{
  "id": "onimusha",
  "title": "Onimusha",
  "description": "One shared history from the Sengoku games to Musashi’s Edo adventures, with novels, manga, mobile stories and qualified licensed spin-offs.",
  "continuities": [
    {
      "id": "games",
      "label": "Shared Onimusha chronology",
      "note": "Sengoku adventures → early-Edo Musashi → aging Musashi. Licensed spin-offs stay here with canon / placement qualifications; a missing explicit bridge is not treated as a reboot. Dates labelled est. are provisional."
    }
  ],
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "onimusha-warlords",
      "title": "Onimusha: Warlords",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1560 opening; 1561 main adventure",
      "order": 1561,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2001",
      "description": "Samanosuke fights to rescue Princess Yuki.",
      "note": "Original / remastered formats occupy one story position. Year reported by story reference; direct opening-caption audit remains open.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "one",
        "capcom"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1561",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GVSBQVL",
      "productName": "Onimusha: Warlords — PS4 remaster",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "warlords"
    },
    {
      "id": "genma-onimusha",
      "title": "Genma Onimusha",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1560–1561; Warlords variant",
      "order": 1561,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2002",
      "description": "The expanded Xbox rendition of Samanosuke’s adventure.",
      "note": "Original / remastered formats occupy one story position. Year reported by story reference; direct opening-caption audit remains open.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "one",
        "capcom"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1561",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha:_Warlords",
      "productName": "Find Genma edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "Find Genma edition",
      "storyGroup": "warlords"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-2-samurai-s-destiny",
      "title": "Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1573",
      "order": 1573,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2002; remaster 2025",
      "description": "Jubei Yagyu’s struggle against Nobunaga.",
      "note": "Original / remastered formats occupy one story position. Year reported by story reference; direct opening-caption audit remains open.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "two",
        "capcom"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1573",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.capcom-games.com/onimusha/2/",
      "productName": "View official game",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game",
      "storyGroup": "onimusha2"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-3-demon-siege",
      "title": "Onimusha 3: Demon Siege",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1582 and 2004; interwoven time-travel story",
      "order": 1582,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2004",
      "description": "Samanosuke and Jacques exchange historical settings.",
      "note": "Sorted by its historical strand; the 2004 strand occurs concurrently through the time-travel plot. A single date cannot describe the whole work.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "three",
        "capcom"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1582",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Relative / stated chronology",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_3:_Demon_Siege",
      "productName": "Find official game edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "Find official game edition"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-dawn-of-dreams",
      "title": "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1597 main story; earlier memories included",
      "order": 1597,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "Soki and his allies oppose Hideyoshi’s Genma regime.",
      "note": "The opening premise dates Hideyoshi’s Genma resurgence to 1597. Later scenes / historical parallels do not justify replacing the game’s opening with Hideyoshi’s real-world 1598 death. Interior date changes still need a scene audit.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dreams",
        "capcom",
        "dreams-product"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1597",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Stated date / relative sequence",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000CQ75VY",
      "productName": "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — PS2",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "dreams"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-dawn-of-dreams-cutscene-film",
      "title": "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — cutscene film",
      "type": "Film",
      "date": "1597 main story; earlier memories included",
      "order": 1597,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "A feature-length assembly of the game’s cinematic story.",
      "note": "The opening premise dates Hideyoshi’s Genma resurgence to 1597. Later scenes / historical parallels do not justify replacing the game’s opening with Hideyoshi’s real-world 1598 death. Interior date changes still need a scene audit.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "dreams",
        "capcom"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1597",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Stated date / relative sequence",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha:_Dawn_of_Dreams",
      "productName": "Find Japanese film DVD",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "Find Japanese film DVD",
      "storyGroup": "dreams"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-night-of-genesis-volume-1",
