Zantetsu

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Zantetsu
Game series	Last Blade series
First game	The Last Blade
Voice actor(s)	Ryūzaburō Ōtomo
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Japan
Fighting style	Kisaragi style Ninjutsu
Weapon	twin Tantō

Zantetsu is a video game character in The Last Blade series.

1 History
- 1.1 The Last Blade
- 1.2 The Last Blade 2
2 Trivia

[edit] History

[edit] The Last Blade

Zantetsu is the last of numerous ninja clans that roam ancient Japan. Due to the decline of the ninja population, the Japanese common folk began to consider the title "ninja" as a sign to scoff at. Determined to prove the surperiority of his people, he challenges warriors time and time again to prove his strength. When he hears of the opening of a portal called "Hell's Gate", he sets out to defeat the enemies within to prove his strength.

[edit] The Last Blade 2

Zantetsu now resides in his village, and teaches his grandson the way of the ninja in order to continue their legacy. However, he is aware he will pass away in the near future and wishes to prove his strength once more before his eventual death. He once again travels to "Hell's Gate" to experience a great battle.

[edit] Trivia

Zantetsu is the ancestor of Eiji Kisaragi, a ninja in the King of Fighters and Art of Fighting series, as implied by Eiji's appearance in his The Last Blade 2 ending, and the striking similarity in their moves (replete with identical move names). This may prove that The Last Blade series and other SNK franchises are intertwined. Zantetsu himself, however, has never been given an official family name. This was done retroactively, of course, as the character of Eiji was created several years before Zantetsu. (As Eiji Kisaragi was born in 1953 and Zantetsu 1811, Eiji is most likely the great, great, great grandson of Zantetsu.)

Zantetsu is visually patterned after Udō Jin-e, and his fighting style has some moves reminiscent of Shinomori Aoshi's techniques. Zantetsu may also be patterned after a character in the movie Master of the Flying Guillotine, Win Without A Knife-Y Akuma, as his costume in the movie is almost the exactly the same as Zantetsu's.