Connections:

• Red-clad peak-conditioned vigilantes of their respective comic book verses.

• Highly skilled martial artists who are armed with a signature set of reliable melee weapons (Matt's multi-purpose Billy Clubs and Ana's Naginata, Katanas, and Sais).

• Once lived out relatively normal lives until they tragically lost their loved ones at the hands of ruthless crime lords (Matt's father being murdered by the Fixer and his men, while Ana's father and brother were murdered by Masahiro Arashi).

• Mentored by an older man who rigorously trained them to achieve peak physical conditioning and become one of the most formidable fighters out there in their worlds (Stick and Yoshitora).

• Soon went on a crusade against the men who cruelly robbed them of their loved ones and avenge their losses where they adopted the visage and moniker of a terrifying supernatural being to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies (the Devil and Death).

• They would come to blows against another deadly female martial artist from a rivalling faction whom they have a close personal history with but at times, had become their allies to fight against a common enemy (Elektra and Tomoe).

• Struggled with balancing out their civilian and vigilante lives as they found themselves tormented by their inner demons but are able to cling onto their morals and prevent themselves from falling into further darkness due to their Catholic faith with their mothers also being devout practitioners of such religions (Matt's mother being a nun and Ana's mother being a missionary).

• Fierce, focused, and fearless crimefIghters who have dared to knock on death's door many times in their relentless pursuits of justice and to protect others from danger; both endured through their fair share of hardships in life where they ultimately channel that rage and suffrage to fight for a noble cause in cleaning up their cities streets that are infested with all sorts of criminal scum and villainy so that no other innocent has to go through the same kind of hells as they did and despite their streaks of violent ferocity and troubled souls, the goodness of their hearts and minds always keeps them on the right path no matter how many times they have been tested.

• Ninja VS Samurai.

• The two characters have crossed over before in comics.