I decided to just show the seller a picture of Last Blade [not really expecting anything] and was absolutely shocked when he actually brought it out

the price was ¥2680 [~$17]

I’ve recently gotten into TLB Beyond Destiny thanks to physical emulation and I’m really confused about the whole unlock system and primarily on how to unlock characters.

I’ve unlocked like 2 but I don’t know how this happened and I’ve never managed to get another unlock again.

How does the unlock system work and how do I unlock all the other ??? things in the menu and gallery?

For starters, Kenshin in this crossover would be the Kenshin prior to him taking his vow never to kill ever again.

I am also going to want to see Hajime Saitou in his own iconic Shinsengumi outfit.

On the NGPC game, Okina doesn't move when I do down + A (tap, weak slash), he keeps his crouching sprite and no movement, normals, specials, supers will make him do anything => unless he gets attacked then he is fully playable as usual (his healing turtle won't wake him up I've tried).

This happens regardless of the mode (Power/Speed/EX mode), in every mode training, story, survival, time attack.

I thought I mapped buttons in a wrong way but no, changing the repel style in the options didn't do anything, and this does not happen with any other character. Is this the curse of being a low-tier ?

Hey guys, I have some questions about The Last Blade. Could you help me, please?

A) Is Kaede Gaisei's biological son, or is he adopted too?

Moriya and Yuki are, without any dobut, Gaisei's adopted children. However, it's more ambiguous whether Kaede is Gaisei's biological son or if he's adopted like Moriya and Yuki. And now I don't know.☹

2) Is Kotetsu (Shigen's daughter) adopted or not?

Shigen Naoe went berserker during the events of TBL1, and after coming back to his senses in TLB2, we see him with his daughter, Kotetsu. But just like Kaede, I don't know if Kotetsu is biologically related to Shigen or not.

• On one hand, sites like TV Tropes say she's Shigen's adopted daughter.
• But on the other hand, Kotetsu could be Shigen's biological daughter, because not only the SNK wiki doesn't specify if she's adopted (something that doesn't happen with other characters that are adopted, like Yuki or Moriya), but according to that same wiki:
  • "Shigen had regained his senses and remembered that he had a daughter."
  • IDK what do you think about it, but at least I interpreted it as Shigen having a biological daughter whom he forgot, but who ended up remembering and reuniting with.

3) Avatarhood and inheritance:

SNK's translations were pretty bad back in the 90s...

In TLB2, Shigen dies saving Kotetsu's life. After that, Kotetsu decides to take up her father's mantle, becoming Byakko's new Avatar. This means that the Four Gods can choose already-living humans to be their hosts. But this makes me wonder:

• Can a living Avatar transfer his/her Sacred Beast to another person, or does the Avatar need to die first?
• Could, for example, Kaede and Kagami transfer their respective Sacred Beasts (with Kaede becoming Suzaku's Avatar while Kagami becomes Seiryu's Avatar)?
• During TLB1, Kaede was insecure and reclutant about awakening the power of Seiryu. This makes me wonder why Kaede couldn't just transfer Seiryu to another person if he didn't want to become Seiryu's Avatar.
• Do the Four Gods choose their Avatars? Can a potential Avatar be the one who chooses his/her Sacred Beast?

4) Kaede's hair color:

Is Kaede's hair dark blue or black? The question is not as easy as it might look.

Click the following link if you want to know why: https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterTropes/comments/1n4d9mr/mixed_trope_black_blue_purple_which_one_of_these/

But if you don't have time, here's a TLDR version: Sometimes blue and purple are used as stand-ins for black in comics and animation (actual solid black tends to look very flat), and because of that, I don't know if Kaede's hair (when not using Seiryu's power) is supposed to be black in-universe (and it's just looks black so it can look better), or if it's actually supposed to be dark blue.

5) Moriya:

How will Moriya cope with Yuki's death?
And how will cope Kaede?
Would Kaede and Moriya reconcilliate, or is their relationship too damaged?

