Battle Couple: Hotarubi and Yashamaru must have been one.Though, given the series, that isn't saying much. Attempted Rape: Lots of it, they are usually an good indicator that someone (either victim or perpetrator) is about to die.Arachnid Appearance and Attire: Shogen Kazamachi.The anime expands considerably on it as well. The same goes for the novel the manga/anime is based on.Adaptation Expansion: The anime gives more room for Character Development and expands the backstories of several characters.Action Girl: Akeginu, Hotarubi, Okoi and (to a lesser extent) Kagerou.The manga itself also won the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga. The anime, produced in 2005 by GONZO Studios, closely follows the manga aside from a handful of distinctions. So, after the shaky truce is shattered, what will Oboro and Gennosuke do, as their warriors start fighting and killing each other with glee?įully titled Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, this manga was authored by Masaki Segawa and published by Kodansha in Japan in 20, based on a semi-historical novel by Futaro Yamada, published in 1958. And this engagement was settled many years ago specifically to bring peace among their clans, who have been bitter enemies for years. Unlike other arranged couples, though, they're very much in love and were very willing to tie the knot. Have actually been for at least ten years. The heirs of each group, Kouga Gennosuke and Iga-no-Oboro, are. To settle this, each group will be represented by two very powerful Ninja sects, the Kouga Manjidani (chosen to support Kunichiyo) and the Iga Tsubagakure (chosen to fight for Takechiyo), who will " compete" for their cause. The Shougun Tokugawa Ieyasu is old and sick yet not senile, and war is about to erupt between the numerous noble factions that want to see one of his grandsons, either Takechiyo or Kunichiyo, as the heir. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace. All new trope pages will be made with the "Trope Workshop" found on the "Troper Tools" menu and worked on until they have at least three examples.Pages that don't do this will be subject to deletion, with or without explanation. All new pages should use the preloadable templates feature on the edit page to add the appropriate basic page markup. All images MUST now have proper attribution, those who neglect to assign at least the "fair use" licensing to an image may have it deleted.
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Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed.Can their romance conquer a centuries-old rivalry? Or is their love destined to end in death?Īs a verse, they aren't very powerful but do have several superhuman fighters, and some hax you wouldn't normally see in low-level verses like this such as mind control and immortality. Now, these star-crossed lovers have been pit against each other. Oboro of the Iga clan and Gennosuke of the Kouga clan have fallen deeply in love.
The surviving clan will rule for the next thousand years.īut not all the clan members are in agreement. Ten ninja from each clan must fight to the death in order to determine who will be the next Tokugawa Shogun. Now, under the order of Shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, the truce has finally been dissolved. Only the Hanzo Hattori truce has kept the two families from all-out war. The Iga clan and the Kouga clan have been sworn enemies for more than four hundred years. Basilisk is a manga and anime by Masaki Segawa, based on the classic novel Kouga Ninpouchô.