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{{quote|''[[Gratuitous English|SHOWTIME!!]]''|'''Date Masamune'''}}
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* ''Sengoku Basara Chronicle Heroes'' (2011)
An [[Anime]] adaptation of the series started airing on April 1, 2009. A second season began July 11, 2010 followed by a [[The Movie|feature film]] debuting in cinemas June 4, 2011. [[
In the wake of that, Capcom announced that ''Sengoku Basara'' would be brought to the US and Europe once more, starting with the third game, translated faithfully, and titled ''Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes''.
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** [[Badass Arm Fold]]: Most notably Date Masamune (who [[Rule of Cool|rides]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|his]] [[Cool Horse|horse]] like this), but also Takeda Shingen and Fuuma Kotaro who do this constantly.
** [[Badass Army]]: Sorta averted for you as the playable character......for you've got plenty of moves [[Person of Mass Destruction|to butcher'em mooks without breaking a sweat]].
** [[Back
** [[Badass Beard]]: Muneshige
** [[Badass Biker]]: Masamune in the anime. Except his bike is a horse with exhaust pipes.
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**** However this hasn't stopped Hisahide from turning up out of the blue as a playable character in ''Sengoku Basara 3 Utage''.
* [[Church Militant]]: Xavi's goal is apparently the conversion of all Japan to his faith. How you ask? [[BFG|Superior firepower]].
* [[Colour
** Mitsunari and Ieyasu too. Mitsunari wears black and purple to represent the moon, whereas Ieyasu wears yellow to represent the sun.
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Xavi's religion of suspiciously Catholic-looking LOVE (or "Xavism" in ''Samurai Heroes'').
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* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: Initially Matsu and Kenshin as well as Kasuga and Sasuke shared the exact same movesets. However they soon managed to gain their own fighting style by the second game. Similarly, Kid!Ieyasu and Ujimasa copied Toshiie's polearm moveset before moving on.
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Itsuki.
* [[Dual
** But wait, in ''Utage'', Masamune takes it up another notch in War Dance mode where while using Phantom Dive he wields all 6 swords at once in ONE HAND! I dont think anything aside from the [[Rule of Cool]] can explain how he is doing this.
** The [[Ninja]] Sasuke, Kasuga and Fuuma also dual wield. Sasuke with [[Fuuma Shuriken|shuriken]], Kasuga with [[Flechette Storm|knives]], and Fuuma with [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana|ninjato]].
** Oichi has two naginata joined together.
** And Muneshige trumps them all by dual-wielding [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaws]]. Yeah, that's right, [[What Do You Mean
** [[Miyamoto Musashi|Musashi]], the original dual-wielder, once accuses Yukimura of stealing his technique, despite being younger than him.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Uesugi Kenshin, justified that even his [[Truth in Television|real life]] counterpart was suspected by many to be a woman disguised as a man. Nevermind that he was based off Takarazuka performers.
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Occasionally Xavism proves to be more effective than it seems. Motonari, Yoshihiro and Kanbe have all shown up as Xavists, with Motonari still having some deeply suppressed sentiments.
* [[Elaborate Equals Effective]]: Though sometimes it's subverted.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: Include [[Playing With Fire|fire]], [[An Ice Person|ice]], [[Shock and Awe|lightning]], [[Blow You Away|wind]], [[Light
* [[Epic Flail]]: Kanbe, using the ball and chain attacked to the stocks binding his wrists together to do some serious damage, including [[Blow You Away|the occasional storm]].
* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: The male characters. Come in all shapes and sizes, with plenty of angst and a nice voice cast. Every one of them has to appeal to ''some'' sort of fetish.
* [[
* [[
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Nobunaga, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi, Yoshitsugu, Mitsunari (though he's not really evil per se).
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Nobunaga, the resident [[Evil Overlord]] is often pitted against [[Ax Crazy]] Mitsuhide (appropriate, as Mitsuhide caused Oda's death in [[Real Life]]). ''Basara 2'' had evil but [[Well
* [[Eye Beams]]: In the opening sequence for ''Battle Heroes'', frickin' 100 foot-tall versions of Nobunaga and Hideyoshi shoot frickin' LASERBEAMS out of their eyes! Needless to say, it was awesome. Shame it didn't happen in the game itself.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Masamune and Motochika make being half-blind cool. [[Fetish Fuel|And hot.]]
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* [[Foe Yay]]: Fills this to the absolute brim. You may as well take out the term "rival" and insert "love interest" every time it comes up.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Masamune and Yukimura. {{spoiler|Ultimately, they always go back to being rivals.}}
* [[Full
* [[Gang of Hats]]: The various armies. Of particular note is Kanbe's army, blue collar workers who use tools like pickaxes and rakes instead of swords and pikes.
* [[Get Back Here Boss]]: A gimmick often employed by various commanders in-game in some fashion or another.
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* [[Kiai]]: Necessary for any warrior, however Yukimura does it best.
