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* [[All Webbed Up]]: The inner part of Joro-gumo's lair has webbing all over the place, it shows up more as you go on, even her victims are all wrapped up in silk cocoons.

* [[And Now for Something Completely Different]]: The prologue is noticeably different from the rest of the game, given how it starts off at the Tower of London in ''England'' rather than in Japan.

* [[Bow and Sword In Accord]]: Strict ammo limits (~20 shots carried) prevent bows and guns from being usable as primary weapons (at least, not without end-game equipment selection dedicated to gaining unlimited ammo). Instead, they have their own dedicated equipment slot and button to use them, making the two high damage situational weapons used to selectively remove choice enemies from a distance (generally enemy ranged attackers, or helmetless enemies that haven't spotted the player yet).

* [[Childhood Friends]]: Saoirse has been William's Guardian Spirit since he's a child. It's also evident that the two are close.

* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: Downplayed. But in addition to Buddhism and [[Japanese Mythology]], there are also elements of [[Celtic Mythology]] and Western European mysticism in relation to alchemy.

* [[Distant Prologue]]: Sort of. The game's opening starts off in 1598, two years before the main plot begins.

* [[Follow the Leader]]: The games blatantly take many inspirations and mechanics from ''[[Demon's Souls]]'' and ''[[Dark Souls]]''. [[All The Tropes:Tropes Are Not Bad|The two games are often cited as among the few, if not the only, ''Souls''-likes that are actually good, and even surpass the originals in some areas]].

* [[Gameplay Ally Immortality]]: Any segment where another character follows you has that character be immortal. Significant damage will only result in that character kneeling over till healed or sufficient time has passed. This is most noticeable in the second game, as such accompaniment is more frequent, but a few levels of the original had it as well.

* [[Gender Flip]]: In the second game {{spoiler|Yoshitatsu, as the player character's identical twin, will be female if the player character is. Can also be a [[Race Lift]], but that falls under the above bit on [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]].}}

* [[Government Conspiracy]]: A secretive cabal led by Edward Kelley {{spoiler|and Sir John Dee}} has not only been using Amrita to win England's battles against the Spanish, but has also sets its sights on Japan ostensibly for [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen]] and Country. With Kelley trying to further stoke the flames of war there.

* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: In addition to the use of English and Japanese, there's also Irish Gaelic.

* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Many of the human characters in the game, including [[Hattori Hanzo]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], and the actual William Adams.

** The sequel adds three entire weapon types for this.

* [[Mook]]: Of the human, undead and [[Yokai]] varieties. All of which can easily kill you.

* [[The Musketeer]]: It's possible for William to have a build emphasizing both swordsmanship and marksmanship, be it with bows or guns.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The game, even at its ''Alpha'' state, quickly gained notoriety for being incredibly hard, easily being on par with if not ''surpassing'' the likes of ''[[Dark Souls]]'' and Team Ninja's own ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]''.

* [[Occult Blue Eyes]]: Where William has blue eyes because he's European, the second game's protagonist has a normal eye color (which could be ''[[Character Customization|anything]]'') but people capable of seeing the supernatural see a deep, glowing blue.

* [[Omniglot]]: Hattori Hanzo is revealed to be this, being one of the few Japanese characters who can actually converse with William in English.

* [[Prepare to Die|Prepare to Lose]]: In real life, gamers had to do this...A lot.

* [[Puzzle Boss]]: The mission Greater Demon Hunting pits the player against a fairly agile, very tough boss able to kill most builds in one hit when you can first access the mission, but you fight alongside an NPC that can deal major damage and can only be temporarily KOed. Winning requires tricking the boss into running around while your ally keeps taking out its HP.

* [[Spiders Are Scary]]: Spider Nest Castle, anyone?

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: In addition to the good voice acting, it's justified in that the English heard is largely spoken by European characters, though this also extends to a couple of Japanese ones like, Hattori Hanzo.

* [[Translation Convention]]: Played with. European characters like William speak in English whereas Japanese ones by and large speak ''only'' in Japanese. William's able to understand them though, in part due to magical [[Babel Fish]] as well as through the likes of Hattori Hanzo, who ''can'' speak English.

* [[Unobtainium]]: Amrita, which is equated to the Philosopher's Stone among the Europeans. It's also why the likes of Edward Kelley are so interested with Japan, as it has enough Amrita to allow them to defeat England's enemies and [[Take Over the World]].

* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Most bosses are (near) immune to most stats conditions that can be inflicted with a single strike, with the notable exception of Sloth, which [[Game Breaker|is both crippling and rarely resisted]]. In response, enemies in the DLC are given near total resistance to it. The sequel takes a more middle ground by making Sloth more dependent upon a character's Magic stats so it's only useful for actual mage builds instead of being something every build grabs.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: It's mentioned that England had been using pirates and privateers to scour the known world for Amrita. By 1598 though, William is shown imprisoned at the Tower of London and slated for execution due to Kelley wanting to dispose of potential loose ends and deeming them unnecessary.

* [[Yokai]]: Many of the bosses that the player faces are various spirits, demons, and other supernatural creatures that are found within [[Japanese Mythology]].