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''[[OneChanbara]]'' is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of a budget game line released only in Japan and, yes, Europe. The games involve a team of sisters, Aya and Saki, who are among the few survivors of a zombie outbreak. Complicating matters, both sisters suffer from a curse known as "Baneful Blood", which drives them crazy when they come in contact with the zombies' blood. They have vowed to use everything in their power to drive back the zombies so that they can once again live in peace.

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''Onechanbara'' is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of a budget game line released only in Japan and, yes, Europe. The games involve a team of sisters, Aya and Saki, who are among the few survivors of a zombie outbreak. Complicating matters, both sisters suffer from a curse known as "Baneful Blood", which drives them crazy when they come in contact with the zombies' blood. They have vowed to use everything in their power to drive back the zombies so that they can once again live in peace.


Two games from the series have been released in the United States: ''Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' (for [[Xbox 360]]) and ''Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' (for the [[Wii]]). There's also a live-action movie based on the game series.
Two games from the series have been released in the United States: ''Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad'' (for [[Xbox 360]]) and ''Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers'' (for the [[Wii]]). There's also a live-action movie based on the game series.


A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for [[Xbox 360]]. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters.
A new game called ''Onechanbara Z: Kagura'' was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for [[Xbox 360]]. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters.

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=== The ''Onechanbara'' games use the following tropes: ===
* [[Action Commands]]: Onechanbara Z: Kagura uses this for finishers and a new system called blood recovery. Blood recovery is when you can come back from dying by drawing in your own blood. This will make you very powerful, but the draw back is that you are more [[Glass Cannon|susceptible to damage]]
* [[Action Commands]]: Onechanbara Z: Kagura uses this for finishers and a new system called blood recovery. Blood recovery is when you can come back from dying by drawing in your own blood. This will make you very powerful, but the draw back is that you are more [[Glass Cannon|susceptible to damage]]
* [[Action Girl]]: Every female character!
* [[Action Girl]]: Every female character!
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Aya and Kagura's twin swords and Reiko and Anna's [[Sword and Gun]] combo.
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Aya and Kagura's twin swords and Reiko and Anna's [[Sword and Gun]] combo.
* [[Essence Drop]]
* [[Essence Drop]]
* [[Expy]]: In Bikini Samurai Squad there are zombies that look nearly like [[Street Fighter III (Video Game)|Hugo Andore]]
* [[Expy]]: In Bikini Samurai Squad there are zombies that look nearly like [[Street Fighter III|Hugo Andore]]
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Reiko}} in ''Zombie Hunters 2''.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Reiko}} in ''Zombie Hunters 2''.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: An all-female team formed {{spoiler|and disbanded}} in Onechanbara Special.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: An all-female team formed {{spoiler|and disbanded}} in Onechanbara Special.
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* [[Multi Mook Melee]]: Survival Mode.
* [[Multi Mook Melee]]: Survival Mode.
* [[My Nayme Is]]: Annna.
* [[My Nayme Is]]: Annna.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Kagura and Saaya seem to do perfect fighting in the [[Weakened By the Light|sunlight]]. The trailers explain they're [[Dhampyr]] born from a union of a vampire and women who had Baneful Blood.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Kagura and Saaya seem to do perfect fighting in the [[Weakened by the Light|sunlight]]. The trailers explain they're [[Dhampyr]] born from a union of a vampire and women who had Baneful Blood.
** Also a case of [[Our Zombies Are Different]] - Reiko in her story arc within Bikini Zombie Slayers mentions that most zombies encountered during the outbreaks are in fact not former humans (although contact with zombie bodily fluids can still cause zombification) but made of the very stuff of Earth itself, leading her to wonder if the zombie crisis is merely nature's revenge against the greed of humans.
** Also a case of [[Our Zombies Are Different]] - Reiko in her story arc within Bikini Zombie Slayers mentions that most zombies encountered during the outbreaks are in fact not former humans (although contact with zombie bodily fluids can still cause zombification) but made of the very stuff of Earth itself, leading her to wonder if the zombie crisis is merely nature's revenge against the greed of humans.
* [[Portmantitle]]: The title, 'Onechanbara', is a portmanteau of 'onē-chan', an affectionate [[Japanese Honorifics|Japanese term of address]] for an older sister or a young woman, and 'chanbara', a word referring to the genre of samurai films, particularly the classic ones (much like Wild West films over here in the West). <ref>Note that for the pun to be retained in romanization, one has to use modified Hepburn (or another romanization scheme like Nihonsiki - indeed, since these romanization schemes tend to drop the hyphen used for honorifics like 'Onē-chan', this might be better anyway) rather than traditional Hepburn, which romanizes the kana ん / ン as 'm' rather than 'n' before an m, b or p (since that's closer to how it's actual pronounced).</ref>
* [[Portmantitle]]: The title, 'Onechanbara', is a portmanteau of 'onē-chan', an affectionate [[Japanese Honorifics|Japanese term of address]] for an older sister or a young woman, and 'chanbara', a word referring to the genre of samurai films, particularly the classic ones (much like Wild West films over here in the West). <ref>Note that for the pun to be retained in romanization, one has to use modified Hepburn (or another romanization scheme like Nihonsiki - indeed, since these romanization schemes tend to drop the hyphen used for honorifics like 'Onē-chan', this might be better anyway) rather than traditional Hepburn, which romanizes the kana ん / ン as 'm' rather than 'n' before an m, b or p (since that's closer to how it's actual pronounced).</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:18, 6 September 2018

All this, and you get to fight zombies!

OneChanbara is a series of third-person hack-and-slash games developed by Tamsoft, originally appearing as part of a budget game line released only in Japan and, yes, Europe. The games involve a team of sisters, Aya and Saki, who are among the few survivors of a zombie outbreak. Complicating matters, both sisters suffer from a curse known as "Baneful Blood", which drives them crazy when they come in contact with the zombies' blood. They have vowed to use everything in their power to drive back the zombies so that they can once again live in peace.

Two games from the series have been released in the United States: Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (for Xbox 360) and Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers (for the Wii). There's also a live-action movie based on the game series.

A new game called Onechanbara Z: Kagura was released on 1/19/2012, in Japan for Xbox 360. Instead of Aya and Saki in this game, we have Kagura and Saaya: a pair of vampire sisters.

Tropes used in OneChanbara include:
  1. ↑ Note that for the pun to be retained in romanization, one has to use modified Hepburn (or another romanization scheme like Nihonsiki - indeed, since these romanization schemes tend to drop the hyphen used for honorifics like 'Onē-chan', this might be better anyway) rather than traditional Hepburn, which romanizes the kana ん / ン as 'm' rather than 'n' before an m, b or p (since that's closer to how it's actual pronounced).
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