Is Jinako's Battle action a Water action? That is, if she is in play with Asako Bairei, does she need to bow to perform her action? Arigato!
Jinako and Bairei
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Is Jinako's Battle action a Water action?
Yes.
http://rules.l5r.com/Card_features#Abilities: "Any keywords on a card are inherited by its actions. Example: An action on a Ninja card is a Ninja action."
On: Jinako
If she is in play with Asako Bairei, does she need to bow to perform her action?
Thanks to his trait, if you control them both, no she does not.