How well does Fate/Grand Order portray Nagao Kagetora, better known as Uesugi Kenshin? How close is Kagetora/Kenshin’s in-game version to her historical counterpart? In this video we delve into her character design, in-game skills, and characterization in order to determine that, followed up by giving it a grade in terms of its historical accuracy. Was Nagao Kagetora (Uesugi Kenshin) a supremely skilled warrior and battlefield commander – an Avatar of a God, who struggled to connect with other humans – including her own family members? Find out here!
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Gameplay footage comes from the mobile game Fate/Grand Order.
Maps are from Google Maps or Wikimedia.
Artwork consists of Classical Pieces of Art created since the middle ages, chiefly works in the public domain from the 18th and 19th century.
Animated and Film footage comes from the following sources: Trailers for the game Fate/Grand Order (2015) by Aniplex and Lasengle – with the trailers made by A-1 Pictures Footage from these sources is labeled in the top left corner whenever such footage is used.
Shichisei Kamui ~ Red-White Symphony
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack VII
Keita Haga
2025
Disc 3, Track 16
Blood Wind -BATTLE 5-
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack II
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Disc 2, Track 12
Here Comes Marebito
Fate/Grand Order Original Soundtrack V
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Class
02:51 Gender
04:40 Character Design
06:24 Kagetora Skillset
07:59 Kenshin Skillset
09:14 Kagetora Noble Phantasm – 4th Battle of Kawanakajima
11:51 Kenshin Noble Phantasm
13:40 Bond Craft Essences
15:30 Valentines’ CE’s
16:48 Nagao Kagetora’s Early Years
19:31 Japan’s Greatest Rivalry
23:24 Kenshin’s Final Years
26:55 Kagetora/Kenshin in Fate/Grand Order
30:52 Conclusion
31:59 Final Grade