* [[Kid Samurai]]: Musashi, Ieyasu (pre-timeskip) and Yukimura, who are all in their teens. However growing up in a feudal country does that to you, just like their historical counterparts. Ranmaru is an exception, being an archer.
* [[Killed Mid
** Also occasionally pops up to the [[Mook|Mooks]] in ''3''. "[[Tempting Fate|Hmmm, maybe I can make myself more famous]]-- AAAACK!"
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Since ''3'' is much more true to history than the other games, characters like Yoshimoto, Nagamasa, Nouhime, Ranmaru, Hanbe and Hideyoshi, whose deaths are important to the new plot, are not coming back.
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* [[Name Order Confusion]]: ''Samurai Heroes'' switched the characters' names around to western order, but the anime dub kept the original eastern order used for many pre-20th century Japanese historical figures that the fans were familiar with. This caused some confusion for those not familiar with the difference.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Tiger of Kai, War God of Echigo, One-Eyed Dragon, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven etc.
* [[Good Powers, Bad People|Neutral Powers Bad People]]: Hard to explain, but usually some elements like fire and lightning are associated with good/sympathetic characters, while ice, light and darkness are usually connected to negative/unsympathetic ones. Of course, there are some exceptions, like [[Stealth Mentor|Kenshin]], [[Dark Is Not Evil|Sasuke]], [[The Woobie|Oichi]], [[The Messiah|Ieyasu]], and [[Card
* [[Ninja]]: Sasuke, Kasuga and Fuuma are all playable, and ninjas regularly pop up during stages.
* [[Ninja Log]]: This exact trick is actually used by ninja grunts in ''3''.
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** Nanbu Harumasa commands an army of zombies through magic, or something.
** <s>Hondam</s> Tadakatsu is a [[Humongous Mecha]] and other robotic enemies turn up occasionally (usually when the aforementioned pirate is involved).
* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: For a series with so much implied romance, there is very little on-screen action to be had. The only characters who have kissed are Toshiie and Matsu, once, and you [[Kissing Discretion Shot|don't even see it]].
* [[One
* [[Path of Inspiration]]: Xavism.
* [[Patriotic Fervor]]: A meta-example: There's a good reason why ''Sengoku Basara 3'' was released on the Playstation 3 and the Wii (which are both Japanese-made consoles) and NOT for the Xbox360 (which is an American model), despite the Xbox 360 being capable of handling the game better than the Wii (and not the fact the Xbox 360 has fewer sales in Japan doesn't count.)
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* [[Power Glows]]: The more the characters power up, the more brightly they glow.
* [[Practical Taunt]]: Many taunts have an effect on the character's moveset, for example, powering up one of their special attacks. They can also be used to charge the Basara Attack Gauge.
* [[Pre
* [[Purely Aesthetic Era]]
* [[Rated M for Manly]]: This series will teach you that manliness can achieve anything.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Masamune as the Blue Oni, Yukimura as the Red Oni. The Shingen/Kenshin rivalry also sorta counts (with Shingen as Red Oni, Kenshin as Blue Oni).
* [[Redshirt Army]]: The ordinary soldiers at times seem like nothing more than ablative meat shields for the commanders.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: No one questions how ridiuclous any of it is. Such is the power of the [[Hot Blooded]].
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* [[Serial Escalation]]: This game ''revels'' in its crazy fighting game action. For example, Masamune wields six swords. Not bad to start with, however this obviously just wasn't enough, so one of his alternate weapons has three blades to each hilt, making a grand total of ''18'' swords. How's that eh?
* [[Serrated Blade of Pain]]: Yoshihiro's default [[BFS]].
* [[Shout Out]]: The characters can wield weapons from the first ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' game, with Masamune wielding six Alastors, Yukimura [[Dual
** Also Tadakatsu is a blatant shoutout to ''[[Gundam]]''.
*** To the point that several of his scenes in the anime were lifted straight from ''[[Gundam 00|Gundam Exia.]]''
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* [[Tiger Versus Dragon]]: Such imagery is prominently used with Yukimura and Masamune.
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: Used to represent the Battle of Sekigahara.
* [[Very Loosely Based
* [[Video Game Historical Revisionism]]: ''Major'' revisionism...
** ''Devil Kings'' even decided to throw the historical part out of the window in favour of an original story. Which, when the revisionism you had is deemed awesome, is not such a good idea.
* [[Weapon Tombstone]]: After their defeat at Odawara in SB3 Masamune puts the swords of all the Date troops Mitsunari slaughtered on a mountain side in their memory.
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: The ''Sengoku Basara'' world is not a very pleasant place to be if you're not in possession of outrageous fighting abilities, to say the least. Mooks very rarely contribute much to a fight and will always inevitably be killed by the hundreds.
* [[Whip Sword]]: Hanbe's weapon.
* [[White
** As weird as it sounds, the manga turned Masamune into a [[White
* [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better]]: Did someone say [[Miyamoto Musashi|Musashi]]?!
