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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)

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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	comment	No Need for Bushido is a webcomic set in feudal Japan, the plot starts out with a princess looking to escape an Arranged Marriage to the son of an infamous warlord. Almost as soon as she runs away from home, she stumbles upon a group of bandits, and is saved (well, sort of saved) by a kind if ditzy young samurai. Turns out the young man is the same guy that she was supposed to marry, and he too has fled his clan, albeit for slightly different reasons.As tensions between their clans rise, the two start encountering all sorts of weird characters who will have their roles to play in upcoming events. By the time they've gotten to the major showdowns, the team consists of: Yorikiro Wataro (Yori), our Hero, son of the most hated warlord in Japan. A bit of a ditz sometimes and often naive and overly idealistic, but his heart is in the right place, and he's much more capable than one would guess from the surface. Ina Senshin, our Heroine, a strong-willed and loud-mouthed girl. When she gets her way, it's often because she bullied her teammates into obeying her. She tends to be the Only Sane Man and the brains of the operation. Cho Teko, a blind Taoist priest. Comes off as a Cloud Cuckoo Lander due to endlessly spouting Ice Cream Koans. An absolute master of kung fu despite both his blindness and general obliviousness. Has several running gags, including one about misreading the gender of any new character who he meets, and another about how the world will end after a blind Taoist, a Hindu, and a cleric walk into a bar together, and Cho keeps trying to walk into bars. Kenta Daisuke or Ken, the guy with the huge sword. Enjoys sake, combat, Kabuki plays, and beating people up for money, or just for laughs. The Big Guy who's motivated by revenge for his clan, which used to be a rival to the Wataro clan but got massacred by Yori's father when Ken was a child.Of the above, only Ina can't hold her own in combat, although she's proved herself to be an excellent strategist. Which is a good thing for the group, because they need all the help they can get as they try to prevent a war and survive clashing with a squad of powerful assassins, not to mention the ninja mercenaries, kung fu priests, genocidal warlords, gun-toting armies, a prophecy about the end of the world, and worst of all, family baggage and dynastic politics.The comic went on a long hiatus in July 2012, but returned in August 2013 until its official completion in May 2019.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_10978c26	type	Runaway FiancÃ©
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_10978c26	comment	Runaway Fiancé: Both Ina and Yori.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_13c1fec8	type	Dragon-in-Chief
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_13c1fec8	comment	Dragon-in-Chief: Hirotomo's the paranoid daimyo of Wataro whose aggressive actions seeking to start a war with the Senshin clan to destroy it are what powers the plot, but Nataku's the real reason Hirotomo's like that, and he hired the Daisuke ronin who murdered Hirotomo's wife which started him on his downward path.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: Yori. Right from the outset he seems to instinctively know he's in an Affectionate Parody of shonen manga, but it's highlighted very much during Ina's planned defense of the strategic choke point, where he demonstrates genuine fear at Ina's ability to destroy an army. By this point, he's Genre Savvy enough to fear that running in terror like he should will shift her from a Tsundere to a Yandere.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_17a606bd	type	Master Swordsman
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_17a606bd	comment	Master Swordsman: Any number of them. Genchu used to be top dog as far as swordsmen go with Hirotomo on almost the same level, but the wounds the two gave each in their duel may mean that neither is in the top tier anymore. (Genchu's arm wound in particular appears to be a Career-Ending Injury, and his encounter with Nataku shows that he's not as good as he used to be.) Tadashi is quite a skilled and superhumanly fast fighter, particularly in his skill as an Iaijutsu Practitioner. And that's despite the fact that he fights with a broken sword. Yori, who's had the benefit of training under both Genchu and Tadashi, has enormous potential despite his naiveté, especially since Matrix got him to realize that he's better suited for Dual Wielding than in using only his katana.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: At least twice, most notably so far at the beginning:
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1a3a91dd	type	Say My Name
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1a3a91dd	comment	Say My Name: HIROTOMO!, as Genchu cuts through Hirotomo's guards on his way to kill Hirotomo.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Fumio and Fujio.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1daa7fce	type	In the Back
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1daa7fce	comment	In the Back: How Nataku kills Atsumori.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: addressing readers and some other things.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1eb49c19	type	Stripperiffic
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_1eb49c19	comment	Stripperiffic: All the female ninjas. Justified in that they dress like that to distract their enemies. This is why Suzuka beats the otherwise ultra-competent Masuhiro every time. Possibly lampshaded in 754 where Nataku throws his sword at Yumiko (who, ironically enough, is the least stripperiffic of the ninjas), which goes straight into her bare midriff.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The trick blade. Subverted twice. It's only a trick blade when it comes to stabbing; for slashing attacks it's entirely functional. And when slamming it hard into somebody's chest...it won't impale them, but it'll still be something akin to getting slugged with brass knuckles. It finally gets played straight when Yori dispatches of Uso. Lex and Matrix are dragon spirits of Order and Chaos, with their choice of clothing coordinating the spirits they are. As The Rant for the comic revealing this points out, this was hinted at in comic 699 with the Dragons Up the Yin Yang symbol for Cho's monastery and Matrix lurking listening to Cho explain them.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_24321e44	comment	Atsumori is an honorable Only Sane Man who prefers peace to war and is desperately trying to preserve the honor of the clan. When ordered to go to war he tries to do so in a way to minimize bloodshed on all sides, as opposed to the approach of General Nataku, who would go straight into Rape, Pillage, and Burn writ large.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_259d5879	type	Anachronism Stew
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_259d5879	comment	Anachronism Stew: The characters sometimes talk about Canada, hot dogs, and other things that don't exist yet. The reason is obvious. Not to mention Lex and Matrix, who look a little...out of place amongst all the feudal trappings. Also lampshaded: "Note: Thursday night bingo canceled due to overuse of anachronisms"
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_25b5600	type	Captain Ersatz
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_25b5600	comment	Captain Ersatz: Ken and Yori's early appearance and first fight is ver reminiscent of Sanosuke and Kenshin of Rurouni Kenshin. This quickly became a subversion, however. While Kenshin is a case of Obfuscating Stupidity, Yori is more like Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass. (Also, unlike Kenshin, Yori has no problem with killing the bad guys). Meanwhile Sano's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who, despite his street punk ways and love of fighting, has a very strong moral core, while Ken's a Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk who routinely steals from and threatens the lives of innocent merchants and is downright terrifying when set loose on groups of mooks.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: The protagonists' group are rearming after being in custody for a spell...and Yori hugs his sword.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2882c8c1	type	Career-Ending Injury
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2882c8c1	comment	Genchu used to be top dog as far as swordsmen go with Hirotomo on almost the same level, but the wounds the two gave each in their duel may mean that neither is in the top tier anymore. (Genchu's arm wound in particular appears to be a Career-Ending Injury, and his encounter with Nataku shows that he's not as good as he used to be.)