6) Shikyoh/Mukuro:

Are you really sure Shikyoh is completely human (at least before becoming Mukuro in TLB2)?
Are you really sure he's not half-demon?

I ask this because, even before becoming Mukuro, Shikyoh doesn't seem to be entirely human:

• His skin color is very yellow-ish in artwork (as in "The Simpsons" kind of yellow skin color). His skin color looks more human-like in-game, though.
• His personality and behaviour are too... inhuman. Like, he's an ax-crazy serial killer, and he loves taking people's lives. The only character in TLB who is just as ax-crazy as Shikyoh is Setsuna... who is a demon.

7) Akari:

Akari Ichijou is an omnyoji, and therefore, she can summon demons and spirits from Makai (the demon world). But I don't know if the Hell's Gate needs to be opened so she can summon them, or if she can summon them even if the Hell's Gate is closed. And does the act of summoning affects the Hell's Gate?

These are my questions.
I wonder if someone could try to solve them.

UPDATE: The user u/Mr_Kotaro answered my questions in November of 2025. Thank you so much! I'll include them in this post; sorry for not doing it earlier (I was too busy).

A) Is Kaede Gaisei's biological son, or is he adopted too?

He's adopted as well. He specifically speaks on how he was taken in when he was really young, unable to even remember his birth parents faces or names but he remembers he had them.

2) Is Kotetsu (Shigen's daughter) adopted or not?

She's more than likely his biological daughter as unlike Kaede, Moriya, Yuki, and Juzo who are specifically stated to be adopted children. She's simply described as his child same way Hibiki and Akari and Hikari are directly said to be blood related to their family members. Little known fact, Shigen didn't always look the way he did, he actually looked like a normal man and lived a normal life up with his daughter up until Kagami sealed him and he lost his mind, becoming warped by the White Tiger's power.

3) Avatarhood and inheritance:

• Can a living Avatar transfer his/her Sacred Beast to another person, or does the Avatar need to die first?
  • Seems to be the case. In the novels, Kaede talks about times when he's awoken when he was a child before and that's why Gaisei didn't have Seiryu's powers when Kagami came to kill him.
• Could, for example, Kaede and Kagami transfer their respective Sacred Beasts (with Kaede becoming Suzaku's Avatar while Kagami becomes Seiryu's Avatar)?
  • As far as we know, no they can't. Though that is a pretty neat to think about. Gaisei was the strongest of the four vessels and known as the greatest swordsman to ever live on top of it. If he had access to Seiryu's power, Kagami wouldn't have stood a chance. It kind of reminds me of Kensou and Bao from KOF with Kensou losing his power when Bao has the dragon spirit and vice-versa... Interestingly, it's also a blue dragon...Curious.
• During TLB1, Kaede was insecure and reclutant about awakening the power of Seiryu. This makes me wonder why Kaede couldn't just transfer Seiryu to another person if he didn't want to become Seiryu's Avatar.
  • No, he couldn't even if he wanted to. It's pretty much something you're saddled with until death or the god chooses it's new vessel to jump into.
• Do the Four Gods choose their Avatars? Can a potential Avatar be the one who chooses his/her Sacred Beast?
  • the four gods choose. And no, the potential vessels are set to their sacred beast by the strings of fate itself and from Gaisei/Kaede and Shigen/Kotetsu's cases it seems they tend to either bring the next vessel into their lives or have some sort of relationship with the previous vessel likely with the intent of the previous vessel being the one to help the new one adjust to their powers. Interestingly, even if you go against the will of the four gods, you can still remain a vessel. Hence why Kagami still had Suzaku's power even after getting corrupted and going against his duties as guardian of the hell gate.

4) Kaede's hair color:

It's black and described as such in the novels and Kimi Wa Hero when the player asks about why his hair changes from black to gold when he awakens (funnily enough, he doesn't know either, it just does).

