It doesn't bestow him with any of a person's memories or abilities and anything with senses superior to a human's (as Hotarubi's snake proved) are able to see through it. His technique however is only effective cosmetically. This, along with his talent for impersonating voices, makes Saemon a master of disguise. Nevertheless, he also understands that the hostility on both sides makes reconciliation an impossible alternative.Ī specialist in stealth and infiltration Saemon is able to assume another person's identity by pressing their face into a raised mound of mud or soft clay, forming a mold with which he can insert his own face into to assume their appearance. Over the course of the battles, Saemon begins to understand and even agree with Gennosuke's views on the futility of revenge. Following Okoi's capture and death at the Iga's hands Saemon throws himself whole-heartedly into the war between Koga and Iga, viewing victory for his clan and revenge for his sister as one and the same. The only person he shows any real emotion to is his sister.
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The elder brother of Okoi, Saemon conducts himself in both war and peace with an almost professional sense of detachment. Kisaragi Saemon Voiced by: Yōji Ueda (Japanese), Jason Liebrecht (English) Captured by Tenzen following an attempt to assassinate Oboro, Kagerou was tortured to the brink of death and later died after failing to kill Gennosuke when Oboro used her eye technique to reverse her poisonous breath, killing her with her own power. Kagerou's favorite target for her frustrations is Oboro and was one of the more vocal opponents of her and Gennosuke's marriage, being quick to belittle and criticize Oboro every chance she gets. But due to Gennosuke's feelings for Oboro and her own technique, she's unable to be with him either emotionally or physically resulting in a jaded persona filled with envy and bitterness. She's deeply and madly in love with her superior and cousin Kouga Gennosuke. Kagerou Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu (Japanese), Stephanie Young (English)Īn extremely attractive woman as well as an expert combatant (she carries a shikomizue in her walking cane and is highly adept at shurikenjutsu), Kagerou's sensuality is her deadliest weapon as her breath becomes poisonous when she's sexually aroused, an ability passed down by her mother. Instead, Oboro kills herself whereupon Gennosuke writes in the scroll that the final person to survive was Oboro before joining her in death. In the anime, Gennosuke caries with him a flute which he frequently plays for Oboro and which symbolizes their hope of bringing the clans together in peace.Įventually, unable to avoid facing Oboro, Gennosuke resigns himself to letting her kill him. His feelings for her remain even as the body count among both clans rises, filling him with torment as he struggles to reconcile his personal feelings with the duty demanded of him as his clan's leader. Prior to the conflict's renewal, Gennosuke had sought to end the clan hostilities by marrying the Iga Princess Oboro, whom he loved to a great extent. Because of his power, The Iga level the playing field by temporarily blinding Gennosuke with the same Seven Days of Darkness ointment Oboro used on herself. A hypnosis technique, Dojutsu allows Gennosuke the ability to reverse the homicidal intent of anyone who meets his stare directly effectively causing them to kill themselves instead of him. In addition to his skill with the sword, Gennosuke wields a power passed down his bloodline called Dojutsu. Yet despite being a man of peace, if pushed into a corner Gennosuke is more than capable of killing anyone who threatens him or his clansmen. He adheres to his ideals even after learning of the Hattori Truce's absolvement, prompting him to lead the Koga on an expedition to Sunpu to plead with former Shogun Ieyasu and Hattori Hanzo to reinstate the treaty before any further bloodshed occurs. An idealist and scholar who believes in looking to the future instead of being dominated by the past, Gennosuke views the pursuit of any grudge to be an ultimately pointless and self-destructive practice. The adopted heir of Kouga Danjou who assumes leadership of the clan following his grandfather's death. Kouga Ninja (left to right, top to bottom) Hyouma, Gyoubu, Jubei, Shogen, Saemon, Okoi, Danjo, Kagero, Jousuke, Gennosuke Kouga Gennosuke Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (Japanese), Troy Baker (English) Even abilities designed for battle, such as Gennosuke's Dojutsu, tend to be defensive in nature. The Kouga specialize in stealth and assassination with techniques that, for the most part, rely on subterfuge. 3.3 Masahiro (Hattori Hanzo the Fourth).
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