Sengoku Basara/Characters/Takeda Clan: Difference between revisions

 

=== Takeda Shingen ===

 

 

 

He is known in ''Devil Kings'' as ''Red Minotaur''.

* [[An Axe to Grind]] : And is large enough to cause [[Blow You Away|tornadoes]] when it's swung.

* [[Badass]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Usually hidden under his hat.

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Has apparently trained himself to be strong enough to lift buildings over his head.

* [[A Father to His Men]]: His troops care a lot about him, he has their total respect, and seems to think of Yukimura in a fatherly way.

** [[Parental Substitute]]: He raised Yukimura from a young age and takes full responsibility for his training and upkeep.

** [[Punched Across the Room]]: For Yukimura.

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: A sign that you should ''run for your life''.

* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: As he prepares to finish Kenshin in the movie, he thanks him for all the years of worthy battle he provided him.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: 'Washi'

* [[Nice Hat]]: His helmet is covered in a long, red mane which has a tendency to dramatically flap in the wind. It also has a pair of huge horns.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: He only seems to use his quiet voice when he's outside...

** {{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.

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

* [[Say My Name]]: "YUKIMURA!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!!" "YUKIMURA!!!" "OYAKATA-SAMA!!!". Punching inbetween is optional.

* [[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.

 

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

 

 

 

Goes by the name ''Scorpio'' in ''[[Macekre|Devil Kings]]''.

* [[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]].

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Determinator]]: Ok, if stopping ''a freaking mobile castle on wheels'' with only your ''spears'' (and huge [[Battle Aura]]) doesn't count...

* [[Fearless Fool]]: Shingen [[Dope Slap|beats]] it out of him eventually...

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Yukimura has great respect for Masamune, and they work very well together as a team. Their [[Ho Yay|developing friendship]] and rivalry is one of the main focuses of the anime.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Happens in the anime {{spoiler|after Shingen is supposedly killed}}. Masamune and Kojuro are forced to knock some sense into him with a manly [[Rousing Speech]]. Also occurs in ''Samurai Heroes'' for the exact same reason. Ends in relatively the same way.

** Also in the second season of the anime, after he loses an important retainer (as well as half of his army) due to some bad decisions he had made.

* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: With Masamune, Sasuke and sometimes even Shingen. Though like Masamune he's [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|shipped with practically every other male character]].

* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Much more prominent in the anime.

* [[Idiot Hero]]: Yukimura's not really stupid - on the contrary, he's well spoken and educated - but he's 100% direct, doesn't think before he acts, and seldom seems to learn from his mistakes.

* [[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]]

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

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Yukimura generally does not think that plans more complicated than "charge at the enemy head-on" are very honorable. His very first [[Dope Slap|educative punch]] by Shingen in the anime is for this sort of thinking.

* [[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]] ===

 

 

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.]]

* [[Badass]]

* [[Beleaguered Assistant]]: Being forced to look after a hyperactive teenager who refuses to listen to his advice seems to have affected Sasuke's ability to care.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: He occasionally has moments like this with Yukimura.

* [[Black Eyes]]: Make him slightly mysterious.

* [[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.

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Despite the fact that Kasuga tries to ''kill'' him a couple of times, he still attempts to win her heart.

* [[Doppleganger Attack]]: Both his Basara attack and his Shadow Clone technique.

* [[Face Palm]]: Whenever Yukimura does something really stupid. Which is quite often...

* [[Facial Markings]]: Camouflage paint on his nose and cheeks.

* [[Fuuma Shuriken]]: Uses them for both short and long range combat.

* [[Gentleman Snarker]]: A light-hearted example, though virtually everything he says is brimming with sarcasm. The only person exempt is Shingen, being his master and all.

** He slaps Yukimura in ''Utage'' when he's being too indecisive and jeopardising the clan.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Sasuke sure does a lot more than would generally be expected of a ninja to keep his master from running off and getting himself and/or everyone else killed.

* [[I Have the High Ground]]: In the anime, notably, at one point he stands balanced on the very tip-top of a tall pine tree.

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

** [[Flash Step]]

* [[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]]...

* [[Now That's Using Your Teeth]]: In the anime, Kasuga throws a kunai at his face, which he catches in his ''mouth''.

* [[Super Senses]]: He's able to see things an incredibly long distance away clearly, as well as apparently having a heightened sense of hearing and smell.

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