Sengoku Rance:Character clears

This article is designed to give guides for how to clear commanders.

For information on how to recruit a commander, see Walkthrough.

For information on what stats and Skills the commander has when encountered or recruited, see Commanders.

For tips on using the commander, see Commander Tips.


 * A cleared character gives 2 points to the score, and gains 1 Affection whenever deployed with Rance (only one character can get +1 Affection this way from each battle). Their points are negated if they're missing from the roster at the end of the game. Named characters' clears are recorded in the Clear Game Report even if they're removed from the roster afterwards.
 * Among generic commanders, young girls—by appearance, age 15 to 29—can be character cleared (by raising them to Love). Male generic commanders may only be character cleared after getting a sex-change in Morocco. However, male generic commanders on the Clear Game Report (except Matsuo Bashou) cannot be sex-changed.


 * Unless stated otherwise, talking to a character increases his/her Affection by 1. (H scenes give no Affection boost.)


 * Generally speaking, when instructed to talk to a character, you're meant to trigger a purple event; wait a turn if there isn't one available. Do not waste time with colorless events. Certain events (e.g., Rizna, Uruza, and Magic's) may only be taken on the first command fan of a turn.

Non-Clearable Characters
The following are characters who cannot be cleared:
 * Kouhime (織田 香) (she never rises above Trust).
 * Uesugi Kenshin (上杉 謙信)
 * Yamamoto Isoroku (山本 五十六) (despite her dialogue, she never rises above Trust).
 * Masou Shizuka (魔想 志津香) (she never rises above Hate).
 * Gracia (she never rises above Trust).
 * Takakura Kamei (alias) (高倉 仮名) (she never rises above Trust).
 * Ouka Toki (凰火 朱鷺) (due to a glitch, she cannot even have a conversation with Rance).

かなみ Kentou Kanami

 * Raping her will make her leave and gives no SAT.


 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to her after receiving Sex Ticket from Maria (Satisfaction +5, this is a colorless event). You do not need to talk to her to get the H-Scene as it can occur as a beginning of turn event without having talked to her at all. This can also occur if she is still at 0 Hate but must be done before step 4 or else she will not go to Trust.
 * 3) Do the purple event 'Have Kanami Scout' in Edo or Kazusa 2000 to do this, you do not need to have conquered either of them, but in order to get the option to do the event, you will need at least once territory in the province where you want to do the event. This must be done before step 5 or else she will not go to Love.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 5) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

マリア Maria Custard

 * Requires Tanegashima Shigehiko.
 * Optional event: At any point after step 2 where If you have at least 3 spare National Power and a space in your roster and Maria has attended at least 6 battles (even 6 floors of a dungeon will do), Kasumi will join.
 * Optional event: If Maria is in your commander list, triggering the Kaguyahime event in Mikawa will result in an optional event if you have already met Kaguyahime and have not found her three items. However, this event will not give any reward (not even the healing) and will therefore waste an Action Fan.
 * 1) Talk to her once, and obtain Sex Ticket.
 * 2) Talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) Character clear Tanegashima Shigehiko (may be done earlier).
 * 4) Talk to her for a H scene. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 5) Talk to her at 7 Love.

レイラ Leila Grecni

 * Requires Uesugi Kenshin.
 * After the player has seen the event where Kurohime releases the seals on Xavier, finishing any battle against the Demon Army which ends with Leila alive and having strictly less than 25% of her maximum number of troops remaining (accounting for any increases in troop numbers which have happened as a result of the player winning the battle) will cause an event to play in which Leila's unit will be permanently lost (assuming that no other event takes priority over this). This event does not happen in the Kenshin route and the H-scene that requires it will not trigger in the Demon King route.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Talk to her at 4 or more Trust. Requires Kenshin higher leveled than her.
 * 4) Talk to her again at 4 or more Trust. (Satisfaction +5)