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2a55a77a	type	Bare-Handed Blade Block
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2a55a77a	comment	Bare-Handed Blade Block: Reconstructed version, Hiromoto stops a sword from killing him by grabbing it with one hand. His hand is injured and bleeding due to this action, and it probably only works because the blade he grabbed ahold of was slowed down because it impacted off something else first, but it keeps Hirotomo from getting killed.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2a80d327	type	Slipknot Ponytail
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2a80d327	comment	Slipknot Ponytail: Yori, during the first half of the battle with Ryoku.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2bc0fc4d	type	Ice-Cream Koan
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2bc0fc4d	comment	Ice-Cream Koan: Cho loves these, though they do occasionally seem to actually mean something. Occasionally. Lampshaded in the post-hiatus recap, where Ina asks whether he's just making them all up on the spot. Cho claims they're words of wisdom that he picked up from reading his deceased master's ancient scrolls. When Ina points out that he's blind, Cho says that was "A minor setback."
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2dae4381	type	My Master, Right or Wrong
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2dae4381	comment	My Master, Right or Wrong: Tadashi has a very strong reputation for this and while he mostly follows it, he has sometimes used his reputation to get away with certain things that would go against Hirotomo's orders when there were no witnesses around, the most notable being sparing Genchu's life.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2f52c0af	type	Accidental Pervert
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_2f52c0af	comment	It matters not how many times his escapes are prematurely ended from letting his guard down by his embarrassment of Accidental Pervert moments toward the ninjas' Stripperiffic Action Girls, Masuhiro will keep trying!
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_337b9528	type	The Worf Barrage
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_337b9528	comment	The Worf Barrage: Ken's ludicrously big sword rarely hits anyone important. Not only that, but the taoist monks and Nataku managed to block it outright. Nataku later ups the ante from that, and just overpowers Ken while clashing with his BFS head-on.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_3441859b	type	Rank Scales with Asskicking
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_3441859b	comment	Rank Scales with Asskicking: Masuhiro, the daimyo of the Senshin clan, turns out to be the best warrior we see from the clan. When he gets ambushed by an entire ninja clan he fights back without hesitation, and is only captured because one of the ninja's manages to score a shallow cut on him with a drugged weapon. He then uses both his wits and ass kicking abilities to escape imprisonment from these ninjas repeatedly, defeating numerous foes along the way. (Sure he gets captured again almost as many times due to coming across their Action Girls and getting Distracted by the Sexy, but that's neither here nor there). In the final battle of the comic, he and Genchu work together and defeat the last member left of the Wataro clan's elite assassins. Hirotomo Wataro turns out to be a great warrior and swordsman himself, as a flashback to his final confrontation with Genchu (who was widely considered the great swordsman and warrior in Japan at the time) shows him fighting nearly evenly with Genchu, something nobody else had been able to do, and when Genchu has Hirotomo beaten and at his mercy, a momentary distraction and a bit of Combat Pragmatism was all Hirotomo needed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_361a1d26	type	Anguished Declaration of Love
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_361a1d26	comment	Anguished Declaration of Love: Genchu tells Hirotomo he loved him...as the latter lays dying from a gunshot from his son who Hirotomo believed was not his own and was the result of Genchu cuckolding him. Until he was shot, Hirotomo had been about to murder an unarmed Genchu. Yes, it's very anguished.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_363f94c9	type	Awful Truth
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_363f94c9	comment	Awful Truth: Yori's father knew that Nataku arranged for the his wife's death for years now, but the damage was done. He couldn't let the world know they destroyed the Daisuke clan on false pretenses, so he maintained the lie in the hopes that Yori would become his heir and wipe away the clan's sins. Worse, he did it because he thought he'd been cuckolded by his best friend, and that was a lie too.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: After spending most of his screentime trying to get rich by selling guns to Japanese warlords, Ricardo the Portuguese merchant comes up with a safer way to get rich: buy lots of cheap Japanese goods and sell then at a markup in Portugal, where they'll be rare and exotic.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_40c57041	type	Manipulative Bastard
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_40c57041	comment	Manipulative Bastard: Not only did Hirotomo plan to have Masuhiro assassinated right after Yori and Ina's marriage so Yori would inherit control of the Senshin clan, but there are subtle hints that he wants Yori to defeat the Demons of Sorrow, presumably to toughen Yori up and turn him into what Hirotomo would see as a more suitable heir. See here and here, and put that together with Tadashi's statement that Hirotomo specifically ordered the Demons of Sorrow to attack Yori one at a time. Tadashi confirmed here that he saw Hirotomo's orders as manipulating the Demons of Sorrow to test Yori.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_420a8323	type	Smart Ball
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_420a8323	comment	Smart Ball: Eijiro may have a lot to learn about politics, Plausible Deniability, the importance of having a casus belli for war, or the dangers of a mercenary group like the Izuma ninja clan using Exact Words against you, but he has his moments. He immediately sees through the Senshin clan attempting to hide Ina's disappearance, and he is quickly able to figure out how to work Ricardo's guns and also how to best use them in battle.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_44bed14c	type	Hostage Situation
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_44bed14c	comment	Hostage Situation: A few here and there, with Ina being taken to get Yori into a duel in one case. Nataku's solution is to Shoot the Hostage should the problem arise for him. Observe here.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_455f6a91	type	Long-Lost Relative
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_455f6a91	comment	Long-Lost Relative: Yumiko of the Izuma ninja clan is one to Ken; she is (as far as she knows) the only other surviving member of the Daisuke Clan.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_471a505f	type	Four Is Death
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_471a505f	comment	Four Is Death: The Four Demons of Sorrow, Hirotomo Wataro's elite soldiers. Their orders to challenge Yori one at a time quickly takes a toll on their number, although one member dies fighting other enemies. Also, one previous member died before the start of the comic and had to be replaced.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: A small one, and buried deep, but it's hinted that Ken is one of these.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Murasaki fights dirty. Hiromoto Wataro would have been killed by Genchu if Yori didn't pop up and distract Genchu. Hirotomo wasted absolutely no time taking advantage of the opening by stabbing Genchu in the arm with the blade of a broken sword.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_49fb5ccb
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4de1a4f7	type	Improvised Weapon
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4de1a4f7	comment	Improvised Weapon: Yori has to do this often. Broken sword, his sheath, trick sword... after Matrix gave him one of her swords, he's back to being properly armed, but he still uses the trick sword.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4de1a4f7	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4de1a4f7	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4de1a4f7
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4fc92b68	type	Suddenly Always Knew That
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4fc92b68	comment	Suddenly Always Knew That: It turns out Ina is even better at strategy board games than her brilliant uncle.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4fc92b68	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4fc92b68	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_4fc92b68
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78	type	Dual Wielding
