Samurai Shodown (Nintendo Cinematic Universe)

Samurai Shodown is a Japanese graphic novel series.

Volume 1
In the time of feudal Japan, Shiro Tokisada Amakusa is resurrected as an akuma to seek revenge, leaving a group of worldwide swordsmen to stop him.

Haohmaru Hell Challenge
Amakusa's defeat was supposed to put an end to Japan's devastation, but a new threat has emerge to change that in the form of Mizuki Rashojin.

Blades of Blood
In the first of a two-part story set after Amakusa's rampage, but before Mizuki's, the dangerous swordsman Zankuro Minakuzi wanders the world for a challenge.

Amakusa's Revenge
In the second of a two-part story set after Amakusa's rampage, Amakusa returns, and this time, he's using the sorceress Hazuki Kazama to harness her power.

Volume 5
Although Mizuki's curse was lifted, Japan continues to suffer from countless chaos, but this new one, Yuga the Destroyer, might not even from this planet.

Warriors Rage
One year after their first defeat, Yuga returns to create more havoc.

Revival of the Azure and Crimson Blades
As the age of the samurai draws to an close, Oboro and the "Ritenkyo" strive to bring the end the age with chaos, leaving a new generation to stop them.

Volume 1

 * Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, slain in Japan of 1638 by the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate for his part in the "Shimabara tax revolt", is resurrected in 1788 as an akuma from making a deal with the dark god Ambrosia by bringing the evil entity into the world by using the Palenke stone and its energy. Driven by hatred for the Shogunate and having a nihilistic streak towards the world, he unleashes his dark powers to bring chaos to all of existence.
 * A variety of warriors — some historic, some fictional — converge upon the source of the chaos, each driven by their own reasons.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Amakusa:
 * Charlotte: After defeating Amakusa, Charlotte receives a message from the people of France to return home to quell a revolution.
 * Earthquake: After defeating Amakusa, Earthquake and his gang rob Shibamara of their treasure.
 * Galford: After defeating Amakusa, Galford destroys the Palenke Stone. Amakusa's good spirit thanks Galford.
 * Genan: After defeating Amakusa, Genan encounters his wife, Azami, who has followed him all the way to Shimabara, but Genan leaves her for her safety. Sometime later, Genan faces off against Mai Shiranui and is killed.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Amakusa, Hanzo attempts to commit suicide, but his clan convince him to return and continue training them.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Amakusa, Haohmaru encounters his lover, Shizu, who has followed him all the way to Shimabara, but Haohmaru parts with her due to his samurai status. Sometime later, Haohmaru faces off against Mai Shiranui.
 * Jubei: After defeating Amakusa, Jubei is hired to kill Yui Shosetu, who is terrorizing Rozeki Castle.
 * Kyoshiro: After defeating Amakusa, Kyoshiro sets up a kabuki stage in Shimabara.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Amakusa, Nakoruru returns to her home village of Kamui Kotan.
 * Ukyo: After defeating Amakusa, a bunch of women begin chasing after Ukyo, so he cuts a bunch of flowers into a flower headband for one of them.
 * Tam Tam: After defeating Amakusa, Tam Tam recovers the Palenke Stone and usese it to bring light to his Mayan home, helping his ailing tribe.
 * Wan-Fu: After defeating Amakusa, Wan-Fu returns to China to fend off invaders.

Haohmaru Hell Challenge

 * One year after the defeat of Amakusa, a new threat soon emerges in the form of Mizuki Rashojin: a vengeful spirit who possess a local shrine priestess named Mizuki and seeks to bring forth chaos and destruction to the world in the name of the dark god Ambrosia's will.
 * Those who had fought before in the past during Amakusa's reign of terror now find themselves, along with a few new faces, battling against Mizuki and her loyal forces in order to determine the fate of the entire world itself.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Mizuki:
 * Cham Cham: After defeating Mizuki, Cham Cham recovers the Tangier Stones and her pet monkey, Paku Paku, is transformed back into Tam Tam, so they returns home and Cham Cham wishes for something to eat.
 * Charlotte: After defeating Mizuki, Charlotte finds Haohmaru lying unconsciously, but Shizu inadvertedly scares her away.
 * Earthquake: After defeating Mizuki, Earthquake and his continue to steal treasure.
 * Galford: After defeating Mizuki, Galford discovers an unconscious Nakoruru, who flies off to face more evil.
 * Genan: After defeating Mizuki, Genan continues striving to be evil and faces off against Ryuhaku Todoh, but Azami reveals that she is preganant with his third son. A year later, the child is born.
 * Genjuro: After defeating Mizuki, Genjuro prepares to kill him, but Shizu convinces him to spare Haohmaru.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Mizuki, Hanzo recovers Shinzo's soul and Kaede returns it to her son...at the cost of her life.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Mizuki, Haohmaru is about to be killed by Genjuro, but Shizu, Haohmaru's lover, convinces Genjuro to spare him.
 * Jubei: After defeating Mizuki, Jubei finds the Tangier Stones and destroys them.
 * Kyoshiro: After defeating Mizuki, Kyoshiro discovers an unconscious Mizuki, who is now freed of the evil spirit, so Kyoshiro teaches her about kabuki.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Mizuki, Nakoruru senses a new evil and goes to stop it.
 * Nicotine: After defeating Mizuki, Nicotine is praised by Kuroko.Ukyo: After defeating Mizuki, Ukyo creates a sculpture of Kei.
 * Sieger: After defeating Mizuki, Sieger returns home, only to discover monsters attacking the king and princess, whom Sieger defends by driving the attackers. Sometime later, Sieger marries the princess and becomes the new king.
 * Wan-Fu: After defeating Mizuki, Wan-Fu sends a contended message to the readers.

