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| - Romance of the Three Kingdoms WITH PANTY SHOTS! But seriously... The souls of the greatest warriors, generals, and strategists of the era of Chinese history immortalized in Romance of the Three Kingdoms have continued on beyond their deaths, sealed within magatama beads handed down from generation to generation. For 1,800 years, the gems have dominated the destiny of their holders - the "Toushi", or "Fighters" - increasing their bloodlust and fighting skills while forcing them to re-enact the lives and deaths of their counterparts.
- Ikki Tousen (一騎当千) is a Samurai Warriors character image song. The song first appeared on the event exclusive CD for Seiyuu Ougi 2014 Spring 10th Anniversary as its theme song and later on the variety CD Ouka Ranman. It's a quartet sung by Takeshi Kusao, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Eiji Takemoto and Masaya Matsukaze: Yukimura Sanada, Masamune Date, Mitsunari Ishida and Takatora Tōdō respectively.
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| - Ikki Tousen (一騎当千) is a Samurai Warriors character image song. The song first appeared on the event exclusive CD for Seiyuu Ougi 2014 Spring 10th Anniversary as its theme song and later on the variety CD Ouka Ranman. It's a quartet sung by Takeshi Kusao, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Eiji Takemoto and Masaya Matsukaze: Yukimura Sanada, Masamune Date, Mitsunari Ishida and Takatora Tōdō respectively. The song's title can be translated as "Superheroes" or "One-Man Army". Its origins are unknown but ancient in Japanese literature. Based on the literal reading of the characters, it means someone who has the power to defeat a thousand opponents. The four character idiom was used to describe someone who surpassed the strength, courage and wisdom of trained warriors or samurai. Since samurai were already heralded as the highest pinnacle of power, it implies that the person must be an unparalleled superhuman. Unlike kishin, or "Demon God", ikki tousen is meant to be gratifying and carries positive connotations. Koei often uses the idiom as a slogan in the Japanese marketing for their Warriors IPs to quickly summarize the goal of these titles.
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms WITH PANTY SHOTS! But seriously... The souls of the greatest warriors, generals, and strategists of the era of Chinese history immortalized in Romance of the Three Kingdoms have continued on beyond their deaths, sealed within magatama beads handed down from generation to generation. For 1,800 years, the gems have dominated the destiny of their holders - the "Toushi", or "Fighters" - increasing their bloodlust and fighting skills while forcing them to re-enact the lives and deaths of their counterparts. Now, the newest generation of Fighters has gathered around seven high schools in the Kanto region around Tokyo, re-enacting the battles as something in between a semi-organized street fighting tournament and an all-out gang war. And at Nanyou Academy (read: Nanyang and eventually the Wu kingdom), Idiot Heroine Sonsaku Hakufu has arrived. And she has no clue about anything in the last two paragraphs. All Sonsaku knows is that she likes to fight, and her mom not only gave her a necklace with a pretty magatama, but also told her to make a good impression by beating up fifty Fighters on her first day. She definitely doesn't know that she's the "Reincarnation" of Sun Ce, the ruler of Wu known as the "Little Conqueror (Shou Haoh)" - the one who it's said might have united the Three Kingdoms himself if not for his untimely death. Did we mention she's hot? In fact, it seems that most of the modern-day Fighters are attractive teenage Action Girls who have a habit of suffering massive amounts of Clothing Damage during their fights. Ikki Tousen (Roughly "Strength of a Thousand") is an ongoing (18 volumes and counting) manga series by Shiozaki Yuji that has been adapted into four anime seasons to date, as well as a Fighting Game. The Tokyopop English release of the manga, Battle Vixens, is notorious for its Macekred translation. There was also a controversy about several panels from early in the series that seemed to be traced from Oh! Great's Tenjho Tenge manga. The whole thing originated as story-less PVC figurines in the very late 1990s. Interestingly, the second through fourth seasons were directed by, of all people, Koichi Ohata. Compare Koihime Musou, another series of Romance of the Three Kingdoms Gender Flip spoof. There's also Ryofukochan, in which the same basic premise gets a Lolicon twist. This series is now available on Hulu. And has a character sheet.
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