リズナ Rizna Lanfebit

 * Power-up events have higher precedence than normal events.
 * 1) Talk to her thrice. (require several turns)
 * 2) Talk to her at 6 Love. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) H her in Rance's room (May take many turns as it is has lower precedence over some of the other girls).
 * 4) Find the dungeon item, Sex Medicine. It drops similarly to how Ogre Bones do. See Items for details.
 * 5) Talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)

ウルザ Uruza Planeis

 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 2) Talk to her in Izumo, (may conflict and cannot be done on the same turn as some of Rizna and Magic events).
 * 3) Talk to her once. (An event will appear where Rance and Uruza watch a firework show together at the travelling carnival)
 * 4) Deploy Rance with her in battle. (Satisfaction +5)

マジック Magic the Gandhi

 * 1) Talk to her twice.
 * 2) Talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) Talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Love, and obtain Rance's Love. (Satisfaction +5)

健太郎 Ogawa Kentarou

 * Once he is cleared, he can learn Kentarou-kun Slash as a satisfaction bonus.
 * 1) Talk to him while Miki is missing. Warning : It is possible to find Miki without talking to him, after which you can no longer clear him.

乱丸 Ranmaru

 * Requires Shibata Katsuie.
 * Conflicts with Shibata Katsuie's character clear. Specifically, picking the first option in step 2 of Shibata's character clear will make it impossible for you to trigger the first required purple event in step 5 of Ranmaru's character clear.


 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her after deploying her with Shibata Katsuie in battle.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to her after Turn 60.
 * 5) Talk to her twice. Deploying her with Shibata Katsuie will now give them +50% ATK and DEF buffs. Note that for her to get +1 Affection bonus from army battles, she must be deployed with both Katsuie AND Rance.

柴田勝家 Shibata Katsuie

 * Conflicts with Ranmaru's character clear. Specifically, the first talking to in step 5 of her clear will make it impossible for you to trigger step 2 in Shibata's character clear.
 * Requires Kouhime.
 * If you have not entered a route, have seen Shibata's default colourless event (i.e. the event that can only occur prior to Ranmaru's character clear, in which he tells Rance that he's going to go teach martial arts to an elementary school), and have seen Oda's gourd break, Shibata will have two optional purple events in which you are giving some choices. Note that the second event will not trigger unless the player has repeated Shibata's colourless event after having seen his first optional purple event.
 * Picking the first option in the first event will put an end to this chain of events.
 * Picking the second option in the first event will do nothing on its own, but is a prerequisite for the second event.
 * If Owari's NP is not at its maximum (30), picking the first option in the second event will increase Owari's NP by 1 and end this chain of events. If Owari's NP is at its maximum then picking the first option in the second event will do nothing other than end this chain of events.
 * Picking the second option in the second event will give a Game Over.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 2) * Warning: If unlocked, the optional purple events with Shibata (described above) will take priority over this event and grant him +1 affection, meaning that a 7 Normal Shibata can be reset to a 0 Normal Shibata if said optional events have been unlocked but have not been completed when he is spoken to at 7 Normal.
 * 3) Enter Kenshin or Ran route and talk to him afterwards. When given a choice, pick the first option (the second option serves no purpose other than rendering Shibata unclearable and thus preventing his conflict with Ranmaru's character clear), this will give him 1000 troops and turn him into an important character (meaning he cannot be killed or fired).

玉籤風華 Tamagushi Fuuka

 * Requires Natori.
 * She cannot be character cleared in the Kenshin route.
 * Conflicts with Natori's character clear.