Blades of Blood

 * This volume follows the journey of a young semi-amnesic boy named Shizumaru Hisame as he and many other warriors seek out a powerful and dangerous swordsman named Zankuro Minazuki for their own personal reasons.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Zankuro:
 * Amakusa: After defeating Zankuro, Amakusa conquers the world and forces humanity to worship him.
 * Basara: After defeating Zankuro, Basara loses his sanity.
 * Gaira: After defeating Zankuro, Gaira buries him.
 * Galford: After defeating Zankuro, Galford succeeds in delivering justice.
 * Genjuro: After defeating Zankuro, Genjuro takes the sizable reward and disappears.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Zankuro, Han disappears into the rain.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Zankuro, fulfills his promise to avenge a deceased boy who dies at Zankuro's hands.
 * Kyoshiro: After defeating Zankuro, Kyoshiro holds a performance that lasts for over 6 months.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Zankuro, Nakoruru returns home.
 * Rimururu: After defeating Zankuro, Rimururu apologizes her sister for following her without her knowledge.
 * Shizumaru: After defeating Zankuro, Shizumaru avenges his parents.
 * Ukyo: After defeating Zankuro, Ukyo leaves his lover.

Amakusa's Revenge

 * The year, 1789.
 * As frost, floods, fires, and famine play havoc with the world, a sinister castle appears in the land of Shimabara. The lord of that castle is Shiro Tokisada Amakusa.
 * Having previously been resurrected from the realm of the dead, Amakusa was supposed to have been slain in the midst of his evil designs, but now he returns to subjugate the world of the living.
 * Having already engulfed the Shimabara peninsula, this castle of evil grows larger day by day. People soon call it "Amakusa Castle" and in their terror begin to revere it, hoping this will save them.
 * But little did they know that this act of desperation would only summon further misfortune....
 * Amakusa has returned for more trouble, this time taking over a castle in a jagged wasteland and kidnapping the sorceress-in-training Hazuki Kazama, Kazuki and Sogetsu's beloved younger sister, in order to use her as a power source.
 * The power spreading from Amakusa's work catches the attention of various warriors who head in for a variety of purposes... and even Zankuro Minazuki also has a hand in the story.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Aku and Zankuro:
 * Amakusa: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Amakusa finally frees himself of his evil spirit, but dies shortly afterwards.
 * Basara: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Basara is told by Kagaribi's that, she says that she still senses his grudge being unfulfilled and she asks someone to help them before mysteriously fading away.
 * Charlotte: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Charlotte is challenged by Haohmaru, but she defeats him.
 * Gaira: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Gaira exorcises Zankuro to the afterlife and gets into a fight with his uncle, Nicotine.
 * Galford: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Galford rescues Tam Tam and tries to take the Tangiers Stone from him, but Tam Tam escapes with it.
 * Genjuro: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Genjuro is attacked by Genan and Earthquake, but he easily defeats them both; six months later, Genjuro challenges Haohmaru to a fight.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Hanzo saves Shinzo soul and returns home.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Haohmaru is challenged to a duel by Genjuro six months later.
 * Jubei: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Jubei bids farewell to Hanzo and destroys the Gadamer Gem.
 * Kazuki: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Kazuki rescues Hazuki and Sogetsu fakes his brother's death.
 * Kyoshiro: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Kyoshiro inadvertedly unleashes a new evil with his kabuki dnace.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Nakoruru loses consciousness, but is rescued by Rimuru and recovers one week later,
 * Rimururu: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Rimururu discovers her ice spirit, Konru, was destroyed; one month later, however, Konru is revived.
 * Shizumaru: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Shizumaru fears that the demon is still within him, but Haohmaru and Nakoruru convince him that the demon only exists if he chooses to live with it.
 * Sogetsu: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Sogetsu apparently kills Kazuki.
 * Tam Tam: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Tam Tam returns to his village, but the mask he wears begin sucking out his life force, so Tam Tam's natives pray for Quetzalcoatl to save Tam Tam's life; three months later, Tam Tam learns that Cham Cham has lost the Tangiers Stone.
 * Ukyo: After defeating Aku and Zankuro, Ukyo reconciles with Kei, but is forced to flee when a bunch of girls begin pursuing him.

