History Anime / SamuraiSeven

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Kirara develops feelings for Kambei, but though he silently acknowledges their existence he rejects her by interrupting her confession of love and stating that his heart is too barren and dried up to accept it. Katsushiro has feelings for Kirara, but it's never made clear how much of their ShipTease is her returning those feelings and how much is simply her feeling guilty over dragging him into the battle. In the end, Katsushiro is unable to find out and persue a relationship wit her for similar reasons as Kambei's.]]

* StockholmSyndrome: Rikichi's wife [[spoiler: with Ukyo's predecessor, aided by the fact that she's been impregnated with his child]]. By the time Kambei arrives to rescue her she doesn't want to be rescued.

* KnightOfCerebus: [[CompleteMonster Ukyo]] makes the show darker and once revealed as[[spoiler: the emperor's clone]] and the series true BigBad.

* KnightOfCerebus: [[MagnificentBastard Ukyo]] makes the show darker and once revealed as[[spoiler: the emperor's clone]] and the series true BigBad.

* HeroicSacrifice: Several, but most notably [[spoiler: Kikuchiyo, who'd been able to survive all previous injuries due to his mechanical body. After the flying-battleship Imperial Capital is disabled and crashes to earth, Kiku prevents it from careening into Kanna Village by picking up one of the giant Nobuseri swords and ''standing in front of it to slow it down and instead entirely deflecting its path away from the village and cutting it in half'' His ultimate fate? Melted down into near-nothingness; only his feet remain still planted firmly where he stood without giving an inch to the fortress..]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Katsushiro, Heihachi and Kyuzo are the pretty boys of the series.

* WeaponTropes: Kambei, Katsushiro, Gorobei, Heihachi - [[AbsurdlySharpBlade Absurdly Sharp]] [[KatanasAreJustBetter Katana]]; Shichiroji - BladeOnAStick; Kikuchiyo - {{BFS}}, then regular swords ([[ImprobableWeaponUser and tree/logs]]!) after his [[WreckedWeapon sword breaks]]; Kyuzo - DualWielding.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Kambei and Gorobei who according to WordOfGod are supposed to have respectively Hispanic and African features.

* LoveTriangle: [[TriangRelations Type 5]] -- Katsushiro loves Kirara, Kirara loves Kambei, and Kambei acknowledges her feelings but doesn't reciprocate.

* BareYourMidriff: Both Kirara's ceremonial garments and her day-to-day wear show off quite a lot of skin for a priestess. Some of the other women of Kanna village like Shino bare their midriffs too.

* OffModel: Conspicuously episode 7 and Episode 17 as well

* UnpronounceableAlias / OverlyLongName: Kambei is first seen resolving a hostage situation from Kikuchiyo's unwanted interference, under the name... Tenkaiheizaemon Yoshichika.

* LikeThatShowButWithMecha: ''Film/SevenSamurai'' didn't have any robots.

* [[RecycledInSpace Recycled In The Future!]] It's the traditional story but set in an age with cyborgs and airships.

* HeroicSacrifice: Several, but most notably [[spoiler: Kikuchiyo, who'd been able to survive all previous injuries due to his mechanical body. After the flying-battleship Imperial Capital is disabled and crashes to earth, Kiku prevents it from careening into Kanna Village by picking up one of the giant Nobuseri swords and ''standing in front of it to slow it down.'' His ultimate fate? Melted down into near-nothingness; only his feet remain.]]

* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler: Kirara develops feelings for Kambei, but though he silently acknowledges their existence he rejects her by interrupting her confession of love and stating that his heart is too barren and dried up to accept it. Katsushiro has feelings for Kirara, but it's never made clear how much of their ShipTease is her returning those feelings and how much is simply her feeling guilty over dragging him into the battle. In the end, Katsushiro rejects her as well for similar reasons as Kambei's.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Most of the samurai die and Kirara finds that her pure soul has been tainted by the battles, making her unfit to continue as a water priestess. Not only that, Katsushiro rejects her, as the war has hardened him too far for him to love... and Kambei adds yet another defeat to his already long list. On the other hand, the village is saved, Ukyo is defeated and killed and the villagers celebrate their victory with the surviving samurai. Kambei, Katsushiro, and Shichiroji manage to move on with their own lives, which isn't too bad.]]

%%* KidWithTheLeash

** [[spoiler: The Village Elder and Sanai]]

* StockholmSyndrome: Rikichi's wife and [[spoiler: Ukyo's predecessor, aided by the fact that she's been impregnated with his child]]. By the time Kambei arrives to rescue her she doesn't want to be rescued.

* {{Vibroweapon}}: It's suggested that the samurai are able to cut through the giant Nobuseri by vibrating their swords (by ''hand'', no less). It's noticeable when Kikuchiyo [[spoiler: uses a Nobuseri blade to stop the falling capital.]]

* AffablyEvil: Ukyo makes some pretty amusing comments and has a certain foppish style and seems liked by his PaidHarem [[spoiler: and he turns out to be a quite cunning villain]]

* MayDecemberRomance:
** Averted in the case of Kirara & Kambei.
** May or may not be the case with Kikuchiyo and Komachi, because don't know Kiku's true age since he's a cyborg.

* MagnificentSeven: An anime remake of the original.

* BareYourMidriff: Both Kirara's ceremonial garments and her day-to-day wear show off quite a lot of skin for a priestess.

* ReturnToSender: Katsushiro proves that he is a true samurai when he deflects a shot from the capitol back at it, (apparently by vibrating his sword by hand).
* TheRival: Kyuzo, to Kambei; see OnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou.