Top 100 Japan-only PS2 games
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- A video of 100 Japan-only PS2 games.
(keep the annotations turned on to see the names)
Technically, the video consists of one hundred and one game, but it's unclear whether one of the featured titles, Gekibo 2, is truly Japan-only.
A few titles that didn't make it into this video but are worth checking out: BeatMania IIDX series, Taiko no Tatsujin series, Pop'n Music series, Atelier series, Kikou Souhei Armodyne, Summon Night 3-4, Sacred Blaze, Hissatsu Ura-Kagyou, Yoshitsune Eiyuuden Shura, Fuuun Shinsengumi, Abarenbou Princess, Final Fantasy XII International, Namco x Capcom, Sakura Taisen - Atsuki Chishio Ni, Elminage, Bokura no Kazoku.
Games in the order they appear in the video:
00:00 Pipo Saru 2001
00:19 A.C.E. - Another Century's Episode 3
00:35 Kengo 3
00:51 Battle Gear 3
01:06 Ibara
01:25 Sakurazaka Shouboutai
01:42 Ka 2 - Let's Go Hawaii
02:03 Hokuto No Ken
02:22 Front Mission 5
02:42 Rimo-cocoron
03:00 Heavy Metal Thunder
03:17 Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut
03:39 Boku wa Chiisai
03:58 Yoshinoya
04:15 Garouden Breakblow - Fist or Twist
04:35 Mushihime-sama
04:54 Racing Battle - C1 Grand Prix
05:14 Mojib Ribbon
05:29 Dance Summit 2001 - Bust A Move
05:44 Tenka-bito
06:07 Dreammix TV - World Fighters
06:25 Sengoku Basara 2 - Heroes
06:44 Super Galdelic Hour
07:04 Monster Hunter 2 Dos
07:22 Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou
07:39 Psyvariar 2 - Ultimate Final
07:58 Doko Demo Issho - Toro to Nagare Boshi
08:18 Venus & Braves
08:37 Remote Control Dandy SF
08:56 Puyo Puyo Fever 2
09:13 Dragon Quest - Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon
09:33 Jet de Go! 2 - Let's Go by Airplane
09:50 Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
10:12 Thunder Force VI
10:31 Wrestle Kingdom 2 - Pro Wrestling Sekai Taisen
10:54 Space Fishermen
11:12 Roommania #203
11:29 Nights into Dreams
11:45 Hungry Ghosts
12:07 Sarugetchu - Million Monkeys
12:27 The King of Fighters 2002 - Unlimited Match
12:48 Kamiwaza
13:08 Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai-3D
13:26 Radirgy Precious
13:43 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu
14:00 Super Robot Taisen Z
14:18 Chain Dive
14:38 Truck Kyousokyoku
14:55 Let's Bravo Music
15:11 Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max 2 - Tokumori
15:29 Adventure Island (Hudson Selection Vol. 4)
15:48 Mawaza
16:07 Galaxy Force II - Special Extended Edition
16:24 Tokyo Bus Annai 2
16:43 Sengoku Basara X
17:00 Uchu-jintte Naani?
17:20 Bikkuri Mouse
17:39 Ninkyouden - Toseinin Ichidaiki
18:01 Tales of Rebirth
18:23 Tetsujin 28-Gou
18:43 Espgaluda
18:59 Vib Ripple
19:14 Initial D - Special Stage
19:32 Garou - Mark of the Wolves
19:53 Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!!
