They are an actually couple because it’s been said that when Samanosuke turned 20 he decided to see the world, traveling to Asia (as seen in Onimusha: Warlords). As he traveled over Japan and the Far East, he came across a female ninja named Kaede, who was a member of the Iga ninja clan. Originally, she was sent to assassinate Samanosuke for reasons unknown, but she did not kill Samanosuke for reasons that were also unknown, but she decided to join him on his travels as his loyal partner and confidant. Over the next 4 years they both develop a partnership, a friendship, trust, honor, respect and of course deep feelings. When Samanosuke disappeared Kaede spent the next 10 years looking for him until she found him (As seen is Onimusha Blade Warriors).
There are at lest 4 dumbass-fucking nutcases that I’ve seen that somehow think that Samanosuke and Princess Yuki are a couple……… 1 at Imdb.com, 1 at neoseeker.com and 2 at deviantart.com (They know who they are). Well there’s nothing to even base that on… nothing… so I don’t know where they’re seeing that at all because there are several references throughout the games (Oni 1 and Oni: BW) to base Samanosuke and Kaede on being a couple and as you can see I’m going to list them. Samanosuke loves Yuki but that’s because there cousins, there family. He was trying to save her life because she’s a family member and she was going to be killed, that’s all, and after Oni 1, she left to see the world and she’s never seen again while Kaede continued to look for Samanosuke, because he meant a lot to her.
Mistake Made In The Game
They say that Kaede died 14 years later after Oni 1, but this was changed in Onimusha Blade Warriors in the story mode. Oni 1 takes place in 1561 but 14 years from 1561 would have been in the year 1575 at the Battle of Yamazaki?… but you see nothing happen at Yamazaki in 1575, the famous Battle of Yamazaki didn’t happen until the year 1582, the same year that Oni 3 takes place. Well as you can see, that was a mistake made by the people who made the game. Also at the end of Oni 1 it's said nobody knows what happen to Samanosuke... well we all know that was changed since he came back in the 3rd game.
Changing The Events In The Game
Now this isn’t the first time that video game makers have changed the events in a game’s storyline to what was already told and said in a previous game. I can think of 4 other games where they’ve done that like the Legacy of Kain games, the Castlevania games, the Resident Evil games, and Knights of the Old Republic and I know there’s more. It’s the same with TV shows like Star Trek, there have been many things that where said and shown that were completely taken back in later Star Trek series and movies, but if the writers deicide to change something… well it’s there story, they have the right to change the storyline.
Story
Some people have said that Onimusha Blade Warriors is not part of the Oni storyline (There’s one fucking nutcase asshole at Ign.com who ignores the facts to this)… but it is… as a side story for the main characters in the story mode. It has to be because you see Oni: Blade Warriors explains where Samanosuke was after the events in Oni 1. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. To anyone who has played the Oni games like Onimusha: Warlords and wants to know what happen to Samanosuke and Kaede, Onimusha Blade Warriors will give you that answer.
In Onimusha: Blade Warriors Samanosuke says that he hid himself away from everyone. After Samanosuke destroyed Fortinbras he couldn’t remember what had happen to him when he woke up and saw Nobunaga looking down at him. He saw that Fortinbras had been killed… but not by human hands. He then feared that if he was in his full Oni form again that he wouldn’t be able to control himself if he started hurting the people he loved, manly Kaede. Samanosuke went away for 10 years until Kaede found him. Samanosuke had heard that Marcellus was once an Onimusha warrior during the Oni wars and that Guildenstern took Marcellus’s dead body and turned him into what he is. Samanosuke feared that if he didn’t find a way to understand the Oni powers inside of him then he could have become what Marcellus was. But during those years Samanosuke was able to understand and master the powers of his Oni gauntlet.
Samanosuke/Kaede
To anyone who has played the games… if you think about it Kaede was really the only person who was very close in Samanosuke’s life for 4 years. When Samanosuke’s cousin said that she envied Kaede for being able to be and travel with Samanosuke, Kaede blushed. When Samanosuke says, “In this world, only the strong survive.” The look on Kaede’s face and the tone in her voice when she says “Samanosuke” showed that she cared about him.
He left because he wouldn’t be able to forgive himself if he had hurt or had killed Kaede. He went away because he wanted to protect her. A sacrifice, and that’s really what Real Love is… sacrifice. Upon his return somewhere in 1571 (months after the events in Onimusha 2) Samanosuke and Kaede return to assist his uncle, Akechi Mitsuhide, in an absolute secrecy. For the next 11 years (1571 to 1582) Samanosuke and Kaede travel all over Japan, slaying Genma wherever they may find them.
Kaede The character Kaede was a very interesting female character… but her past isn’t one that we know that well or one that we will ever know. Kaede was killed off in Oni 3 although we do not see it or even hear about it in the game at all.
Before Oni 3 came out there was an interview with Keiji Inafune who’s the Producer of Onimusha 1, Onimusha 2 and the Executive Producer of Onimusha BW, Onimusha 3 and Onimusha DoD that said that Blade Warriors is part of the storyline and that Kaede was killed by Gargant. www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3119770
GMR:Are there any crossovers from the previous games?
Keiji Inafune:Kaede is actually dead by the time Onimusha 3 begins, killed by the character you saw in the opening movie. If you want more information on her, that's in Blade Warriors. A lot of the background story is revealed in that game, especially what happens between 2 and 3.
We don’t know how or why Kaede ended up fighting Gargant.
We also don’t know the reasons why Kaede didn’t kill Samanosuke.
Was it something he did or said that changed her mind?
Did Kaede see that Samanosuke was a good man?
If so… then how did she see that?
Since Kaede didn’t kill Samanosuke did the Iga clan try to kill her for doing so?
If so did Samanosuke risk his life to save her and kill the Iga Ninjas from killing her?
If so or if not maybe Kaede no longer had a Ninja clan to go too or couldn’t go back to them.
Did Samanosuke see this and then wanted her to join him as his Ninja partner?
Was that something that Kaede was forever grateful for?
Something she saw that she could never repay Samanosuke for?
That may explain why Kaede was so devoted to Samanosuke and why she spent 10 years looking for him when he disappeared.
But like I said…we will never know…
All this info is for anybody who's a Samanosuke/Kaede fan......... although I shouldn't say that, being that there are no S/K fans. I'm the only one... believe me, I would know.
A Note From The Artist: There’s something I have say… I put a link to this picture at a message board website at www.neoseeker.com. But there was some dumbass nutcase at that website who goes by the username "Shadow Rue" on the Onimusha Warlord forms that thought that this picture was a Japanese porn pic……… and he reported it……… and it got taken off……… can you believe that shoot?!?!?!?!?! Who knows what the frack that person’s problem was. Looking at the FAQ to this fanart website on the rules about such pictures… if this was a Japanese porn picture it wouldn’t even be allowed here.
"Well I really think you did^^ The kiss shows many emotions. And the way their hands are touching eachother. It´s very sensitive."
Thank you again Arby1055. Whenever I draw two people kissing I want it to show emotions and have it be very sensitive and I'm glad you're able to see that.
Drawing Samanosuke's fingers behind Kaede's back is something I really had a hard time with. I was going to show more of his right hand but it would have looked too weird.
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