Note: I owe some of the research into the Missions undergone by this League to the Agent Codename: Etherboy.

The Samurai League-Edo Period

On July 8th 1853, Japan opened trade with the rest of the world. The English perhaps expected to discover another society which they could exploit or possibly conquer, instead found a civilized society. Many turned to reports of a long missing Englishman Lord Blackthorn, who vanished in the 1600s while looking for Japan, and whom was confirmed to have found the country, as being perhaps responsible for such a well educated society, however this was purely the result of the level of racism shared by the British at the time, the same breed that assumed that Egyptians built the pyramids with the aid of aliens because such a group of savages could not have done so, though in the case of Egypt, they turned out to be correct due to the presence of the Goa'Uld, though they overthrew these enslavers. Japan did have a similar encounter with an alien race called the "Amanto"((天人, "Sky People") and continued to be under their rule until the 1860s, wherein Samurai were outlawed. This did not stop a group of such warriors from coming together.

in the early 1600s, Shogun Yoshi Torinaga had, eerily paralleling the actions of King James in England at the time despite this occurring prior to contact between the nation, instigated a purge of the supernatural entities within the land, though while those in Britain were often polite towards humans and even intermarried into the Royal family, those creatures in Japan, named Yokai, were known to be hostile and violent. There were also noble warriors who protected the balance like the half demon Inuyasha, spotted sometime between 1453 to 1553 in Western time during the Tenbun era, and the woman raised by wolves Princess Mononoke who interfered in the War of Onin(1467-1477). The two allegedly works together to protect nature from the invading armies, these two warriors were long since believed to had died, but they had left behind a legacy that is continued by those like Kitaro who often attempt to find solutions to problems that arise between the two. The Torinaga Shogunate wished to purge all Yokai, and to this extent waged war with the fearsome Shogun of the Dark. The Emperor believed there should be peace. This rift was partly why a group of Samurai was summoned.

Despite the ban on Samurai set up by the Amanto occupation. Samurai had many legends based upon rebelling against authorities. The Story of the Seven Samurai, and the 47 Ronin were popular and the alien power was dwindling at least for a time thanks to the effort of the occasionally heroic and still fairly active Japanese gods such as Ameratsu and Raiden. The inciting incident of th Samurai League's formation was when a strange darkness engulfed the country. The Emperor personally led an assault on this threat,as the Gods were occupied elsewhere, and was left the sole survivor of a Demon's rampage. To defeat the demon he was granted a magical sword from three godlike beings, which he did not recognize, but the Japanese Thunder God Raiden did. They were Odin, Ra and Rama, gods of other pantheons gathered together to vanquish a Darkness which had survived and found its way to earth as the Meteor that killed the Dinosaurs. The three gods granted the Emperor a weapon, and momentary control of a Flying Nimbus. He then set off an after an intense battle, the demon was defeated and the Emperor's son was born. However, the fear the demon would return hang over the heads of many. Preparations were made and Warriors were summoned.

When the Amanto invaded, the Torinaga Shogunate surrendered and swore loyalty. This was one of many actions which disgraced them in the eyes of many of Japan's civilizations and was made worse by Oshio Heihachiro's Rebellion, and the great Tenpo famine, the latter of which caused the death of thousands and caused several peasant rebellions to occur. The Emperor did not surrender to the Amanto and continued fighting, believing the enchanted sword could vanquish these "Demons" as it had with one far stronger, but he realized quickly he was not enough. He set out a call to a disgraced Torinaga executioner, who had gone rogue rather than commit Hara Kiri, and now travelled with his young son. As they approached the village they met the Young Prince, The Emperor's son at a bridge playing, when the executioner was attacked. He defeated the Shogun Assassins and continued on his way. From then on the Prince wished to become a Samurai, which were outlawed under Amanto rule. The name of the man and his son was Ogami Itto and Ogami Daigoro.

Ogami Itto and Ogami Daigoro
Once a Torinaga Shogunate Kogi Kaishakunin (the Shōgun's executioner). For those samurai and lords ordered to commit Seppuku(a ritualistic suicide the dishonored are forced to perform for the uninformed)the Kogi Kaishakunin assists their deaths by decapitating them to relieve the agony of disembowelment; in this role, he was entitled and empowered to wear the crest of the shogunate, in effect acting in place of the shōgun

After Ogami Ittō's wife Azami gave birth to their son, Daigorō, Ogami Ittō returned home to find her and all of their household brutally murdered, with only the newborn Daigorō surviving. The supposed culprits are three former retainers of an abolished clan, avenging the execution of their lord by Ogami Ittō.