20:09 Pochinya
20:29 Kappa no Kai Kata - How to Breed Kappas
20:46 Ys III - Wanderers From Ys
21:08 Busin 0 - Wizardry Alternative Neo
21:30 King of Colosseum II
21:49 Ichigeki Sacchuu!! HoiHoi-San
22:08 TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga
22:25 Shin Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu
22:44 DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
23:03 Keroro Gunso - MeroMero Battle Royale Z
23:23 Dragon Quest V
23:43 The King of Fighters 94 - Re-bout
24:04 Koufuku Sousakan
24:25 Dragon Shadow Spell
24:43 Densha de Go! Final
25:03 Endnesia
25:16 Chaos Field - New Order
25:33 Rumble Fish
25:49 Taishou Mononoke Ibunroku
26:13 Hanjuku Eiyuu 4
26:30 PC Genjin (Hudson Selection Vol. 3)
26:50 Otostaz
27:07 Phantasy Star Generation 1-2
27:27 Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced
27:46 Curry House CoCo Ichibanya
28:02 Nippon Oozumou Kakutouhen
28:24 Kuma Uta
28:39 Seven - Molmorth no Kiheitai
29:00 Shadow Tower - Abyss
29:23 Plus Plum 2 Again
29:42 Wangan Midnight
30:01 Melty Blood - Actress Again
30:19 Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse
30:37 Zoku Segare Ijiri
30:57 Shining Wind
31:20 Gekibo 2
Here are the time stamps from the description for mobile users.
00:00 Pipo Saru 2001
00:19 A.C.E. - Another Century's Episode 3
00:35 Kengo 3
00:51 Battle Gear 3
01:06 Ibara
01:25 Sakurazaka Shouboutai
01:42 Ka 2 - Let's Go Hawaii
02:03 Hokuto No Ken
02:22 Front Mission 5
02:42 Rimo-cocoron
03:00 Heavy Metal Thunder
03:17 Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut
03:39 Boku wa Chiisai
03:58 Yoshinoya
04:15 Garouden Breakblow - Fist or Twist
04:35 Mushihime-sama
04:54 Racing Battle - C1 Grand Prix
05:14 Mojib Ribbon
05:29 Dance Summit 2001 - Bust A Move
05:44 Tenka-bito
06:07 Dreammix TV - World Fighters
06:25 Sengoku Basara 2 - Heroes
06:44 Super Galdelic Hour
07:04 Monster Hunter 2 Dos
07:22 Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou
07:39 Psyvariar 2 - Ultimate Final
07:58 Doko Demo Issho - Toro to Nagare Boshi
08:18 Venus & Braves
08:37 Remote Control Dandy SF
08:56 Puyo Puyo Fever 2
09:13 Dragon Quest - Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon
09:33 Jet de Go! 2 - Let's Go by Airplane
09:50 Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
10:12 Thunder Force VI
10:31 Wrestle Kingdom 2 - Pro Wrestling Sekai Taisen
10:54 Space Fishermen
11:12 Roommania #203
11:29 Nights into Dreams
11:45 Hungry Ghosts
12:07 Sarugetchu - Million Monkeys
12:27 The King of Fighters 2002 - Unlimited Match
12:48 Kamiwaza
13:08 Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai-3D
13:26 Radirgy Precious
13:43 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu
14:00 Super Robot Taisen Z
14:18 Chain Dive
14:38 Truck Kyousokyoku
14:55 Let's Bravo Music
15:11 Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max 2 - Tokumori
15:29 Adventure Island (Hudson Selection Vol. 4)
15:48 Mawaza
16:07 Galaxy Force II - Special Extended Edition
16:24 Tokyo Bus Annai 2
16:43 Sengoku Basara X
17:00 Uchu-jintte Naani?
17:20 Bikkuri Mouse
17:39 Ninkyouden - Toseinin Ichidaiki
18:01 Tales of Rebirth
18:23 Tetsujin 28-Gou
18:43 Espgaluda
18:59 Vib Ripple
19:14 Initial D - Special Stage
19:32 Garou - Mark of the Wolves
19:53 Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!!