Volume 5

 * Twenty years ago a certain process was done over the years. Yuga would take out babies from their mother's wombs for a few days. She would put a certain spell on them and return them to the mother's womb. The baby would be born as if nothing happened. The child would show incredible talent in different fields. These children were called "Shindou" or "Kidou".
 * Twenty years later, the children would become incredible adults who have a high status or are well known. Yuga would appear before these people and would show them a mysterious puppet show. This causes them to remember why they were born in this world and would follow orders given by Yuga.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Yuga:
 * Galford: After defeating Yuga, Galford departs, continuing his career of justice.
 * Genjuro: After defeating Yuga, Genjuro comes across Zankuro and prepares to fight him.
 * Hanma: After defeating Yuga, Hanma detroys his clone robot, Karakuri Hanma, and rescues the princess.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Yuga, Hanzo condemns Yuga for his/her actions.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Yuga, Haohmaru departs, continuing to strengthen himself for the next evil that comes.
 * Kazuki: After defeating Yuga, Kazuki avenges his father's death.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Yuga, Nakoruru reunites with Rimururu and returns home to Kotan.
 * Rimururu: After defeating Yuga, Rimururu returns home to her grandmother, hoping for some milk and cookies.
 * Shiki: After defeating Yuga, Shiki remembers her past: Yuga was the one who murdered her family.
 * Sogetsu: After defeating Yuga, Sogetsu is confronted by Kazuki, but escapes before being killed.
 * Ukyo: After defeating Yuga, Ukyo returns home to Kei and their son.
 * Kuroko implies that Yuga is still alive.

Warriors Rage

 * In an unknown land an eerie disturbance disrupts the sky, leading a dark mass to the land.
 * It is the ultimate evil-it is the reincarnation of Yuga the Destroyer.
 * The objective of this being who once more alights to earth is the unification of this world and the Netherworld using the hermaphrodite male and female-that is, the construction of a utopia to become the foundation for the resurrection of the Dark God.
 * As he resumes his search for the hermaphrodites, those turned into puppets by Yuga's magic unleash their carnage to gather the sacrifices necessary for the ritual of utopian construction.
 * These puppets then employ various means to increase the dead and provide sacrifices. Some, for example, become leaders of the Shogunate to carry out ruthless policies, some became common murderers, and still others deliberately incite revolt against the government.
 * Through the influence of the devilish reincarnation, outbreaks of famine and plagues further increase the dead, providing the evil with yet more strength and delight.
 * The mountain of dead gathered by these means is subsequently heaped up on the altar of the Netherworld and fashioned into two pillars in which the hermaphroditic male and female are to be subsequently imprisoned.
 * At this time one man returns to the Netherworld. The name of this warrior who stands directly before these literal pillars of the dead in the darkness is Asura. Master of magic, he is the dark swordsman appearing in this realm to wreak his revenge on Yuga.
 * Regardless, his enemy steadily proceeds with the construction of his utopia. The curtain now rises on this drama of revenge that will engulf both our world and the land of the dead.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Yuga:
 * Asura: After defeating Yuga, Asura kisses Shiki and sends her back to her own time.
 * Enja: After defeating Yuga, Enja reverts back to Kazuki and leave with Hazuki.
 * Galford: After defeating Yuga, Galford chases after Nakoruru, seemingly having a crush of her.
 * Genjuro: After defeating Yuga, Genjuro challenges Haohmaru to a duel, but is fatally stabbed by a boy in is back, so he and Haohmaru share one last drink before dying of his wounds.
 * Half-Shaded Shiki: After defeating Yuga, Half-Shaded Shiki gives her baby to a priest.
 * Hanma: After defeating Yuga, Hanma and princess reunite.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Yuga, Hanzo slays Gandara who attempts one more attempt to kill him.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Yuga, Haohmaru finds a baby and decides to adopt it.
 * Karakuri: After defeating Yuga, Karakuri and princess reunite.
 * Kazuki: After defeating Yuga, Kazuki rescues Hazuki and overcomes Enja.
 * Nakoruru: After defeating Yuga, Nakoruru rejects Galford's love.
 * Rimururu: After defeating Yuga, Rimururu briefly spies on Nakoruru and Galford's romance.
 * Shadow Asura: After defeating Yuga, Shadow Asura kisses Shiki and sends her back to her own time.
 * Shiki: After defeating Yuga, Shiki gives her baby to a priest.
 * Sogetsu: After defeating Yuga, Sogetsu vows to kill Kazuki someday.
 * Suija: After defeating Yuga, Suija vows to kill Kazuki someday.
 * Taizan: After defeating Yuga, Taizan returns home to his wife a child.
 * Ukyo: After defeating Yuga, Ukyo dies, so Haohmaru delivers the flower to Kei in his place.