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78	comment	Yori, who's had the benefit of training under both Genchu and Tadashi, has enormous potential despite his naiveté, especially since Matrix got him to realize that he's better suited for Dual Wielding than in using only his katana.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_50d71a78
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_51a3ba7	type	We Used to Be Friends
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_51a3ba7	comment	We Used to Be Friends: Long before Genchu renounced his ties to Hirotomo, they were basically best buds.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_51a3ba7	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_51a3ba7	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_51a3ba7
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_535865be	type	I Resemble That Remark!
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_535865be	comment	I Resemble That Remark!: Ken punching Fumio for saying he wasn't "agreeable". Later he decking Fumio across the town for calling him a "homicidal maniac".
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_535865be	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_535865be	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_535865be
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_553cbdc2	type	Eyeless Face
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_553cbdc2	comment	Eyeless Face: Cho always wears a hat that covers his eyes. It doesn't always cover the place where his eyes must be. He actually lacks eyes. Creepy.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_553cbdc2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_553cbdc2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_553cbdc2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5768d31	type	Super-Speed
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5768d31	comment	Super-Speed: Tadashi's movements and iaijutsu abilities are fast enough to qualify for this.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5768d31	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5768d31	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5768d31
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a365ed2	type	Incompatible Orientation
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a365ed2	comment	Incompatible Orientation: Genchu and Hirotomo were once best friends, but unknown to Hirotomo, Genchu is only attracted to men, and Hirotomo specifically. Hirotomo, meanwhile, is straight and went on to live his life, getting married, having children, etc. Genchu wished for him to be happy and kept his crush on his friend a secret. Unfortunately, Hirotomo not knowing his friend's orientation made it possible for Nataku to plant the idea in Hirotomo's mind that Genchu and his wife were having an affair...
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a365ed2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a365ed2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a365ed2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a7b4065	type	Bedsheet Ladder
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a7b4065	comment	Bedsheet Ladder: Averted, because the Rule of Funny apparently stated that falling on Ina's back with no serious injuries would be better.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a7b4065	featureApplicability	-1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a7b4065	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5a7b4065
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5aa8b4b6	type	Intrepid Merchant
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5aa8b4b6	comment	Intrepid Merchant: Ricardo. Serious emphasis on the intrepid with regards to his merchanting - every setback he suffers (of which there are many with him being escorted by two monks and Genchu who all want him to be as unable to sell his guns as possible) depresses him for but a moment before he thinks of a new idea for turning a profit.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5aa8b4b6	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5aa8b4b6	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5aa8b4b6
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5c5d0032	type	Eyepatch of Power
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5c5d0032	comment	Eyepatch of Power: Lampshaded by Word of God in the comments here:
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5c5d0032	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5c5d0032	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_5c5d0032
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_629fa757	type	Perfectly Arranged Marriage
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_629fa757	comment	Perfectly Arranged Marriage: Twisted all over. Ina was supposed to marry the eldest Wataro son, Yori, but he abandoned his clan due to his father's warlike policies, and his brother took his place. Ina, hearing she was being set up for an arranged marriage, ran away. Yori and Ina met, neither of them aware of who the other was, and fell in love. Unfortunately, by the time anyone realizes all this, the Wataro clan is no longer interested in peace—if they ever were.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_629fa757	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_629fa757	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_629fa757
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6375f746	type	Drill Sergeant Nasty
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6375f746	comment	Drill Sergeant Nasty: Ken, while Training the Peaceful Villagers. It turns out a loud, foul-mouthed Anti-Hero is a natural for the whole "tough as nails" drill sergeant with harsh training methods.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6375f746	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6375f746	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6375f746
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_66583b22	type	Weapons Breaking Weapons
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_66583b22	comment	Weapons Breaking Weapons: When Yori, a samurai, "defends" Ina at the start of the comic, one of the thugs does this to his sword. The severed weapon is both a help and a hindrance, as well as enabling him to accidentally acquire a retractable blade when he's getting it (badly) fixed, and the retractable blade later saves his life. Yori's former mentor Genchu was noted for being able to swing his sword with enough strength to do this regularly, and it was one of the things that marked him as perhaps the greatest swordsman in Japan. The most extreme example is a flashback where he fought two men and not only decapitated them both with a single swing but also cut straight through their swords as well.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_66583b22	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_66583b22	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_66583b22
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f	type	Improbable Weapon User
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f	comment	Improbable Weapon User: One female ninja uses fans.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6a2ae11f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: "Shounen" is boy in Japanese, which he is. Also, Uso's name means lie, and he uses illusions. It doesn't matter how much he insists, Murasaki's name means purple, not indigo. General Nataku's warmongering might have been an inevitable reaction to him being named after the Japanese god of war.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9	type	Calling Your Attacks
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9	comment	Calling Your Attacks: Yori does this a lot early in the comic. Eventually, he realizes it's a bad idea and stops doing it.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71bd62b9
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71fef6f7	type	Every Japanese Sword is a Katana
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71fef6f7	comment	Every Japanese Sword is a Katana: Averted. The comic has introduced more than one type of sword; introduces the name of the sword as well at times.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71fef6f7	featureApplicability	-1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71fef6f7	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_71fef6f7
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c	type	When She Smiles
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c	comment	When She Smiles: Ina is very pretty, make no mistake, but her face lights up like the break of dawn whenever she smiles.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_72c8b35c
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_77494699	type	Iaijutsu Practitioner
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_77494699	comment	Tadashi is quite a skilled and superhumanly fast fighter, particularly in his skill as an Iaijutsu Practitioner. And that's despite the fact that he fights with a broken sword.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_77494699	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_77494699	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_77494699