20:09 Pochinya
20:29 Kappa no Kai Kata - How to Breed Kappas
20:46 Ys III - Wanderers From Ys
21:08 Busin 0 - Wizardry Alternative Neo
21:30 King of Colosseum II
21:49 Ichigeki Sacchuu!! HoiHoi-San
22:08 TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga
22:25 Shin Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu
22:44 DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
23:03 Keroro Gunso - MeroMero Battle Royale Z
23:23 Dragon Quest V
23:43 The King of Fighters 94 - Re-bout
24:04 Koufuku Sousakan
24:25 Dragon Shadow Spell
24:43 Densha de Go! Final
25:03 Endnesia
25:16 Chaos Field - New Order
25:33 Rumble Fish
25:49 Taishou Mononoke Ibunroku
26:13 Hanjuku Eiyuu 4
26:30 PC Genjin (Hudson Selection Vol. 3)
26:50 Otostaz
27:07 Phantasy Star Generation 1-2
27:27 Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced
27:46 Curry House CoCo Ichibanya
28:02 Nippon Oozumou Kakutouhen
28:24 Kuma Uta
28:39 Seven - Molmorth no Kiheitai
29:00 Shadow Tower - Abyss
29:23 Plus Plum 2 Again
29:42 Wangan Midnight
30:01 Melty Blood - Actress Again
30:19 Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse
30:37 Zoku Segare Ijiri
30:57 Shining Wind
31:20 Gekibo 2
You are a HERO!.
Eternal glory to you , thx
man
ihop you got the happiness you deserve
Thx
Thank you kind person !
thanks for this as a game artist i can say that these japan only games have unique aesthetics in them and actually inspire me to study how some of those are achieved especially the ones in 2D Fighters
Man, i miss when videogames had this amount of variety.
Appreciate the videos, been an awesome resource for importing!
I really wish the titles were in the video instead of in the description.
concedido.
yeah
Better than nothing right?
Time stamps is even better
Gaming was much more varied and original back in the day, especially from Japanese studios.
I don't agree. You can still find new games that are similar to most of these games. You probably don't look hard enough. But still, PS2 era was an amazing era.
@@sidma5661 The biggest thing missing nowadays are video games between AAA and indie, imo.
exactly I own ps4 and xbox one from current gen consoles but its been a while I havent touch them instead Iv been playing older Japanese games from ps2,ps1, dreamcast etc. tired of same repetitive games every year
there were good games but 90% of the games you just saw on the video are all unsuccessful and didn't sell well. that's why they are "Japan only games" lol
@@higgs135 Thats not true, if it not sells well in america it does not means unsuccessful! In japan some games in this vid sold really well in japan but there was no point in releasing outside japan because it would not get popular. Same as xbox it sold really well in america and europe but in japan it kinda failed, but it does not mean xbox is unsuccessful.
Incredible video, a lot of these games look very interesting to say the least. Thanks for broadening my horizon and you just confirmed to me that the PS2 era really was the best ere for video gaming.
I mean who knew there were good looking ping pong games afterall?
Also are these captured from the PS2 or through a PCX2 emulator?
Thak you for this man, you should make one more with the honorable mentions and those you think didn't make the cut.
I'm still waiting for the day when boku no natsuyasumi series get localized
To clearify Gekibo 2 is japan only. A english releases was planned called Polaroid Pete but the company that was supposed to do it went under before it was complete so it got cancelled. Even today the game remains exclusive for the PS2 and is Japan only.
Thank you so much for your video . love that.👍
What I had only is the 13:43, 13 and 2009 version.
Such awesome music. A lot of japanese games have so much spirit and creativity.
Amazing video, thanks!
It's a shame most Japanese PS2 games don't have an English language option because so many of these games look like they're really fun.
Thank you so much for this video! Very helpful in finding my most beloved game on the PS2
Amazing video. That Rumble Fish game looks great
I really do wish that Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc Chapter of the Holy Demon War was in this video.
R.I.P Kentaro Miura, you will be missed...😔
Oh, and your manga will soon have a hauntingly beautiful happy ending.😊
Thank you so much for this vid!
For anyone that wants alphabetical order:
A.C.E. - Another Century's Episode 3
Adventure Island (Hudson Selection Vol. 4)
Battle Gear 3
Bikkuri Mouse
Boku no Natsuyasumi 2
Boku wa Chiisai
Busin 0 - Wizardry Alternative Neo
Chain Dive
Chaos Field - New Order
Curry House CoCo Ichibanya
Dance Summit 2001 - Bust A Move
Densha de Go! Final
DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
Doko Demo Issho - Toro to Nagare Boshi
Dragon Quest - Shounen Yangus to Fushigi no Dungeon
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Shadow Spell
Dreammix TV - World Fighters
Endnesia
Espgaluda
Front Mission 5
Galaxy Force II - Special Extended Edition
Garou - Mark of the Wolves
Garouden Breakblow - Fist or Twist
Gekibo 2
Hanjuku Eiyuu 4
Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai-3D
Heavy Metal Thunder
Hokuto No Ken
Hungry Ghosts
Ibara
Ichigeki Sacchuu!! HoiHoi-San
Ikuze! Onsen Takkyuu!!