 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her after conquering 3 provinces. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) Talk to her after visiting the Miko Institute twice.
 * 4) Talk to her once. Must have Natori recruited.
 * 5) Enter a non-Kenshin route.
 * 6) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. Must have Natori at Trust.
 * 7) Talk to her once. Pick the first/third option.
 * 8) Talk to Natori once.
 * 9) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

月光 Gekkou

 * If you have Omachi, there is an optional event. There is another if you enter the Ran route or Isoroku route (no affection boost).
 * Talk to him once if you have Shibata Katsuie (optional).
 * Deploying character cleared Gekkou alone will automatically win you a battle. He will be lost afterwards. Note: This will not work for the Takeda Blitz or Mouri's All-Out Battle. It is suspected that it will not work for any battle that has an event immediately before it.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

原昌示 Hara Shouji

 * Conflicts with Akihime's character clear.
 * In clearing Hara Shouji, you will never see a scene where Sill appears, however she is required due to her potential to appear in Shouji's scenes.
 * 1) When conquering the Hara House, pick the second option to put Akihime in the harem. This is automatically done on your first playthrough or if your National Power isn't sufficient to recruit her.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal; pick the second option (requires Sill, despite her not appearing).
 * 3) * If you pick the first option, Hara Shouji will become impossible to clear and upon talking to him at 7 Normal, he will be replaced by a clearable generic female unit called Hara Sanya who is otherwise identical to him except for being recruited at 0 Normal.
 * 4) ** Technically speaking, the game doesn't recruit a new unit (and therefore this change is not exploitable). Instead, it replaces the Shouji's name, graphics, affection, and gender.
 * 5) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 6) At any point after Step 1, visit Rance's room until you have H-ed Akihime two more times. These scenes are only available on even-numbered turns.
 * 7) * For these scenes, there is no randomness to H-ing Akihime in Rance's room. Broadly speaking, if you have not seen a girl's generic H-scene in Rance's room yet, then the game will always play that girl's generic scene before any others, subject to the priority assigned to these scenes. Akihime's scenes are at the very bottom of this list. This means that although there is no randomness to Akihime's scenes, it is likely that you will have to either H her early on in the game or visit Rance's room many times if you want to trigger these two scenes.
 * 8) Talk to him at 7 Trust.

阿樹姫 Akihime

 * Conflicts with Hara Shouji's character clear.
 * 1) When conquering the Hara House, pick the first option (only possible in a 2nd playthrough).
 * 2) Talk to her once.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 5) Talk to Ashikaga Choushin.
 * 6) Buy the item Takauji's Folding Screen from the item shop (requires Ogre Bones).
 * 7) Talk to her once to H her. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 8) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

足利超神 Ashikaga Choushin

 * If you enter a non-Kenshin route, an event for the Emperor Ring will appear. It has higher precedence than other events. (Affection +1)
 * If you got Akihime to Trust, an event will appear for Ashikaga Choushin. It has higher priority than other events. (Affection +1)
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Talk to him once. His name will change to Ashikaga Shit.

一休 Ikkyuu

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

山本五十六 Yamamoto Isoroku

 * She cannot be character cleared.
 * Requires Kouhime.
 * Despite Sill's appearance in these events, she is not required.
 * If you have Ashikaga Choushin and Ikkyuu, there are two optional events. Both raise Affection by 1.
 * 1) Talk to her once after conquering or vassaling the Ashikaga House. Oda or a vassal must control the Mamushi Oil Field. This event appears to be coded to never trigger as a start of turn event.
 * 2) Talk to her once. If you have at least 7 spare National Power and 6 spare commander slots, her two subordinates will join. Requires Kouhime.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to her once. This event cannot be triggered on the same turn as the previous step of her character clear. It will usually happen as a start of turn event. (Satisfaction +5)

犬飼 Inukai

 * Requires Kouhime.
 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Talk to him once to level up Suzume. (If you have Kanami, there's also an optional level-up event for her.)
 * 4) Talk to him at 3 Trust to initiate the Hiragumo event.
 * 5) Finish the Hiragumo event: Send Inukai to a battle to find the generic archer Gumo Danjou (蜘蛛弾正), then win the battle (finishing off Danjou's unit is not mandatory). Inukai will kill a fake Gumo Danjou in a post-battle event. The treasure Hiragumo will be obtained. You may need to bring both Rance and Inukai to the same battle with Gumo Danjou for the pre-battle scene to trigger, where Inukai and his subordinate talks about Gumo Danjou.
 * 6) * According to the game's code, Gumo Danjou's unit will only appear on turns which give a remainder of 3 when divided by 4. That is, turns 7, 11, 15, 19...
 * 7) Talk to him once. (Suzume will kill the real Gumo Danjou and bring his head to Inukai in a wooden box)