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: Subverted during the village battle. It appears that Fujio died, the villagers were massacred, Maru was mortally wounded, Ina was breaking down, and Cho was beaten by the two Demons of Sorrow who only just appeared. As it turns out, this was all being seen through the eyes of Yori, who was under the influence of a hallucinogenic drug.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7870735b	featureApplicability	-0.3
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7870735b	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7870735b
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7aa989ea	type	Token Evil Teammate
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7aa989ea	comment	Token Evil Teammate: Ken is this for the good guys. He's not straight up evil, but being a bully, a jerkass, and consistently intimidating merchants and robbing random people, and the Mook Horror Show he puts on when he gets to fight the Wataro soldiers puts him very low on the scale of anti heroes.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7aa989ea	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7aa989ea	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7aa989ea
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Ken, very much so. At one point, while the other characters are fighting a major battle, Ken, after kicking metric tons of mook ass, runs out of sake. Solution? He goes and slaughters an entire enemy camp, and takes all of their sake. Then, when that runs out, he repeats the process. Multiple times. Until he finally passes out. And upon waking up back in camp, he wants more.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7eebe99c	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7eebe99c	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7eebe99c
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7ef728b1	type	Tsundere
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7ef728b1	comment	Tsundere: Ina's a bit swingy.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7ef728b1	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7ef728b1	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_7ef728b1
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80	type	Star Wars (Franchise)
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80	comment	Tao binds the galaxy together.note An obvious shout out to make, since George Lucas drew heavily from Taoism in creating the Force for Star Wars.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_816a4e80
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_834420aa	type	BFS
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_834420aa	comment	BFS: Ken's sword is 12 feet long. The Red Dragon Zanbatou he gains in 599 is somewhat shorter, but still bigger than he is.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_834420aa	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_834420aa	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_834420aa
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: Masuhiro's flashback reveals that Ina has at least two sisters... but they're never mentioned outside of that flashback and there's no explanation for why one of them couldn't have taken Ina's place in the Arranged Marriage like Eijiro took Yori's.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_863fa679	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_863fa679	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_863fa679
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_889cff96	type	Quirky Miniboss Squad
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_889cff96	comment	Quirky Miniboss Squad: The Four Demons Of Sorrow, Hirotomo's secret assassination squad. The group consists of: Tadashi, Hirotomo's Noble Top Enforcer with Super-Speed and superhuman Iaijutsu abilities, Ryoku, the Blind Weaponmaster, Uso, the sneak and devious Master of Illusion, and Honou-ko, the heavily armored Blood Knight who wades into battle, allows his enemies to destroy their own weapons on his armor, and then slaughters them.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_889cff96	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_889cff96	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_889cff96
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_8f612013	type	Token Good Teammate
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_8f612013	comment	Token Good Teammate: Tadashi and General Atsumori are in this position for the Wataro clan, being about the only Wataro members shown besides Yori himself who aren't evil, jerkasses, or bloodthirsty warmongers. Tadashi is a Noble Top Enforcer who, like many fictional samurai, is caught between his loyalty to lord and clan and disapproving of the orders of his lord and the direction of his clan. Like many samurai, he resolves this by usually maintaining a front of My Master, Right or Wrong, but where he can, making small choices for the greater good of his lord/clan, such as secretly sparing Genchu's life. Atsumori is an honorable Only Sane Man who prefers peace to war and is desperately trying to preserve the honor of the clan. When ordered to go to war he tries to do so in a way to minimize bloodshed on all sides, as opposed to the approach of General Nataku, who would go straight into Rape, Pillage, and Burn writ large.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_8f612013	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_8f612013	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_8f612013
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9053903	type	Ignored Epiphany
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9053903	comment	Ignored Epiphany: Ken goes to watch a Kabuki Play in 127, next we see him, this happens:
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9053903	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9053903	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9053903
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_90dfa0d0	type	Noble Top Enforcer
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_90dfa0d0	comment	Tadashi is a Noble Top Enforcer who, like many fictional samurai, is caught between his loyalty to lord and clan and disapproving of the orders of his lord and the direction of his clan. Like many samurai, he resolves this by usually maintaining a front of My Master, Right or Wrong, but where he can, making small choices for the greater good of his lord/clan, such as secretly sparing Genchu's life.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_90dfa0d0	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_90dfa0d0	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_90dfa0d0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_955aba87	type	Mook Chivalry
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_955aba87	comment	Mook Chivalry: Enforced with the Demons of Sorrow. An offhand comment that they were specifically ordered to attack Yori one at a time by Hirotomo. This appeared to be subverted when a group of them attacked Yori once during the War arc, but it turns out that two of the Demons are just hallucinations, and Uso is the only one really there.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_955aba87	featureApplicability	-0.3
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_955aba87	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_955aba87
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_97ee3a58	type	Vicariously Ambitious
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_97ee3a58	comment	Vicariously Ambitious: Ryoku states that the reason he stopped being Eijiro's bodyguard, joined the Demons of Sorrow, and is chomping at the bit to kill Yori is because he wants to personally ensure that Eijiro will be guaranteed to be the heir to the clan. Which turns out to be impossible since Hirotomo falsely believes that Eijiro isn't actually his son.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_97ee3a58	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_97ee3a58	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_97ee3a58
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_985d6d7f	type	Master of Illusion
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_985d6d7f	comment	Master of Illusion: Uso induces illusions through hitting his enemies with a poison creating the affected's worst fears... and later the poison gets worse and makes them see a platoon of Usos attacking them.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_985d6d7f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_985d6d7f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_985d6d7f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_98ff7254	type	Long-Haired Pretty Boy
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_98ff7254	comment	Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Yori's gotten rather Bishōnen with Art Evolution, and his hair worn down goes past his torso!
