {{spoiler|Chuukou (Xu Chu), in the manga}} |
* [[Attempted Rape]]: {{spoiler|Chuukou (Xu Chu), in the manga}} |
||
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Kannei. |
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Kannei. |
||
* [[Back |
* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ryofu (Lu Bu) in the third season (''Great Guardians''). Only to die ''again'' in the end. }} |
||
* [[Baka]]: One of Hakufu's [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]] is being called like this. |
* [[Baka]]: One of Hakufu's [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]] is being called like this. |
||
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Kouchou Kanshuu (Huang Zhong) |
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Kouchou Kanshuu (Huang Zhong) |