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Originally Posted by Comun

My preliminary take on Entreat the Darkness. This is the interpretation of someone who only played Chapter 1 so far, so my read could be completely off.

Long story short, I agree with the thread's consensus that the bloodied katana man is Iori's true nature, but I feel like the Iori we see before is just as much his true nature. The earliest we see of Iori is before he was "corrupted by the blade" so to speak. His backstory is that a band of mountain bandits slaughtered everyone

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Originally Posted by Rentenzen

In 1637, the fourteenth year of the Kan'ei era, a lone boy in Shimabara bore witness to a massacre he was powerless to stop and a blazing hellfire that consumed everything he held dear.

There is this bit of detail, where the Shimabara Rebellion seemingly ended earlier (by maybe a month or two). Historically, the Rebellion ended on 1638, the fifteenth year of the Kan'ei era. But, there are different dates of when the Rebellion ended, depending on what calendar is used, I guess? Like,

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Originally Posted by Lily Emilio

Originally Posted by OnesFleetingGlory

It was originally linked with the ancient legend of the serpent-slaying blade from the "Records of the Grand Historian."

Big Japan and Chinese myth linking wow.

They are connecting the Kusanagi to Liu Bang's Crimson Blade that he claimed to have obtained from a Xian. I'm guessing they are going with the crimson dragon (Liu Bang) vs white dragon (Qin Shi Huang) just like how it went in Britain with these crimson vs white, and also crimson dragon (Kintoki) vs white dragon

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[QUOTE=Comun;3294125]Ok, time for some script comparison.

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Originally Posted by OnesFleetingGlory

Sword of Heaven [...]To use this Noble Phantasm is to momentarily become a god or, in other words, to become one with the world. This is where its True Name, Sword of Heaven: Amenomurakumo-no-Tsurugi, is derived.

Cool albeit kinda generic name, but it becomes a really silly choice when the NP description drops a straight "It's called Worldblade because it unites you with the world".

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Originally Posted by Comun

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One of Fate/Samurai Remnant's protagonists. True Name: Yamato Takeru. Class: Saber. Iori's buddy.

A combat genius. Far beyond human limitations. Their battle prowess trumps monstrous yokai, exterminates human armies, and sometimes challenges deities in single combat. Even Iori, who lived in times of war, sees them as a warrior someone beyond reach.

Their fascination with rice is because they interpret agriculture as a laudable symbol of peace. Takeru derives joy from the

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