鈴女 Suzume

 * Unmentioned events are optional.
 * From turn 11 onwards, if you have Suzume in a dungeon battle and none of the commanders in your roster have Dungeon Scout, then you will get a one-off event where she recommends Dungeon Scout. This event has no advantages, but comes with the disadvantage of taking priority over some types of item drops (type D shown in Items).
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) On a turn other than when step #1 was done, talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.
 * 4) On a turn other than when step #3 was done, talk to her once. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 5) On a turn other than when step #4 was done, talk to her once. Must have seen a dungeon event regarding her cloning technique. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 6) * Be warned that all of Sill's dungeon events take priority over the required dungeon event and that said event can not be triggered in the same visit to a dungeon as any of Sill's dungeon events. This dungeon event can not be triggered before step #4.
 * 7) On a turn other than when step #5 was done, talk to her at 4 Love.

戦姫 Senhime

 * If you have Senhime and she is not cleared, then a low priority start of turn event can play in which she leaves the Oda House and becomes recruitable by other houses. If this happens, her unit will be made uncapturable. This start of turn event depends on the two counters described below, both of which have an initial value of zero. For her to leave, the second counter must have a value greater than two and the first counter must be equal to the turn number of the turn that has just started.
 * The first will be set equal to the current turn count plus one at the end of every turn in which Senhime's unit did not end the turn as a unit who has acted (i.e. her unit was not highlighted red in the commander list). This also increases the second counter by one.
 * Note that this means that if Senhime unit acts and is then reactivated, say by the Akashita Dog, then she will be treated as if she has not acted.
 * The second can be changed in four ways:
 * If Senhime has a Battle Permit equipped, then it is set to zero whenever her leaving event would have otherwise played.
 * When this happens, her leaving event is replaced by an event where nothing happens, giving the impression that there was no start of turn event for this turn.
 * As describe above, it is increased by one whenever Senhime's unit ends a turn while being marked as not having acted.
 * If Senhime's unit ends a turn while being marked as having acted, it is decreased by one.
 * Note that this is not restricted to battle-related activities. You can have her do anything that makes her unit count as being used, such as having her try to recruit a prisoner.
 * Regardless of if Senhime is used or not, each individual visit to a dungeon that has a battle occur decreases the counter by one. Non-dungeon commander battles do not count towards this.
 * As a rule of thumb, Senhime will never leave if she has always ended at least every other turn as a unit that has been used or if she is currently holding a Battle Permit.
 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Talk to her once.
 * 4) Have her lose three army battles.
 * 5) * There are confirming events after the first and third loss, which must be seen for the losses to count. Scripted losses, such as ones from the Akashi House or the Mouri House, count.
 * 6) Talk to her once to get to Love.

徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu

 * If you have not recruited or captured his Youkai underlings, there will be optional purple events for recruiting each of them, provided that you have the required space in your roster and National Power. These events can trigger as start of turn events.
 * Requires Sakakibara Yasumasa, Sill and Kouhime to recruit, see Walkthrough.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

本多忠勝 Honda Tadakatsu

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

井伊直政 Ii Naomasa

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

酒井忠次 Sakai Tadatsugu

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

服部半蔵 Hattori Hanzou

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

榊原康政 Sakakibara Yasumasa

 * 1) Talk to him twice.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

[[Image:Sengoku Rance - Tenshi banner.jpg|80px]] Tenshiism
They will auto-join in a low priority start of turn event if you vassal or conquer Tenshiism after the Honnou Temple Event of the True or Kenshin routes. Seigan's joining event will always happen before Genri's.