Initial D - Special Stage
Jet de Go! 2 - Let's Go by Airplane
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu
Ka 2 - Let's Go Hawaii
Kamiwaza
Kappa no Kai Kata - How to Breed Kappas
Kengo 3
Keroro Gunso - MeroMero Battle Royale Z
King of Colosseum II
Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max 2 - Tokumori
Koufuku Sousakan
Kuma Uta
Let's Bravo Music
Mawaza
Melty Blood - Actress Again
Mojib Ribbon
Monster Hunter 2 Dos
Mushihime-sama
Nights into Dreams
Ninkyouden - Toseinin Ichidaiki
Nippon Oozumou Kakutouhen
Otostaz
PC Genjin (Hudson Selection Vol. 3)
Phantasy Star Generation 1-2
Pipo Saru 2001
Plus Plum 2 Again
Pochinya
Psyvariar 2 - Ultimate Final
Puyo Puyo Fever 2
Racing Battle - C1 Grand Prix
Radirgy Precious
Remote Control Dandy SF
Rimo-cocoron
Roommania #203
Rumble Fish
Sakurazaka Shouboutai
Sarugetchu - Million Monkeys
Sengoku Basara 2 - Heroes
Sengoku Basara X
Seven - Molmorth no Kiheitai
Shadow Tower - Abyss
Shin Bakusou Dekotora Densetsu
Shin Gouketsuji Ichizoku - Bonnou Kaihou
Shining Wind
Space Fishermen
Super Galdelic Hour
Super Robot Taisen Z
Taishou Mononoke Ibunroku
Tales of Destiny - Director's Cut
Tales of Rebirth
TearRing Saga Series: Berwick Saga
Tenka-bito
Tetsujin 28-Gou
The King of Fighters 94 - Re-bout
The King of Fighters 2002 - Unlimited Match
Thunder Force VI
Tokyo Bus Annai 2
Triggerheart Exelica Enhanced
Truck Kyousokyoku
Twinkle Star Sprites: La Petite Princesse
Uchu-jintte Naani?
Venus & Braves
Vib Ripple
Wangan Midnight
Wrestle Kingdom 2 - Pro Wrestling Sekai Taisen
Yoshinoya
Ys III - Wanderers From Ys
Zoku Segare Ijiri
I mean i guess beatmania IIDX wouldnt be on here since one was released in the U.S., but the mixes from japan are the best
I'm loving this series you've got going on here, can you perhaps do PS3 import exclusives next?
+CoolAsDan The PS3 has so few the list would top out at 20 and at least one half would be taken up by Ryu ga Gotoku and Super Robot Taisen games. )
Redd Arremer I'd be down for it. ;)
@@RedScare17 I’m down
PS3 has no games
@@theinfeno lol
japan really has the most creative minds in gaming, modern indies are really derivative of eachother they can barely match the ps1 and ps2 days of "who gives a fuck i am making whatever i want" attitude
Great video and great selection of fascinating games. Shame the annotated name of the game is on so briefly that's it hard to catch the name. So thanks for providing a full list in the details instead, the time point links are brilliant. Must have been hard work.
That Tetsujin28 game looks good.
Thanks for posting this video. It is very helpful.
Great video, thanks for doing this.
Thank you very much for this video! I found it very helpful!!
I agree! It's certainly helping me which games for me to burn onto my blank DVD discs to play on my FreeMCboot PS2 console!
Extremely cool vid cheers
Guessing Spike's character model in AE2 was reused from Pipo Saru 2001.
