Musashi: Samurai Legend/Characters

A list of characters from Musashi: Samurai Legend.

Warning, spoilers ahead.

Main Characters

Musashi

The Hero and main character, Musashi is a wannabe samurai warrior who was summoned by Mycella to save Antheum from the evil clutches of Gandrake Enterprises. Along the way, he rescues the mystics and recovers the elemental swords in order to defeat Gandrake.

• Awesome By Analysis: He can learn new techniques by observing them in action, though he risks taking a hit from any attack he's focusing on if he stuffs it up. He actually counters moves he's learning with the move he's learning.
• Bare Your Midriff
• BFS: His signature Great Oar, as well as the five elemental swords.
• Blue Eyes
• Bridal Carry: He gets to do this to all of the Maidens and Mycella.
• Character Development: At first, he's somewhat reluctant about being taken out of his world to save another. Later on, he becomes The Messiah after spending time with the Mystics, and falling in love with Mycella.
• Chaste Hero: He appears to be clueless after Clochette gives him an ambiguous proposition.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Musashi is voiced by a woman in both the English and Japanese versions.
• Deadpan Snarker - Somewhat. Most of what Musashi says is straight-forward, but he gets some good snark in from time to time.

Musashi: I knew you were nuts, but talking rocks!?!? Do they sing and dance too?

• Diagonal Cut: In various flavors.
• Dual-Wielding: His fighting style.
• Elemental Powers: With the five Elemental Swords. They're usually necessary to solve puzzles along the way.
• Hot-Blooded
• Improbable Hairstyle: Longer than his body, necessitating that it defy gravity to keep from dragging on the ground.
• Katanas Are Just Better: His main sword.
• Kid Samurai
• Lightning Bruiser
• Master Swordsman: By the end.
• The Messiah: Post-Character Development
• Miyamoto Musashi: Based on him.
• One-Man Army
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the Red (snarky, dual wields, good, and hot-blooded) while Gandrake is the Blue (serious, single longsword-wielding, evil, and cold). It's even lampshaded in the intro video, where they're even cloaked in their respective colors during their duel.
• Skyward Scream: One when Mycella dies.
• This Is Gonna Suck: One at the beginning, after witnessing the sheer number of platforms with relative guard robots that stands between him and the tower where Mycella is kept. He says the exact same thing near the climax of the game, when he's about to fight Gandrake, who has by then transformed into an Evil Twin Mirror Boss of him.

Musashi: "Not good..."

• Throwing Your Sword Always Works: The "Karmic Circle" Secret Technique.
• Yuki Kaida: His seiyuu.

Princess Mycella

Antheum's princess, and the one who summoned Musashi in first place. She's kidnapped by Gandrake and must be rescued. Repeatedly. She develops a crush on Musashi.

• Big Good
• Blue Eyes: They're more of an aqua color.
• Damsel in Distress: She's kidnapped at the very beginning of the game, and the prologue consists of rescuing her.
  • This happens a total of three times in the game. To list:
    • 1: The beginning of the game, where she is kidnapped by Rothschild and kept at a tower to be saved by Musashi. After the rescue, Musashi and Mycella venture to the peak of the tower, where Mycella gets knocked out and re-kidnapped by Gandrake.
    • 2: During a mission to rescue Maribo from the same tower where Mycella was first kept, Musashi learns from Maribo that the princess is held somewhere else within the same tower. He finds and frees her again, and successfully brings both of them back to Antheum.
    • 3: Later on, Clochette finds Mycella at Antheum, kidnaps her at gunpoint, and sends her to Rampart Isle, the final stage of the game. Mycella even lampshades that this is the third time Musashi had to carry her when he saves her.
• Designated Love Interest
• Disney Death
• Everything's Better with Princesses
• Intimate Healing: A rather innocent version: During the battle against Shadow Musashi, she can heal Musashi if he carries her.
• Leitmotif: "Mystical Princess"
• Princesses Prefer Pink
• Punny Name: Aside her name being named after a kind of blue cheese and the filaments of mushrooms, Mycella is Latin for mushroom..... which would make her a Mushroom Princess.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: She even assists Musashi during the first battle against Gandrake, who has changed into Shadow Musashi.