      "title": "Onimusha: Night of Genesis, volume 1",
      "type": "Manga",
      "date": "Est. 1596–1597; before / leading into Dawn of Dreams",
      "order": 1596.5,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2006-05-23 (English)",
      "description": "Soki and Akane’s paths intersect before the game’s main conflict.",
      "note": "The licensed manga follows Hideyasu before his Dawn of Dreams adventure. This estimate uses the explicit 1597 game anchor, not the manga publication date. Volume-specific captions and elapsed intervals remain to be checked.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "genesis1",
        "twilight"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1596–1597",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0973865253",
      "productName": "Night of Genesis, volume 1 — UDON English paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "genesis"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-night-of-genesis-volume-2",
      "title": "Onimusha: Night of Genesis, volume 2",
      "type": "Manga",
      "date": "Est. 1596–1597; before / leading into Dawn of Dreams",
      "order": 1596.5,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2007 (English)",
      "description": "Soki and Akane’s paths intersect before the game’s main conflict.",
      "note": "The licensed manga follows Hideyasu before his Dawn of Dreams adventure. This estimate uses the explicit 1597 game anchor, not the manga publication date. Volume-specific captions and elapsed intervals remain to be checked.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "genesis2",
        "twilight"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1596–1597",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/0973865261",
      "productName": "Night of Genesis, volume 2 — UDON English paperback",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official edition. Confirm platform, language and edition at the retailer; stock is not asserted.",
      "actionLabel": "View on Amazon",
      "storyGroup": "genesis"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-twilight-of-desire",
      "title": "Onimusha: Twilight of Desire",
      "type": "Manga",
      "date": "1595; climax in August",
      "order": 1595,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2005–2006",
      "description": "Tenkai’s conflict with Toyotomi Hidetsugu.",
      "note": "The story reference dates Hidetsugu’s crisis to 1595 and the Mt. Hiei chronology identifies the August climax. These agree with the historical downfall, so the year is stated without est. Full manga captions remain an inspection gap.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "twilight",
        "novel",
        "hidetsugu-story",
        "hidetsugu-climax"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1595",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Story reference cross-checked against historical event",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Onimusha/comments/1hg599p",
      "productName": "View chronology research lead",
      "productMatch": "No legitimate full-viewing or exact Amazon match verified; access remains a research gap.",
      "actionLabel": "View chronology research lead"
    },
    {
      "id": "shin-onimusha-higeki-no-b-kun-toyotomi-hidetsugu",
      "title": "Shin Onimusha: Higeki no Bōkun, Toyotomi Hidetsugu",
      "type": "Novel",
      "date": "Est. 1595; Hidetsugu’s downfall, before Dawn of Dreams",
      "order": 1595,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2006",
      "description": "Ryuji Nakazato’s licensed Hidetsugu novel.",
      "note": "Provisional historical-event placement: the story centers on Toyotomi Hidetsugu’s downfall, conventionally dated 1595. Fictional departures and the exact relationship of manga to novel need full-text verification.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "novel",
        "twilight"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1595",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.mottainaihonpo.com/shop/Item/bkqty9ul5hqonqnd",
      "productName": "Find Japanese novel edition",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "Find Japanese novel edition"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-way-of-the-sword-fated-rivalry-chapters-1-8",
      "title": "Onimusha: Way of the Sword — Fated Rivalry, chapters 1–8",
      "type": "Webcomic",
      "date": "Early Edo period; 1603 onward; before Way of the Sword",
      "order": 1603.5,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2026-09",
      "description": "Sasaki Ganryu’s rivalry with Miyamoto Musashi develops.",
      "note": "Capcom establishes early-Edo Kyoto and young Musashi in this official prequel. Early Edo begins in 1603. The exact adventure year is not established; its position within the period remains provisional.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "webtoon",
        "sword-era",
        "musashi-era"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1600s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Official period; precise year unknown",
      "inspection": "Actual chapter-one opening panels inspected; full chapter / remaining chapters need date audit",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://us.webtoons.com/en/action/onimusha-way-of-the-sword/episode-1/viewer?episode_no=1&title_no=11241",
      "productName": "Read official webcomic",
      "productMatch": "Free licensed eight-chapter narrative. No purchase needed.",
      "actionLabel": "Read official webcomic"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-way-of-the-sword",
      "title": "Onimusha: Way of the Sword",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Early Edo period; 1603 onward",
      "order": 1604,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2026-09-04",
      "description": "Musashi wields an Oni gauntlet in a corrupted Kyoto.",
