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The Hachiō Danzaiba (Eight Executioner Blade) is a special group within Yami's Armed Division and are considered to be the Armed Division's equivalent to the One Shadow Nine Fists. Their strenght is on par with the One Shadow Nine Fists. The news of their assembly was apparently so important that the One Shadow sent a member of the Armed Division to infiltrate Big Lock and share the news with Alexander Gaidar and Diego Carlo in hopes of convincing them to come out of their self-imposed imprisionment following their losses to Ryōzanpaku. Altough it include many regular Yami's sword's wielding soldiers, they are eight principal members and they are apparently powerful enough to bring concern to Hayato Fūrinji about the safety of Kenichi and the Shinpaku Alliance. The leader Ōganosuke Yogi is said to be an invincible superman, a legend, and one of the few fighters in the martial arts world who is considered to be on par with the Elder of Ryōzanpaku. In a meeting with the One Shadow Nine Fists seven members are obscured in shadow, currently without their leader, but he has been shown in the backround along with the other Hachiō members and the One Shadow Nine Fists. The masters have their disciples train together as a group to fight as a team.

One interesting fact about the Executioner blade master is that four of their members are Japanese (Ōganosuke Yogi, Seitarō Raigō, Rin Tachibana, Raki Hoshinano), while members like Mihai Știrbey, Edletraft von Schiller, Marmaduke Brown and Mildred Lawrence seem to be from European countries based on their name. This is because Mihai is a Romanian name while Edletraft is German and the name Marmaduke is of an Irish origin though it is a name given to a male and Mildred is a name that is used by many countries. However it is important to mention that the author never delved into the characters' history or how and why the Executioner Blade was established in the first place, or whether there have been former members as well.


Trivia

  • Seitarō Raigō was the first Hachiō master to make his debut in the series and for years he was known as the "Wakizashi user" among fans
  • Rin Tachibana is the only master in the Hachiō executioner blade who has had a flashback
  • Ōganosuke, despite being the second strongest character in the series, only appeared in 4 chapters with chapter 566 being the only chapter that was fully dedicated to him, while in his debut chapter he only appeared in 2 panels.
  • Știrbey ended up making the most appearances of all the Hachiō masters and Michaels lust for blood ended up with Shigure's capture which greatly affected the direction of the storyline.
  • Știrbey's style and weapon listed as "scythemanship". However it should be noted that his weapon is actually a halberd with one handle being a scythe and the front is a spear and opposite side being an axe. This makes Știrbey's weapon a hybrid pole arm that consist of a halberd and a scythe blade.
  • In history, the scythe was always known as an improvised weapon. There never was a culture that practiced or preserved an official scythe style or a school. All techniques were based on experiments and past experiences among farmers in Europe.
  • The only manual on scythe technique was by a German civil servant Paulus Hector Mair who displayed few techniques that can be performed with scythe while the book focused on other weapons. In his fight with Mycroft Știrbey mentioned that a scythe leaves a frightening expression. This was true in history during many peasant uprisings who used the scythe as a weapon and the enemies were confused and thrown off since the farmers were using a weapon not present in conventional warfare.
  • Edletraft was the last master to make a full appearance as well as engage in a dialogue with others.
  • Based on Rakis shock and surprise of finding out Marmaduke was a male is an indication that although they do get along with one another. They do not seem to know each other well on a personal level.
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