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{{quote|'''Ina:''' Look samurai boy, I have [[Title Drop|no need for bushido]]! Now put me down, go back there, and ''die with honor!''
'''Yori:''' Sorry, too busy rescuing you. }}
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'''Ina Senshin''', our Heroine, a strong-willed and loud-mouthed girl. When she gets her way, it's often because she bullied her teammates into obeying her.
'''Cho Teko''', a blind Taoist priest. Comes off as a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] by spouting [[Ice Cream Koan
'''Kenta Daisuke''' or Ken, the guy with the huge sword. Enjoys sake and Kabuki plays. [[The Big Guy]] who's motivated by revenge for his clan, which got massacred by people apparently working for Yori's father.
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[http://www.noneedforbushido.com The strip can be found here]. The comic updates every Monday.
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* [[The Alcoholic]] - Ken, very much so.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]] - The characters sometimes talk about Canada, hot dogs, and other things that don't exist yet. [[Rule of Funny|The reason is obvious.]]
** Not to mention Lex and Matrix, who look a little...out of place amongst all the feudal trappings.
** Also lampshaded: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605203339/http://noneedforbushido.com/2002/comic/115/ "Note: Thursday night bingo canceled due to overuse of anachronisms"]
* [[Animesque]] - The later chapters.
* [[Art Evolution]] - When the comic started, it was... Not bad, but not great. Probably about as good as the first bits of [[Sluggy Freelance]]. These days every panel could be lifted from a high quality cel-animated movie.
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* [[Bound and Gagged]] - Ina ends up like this in at least one set of comics.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - addressing readers and some other things.
* [[Brick Joke]] - [https://web.archive.org/web/20130606012059/http://noneedforbushido.com/2002/comic/111/ "Ninja lifts] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605191413/http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/305/ Mount Fuji"]
* [[Buffy-Speak]] - "Don't do the wavy hand thing. I ''hate'' the wavy hand thing."
** immediately preceded by "So you're, like, as blind as a...uh...blind...guy."
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** {{spoiler|Played Straight in the dispatching of Uso.}}
* [[Color Wash]] - Pastel colors and green tint indicate that you see things through the poisonned Yori's eyes, and you should not believe anything you see.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]], Yori comes across at first glance as an incompetent fighter and a coward but is actually a very competent fighter. Cho is all [[Ice Cream Koan|Icecream Koans]] and "The Tao is guiding us", but in a recent comic ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130605204014/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/363/ this one] he puts his foot down ''and causes a mini-earthquake.''
** The other example is Yukizane. See the entry under [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] below.
** Cho's this too; you don't really expect him to be an amazing martial artist, he does kick serious ass sometimes.
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* [[Distracted by the Sexy]] - as a [[Running Gag]], Ina's father keeps making escape attempts from the sexy ninjas who captured him, but ultimately ends up knocked unconscious following an [[Accidental Pervert]] moment.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] - Ken, while [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]].
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]] - An example that is especially amusing, as the Bridget dropped on Yori is ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130607110104/http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/306/ himself]''
* [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana]] - Averted. Has introduced more than one type of sword; introduces the name of the sword as well at times.
* [[Evil Eye]] - one Demon of Sorrow has it under his [[Eyepatch of Power]].
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*** This is demonstrated every single time Ina's father attempts to escape, gets [[Distracted by the Sexy]], and ends up recaptured. [[Running Gag|Every. Single. Time.]]
* [[Four Is Death]] - the Four Demons of Sorrow, Hirotomo Wataro's elite soldiers.
* [[Four-Star Badass]] - Nataku, whose such a [[Badass]] that... you know that [[BFS|enormous thing]] Ken swings around? Nataku clashes with it head-on with his fairly normal sword, and from that position '''''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130607115453/http://noneedforbushido.com/2011/comic/459/ overpowers Ken causing his BFS fly out of his hands]'''''.
* [[Genre Savvy]] - Yori. Right from the outset he seems to instinctively know he's in an [[Affectionate Parody]] of shonen manga, but it's highlighted very much during Ina's planned defense of the strategic choke point, where he demonstrates genuine fear at Ina's ability to destroy an army. By this point, he's [[Genre Savvy]] enough to fear that running in terror like he should will shift her from a [[Tsundere]] to a [[Yandere
* [[Handicapped Badass]] - Cho is an extremely skilled martial artist, able to defeat (most) of his adversaries without breaking a sweat. Badass enough on its own; ''more'' badass when you consider his handicap.
{{quote|'''Ken:''' Wait a sec, so you're, like, as blind as a...uh...blind...guy.