性眼 Seigan

 * After talking to Seigan at Trust, there will be three events to lower the size of enemy houses by 25% (note that this usually doesn't effect scripted fights like most castle battles).
 * Requires Sill to clear but despite Sill being in his joining event, he does not require Sill to join.
 * He cannot be cleared until after the Demon Army has appeared.
 * Unmentioned events are optional.


 * 1) Talk to him once after the Demon Army has appeared, he will gain the skill Triplets.
 * 2) Talk him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Talk to him at 4 Trust. Rance will gain 5 levels.

言裏 Genri

 * Has an optional event with Shibata Katsuie and another with Sill. (both give Affection +1)
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

朝倉義景 Asakura Yoshikage

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust and give +1 Affection. After this, the National Power of each Oda province will increase by 1 and from now on, talking to him will give +1 Affection to him and +1 Affection to a sequence of up to 3 commanders, which seems to be predetermined at the start of each Turn and cannot be changed.

雪姫 Yukihime

 * Requires Asakura Yoshikage.
 * To recruit:   Asakura Yoshikage has to have "Normal" affection in a 2nd+ game and 1-2 free National Power to get her recruiting event to be shown in Texas.


 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal. Second option will give 5 Satisfaction, but then she will leave.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

発禁堕山 Hakkin Dasan

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him if you have Yukihime. (Optional)
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

名取 Natori

 * Requires Tamagushi Fuuka.
 * Cannot be cleared in the Kenshin route.
 * Conflicts with Tamagushi Fuuka's character clear.
 * Whenever she is H-ed in Rance's room, he gets an affection bonus. If she is recruited, she can be H-ed if you have seen any of her three repeatable generic colorless events since the last time that you H-ed her (including her first H scene). Specifically, the three events that count are:
 * The event where she tells Rance that she's going to a temple and he mentions setting a curfew.
 * The event where she tells Rance that they should reseal Orochi's cave.
 * The event that starts with Natori and Rance sitting by a fire.
 * Although most events in Rance's room are subject to randomness, if you have never H-ed Natori in Rance's room before, then the only way to fail to H her is if there is a higher priority non-random event in that room. In other words, doing one of the three events above and then going to Rance's room will most likely result in giving Rance an affection bonus if you have never H-ed her in Rance's room before.
 * Has an optional event with Houjou Souun. (Affection +1)
 * Has an optional event that allows the Emperor Sword to drop. See Dungeons. (Affection +1)
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Enter a non-Kenshin route.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Reach the point in Fukka's character clearing where you are presented with three options (see her section above); choose the second option.
 * 5) Talk to Tamagushi Fuuka. Both Fuuka and Natori will become important characters.
 * 6) Open Orochi's dungeon in Yamatai (purple event).
 * 7) Complete the dungeon and choose the second option. Tamagushi Fuuka will be lost.
 * 8) Defeat Orochi.
 * 9) Talk to her to get to Love.

上杉謙信 Uesugi Kenshin
The next step requires entering a route. If on a non-Kenshin route: If on the Kenshin route:
 * She cannot be character cleared.
 * Requires Sill.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Deploy her in battle with Rance while she is at Trust for a pre-battle event.
 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 1) Talk to her twice. Her Level will decrease to 1.
 * 2) Talk to her when she's at or above Level 11 to get to Love. (Satisfaction +5)

直江愛 Naoe Ai

 * Requires Sill (but only because Kenshin requires Sill).
 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to her after getting Kenshin to Love. Can be done before Step 1.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

高坂義風 Kousaka Yoshikage

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

真田透淋 Sanada Tourin

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

馬場彰炎 Baba Shouen

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

山県昌景 Yamagata Masakage

 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

沖田のぞみ Okita Nozomi

 * She's recruitable in Kyo after you let the Hannys pass through Owari. It'll take two events to recruit her.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. (Satisfaction +1)
 * 3) Find the dungeon item, Ero-Candle. It drops similarly to how Ogre Bones do. See Items for details.
 * 4) Talk to her once. (Okita power up and Satisfaction +5)
 * 5) Talk to her each Turn for four Turns. Each time, Rance will be exhausted, and unable to act for the rest of that Turn, so plan accordingly. Special events which reset all commanders, will recover Rance. The Orochi fight, which resets all commanders at 20th floor is such an event. So it is possible to talk to Nozomi and have Rance exhausted. Then fight Orochi with Rance usable in fight. After defeating Orochi, Rance becomes not exhausted, and can talk to Nozomi again to be exhausted.
 * 6) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

