Deku and Dekuin

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Deku and Dekuin
Game series	Samurai Shodown series
First game	Samurai Shodown 64
In-Universe Information
Birthplace	Mukai
Fighting style	Unknown (Deku) Unverified twin blade style (Dekuin)

Deku and Dekuin (木偶) are boss characters in the Samurai Shodown series. They made their first and only appearance in Samurai Shodown 64.

[edit] History

Deku and Dekuin are puppets created as experimental asexual samples necessary for the ritual to transform Yuga the Destroyer into a god of destruction. Being experimental samples modeled on Haohmaru and Shiki, they have been given strength from the Netherworld by Yuga to give them abilities that far and away surpass those of Gandara. In the end, The two Deku's sacrifice themselves so Yuga can make a body for herself: The female Deku (Dekumi) gets sucked into the ground, while the male Deku (Dekuo) impales himself on his immense sword.

[edit] Trivia

Deku/Dekuin and Gandara are the only boss characters in the Samurai Showdown series to lack voice actors.
Being clones of respective characters, Dekuin has a movelist similar to Shiki, and Deku is similar to Haohmaru.
In Japan, Dekuina is called "Mesu" which simply means "female". Deku is simply called "Osu", which means "male".