      "note": "Capcom establishes early-Edo Kyoto and young Musashi in the game. Early Edo begins in 1603. The exact adventure year is not established; its position within the period remains provisional.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "sword",
        "sword-era",
        "sword-launch",
        "musashi-era"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1600s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Official period; precise year unknown",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.capcom-games.com/onimusha/ws/",
      "productName": "View official game",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View official game"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-netflix-episodes-1-8",
      "title": "Onimusha (Netflix) — episodes 1–8",
      "type": "TV series",
      "date": "Est. 1620s; likely around 1624",
      "order": 1624,
      "canon": "Confirmed canon",
      "release": "2023-11-02",
      "description": "Musashi and a samurai party confront an uprising.",
      "note": "The anime follows an older Musashi. The reported twenty-year interval since his Yoshioka encounters, compared with the historical 1604 conflict, suggests around 1624. This is an inference from the episode account and history; full subtitle verification is outstanding. No demonstrated incompatible history requires a separate selector.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "nf",
        "twilight"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1624",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.netflix.com/title/81153116",
      "productName": "Watch on Netflix",
      "productMatch": "Full corresponding series; region / subscription applies.",
      "actionLabel": "Watch on Netflix"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-tactics",
      "title": "Onimusha Tactics",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. 1570s–1582; Nobunaga-era side adventure",
      "order": 1575,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2003",
      "description": "Onimaru and the Oni army fight the Genma.",
      "note": "Nobunaga is the antagonist, supporting a Sengoku placement before his 1582 defeat. The 1575 ordering anchor is provisional within a broad range, not a title-screen year. Assumed compatibility stays in the main chronology.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "tactics"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1570s",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_Tactics",
      "productName": "View game / story information",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View game / story information"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-blade-warriors",
      "title": "Onimusha Blade Warriors",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "1573 < events < 1582; after 2, before 3",
      "order": 1573.9,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2003–2004",
      "description": "Character-specific fighting-game stories and endings.",
      "note": "Samurai’s Destiny supplies the 1573 lower story anchor and Demon Siege the 1582 upper anchor. Keijiro’s more-than-ten-years-since-1560 recollection fits this range; it does not prove the exact year 1573. The working position just after 2 is provisional.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "blade",
        "blade-dialogue"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "1573–1582",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Bounded by connected game events",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_Blade_Warriors",
      "productName": "View game / story information",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View game / story information"
    },
    {
      "id": "onimusha-soul",
      "title": "Onimusha Soul",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Licensed scenario; calendar fit with original games unresolved",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2012",
      "description": "Historical and Capcom characters meet in a browser-game scenario.",
      "note": "Retained as a narrative spin-off. Roster membership / unlock conditions do not establish main-series calendar placement.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Placement unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e120309.pdf",
      "productName": "View game / story information",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View game / story information"
    },
    {
      "id": "project-x-zone-2-samanosuke-participation",
      "title": "Project X Zone 2 — Samanosuke participation",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Licensed scenario; calendar fit with original games unresolved",
      "order": null,
      "canon": "Non-canon connected",
      "release": "2015",
      "description": "Samanosuke joins a licensed dimensional crossover.",
      "note": "Retained as a narrative spin-off. Roster membership / unlock conditions do not establish main-series calendar placement.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "pxz"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "?",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Placement unresolved",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": false,
      "productUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_Zone_2",
      "productName": "View game / story information",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View game / story information"
    },
    {
      "id": "shin-onimusha-curtain-of-darkness",
      "title": "Shin Onimusha: Curtain of Darkness",
      "type": "Game",
      "date": "Est. 1596–1597; Soki’s Dawn of Dreams period",
      "order": 1596.7,
      "canon": "Disputed canon",
      "release": "2005",
      "description": "A licensed 3D mobile adventure linked to Soki’s game.",
      "note": "Capcom identifies the mobile narrative as a Dawn of Dreams tie-in. It is provisionally adjacent to the prehistory of the 1597 game, with its precise before / during relationship unverified. The estimate is broad because the mobile story remains inaccessible.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "curtain",
