Samurai 7: Difference between revisions

Now with a [[Samurai 7/Characters|character page]] that needs some love.

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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: The katanas in this series cut mechas in half. That is only the start of things. The first cut you see in this anime is a mecha getting torn clean in half, interrupting its cannon fire. The second involves Kanbei diving off of a reconfigured mech sword made into a ship, plummeting down in complete freefall, and ''cleaving a battleship in half'' at the center. The notes for the show actually describe Kanbei's weapon as an anti-tank sword.

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]

* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: {{spoiler|Heihachi hates traitors, though he was a traitor himself. This is likely because he himself was a traitor. He is militant about it due to unresolved guilt.}}

* [[Bring My Red Jacket]]

* [[Broken Aesop]]: Kambei's famous last line, "The farmers have won. Not us." is said at the end with only a small fraction of the gravitas of the original, due to the differing characterisation of the villagers (who are shown to genuinely care for the samurai) and the overall shift in the tone of the story that places the samurai in a much more heroic light.

* [[The Dandy]]: Ukyo.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Okara.

* [[Death Seeker]]: Kambei

* [[Debut Queue]]

* {{spoiler|[[Did Not Get the Girl]]: Though Kambei silently acknowledges Kirara's love for him, it's never outright stated, and she remains in the village while he leaves for further adventures. Katsushiro fills Kambei's role in the original, but in this adaptation it is left ambiguous to what extent Kirara returned his feelings.}}

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: Gorobei, Heihachi and Rikichi disguise themselves as "female" traveling performers. Heihachi actually kinda makes a cute girl, but the other two its more like [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]

* [[Enigmatic Minion]]

* [[Expy]]: The Shikimoribito look like a taller version of [[Super Mario|Shy Guy]].

* [[Grapes of Luxury]]: Ukyo does this a lot.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Several, but most notably {{spoiler|Kikuchiyo, who'd been able to survive all previous injuries due to his mechanical body. After the flying-battleship Imperial Capital is disabled and crashes to earth, Kiku prevents it from careening into Kanna Village by picking up one of the giant Nobuseri swords and ''standing in front of it to slow it down.'' His ultimate fate? Being melted down into near-nothingness; only his feet remain.}}

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Nobuseri <s> use</s> [[Was Once a Man|are]] mechs ranging from "bigger than a man" to "[[Gundam]]-sized".

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: To the max and beyond; samurai can slice ''anything'', and deflect ''energy beams''.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: In the English Dub, every episode title begins with "The."

* [[Immortality Inducer]]: The throne that preserves the user's life.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better|Katanas Are Awesome]]: Ironically, this is the exact opposite of the film the show was loosely based on where no amount of skill with a katana helped anyone against guns at range.

* [[Kid Samurai]]: Katsushiro.

* [[Kill'Em All]]

* [[Losing Your Head]]: Kikuchiyo.

* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]: primarily found in Kanna Village.

* [[Miko]]: Kirara.

** As for the dub, we've got [[R Bruce Elliot]] as Kambei, [[Greg Ayers]] as Heihachi, [[Christopher R Sabat]] as Kikuchou, [[Colleen Clinkenberd]] as Kirara, [[Luci Christian]] as Komachi, [[J Michael Tatum]] as Rikichi

* [[Neutral Female]]: Kirara.

** "They also [[Diagonal Cut|cut]] mecha in half with [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]."

* [[Samurai]]: Naturally.

** Subverted with {{spoiler|Heihachi. Surpising fans of the movie, he was spared from being the first samurai to die, but he finally meets his end in episode 25.}}

* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: Rikichi's wife and {{spoiler|Ukyo's predecessor.}}

* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Kambei

* [[Variable Terminal Velocity]]

* [[Vibroweapon]]: It's suggested that the samurai are able to cut through the giant Nobuseri by vibrating their swords (by ''hand'', no less). It's noticeable when Kikuchiyo {{spoiler|uses a Nobuseri blade to stop the falling capital.}}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Ukyo}} in the final episode, although unusually, this moment of insane ranting and violence is followed by him immediately returning to being [[Dissonant Serenity|eerily calm]]. And then, goes right back to crazy.

* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: the Capital's main cannon annihilates the Lead Nobuseri, and a nameless mook.

* [[Weapon Tombstone]]

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]

 

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