Kisame Hoshigaki Vs Jetstream Sam

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* Early on in their lives, they were introduced into a tradition of swordsmanship (Sam being born into a bloodline of swordsmen, Kisame being named one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist). It is during this time that they were inherited prized blades within their respective line of swordsmen (Samehada and Murasama), who's special properties (Samehada's scales and Murasama's later-acquired high frequency properties) allow them to shred through their opponents at a razor-thin level. These swords also have some form of identification measures that mean others are rendered unable to wield it (Murasama's ID lock and Samehada pickily choosing it's wielder).
* Both's fighting style has roots in real-world Japanese swordsmanship. One can also consider Sam a Samurai while Kisame is a Ninja. Both experienced a troubling event in their youth relating to their swordsmen superiors (Kisame uncovering Fuguki's treachery to the Mist, Sam's father being killed by one of his pupils).
* This lead to both making a prominent kill (Kisame killing Fuguki, Sam killing his fathers pupil). This kill specifically was a very important aspect of the ideologies that both would go on to follow (Kisame killing a comrade being the basis for his entire worldview, Sam's desire for revenge birthing his initial sense of justice).
* They later left their home countries and became notorious rouge mercenaries, to the point where they even attempted the assassination of elite political figures (Kisame killing a Daimyō and Sam attempting to kill Senator Armstrong as well as aiding in the assassination of an African president).
* Both would become deeply disillusioned with their worlds as a result of their clash with a prominent asset to a powerful country (Kisame killing Fuguki and Armstrong defeating Sam), that would replace their previous morals with ones centered around the erosion of justice (Kisame believing the Shinobi System was one big lie, Sam loosing his sense of justice), their loss of personal identity (Sam eventually forgetting what drove his lust for battle in the first place and Kisame believing he doesn't know his true place in the world or who he really is) and the necessity of murder (Kisame believing he must be prepared to kill his comrades to preserve information, Sam believing that ideals had no place on the battlefield as morality can only be determined by victors).
* They are confronted by a powerful political figure with a desire to radically change the world (Senator Armstrong and Obito Uchiha), who preyed upon their existing ideology in an attempt to draw loyalty towards their plan (Armstrong using his absolute defeat of Sam to render Sam's sense of justice moot, Obito enticing Kisame with the promise of a "World of Truth"). They join this figures militarized mercenary group (Desperado and Akatsuki) that plans to reshape the world through a planned operation (Operation Tecumseh and the Eye of the Moon) that will jumpstart a war (Armstrong's war economy and the Fourth Shinobi World War). During their time in this organisation, they both clashed against and became infatuated with a prodigious brooding ninja swordsmen tied to a powerful government, who had previously served as a child soldier within an elite black ops unit (Raiden and Itachi Uchiha).
* Part of this fascination comes from the ways they see themselves reflected in this person (Kisame seeing Itachi as another ninja who has to carry the burden of murdering their allies, Sam seeing fellow swordsmen Raiden's sense of justice as an echo of the same morals he himself once held).
* They also frequently operate with a partner (Sundowner and, again, Itachi). In general, they have a strange friendly rapport with their mercenary allies (Sam being well-acquainted and joking with Sun-Downer and conversing with Monsoon, Kisame being friendly with Itachi and appreciating Tobi's humor).
* As a result of both's disillusioned ideals, they had a vested desire in the worlds the organization sought to forge out (Kisame believed the Eye of the Moon would restore an objective truth to the world, while Sam relished the thought of the combat that Armstrong's economy of war would bring).
* Both's death is caused by a duel with a notable rival (Might Guy and Raiden), near which both admit that parts of their ideology is flawed (Sam admitting that Raiden has him rethinking the whole plan, Kisame finally agreeing with Itachi that perhaps he's not as hollow a person as he once thought himself to be). T
* heir legendary blades eventually end up in the hands of other swordsmen (Killer B and Raiden). Bizarrely, the ways in which these blades changed hands relied heavily upon the presence of that character's animal partner (Sam entrusting the Murasama to Bladewolf, Samahada taking a liking to Gyuki's chakra aura).
* Both have fought against legendary beasts within their setting (Metal Gear RAY and Roshi the Four Tails).
* Both adore the thrill of battle, and have a penchant for slicing and dicing their opponents.
* Despite their flashy fighting styles, they also deceivingly perceptive and have proven capable of identifying the foundations of an enemies technique.
* Both have a very prominent but very morbid sense of humor, from their playful and mocking banter to the iconic smirks they sometimes sport in-battle.
* They both seem to have a liking towards humorous nicknames (Sam calling Raiden "Blondie", Kisame dubbing Kakazu and Hidan "The Zombie Brothers").
* Both were assigned vaporous, aquatic nicknames that referenced their home country (Minuano and the Monster of the Hidden Mist