        "curtain-release"
      ],
      "continuity": "games",
      "railLabel": "est. 1596–1597",
      "segment": false,
      "confidence": "Provisional evidence-based estimate",
      "inspection": "Source / inventory checked; full work not inspected",
      "estimated": true,
      "productUrl": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e051019.pdf",
      "productName": "View official mobile-release record",
      "productMatch": "Corresponding official game / narrative page. Exact Amazon edition not yet verified; no unrelated purchase substituted.",
      "actionLabel": "View official mobile-release record"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "capcom",
      "title": "Capcom: Onimusha franchise / remastered games",
      "url": "https://www.capcom-games.com/onimusha/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "one",
      "title": "Onimusha: Warlords story / release index",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha:_Warlords",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "two",
      "title": "Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny — plot / release index",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_2:_Samurai%27s_Destiny",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "three",
      "title": "Onimusha 3: Demon Siege — two-time-period story",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_3:_Demon_Siege",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "dreams",
      "title": "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams — story index",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha:_Dawn_of_Dreams",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "genesis1",
      "title": "UDON / Simon & Schuster: Night of Genesis volume 1",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Onimusha-Volume-1-Night-Of-Genesis/Capcom/Onimusha-Night-of-Genesis/9780973865257",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "genesis2",
      "title": "UDON / Simon & Schuster: Night of Genesis volume 2",
      "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Onimusha-Volume-2-Night-Of-Genesis/Capcom/Onimusha-Night-of-Genesis/9780973865264",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "novel",
      "title": "Shin Onimusha: Toyotomi Hidetsugu — edition record",
      "url": "https://www.mottainaihonpo.com/shop/Item/bkqty9ul5hqonqnd",
      "kind": "Bookseller bibliography",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "twilight",
      "title": "Twilight of Desire and date discrepancies — research leads",
      "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Onimusha/comments/1hg599p",
      "kind": "Secondary lead only",
      "note": "Fan research claims 1595 / 1596 / 1597; these are not treated as directly inspected captions."
    },
    {
      "id": "nf",
      "title": "Netflix: Onimusha — official eight-episode catalogue",
      "url": "https://www.netflix.com/title/81153116",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "sword",
      "title": "Capcom: Way of the Sword official site",
      "url": "https://www.capcom-games.com/onimusha/ws/",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "sword-launch",
      "title": "Capcom Asia: Way of the Sword launch trailer",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm4slr3UKOQ",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Latest official launch announcement supplies September 4, 2026, superseding the earlier September 25 plan."
    },
    {
      "id": "sword-era",
      "title": "Capcom: new game’s early-Edo setting",
      "url": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e241213.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "webtoon",
      "title": "WEBTOON: Fated Rivalry — eight-chapter official prologue",
      "url": "https://us.webtoons.com/en/action/onimusha-way-of-the-sword/list?title_no=11241",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "All eight chapters are published. Actual chapter-one opening title / illustrated scene inspected; remaining panels need a full date audit."
    },
    {
      "id": "warlords-product",
      "title": "Warlords PS4 edition / product identifier",
      "url": "https://www.desertcart.in/products/75652720-onimusha-warlords-playstation-4-standard-edition",
      "kind": "Retail cross-check",
      "note": "B07GVSBQVL is the corresponding PS4 remaster."
    },
    {
      "id": "tactics",
      "title": "Onimusha Tactics",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_Tactics",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "blade",
      "title": "Onimusha Blade Warriors",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onimusha_Blade_Warriors",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "soul",
      "title": "Capcom: Onimusha Soul browser-game announcement",
      "url": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e120309.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "pxz",
      "title": "Project X Zone 2 crossover cast",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_X_Zone_2",
      "kind": "Secondary",
      "note": "Publication / premise verified. Calendar placement is qualified separately; this is not a claim to have inspected the complete work."
    },
    {
      "id": "curtain",
      "title": "Capcom: Curtain of Darkness announcement",
      "url": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/news/pdf/e051019.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Narrative mobile tie-in developed alongside Dawn of Dreams for FOMA 902i."
    },
    {
      "id": "curtain-release",
      "title": "Capcom annual report: mobile game distributed",
      "url": "https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/2006annual/Annual2006e_05.pdf",
      "kind": "Primary",
      "note": "Report confirms distribution rather than only an unrealized announcement."
