Sengoku Basara/Characters/Takeda Clan: Difference between revisions

=== Takeda Shingen ===

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Head of the Takeda from Kai Province, a [[Hot-Blooded]] old man whose fist sets things on fire. He is also known for his strategic genius too, being the rival of Uesugi "God of War" Kenshin. He has something like a father-son relationship with Yukimura. Wields a huge, mean axe on fire, and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|is too awesome for one horse so rides two instead]].

* {{spoiler|[[The Obi-Wan]]: In ''Basara 3'', losing him is a major part of Yukimura's arc.}}

** {{spoiler|This almost happens in the anime as well, but he recovered. It happens in the movie too.}}

** [[Unexplained Recovery]]: So how did he beat that crippling illness? [[Hand Wave|He's just that awesome]].

* [[Red Baron]]: The Tiger of Kai.

* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: His sheer manliness has been known to cause magma explosions.

* [[Super Mode]]: His Fuurinkazan mode in ''Utage''.

** Which, to be fair, [[Fridge Brilliance|it may very well be]]. Manstravaganza, anyone?

** He tries to educate Yukimura to prepare him for the day he will take over his place as leader of the Takeda army. He's just a bit... eccentric about it.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: After battle, Shingen tends to pay tribute to his fallen adversaries by reciting some poetry.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Rides two horses while standing on both saddles, axe being put down on their necks, and these horses can ''run on walls'', and Shingen ''defies gravity'' by standing still.

=== [[Sanada Yukimura]] ===

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Takeda Shingen's most loyal vassal and [[Hot-Blooded]] to a fault, he charges fearlessly into battle with two spears...[[Rule of Cool|which he dual wields.]] He is also the rival of Date Masamune, [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|whose blue colors are a distinct contrast to Yukimura's red.]]

* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Devil May Cry|Nero and Dante's]] battle in ''Devil May Cry 4'' was merely finishing what was started in Ancient Japan.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Gets one in the movie. At one point it [[The Coats Are Off|comes off]].

** [[Badass in Distress]]: In one episode Oichi's demon hands get a hold of him, and, not wanting to attack her, he spends some time being manhandled before eventually fighting them off. More importantly, it was a great opportunity to [[Fan Service|have the demon hands roam over his naked torso]] while he [[Looks Like She Is Enjoying It|makes rather suggestive facial expressions]].

* [[Keigo]]: Yukimura is notable for his very archaic and humble speech patterns (unlike Masamune or Keiji). He addresses ''everyone'' with respectful [[Japanese Honorifics|honorifics (such as "-dono")]] and punctuates his sentences with "de gozaimasuru" and "de gozaru", both very old and self-effacing versions of "desu". The only one he doesn't talk like that with is Sasuke, who is effectively his retainer, and he's been known to drop the keigo when he's supremely pissed.

* [[Large Ham]]

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}C4NfhXoqTG0&feature{{=}}related OBSERVE!] }}

** In the dub, replace "OYAKATA-SAMA" with "YOUR LORDSHIP!"

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Girls love his chest revealing jacket... also his anime design and the newest releases of official figures aren't helping him much by [[media:yukimura_9446.jpg|exposing his pelvic bones.]]

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Edging towards [[Fragile Speedster]]/[[Glass Cannon]]. He has less attack and defence than Masamune and no ranged attacks, but his attack and movement speeds and his reach are higher and (in the third game) he has the ability to [[Combo]] near infinitely due to finishing all his ground attacks with a forward dash.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Except when he's ruminating.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: A drama CD reveals that his father is dead, and his mother is never mentioned.

* [[Red Baron]]: The Young Tiger, Red Riger or The Tiger's Cub, after his master.

* [[The Rival]]/ [[Worthy Opponent]]: To Masamune.

* [[Screaming Warrior]]: Good grief, boy's got some lungs!

** In a seiyuu event where they had to switch roles for a few scenes, the seiyuu who had to voice Yukimura said they now felt sorry for Hoshi.

* [[Skilled but Naive]]: Pretty much defines him in terms of competence. The reason Yukimura's not considered one of the strongest opponents around is that while he has lots of potential, he simply hasn't had enough battle experience.

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Extra material gave him a fondness for dango, which the fandom then turned into his [[Trademark Favourite Food]]. In the second game, the Maedas bribed him with sweets.

** Also happens in the second season of the anime, as a result of him overcoming his [[Heroic BSOD]].

* [[Undying Loyalty]]

=== [[Sarutobi Sasuke]] ===

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One of the Sanada Ten Braves, he is a ninja in the service of Takeda and often assists Yukimura. Sasuke is a jovial and laid back ninja, which puts him at odds with Kasuga, with whom he shares a friendly rivalry (though she doesn't look at it that way). However when the time calls, [[Let's Get Dangerous|he can be deadly serious.]]

* [[Bridal Carry]]: Does it multiple times in the anime. Rescuing people basically becomes his trademark.

* [[Character Tics]]: Has a peculiar habit of assuming a half sitting, half standing position where he balances on one leg and rests the other on his opposite knee. Just how he manages to hold this position for long periods of time is a mystery.

* {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past]]}}: Implied. All we know is that ''a lot'' of people died.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: One of the few examples in the series.

** [[Ninja Log]]: Uses this on Shingen when Kasuga attacks him during ''Battle Heroes'' opening.

** [[Flash Step]]

* [[Me's a Crowd]]: Tends to employ shadow clones in fights. He also interacts with them.

* [[Master of Disguise]]: He has disguised himself as various people, including Yukimura, during Shingen's special "training". Of course, Yukimura [[Idiot Hero|doesn't suspect a thing]]...

* [[The Tease]]: Predominately towards Kasuga, but virtually no one is safe from his snark.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: {{spoiler|In ''Utage'' he reveals that he sees dispensable people as nothing more than "monkeys".}}