北条早雲 Houjou Souun

 * Unmentioned events are optional.
 * Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust. This is optional.
 * Has an optional event with Natori; one with Rance, and another with Sakamoto Ryouma and Kawanoe Yuzuru. Each of them raise Affection by 1.
 * 1) Send him against Apostle Gigai who will be killed (note that he does not appear in Kenshin's route).
 * 2) Talk to him after this to character clear Souun.

南条蘭 Nanjou Ran

 * 1) Talk to her once after conquering the Houjou House.
 * 2) Talk to her to get to Normal, and unlock the Mamushi Oil Field's dungeon. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 3) Enter her route and complete all of her events. There are four H scenes, which respectively give 5, 3, 3, and 5 Satisfaction points.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. This is only possible after the H scene involving Keikoku and before Souun leaves with Keikoku.
 * 5) Talk to her at 7 Trust after Souun leaves to get to Love.

大道寺小松 Daidouji Komatsu

 * She can be captured after Houjou Souun goes missing.
 * Can conflict with any Yin Yang/Diviner's character clear, except for Houjou Souun in the MangaGamer translation.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to her while there are no Yin Yangs/Diviners in your roster to get to Love. In the MangaGamer translation only, you can also complete this step if Houjou Souun is your only Yin Yang/Diviner.
 * 5) *If you take the Houjou family bonus at the start, then the easiest way to achieve this is by not recruiting any Diviner other than Ran and then, when Komatsu is at Trust, explore and complete the Mamushi Oil Field dungeon in such a way that Ran will be lost (do the dungeon but don't enter her route). You can then talk to Komatsu to get to Love prior to Sounn joining you.
 * 6) Talk to her once to H her. (No Affection boost; Satisfaction +5)

独眼流政宗 Dokuganryuu Masamune

 * Requires Kouhime.
 * You need to annihilate Omachi's unit in battle to obtain Sesshouseki. See Walkthrough.


 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him once when he has no item equipped. This will equip him with Sesshouseki, a useless item that you are allowed to unequip. This can be done before or after Step 3. Requires having seen the event where Omachi is turned to stone.
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust. Requires Kouhime.
 * 4) Talk to him once when you have a spare space in your roster and at least 3 spare NP. This will clear him and recruit Omachi.

野菊 Nogiku

 * Masamune does not join if she is character cleared.
 * Requires Akashi Kazemaru with Hibachi to capture (note: he does not have to take part in the battle, he only needs to be in your roster)
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) When Masamune is not in your roster and the One Eyed House has been conquered, talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

折女 Orime

 * Masamune does not join if she is character cleared.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) When Masamune is not in your roster and the One Eyed House has been conquered, talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

ノワール Noir

 * Masamune does not join if she is character cleared.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) When Masamune is not in your roster and the One Eyed House has been conquered, talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

お町 Omachi

 * Requires Kouhime.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) When Masamune is not in your roster and the One Eyed House has been conquered, talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

種子島重彦 Tanegashima Shigehiko

 * Requires Maria and Sill.


 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him once. Have Maria in your army.
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

柚原柚美 Yuzuhara Yuzumi

 * Requires Kouhime and Sill.
 * There are four optional events. Two deal with Hattori Hanzou (triggers if he's still part of Tokugawa House). Another deals with Sakakibara Yasumasa and Tokugawa Ieyasu which gives her +1 Affection. The last deals with Inukai and also gives her +1 Affection.