Master Mew (Master Mao)

An old humanoid cat who knows the Mystics. He finds Musashi who was summoned by Mycella in the beginning and trains him in the "Way of the Stray Cat". He later appears on Antheum in hes his dojo to give you advice on how to use your elemental attacks and occasionally teach you new techniques.

• Badass Grandpa
• Dub Name Change: From Mao.
• Dude, Where's My Respect?: No one seems to pay him any respect—Musashi even calls him Whisker Dude—but he doesn't complain.
  • Ultimately subverted when Musashi refers to him as "Master" at the end of the game.
• Eyepatch of Power
  • Eyes Always Shut
• Hey, It's That Voice!: He was another Master Swordsman in One Piece.
• Lightning Bruiser: He's really fast.
• Master Swordsman: We never get to see him in action, though.
• Old Master: To Musashi.
• Sword Cane: His weapon.

Banon

Mycella's father, he's the leader of the Mystics of Antheum. He can help Musashi during his quest by driving the Anthedon to the needed location.

• Accidental Pervert: He makes the big mistake of running into Clochette while she was changing her clothes, haven't yet realized that she truly performed a Heel Face Turn.
• Big Good
• Nice Guy
• Reasonable Authority Figure

Elemental Maidens

Burrini (Tamie)

The Earth Maiden, a kind-hearted girl who works at Tunnbrod's Bakery. She's very close to animals and enjoys picnics.

• The Chick
• Dishing Out Dirt: That's her element.
• Damsel in Distress: The first time you meet her in the Spring Woods.
• Does Not Understand Sarcasm: She thinks "Mayday" is a suitable name for a bluebird...
• Dub Name Change: From Tamie.
• Expy: Make that dress pink, and you have Aeris Gainsborough.
• Friend to All Living Things
• Gainaxing: During her first cutscene.
• Green Eyes
• Green Thumb: Possibly, she also wears a small girdle of flowers.
• Leitmotif: "Gaia Serenade"
• Ms. Fanservice: A rather innocent one.
• Showgirl Skirt

Fontina (Ricotta)

The Water Maiden, she was kept prisoner in the Roquefort Mine and used as a power source. At first, she's quite hostile and rude to Musashi, even after he's just rescued her and repaired her glasses, and states that they don't need their help. She eventually mellows down and decides to help Musashi.

• Blind Without'Em: So much that she falls asleep without her glasses. And they're made from a very rare material to boot.
• Blue Eyes
• Dub Name Change: From Ricotta.
• Hot Librarian
• Leitmotif: "Aqua Memory"
• Making a Splash
• Meaningful Name/Punny Name: She's named (in both versions) after an italian cheese. Furthermore, the ricotta has also a bitter taste, but's its very soft.
• Meganekko: One NPC even says her glasses are her biggest appeal. Said NPC offers her flowers during The Stinger.
• There Are No Therapists: Eventually she gets over her issues after talking to Musashi.
• Tsundere: Only at first.
• Ungrateful Bitch: After Musashi saved her from the mines, bring her back home and bring her new glasses, the first thing she does is to insult him and say that they can beat Gandrake without his help.

Mirabo and Maribo (Murol and Murolait)

The Fire Maidens, a pair of cute twins with powers over fire. They went to Mount Terroir to calm down its guardian, Moltan, but they're captured by Gandrake's men who are operating in the vicinity.

• Color Coded for Your Convenience: Mirabo has a pink dress while Maribo has a dark red one.
• Cute Witches
• Dub Name Change: From Murol to Mirabo, and Murolait to Maribo.
• Girlish Pigtails: Mirabo's point upward while Maribo's point downward.
• Leitmotif: "Symphony of Fire I" for Mirabo, "Symphony of Fire II" for Maribo. Together, the contrasting moods of both songs represent the twins' Red Oni, Blue Oni. See below.
• Misato Fukuen: Their seiyuu.
• Playing with Fire
• Red Eyes
  • Curtains Match the Window
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: Mirabo is spunky and light-hearted and even has a crush for Musashi, while Maribo is calmer and clever.
• Token Mini Moes: To an extent. There are other pre-pubescent characters in the game, but Mirabo and Maribo are the smallest and youngest of all the Maidens Musashi has to rescue.
• Wonder Twin Powers: They can only release the power of the Fire Sword if both of them are present.

Istara (Maki)

The Wind Maiden, a skilled swordswoman who lives in the Picodon Jungle and protects it from the invading forces of Gandrake.

