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* One of the stories in the ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' manga deals with the persecution and martyrdom of Christians during the Tokugawa era.
* In the manga ''[[Midnight Secretary]]'' Japanese vampires are specifically said to be weak against the piety of Christians. Luckily for him Japan is pretty secular, even on Christmas, but at one point Kyouhei is at a business dinner held by a Japanese family who were devout Christians and it made Kyouhei very sick.
* ''[[Lucky Star]]'' has some [[Miko]]s who also sing in a Christian choir and play "Joy to the World" on their recorders. Their comment is that they pray to all gods. (Shinto is about animism. Why not!) Although they wonder whether it's all right for one of their
* In ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'', one of Kenshin Himura's strongest opponents was Shougo Mutou aka Amakusa, a Christian [[Religious Bruiser]] trying to end the persecution of his fellow believers by helping a "holy man" overthrow the Japanese government, and basically an [[Expy]] of real life Christian leader [[wikipedia:Shiro Amakusa|Shiro Amakusa.]] Kenshin essentially ended up fighting ''[[Kung Fu Jesus|Samurai Jesus]]''. And ''winning''.
** Not only that, but Shougo and his younger sister Sayo were the leaders of a small Japanese Christian colony hiding in Shimabara, a rural area near to Nagasaki. {{spoiler|And several years before, they barely managed to survive a major massacre in the same Shimabara area, in which their parents and ''everyone'' in their [[Doomed Hometown]] were killed for their beliefs.}}
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