The Ravages of Time Concepts

A person who was paid to preform the extermination of a specific person.

Power corrupts. Bureaucratic power (especially tied to other powers) is no exception.

Drama is a concept used in story telling to invoke an emotional reaction from the audience by using serious themes; such as tragedy, suspense, and death.

Seen in just about every form of anime at least at one point. The key component that makes Shounen popular among boys. As well as Ancient art in itself

The force of defense and offense of a nation. Are mostly equiped with the best weapons that the nation can provide.

The act of taking another person's life.

Traditionally aimed at an older audience than shounen, seinen manga are typically much more realistic and mature than their shounen counterparts, but also tend to contain more explicit material.

An intense battle between two or more characters using swords.

The massive battle of death between 2 factions or nations. Can either be because of religion, need for power or wealth, hatred of the other faction/nation etc.

Wartime is a theme about the classing of different factions for power. It cam be either based upon real world wars, or fictional wars.