Shizumaru (Samurai Shodown)

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Shizumaru Hisame
Game series	Samurai Shodown series
First game	Samurai Shodown 3
Voice actor(s)	Miho Kaneda
In-Universe Information
Blood type	AB
Fighting style	The Way of the Scarlet Sword
Weapon	Kirisame (umbrella) and Ouhare no Magakami Shizumaru (sword)
Preferred soulmate/family	"How should I know? I'm just a kid!"

Shizumaru Hisame (緋雨閑丸) is a video game character in the Samurai Shodown series.

1 History
2 Trivia

[edit] History

[edit] Samurai Shodown III

Shizumaru is a little boy who does not remember anything of his past, except for his parents and the rest of his entire family murdered by a vile demon. Since then, he has been alone and surviving on his own. He shows respect for Haohmaru, who took him when he was a baby and taught him the philosophy of the sword. Shizumaru seeks to defeat Zankuro and avenge his family's death.

[edit] Samurai Shodown IV

After he and Haohmaru slay Zankuro, Shizumaru senses the revived energy of Zankuro at Amakusa castle. He heads there to defeat him a second time, but Zankuro is instead defeated by Sogetsu Kazama.

[edit] Samurai Shodown V

In a small village, a young girl named Hakana is expecting a child. Her husband however, has been drafted to go to Hinowa and fight in the war. He leaves Hakana in the hands of Shizumaru, who they have been taking care of. After the master leaves, Hakana asks Shizumaru to go with her to visit her father and they will all stay there until the war was over. Shizumaru, however, feels that since Hakana and her family have done so much for him, he will go to Hinowa and retrieve the master.

At Hinowa, Shizumaru joins the war effort. Shizumaru, now with enough money to repay his master and Hakana, hurries home. He is stopped however by a man who calls him Yaiba. Confused, Shizumaru tells the man he is mistaken but the man insists he is Yaiba and that his family misses him. Shizumaru apologizes that he is not Yaiba and runs back home, saying his home is with master and Hakana.

[edit] Trivia

Shizumaru is not Zankuro's son, despite the "demonic energy" within him. This rumor circulated around the time of his debut. However, oddly enough, the image of Zankuro indeed appears during Shizumaru's SSVS fatality move in the uncensored version.
His real name is "Jin".
Shizumaru Hisame is a homage to Himura Kenshin (a character from the manga 'Rurouni Kenshin').