Revival of the Azure and Crimson Blades

 * It is a time of sustained peace, and the age of the sword was drawing to a close. But an increasing number could not adapt to the flow of history and became trouble before long. So the shogunate created a "colony of prisoners" on a small island in sea nearby Edo as a place to rehabilitate the outlaws. But, there were those who exploited this prison island and tried to create a "new world exclusively for the chosen ones" after destroying the shogunate. The group they formed was called the "League of the Three Blades of Domination" and each member had their own mighty strength. Using their might, they subjugated the outlaws and begin their plans to overthrow the shogunate. And in no time the "town of outlaws" came to be called "Ritenkyo"-the seat of opposition.
 * Under these figures Ritenkyo unexpectedly changed from a "place of rehabilitation for returning to society" to a "lawless zone in which only the strong survive." The inhabitants engaged in vendettas, skirmishes, and death battles to survive from day to day. And the "Three Blades of Domination" steadily consolidated their power to its utmost, absorbing strength from the hate surrounding them.
 * On a still, pitch-black night of the new moon. Flicker-Flicker-Flicker-Flicker. The glow of a candle grows and a single shadow emerges from the darkness. It is an elderly gentleman with a beard and tranquil visage. "Have they arrived?"
 * "Yes, Lord Oboro. The red-eyed boy and girl have come."
 * Only a voice comes from the darkness. Without making a noise, the old man rises and speaks: "At last, the time has come.... Time to make their acquaintance." The man's closed eyelids pop open. His red eyes glow with the light of the candle.
 * Whooooosh! A burst of wind slices the calm, and darkness once again dominates the world.
 * A few years later, three people look down at the world below from a tall tower. One is a tall man armed with a sword; the other, a bewitching, alabaster-skinned woman. The two share a pair of red eyes. And standing behind them awaits a fine-looking elderly man who appears somewhat out of place.
 * The sunlight reflects off their red eyes, making them glow eerily. The woman mutters, "A few people we have some things to settle with appear to have entered Ritenkyo. Word has it that they are major obstacles to the realization of our intentions."
 * The man speaks as he continues to survey the world below. "All we need to do is wait here. The rats will come even if we do nothing."
 * The Three Blades of Domination are about to bring an end to the era of peace in this world. And the warriors who battle for their own reasons converge on "Ritenkyo" as our story begins.
 * The ending depends on who defeats Oboro (or anyone else):
 * Brute: After defeating Tohma, the lead Brute celebrateswith his disciple, only for them to be arrested for their crimes.
 * Daruma: After defeating Oboro, Daruma tells Ran Po and Minto that it is now all right for them to leave for Ryukyu. After he sees them off and ensures that their friends are well taken care of, Daruma sails away on his hat and resumes his travels again.
 * Garyo: After defeating Oboro, Garyo defeats Tohma but hides from Mikoto. After seeing her genuine love for Tohma, he resigns his original intentions and leaves. To compensate for his decision, he steals Tohma's horse and a donkey for Chobisuke.
 * Haito: After defeating Oboro, Haito seems to die from the side effects of the drugs.
 * Hanzo: After defeating Oboro, Hanzo eliminates the traitor ninja and successfully reports his findings to the shogun without losing face for his clan. His father watches from afar, proud of his son's accomplishments.
 * Haohmaru: After defeating Oboro, Haohmaru eventually reaches Mikoto at Riten Kyo and reveals her unspoken past to her
 * Iga Ninjas: After defeating Oboro, the Iga Ninja who does so is revealed to be a clumsy Koga ninja who accidentally separated from his clan's forces in Edo castle and prematurely infiltrates Ritenkyo amidst the Iga forces. He was unaware of his predicament until Hanzo congratulates his troops on their victory.
 * Jin-Emon: After defeating Oboro, Jin-Emon meets Jushiro and they duel. He loses but takes care to warn his friend of the shogunate's pursuers. He prepares to die though Saya treats his wounds shortly afterwards. He humorously gets a nosebleed when she flirts with him (an anime caricature of arousal).
