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Sengoku Basara will always be one of my most loved anime/manga for many reasons I will start to explain. Firstly, to love this anime, you have to understand that you won't understand anything that goes on. Its not necessary. Throw away all your logic and reasoning and just fill your head with the unrealistic stuff that goes on in there.
If you're one of those who needs a logical story that makes sense, this is not for you. Only fellow lovers can understand the awesomeness of this anime.
Why this anime is so awesome:
Where should I begin? EVERYTHING in this anime is just as crazy as the other. Ok, let me start with the two main characters.
1. Date Masamune, One-Eyed Dragon of OshuuDate is pure awesomeness. I bet no samurai in the history of anime has ever wielded SIX KATANAS in one go! They even produce electricity.
He also has a MOTOR-HORSE. BEAT THAT.
Someone who is crazy enough to put bike handles and pipes on a horse can only be Masamune. His troops follow his style as a biker gang, even having some gang haircuts.
Last but not the least, he speaks some powderful engrish.
Theres alot more, but its called EngRish for a reason. It doesn't always make sense. Still, thats just what makes him So Crazy. You can't have SB DM without Powderful Engrish, You See?
2. Sanada Yukimura, Young Tiger of KaiYukimura serves directly under The Tiger of Kai, Takeda Shingen. He worships his Oyakata-sama.
Yuki is a little less fancily equipped then Date, but he balances it out with 150% vocal power. Let's see you try to shout like a drunken Rock Lee 24 hours a day 7 days a week!
He can also launch a YukiRocket with the aid of his Flaming Spears.
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This pair of Tigers is one hell of a manly pair. You got to give it to them for making exchanging blows while shouting each other's name look MANLY. You can just cry manly tears watching them.
This is just ONE of their ways of communication. In season 2, it expands out into Yukimura flying into the sky and becoming a star, and being spinned around like a olympic weight ball.
I love these OYAKATA-SAMA!!YUKIMURA!! moments. You will never see another more emotional scene. *sniffs*
Because it will take far too long to introduce every single character, I'll just sum them up with a chart. In this anime, almost every main or sub main character has a love/rival interest whose either their personality or their characteristics are the exact opposite.
-Chart In Progress-
Manga
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There are many manga, be it doujins or official works, but I'll just direct you to these few links:
Gakuen Basara
This is a modern day school version of SB, where everyone is either a teacher or a student. Different artists compiled works to make this. The stories and characters are hilarious.
Sengoku Basara Ranse Ranbu
Sengoku Basara 2
Basara 3
This is the latest SB series. This focuses alot on Date Masamune in the current chapters, and gives you a rare insight into the off-battlefield life. Through this, my love for Date has increased because you can see even more of his playful and reckless side, but also more of his sincere wish to protect his land, rather then the fight-crazy dragon.
Date even "confessed" to Yukimura in pages 24-25. I drew some graphic comments in there:
The author and artist who made this pages made Shiraha a very very happy fangirl.
They even managed to make me not hate Ieyasu that much. Still, wth did Ieyasu go through a puberty thing and became an adult? I know basara makes no sense to begin with, but this is just ridiculous!
But Mitsunari is still a emodiot. I hate him. I hate his hair. I really want to take a penknife and chop off his ultra pointy gay fringe.
I think I just hate that they made these two the main characters for Basara 3. NO ONE REPLACES DATEYUKI, YE HEAR? NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Games
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Honestly, there are just SO MANY GAMES I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LIST THEM ALL!!!!
So please go and wiki or google or yahoo or ask jeeves and be all confused like I am.
Books
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This, is even worse then the number of games. For every game there is 1 or 2 game guide. For every game there is also 1 or 2 art books. For every season there it can range from 3-7 art books! Its madness! I do not have so much money to buy everything! D<
Figurines
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Other then the One Coin Grande series,
others just aren't worth getting.
I've got this set, but not the other one. I always put dateyuki tgt ~
Toys
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The plushie keychains are a must!
(I've got Yuki, but Date was OOS! Noooooo!!!! T_T )
Basara has got lots of merchandise, but they are rarely sold in stores. I get them from HLJ or PA.
Basara Videos
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Some very interesting videos.
This is my favourite fanvid so far. Its really sweet.
The voice actors come on stage! There are many parts to this, enjoy!
Basara Trivia
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