• Action Girl: She's the most powerful and skilled of all the Maidens.
• Badass/Badass in Distress: You need to carry her only for a short sequence.
• Blow You Away
• Bonus Boss
• Dub Name Change: From Maki.
• Eyes of Gold
• Gainaxing
• Hot Chick with a Sword: Wields the sealed Wind Sword in the shape of a katana.
• Leitmotif: "Aeolic Guardian"
• Meaningful Name: "Maki" can refer to Whirwinds.
• Odd Name Out: She's the only Maiden whose name isn't a cheese pun, and she's also the only one whose eye color doesn't match her element at all.
• Tsundere: Goes into full dere dere mode when you give her the "Champion Belt" from her master, or compliment how she looks in her ceremonial garb.
• Would Hurt a Child: She was ready to shank Malbec at one point. In her defense, Malbec is kind of a dick.
• Yuki Matsuoka: Her seiyuu.

Clochette

The Void Maiden, she left Antheum long ago and was hired by Gandrake. Eventually she's discovered and used for reviving the ancient temple where the Void Sword is kept. She's eventually saved by Musashi and brought back to Antheum.

• Ai Orikasa: Her seiyuu.
• Blue Eyes
• Dark and Troubled Past: Actually parodied, when Musashi ask her to tell a serious reason why she sided with Gandrake, she pulls out several clichèd excuses. Her real reason is that she is a thief at heart.
• Dark Is Not Evil/Light Is Not Good: A very played with example, specifically a Yin-Yang Bomb of one. She wears a feather cape and has wings on her high heels signifying her lofty position, but this is also contrasted with her heavy blue and black wardrobe. Character wise, she is a thief and knows how to play sides, but she tries to make use of her thieving and trickery for good at best and to resolve things amicably if she decides to be selfish at worst, and despite everything, she is still the Void Maiden.
• Easily Forgiven: Sort of averted. Banon still holds a grudge against her, but Musashi thinks otherwise.
• Face Heel Turn: She sided with Gandrake and even kidnapped Mycella (the second time). She later pulls a Heel Face Turn.
• Good Is Not Dumb: She may have kidnapped Mycella, but if the beginning of the game indicates, Gandrake is not hesitant to invade Antheum anytime he pleases if there's anything in store for him there, and there is much he would like to get his hands on if it's related to the Mystics. Her kidnapping of Princess Mycella may have been justified to avoid the company leveling Antheum, and as a Batman Gambit, knowing that Musashi will be the bane of Gandrake Enterprises.
• Jerkass: She complains a lot.
• Just Like Robin Hood: Played with. She's clearly into stealing for her own profit, but she only steals from the evil and greedy.
• Lost in Translation: A result of Musashi: Samurai Legend's extremely divergent scripts and localizations. She is often seen as the "dark elemental" Maiden in the West, because the power she unlocks with her associated sword is called Shadow Warrior, despite the power not generating anything regarding shadows. In the Japan released official guides, the rarely seen Sword of the Void's official art depicts it generating a sky blue energy field with cloud like mists around it, making it much closer to the Sky element from the first game than the "darkness" evoking themes the English script gives off, and in Japanese, the kanji for sky can also be used to mean void or emptiness of space.
• Leitmotif: "Vixen Maiden"
• Ms. Fanservice: She even makes an ambiguous proposition to Musashi at one point...
• Only in It For the Money: She may have been on Gandrake's payroll as their Executive Secretary, but it was only a front for her to be able to steal company valuables and make the company pay for her expenses. By the time you rescue her, she drops a jewel with an exorbitant and endless price tag- and steals it back, naturally.
• The Power of the Void: Or more like the Power of the Sky, like the first game's fifth element. Also counts as a Yin-Yang Bomb as her themes and character indicates, much like how the sky can represent both night and day, and in turn, light and darkness.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Violet, actually.
• Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A

Antagonists

Gandrake a.k.a. Ganryu

The evil president of Gandrake Enterprises, and a powerful swordsman. He's kidnapping the Mystics in order to use their powers to fuel his Nebulite engines and is busy mining as much Nebulite as he can. He's actually revealed to be Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki, dragged into this world by the demon Amestris (trapped within the Archnembulus) in order to free her. He gets totally nebulized by the evil goddess but is defeated by Musashi.

