It is also a weapon of actual samurai who sometimes wore oni style masks to invoke fear in enemies.

Her weapon, a kanabō, is the traditional weapon of an oni in Japanese folklore.When her entire name is translated, it can mean 'longicorn' in English, a family of insects (otherwise known as longhorn beetles).Thus, her name could be taken to mean 'God of the Eroding Slash'. Her name can be broken into three separate Japanese words: Kami (神 kami, 'god'), Kiri (斬 kiri, 'slash') and Musi (蝕 mushi, 'erode' or 'eclipse').It should be noted that the chart excludes non canon elements like crossover characters and story elements from Broken Destiny's Gauntlet mode, yet still includes Kamikirimusi and other Soulcalibur IV bonus characters. Unlike the guest characters in both Soulcalibur IV and previous games, Kamikirimusi is included in a relationship chart released alongside Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny, in spite of her absence from that game, unlike the actual guest characters.It can also mean 'god, deity' (神) ( kami), 'cutting' (斬) ( ki) and 'eclipse' (蝕) ( rimusi) separately.Kamikirimusi means 'Divine Slaughter' (神斬蝕).Strength to end it all! (during critical finish).Even with the same moves it all depends on the user.Fighting is not only way to settle this.Uh-oh! I think I should've eased up a bit.Strength is not the only path to victory!.Taki (Story Mode Stages 2–5(final stage only).Kamikirimusi appears in the Tower of Lost Souls as a boss in Ascend mode, on the floor 'Unbinding Wave'. The subtitles narrating the scene go on to explain that Kamikirimusi finally found the family she was eternally searching for, and that today, she is no more, having disappeared along with her friends. Without a word, he accepts her hand and the two leave together. Kamikirimusi, seeing some of herself in Algol, extends her hand to the fallen king. She became drawn to it and began searching for this power. As she took her first steps, she felt a great power that could make the world tremble, a power beyond that of any human. Kamikirimusi's friends were nowhere to be found as they had all either been vanquished or faded away after their release. Six hundred years later, Japan was now in a period of civil war, and nearly all the supernatural power once feared in the capital was gone. At first, Kamikirimusi was disappointed at this, though she decided to keep her promise and wait quietly in the pit for the appointed time came. As her friends swarm out of the pit that had been their place of confinement, she thought about how her captor had said that they must stay longer. Some time later, she realized she had control of her body again and that the restraints were gone. Although she found her punishment to be unreasonable, she decided to be good and submit to her restraints. During the Heian Period, Kamikirimusi, a female oni, destroyed the capital, causing her to be magically restrained by an onmyōdō practitioner.

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