 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Deploy Rance with her in a battle. Before the battle, an event will play where they have a conversation.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Deploy Rance with her in a battle. After winning the battle, a H scene with her will trigger. (Satisfaction +5, Yuzuhara Yuzumi Power Up)
 * 5) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

明石風丸 Akashi Kazemaru

 * During war with Akashi House, you must have lost three times against the Nuhes and seen Hibachi's introduction.
 * 1) Search for Nuhe in Himeji.
 * 2) Talk to him once. (Optional if already have found Hibachi before hiring him)
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to him at 3 Trust. He'll gain Hibachi as sub-commander, a new special attack in dungeons, and +2 to all combat stats below 7. This step is required if you're planning on recruiting Nogiku.
 * 5) * This means that you will be better off doing this step when his stats are at 6 than you are when they are at 7. If you do it at 7 his stats won't change, but at 6 they will increase to 8.
 * 6) Talk to him at 6 Trust.

坂本竜馬 Sakamoto Ryouma

 * Conflicts with Kawanoe Mine's character clear.
 * There are three optional events if Gon, Mine, and Yuzuru are in prison.
 * Other optional events require Kouhime and Kawanoe Yuzuru.
 * Note that clearing Ryouma does not require Gon, Mine, or Yuzuru to be out of prison or Mouri Motonari to be uncursed.
 * 1) Talk to Ryouma at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 2) Talk to Ryouma at 7 Trust to unlock an event at Kazusa 2000.
 * 3) Complete the event at Kazusa 2000 and make Ryouma become female.
 * 4) Talk to her twice to get to Love. (Satisfaction +5)

ゴン Gon

 * Conflicts with Kawanoe Mine's character clear.
 * Yuzuru must not be character cleared yet.
 * Some events become unavailable after Ryouma is cleared.
 * There is no way to remove Gon's curse.


 * 1) Talk to him after Ryouma becomes female.
 * 2) Talk to him after you have discovered Akaheru's dungeon. The dungeon may be discovered before this step.
 * 3) Complete (or re-complete) the penultimate floor of the dungeon or any floor after it without Gon deployed.
 * 4) * This is probably a bug as the scene shows Gon in the dungeon, but is coded not to play if Gon is deployed.

川之江譲 Kawanoe Yuzuru

 * Conflicts with Kawanoe Mine's character clear.
 * Has a one-off optional colorless event if Ryouma is not in the roster and has not been given a gender. This event increases Yuzuru's Neg by 3.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) After clearing Ryouma, talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust. After giving her troops to Yuzuru, Ryouma will disappear from the roster. (Acquires the skill Lover)

川之江美禰 Kawanoe Mine

 * Conflicts with Sakamoto Ryouma's, Gon's, and Kawanoe Yuzuru's character clears.


 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. Requires cursed Sakamoto Ryouma.
 * 3) Talk to her once. Sakamoto Ryouma must be male. (Satisfaction +5)
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love (somehow cannot get her to Love in 1.04). Ryoma will marry Mine. After giving his troops to Mine (Trust), Ryouma will disappear from the roster. (Acquires the skill Lover.)

[[Image:Sengoku Rance - Mori banner.jpg|80px]] Mouri House

 * H-ing all three Mouri sisters will unlock a foursome H scene. (Satisfaction +5)

毛利元就 Mouri Motonari

 * Requires Sill.
 * Once cleared, he will become a ghost, this form is a very similar to his cursed form, but has the following differences:
 * He is not immune to magical attacks.
 * His HP will be reset to 500, and will never increase. Like in his cursed form, he will never be able to take more than 250 damage in one hit.
 * He will forget Commander Charge, and can therefore learn other attacks, such as Light Attack or Full Power Warrior Attack (despite what looking at his unit will tell you).
 * It will falsely appear as if he has forgotten his passive skill, Initial Battle Rating.
 * His troop count will no longer be hidden and his troops will be sellable, but you won't be able to buy troops for him. It is suspected that this troop count is still used to determine what damage he can deal from sources other than his fixed 200 damamge move (e.g. by special attacks or counterattacks).
 * Despite having a HP bar, if he has 1,000 or more troops, he can equip a Battle Permit.
 * 1) Talk to him once.
 * 2) Talk to him at 5 or 6 Normal.
 * 3) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

