The Reveal in episode 12 retroactively makes Togame a protagonist example.Houou takes alliances seriously, and the remaining Maniwa (except for one) all understand the path of the shinobi well enough to know that revenge will not prosper. By episode six the Maniwa have cemented themselves as near Anti-Villains, being very Affably Evil, and mostly neutral. Anti-Villain: All of the non-Maniwani villains, and even then the Insect Squad isn't too bad.To the point where his sister said that he had rusted.It should be noted that this is because of his upbringing but still. Anti-Hero: Shichika could be viewed as type IV or even type V seeing as he has no hesitation whatsoever about killing any foe on his path (even if they are likeable, or women and children).Essentially the entire point of the ending sequence is reinforcing this view, with the show giving us a slow montage of the locations in which characters were slain or fought throughout the series before stating that the plan still never succeeded.At the end of episode 12, almost everyone has died. Episode 10 comes to the conclusion that fighting is meaningless. Aloof Big Brother: Nanami is a female example, but she fits the trope to a T, especially in ep 7.Absurdly Sharp Blade: The power of the Zantou Namakura is being this.So why should he agree to help? Only one option remains - to fall in love. His fighting style doesn't use a sword, so the famous weapons are useless to him. He and his elder sister live on an island cut off from civilization, and as such they need no money. Her last hope is Shichika Yasuri, the seventh head and last practitioner of Kyotouryuu, the No Sword School. but he kept the sword for himself after finding it and went rogue. She first hired a Ninja.but the worth of the swords is so great the entire ninja clan defected the moment they recovered one. Shogunate strategist Togame has been ordered to recover them. Each of them has powers so extraordinary that just a single man could defeat small armies while wielding one of them. The final twelve swords were the pinnacle of the swordsmith's career. but those were just practice for Shikizaki. When the Shogun emerged victorious, he collected the first 988 of those swords. His skill was such that entire wars were won on the amount of his swords a given state had. The legendary swordsmith Kiki Shikizaki made 1000 swords in his career. Despite the similar name, it is not related to Isin's other work Bakemonogatari. Later adapted into a twelve episode anime. A twelve volume novel series by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take.
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