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_98ff7254	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_98ff7254	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_98ff7254
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_99e4958e	type	Wall Bang Her
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_99e4958e	comment	Wall Bang Her: Yori and Ina, in one piece of filler art.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_99e4958e	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_99e4958e	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_99e4958e
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9ac6b0c1	type	Sociopathic Hero
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9ac6b0c1	comment	Sociopathic Hero: Ken, as seen here.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9ac6b0c1	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9ac6b0c1	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9ac6b0c1
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Yori does, right around the time the Art Evolution really kicks in. Turns out he was always skilled, but Rule of Funny-induced bad luck concealed it before. Ina during the defense of Lord Maru's village. She drew up the battle plans and commanded the defenders, buying time for the Senshin reinforcements to arrive. Then she turned right around and led a (somewhat) successful rescue of her father. In the end, however, Yukizane really saved the day.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9bcd82c0	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9bcd82c0	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9bcd82c0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Cho, in spades. He says things that are so off the wall and seem so random that it's easy for both the other characters and the reader to ignore him, only to be shocked when it turns out that some of the seemingly random things Cho says are downright prophetic.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a3458bf2	type	More Deadly Than the Male
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a3458bf2	comment	More Deadly Than the Male: Male ninja in the Izama ninja clan are generally mooks. Sometimes more talented than the average mook, but still mooks. Its most dangerous and badass members, and of course its leader, are all women.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a3458bf2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a3458bf2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a3458bf2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: As Genchu renounces his oaths to Hirotomo and kills former brothers-in-arms in self-defence...Eijiro watching with Yori quips that means his sword has just brought an end to a hundred and two men.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a60e3252	type	Rule of Funny
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a60e3252	comment	While it's pure Rule of Funny and a one time gag, what else could you call "Ninja lifts Mt. Fuji"? Downplayed somewhat when he finally reappears onscreen and it turns out to be the peak of Mt. Fuji, although even that is an enormous chunk of rock, much bigger than the ninja himself.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a60e3252	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a60e3252	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a60e3252
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a67b86a7	type	General Ripper
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a67b86a7	comment	General Ripper: General Nataku, as opposed to every other military figure in the series, is a brutal warmonger who actively opposes peace at every turn. He also arranged the murder of his lord's wife out of disgust for her peaceful nature and the positive effects it was having on his boss, making him more-or-less directly responsible for every major conflict in the series.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a67b86a7	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a67b86a7	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a67b86a7
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Yukizane, at the beginning of his negotiations with Ayane. Lampshaded with Ayane's realization: "And another thing! You're—... you're... not nearly as dumb as you look".
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7b324e	type	Handicapped Badass
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7b324e	comment	Handicapped Badass: Cho is an extremely skilled martial artist, able to defeat (most) of his armed adversaries without breaking a sweat. Badass enough on its own; more badass when you consider his handicap. Ryoku is also blind, and is an exceptional swordsman.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7b324e	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7b324e	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a7b324e
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a861560f	type	The Friend Nobody Likes
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a861560f	comment	The Friend Nobody Likes: General Tanaka is on the side of the Senshin clan. His army helps save the villagers and the main protagonists, but Tanaka himself is an obstinate jerk who repeatedly voices the opinion that Ina should Stay in the Kitchen, disparages the farmers and Maru despite the work they did to stall the Wataro invasion, and ignores the warning of Genchu and Ricardo about the Wataro army arming themselves with guns. He's a valuable ally, but nobody in the cast actually cares for him.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a861560f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a861560f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a861560f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a8c6a317	type	Super-Strength
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a8c6a317	comment	Super-Strength: A number of characters. In his prime, Genchu was known for routinely cutting through the swords of his opponents. A flashback from Yori shows Genchu killing two men with a single swing while also cutting through both of their blades. The artwork pretty clearly shows that Nataku has some version of this. Ken is a more downplayed example than the two above, but being able to carry and swing his gigantic zanbatou as easily and quickly as he does shows just how strong he must be. It's somewhat unclear if it's physical strength or mystical Tao abilities, but Cho and the Wu Tang brothers are able to send people flying with a punch, knock over trees, and create a mini-earthquake by stomping a foot. While it's pure Rule of Funny and a one time gag, what else could you call "Ninja lifts Mt. Fuji"? Downplayed somewhat when he finally reappears onscreen and it turns out to be the peak of Mt. Fuji, although even that is an enormous chunk of rock, much bigger than the ninja himself.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a8c6a317	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a8c6a317	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a8c6a317
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2	type	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2	comment	Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Yori comes across at first glance as an incompetent fighter and a coward but is actually a very competent fighter. The other example is Yukizane. See the entry under Obfuscating Stupidity below. Cho's this too; you don't really expect the Cloud Cuckoolander who spouts Ice Cream Koans to be a master martial artist who can cause a mini earthquake by stomping his foot.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_a9de87d2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_aa8d0ef0	type	Spell My Name with a "The"
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_aa8d0ef0	comment	Spell My Name with a "The": The Ennosuke Nakamura, famous kabuki actor and playwright. Ken is his biggest fan.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_aa8d0ef0	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_aa8d0ef0	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_aa8d0ef0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_abc57fc1	type	There Are No Rules
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_abc57fc1	comment	There Are No Rules: Sorta.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_abc57fc1	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_abc57fc1	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_abc57fc1
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ac928039	type	Four-Star Badass
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ac928039	comment	Four-Star Badass: Nataku, who is such a badass that... you know that enormous thing Ken swings around? Nataku clashes with it head-on with his fairly normal sword, and from that position overpowers Ken causing his BFS fly out of his hands. The visual effects make it clear that Nataku has some sort of Super-Strength.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ac928039	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ac928039	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ac928039
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_af8974a3	type	Breakable Weapons