However, the entire matter was planned by Ura-Yagyū. Yagyū Retsudō, leader of the Ura-Yagyū clan, in order to seize Ogami's post as part of a masterplan to control the three key positions of power: the spy system, the official assassins and the Shogunate Decapitator. During the initial incursion, aihai(funeral tablet) with the shōgun's crest on it was placed inside the Ogami family shrine, signifying a supposed wish for the shogun's death. When the tablet is "discovered" during the murder investigation, its presence condemns Ittō as a traitor and thus he is forced to forfeit his post.

The one-year-old Daigorō was given a choice by his father: a ball or a sword. If Daigorō chose the ball, his father would kill him, sending Daigorō to be with his mother; however, the child crawled toward the sword and reached for its hilt. This assigned him the path of a ronin(Masterless Samurai), wandering the country with his father as "demons"—the assassin-for-hire team that becomes known as Lone Wolf and Cub, vowing to destroy the Yagyū clan to avenge Azami's death and Ittō's disgrace.

The displacement and even Civil War between the Torinaga Shogunate and the Emperor allowed Ogami Itto to sure a position of power. What the Prince had witnessed was an attempt on the life of the two by their enemies: The Yagyu clan.

However the pair were not the only ones invited.

Zatoichi
A Samurai blind from childhood, yet also almost contradictory, one of the deadliest Samurai to ever live. He often made himself appear as a harmless blind masseur and gambler, believed to have used his enhanced hearing to predict the roll of dice. Zatoichi was more noble than most Samurai, regretting taking the lives of the people he killed.

Zatoichi and Ogami Itto and Daigoro agreed to fight against the Shogunate. For Ogami and son nothing changed, while no one believed Zatoichi was a threat until they were dying by his sword. It was said Zatoichi proposed the use of Seven Samurai, perhaps as a joke referring to the group of Seven Samurai recruited to defend a village form bandits that resulted in the death of all but three. However, they had gained great fame and became legends, and such a group would have inspired the people. To accomplish this, Zatoichi recalled running into two Samurai still living that had truly tested him, and for that matter survived him, and the two were promptly sought out and recruited.

They were:

Daisaku Sasa
Also known later as Kuwabatake Sanjuro, a ronin who Zatoichi now bared a scar across his back as a reminder of, stuck at a moment of treachery after the finished fighting. group together. Which Itto commented was dishonorable and that he hesitated working with such a warrior as Zatoichi should hesitate to trust him again. The blind swordsman agreed and admitted to feeling similar upon meeting him. Daisaku would demonstrate a cunningness to him, often finding ways to turn factions against each other, so that he could finish them off himself once they were weakened, while remaining a competent fighter despite his considered underhanded tactics. He perhaps saw an advantage to do this again in the conflict between the Torinaga Shogunate and the Emperor.

Fang Kang
A One armed Swordsman from Hong Kong. He had multiple times chosen to hung up his signature broken sword to live a life as a farmer with his wife, but often found himself forced to fight to protect those he cared about including the school of his late Master which he had rejected. Aside form his sword he was the only member of this league to possess Martial Arts knowledge. Due to having fought a greater variety of foes than his comrades. This was the result of Kang being forced to do battle with a gang called the Eight Kings, of which each member possessed a different tactic, forcing him to develop techniques of his own, though at the cost of the lives of the students who had asked him to help them. While the tragedies he had endured always compelled him to return to a quiet life, he was always pushed back into fighting. He once more hesitated to fight for a country that was not his own, until the death of his wife, left him a broken man, and he now wished an honorable demise. Fang Kang was also Chinese, and not a Samurai, and had fewer restrictions because of this such as not being forced to commit Hara Kiri if ordered to do so, or even obey laws from the Emperor of the Shogun.

Early Missions Against Human Antagonists
Once the team was complete, it was believed by the thunder god Raiden that they were inadequate to deal with supernatural threats such as the Amanto, as they had until then only fought against human enemies. As such their first missions were against the Torinaga Shogunate and clans which were its allies. This included the Yagyu Clan, who did not in any let up their attempts on the life of Ogami and Daigoro, now that he was traveling with a blind man and a one armed man with a broken sword, The Hanzo Ninja clan formerly led by the great Hattori Hanzo, remained allies of the Torinaga Shogunate for hundreds of years. They also battled the Samurai League, as well as the Foot Clan. The League did however receive allies in the form of the Hayabusa clan. This came to an end with one final mission, aiding the 13 Assassins in killing the corrupt and sadistic torturer Lord Matsudaira Naritsugu.