    },
    {
      "id": "dreams-product",
      "title": "Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams PS2 edition identifier",
      "url": "https://www.pricecharting.com/game/playstation-2/onimusha-dawn-of-dreams",
      "kind": "Retail edition cross-check",
      "note": "B000CQ75VY corresponds to the PS2 game, not the cinematic DVD."
    },
    {
      "id": "blade-dialogue",
      "title": "Blade Warriors: story-dialogue chronology references",
      "url": "https://onimusha.fandom.com/wiki/Onimusha%3A_Blade_Warriors",
      "kind": "Secondary, referencing game dialogue",
      "note": "Keijiro recalls more than ten years since 1560. The scenario follows Samurai’s Destiny and precedes Demon Siege; late 1573 is an estimate, not a displayed exact date."
    },
    {
      "id": "musashi-era",
      "title": "Capcom producer / director interview: young Musashi in early Edo",
      "url": "https://blog.playstation.com/2026/08/25/onimusha-way-of-the-sword-interview-demo-update-detailed-new-trailer-revealed/",
      "kind": "Primary creator interview",
      "note": "Official early-Edo setting. A narrow 1604 historical date is not stated for this fictional Musashi."
    },
    {
      "id": "hidetsugu-story",
      "title": "Twilight of Desire: Hidetsugu’s 1595 crisis",
      "url": "https://onimusha.fandom.com/wiki/Onimusha%3A_Twilight_of_Desire",
      "kind": "Secondary story reference",
      "note": "Backstory identifies Hidetsugu’s 1595 crisis; cross-checked with the Mt. Hiei story chronology and the historical downfall. No claim to have inspected the whole manga."
    },
    {
      "id": "hidetsugu-climax",
      "title": "Mt. Hiei: Twilight of Desire August 1595 events",
      "url": "https://onimusha.fandom.com/wiki/Mt._Hiei",
      "kind": "Secondary story reference",
      "note": "Named story events culminate in August 1595, matching the historical Hidetsugu anchor."
    }
  ],
  "scope": [
    {
      "title": "Hong Kong Onimusha / Warlords manhua and mobile titles",
      "type": "Inventory leads",
      "status": "License / serial inventory verification open",
      "note": "Reports of older Chinese comics and mobile releases need publisher / issue records before inventing chapter counts or assigning dates.",
      "sources": [
        "twilight",
        "capcom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Way of the Sword demo, remasters and Pachislot machines",
      "type": "Editions / promotional media",
      "status": "Demo grouped; original narrative audit open",
      "note": "The early-game demo repeats a game segment. Gambling-machine story sequences require inspection; machine names alone do not prove additional stories.",
      "sources": [
        "sword",
        "capcom"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "audit": {
    "checked": "2026-10-07",
    "status": "Research edition — verification gaps disclosed",
    "checks": [
      "Warlords, Genma, 2, 3, Dawn of Dreams, its cinematic DVD and both English manga volumes inventoried.",
      "Demon Siege spans 1582 and 2004; its release year is not used to erase its Sengoku strand.",
      "Novel existence verified; novel / Twilight of Desire equivalence not assumed.",
      "Eight official Fated Rivalry chapters and the eight-episode Netflix series included in the shared chronology with period estimates.",
      "Curtain of Darkness verified against Capcom’s announcement and distribution report, not inferred from fan listings.",
      "Pre-build table reviewed for duplicate titles, continuity conflicts, unsupported release-year dates and product / collection mismatches. Open coverage and inaccessible interiors remain listed.",
      "Timeline selectors consolidated; Blade Warriors placed between 2 and 3. Early-Edo and aging-Musashi stories interleaved as labelled estimates, not isolated for lack of a bridge.",
      "Known Sengoku years and the primary early-Edo period shown as dates / periods. Twilight’s 1595 event cross-checked. Blade Warriors uses a bounded 1573–1582 interval rather than a false exact-year inference."
    ],
    "gaps": [
      "Older Chinese comic issue inventory and complete manga / novel date captions are still open.",
      "A fully reconciled bridge between new Musashi stories, anime and old games is not established.",
      "Exact Amazon matches for several out-of-print games, Japanese fiction and the new game remain unverified."
    ],
    "publishReady": true
  }
}