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_af8974a3	comment	Breakable Weapons: Genchu is explicitly very good at cutting straight through swords with his own. It's not because of his own sword's really sharp or anything, he's just that good.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_af8974a3	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_af8974a3	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_af8974a3
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	type	Unsound Effect
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	comment	Unsound Effect: All the time. Among notable others are the commonly-used DOOM! and the once-used DRRAAAAMMMMAAAAA, as well as the ever popular HEAD... BUTT! Not to mention SHOCKWAVE! and OH? NO! HE DIDN'!! (sic). And, of course, ITSATRAP!!, immediately followed by NICE! SHEATHCATCH! DA FACE!!! OHCRAPITSTHEM! CHILDHUG!, Which is probably supposed to be an incredibly cute sound. FLAMEWAR!!! ALSOFAKE! Lampshaded by "insert your sound effect here". And don't forget the best one of all "IMPLAUSIBLE!"
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_afe75982
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Yori's "Holy Shnikies!" When he saw Ken's zanbatou, it was upgraded to "Holy flipping shnikies of demonic destruction!"
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b01abe4f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b0855ef3	type	No Historical Figures Were Harmed
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b0855ef3	comment	No Historical Figures Were Harmed: The ambitions of the Wataro clan under Hirotomo, as well as their enthusiasm in embracing firearms, somewhat brings to mind the real life Oda clan under Oda Nobunaga.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b0855ef3	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b0855ef3	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b0855ef3
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b2176eb6	type	Now or Never Kiss
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b2176eb6	comment	Now or Never Kiss: A variation here, because death isn't entirely imminent for the two, but the situation is seems nonetheless rather dire.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b2176eb6	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b2176eb6	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b2176eb6
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5171e10	type	Tragic Villain
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5171e10	comment	Tragic Villain: Hirotomo. As a young man he was an idealist who made peace between his clan and their longtime rivals the Daisuke clan. Unfortunately the warmonger Nataku arranged both the murder of Hirotomo's wife by disgruntled Daisuke Rōnin and convinced Nataku that his greatest friend, Genchu, had been carrying on an affair with Hirotomo's wife prior to her death. This changed him into the cynical, ruthless, and paranoid man he is today.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5171e10	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5171e10	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5171e10
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b485	type	The Bet
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b485	comment	The Bet: Details still hazy, but Matrix and Lex appear to have a wager going on Yori's success or failure, respectively, with Matrix not above intervening with the plot to help Yori along. They're dragon spirits of Chaos and Order who bet whether Yori would bring peace to the clans. Matrix (Chaos) is unsurprisingly kind of a cheater over the whole bet.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b485	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b485	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b5b4b485
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b67be25d	type	Firearms Are Revolutionary
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b67be25d	comment	Firearms Are Revolutionary: The comic is set during the beginning of widespread use of flintlock muskets in Japan, bringing about the end of the age of melee warfare and warrior-nobilities.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b67be25d	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b67be25d	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b67be25d
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475	type	Blood from the Mouth
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475	comment	Blood from the Mouth: A few times. Including one fake-out when Yori actually just bit his lip during combat.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Nataku is very sensitive about the fact that he lost a finger when he dueled Genchu. Do not call him "Nine Finger Nataku." He will make you regret it.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bd9f9111	type	Strawman Has a Point
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bd9f9111	comment	Strawman Has a Point: Ricardo points out there's not much point in selling weapons to a pacifist. He has a point, but Genchu points out a pacifist is far less likely to shoot you after the deal is done, which Ricardo acknowledges is a good point as well.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bd9f9111	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bd9f9111	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_bd9f9111
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c02ce551	type	Straight for the Commander
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c02ce551	comment	Straight for the Commander: Part of Yukizane's backstory involves ending a war by engaging the enemy commander in a one-on-one battle... in a game of chess
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c02ce551	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c02ce551	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c02ce551
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c091ce5f	type	Samurai
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c091ce5f	comment	Samurai: Quite a few.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c091ce5f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c091ce5f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c091ce5f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c2ecf3b8	type	Show Some Leg
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c2ecf3b8	comment	Show Some Leg: Courtesy of Suzuka, resulting in Masuhiro's failure...multiple times.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c2ecf3b8	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c2ecf3b8	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c2ecf3b8
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c37813c5	type	Ninja
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c37813c5	comment	Ninja: A clan of ninja mercenaries figures prominently into the story.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c37813c5	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c37813c5	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c37813c5
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Ken and Yori's fight on first meeting is either this or an Affectionate Parody of Kenshin and Sanosuke's first fight. The title itself is a shoutout to Tenchi Muyo!, the title of which is often translated as "No Need for Tenchi". Ninjas are said to use swordchucks. Swordchucks, yo! Tao binds the galaxy together.note An obvious shout out to make, since George Lucas drew heavily from Taoism in creating the Force for Star Wars. Yori's first rescue of Ina — running away from trouble while carrying her — echoes a Rurouni Kenshin side-story that was a sort of pilot for the series. The brothers Wu and Tang.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c78d3e08	type	Seppuku
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c78d3e08	comment	Seppuku: Tadashi commits this after being defeated in battle against Yori, with Genchu serving as his second.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c78d3e08	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c78d3e08	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_c78d3e08
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17	type	Cerebus Syndrome
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17	comment	Cerebus Syndrome: While the humor and fun never leaves, the comic started off as a very lighthearted Affectionate Parody, later it becomes concerned with things like Machiavellian plots and counter plots, politics, the wiping out of entire clans, etc.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Ina gets called out because she's more concerned about her own problems when Ken and Yori have lost their clan and Cho is far more hurt than he lets out and she's still the rebellious princess who ran away because she only cared how it affected her.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d39e327f
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d46ddfa2	type	CloudCuckooLander
