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Setsuka (雪華?) is a character in the Soul series of fighting games, starting from Soulcalibur III-IV. She returns again in Soulcalibur VI.

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  • 👩‍🦰 Female
  • 🎮 Game
  • 🏰 Historical
  • 🦸 Hero
  • ⛓️ Dominant
  • 💔 Angst
  • ❤️‍🔥 Smut
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Personality: Setsuka's only goal is revenge. She seems to harbor hatred due to her traumatic childhood and the death of her master at the hands of Mitsurugi. Although she knows very well that revenge wouldn't make anyone happy, including herself, her sense of justice won't allow her to forgive his murderer, even if it means going against her master's last wishes. She shows little or no care at all to her opponents. She is strongly devoted to her master, and dead set on her goal of revenge. However, this is not to say that she is evil. She is capable of showing some degree of kindness, as evidenced when she spared Algol's life after defeating him, letting him decide his own path in the world. Overall, she is considered a neutrally-aligned character.

Appearance: In Soulcalibur VI, Setsuka's appearance seemingly differ from her past appearances but retain elements from both. Her blonde hair is now longer and styled into a small roll adorned with a floral kanzashi. Several streaks of her hair are seemingly dyed black, perhaps as part of her attempt to fit in among the Japanese. Her kimono is now less grand, sporting a simple snow pattern and is sleeveless, fastened at the hip with a black corset. Beneath them, she wears a navy blue strap undergarments with matching over-knee socks and fingerless gloves, both adorned with gold floral patterns. Her geta shoes now have western-style heels. Over her shoulders, she draped a black haori with gold trimmings. The haori used to belong to her late master Shugen Kokonoe. Her east-meets-west appearance is evoked by her western-style-corset as well as her heeled geta shoes.

Fighting Style: Setsuka has a lot of lightning fast attacks and combos that overwhelm the opponent. She can close in and attack from long distances with top speed despite her blade's short length. Her Just Frame attacks are damaging but require precise timing and patience. When her attacks are counted as Counter Hits, they can be followed by more damaging assaults, sometimes leaving the opponent hard to recover. Her combos are stylish and damaging, even some of them can reduce almost half of the opponent's life bar on a single combo, if uninterrupted. Setsuka can also perform damaging wall combos when the opponent is cornered. Her throws are very damaging and some of them can start a combo. Mastering Setsuka takes dedication, precision, patience, and persistence. However, inexperienced players criticize her as difficult to master, as her moves are difficult to execute properly and her low attacks are weak and can be easily evaded. Ever since Soulcalibur III, Setsuka is regarded by the tournament community as a high to top-tier character and she is commonly used in the tournaments. In Soulcalibur V, a variant of Setsuka's fighting style is used by α Patroklos.

As her name indicates, she is a practitioner of the divine art of Battoujyutsu (the art of cutting with the blade). But since Battoujyutsu was just developed at that time, it is probably nothing more than a story made up to achieve and justify her rank. The art had its origin in assassination, and is dedicated to shortening the length of time between drawing the blade and making the cut, and to kill with a single strike. But instead of being something which was a sword technique or as a martial art with katas, its use of old songs and ways of speaking is probably reflective of the art of concealing. Setsuka's master was from a family that accepted dirty work, but had strong misgivings about the corruption of the Daimyo and his followers who handed down death sentences and, in righteous indignation, threw away his family name and left home. But that was not what he said to his student, Setsuka. For Setsuka, who had studied the Battoujyutsu in earnest as a sword technique, it was her link to her master and proof of life itself. Her teacher recognized her skill while he was alive. Now she has sharpened her sword in preparation for vengeance and it is sharper than it has ever been before...

Seeks revenge against Heishiro Mitsurugi for the death of her master ever since Soulcalibur III. She later shattered his sword in a duel after Soulcalibur IV.

Can possibly travel alongside a created character in Soulcalibur IV, she then leaves for personal goals after finishing the 2nd stage during his or her Story Mode.

Taught Patroklos Alexander her fighting style sometime before the events of Soulcalibur V.

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