Supernatural opponents.
As time went on the Samurai League found itself facing progressively less human opponents. Their first encounter was the pursuit of immortal Takezo Kensei, a legendary hero who had in the previous centuries continued to live yet grew more embittered with the world and hostile. The Samurai League was briefed on known immortals, and how they could be killed with decapitation. They engaged Kensei in battle, discovering him to be an English descendant of Lord Blackthorn. Kensei proved a difficult foe as he could regenerate. They fought and presumably killed him when they decapitated him but he was shown to have somehow survived this, though he was not seen in Japan again.

The Samurai League were also sent to deal with assorted Yokai and mystical creatures, such as the Kappa, rokurokubi, nukekubi, Jorogumo, Gashadokuro, tengu, Yomotsu-shikome, and Kuchisake-onna. The most harrowing of these dealings was when in the Mist, the long destroyed Spider's Web Castle, reappeared. The warriors entered the abandoned fortress when an arrow landed at Sasa's foot, squarely in the space between his toes, and destroying his sandal. Further inspection led the group to realize this did not happen not anyone else. The spirits appeared to take issue only with Sasa and it was decided that he not enter the castle. An argument resulted in Sasa leaving for a nearby forest. He encountered a Spirit at a Spinning wheel. then he felt a hand at his should rand nearly jumped out of his skin until he discovered it was Zatoichi and the others. They stayed hidden and approached the Spirit, which spoke of the past in a small hut. A sheet of cloth flew by, momentarily obscuring the figure and when it passed it had vanished. An inspection of the area only resulted in a pile of leaves filled with bones and the belongings of multiple Samurai.

On the way back, the Four stayed at the home of a woman who instructed them not to inspect the back room. They all agree until Sasa awoke to look for Daigoro and found him peaking into the back room. Sasa grabbed him and then peaked inside to see the Body parts of Samurai. He shouted loud enough to awake the others and their hostess transformed into an unholy being the the League was able to kill after a fierce battle. While it seemed the threat had ended, Sasa began to demonstrate strange behavior and he attempted to kill the Emperor in a mad desire to become Shogun but Zatoichi stopped him, having sensed something off. He was restrained and the group debated what to do. After extensive research it was discovered that he had become possessed by a spirit of his ancestor Washizu Taketoki, who ruled the castle until he was killed by his own men in a barrage of arrows. They attempted to form a plan despite Spider's Web castle having disappeared back into the fog. However, an insane solution was considered. There were spirits that killed Samurai and it was believed they could kill Washizu's spirit.

The Spirits were discovered to have been a mother and daughter who had returned as vengeful spirits. The mother had been reunited with her husband and now only the daughter remained. They were led to the ghost by a man named Gintoki, who believed he had ended the threat before. The Daughter's spirit attacked. Washizu's spirit rose to fight and was seen by the others to be dragged into the underworld with the daughter.

Some have pointed out the similarities between the life of Washizu Taketoki and that of Macbeth. This would have been mere coincidence were it not for the similarities between Hidetora Ichimonji and King Leir, another Celtish leader.

With many Yokai dealt with. The Samurai League next turned their attention to other creatures including the later named "Pokemon". During the reign of Oda Nobunaga these creatures had become plentiful but Torinaga's purge had greatly weakened their number. It was the League's mission to aid these creatures in escaping to otherworldly realms where they could live peacefully, possibly among humans should they exist there. They would not begin to reappear in our world until the 1990s. They also dealt with creatures called Mushi with the aid of a Mushi Master named Ginko. This experience led them to investigate many of the parallel worlds intersecting with our own including a "Ninja World", and a strange world inhabited by talking animals where they met a Rabbit ronin named Miyamoto Usaji, along with what are presumed to be the equivalents of themselves such as Sasa's equivalent which was a Rhino named Gen, Zatoichi's equivalent of Zato-Ino the Blind Swordspig and a Goat carrying his young son in a baby cart. They also encountered an infant form of a creature which they reported could breathe fire and called itself "Zylla". Strangely this land and its inhabitants appeared to have not aged as they were visited in the 1990s by a group of Adolescent Genetically altered Shinobi Terrapins. The Samurai also searched for the Mythical creature called the Phoenix with no success, though they may have lied to prevent the powerful creature from falling into the wrong hands.