Bro how come japan got to get Sengoku BASARA 2 and that another century mech game looks sick
Damn almost all of this games is so interesting. The graphics looks really good too. Hats Off for JAPAN.
Make more of these videos.
Please
Can you do like 50 of the best Japan-only PS3 games? Too many good imports. Probably the same for PS4 if it gets enough to make the list.
Prediction before watching: there's gonna be incredible stuff in it.
Did any games from the Simple Series make this list? I didn't notice any. Any chance of you making a compilation of the Simple Series?
there is a lot of games you forgot :
Berserk
Namco X Capcom
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix
Deka Voice
Shibai Mitchi
Popolocrois 3
Sega Rally 2006 + Sega Rally 95
all Sakura Taisen serie
Sega Ages serie
Virtua Fighter Anniversary
Tales of Symphonia
Coolboarders 2001 (not sure)
Virtua Quest (not sure)
Or even the NamCollection; Little compilation that had 5 of Namco’s PS1 games ported with analog support & enhanced graphics. Those games on that comp being Klonoa, Mr. Driller, Ace Combat 2, Ridge Racer & Tekken 2.
Feel free to make another video with the 'not so top games' Japan-only PS2 games. :)
that music remind me okami running on the open field
Because it is from okami it is orcas theme
@@armorwolf7934 facepalm, I need to replay it then
There's a game I played when I was a kid but I don't remember the name. I'm not sure if the game was in japanese but I remember that looks like Isekai, the main character is a kid with a blue hair maybe and after his parents had a discussion he was teleported to an adventure/fantasy world, the first place he appears was too green. Do Someone knows the name?
Dude you dont know how much this kinda videos relaxes me
Garouden Breakblow FOT and Battle Gear 3 were fantastic imports
Thanks, nice video :)
I love the music choice for this vid
Front Mission 5 still hurts =(
19:02 - my brother thought that this game was an acid trip.
3:00 - you're Damn Right Heavy Metal Thunder's on this list! played this game on an emulator and had a blast!
thanks !
I've discovered some new games !
Nice list. I got myself a Japanese PS2 so might get some of these games :)
Needs the game names in the video or at least put the time next to the names in the description
4:18 fucking awesome
You should've made a hint that some of those games came out of Japan later on, like KOF UM on other consoles....so some of them are not japan exclusive games
i really want nippon oozumou !!!! damn !!!
Would be interesting if you put the names in the video while you was editing it.
Dear Redd Arremer, thank you for your work. I have added dozens and dozens of games to my want list thanks to you. Would you please explain how you got such high video quality on the footage of these games?
Thanks for going to the effort, but to actually go through all of them and count the order to find the one that they want but who has time for that? It would have been nice to have the time stamp on each one so that they could be easily identitified. But something is better than nothing someone somewhere I guess.
excellent video
You forgot Panzer Dragoon PS2 version.
Any chance of doing a PSP/Vita version of these videos¿
Can somebody tell me what's the name of the soundtrack in the background.
Orca's theme from Okami.
Vincent Valentine Darude Sandstorm
There is a game similar to Sakurazaka Shouboutai that came out in the U.S called Firefighter FD 18.
I recently downloaded around 1200 Japanese PS1 games. Looks like I'll be doing the same for PS2.
The artwork in the Japanese games, both box art and in-game, is amazing.
How did you do that?
The music is from Ōkami, right? What's the song? Cuz Ōkami has an immense number of songs and I can't seem to find it xD
[edit]: nvm is Orca's theme.
Any hope for a dreamcast/gamecube list though? :)
+sexyjutsuuser101 In the future, maybe. Videos like this take an obscene amount of time to make.
Understandable of course, thanks for taking the time to make these in the first place
NA games were mostly brown and gray during the PS2/PS3 days. Hard to believe how colorful this list is. I wish we’d gotten more of these games.
We played some of those Games growing up in Oman. Nice games
Good work
How do you call the 4:00 minute game ?, it looks interesting
+TheKaaguy It's Yoshinoya.
By far the best game is Tearring Saga Berwick Saga. There is an English translation which is very good. The game is probably the best of its entire genre and a top title of the console.