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* [[Improbable Weapon User]] - one ninjette uses fans.
* [[Improvised Weapon]] - Yori has to do this often. Broken sword, sheath, trick sword...
* [[I Resemble That Remark]] - Ken [https://web.archive.org/web/20130606022534/http://noneedforbushido.com/2007/comic/304/ punching a guy] that said he wasn't "agreeable".
** Or ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130605204818/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/375/ decking a guy across the town]'' for calling him a "homicidal maniac".
*** Same guy. Poor Fujio.
* [[It Got Worse]] - As of now, {{spoiler|Fujio's dead, the villagers are being massacred, Purple Samurai is mortally wounded, Ina's breaking down, and Cho's been beaten by the two Demons of Sorrow who only ''just'' appeared.}}
** As it turns out, {{spoiler|most, if not all of this was seen by Yori, who at that point was under the influence of a halucinogenic drug. Later comics confirmed that Ina, Cho and Murasaki at least, are all fine and kicking ass. Fujio's actual status is unconfirmed, but he is likely to be alive as well. Of the three Demons of Sorrow, only one was confirmed of actually being there}}.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]] - Ken's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605203100/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/348/ preferred] interrogation technique.
* [[Jidai Geki]] - Feudal Japan
* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]] - [[Lampshaded]]
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** It doesn't matter how much he insists, Murasaki's name means purple, not indigo.
** General Nataku's warmongering might have been an inevitable reaction to him being named after the japanese god of war.
* [[Moment Killer]] - Cho is right on time to kill [https://web.archive.org/web/20130817150746/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/379/ this] moment.
* [[Mook
* [[Mook Chivalry]] - Played straight and subverted by the Demons of Sorrow. Ryoku attacks first, in a (mostly) fair duel. Then Uso announces that he's going to try next, so you expect another one-on-one. But when they finally confront Yori, all three of them attack at once.
** {{spoiler|Subverted(?) again when it turns out that the other two Demons are just hallucinations, and Uso is the only real one.}}
* [[Now or Never Kiss]] - {{spoiler|A variation [http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/379/ here], because death isn't entirely imminent for the two, but the situation is seems nonetheless rather dire.}}
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - Yukizane, at the beginning of his [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607140321/http://noneedforbushido.com/2008/comic/322/ negotiations] with Ayane. Lampshaded with Ayane's realization: "And another thing! You're--... you're... not nearly as dumb as you look".
* [[Perfectly Arranged Marriage]]
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] - the Four Demons Of Sorrow
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** Ninjas are said to use swordchucks. [[8-Bit Theater|Swordchucks, yo]]!
** Tao [[Star Wars|binds the galaxy together]].
** Yori's first rescue of
* [[Show Some Leg]] - Courtesy of Suzuka, resulting in Masuhiro's failure...[[Running Gag|multiple times]].
* [[The Chessmaster|The Shogimaster]] - Yukizane.
* [[Slipknot Ponytail]] - Yori, during the first half of the battle with Ryoku
* [[Sociopathic Hero]] - Ken, as seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005839/http://noneedforbushido.com/2009/comic/360/ here.]
* [[Stripperiffic]] - All female ninjas. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that they dress like that to distract their enemies.
* [[There Are No Rules]] - Sorta.
{{quote|'''Ken:''' Here's Ken's rules to fightin: First, in battle, yer either killin' or dyin'. So whatever you do, don't ever stop ''not dyin{{'}}''. Second, we don't have time for stupid rules, so stop standing around there ''like a bunch of idiots'', and '''start beating the crap out of each other'''!}}
* [[Those Two Guys]] with Matsuhiro.
* [[Title Drop]] - At least twice, most notably far at the beginning:
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Ina: Look samurai boy, I have '''no need for bushido'''! }}
* [[Tsundere]] - Ina.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Unsound Effect]] - ''All the time''. Among notable others are the commonly-used ''DOOM!'' and the once-used ''DRRAAAAMMMMAAAAA'', as well as the ever popular ''HEAD... BUTT!''
** Not to mention ''SHOCKWAVE!'' and ''OH? NO! HE DIDN'!'' (not a typo).
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** ALSOFAKE!
** Lampshaded by "insert your sound effect here".
** [http://nn4b.com/comic/508 IMPLAUSIBLE!] is the unsound of a key flying through the air, inserting itself into the lock, and then turning.
* [[The Worf Barrage]]: Ken's [[BFS|ludicrously big sword]] rarely hits anyone important. Not only that, but the taoist monks and Nataku managed to block it outright. Nataku later ups the ante from that, and just overpowers Ken while clashing with his BFS head-on.
* [[Yandere
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