With their success dealing with odd creatures. They quickly moved to dealing with one of the more formidable foes: The Shogun of the Dark. While powerful, his "Devils" possessed strange abilities. While they were able to kill many of these demonic enemies. The true Shogun of the Dark, an immortal who had survived decapitation as well similar to Kensei,(It seems that the Japanese form of immortality differs from the western equivalent), would be killed by a vagabond named Jubei.

With the Samurai League having proven themselves against one Dark Shogun. It came time for them to battle another.

The Emperor revealed his fear the demon Aku would return and that should that happen, a mystical sword was the only way to vanquish him. He hoped that one of the Warriors would carry out this task.

Unfortunately, they would not fulfill this task. As the god Raiden would require their services.

Despite his previous hesitation, the League had proven themselves to the Thunder God and while he doubted they could stand a chance in the Otherworldly tournament of Mortal Combat. He instead wished the group to serve as spies, keeping an eye on Emperor Shao Kahn, but they were called back when Aku returned and attacked. Raiden felt personal guilt for this as he did not believe the ancient enemy would return. The goddess Ameratsu appeared to the Samurai League in the form of a white dog and guided them through the portal. They were confronted by Goro, the Netherworld champion. Kang elected to stay behind and did so while the others fled. Goro could be heard making a comment about ripping Kong's other arm off.

As the Samurai League returned, the Prince had already been moved and a plan the Emperor had made without Raiden had been implemented. The heir was now heading to a Time Portal, along the way learning astronomy. With no way of knowing his location the League remained in Japan and believed they would be better off going their separate ways should a combined attack kill them all or the demon Aku attack the group while they lacked the method to kill him. Surprisingly Aku did not take direct power but instead ruled secretly, likely in fear of the Sword being used against him while so many Samurai were running around.

Ogami itto and Daigoro went on with their travels and fighting against the Yagyu and Torinaga Shogunate. The new Torinaga Executioner, Yamada Asaemon was ordered by his superiors to kill Ogami Ittō, but secret interference by Yagyu Retsudo causes his sword to become damaged. During his duel with Ogami, Asaemon's sword breaks, resulting in his death. Toward the end of their journeys, Ogami Ittō's dōtanuki sword was also surreptitiously damaged by a supposed sword-polisher who was really an elite "Grass" ninja of the Yagyū clan. When attacked by the last of the Grass ninja, the sword breaks due to Yagyū tampering, and Ittō receives wounds that are ultimately fatal. Deadlocked in mid-battle with his enemy Retsudō, Ittō's spirit leaves his body after a lifetime of fatigue and bloodshed, unable to destroy his longtime enemy and ending his path of meifumadō. Daigorō took up Retsudō's spear and charged in fury. Retsudō opened his arms, disregarding all defense, and allows Daigorō to drive the spear into his body. Embracing Daigorō with tears, Yagyū Retsudō named him "grandson of my heart", closing the cycle of vengeance and hatred between the clans and concluding the long journey.

Zatoichi would continue his travels and even return to offer his aid on several occasions. His hair grew back and he lived long enough for it to become White. While he had no children he did train at leas one known apprentice. A girl born blind which was named Ichi. Zatoichi rescued her and left her in the care of a group of goze, giving Ichi a small bell to remember him by. Zatoichi visited her as she grew and secretly taught her the fighting techniques Zatoichi had mastered. Ichi grew up to be a musically talented and beautiful woman, as well as an accomplished sword-fighter. After one of her goze group's performances, she was raped by one of the patrons. Goze were strictly forbidden to marry and required to be celibate so she was later expelled from the goze household, even though it broke the other members' hearts. She pleaded with the man who had raped her to talk to the leader of the goze so she could go back to the group, but instead he mocked her and tried to attack her again. She was able to draw the sword she kept hidden in her cane and killed him. Ichi then travelled Japan to look for Zatoichi, who she believed was her father.

Sasa was the only one to change his name, to "Kuwabatake Sanjuro". In 1860, in the final days of the Torinaga Shogunate, to which some say he was responsible for, Sanjuro put an end to rival factions in a small town which gave him a level of fame.

