Kagaribi

Kagaribi (篝火, Kagaribi) is a secondary character in the Samurai Shodown series. She was the wife to Basara, only separated from him when Zankuro slaughtered them. They were not together in their afterlife and he yearns to join her, often crying her name in battles. She only exists as a specter, most likely a yūrei like her husband, dressed in the same yukata she was wearing whilst she was living.

Appearances

 * In Samurai Shodown III, during Basara's ending, she is mentioned in past tense.
 * In Samurai Shodown IV, during Basara's ending, she says that she still senses his grudge being unfulfilled. She asks someone to help them before mysteriously fading away.
 * In Samurai Shodown V, her death to Zankuro is retconned. She takes Basara back in time shows her love the truth: Basara mistakenly killed her in his dying moments, thus explaining why they can't be together in death.
 * In Samurai Shodown VI, during Basara's ending, Basara transcends time and arrives in the moment when living self was meant to be killed by Zankuro. He saves his living self from Zankuro and reverts history, thus his and Kagaribi's ghost forms disappeared because they never were killed.