毛利てる Mouri Teru

 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 3) Find the dungeon item, Hallucination of Death Medicine. It drops similarly to how Ogre Bones do. See Items for details.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love. This H scene will use the Hallucination of Death Medicine, removing it from your inventory. (Satisfaction +5)


 * After clearing her, the Hallucination of Death Medicine will continue to drop in dungeons. Talking to her while you have one will give an H scene (Satisfaction +1, repeatable) which will take priority over both talking to her for +1 affection and talking to her for an affection power up. This H scene will use up the Hallucination of Death Medicine. Note that you can only carry one at a time and that no more will drop until the one that you have is used.
 * These events can also be triggered by visiting Rance's room. The first trigger of this event via Rance's room has a very high priority.

吉川きく Kikkawa Kiku

 * Can only be cleared if you have recruited her before conquering the Mouri House. Without a 2nd game bonus this requires you to have accepted Mouri Motonari's challenge and captured her in a later battle.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust. Must be done before conquering the Mouri House.
 * 3) Talk to her after conquering the Mouri House for an H-scene. (Satisfaction +5, unlocks CG #50, works regardless of how the Mouri House was conquered). Taking the Mouri House second game bonus lifts the requirement of conquering the Mouri House.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

小早川ちぬ Kobayakawa Chinu

 * Cannot be cleared in True History, Isoroku, or Kenshin routes.
 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust (and unlock CG #51).
 * 2) In the Ran or Kill the Monkey routes, talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love (+5 Satisfaction). In the Ran route, you must have seen the start of turn event where Seigan stops the Oda family's retainers from condemning Rance for defeating Xavier.

山中子鹿 Yamanaka Kojika

 * You must see all events before conquering Mouri.
 * In a Second+ game, do not choose the Mouri House bonus, or some scenes needed for her recruitment will never appear.
 * 1) Talk to her once.
 * 2) Talk to her at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 3) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 4) Talk to her at 7 Trust to get to Love.

島津ヨシヒサ Shimazu Yoshihisa

 * He cannot be character cleared without Mouri Teru at Love. If you attempt to clear him without having her at Love then she will disappear from the roster and give her troops to Yoshihisa.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

島津カズヒサ Shimazu Kazuhisa

 * He cannot be character cleared without Naoe Ai at Love. If you attempt to clear him without having her at Love then she will disappear from the roster and give her troops to Kazuhisa.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

島津トシヒサ Shimazu Toshihisa

 * He cannot be character cleared without Daidouji Komatsu at Love. If you attempt to clear him without having her at Love then she will disappear from the roster and give her troops to Toshihisa.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

島津イエヒサ Shimazu Iehisa

 * He cannot be character cleared without Senhime at Love and Ranmaru must be present to bring him from Hate to Normal. If Ranmaru is not cleared and Senhime is either not cleared or not in the roster when he reaches 7 Normal then Ranmaru will give her troops to Iehisa (rendering him impossible to clear) and disappear from the roster.
 * 1) Talk to him at 7 Hate to get to Normal.
 * 2) Talk to him at 7 Normal to get to Trust.

アギレダ Agireda

 * She can only be cleared in the True route.
 * There are two one-off optional events to raise her troop count by 1000, they are found in Amazon and Cairo. The event in Amazon requires the event in Cairo.
 * 1) Talk to her at 7 Normal to get to Trust.
 * 2) Talk to her normally when at least one Shimazu brother is dead (when they were killed is not important, they can even be killed before capturing Agireda). There will be a H-scene (Satisfaction +5).
 * 3) H her in Rance's room in Owari (this is not a repeat of step 2).
 * 4) Talk to her once.
 * 5) When she is the largest unit in your roster, talk to her to get to Love.