** {{spoiler|His ultimate weapon is a pair of incredibly plain-looking katanas however.}}
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* [[Battle Aura]]: All the time. Takeda even disintegrates an opponent in a giant wave of [[Battle Aura]].
* [[Battle in The Rain]]: Episodes 2, 3 and 9.
* [[Beam
* [[Big No]]: Episode 9, courtesy of Kasuga.
* [[Cool Horse]]: Masamune's infamous Harley Davidson Motor-Horse.
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* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Hisahide}}.
* [[Faux Action Girl]]: Kasuga, Matsu and Oichi in season one. {{spoiler|Ok, Oichi at least killed Nouhime with her dark hands, but still...}}
* [[Foe
* [[Foe Yay]]: While the games were rife with this, the anime practically makes it ''canon''. The dub lampshades this to no end.
{{quote| '''Sasuke''': ''(Speaking to Yukimura after his first battle with Masamune)'' It appears that you've fallen for him. And he, for you.}}
** [[Love At First Sight|Foe Yay at First Sight]]: Masamune and Yukimura's first meeting can be described as nothing but this. Afterwards, Yukimura ''falls to his knees'' and tells Sasuke that he has a funny feeling in his chest.
** {{spoiler|The movie makes sure to add plenty of [[Foe Yay]]. The only fight that didn't have any at all was the one against Oda.}}
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: A notable mention goes to Kotaro Fuuma. In the first season he almost diced Shingen in Odawara with a deadly combination of his swords and his greater speed. He got [[One
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Sasuke hauls off and slaps Kasuga in Episode 10.
** Later on in the same episode, Masamune is forced to beat some sense into Yukimura after he becomes too scared to fight.
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Shingen, as well as Masamune when he [[Blood Knight|gets excited]].
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{{quote| '''Kasuga:''' I thought ''you'' were supposed to appear when I blew into it.<br />
'''Sasuke:''' Well, that's obviously impossible. But hey, I'm here now! }}
* [[Kansas City Shuffle]]: {{spoiler|1=With the help of [[Ninja|Sasuke]] , [[Wiser Advisor|Kojuro]] pulls one of these in fine SenBasa-style in the first episode of the second season against the Toyotomi army, saving not only his own lord and their men but the Uesugi and Takeda armies as well, [[Hypercompetent Sidekick|and doing it all in such a way that none of them lose face or owe any favours]]. He [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|pays for it]] [[Badass in Distress|later]].}}
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: While the anime has brought back some people, {{spoiler|Kennyo, Ujimasa, Yoshimoto, Nagamasa, Xavi, Nouhime, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi and Hanbe}} seem to be gone for good.
** {{spoiler|Mitsuhide appears to be returning in ''[[The Movie|The Last Party]]''.}}
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*** The movie has {{spoiler|Tenkai}} appear as well.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: German actually, but fits the bill.
* [[One
* [[One
* [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]]: Masamune is miles away from the battlefield before anyone even ''realizes'' that {{spoiler|he was shot in the side after the fight with Nagamasa}}.
* [[Rain of Arrows]]: How Ranmaru gets rid of Yoshimoto's Kagemusha. Also his main attack. It doesn't work so well against Kojuro or Masamune.
* [[Rated M for Manly]]: Well, sorta...
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Nobunaga spends a good ten minutes informing Masamune and Yukimura how foolish they are for thinking they could defeat him. {{spoiler|Naturally, they defeat him}}.
* [[The Rival]]: Yukimura considers Masamune his Only [[Worthy Opponent]]/One True Rival, and vice-versa. So fitting are they for this trope that they're even featured in the image for the main page.
* [[Rivals Team Up]]: {{spoiler|Episode 12, when everyone comes together for the [[Final Battle]] against Nobunaga.}}
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* [[Unfortunate Names|Unfortunate Song Name]]: Maybe it was not intentional per se (we hope), but maybe Abington Boys School didn't figured out that JAP (the opening theme in the first season) is a ''derogatory insult'' against the Japanese, especially during [[World War II]], by American soldiers and it's considered a taboo word in the U.S.
* [[War Is Hell]]: Sure the individual duels may be glorious, but the ongoing war and chaos is always presented as a bloody and terrifying waste of human life that brings sorrow to all involved.
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Averted with Ranmaru: after Honnoji's incident and {{spoiler|Nobunaga's fall}} he's shown to have just met Itsuki.
* [[What Were You Thinking?]]: What Shingen asks Yukimura after learning that {{spoiler|Yukimura let Kojuro (who, along with Masamune, was under their care) confront Hisahide alone and with only half of the demanded ransom}}. [[Dope Slap|He did not like the answer he got]].
* [[Why We Can't Have Nice Things]]: Shingen and Yukimura regularly smash holes through the doors and walls of their mansion. In the movie, they go so far as to demolish and entire building, much to the surprise of the men inside it.
* [[World of Ham]]
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