The Prince was on his travels, which were intended to train him for his inevitable battle with the demon. He was taken to a portal through time, with the intent that he would train with the greatest warriors of the past. This was permitted by the Guardian of the portal. Once the journey was made, he learned Horseback riding from an Arabian Sheikh, combat from an African Chief of the Zulu, How to read Hieroglyphics as well as various fields of Academics from ancient Egyptian Priest Imhotep, close quarter combat from Roman gladiators, Archery from Robin Hood, sailing and Navigation from Vikings, Axe throwing from a Russian Boyar, Spearing while riding from Mongols, and Martial Arts from Master Chu and his Shaolin Monks. Finally he returned to his own time a man. Several years had passed, for him as well. The members of the Samurai League were informed that it was time and all returned to Japan for a fated final battle. However, there were new members, who had joined since then. the Samurai League had channeled the tale of the 47 Ronin and buyed their time to divert suspicion.

Jubei Kibagami
a vagabond ninja who once served the Yamashiro clan and was blackmailed by into fighting the Eight Devils of Kimon for the Torinaga Shogunate. A wisecracking, cynical figure with a strong moral sense, his skill and speed with his sword were such that he was able to attack opponents and destroy objects using the winds created by his slashes. He was also responsible for killing the Shogun of the Dark. A few which resulted in his recruitment.

Himura Kenshin
A former legendary assassin, now a wandering swordsman, wielding a sakabatō (逆刃刀, literally "reverse-blade sword")—a Katana that has the cutting edge on the inwardly curved side of the sword, thus being nearly incapable of killing. Kenshin wandered the Japanese countryside offering protection and aid to those in need as atonement for the murders he once committed as an assassin.

Gintoki Sakata

A former rebel samurai. Gintoki once fought against the Amanto until he realized the lack of sense in doing so, leading to him choosing to instead make a living as a freelancer for hire in Edo. He joined up with the League not out of obligation but a desire to pay the monthly rent.

Iguchi Seibei
a low-ranking samurai of the Unasaka clan in Shonai Province of northeast Japan. With two daughters, Kayano and Ito, an ill wife and an aging mother to support, he and his family struggled to survive in austerity. He refused to drink or eat with fellow samurai, and concentrates on housework and moonlighting.

The surviving original three members united once more in the 1860s, towards the end of the Edo Period. The new members recruited by Sasa, now Sanshiro. Ogami Itto had died, succeeded by an adult Ogami Daigoro.

The group met at the same village which the Seven Samurai had famously defended with the intent of planning an assault to distract Aku's forces while the Prince killed the Demon. The villagers hid until Sanshiro banged a large gong, which caused Zatoichi great pain. The villagers gathered before the samurai and it was discovered that Sanshiro had banged the gong to call forth the villagers, knowing they would come for protection, and recruit them as part of his plan.

Just as the attack was being planned, the Torinaga Shogunate army appeared approaching en masse. The Samurai quickly believed one of them had betrayed them but had to focus on defending the village and where forced to separate and follow their original plan, which included destroying the bridges should they be forced to retreat. This was intended to also demonstrate In a trial by fire who was the traitor depending o what part of the plan was failed. The bridge was not destroyed, allowing a large amount of the Shogunate forces to pass. They were greeted by a seemingly empty village and demanded the inhabitants surrender the Samurai. The first person they saw was Daigoro pushing a cart. They allowed him to approach until he reached into the cart and hurled a hidden wooden spear, impaling the commanding officer. An ambush was then made and a battle ensued that forced the Torinaga Shogunate to retreat.

The conflict seemed to be over, until another army arrived, that of Aku's. The explosion had attracted them. Aku's forces and the Shogunates met. While hiding the Samurai uncovered the remains of the belongings of other Samurai and confronted the villagers, who revealed that they had originally killed Samurai until the original Seven had stepped in to save them.

Sanshiro, seeing an opportunity, attempted to walk out dressed in Shogunate Samurai armor, which had allegedly stolen by one of the Janitors of the Torinaga Shogunate, long ago after he had seen a Samurai refuse to commit Hara Kiri attempt t steal the armor before he was killed and his death covered up. Zatoichi saw that it was suicide and the two fought with the Blind swordsman being wounded.

Sanshiro approached Aku's minions dressed in the Shogunate armor and striked at one of them. The clothing of the attacked was torn but his flesh regenerated. It appeared they were made of Aku's own essence, meaning only the enchanted sword could harm them. He muttered something along the lines of "At last the seven are complete" before he was struck down. Causing a fight between Aku's forces and the Shogunate.

