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** The English dub may have noticed this and given his character a [[Evil Sounds Deep|deep, manly voice]] to counteract it.

* [[Amulet of Concentrated Awesome]]: The Jewel of Life/Heart of the Ancients.

** Mia (or Nasuti in this case), who was born and raised in France, also speaks without any noticeable accent.

* [[Anime First]]: The two-volume manga that followed was an adaption of the TV series and aimed at a younger male audience. The [[Cut Short|one volume manga]] ''Shin Yoroiden-Samurai Troopers'' published afterward was [[Continuity Nod|based on the TV series]] but [[Discontinuity Nod|disregarded the events of the OVAs.]]

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Lady Kayura. After the necklace that caused the brainwashing was damaged by Ryo, Talpa resorted to other means.}}

** Mukala qualifies for this {{spoiler|since he was manipulated and eventually possessed by the Black Armor of Inferno.}}

* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]

* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Ryo does this a couple of times.

* [[Code Name]]: The four Warlords have these. You didn't think those were their ''real'' names, did you?

** The Ronins could also be considered to have these as sometimes they are simply referred to as their armor name.

* [[Combined Energy Attack]]: The heroes combine their powers to form the White Inferno armor.

* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: The shows twists this around so much. When the heroes are split up, Ryo is found in an active volcano. His power is fire based, so the lava makes his mystic armor stronger, but it gives off heat. When Anubis throws two unarmored characters into the volcano, Ryo dives after them but realizes that his ''armor's'' heat will kill them if he grabs them, but the fact they're in a ''volcano'' doesn't bother him.

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Literally. {{spoiler|This proves to be Talpa's final undoing}}.

** Specifically, it forces him to hold the [[Idiot Ball]] {{spoiler|when it comes to the human characters Mia and Yuli. Talpa just can't see them as anything other than weak, inconsequential children even after they've saved the Ronins several times ''and'' acquired an artifact which can destroy his power. If he had just thrown the bulk of his forces at Mia and Yuli (or brainwashed a human assassin to take them out on the sly if he didn't want to confront the heroes directly,) he would have had no problem taking over the world. }}

* [[Evil Is Dumb]]: Anubis becomes ''more powerful'' {{spoiler|after his [[Heel Face Turn]]}}, with only a {{spoiler|possessed}} Kayura and Talpa himself being legitimate threats to him. It's justified, though, as he's the strongest of the four Warlords, and becomes even more powerful after he {{spoiler|takes on the powers of The Ancient}}.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Red Torrent and The Black Armor of Inferno.

** Also, why is the final battle with Talpa such a [[Tear Jerker]]? {{spoiler|Because it's a mirror image of the first battle between the Ronins and Talpa. The first time around, Ryo was on the outside of Talpa's body while his friend's souls were trapped within, [[Kill Us Both|binding Talpa with their powers and begging Ryo to destroy them all.]] Ryo couldn't go through with it. In the final battle with Talpa, the positions are reversed. Ryo is fused with Talpa, binding the villain with ''his'' power, begging his friends (now on the outside) to destroy ''him.'' They have no alternative but to go through with it because by this time, they're out of options. It's a good thing for Ryo the Jewel of Life was nearby, otherwise the series would have had a Bittersweet Ending... }}

* [[Full Potential Upgrade]]: Ryo eventually needed new swords to go along with the Inferno Armor.

* [[Good Weapon, Evil Weapon]]: All of the armors.

* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Mostly averted as the Japanese comes in small, managable bites. The TV series dub pronunciation of Ryo (Rye-oh) plays it straight, though.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Most of our heroes suffer from one at least once, but the most notable case occurs when Dais successfully tricks Kento into thinking his armor is slowly turning him evil (and this was before the Ronin Warriors learn of {{spoiler|the armor's origins as part of Talpa's armor}}. Yuli snaps him out of it.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The Ancient, and later {{spoiler|Anubis.}}

* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]: Lady Kayura, {{spoiler|the last of the Clan of the Ancients.}}

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Lady Kayura is physically ''twelve'' years old, but only a handful of the cast can fight her and not get stomped into the ground. The final battle could've ended in half the time if the writers didn't abruptly take her out of the plot.

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: When not in their armors, the Ronin are always seen wearing the same civilian clothes. Except for the ending, {{spoiler|where the armors transform into monogrammed jackets.}}

** Mia and Yuli also tend to always wear the same thing, even if they have access to other clothes.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: White Blaze and Black Blaze.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]: Talpa and the Warlords

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Rowan/Touma is said to have an IQ of 250 (and his virtue is originally Wisdom), and yet he tends to make the dumbest remarks and decisions(such as [[The Corpse Stops Here|incriminating himself]] in the 1st OVA).

{{quote|'''Rowan:''' Lady Kayura... [[Shaped Like Itself|she's a girl!]]}}

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Inverted with Lady Kayura who's actually ''younger'' than she looks. She looks like she's in her late teens, but is physically 12 years old.

** Depending on how you interpret their physical ages versus how long they've actually been alive, the Warlords and Kayura can both invert this and play it straight -- Anubis is physically ''17'', but has been alive for centuries thanks to Talpa.

* [["On the Next..."]]: Left out of the English dub and DVDs for the TV series, yet left intact for the OVAs.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: A rather extreme, albeit brief example, occurs in the American dub. According to several sources, the '''entire primary cast''' had head colds when they were recording the first couple of episodes, and the studio had to use temporary replacements; this explains the [[Vocal Evolution]] witnessed between episodes 1 (primary cast), 2 (the replacements), and 3 (primary cast).

* [[Spirit World]]: The Nether Realm. Is said to have been peaceful before Talpa took control... [[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|sounds]] [[Mortal Kombat|familiar]].

* [[Stock Footage]]: The series is probably one of the Grand Champions of this.

* [[Super Mode]]: The Inferno Armor.

* [[Super Strength]]: All of the fighters have great levels of superhuman strength, though it's stated in official canon sources that Kento is physically the strongest.

* [[24-Hour Armor]]: Subverted; while the Ronin and Warlords wear their full armor during battles, they wear smaller, form-fitting "underarmor" the majority of the time.

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: All of the main cast has unique weaponry; katana, yari (spear), kusarigana (sickle-chain), nodachi (two-handed sword), yami (longbow), and many more.

* [[The Vamp]]: Lady Kayura, so very much.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: This happened more often once the White Armor showed up. The Saber Stryke arc justified this as Ryo's normal swords were getting progressively damaged from channeling the White Armor's power.