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d46ddfa2	comment	Cho's this too; you don't really expect the Cloud Cuckoolander who spouts Ice Cream Koans to be a master martial artist who can cause a mini earthquake by stomping his foot.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d46ddfa2	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d46ddfa2	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d46ddfa2
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556	type	The Chessmaster
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556	comment	The Chessmaster: Yukizane, Ina's seemingly useless uncle. He's an excellent player of both the in-universe equivalent of chess and surprisingly shrewd at political maneuvering. And it turns out Ina is better.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d635e82c	type	Highly-Visible Ninja
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d635e82c	comment	Highly-Visible Ninja: Besides the regular, sneaky ninja, there are some that really stick out.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d635e82c	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d635e82c	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_d635e82c
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dae5c997	comment	Masuhiro, the daimyo of the Senshin clan, turns out to be the best warrior we see from the clan. When he gets ambushed by an entire ninja clan he fights back without hesitation, and is only captured because one of the ninja's manages to score a shallow cut on him with a drugged weapon. He then uses both his wits and ass kicking abilities to escape imprisonment from these ninjas repeatedly, defeating numerous foes along the way. (Sure he gets captured again almost as many times due to coming across their Action Girls and getting Distracted by the Sexy, but that's neither here nor there). In the final battle of the comic, he and Genchu work together and defeat the last member left of the Wataro clan's elite assassins.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dae5c997	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dae5c997	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dae5c997
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_db08a39d	type	Animesque
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_db08a39d	comment	Animesque: The later chapters.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_db08a39d	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_db08a39d	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_db08a39d
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc0d80ee	type	High-Pressure Blood
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc0d80ee	comment	High-Pressure Blood: Usually accompanied by the Unsound Effect: SPEWING!!
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc0d80ee	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc0d80ee	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc0d80ee
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc259572	type	Insulted Awake
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc259572	comment	Insulted Awake: Played for Laughs. If Ken is passed out (because of sake, combat, or both) when he's needed, Fumio will surely make an off-hand insult while saying how much they need him. He doesn't take it very well. (See I Resemble That Remark!)
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc259572	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc259572	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_dc259572
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_df0f1ad9	type	Samurai Ponytail
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_df0f1ad9	comment	Samurai Ponytail: Second type worn by Genchu, a Rōnin who left his clan due his daimyo's ruthlessness.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_df0f1ad9	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_df0f1ad9	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_df0f1ad9
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e154ff08	type	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e154ff08	comment	Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Ken's preferred interrogation technique.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e154ff08	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e154ff08	featureConfidence	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e154ff08
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e394c5d	type	Color Wash
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e394c5d	comment	Color Wash: After Yori is drugged by Uso, comics with pastel colors and green tint indicate that you are seeing things through the Yori's eyes, and since Uso can conjure illusions to use against people he has drugged, you should not believe anything you see.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: Subverted after Genchu stabs Honou-ko in his armpit past his excellent armor. He pulls the wakizashi out declaring it's not enough, and yells Die, Genchu!...and then slumps down, continuing "Die soon, so we may fight again...and again...and again..." as he goes prostrate to the ground, dead.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd	type	Art Evolution
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd	comment	Yori does, right around the time the Art Evolution really kicks in. Turns out he was always skilled, but Rule of Funny-induced bad luck concealed it before.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Rule #1 of Ken's Combat Rules: Don't stop not dying. It matters not how many times his escapes are prematurely ended from letting his guard down by his embarrassment of Accidental Pervert moments toward the ninjas' Stripperiffic Action Girls, Masuhiro will keep trying! After Ricardo loses almost all of his stock of guns from his ship sinking, he rebounds with greedy hope, reasoning the remainder are extra rare and valuable now. And then, soon after being upset because all of his guns have been lost to him, he resolutely realizes he can just buy a bunch of cheap junk in Japan and sell it back home for a ridiculous markup.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e743ffa9	type	Good Old Ways
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e743ffa9	comment	Good Old Ways: General Tanaka is sure that guns pose no real danger to his army because of the long time they need to reload, which he's sure will allow his men to get close enough to cut down the riflemen. He overlooked the strategic ways they could be used when there are enough men wielding them to fire in teams, thus compensating for the reload time. Boy did Tanaka come to regret that.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e912c1	type	The Rant
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e912c1	comment	Lex and Matrix are dragon spirits of Order and Chaos, with their choice of clothing coordinating the spirits they are. As The Rant for the comic revealing this points out, this was hinted at in comic 699 with the Dragons Up the Yin Yang symbol for Cho's monastery and Matrix lurking listening to Cho explain them.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_e912c1	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_eb28ab57	type	Bound and Gagged
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_eb28ab57	comment	Bound and Gagged: Ina ends up like this in at least one set of comics.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_eb28ab57	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_eb28ab57	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	type	Moment Killer
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	comment	Moment Killer: Cho is right on time to kill this moment. And Those Two Guys kill another moment.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ed358a04	type	Jidaigeki
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_ed358a04	comment	Jidaigeki: A story of love, war, and rival clans set in Feudal Japan... well, an alternate universe version of Feudal Japan with a lot of Anachronism Stew.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f0c4ce7d	type	The Lost Lenore
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f0c4ce7d	comment	The Lost Lenore: Flashbacks imply that Hirotomo's wife was this to him, and it was her death or rather, her murder that served as his Cynicism Catalyst.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f0c4ce7d	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f0c4ce7d	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363	type	Distracted by the Sexy
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363	comment	Distracted by the Sexy: as a Running Gag, Ina's father keeps making escape attempts from the sexy ninjas who captured him, but ultimately ends up knocked unconscious following an Accidental Pervert moment.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363	featureApplicability	1.0
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f10d3363	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f25b1ae6	type	Unskilled, but Strong
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f25b1ae6	comment	Unskilled, but Strong: Ken tends win most of his fights with brute strength and ferocity, with no regard for strategy. This trips him up when he comes up against opponents who are not only just as strong, if not stronger, but are also skilled.
