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Introduction

Honor Against Thieves

Threatened by plundering cyborg bandits, an innocent village defies its inhuman enemies with the help of mortal men born to do battle and bound to die for honor: humanity's champions, the seven samurai.

The Villagers

Kirara Mikumari

Kirara is a Mikumari (water maiden, a village priestess) of Kanna village. She decides to go find the samurai to be brought back to her village, while admitting that she also wanted to see the outside world. She possesses a dowsing crystal on a necklace which allows her to detect the flow of groundwater and to read other's hearts.

Komachi Mikumari

Komachi is Kirara's little sister, who follows along with her and Rikichi to see the city as well as help locate the samurai.

Rikichi

Rikichi is a peasant of Kanna, who travels with Kirara to locate the samurai. He can be often rash because of his hatred for the bandits. He blames himself for the loss of his wife, Sanae, who has given herself up to the bandits to save the village.

The Seven Samurai

Shimada Kambei

Kambei is a wise samurai who has survived many battles, though he feels no joy from them. Many of his friends have died in those battles, and he was on the losing side of many of them. He constantly lives in the shadow of his painful and violent past, rejecting Kirara after stating that his heart is dried up. He is the first samurai.

Katayama Gorobei

Gorobei is a skilled samurai who has made his living since the wars' end by entertaining people on the city streets. He is also a veteran of the Great War, so he knows Kambei by reputation. He is very skilled at dodging blows and can pluck arrows and darts from the air. He often makes light of rather serious or dangerous situations. He is also quite smart, in his own unique way. He is the second samurai.

Hayashida Heihachi

Heihachi is a genial samurai who wishes to avoid fighting as much as possible and prefers to eat rice instead. During the Great War, he took a position as a combat engineer, which kept him off the front lines but also used his mechanical skills. He is discovered chopping wood in exchange for food or devices that interest him. He is most helpful within the group as their mechanic, and orchestrates the construction of medieval-type weapons. However, he harbors a deep hatred for traitors as he was one himself, which resulted in his whole unit being killed. He is the third samurai.

Shichiroji

Shichiroji initially fought side by side in the Great War with Kambei, and is often referred to as "Kambei's old wife" He temporarily leaves behind his successful post-war business at the Firefly Inn, and with it, his beautiful girlfriend/fiance, to join Kambei in battle once again. He has a prosthetic left hand which has a grappling hook capability with his index finger. In combat he uses a type of spear; the only samurai not using a sword. His girlfriend, Yukino, has nicknamed him Momotaro, from the traditional Japanese tale, because she found him, badly injured after a battle, floating down a river inside a capsule reminiscent of a peach. He is the fourth samurai.

Okamoto Katsushiro

Katsushiro is a young and inexperienced samurai who wishes to be Kambei's student, calling him sensei almost from their first meeting. He idolizes the principles of bushido. He promises to protect Kirara no matter what, and seems to be attracted to her. He eventually becoming a worthy student of Kambei; and he also comes to terms with killing enemies, after reacting in shock the first time. He becomes strong enough to deflect the capital's main cannon, and defeated numerous bandits all by himself. He gains emotional strength as well, and understands what his true reason for becoming a samurai is. He is the fifth samurai.

Kyuzou

Kyuzo is originally a nearly silent, mysterious bodyguard for Ayamaro. In that role, he fights with Kambei, and he later joins the group with the stated intent of saving Kambei's life so that he can later fight Kambei to the death. Kyuzo is an incredibly skilled fighter, wielding double blades that fit into one sheath on his back. He's accidentally killed by Katsushiro when Katsushiro used a gun to protect Kambei because his sword was broken. Rather than showing anger to Katsushiro or regret of his own life, he instead expresses his anticipation of fighting Kambei in the after world. He is the sixth samurai.

Kikuchiyo

Kikuchiyo is a cyborg with a mechanized exoskeleton. He was originally a peasant until becoming a samurai to help others. He is often looked upon as a clown or a bother, as he gets angry easily and often causes trouble with his loud noise and clumsy ways. He carries the largest of the swords, which also acts as a chainsaw. He is fiercely loyal to Kambei, and, when given recognition, he returns favors fourfold. He is accepted as the seventh samurai after revealing he was also a farmer, like the peasants of Kanna.

The Newcomers

Akahana Hara

The eldest of the Hara triplets, Akahana is the strongest of the three, and seen as the leader. She cares deeply for her brother and sister and will do anything to keep them safe. As newcomers to the land, Akahana finds in surprising that the women here are not fighters like they were in their homeland and keeps her blades hidden until they are needed. After all, many things could happen in this strange, new place.

Aina Hara

The middle child of the three, Aina is more of the bookworm of the group but her strength with her blades isn't something to be teased. She is protective of her family, though she and her sister do often fight over several things over their journey in this new land.

Aito Hara

The youngest of the three Hara, Aito thought that traveling to this new land was a bad idea and as they get involved with the Seven Samurai, he teases his sisters that he was right. Refusing to let them get involved without him, he stays near them, sure to keep his sisters safe.

Matoko Kura

A young woman that travels with Hayashida Heihachi. She was the younger sister of Heihachi's personal and close friend during the war. After his actions killed her brother, she wanted revenge on Heihachi but after meeting the young man, something changed…Heihachi does all that he can to make up for her brother's death as the two travel together now. But don't think that just because she travels with a samurai doesn't mean she's weak. She has a special little trick up her sleeve when she plays her music…

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