• Authority Equals Asskicking: Of course.
• Badass
• BFS: Wields a very long, straight sword, possibly a nodachi. In his Nebulized form he get to use a humongous, multi pronged sword.
• Big Bad
• Blue Eyes
• Blue Oni Red Oni: See Musashi's section above.
• Corrupt Corporate Executive
• Dull Surprise: He rarely seems fazed by anything at all.
• Lightning Bruiser
• Master Swordsman
• Mirror Boss: During the first part of his fight, he uses Amestris's powers to turn into a clone of Musashi.
• One-Hit Kill: His Returning Swallow counter attack.
• One-Winged Angel: When Amestris takes over, he turns into a black giant made of Nebulite.
• Orcus on His Throne: Almost literally.
• Sasaki Kojiro: He's based on him. Okay, he is him.
• Takehito Koyasu: His seiyuu.
• True Final Boss: After Musashi beats him in his nebulized form, he later shows up as himself for one final Single-Stroke Battle against Musashi.
• Ultimate Lifeform: He considers himself to be the "Ultimate Form of Life" as He uses Amestris' powers to nebulize himself.
• Worthy Opponent: Sees Musashi as one.

Rothschild

The Director of Administration and leader of Gandrake's Gonin (Gandrake's Five Directors). He's a cold, calculating man who sports a cultured, polite demeanor. He's the one who initially kidnaps Mycella, and is in charge of the Nebulium Tower in Wellspring Woods. He's actually planning to take over Gandrake and even suggests that Musashi join forces with him to do so.

• Blond Guys Are Evil
• Blow You Away: Can summon annoying whirlwinds and shoot a Wave Motion Gun made of air.
• The Dragon: To Gandrake
• Dragon Ascendant: He takes over Gandrake's place in The Stinger.
• Eyes Always Shut: Except for one scene near the end, after his defeat by Musashi.
• Jerkass: Despite his polite facade, he quickly reveals himself as a full-fledged asshole if he doesn't get what he wants, as seen when he threatens Burrini in the beginning of the game.
• Les Collaborateurs: Tries to pull one with Musashi, but his offer is refused.
• Load-Bearing Boss
• The Starscream: To Gandrake.
• Sword Cane
• Wicked Cultured: Hell yeah.

Glogg (Ducassa)

Director of Negotiations, he's the (physically) strongest warrior amongst the Gonin. He's in charge of Roquefort Mine and guarding the Water Maiden.

• Anchors Away: His weapon. Used as an Epic Flail.
• Battle Couple: With Riesling.
• The Brute: A more clever version, though.
• Dub Name Change: From Ducassa.
• Everything's Better with Spinning: How he attacks.
• Heel Face Turn: Along with Riesling and Malbec in The Stinger. He's seen at a beach with Riesling.
• Punch Clock Villain: He prefers to go surfing rather than supervise his underlings. Musashi manages to storms his facility twice while he's off skiving.

Riesling (Dio)

Director of Security. He's one of the strongest Gonin, but sadly not the brightest. He's quick to anger and is the butt of many jokes. However, he admits that he and Glogg form an invincible pair. He's in charge of Mount Terroir.

• An Axe to Grind: And a chainsaw one to boot!
• The Brute: Shares this position with Glogg.
• Butt Monkey
• Confusing Multiple Negatives: A death variation, as his Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner before he and Glogg face Musashi.

Riesling: "Okay, Musashi! We're gonna kill you so dead, you'll wish you were never born... alive..."

• Dual Boss: With Glogg.
• Dub Name Change: From Dio.
• Dumb Muscle: He's not very bright, but can put up a fight.
• Fiery Redhead: He's easy to anger.
• Heel Face Turn: Along with Glogg and Malbec in The Stinger. He's seen at a beach with Glogg.
• Malaproper/Metaphorgotten: He's largely guilty of this when he tries to sound proper.
• Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner: See Confusing Multiple Negatives above.
• Punch Clock Villain: See also Glogg.
• Throwing Your Sword Always Works
• Too Dumb to Live: He caused a volcanic eruption and awakened a powerful Lava Monster... all because he didn't bother to find the instructions for the machine he was attending to.

Malbec (Albert)

Director of Research and Development. He's a 10-year old genius working for Gandrake. He created all the robots and machines used by the corporation. He plans to create a new base in Picodon Jungle.