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f25b1ae6	featureApplicability	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f25b1ae6
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f62cc38a	type	Stone Wall
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f62cc38a	comment	Stone Wall: This is a major part of the fighting style of Honou-ko, who wears armor specially made to break swords. As such, one tactic he employs is to deliberately leave "openings" for his opponents, allow them to attack him, and he strikes back after their weapons either prove useless or break and they are disarmed.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f62cc38a	featureConfidence	1.0
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: Cho seems to be less than competent at guessing the gender of people he's never met. The humorous nature of this is what makes his accurate assessment of Matrix's gender a shock which adds to the general Mood Whiplash present. This may point to Cho Obfuscating Stupidity. And all people who find out that he's blind tend to do that wavey-hand thingy to test whether he really is blind. He doesn't like it when people do that. Also, Ina has pushed over Yori a lot, though one of creators said he never even realized that and it wasn't intentional. Ina's father is constantly distracted by boobs and captured with knock-out drugs. Lampshaded in a flashback. Cho is a part of prophecy about a blind Taoist, a Hindu and a cleric entering a bar and ending the world. And he keeps trying to walk into bars. As of page 490, the Hindu and the cleric appeared in the comic. And the final page has all three of them at a bar, though since said bar is an outdoor stall they technically didn't walk into it and thus the world might still be safe. Ken regularly threatens merchants that whatever they're selling better be the best he's ever had, or he'll kick their ass. He has yet to kick a merchant's ass. As a meta example, Made-up sound effects are used often.
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fdc1e848	type	Will They or Won't They?
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fdc1e848	comment	In strip 102, Cho compares Ina to an elephant sitting on a fence, and Yori tried to make analogies about ways that he could get Ina to land on his side. Cho, however, discouraged Yori from doing so, saying that doing so would only push Ina away. Fast forward to 647, shortly after Ina finally ended the Will They or Won't They? game with Yori of her own volition, and Cho makes a Call-Back to his earlier comment, saying that "the pachyderm that jumps unprompted lands most gracefully."
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Many. Almost 200 comics after a a ninja who specializes in using rocks as weapons walked away from the group after declaring that he intended to use Mount Fuji itself as a weapon against them, Yori sees a story about a ninja lifting Mount Fuji. Another 450+ comics after that he finally returns, holding the mountain's peak. In strip 102, Cho compares Ina to an elephant sitting on a fence, and Yori tried to make analogies about ways that he could get Ina to land on his side. Cho, however, discouraged Yori from doing so, saying that doing so would only push Ina away. Fast forward to 647, shortly after Ina finally ended the Will They or Won't They? game with Yori of her own volition, and Cho makes a Call-Back to his earlier comment, saying that "the pachyderm that jumps unprompted lands most gracefully."
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No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fea27091	type	Buffy Speak
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic) / int_fea27091	comment	And all people who find out that he's blind tend to do that wavey-hand thingy to test whether he really is blind. He doesn't like it when people do that.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Altar Diplomacy / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Animesque / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Armor Is Useless / int_951dc91
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	BFS / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Bare-Handed Blade Block / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Blade Run / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Blind Weaponmaster / int_951dc91
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Boring, but Practical / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Calling Your Attacks / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Charles Atlas Superpower / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Chew Bubblegum / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Close-Call Haircut / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Color Wash / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Completed Webcomics / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Distressed Dude / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Dramatic Thunder / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Drawing Straws / int_951dc91
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Drill Sergeant Nasty / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Fake Special Attack / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Firearms Are Revolutionary / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Good Cop/Bad Cop / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Head-Turning Beauty / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Heroic Comedic Sociopath / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Hidden Eyes / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	I Resemble That Remark! / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Ice-Cream Koan / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Ignored Epiphany / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Inn Security / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Koan / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Logical Weakness / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	McNinja / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mundanization / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mysterious Protector / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Never Heard That One Before / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Non Sequitur, Thud / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Not-So-Fake Prop Weapon / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Outgrowing the Childish Name / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Perfectly Arranged Marriage / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Quirky Miniboss Squad / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Recursive Crossdressing / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Relationship Upgrade / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Remix Comic / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Rule #1 / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Runaway FiancÃ© / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Samurai Stories / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Satire and Switch / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Sheath Strike / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Show Some Leg / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Single-Stroke Battle / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Straight for the Commander / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Talkative Loon / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Magnificent Seven Samurai / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Rest Shall Pass / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	This Cannot Be! / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Training the Peaceful Villagers / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Try Not to Die / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Unsound Effect / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Weapons Breaking Weapons / int_da093071
No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)	hasFeature	You Must Be Cold / int_da093071
NoNeedForBushido	sameAs	No Need for Bushido (Webcomic)

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