Seeing that it was likely the Shogunate would lose, Jubei, who had good standing with them went out to help them despite knowing he would be killed. His fate is unknown. The forces of the Amanto also arrived, as Aku's forces had led to their decline. Gintoki, seeing a chance to eliminate them once and for all, left the group to finish off his old foes, leading his own group against them.

This left Daigoro, Kenshin, and Seibei. Daigoro gave the order that he would continue the mission and save his old friend the Prince by going with Seibei to Aku's tower. After they left, Kenshin realized his backwards blade had been stolen. When they were close enough to the tower, Daigoro knocked out Seibei, not wanting to risk his life as he had an ailing wife, mother and two daughters, and continued on his own.

As it seemed the battle was being won by Aku's minions, some of the villagers attempted to kill Kenshin, at this moment he noticed Daigoro had taken his sword. He was attacked but since he had no sword, the villagers ignored him once he was subdued. Zatoichi, despite being injured fought back with his sword cane. Having noticed his discomfort and pain from the banging of the gong, the villagers attacked the blindman with gongs, to disorient him and thus kill him. he grabbed his ears and screamed in pain, then opened his eyes. Many men had seen them, they were completely white with no pupils.

And then his eyes rolled back into place.

And the Blindswordsman was not blind at all.

The rogue villagers asked why. Their only answer was for all three of them to be cut down with a single strike. Kenshin saw this as he awoke for a moment and then collapsed again, thinking it was all a dream. Given later evidence that supports the claim that Zatoichi could see. It has been included here.

Daigoro tough the forces of Aku by the base of his tower when the entire structure collapsed in an explosion. He saw two figures running, the Prince and a woman in black clothing. The two shared a reunion and the Prince, when asked what happened, the Prince hesitated a sip in deep thought, and said simply that he had killed Aku. Daigoro saw the woman approach the Prince and, noticing her warlike skin, drew his blade. She pulled back. The Prince drew his sword and blocked the attack. Daigoro explained that she had skin like Aku's minions and The Prince explained that she was Aku's daughter but had aided him in killing the Demon. She appeared wounded but then revealed the tar like substance was dissipating, meaning Aku was truly dead. The Prince quickly covered her up. The two agreed to hide this fact, should the Emperor demand her execution.

With the threat over, the Emperor dissolved the Samurai League.

Daigoro was tired of violence and settled down with a wife and child of his own, working for some time as the royal executioner for the Emperor. Despite the violent nature of his profession. He saw it as honorable and many of the Samurai he was forced to dispose of were accepting and at peace.

Zatoichi would make occasional visits to the young girl he rescued, Ichi. One day he did not return. It is said that he was afflicted with a fast acting disease that afflicted him during combat, resulting in his loss to a group of mercenaries. his would be avenged by Ichi, who followed in his footsteps. According to reports he live sold enough for his hair to turn he left the Samurai League he tripped and then picked himself up. He chuckled a bit and said: "Even with my eyes wide open I can't see anything."

Gintoki Sakata is credited with having a hand in the demise of the Amanto and their retreat in Japan, though they were already weakened by battled with Aku's forces. This resulted, like into the case of Egypt and the Goa'Ulds, for the advanced technology used by them to be shunned and destroyed.

By 1882, Kenshin was married to Kamiya Kaoru and had a three year-old son named Himura Kenji. Like Zatoichi, He trained an apprentice: Myojin Yahiko. As sign of Yahiko's coming of age, Kenshin gave him his own reverse blade sword.

Seibei's life was struck with tragedy. His wife succumbed to disease and he would live for some time as a poor Samurai, before his death in the Boshin War, the same year as the final fall of the Torinaga Shogunate. His friends grew to high positions and his family remained prosperous thanks to their charity.

The returned Prince had what may have been the strangest adventures. At their Wedding, his love Ashi mysteriously fell ill and vanished in front of everyone. The Prince fell into depression and left for some time before returning to succeed his father as Emperor. He is rumored to have not aged or to have aged slower. He has most recently been seen fighting alongside the superhero team of the Powerpuff Girls boy genius Dexter Milo Cavenaugh, and others to thwart an alien invasion.

The Samurai League, Japans first attempt at what has now become a tradition was a success. There would not be another League formed in the country until 1968, though their first outing was inspirational in their commitment to their duty and longevity being greater than most teams. They established a pattern followed up on by their eventual successors of Quality of Quantity, recruiting among the greatest heroes of their time, continued with the 1968 League's recruitment of the Mighty Atom and Go Mifune and the 1990's members of Usaji Tsukino and the time displaced hero Son Goku.