• Berserk Button: Don't call him "Beckles".
• BFG: The "AK4D7", which he holds using two special robotic hands from his backpack.
• Bratty Half-Pint
• Dub Name Change: From Albert.
• Evil Genius
• Flunky Boss: He fights alongside several sexy, gatling-toting female Ninja Droids.
• Heel Face Turn: Along with Glogg and Riesling in The Stinger. He's seen being introduced as a new student at the Antheum Academy.
• Insufferable Genius: Hell yeah.
• Kids Are Cruel
• Yumiko Kobayashi: In a villainous role.

Shiraz

Director of Intelligence, is a disturbing, quiet cyborg who works for the Gonin. Despite his calm, polite looks, he's a ruthless, bloody killer, and possibly a cannibal. He tries to revive the Temple of the Ancients where the Sword of Void is kept.

• Beware My Stinger Tail
• The Dragon: To Rothschild in The Stinger.
• I Am a Humanitarian: Implies that he'll eat Musashi if he wins the battle.
• Hollywood Cyborg: With a cat theme, to boot.
• Kitsune: Resembles one.
• Psycho for Hire
• The Quiet One
• Ryusei Nakao: Quite fitting, really.
• Wolverine Claws

Amestris, Goddess of Destruction

Alias the Archnembulus. Is an ancient being sealed away in the past. She manipulated Gandrake into breaking her seal and freeing her.

• Bigger Bad
• Eldritch Abomination: Probably, and she turns in a giant jellyfish-like monster near the end.
• Evil Counterpart: To Anthedon
• Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Indeed.
• Hey, It's That Voice!: Apparently, she's Ikue Ohtani.
• The Stone Behind The Man: To Ganryuu, who she brainwashed into becoming her vassal Gandrake.
• Red Rocks: The Nebulite and, specifically, the Archnembulus.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: She was sealed away long ago in the Archnembulus.

Swords Guardians

Gorpus

A Giant scorpion-like monster who rampaged through the Wellspring Woods before being sealed. Sadly, the Sword of Earth is also the lock on his prison.

• Beware My Stinger Tail: Although he attacks more with his pincers, and his tail is only used shoot fireballs.
• Fireball
• Go for the Eye: You must remove his helmet and claws first.
• Scary Scorpions: And he also looks like a robot.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Was sealed in a huge stone jar in order to keep him from destroying the forest.

Scarlet Kraken

The huge guardian of the Sword of Water, he sleeps in the lowest level of Roquefort Mines He must be awakened and defeated in order to gain the sword.

• Attack Its Weak Point: His "heart", which he expels from his mouth whenever you stun him.
• Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
• Combat Tentacles: Of course...
• Making a Splash: Can spit a huge stream of water from his mouth.
• Monster Mash: He looks part octopus, part elephant.
• Taken for Granite: When you first meet him, he's a stone statue that you must awaken with the Sword of Earth.
• Turns Blue: Being already red to begin with...

Moltan (Vallord)

A big lava monster and the spirit of Mount Terroir. He must be put back to sleep in order to stop the destruction.

• Dishing Out Dirt: There are several stone spikes in his body—posibly his "ribs"—and he can launch them at you.
• Dub Name Change: From Vallord.
• Kill It with Water: You can turn his paws into solid stone with the Hydro Blast.
• Magma Man: Or rather, Magma Dragon.
• Playing with Fire

Arachnolia (Aracuria)

Queen of the Picodon Forest, this huge spider used to be kind and gentle, but was turned in a ruthless cyborg by Malbec and now must be stopped at all costs.

• Achilles' Heel: That red... thing on her chin.
• Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
• Giant Spider
• Mercy Kill: Done by Istara.

Asura

Guardian of Mouna Temple, a large machine-like minster who dwells in the temple's inner sanctum. He's the keeper of the Sword of the Void and awakens when the temple is restored to its ancient glory.

• BFS: Turns out his "neck" is the largest sword of them all.
• Breath Weapon: Spits fire.
• Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: You have no warning or clue of his presence in the abysses of the temple.
• Humongous Mecha: He's probably one.
• Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Six arms and six swords.
• Multiple Wielding: Wields a sword in each arm. Specifically, in one arm he holds the real one, while the other five hands hold a ghost copy of the original.
• One-Winged Angel: After destroying all his six swords he remove his heads and neck... which is a humongous blade.