Good video but i need the MTPBF (The Power Battle Fighters)
Anyone remember a Japan only rhythm game involving cat/dog people in a bar? I remember X-Play doing a review of the game and the mystery of what that game was is driving me crazy! The games' story involves a love triangle. A scrawny teenage cat/dog person and a buff, rock n' roll type cat/dog person are trying to win the affections of some girl that works at or frequents the bar/nightclub/whatever where the game takes place. Dancing ensues. I'm almost positive that it was a PS2 game, and that it was reviewed on X-Play. I just want to know what the hell that game was, and where I can find X-Play's review of it, assuming X-Play reviewed it...Maybe I just saw a trailer/gameplay footage for it on an episode of Cinematech...
Probably parappa the rapper 1 or 2? the 2nd game is for PS2.
@@danl9621 Ah, it turned out to be Dog of Bay!
sadly no love for captain tsubasa ps2 it was one of the epic games out there
i advise you to try it.
for any other fans, mad maestro 2 (let's bravo music) apparently is japanese text but entirely english dubbed. weird, right?
Garou: Mark of the Wolves and Melty Blood: Actress Again kick ass.
Thnxs for this:)
I own 10 games from this list (mostly fighters)the rest are pretty much unplayable if you don´t know Japanese.
I want to learn Japanese just to play Boku no Natsuyasumi..
5 out of these 100 japanese games are worth owning for me.
whats the background music at the beginning? its so good
It's from Okami game
Didn't Let's Bravo Music get an american release as Mad Maestro?
japan games could make a come back if they give you the full game and none of that "dlc" bullshit....cos come on they make awesome games :)
The uploader should have put the titles of each game being showed on the video.
+CutiePie CZcamsr! They did. They're in the annotations.
ssjfan225
Where can I find the annotations?
+CutiePie CZcamsr! Click on the little gear on the bottom right. You'll see an option that says "annotations". Click on that. If you see a check next to that option afterwards, that means the annotations are on. Annotations aren't available if you're using CZcams on mobile.
ssjfan225 - there is no anotations for this video!
+CutiePie CZcamsr! Your problem likely stems from the fact that you are using a mobile device. CZcams annotations indeed do not work on Android and iOS, at least normally. No idea whether there's a way to get them to appear.
Hey...you missed Sega Rally! :D
most of these videos has a ps3 graphics ,
japan the best ...
Então estou com uma dúvida por cê esses jogos japonês 🇯🇵 são bom mais é difícil de indentificar os nomes vocês tem os nomes desses jogos japonês
Can you make the part 2?
It's about the time travel for the PS2!
Thank you very much.
I keep thinking that’s Mini-Me shouting “EEEEEEEEE!!!”
i Need a name of 1 J-RPG in wich the protagonist they were all' girls and they had vings like Legend of dragoon.
On Anime style
nice job
Okami soundtrack?
Why no Super Dimension Fortress Macross?
It's a shame such a beautiful game like Venus & Braves with character generations (kinda like rogue legacy) mechanics never got an English version.
I remember back in 2009 wanting to learn Japanese to play it.
why did you put some games like 5-6 seconds and some 20 + seconds...and mostly bad ones are very long
Y los nombres de los juegos???😞
Music is from Okami
What is the name of game in minute 8:00?
I'd like to say that the Gamecube/PS2 era was my last favorite gaming time. I do own a PS3 and Wii U, but no counting the Nintendo games (which are always top quality) I'm not favorable of how gaming is with these last two gens (PS3/PS4). The games seem tired, uninspired, and shotty. Of course there's also the awful dlc packs and then the pre-order nonsense, and lastly the rushed releases that don't even work properly.
To me this was the best generation, The Clash of Four Titans, Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and Sega with their respectives awesome machines, Game Cube, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Dreamcast, A bunch of legendary games from each them. What a sick and magic era.
agreed. psx had a lot of quirky, weird titles, and ps2 too, but since the start of the ps3\x360 era, they just stopped doing these kind of games, which is shame as all games nowadays looks the same
Which are the best out of these?
Sengoku hime?