5) Moriya:

• How will Moriya cope with Yuki's death?
  • Same way he did with Gaisei's. Stoic on the surface, emotionally destroyed and full of guilt on the inside. If he protected Gaisei from the beginning, if he was strong enough to stop Kagami none of this would have happened. Gaisei would be alive, Kaede wouldn't be forced to bear the burden of being the Seiryu before he was ever properly trained or made to be ready for it, and Yuki would never have to seal herself to fully close the Hellgate that Kagami opened.
• And how will cope Kaede?
  • Similar to his brother, only burying it behind the brashness of his awakened form to cope with the grief instead of stoicism. He's lost his father and big sister and now he has no one to lean on but his power and fulfilling his promise to Yuki's last words to live bravely as guardian. He too will bear tons of guilt over it because he also viewed everything that happened as his fault.
  • Fun sidenote: The all star brawl mobile game actually did a neat scenario with the Kaede there being the one from a point in time AFTER the events of LB2 while Yuki and the others came from a point in time before her sacrifice and he basically tries to keep her trapped there, keep her under lock and key away from any potential threats, his awakened persona going out of control actually talking back to him in his head, attempting to kill people against his will, unable to control his transformations being unable to access Seiryu's powers in moments of crisis and being unable to stop himself when his awakened self is acting callous because Kaede's mental state is completely out of wack. Added to it, he's caught in a time loop of the world getting destroyed and he and his friends being killed again and again by Setsuna, Mukuro, and Hibiki because he's ruining everything being unable to just let his sister go again. Shame the game ended service before we saw the conclusion of it. It was the closest thing to LB3 we ever got.
• Would Kaede and Moriya reconcilliate, or is their relationship too damaged?
  • They could, but I doubt they will anytime soon. They don't hate each other but there's a lot of pain and guilt between them and neither of them really have Yuki's fortitude and emotional intelligence to properly communicate with one another well. Moriya feeling he failed his family and Kaede feeling the same. On top of the fact he attacked Moriya and tried to kill him all throughout LB1 instead of believing in his brother like Yuki did. Then LB2 happens and Kaede denies Moriya his chance at atonement to put Gaisei at rest and then Yuki dies and half their family is gone, the heart holding them all together died with Yuki. It's kind of sad but it's been hinted at in the hanafuda game with their family all being together... except Kaede who's left off to a different card looking back at them. They'll always love each other but there's a reason why there's that one description in All star brawl talking about how neither Kaede nor Moriya have returned to their home ever since. It's...really sad, honestly, but honestly on brand for the melancholic vibe of the series. Who knows what they'll actually do in LB3 if it ever happens but yeah it fits with their characters and the tragic tone of their story.

6) Shikyoh/Mukuro and Setsuna:

He is. Actually. He's just a fucking freak. Not even joking. He's literally just like that even before taking a dip in hell. But he was mostly good about hiding his worst traits at first, being a little overly violent but nothing demonic until Kagami enlisted him and Zantetsu. You could even say that the influence of the gate brought out his worst traits or maybe it just finally gave him an excuse to completely stop hiding what he really was.

Also, Setsuna isn't so much ax-crazy as he is just 'functioning'. He's not just a demon, he's an almagamation of human wickedness and death itself, think similar to Mahito from JJK mixed with Nyx. He murders less out of enjoyment but more a malice and hatred for living things because as death, he has no idea why people cling to life so. It's why he sounds frustrated in winning pose where he squeezes his own hand until it bleeds and asks just what is the meaning of life.

7) Akari's summons:

She can summon them without the hell gate being open. She learned to summon early on in life before everything went down and in her spinoff game that takes place after LB2 she's still able to summon just fine. And no, there's no real effect it has on the hell gate at all.

Special Victory Poses? Id like this.

Best Moriya Win Pose Ever I heard.

I was planning to buy it in there. Is it possible to play in practice mode and online like in the Steam port?