 * Jushiro: After defeating Oboro, Jushiro defeats Jin-Emon in a duel and spares his life.
 * Kunou Seishiro: After defeating Oboro, Kunou Seishiro asks Jin-Emon Hanafusa if he has surpassed him yet. When the elder scoffs at his claim, it's insinuated that Seishiro smiles, a rare sight from the lad in Jin-Emon's eyes.
 * Mikoto: After defeating Oboro, the "Devil" dominates her "Angel" side and defeats Yuda. However, both Asuras instinctively awaken and slay her "Devil" side, revealing the darkness to be her parents' tormentor, Yuga. The freed Mikoto (or "Angel" Mikoto) is encouraged by her parents' spirits to continue living, for their sake and hers.
 * Minto: After defeating Oboro, Minto gets her wish and flies away with Ran Po.
 * Mugenji: After defeating Oboro, Mugenji defeats the Three Blades of Dominion and returns to a field full with flowers and butterflies. He collapses, mortally spent from his wounds. As a butterfly whisks above him, he crushes it.
 * Oboro's Amazons: After defeating Yuda, Oboro's Amazons are praised by Oboro for destroying all resistance.
 * Ran Po: After defeating Oboro, Ran Po finds Minto with her friend, Mario, and they return home.
 * Rinka: After defeating Oboro, Rinka takes Seishiro advice and decides to leave Ritenkyo. She tells her plans to Seishiro though he was humorously asleep at the time.
 * Saya: After defeating Oboro, Saya is confronted by a female ninja who claims to be a member of the Razor Trio called Benten, who is intent on finishing her mission of killing Saya's family. They fight one another with Saya emerging victorious. She urges Saya to kill her to complete her revenge. Instead, Saya spares her and decides to care for the rest of the orphans who inhabit Riten Kyo, leaving a proud Benten behind.
 * Samurai: After defeating Oboro, Samurai returns to Edo and describes the events of the Ritenkyo revolt in a record he names "Tale of Swordsmen" (剣客異聞録, kenkaku ibunroku).
 * Seishiro: After his defeat, a prideful Tohma tries to attack Seishiro again but is beaten again effortlessly. He reclaims his father's missing sword and returns home, continuing the Kuki legacy.
 * Tashon Mao: After defeating Oboro, Tashon Mao overhears Nakoruru talking to Haohmaru and learns that someone is already waiting for her affections (implied to be Galford). He decides to give up on her and leaves the forest, lamenting that he can never find another fairy like Nakoruru again. Moments after he says this, Rimururu crashes into him.
 * Tohma: After defeating Oboro, Tohma loses his fight against Seishiro. He awakes in Riten Kyo three days later with Mikoto beside him. She relays Seishiro's messages to him: his brother forgave him and wants Tohma to live. Tohma recognizes Mikoto's love for him and admits a third blade that is more powerful than the two Seishiro has, which is Mikoto. He leaps from the castle's balcony, promising to return as a "better blade" for both Seishiro and Mikoto. It is implied that his leap is a suicide attempt but, because of the ambiguous wording of the script, he may have also survived the fall a la Geese Howard fashion.
 * Yaci: After defeating Mikoto, Yaci overthrows the Razor Trio and reunites with his beloved. One of his comrades, bitter at Namino for "changing" his boss, hurls his sword at them. Namino takes the blow and an infuriated Yaci kills the assailant. Desperate to uphold his promise, he takes the wounded Namino to a boat on the shores of Ritenkyo. To his dismay, Namino dies shortly after they set sail.
 * Yuda: After defeating Oboro, Yuda encounters his daughter, Mikoto, who has been used by Oboro for his fiendish purposes. The dormant part of both Asuras revive themselves instinctively and Yuda releases the evil within Mikoto (revealed to be Yuga). Although she thanks him and wonders if he is her father, Yuda denies her curiosity and leaves. His fate thereafter is left unknown.

Volume 1

 * Based on Samurai Shodown.

Haohmaru Hell Challenge

 * Based on Samurai Shodown II.

Blades of Blood

 * Based on Samurai Shodown III.

Amakusa's Revenge

 * Based on Samurai Shodown IV.

Volume 5

 * Based on Samurai Shodown 64.

Warriors Rage

 * Based on Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage.

Revival of the Azure and Crimson Blades

 * Based on Samurai Shodown; Warriors Rage.